{"id":3528,"date":"2021-12-05T09:25:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T17:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2022-03-12T18:52:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T03:52:44","slug":"gcc-connected-december-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/church-news\/gcc-connected-december-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"GCC Connected | December 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"m_278100728399104438mceColumnContainer\" class=\"m_278100728399104438mceSpacing-24\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"m_278100728399104438mceText\">\n<h1 class=\"m_278100728399104438last-child\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"il\">GCC<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Connected<\/span>\u00a0| December 2021<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"m_278100728399104438mceColumnContainer\" class=\"m_278100728399104438mceSpacing-24\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"m_278100728399104438mceText\">\n<p>Happy Holidays Church Family!<\/p>\n<p>Christmas is finally upon us, and it seems like it came at a blink of an eye. As we enter into a busy holiday season filled with festive decorations, holiday gatherings, music, and gifts, I&#8217;d like to take this opportunity to remind you the reason for the season. That reason is Jesus Christ! Without His coming to Earth, we would have not have hope in God to fulfill His promises. Without Jesus&#8217; birth, we would not have peace between us and God. Without Jesus, we would not have joy that He has already did the heavy lifting, and certainly without Jesus coming we would not have the perfect example of love on display for the world to see. I encourage you to take the time to get into God&#8217;s Word and some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=90db14a7aef5ed0696eac8019&amp;id=e9843fa087&amp;e=b977d2b627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D90db14a7aef5ed0696eac8019%26id%3De9843fa087%26e%3Db977d2b627&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1647222629066000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25raHuuc-ezeLobiVIZp8l\">Advent related devotionals such as this one<\/a>\u00a0(also posted each day on our website). Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t have an equivalent for our Chinese congregation, but I know many continue to read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=90db14a7aef5ed0696eac8019&amp;id=eb93172cdb&amp;e=b977d2b627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D90db14a7aef5ed0696eac8019%26id%3Deb93172cdb%26e%3Db977d2b627&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1647222629066000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3XU8Mr3UtpR3XFL1Ahu59G\">Our Daily Bread<\/a>. Be intentional and make time to read through these with your family, or on your own, on a daily basis. If you don&#8217;t carve out a set time, chances are you won&#8217;t do it. (You know, kind of like exercise, except we are strengthening our spiritual health.)<\/p>\n<p>With that said here are a few announcements to look forward to!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our Christmas Service will be on Sunday, December 19, at 11 am! Join us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior! Also, following the service we will have a special holiday lunch that you won&#8217;t want to miss! Due to the increase of costs for food, we will be asking for donations for this meal. While we aren&#8217;t holding any Christmas Eve and Christmas Day programs, we have encouraged the Fellowships and Life Groups to plan their own smaller gatherings to celebrate together. If you are not yet part of a fellowship or Life Group, please let us know and we can get you plugged in.<\/li>\n<li>We will be collecting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=90db14a7aef5ed0696eac8019&amp;id=ab9ab8d279&amp;e=b977d2b627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D90db14a7aef5ed0696eac8019%26id%3Dab9ab8d279%26e%3Db977d2b627&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1647222629066000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1DKAkDADO3fl_m1nJATTfc\">Lottie Moon Christmas<\/a>\u00a0offering this month and during our Christmas service. This offering goes to support international missionaries all over the world, and your support would be greatly appreciated! Over the next few Sundays, we will highlight some stories that these funds have helped in the past.<\/li>\n<li>During our service on December 26th, Pastor David will be sharing what&#8217;s ahead in the next year, and some vision casting. We hope you are able to join to see what&#8217;s in store for our church!<\/li>\n<li>On January 2nd, we will be officially celebrating our 50th Anniversary! We will have a special recognition Sunday to commemorate God&#8217;s work through this church, but we will also be planning a bigger celebration in November of next year as that is when our church was fully incorporated and publicly recognized! More details to come!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"m_278100728399104438last-child\">As you can see there will be a lot happening over the next few weeks and we hope to share in these experiences with all of you! 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