Church Dinner: You Are Invited to a Dish to Pass Church Dinner on Sunday, February 3 Following

Church Dinner: You are invited to a dish to pass church dinner on Sunday, February 3 following the 11:15 service. This is your chance to get together will folks from both services. We are asking each family to bring a main dish and a side dish or dessert so there’ll be plenty to go around. We’ll provide the drinks. Hope to see you there!

Every Child Initiative: Brandon Owen from Missio Church will be holding an informational meeting on the Every Child Initiative on Sunday, February 10 at 6:00 pm at the church. Learn more about this effort to join God in reaching out to, caring for and representing gospel information to vulnerable children in our community and around the world.

The City: In January we experienced an area wide power outage causing us to have to cancel services at Grace. This reminded us again of the value of being able to communicate quickly with all of our people. The City serves as our church communication and leadership network. While it would have helped each one of us to track the issues around the cancellation last month, that is only one example of why you should connect.

We seek to keep our people and ministries linked together through The City with updated threads about issues, events, ministry plans, notices and prayer requests. It is also a place where our families

can connect with one another, and we can hear from our missions partners, which is very important, given the nature of our ministry.
The City offers a secure environmentfor Grace Chapel to communicate,and is not open to the public. It also offers security that you establish when setting up your presence, because you determine what information you want to share with the rest of your church. Additionally, a staff member actively approves all participating members on The City.

So if you are not connected viaThe City, you are invited to join. Please visit the kiosk in the foyer this Sunday, or call the office at 685-3071 to get the ball rolling.

"The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” Matthew 9:37

We are praying that God would prompt the hearts of some servants to join our Grace Kids team. We need willing folks, and families, to help in Kid's Church. We will train you to teach The Gospel Project materials to our children, as well as help those who are currently teaching. Materials are well organized and easy to prepare. Please e-mail Pastor Chuck at o take that first step.

Teen Event – Teens! We’ve got an exciting event planned during February break. It’s called Arctic Blast, and you won’t want to miss it. We’re working on the details now, but keep your eyes peeled on The City and look for posters with all the info you’ll need!

India Missions TeamGrace Chapel is sending a team to India from February 22 to March 4. Please keep our team members in prayer while they

minister with Devendra and Koko Rai. The team members are Pastor Adam Bregou, Pam Caughill, Diane Farrell, Rachel Carrozziere, Michele Baran, AJ Watling and Shawn Cherchio.

Gospel Project for Kids (Infants to Grade 6)

Here is a quick overview of our February Sunday School curriculum for kids up through grade 6. Mom’s and dads, engage your children in discussions about what they’ve learned each week!

Our “key passage” for the month is: Exodus 20:1-17

February 3 - God Gave the Ten Commandments

Exodus 19:1–20:21; 31:18; 32:1-35; 34:1-9 February 10-The Tabernacle Was Built (Exodus 35:4–40:38) February 17- God Gave Rules for Sacrifice (Leviticus 1–27) February 24 - Joshua and Caleb(Numbers 13:1–14:38)

Young Life, Syracuse West: Dustin Bailey asks prayer for teens to live out the gospel and have passion for their friends to know Jesus. Pray for safety in schools, and that kids will focus on education and friends. Praise God for a fantastic tubing night! Pray for the committee of adults who support our ministry and that their work with students reflects their work in the community.

February Calendar of Events

2-2 Gospel Community Leaders’ Mtg. – 6:00 pm

2-3 Fellowship Dinner – 1:00 pm

2-7 MOPS – 9:15 am

2-11 Missions Committee Mtg. – 7:00 pm

Sun. Prayer Team meets – 7:00 am

Tues. Men’s Stand in the Gap – 6:30 am

Tues. Community Bible Study – 9:00 am

Tues. Prayer Team meets – 7:00 pm

Wed. Women’s Study - Grace House – 6:30 pm

Our Global Partners

Shane and Eden Niles, Senegal

Tom & Nancy Edwards, Japan

Peter & Robin Knapp, Guam

Devendra & Koko Rai, India

Teresa Rhoads, Indonesia

Steve & Donna Niles, France

David & Diane Stoddard, Guatemala

Marc & Stacy Niles, Madagascar

Hany & Natalie Emmanuel, Spain

Kasr El Dobara Evangelical Church, Cairo, Egypt

Our Regional Partners

New Hope Family Services, Syracuse

Young Life West, Syracuse

Missio Church, Syracuse

Syracuse Nepali Church

Our Gospel Identity

“We are the family of God, sent by God, for His redemptive mission in the world.”

Our Understanding of God’s Vision

“We believe that God wants us to give every man, woman and child repeated opportunities to see, hear and be transformed by the gospel as we live faithful lives of worship.”

Service Times: Sundays at 8:30 am and 11:15 am. Sunday school for all ages: 10:00 to 11:00 am

Church Staff and Leadership

Barry Sisson, senior pastor –

Adam Bregou, administrative pastor –

Chuck Klinger, family pastor –

Barb Holstrom, admin. assistant –

Dan Leubner, custodian –

Doug Bradley, elder –

Wayne LaFrance, elder –

AJ Watling, elder –

Jim Cherchio, elder –

Matt Hammersley, elder -