Join us Each week in person or online
Sundays at 9:30am.
Scripture: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:4-18
Music:
This is Amazing Grace - Worthy
I Surrender All - Living Hope
Amazing Grace
Summer Sermon Series
What Difference does the Holy Spirit Make
In the Life of a Believer
In the Life of the Church
Dear Church,
I love glow-in-the-dark stuff! T-shirts, water bottles, stickers, etc. I think it is crazy technology! The more something sits under the light, the brighter (and longer) it will glow when it enters the darkness! As we continue our summer sermon series on the Holy Spirit, we will be in the second letter of Corinthians, chapter 3, verse 4-18, where Paul talks about the spirit’s work in us to make us more reflective of God’s glory as we look more and more like our savior, Jesus! Kind of like glow-in-the-dark stuff… pretty cool. I can’t wait to worship with you on Sunday!
Peace,
Pastor Jeff
Image courtesy of the Lausanne Movement.
Prayer Request Miscommunication
Dear Congregation,
We apologize for the recent miscommunication regarding prayer requests. The correct email for sending prayer requests is prayer@gecovenant.org. If you have any prayer requests, please send them to this email.
Peace of Christ,
The GEECC Team
Herrick Lake Fishing: August 8
Before the Fire Pit tonight, Student Ministries will be going fishing at Herrick Lake from 6pm-6:45pm.
Contact Joseph Sawyer if your students are interested.
Fire pits: August 8
Our next Student Ministries Fire Pit will be at the Home of Rob and Vicky Martin, August 8 at 7pm. See Joseph Sawyer for directions.
BackPack Blessing: August 11
During the service next Sunday, August 11th, we will have our annual back to school backpack blessing.
If you are headed back to school (teachers included), we invite you to bring your backpacks as we pray for you and the coming school year.
Student Ministries Shane’s Deli: August 11
Student Ministries will be celebrating students who are graduating from 5th grade and moving to 6th grade by going to Shane's Deli after church on August 11th!
Windsor Lunch: August 22
The next Windsor Lunch will be August 22 at 11:30am. Meet at the Bistro and bring your own lunch.
We hope to see you there!
Financial Secretary Message
Second-quarter donation receipts have been mailed to all members and donors. If you have any questions or did not receive a statement, please contact Financial Secretary Wendy Miller (giving@gecovenant.org or 630-596-6487).
Also, if you would like a box of numbered donation envelopes for giving via checks or cash, please contact Wendy.
Front Door Ministry
If you are interested in helping out at church, below are some exciting new and existing hospitality roles:
Usher, Coffee Host, Door Greeter, and Connector.
Click the link to sign up!
Thursday Evening Book Club
On Thursdays the Justice group will be studying material from World Relief called
DISCOVERING AND LIVING GOD’S HEART FOR IMMIGRANTS: A GUIDE TO WELCOMING THE STRANGER
This guide is intended to help you learn more about a very complex and controversial topic, one that tends to evoke passion and sometimes disagreement."
Anyone who would like to receive the pdf or printed file of the guide and/or join the Zoom discussions Thursdays 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. should contact Mary or Scott Crickmore.
The next book will be Everything Sad is Untrue: Daniel Nayeri’s memoir as a Christian refugee from Iran growing up in Oklahoma. More details to follow.
Church Prayer Meeting
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” -Colossians 4:2
ATTENTION: There will not be a Zoom prayer meeting from June through August.
You can send a prayer request to Jayne Bischoff (jaynebischoff@gmail.com) who will forward all requests to the Prayer Partners.
Please mark if a request is confidential.
Thank you, have a blessed Summer! Jayne Bischoff
“So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” Luke 11:9-10
Missions Focus
District Children's Camps in Zimbabwe
Our missions partner in Zimbabwe—Tarcisio Magurupira, with Firm Foundation, is training leaders for the church-district children’s camps that will take place this month. He is preparing some 200 adults for these especially important long-lasting opportunities for an amazing number of children.
Contact Jay Carstenbrock at jay.carstenbrock@comcast.net for more information.
