Dear Grace Family,
These announcements and prayer requests are being sent out every Thursday to inform us of what is happening in and the needs of our church. If you have an announcement or prayer request that you want to be included in next week’s email, please send it to office@gfccsf.org by Tuesday night.
Grace and peace, The Session and Staff of GFCC
Announcements for the week of 11/18/24
Join Us for Sunday Worship, November 24 at 10:00 AM
Pastor Al will be preaching from Exodus 19:1-8a. “The Great Invitation: Be My People for the Sake of All Peoples”
41st Church Anniversary Love Feast this Sunday, November 24
It will be a potluck so bring your favorite dish to share with the congregation.
It was a Blessing to Have Dr. Boaz Johnson Preach to Us Last Sunday
If you want to re-listen to Dr. Johnson’s sermon (and any other previous sermons), you can do so on our church’s website.
Sermons | GFCC (gfccsf.org)
We Also Had the Intergenerational Choir Close Our Worship Service in Song
This is Us Living Document
Take your time to read this document as it talks about who Grace Fellowship Community Church is… in other words, This is Us!
This Is Us
Video from the November 13 Reimagining Spiritual Formation Series
In this video, Pastor Al summarizes the past sessions of the series and then talks about how we are engaging in God’s mission.
https://youtu.be/K7vPFWaJ4Jo
Greening of the Church, Saturday, November 30, 10AM
Let’s prepare our church building for Advent (which begins on Sunday, December 1). Come join in the fun of putting up and decorating the tree, stringing up lights, hanging up garlands and more. Let’s have our church make a statement about the joy in welcoming our Savior!
Pizza Lunch will be provided!
Advent Retreat at the Mercy Center, December 6-7, 2024
Join us for a retreat at The Mercy Center in Burlingame, titled "Curiosity, Doubt and Hope: An Advent Journey"
Church Website
We do hope that you have had a chance to look at our website. If you notice any mistakes or things that need to be corrected or updated, please contact Brian Chinn.
www.gfccsf.org
Ministry Partners Update
2024 Alternative Gift List
It has been our congregation’s practice, during Christmas, to direct our monetary resources, away from purchasing gifts for each other, to different ministries. Here is the Integral Mission Team’s list of recipients for this year’s Alternative Gifts:
Casa Cuenca
Diana’s House in the Philippines
Freely in Hope
Ignacian Center
Langham Partnership
Peace Catalyst International
Stott-Wallace Missionary Fund
More information about each ministry will be shared on Sunday during announcement time.
As a reminder, here are GFCC’s 2024 Ministry Partners (their support is already a part of the church budget)
Global
National
Agape Church
Deliberate Dialogues (Joy Kreider)
Intervarsity in Hawaii (Brenda Wong)
Maranatha Church
Oriented to Love (Christians for Social Action)
Local
Intervarsity in San Francisco (Brenden and Samantha Gutierrez-Graczak)
Jubilee Immigration Advocates
New College Berkeley
Rise University Preparatory
Cultivate Magazine from Langham Partnership (An Alternative Gift Recipient)
We received the latest issue of Cultivate which is a quarterly publication from Langham Partnership. The link below has a few pages from this latest publication.
Of interest is the article, “From Every Tongue and Tribe and Nation: On Being Global and Incarnational” written by Dr. Melba Padilla Maggay. She is the founder of ISAAC (one of our ministry partners).
Extra copies can be found on the book cart. If you would like to receive your own copy each quarter, there is a sign-up sheet on the book cart.
Excerpts from Cultivate Magazine
Jubilee Immigration Advocates (Randy Chang is the liaison)
Here is Jubilee's most recent post-election newsletter, launching their 2024 gift matching campaign.
https://mailchi.mp/jubileelegal/fall-2024-newsletter1-unshakablehope
If you would like to purchase an alternative gift card for Jubilee, please contact Clare between now and Dec 22nd.
Rise University Preparatory (Brian Chinn is the liaison)
We received a thank you card. See the link below
Thank You Card
Joy Kreider of Deliberate Dialogues (Shane Chao is the liaison)
Joy will be in San Francisco January 15- 29, 2025. During this time, she will be meeting with friends and supporters. She is looking for a place to stay and a car to use during this time. If you can help with either, please let Jennifer or Caroline know.