You may view today’s bulletin here.

ADULT BIBLE COMMUNITIES meet each Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:15. Don Bechtold continues our study of the Gospel of Mark.

REMINDER: There will not be a Wednesday night program on March 30 due to WSFCS Spring break.

Family Fellowship Meal and Middle School Youth, April 6 @ 6:30 pm. Chicken Salad with Grapes. Cost $3/person, max $12/family. Must RSVP by Noon, Tuesday, April 5!

TWIRTIES HOME FELLOWSHIP GROUP (20’s & 30’s) meets from 7:30-9pm each Wednesday. If you are interested, contact Alan Hicks.

THE PRAYING LIFE SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY meets on Sundays, from 6:30 to 8 pm at the home of Jim and Claudia Plybon. All are invited. Call Jim or Claudia at 996-0785.

FROM DUST TO GLORY SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY meets weekly on Sunday evenings at the home of Mark and Diane Zobrosky. We are studying the series “from Dust to Glory” by RC Sproul. This a Video and Study that is a systematic study from Genesis to Revelation. Please contact John DeBoer or Mark Zobrosky if you have questions.

JAIL MINISTRY: Our next opportunity to minister at the jail will be May 8. If you did not attend a training in 2010 you must attend a training before you will be allowed to enter the jail as a volunteer in 2011. Please let Larry Clagett know if you have any questions.

JAIL MINISTRY TRAING will be held on April 10, 2011 at Union Baptist Church, 1200 North Trade Street in Winston Salem. The time for training is 2:30pm until 4pm and will meet in one of the large meeting rooms on their second floor. Please note that anyone arriving after 2:40pm will be turned away at the door. Also, in order for the training to be considered valid, those in attendance must stay until the completion. Volunteers need only complete one training session in 2011.

HIGH SCHOOL D-Group meets TONIGHT at the Bechtolds’ from 6-8pm!

CARDBOARD BOX CITY Family Promise of Forsyth County will be hosting it’s annual fundraiser at Kernersville Elementary School on April 29. Participants must raise $50 each. Please see Joe Dell’Arena if you are interested in participating.

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS continue this week with activities for ages K-5 and middle school from 6:30-7:30.

WEDNESDAY WOMEN’S LIFE STUDY continues this week at 6:30pm and is studying A Praying Life by Paul Miller. Nursery is provided. Contact Kim Baum if you are interested or if you have any questions.

FAMILY PROMISE Grace has at long last received a permit from the town of Kernersville to serve as a host congregation for Family Promise. We will be serving with both Love’s UMC in Walkertown and Glenn View Baptist churches. Our first week to host is April  24-30.

GRACE HOUSE PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION: We are now accepting registration for Grace House Preschool for the 2011-2012 school year. Registration forms are available in the church office, on the greeter’s table, or available online at www.gracehousepreschool.org.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! VBS is just around the corner – June 27-30. This year’s theme is Just Desserts. Make plans to join us young and old alike as we minister to the children (adults receive lots of wonderful ministry as well!) in our community! We usually have over 100 children.

RECYCLING: Due to Forsyth County waste restrictions, we are not permitted to throw away recyclable materials in the dumpster. Please place your recyclable waste in the BIG BLUE BIN in the kitchen.

For more information see our website: gracekernersville.org. You may also receive updates by following us on Twitter @GraceKville or by becoming a fan on Facebook: Grace Presbyterian Church Kernersville.

Though our tradition does not encourage the honoring of special days and feasts, it does recognize that all our Christian life is a repentant life. In view of this, if you have a mind to enter into a special season of fasting, repentance, and drawing nearer to God, you may be helped by this brochure we published last year.
Lent Borchure

You may download today’s bulletin here.

ADULT BIBLE COMMUNITIES meet on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 10:15. Currently, Don Bechtold is teaching on the Gospel of Mark.

TWIRTIES HOME FELLOWSHIP GROUP (20’s & 30’s) meets from 7:30-9pm each Wednesday. If you are interested, contact Hazel Ellis at or Alan Hicks.

