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Mid-week GNBC Family News | Vol 2/No 2

JANUARY 16, 2019

Hi Good News family!

Here’s a few things you should know this week…

> WHAT ARE ALL THOSE BOOKS WITH NAMES THAT ARE HARD TO PRONOUNCE – AND WHY DO THEY MATTER? Zechariah, Malachi, Haggai – their names are odd, and their books are sometimes difficult to read and understand. But the prophets had an important message to the B.C. Jews – and they have an important message to 21st century followers of Jesus. Find out this Sunday as I talk through the message of the 5 major prophets and the 12 minor prophets from 1 Kings 17-19, 2 Kings 2, 4, 6, Hosea 4-5, 8-9, 14, Amos 1, 3-5, 9, (The Story, chapter 15).

> BEN PARKER’S DAD, ROBERT PARKER, CROSSED OVER TO GLORY TODAY Cards can be sent to Ben & Jenn at 1490 Sunnyside Road, Nichols, NY, 13812. We will pass on more information about arrangements as it becomes available.

> PRAYER & PRAISE…

  • Pray for the evangelism team as they engage in conversations Sunday afternoons at Emerald Square Mall. See Geddy Kohler for more information.
  • Praise God for the safe delivery of Phineas Lovelesss, born last Thursday to Mo and Jonny Loveless in Dubuque, Iowa.
  • Pray for Justin & Steph and their team of volunteers leading the MS+HS Youth Ministry on Wednesday nights.

> THANK YOU TO THE DEACONS – Joan LeClerc passes her appreciation to the GNBC deacons for arranging to have a handicapped ramp built at her house in North Attleboro, making it easier for her to get in and out for doctors’ appointments, etc.

> GNBC CANCELLATION POLICY Good News Bible Chapel encourages individuals and families to rely on their own best judgement when conditions such as inclement weather, dangerous road conditions, or other emergency situations might put their health or safety at risk.
SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES – The Deacons and Elders will make a decision about delays or cancellation based on weather forecasts. There will be notification on www.gnbc.org, on the GNBC Facebook page, through this email list, and a message on the GNBC phone answering message (508.226.2916).
LIFE GROUPS – Individual LG leaders will notify their LG members of the plan to cancel at least one half hour prior to the meeting time.
BIBLE STUDIES, YOUTH GROUPS, and OTHER EVENTS – Cancellation will be at the discretion of the ministry leaders. The leaders will notify the participants by Facebook and/through this Chapel email list.

> HEY GUYS! MARK YOUR CALENDAR! The Men’s Breakfast is Saturday, January, 26th, 7:30-9:30am at the Chapel. Starts with breakfast, then goes into the first video of a new multi-session video series, “Stepping Up: A call to courageous manhood,” with Dennis Rainey, Coach Tony Dungee, Voodie Bauchman, Matt Chandler, and others. Don’t miss a great chance to get to know brothers at GNBC, and get some solid biblical coaching as a man, husband, and dad. Sign up by Jan 20th so we can order enough bacon and books. See Stu MacKeller or Darian Medeiros with any questions.

> ANNUAL GNBC CORPORATION MEETING, Sunday February 3rd at 12:30pm in the Blue Classroom. This is the annual meeting required by Massachusetts law to elect new officers of the 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, approve a budget for 2019, etc. (The GNBC By-laws say the combined elders + deacons are the voting members of the corporation.)

> UPDATE – NEED A RECEIPT FOR 2018 GIVING? Connect directly with Art Warner (508.930.4538) for a tax-deductible receipt for your giving to the Lord at GNBC this year.

> MISSED A SUNDAY? You can always get the Sunday sermon here — listen online or download the MP3 — plus get a PDF of the sermon notes, plus a PDF of the weekly Program with announcements, prayer page, gospel page, Global Reach Partners update, and the current Life-Group list, etc. All available each week here.

