Many Ways to Find Out About the Gospel of Jesus

Our prayer is that you will be blessed and strengthened by the power of Jesus, and that you will live a life of abundance in fellowship, joy and liberty.  Grace Church is here for you.  It is not just a church; it is a fellowship of believers coming together to declare the glory of the Lord, and to celebrate Jesus as King.  We study the Word, practice what we learn, and in the process grow together.  May God richly bless you! We hope to see you soon!
 
The New Testament You Never Knew study led by George Reinhart.
Plan on participating in this study on Sunday mornings before gathering for worship.  Join us in this 30-40 minute study.   The only material needed is your favorite bible!!
We meet at 9:15.
The class will explore N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird’s book The New Testament You Never Knew using their video instruction course with discussion questions from the teacher’s guide.

Nicholas Thomas Wright was born1 December 1948, known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright (at right in photo at right), is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010. He then became research professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary’s College in the University of St Andrews in Scotland until 2019, when he became a senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall at the University of Oxford.  He writes about theology and Christian life and the relationship between them. He advocates a biblical re-evaluation of theological matters such as justification, women’s ordination, and popular Christian views about life after death. He has also criticized the idea of a literal Rapture. The author of over seventy books, Wright is highly regarded in academic and theological circles for his “Christian Origins and the Question of God” series. The third volume, The Resurrection of the Son of God, is considered by many clergy and theologians to be a seminal Christian work on the resurrection of Jesus. (brief bio from Wikipedia).
 

Michael F. Bird was born 18 November 1974 is an Australian Anglican priest, theologian and New Testament scholar (at left in photo above).  In his teenage years, Bird was an atheist who saw Christianity “as a way of oppressing people, a purely human construct”.  After becoming a Christian he was firstly a Baptist, then a Presbyterian and now an Anglican.[3] He has been called by the ecumenical media plaform Eternity a “heavy hitter” in the world of New Testament scholarship and Jesus’s divinity.

Bird is vice principal and lecturer in theology and New Testament at Ridley College, having previously taught at the Brisbane School of Theology and Highland Theological College. He studied at Malyon College and the University of Queensland.  He is also Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Houston Baptist University.

Bird has written a number of books, including The New Testament in Its World (2019, with N. T. Wright), Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction (2013) and The Gospel of the Lord: How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus (2014). The Gospel of the Lord won the Biblical Studies section of the 2015 Christianity Today Book Awards.[7] Bird is also the author of a fantasy novel titled Iskandar: And the Immortal King of Iona.[8]

Bird is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, the Society of Biblical Literature and Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.  In November 2015, he was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia. (brief bio from Wikipedia). 
 
The New Testament You Never Knew Video Bible Study – Session 1 Preview: https://youtu.be/paN1x0fWPrU
Grace Youth
Getting Together
 
All youth classes are held during church service time. The children are released from the worship service right after the
Children’s Moment during worship.
 
 
Nursery – Ages up through 4
 
 

Catechism Classes
Grace’s catechism classes resumed meeting on Sunday mornings from
09:00 to 10:00.

Young Leaners Sunday School Gatherings

All youth classes bring exciting lessons about the Bible and God’s love for them during their Young Learners (PreK-K) and Disciples (Early Elementary) classes.  Following a message and song especially for them during the church service time they are released to attend their classes.
Wednesday Evening Bible Study
6:30 pm in the Fellowship Area
 
This fall, the Wednesday Evening Adult Bible Study begins a 34 week overview of the Old Testament featuring lectures by Dr. Chris Miller, professor at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio.   According to Pastor Phil, he was blessed to have Dr. Miller as a college professor and now Dr. Miller’s Old Testament Survey lectures are available online for free!   Dr. Miller began his 34th year of college teaching this year and his 24th at Cedarville.     He reports, “I love the classes I teach this semester (Old Testament, Romans and  Galatians and Theology 2) because, they are all  favorites. My colleagues in the Bible department are a talented and diverse group that make for amazing teamwork and camaraderie.”
 

Plan to attend this class either in person or via zoom. The biblical narrative will come alive as we explore how the chapters, stories, events, and literary forms all fit together in God’s redemptive story.

Join Zoom Meeting: NEW LINK
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82068554335?pwd=4fW7CqaQE7lXk3wp2UbWQN1OvSmz49.1
Meeting ID: 820 6855 4335 Passcode: 002766
 
Friday Morning Bible Study and Prayer Group
This gathering is held in the Luther room from 9:30 -11:30 am each Friday through Friday November 15. The study centers around 1, 2, & 3 John using Jen Wilkin’s workbook entitled, “Abide.” 
 
This is a 10-week study that involves 5 days of study prior to each session with the exception of the first week and a ~45 minute video. The workbook may be purchased from Christian Book Distributors or Amazon. When you purchase the book, it entitles you to access to the video sessions on-line. So if you miss a session or want to hear a session again, you may do so at your leisure. Direct any questions about the study to Connections-Fellowship Team Leader Roseann through church office at 937-859-3941.
 

Jen Wilkin is an author and Bible teacher from Dallas, Texas. She has organized and led studies for women in home, church, and parachurch contexts. An advocate for Bible literacy, her passion is to see others become articulate and committed followers of Christ, with a clear understanding of why they believe what they believe, grounded in the Word of God.  For more information about Jen and the books she has authored go to:  https://www.jenwilkin.net/.