THE PRAYING LIFE SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY meets on Sundays, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the home of Jim and Claudia Plybon. All are invited.

THE HOLINESS OF GOD SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY meets weekly on Sunday evenings at the home of Mark and Diane Zobrosky. Please contact John DeBoer or Mark Zobrosky if you have questions.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES this week we have our Fellowship Dinner. Don’t forget to RSVP by December 1 for Ham and hashbrown casserole. Cost $3 with a maximum of $12 per family.

HIGH SCHOOL D GROUP meets Sunday evening from 6-8 pm at the Bechtold’s home.

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY We need someone for the 4^th/5^th grade Children’s Church for the months of February and May. (It is covered for November). Please see Dave Wiebking or Carla Collins for more information.

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT: Children will need to be present at our last two rehearsals. Wed, Dec 1^st at 7:00 (or after they finish their Wed night meal) and Sunday, Dec 5^th after church. (Bring a bag lunch and then we will rehearse after lunch). If your child will be one of the roles or a dancer, their costume will be provided but they will need shorts and a t-shirt to wear under the costume. If your child will be in the choir, they will need to wear dark pants and a white or light colored shirt. The pageant will be Wednesday, December 8^th at 6:30 pm. Please have your children here, fed, and ready to go by 6:00 if they have a role OR 6:15 if they are in the choir. Note for dancers: Rehearsals will be Sunday, November 28^th and Sunday, December 5^th during a portion of children’s church. To ensure that they learn the dance, please try to have them here both Sundays.

CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY is scheduled for Saturday, December 4 from 5-7pm, for ages 3yrs through 5th grade. More info to come.

A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS is scheduled for Tuesday, December 14 at Korner’s Folly. A cast of friends including Charlie and Ruth Jones will transport us to the home of G.K. Chesterton where we will celebrate Christmas as they did in the turn of the century. This event is appropriate for all ages. Cost is $25 which includes a tour of Korner’s Folly. Donations will be received to support Family Promise of Forsyth County. Tickets are available through the church office.

POINSETTIAS If you would like to order a poinsettia to help decorate the building, there are order forms on the front table. These may be purchased in honor or memory of someone. Poinsettias may be taken home after the Christmas Eve Service.

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING is scheduled following the worship service on January 9, 2011.

INCLEMENT WEATHER REMINDER As the weather changes remember that if school is out, church programs will be cancelled. If there is snow or ice on Sunday morning, services will be held provided the leadership is able to get to the building, but Sunday School will be cancelled. If there is a cancellation, the announcement will be posted on our website and on the church’s answering machine.

PLEASE NOTE that Tax-deductable contributions to the church for 2010 must be received in the office by December 30 or postmarked by December 31st. Receipts for any reimburseable expenditures for 2010 should be turned into the office by December 16.

For more information see our website: gracekernersville.org. You may also receive updates by following us on Twitter @GraceKville or by becoming a fan on Facebook: Grace Presbyterian Church Kernersville.

A Victorian Christmas is coming to Kernersville on Tuesday, December 14 from 7:00-9:00 pm at Korner’s Folly. Tickets are $25 and include a tour of Kernersville’s “original work of art”. Tickets may be purchased by calling the church office.

Victorian Christmas is an event for all ages and will be performed in the second floor Reception Room. Join us for an evening of singing, games, romance, and Christmas cheer.

Donations will be collected in support of Family Promise of Forsyth County.

Hope to see you there!

All Services — morning and evening — at GPC are canceled for Sunday, January 31. Enjoy the snow and play as well as the opportunity to enjoy community with others and communion with Jesus Christ as the one who took our scarlet sins and made them white as snow.

Saturday morning (9/12) at 8 am is our monthly Men’s Breakfast in the fellowship hall. You are invited to join this band of brothers who gather to encourage one another in as a disciple of Jesus.

