Grace Times

Vol. XVIII/12

Grace Bible Church, C 930, Sector B Mahanagar, Lucknow, India

August 2015

from the pastor

Pulpit Calendar
August 2015
Check-in 15 minutes before services
Morning Services at 10 sharp
02
09
16
23
30

Holy Communion. Preacher: Pastor Kuru

Ashish Khan
Ashish Khan
18th Anniversary. Roshini Chandy
Tedd Lewellen

Allipur Grace Bible Church at 10

02
09
16
23
30

Shyam Babu
Shyam Babu
Shyam Babu
Shyam Babu
Pastor Raja

EIGHTEENTH ANNIVERSARY
Potluck meal after the service.
Bring your own plates, glasses and cutlery
and food to share

Sunday School
Will be held during
worship services

Thursdays at 6.30 p.m

06 Prayer meeting: Sanctuary
13 Bible Study:
Sanctuary
20 Prayer meeting: Sanctuary
27 Bible Study:
Sanctuary

True Christianity finds all of its doctrines

from the Bible; true Christianity does not
deny any part of the Bible; true Christianity
does not add anything to the Bible.
Billy Graham

My dear people
On the 4th Sunday of this month we celebrate our
18th anniversary. qhen we look back at the years
gone by we can see that Gods hand has been upon
us. Here are some of the things I have seen of
Gods blessings on our church.
1. We exist as a church because God has been with
us. It was not an easy path for us. We had to shift
from one place to another in the first eight years,
and many people left us as they moved to other
places and other churches. But we continued on and
came to the place where we are today.
2. Few years back someone told me that Grace
Bible Church is a dying church. That hurt. But we
kept going, and today Grace Bible Church is one of
the lively and growing churches in the city. We
have weekly meetings for either Bible study or
prayer and monthly womens prayer meetings and
the number of participants in all these meetings
keeps increasing. And many new members have
joined the church. We were also enabled to give
birth to another church (in the village) and then to
build a sanctuary there.
3. We have a lot of gifted people in the church. We
have one of the best worship teams, a very good
Sunday school, and many lay preachers who are a
great blessing and encouragement to the church.
As we enter our 19th year we should recognize the
fact that God has blessed us so much and is keeping
us as a church for a purpose. It is our duty to seek
Him always and go forth to fulfill His purpose. He
said He will never leave us nor forsake us.

Wish you all a blessed anniversary.

Love
Raja

Jan July 2014

General Offerings

Income

July 31,

2015

July 2015

JanJuly2015

Budget 2015

Projection

1,30,770

38,460

2,39,373

2,50,000

4,10,000

29,785

25,000

40,900

50,000

Erratic

3,28,950

38,800

2,83,700

4,90,000

4,86,000

2nd Mile Pledges

68,600

9,300

60,700

1,20,000

1,04,000

Lent/Christmas offer.

10,630

14,100

20,000

Erratic

Hindi Services

24,384

60,000

Erratic

9,90,000

10,00,,000

Donations
Pledged Giving

Designated collections
Sunday School
Grace Church in Village

5,995

2,060

44,600

12,500

Medical Aid Fund

GRAND TOTAL

12,426

69,200
6,43,714

1,13,620

7,32,899

Manji Philip fractured her toe.

Tabitha Lugan had root canal treatment and needs
further dental surgery, which can take place only
after her blood sugar level comes down.
Devanshis father had a fall and injured his knee.
Treza Masih has recovered from surgery.
Vijay Singh is able to see well after laser treatment
for his eye.
Sumitabh Singh has a job as a music teacher in a
school.
Sushila is in Beijing with Geetu, Gary, Zoya and
Noah.
Mary & James Pearce have gone to the USA to attend their daughters wedding.
Devanshi Bhatnagar is visiting her uncle in Bangalore.

Birthdays in August
03
07
10
14
19

Usha Antin
Shobha Masih
Prabha Prakash
Amy Nag
Jerusha Antin

Vaibhav Verma has joined a law college in Dehradun.

Jeba and Pastor Raja are going to Christian Medical
College in Vellore for treatment for Jebas knees,
that have been very painful even after consulting
many doctors.

For Pastoral Care contact

Rev J T Raja 995 639 9835
Emeritus Pastor Kuru 4049392
gracebiblechurch.lucknowindia@gmail.com
www.gracebiblechurchlucknow.org