I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance. I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms. – EPHESIANS 1:16-20 NLT

Only by grace,
Steve

[ You can get back copies of all the Mid-Week GNBC Family Newslettersonline at gnbc.org/category/news ]

Mid-week GNBC Family News | Vol 2 – No 1

JANUARY 2, 2019

Hi Good News family!

Here’s a few things you should know this week…

> THE STORY RE-LAUNCHES THIS COMING SUNDAY How do you move from devoted, obedient faith to disobedience that walks away from faith? Find out this Sunday when Matt DuPlessie will bring us Chapter 13, The King Who Had It All at 10:45am. Invite a friend!

PRAYER & PRAISE…

  • Praise God for his “Grace on top of grace” (John 1:16), in the past year!
  • Pray for God to continue to do his work of redemption and reconciliation of sinners in 2019 through GNBC and the Church of Attleboro.
  • Praise God,the deacons report that the Chapel ended the year in the black. Thank you for your generous giving to the Lord and the ministries at GNBC.

> START THE NEW YEAR WITH PRAYER THURSDAY NIGHT AT 7 Join your sisters and brothers, being prayed for and praying together for others, for our church family and ministries, for God’s work in our City, State and Nation. First Thursday Prayer at 7pm in the lower Chapel.

> THERE IS A COUPLE LIVING IN THE CHAPEL HOUSE TEMPORARILY The deacons have asked a couple with three kids to stay in the Chapel-owned house for 3 months to assure it is cared for during the winter cold snaps. Meanwhile they will work on some overdue repair and clean-up projects in the house.

> NEED A RECEIPT FOR 2018 GIVING? Connect directly with Dave Carter (508.369.4495), the GNBC Treasurer, for a tax-deductible receipt for your giving to the Lord at GNBC this year.

> JANUARY 26th WILL BE THE LAST SECOND CHANCE CLOTHES Since no one has stepped up to lead this ministry, the last Saturday in January will be the last SCC give-away for free clothes to those in need. Please bring any donations to teh Chapel Lobby in the next few weeks. All donations after January 26 will go automatically to Savers in North Attleboro.

> MISSED A SUNDAY? You can always get the Sunday sermon here — listen online or download the MP3 — plus get a PDF of the sermon notes, plus a PDF of the weekly Program with announcements, prayer page, gospel page, Global Reach Partners update, and the current Life-Group list, etc. All available each week here.

As my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient One and was led into his presence. He was given authority, honor, and sovereignty over all the nations of the world, so that people of every race and nation and language would obey him. His rule is eternal—it will never end. His kingdom will never be destroyed.– Daniel 7:13, 14

Only by grace,
Steve

[ You can get back copies of all the Mid-Week GNBC Family Newslettersonline at gnbc.org/category/news ]

God is a planner

Steve DuPlessie | January 2, 2019

God is a planner. Actually, he has plans at work at many levels. We all know  the familiar verse in And Proverbs 16:9 tells us “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”

It moves from the general to the specific in Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. That’s echoed in Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

God didn’t just think of this plan for you yesterday. Ephesians 1:3-6 in the Message says, “Long before He [God] laid down earth’s foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love. Long, long ago He decided to adopt us into His family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure He took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of His lavish gift-giving by the hand of His beloved Son.”

And his plan for you gets even more specific, with a particular goal in mind. Romans 8:29, 30 – For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

But God also has a plan for his church. Jesus told Peter, “…I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it” Matthew 16:18. There’s an end-game picture of what that looks like in 1 Corinthians 15:24-28: And then comes the end, when Jesus hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

“And the last enemy that will be abolished is death. For He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, ‘All things are put in subjection,’ it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him. When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.”

Ephesians 3:10, 11 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

The church is God’s “plan A” for working in the world. So when we pray for our world, the main thing we should pray for is the spiritual vitality of believers in the world.

What does this mean in the current season of political turmoil? It means you you should pray for the salvation of our leaders. At the least, that they would acknowledge and submit to God for guidance, wisdom and direction. But pray mostly for the church. Pray that the church will be healthy and bold and focused on and clear about the gospel.

