Pastor Ray returned from his trip to Armenia this week. It was a wonderful time together! He had the opportunity to preach twice on Sunday June 16th on the passage from Hebrews 4:11-16 at Central Baptist and Maranata Baptist.
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This Sunday we rejoiced as a body in sending off Heidi Ansiel to her new home in Slovenia with Josiah Venture. Heidi Ansiel has served on a number of short term JV mission trips over the years. She recently sensed the call from the Lord to make this a more permanent commitment. Our Grace Church family confirmed Heidi’s calling with joy.
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What the Kashtans have called their biggest project yet, has wrapped up with an incredible celebration this week. Last year they endeavored to produce a children’s CD entitled “My First 100 Songs”. It has been a long period of song writing, studio recording, creating artistic images for each song, and preparing for the concert.
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We have been studying through the book of Proverbs and yesterday’s message was on the topic of friendship. A couple of the opening questions were, “Are friends necessary or just nice to have?” Where do friends fit in my priorities?”
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It is difficult to believe that four years have passed since Karis arrived in Slovenia. The date was May 5, 2015, when she began her work as a missionary with Josiah Venture in the city of Maribor. However, the Lord had begun his work on her heart years before.
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The Freie Evangelishce Biblgemeinde in Meine Germany is celebrating a couple exciting new manifestations of the Lord’s work this last month. They recently planted a church in a neighboring town. Below are some pictures from the dedication service and the commissioning of two elders for this church.
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A few weeks ago, we had our quarterly prayer meeting in the Fireside room. If you were unable to join us, please consider praying on your own time or inviting others to join you in lifting up these requests before the Lord.
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The months are passing quickly and preparations are amping up for Heidi as she prepares to head back to Slovenia. The next few weeks will involve Josiah Venture orientation and a month long missions training in Denver. However, in the midst of all this, we have the opportunity to spend a night hearing about the call the Lord has placed on her heart.
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January 18, 2019 marked Tyler, Lara, Judah and Asher Patty’s first year in the Czech Republic as a family. We thank God for the many ways he has been working in and through them with Josiah Venture. Here’s a video from them reflecting on the last year and showing us a peak into life in Czech during the winter.
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There are many factors that can make it difficult for us to feel connected to our global partners overseas. It has been a goal of the Global Outreach Team to address some of those challenges through regular prayer updates, quarterly corporate prayer meetings, and opportunities to meet with our global partners when they are visiting.
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We are now accepting applications for the 2019 Short-term Global Outreach Team!
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As the new year approaches, we rejoice with our Global Partners in the work the Lord has done through their ministries and through His Church. We hope your heart is encouraged by looking back on some of these stories from 2018.
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Every year, we have a couple special ways the Grace Church body can wish our Global Partners Merry Christmas.
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Two weeks ago, we had our quarterly prayer meeting in the Fireside room to seek the Lord's goodness on behalf of our global outreach ministries. If you were unable to join us, please consider praying on your own time or inviting others to join you in lifting up these requests before the Lord.
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October 28th marks the one hundred year anniversary of the Czech and Slovak nations. And while this is a time for celebration for both countries, the last hundred years has also been wrought with struggle and oppression.
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It was May 16th when Heidi Ansiel set out for her Josiah Venture Internship in Slovenia with the new communications team there. She served in the local church in the city of Celje to disciple youth and equip them to fulfill the great commission (especially through Fusion). Additionally, she served on the communications team to support their work of inviting students in the community to Fusion and English camps.
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It was two years ago that our church received a concerning email from Eitan and Orit Kashtan, our missionaries in Israel. There had been a fire in their home started by some bad electrical wiring. Much of their home had to be rebuilt and the Kashtans spent several months renting an apartment in Tel Aviv. Yet, I remember their initial email telling us about the fire. After giving the practical details of what had happened and what needed to be done, they ended with thanksgiving.
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With the cooling weather, the shortening days, and kids back in school, it is clear summer is hastening to an end. And while I am tempted to bemoan the eventual loss of warm sunny days, my inbox has been filling with updates from some of our Josiah Venture global partners. They are updates that recount stories of the clear work of God in the lives of young people in central and eastern Europe this summer. These stories represent a different kind of harvest time. One I can't wait to tell you a little about!
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Earlier this summer Grace Church donated $300 toward the VBS program at Grace Baptist church in Artashat. Pastor Ray was able to deliver this money in person during his recent trip to Armenia. Early last week we received an email from Asatur with pictures from their week of VBS.
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I'm writing to you all today, because I'm praying for Grace Church! I am incredibly grateful and humbled to get to call Grace my home church and to serve together, even across an ocean. I am thankful for your corporate support and for standing in faith for this next generation of JV Kids with our team.
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