GFCN Update - September 12, 2012

Praying for Pastor Kyle Poole and Pastor Sammy Geddings both pastors on the South Carolina District.  Join us in praying for these men of God.

 Work continues on the downspout drainage lines around the Sunday school building and the daycare building.  Hopefully this will solve some the humidity and water problems that we have been experiencing in both locations.

REVIVAL - Continues last night of services tonight at 7:00 PM

Dr. Michael Benson

September 9-12, 2012 with Evangelist Dr. Michael Benson, Chaplain at Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, Illinois.  The final service will take place at  7:00 PM this evening. Plan now to be a part of each of these services. A special time for children KIDS KRUSADE (Revival) will also take place simultaneously with the revival services. Thank you to all who have been involved and to Dr. Benson for his timely and challenging messages.

ALABASTER OFFERING will be received on September 30, 2012 in our AM service.  Please be preparing your Alabaster box and your offering of love.  The Alabaster offering is received twice each year in the Church of the Nazarene.  What is Alabaster?  Great question: The Alabaster Offering provides funds for property and buildings around the world. While we understand the church consists of the people of God and not a building, buildings erected for the purpose of ministry help provide a sense of permanence, functionally enhance ministry efforts, and convey an  attitude that the Church of the Nazarene intends to "put down roots." Alabaster funds help provide land for many Work & Witness projects, and the entire Alabaster Offering goes toward the purchase of land and construction of churches, schools, medical facilities, and homes for missionaries and national workers.  For additional information you may click here. (This will open in a new window.)

ALL CHURCH WORK DAYS ANNOUNCED.  Saturday, September 29, 2012 and Saturday, October 6, 2012 are our fall clean up and work days for the church.  Saturday AM beginning at 8:00 AM to 12:00 NOON.  We are inviting all who would like to help around the church with the facilities to come and join us.  We will have supplies available, but we are requesting that you bring your own tools.  We will be working inside and outside the building.  For more information see Larry Sams or Pastor Ray Moore they are making a concentrated effort to organize and announce the "job list" in advance of the work day so that the skills and interests of volunteers can be matched with the tasks that are to be accomplished.

What is LINKS?

 
The LINKS program of the Church of the Nazarene is a network of personal connections between missionaries and Nazarenes around the world. Missionaries are assigned to districts and, then on the district level, connected to local churches. This gives each church an opportunity to become personally acquainted with the missionary family and their field of service. Typically, churches send cards, cash gifts, packages, and other remembrances to their LINKS missionaries.  LINKS stand for Loving Interested Nazarenes Knowing Sharing.
 
In return, the churches feel a sense of involvement with the global mission enterprise of the church through regular correspondence from the missionaries, updates from their field, and even through deputation services while the missionaries are on home assignment. The missionaries are encouraged, knowing people care and pray for them. The relationships built over time personalize names and faces that both the missionaries and their LINKS churches value highly.

Greenville First LINKS missionaries for 2012 - 2014 are Jordan and Rachel Thompson, serving in Papua New Guinea and Heidi Bowes, serving in Switzerland. We will celebrate and recognize our LINKS Missionaries on Sunday, September 16, 2012.

To find out more about these LINKS missionaries you can check these links: (links will open in a new widow)  Jordan and Rachel Thompson and Heidi Bowes.

Trunk & Treat 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 everyone is invited to TRUNK & TREAT 2012.  Bring your car (decorate it if you choose), lots of candy, dress in costume (if you choose- no monsters or demons), park in the front parking lot and share a time of fellowship, picture taking, good treats - this is for the kid in all of us!

Come make a memory and share in a night of fellowship.  Wednesday, October 31, 6PM - 8PM.  This will be our Wednesday night activity for the night.

Journey to Bethlehem is just around the corner.  Mark you calendars  Nove 30 - December 2, 2012

FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 

 1201 Haywood Road, Greenville, SC. 29615
Chuck Fountain- Pastor; email; 
Tim Godby - Worship & Arts; email; 
Brenda Turner - Children & Families; email; 
Ray Moore - Associate Pastor; email; 
Milton Harrington - Pastoral Care; email;
Midge Simpson - SLC Director; email; 
Wesley Steisslinger - Students & Families; email; 
Church website:   www. greenvillenaz.org