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Annual MAC Retreat:

No Time for a Retreat? This is the theme of our annual Married Adventure

Couple (MAC) retreat. It will take place from Friday night Sept 16th

4:00PM until

4:00PM Saturday, Sept 17th

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This is a 24 hour get away (in case you aren’t good at mathJ) with your spouse at

the Sheraton Sand Key Resort and the planning team is busy getting things

ready! We have 20 rooms on hold at the Sheraton and time is of the essence

with holding a spot by putting down a $50 deposit. The cost of the entire

weekend is $150 and includes a nice king size room, breakfast and lunch on

Saturday. The only thing not included is your dinner on Friday night which will be

at your own expense near the hotel/surrounding area. You can check in at thehotel at 4:00PM and we will gather as a group at 5:00PM at the hotel and get our

weekend itinerary, then each couple will be encouraged to go for a “date” dinner

at their own expense and return to the hotel for evening teaching and fun

activities.

The host couple for this MAC event is Dean and Luby Bartles and they are a fun

oving couple who are working hard with the Dalrymples and Evanses to plan a

great getaway for you. We know the struggle we all face in finding time for

ourselves in our crazy busy schedules but this is literally 24 hours of couple time

and don’t we all need that?  

The Topic of our retreat will be from the book “Little Changes, Big Resu lts, For

Crazy Busy Couples” by Roger and Becky Tirabassi, and it is a very practical

theme for our marriages. We have a sign up sheet at the MAC kiosk table in the

sanctuary so please consider joining us for our one and only annual retreat.

We also have an alternative package if you truly cannot spend the night but want

to join us for all the activities Friday night and Saturday: $60 covers everything

except the hotel room. We therefore have 2 packages:   Sand Castle $150 (overnight at hotel)

  Sand Dune $60 (sleep at your own house)

Checks should be made to “GCF” to hold your reservation. We are asking for

deposits by August 14th

with the balance due September 4th

. You may have an

excuse as to why you can’t join us, but it better not be that “you are too

busy”!!!!!! 

Contact Becky Evans for more details.

History of the Church:A new church history class is offered every Tuesday morning from 9:30am

10:30am in the Cafe Grace.

Does history bore you to tears? Well, your tearswill now turn to cheers, as Pastor Randy takes

us through a detailed and exciting study of the

History of the Christian Church. Most Christians

think that Church History entails the Gospel

story as it is in the Bible AND the day they came

to faith. But in between those events are two

thousand years of amazing stories that paved the way to what we have as

Christian faith today. Come join us - bring your friends - and even friends

other churches! This is college course material, but taught in an eas

understand, fun, yet challenging manner.

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VBS in Ridgecrest Community  – Aug. 1s t

-4t h

 Like last year, we’ll be doing the VBS at Christ’s Church of Universal Love, i

Ridgecrest community which is just south of the church, from MondaThursday (August 1st - 4th) from 9:00am to noon.

The children will be divided up into three groups (5 & 6 year olds, 7 & 8 year

and 9-11 year olds) and they’ll travel between 3 activity areas – Bible study,

and game. We need volunteers to help! Most of the children participating i

VBS are coming from low income families. This will be a great opportunity to

& serve others within our own community…and we’ll have a great time whil

do it!

Please e-mail Pastor Heath for more details or if you are willing to serve with

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Grace Skates:This is a summer tradition for GCF. Our last Grace Skates for the summer w

on August 15th

from 7pm to 9pm.Don’t miss out on this great time for

the entire church family!

We get the whole skating rink for

ourselves, so bring your friends,

neighbors and family to this

wonderful and fun night out. The

cost is only $5 to skate or play in the

kid's indoor playground, and it

doesn't cost anything to just come

and hang out with each other (and

many people do). We skate at Super Skate on Ulmerton Road - on the north

between Starkey Road and the Largo Mall.

Hope to see you there! And invite some friends!!!

