There’s lots happening at GPC.

Wednesday evening (9/30) marked the first night of JAM (Jesus and Me). Middle and High School students are leading this time for Primary age children. Rumor has it that they were visited by a very special guest whose theme song can be heard here.

Men’s Breakfast is this Saturday morning (10/3) from 8-9 am in the fellowship hall, and on Sunday we celebrate God’s promise to bless the nations through the the seed of Abraham as the Maier’s present Beck for baptism.

On another line, there are a number of helpful posts out there in various blogs that some of you have been reading. Here are a few that I found helpful:

Tullian Tchividjian, pastor at Coral Ridge Presbyterian posts some thoughts on anxiety from sources which have been helpful to him here.

Paul Miller’s book, The Praying Life has prompted a lot of positive comment. I would encourage you to take a look at what Justin Taylor has posted on the book here, and what Sean Lucas has to say here.

And as you know, I’m a fan of C.S. Lewis, here’s a teaser trailer of an hour long documentary on his life. It looks like you can download the hour long feature relatively inexpensively.

With the start of the school year and a more regular schedule, August 23rd marks the change back to our regular Sunday schedule: Sunday School for all ages begins at 9:30 am and Corporate Worship begins at 10:30.

We’re making a number of plans for our fall. Having concluded our worship series on the Seven Deadly Sins, we begin this Sunday looking at the Life of David. This series will culminate with our celebration of the coming of the Son of David during Advent.

Adult Sunday School will be focusing on several books and topics this fall. This Sunday we will begin a seven week study on the books of Habakkuk and Jonah. August 23 also is Promotion Sunday, so children will be moving up to the next age group in their respective classes.

Preparations continue as we are gearing up for this summer’s VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL.

Movin’ Straight Ahead will be June 22-26. You can print off the volunteer form and the registration form via the links.

We hope you’ll join us as we celebrate God’s power, his kindness, and deliverance.

Here are links to resources that I would recommend.

Pastor John Piper of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN has a number of free and very helpful resources — especially helpful are his biographies. Dr. Piper has helped me understand the place of suffering in the life of a Christian.

Sinclair Ferguson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC is a former seminary professor. Dr. Sinclair is the pastor-theologian I would love to be.

Pastor Tim Keller is pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. I have learned more from him about application of the gospel personally and to the culture. Though subscription to his sermons are not free, if you look through the links on the left, you find some free resources.

Dr. Sproul has been teaching for well over 30 years, and has a passion for making theology accessible. There are a number of free resources available at Ligonier.org

Pastor Steve Brown is a pastor’s pastor. He has shepherded me and numerous pastor-friends through difficulties.

Dr. Richard Pratt has a passion for making good teaching resources available world-wide. The ministry, Third Mill has a huge collection of sermons and teaching aids.

Reformed Theological Seminary has audio lectures of seminary courses by a very impressive cadre of pastors, professors, and theologians. You can also find resources through our denominational seminary, Covenant Seminary, though you have to have iTunes loaded on your computer.