It’s also important to note that in his final wishes, Jesus prays for us, as believers, to internalize God’s love. Jn 17:20-23 – I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

He’s praying that we would love Jesus the way that God loves Jesus and we would love others like Jesus loves us. Because when we do that, people will know that he is real. The church is Plan A. There is no Plan B. the local church is the hope of the world. /

Mid-week GNBC Family News #26

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Hi Good News family!

Here’s a few things you should know this week…

> THANK-YOU GOOD NEWS KIDS! for presenting an awesome Christmas program — “The Colors of Christmas” — last Sunday morning! The songs and story were a great reminder of what Christmas is all about. Thanks to all the kids, the supportive parents, the sound/tech team, and Susan Ferris and her team for all your time and work! We were all blessed and Jesus was honored!                                         

> THANK YOU MINISTRY TEAM LEADERS FOR SERVING GOD + HIS PEOPLE AT GNBC IN 2018…    
Acts 4:32 Fund – James Saylors
Attleboro Emergency Homeless Shelter Team – Mic Moniz
Breaking of Bread Service – Ray Anchan & Darian Medeiros              
Branches Bible Study – Fern Stebbings
Building Scheduling – Dave Carter               
Bulletin Team – Ann Kepaa                             
Campus Maintenance – Dave Carter & Jake Warner                          
Celebrate Recovery – Geddy Kohler & June Kohler              
City Supper (Soup Kitchen) Team – Terrianne Shea            
Deacons – Art Warner, James Saylors & Dave Carter
Discipleship Training Team – Mark & Kim Wurster
Finance Admin Support – Beth Fabbo                            
Financial Peace University Team – Adam Chamberlain        
GNBC en español – Freddy Pedrez             
Good News Kids! Sunday School Team – Susan Ferris               
“Gospel Outreach” Team – Jonathan Link             
Greater Boston Food Bank Team – Gary Couture
Greeters & Usher Team – Bob Boyce                
Kitchen/Hospitality Team – Deana Warner
Library – Phoebe Christensen
Life Groups – Dave Stebbings            
Men’s Breakfast – Stuart McKellar
Marked Men for Christ – Geddy Kohler              
Nursery Team – Rachel Chamberlain        
Praise Teams – Brian Houghton, Meegan Delvental & Dave Stebbings         
Second Chance Clothes Team – Paige Rhynes & Brittany Warner           
Softball Teams – Ray DiCiaccio & Jake Warner             
Tech Team – Steve DiBastiani           
Treasurer – Dave Carter                    
Gym Setup Team Coordinator – James Saylors                       
Woman’s Ministry – Phoebe Christensen
Youth Ministry Team – Justin & Stef Wallace  

> THANK YOU! 2018 LIFE GROUP HOSTS & LEADERS…
Alicia Berganza, Art & Deana Warner, Bob & Marilyn Boyce, Christine McKellar & Maia Borgal, Claudia Ruano & Ileana Rojas, Dave & Phoebe Christensen, Darian & Buffy Medeiros, Delores Spencer & Craig Fabbo, Ellen & Dave Stebbings, Gary Couture, Matt & Beth DuPlessie, Mike & Meegan Delvental, Ray & Gigi Anchan
            
PRAYER & PRAISE…

  • Praise God the good news of the gospel of the grace of God in the birth of the baby Jesus went to hundreds of guests at the Christmas Eve service — at GNBC and at other “Church of Attleboro” sites.
  • Pray that the Christmas message of the gospel will continue to do its work in bringing the lost and broken who are far from God to saving faith in Jesus.
  • Praise God Micky Moniz is out of the hospital and doing much better.
  • Continue to pray for those separated from their family and loved ones during this holiday season of the year.