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Grace Christian Fellowship 

The Month of August, 2011

1st

-4th

VBS Summer Outreach in Ridgecrest (see Pastor Heath for more details) 

2nd

Tuesday Morning Bible Study at 9:30am - Studies in Church History (see Pastor Randy for more details)

2nd

Ladies Mid-County Bible Study at 7pm at Angela Willsey’s home (see Becky Evans for more details) 

3rd

Wednesday Night Bible Study at 7pm

3rd

RE:THINK Student Ministry Youth Groups at 7pm (see Lucas Hillman for more details) 

3rd Theology on Tap: Theological and Cultural Discussions at 9pm (at Your Pizza Shop; see Pastor Heath for details)

6th

  Men’s Breakfast at 8am (Cost: $5; see Steve Lee for details) 

7th

Sunday Morning Services 9am and 11am (Family Communion in both services) 

7th

Adult Sunday School Class – Reform at 11:00am (see Pastor Heath for more details)

9th

Tuesday Morning Bible Study at 9:30am - Studies in Church History (see Pastor Randy f or more details)

9th

Ladies Mid-County Bible Study at 7pm at Angela Willsey’s home (see Becky Evans for more details) 

10th

Wednesday Night Bible Study at 7pm

10th

RE:THINK Student Ministry Youth Groups at 7pm (see Lucas Hillman for more details) 

10th

Theology on Tap: Theological and Cultural Discussions at 9pm (at Your Pizza Shop; see Pastor Heath f or details)

11th

-13th

RE:THINK Student Ministry – Jr. High Summer Retreat (see Lucas Hillman for more details) 

14th

Sunday Morning Services 9am and 11am

14th

Adult Sunday School Class – Reform at 11:00am (see Pastor Heath for more details) 

15

th

Grace Skates at Super Skate from 7pm to 9pm(see Becky Evans for more details)

 16th

Tuesday Morning Bible Study at 9:30am - Studies in Church History (see Pastor Randy for more details)

17th

Wednesday Night Bible Study at 7pm

17th

RE:THINK Student Ministry Youth Groups at 7pm (see Lucas Hillman for more details) 

17th

Theology on Tap: Theological and Cultural Discussions at 9pm (at Your Pizza Shop; see Pastor Heath f or details)

18th

Senior Adult Luncheon at 11am (see Pastor Randy for more details) 

20th

  Men’s Breakfast at 8am (Cost: $5; see Steve Lee for details) 

20th

Biblical Parenting Seminar – Getting to the Heart of Parenting Pt. 3 from 1pm to 5pm (see Pastor Heath for more details)

21st

Sunday Morning Services 9am and 11am

21st

Adult Sunday School Class – Reform at 11:00am

23rd

Tuesday Morning Bible Study at 9:30am - Studies in Church History (see Pastor Randy f or more details)

24th

Wednesday Night Bible Study at 7pm

24th

RE:THINK Student Ministry Youth Groups at 7pm (see Lucas Hillman for more details) 

24th Theology on Tap: Theological and Cultural Discussions at 9pm (at Your Pizza Shop; see Pastor Heath f or details)

25th

Baby Mama Adventure 9am – 11am (see Katelyn Hillman or Becky Evans for more details)

28th

Sunday Morning Services 9am and 11am

28th

Missions and Outreach Offering (during service)

28th

Parents of Prodigals prayer group (after 9am service; see Gene MacKay or Pastor Randy for details)

28th

Adult Sunday School Class – Reform at 11:00am

30th

Tuesday Morning Bible Study at 9:30am - Studies in Church History (see Pastor Randy f or more details)

31st

Wednesday Night Bible Study at 7pm

31st

RE:THINK Student Ministry Youth Groups at 7pm (see Lucas Hillman for more details) 

31st

Theology on Tap: Theological and Cultural Discussions at 9pm (at Your Pizza Shop; see Pastor Heath for details)

Look ahead dates:

Sept. 3rd

20th

  Men’s Breakfast at 8am (Cost: $5; see Steve Lee for details) 

Sept. 9th RE:THINK Student Ministry – Rock the Universe (see Lucas Hillman for more details) 

Sept. 11th

Phaino: An Evening of Worship through Song and Prayer (see Pastor Heath f or details) 

Sept. 16th

& 17th

MAC Couples Retreat

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