March 2, 2014

Announcements
WELCOME, GUESTS OF GRACE If this is your first time at Grace Church, or your first time in a while, then please complete a Guest Card today! You may leave the completed card in your seat! We are so glad to have you here today! LIFE GROUPS EMPHASIS A special 6 week focus on small groups and Bible study will begin next Sunday! This is a concentrated time of prayer and participation to "do life together!" God never intended for us to be alone...life is better together! Each week will have a special target to invite to a Life Group (Sunday School) and Worship service!
March 9...."Life IS Better Together" March 23..."Life Together with Our Church" March 30..."Life Together with Our Friends" April 6......"Life Together with Our Community" April 13....."Life Together with Our Family

DISTRICT MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT RETREAT A wonderful get away for married couples, April 25-27 in Pigeon Forge! Please sign up at the Connection Center and see Pastor for more information! ALABASTER OFFERING TOTAL Thanks to your generosity and participation, we have received $1,823 this church year! NYI HAITI MISSION TRIP Today, we will receive a special offering to help send 4 of our very own from Grace Church to Haiti this June! Our Youth Pastor, Brian Gilliam is leading this district NYI mission! Please mark your offering "NYI Haiti"! In addition, all undesignated "loose" offering in the plates today will go towards this mission trip! CHILDREN'S TALENT FORMS Please get all district children's talent forms in to Doreen Davis today! These must be postmarked by March 6! DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME Please remember to "spring forward" one hour THIS Saturday night so you'll be on time for church next Sunday!

Sunday School Classes/ Small Groups

All of these groups meet each Sunday morning at 9:45-10:40am. Visit the Connections Center for more info. Nursery I (Newborn-Crawlers) Room 101 Lynn McCullough Nursery II (Walkers) Room 102 Jeanette Bullock Preschool (Ages 3-4) Room 110 Nancy Fussell Kindergarten (Ages 5-6) Room 109 Lynda Casteel Early Elementary (1st & 2nd Grades) Room 105 Halisha Sturm Middle Elementary (3rd & 4th Grades) Room107 Kim Ware Pre-Teen (5th & 6th Grades) Room 108 Charlie Ellis Youth (7th-12th Grades) Room FLC 201 Pastor Brian Gilliam College & Career (Ages 18-25) Room FLC 202 Sally Bates Journey (Young Adults) Room FLC 101 TBS Friendship (Adults) Room 102 Jerry Hanson Pioneer (Senior Adults) Conference Room Floyd Amburn

Stewardship & Statistics

February 16, 2014-Total in Sunday School: 52 Total in Corporate Worship: 147 February Tithes & Offerings (as of 2/16): $14,392 Faith Promise Commitments $13,998 Faith Promise received (as of 2/16): $3,492

Today At Grace
9:00am Worship Team Practice 9:00-9:15am Prayer Time in the Fireside Room 9:45-10:40am Small Groups/Sunday School 10:50am Morning Worship Service KidsChurch (Ages 7-12) WeeKids Church (Ages 3-6) 6:00pm Intergenerational Worship Service (Sanctuary)

This Week At Grace

Tuesday, March 4 High Hopes Meeting @ 7pm (Fireside Room) Wednesday, March 5 Adult Bible Study @ 7pm (Fireside Room) Caravan @ 7pm (KidsChurch Room) Youth Bible Study @ 7pm (Youth Room) Choir Practice @ 7pm (Sanctuary) Thursday, March 6 Recovery Ministries @ 7pm (FLC Room 102) Friday , March 7 Nazarene World Day of Prayer Saturday, March 8 District Childrens Bible Quiz Finals

Upcoming Events
3/9 Celebration of Holy Communion in AM service 3/9-4/13 SDMI Small Group Emphasis 3/11 Primetimers Lunch, 1:30pm @ Over There Restaurant Monthly Church Board Meeting, 7pm 3/23 Dr. Ron McCormack @ Grace 4/3-4/6 Top Nazarene Talent @ Trevecca (TNT @ TNU) 4/19 Easter Egg Hunt @ Grace 4/20 Easter Sunday 4/25-27 East TN District Marriage Retreat 4/27 Annual Church Meeting & Elections in PM Service

Welcome to Grace We are honored to have you with us today in worship! God is doing great things at Grace and we want you to be part of the excitement. If you would like more information about our beliefs, various ministries, small groups, upcoming events, or other ways you can get plugged into Grace Church of the Nazarene, please stop by our Connections Center in the main foyer! A friendly face will be there to assist you. Welcome to the family! Ministry Team Micah Sturm Pastor pastor@chattanoogagrace.com Becky Ratledge Office Manager office@chattanoogagrace.com Brian Gilliam Youth Pastor brian@chattanoogagrace.com Russ Fairbanks Interim Worship Pastor russfairbanks@yahoo.com Daniel Winn Compassionate Ministries Pastor daniel@chattanoogagrace.com Doreen Davis Childrens Ministries Director children@chattanoogagrace.com Charlie Ellis Recovery Ministries recovery@chattanoogagrace.com Kyle Rollins High Hopes Ministries highhopes@chattanoogagrace.com Beth Poarch Grace Christian Academy Director gca@chattanoogagrace.com Contact Church Office: 6310 Dayton Boulevard Hixson, TN 37343 (423) 842-5919 www.chattanoogagrace.com

Morning Worship Service

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Prelude Call to Worship We Gather to Praise I Am Blessed Before the Rocks Cry Out Open the Eyes of My Heart Grace and Peace Since Jesus Came Into My Heart Shout To the Lord Breathe We Worship in Prayer
*You may pick up a Prayer List of special needs for the week at the Connections Center.

We Worship in Giving

We Worship in the Word Seeing Jesus Matthew 17:1-9 We Respond to the Word

Tonight at 6 pm Intergenerational Service Sanctuary

Grace Church provides a fully-staffed nursery for your convenience during all services downstairs in our Grace Kids Area.