> NEW LEADER TEAM NEEDED! The last clothing give-away of 2018 is two days away, Saturday, December 29 at 8am and we need a new leader team. Use your leadership skills to coordinate the Second Chance Clothes ministry team as they prepare for the last-Saturday-of-the-month free clothing distribution to our neighbors in need in the name of Jesus. Call the Chapel office at 508.226.2916 for more information about how you can serve.

> NEED A RECEIPT FOR 2018 GIVING? Connect with Dave Carter (508.369.4495), the GNBC Treasurer, for a tax-deductible receipt for your giving to the Lord at GNBC this year.

> PRAY FOR THE ELDERS’ MEETING TONIGHT The team of elders – Ray Anchan, Mark Wurster, Freddy Perez, Dave Stebbings, & Steve DuPlessie — ask for your prayers as they talk through God’s direction for the ministries at GNBC in 2019. Pray for Godly wisdom and Spirit-powered unity.

> MISSED A SUNDAY? You can always get the Sunday sermon here — listen online or download the MP3 — plus get a PDF of the sermon notes, plus a PDF of the weekly Program with announcements, prayer page, gospel page, Global Reach Partners update, and the current Life-Group list, etc. All available each week here.

As my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient One and was led into his presence. He was given authority, honor, and sovereignty over all the nations of the world, so that people of every race and nation and language would obey him. His rule is eternal—it will never end. His kingdom will never be destroyed.
Daniel 7:13, 14

Only by grace,
Steve

Mid-week GNBC Family News #25

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Hi Good News family!

Here’s a few things you should know this week…

> GN KIDS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM “The Colors of Christmas” THIS SUNDAY AT 10:45 Don’t miss this great time singing Christmas carols in worship, plus the kids program!

> #1 – GN KIDS CHOIR NEED TO BE AT  THE CHAPEL BY 10:25am IN THE FAMILY ROOM Sunday morning to get ready for the service together. Please don’t be late.

> 5PM CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE Pray now for who you are inviting to come to this celebration of our Savior’s birth! Classic and contemporary Christmas carols, the Nativity story from the gospels, the GNKids Choir, and a simple, compelling message of the good new of the gospel in the Christmas story.

> #2 – GN KIDS CHOIR NEED TO BE IN THE FAMILY ROOM MONDAY NIGHT BY 4:50pm to get ready for the service. Please don’t be late.

> RE-ROOFING PROJECT COMPLETED The GNBC Deacons wrapped up the re-roofing of part of the lower building ahead of time and on budget this week. Insurance covered most of the expense! The next project is replacing the worn carpeting throughout the building. Thanks Deacons!

> PRAYER & PRAISE…

  • Praise God our brother Richard “White Eagle” Correia, 87, crossed over to glory in his sleep at Sturdy Hospital last Friday night after a brief illness. His last conversations were all about looking forward to seeing Jesus and his friends who have gone on to glory before him. There is no service planned currently.
  • Pray for Micky Moniz, in Sturdy Hospital with heart issues this week. He’s in room 349. Send a card or note to Mick at Sturdy: 211 Park Street, Attleboro, MA 02703.
  • Pray for those separated from family and loved ones during this holiday season of the year.

> TIME TO STEP UP AND SERVE! The last clothing give-away of 2018 is scheduled for Saturday, December 29th. We need a new leader team to follow Brittany and Paige who are stepping down after 2 years in leadership. You can use your leadership skills to coordinate the Second Chance Clothes ministry team as they prepare for the last-Saturday-of-the-month free clothing distribution to our neighbors in need in the name of Jesus. Call the Chapel office at 508.226.2916 for more information about how you can serve.

> MISSED A SUNDAY? You can always get the Sunday sermon here — listen online or download the MP3 — plus get a PDF of the sermon notes, plus a PDF of the weekly Program with announcements, prayer page, gospel page, Global Reach Partners update, and the current Life-Group list, etc. All available each week here.

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign:
Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son,
and she will call His name Immanuel.
ISAIAH 7:14

Only by grace,
Steve

[ You can get back copies of all the Mid-Week GNBC Family Newsletters
online at gnbc.org/category/news ]