We will be hosting homeless families approximately once every 12 weeks beginning in September. Nancy Jewell has agreed to be our volunteer coordinator. Following our worship service on July 12, Nancy will be updating us on the ministry and how we will, as a congregation participate in this valuable ministry. Please plan on hanging out for while after worship to hear how you might play a part.

There are a number of exciting things on the horizon at GPC: Worship, Cookout, Summer Flip, Grand Openings…. It works gratitude in our hearts when we see the fruit of God’s providence combined with our prayers.

Firstly, this Sunday is GIDEON SUNDAY. Our good friend, Claude Williams, will be representing Gideons International and will be sharing with us how the Lord continues to use the Gideons in their distribution of God’s Word and how we can help. We will receive donations for Bible placement during a special offering during our worship service this Sunday.

Secondly, we will host our annual SPRING CHURCH COOKOUT this coming Wednesday evening, May 20 from 6-7:30 pm. Join us for an evening of fun, food, and fellowship. Families with last names ending A-L please bring a side. Families with names ending M-Z please bring a dessert. Oh, and friends and Frisbee and football….

Thirdly, KING’S THRIFT will be hosting their GRAND OPENING PARTY from 3-6 pm on May 23; there will be two bands playing (Joe Next Door and Baco), and hot dogs and chips and drinks will be available (from 4-5:30) at no charge. Tim is looking for volunteers to help serve and bring side dishes, etc. Also, Tim is always in need of donated goods to stock the store and volunteers to help.

Fourthly, planning for the SUMMER FLIP is underway. Beginning June 7 and continuing through August 16, our Sunday morning worship time will be from 9:30 am til 11:00 am. Following our worship service, we will have events which will be either: social – to which you could invite friends and neighbors, missional – to reach out and serve our community, and familial – something which we will all do together as a church family. This is a great opportunity to shake and freshen things up, to reconnect with one another, and to recommit to reaching Kernersville. If you are willing to help plan the Sunday morning activities, please see Randy or call the church office, 993-1305.

Fifthly, we are well into our planning and preparation of 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.

And lastly, you can view this Sunday’s worship bulletin here.

There are a number of things which are moving forward about which we’d like to keep you informed.

A new small group is beginning this Thursday evening as a part of the twentiesgpc ministry. If you are a young, grad, career married or single in your twenties, we’d love to have you join us. Please talk with Randy if you’re interested in participating. Since Randy is old enough to be twenty several times, he says the group isn’t just for those in their twenties.

Planning and recruiting for GPC’s vacation Bible school, “Movin’ Straight Ahead” is well underway. The dates for the VBS are: June 22-26. We need teachers, assistants, recreation leaders, and craft helpers. Oh, and of course, participants. This ministry is an “all hands on deck” event, and we need your help to share with our community the greatness of the salvation we have in Jesus Christ. If you would like to help, please contact Carla Collins at the church office.

The Community Garden which has now has a name: Glory Garden is moving forward. In the next couple of weeks we will be turning and preparing the soil. Our goal for this year is to have good dirt. Though we may be planting a few plants, we will be targetting next spring as the target for creating plots and developing the garden itself. If you would like to be a part of the community garden team, please contact Kathryn Sloan.

GPC middle schoolers are headed to Cedar Grove Retreat Center this weekend for their annual Spring Retreat, “Fear Factor”. We are looking forward to having a great weekend of fun and challenge (in the warm 70+ deg temps, Yeah!) as we consider how God, through Christ, has “freed me from all my fears (Ps 43:4)”.

Each student should bring the following: sleeping bag or bed linens (don’t forget the pillow), jacket or sweater (for chilly March evenings–did I say it’s going to be 70 degrees?), toiletries and wash towels, Bible, notebook, and pen as well as snacks and games to enjoy with others. If a student is planning on and has signed up for paintball, they should bring a long sleeve shirts and pants that can get dirty.

We will depart on Friday, March 6 from the church parking lot at 6 pm and return on Sunday, March 8 at 2 pm.

Parents must complete and sign a Medical Release and Liability Form, and each student must sign Covenant of Conduct Form.