GraceTown Launch ReCap

With the future of GraceTown at hand, We launched the first GraceTown service with a message on Moving Forward. Difficult times are a fact of life, but they can be good for us. If you are ever going to move forward, you have to learn to deal with difficulties.“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” 2 Cor. 4:17
Whatever we are going through, God has a plan for our lives, and He will see us through it. “Everyone born of God overcomes the world.” 1 John 5:4
As we celebrate the advancement of the Body of Christ, GraceTown Church welcomes you to become a part of “moving forward” in God’s Kingdom. This past weekend, we saw 265 people walk through the doors of Westerville Central and of that number 8 turned their lives over to Christ! This is only the beginning of what God is going to do with GraceTown, and we will follow where He leads. We look forward to seeing you this weekend at 10:30 am!

GraceTown Practice Service Update

The practice service went great! We were able to work out some of the quirks and find out how to make next weeks kickoff top notch! I shared an appropriate message for 9/11 as we remembered the tragedy that hit our nation 10 years ago; When we are founded upon the Word of God, we are unshakable because God is not moved by circumstances.
“Sometimes, when it seems like things are falling apart, it is really God putting the pieces back together.”

Without weakness, there is no true faith, because we wouldn’t need God if we could do it all ourselves. He is always faithful, and His Word will always stand!

We look forward to launching Gracetown Church Sept. 18th and we want to see you there! Bring a friend, come have some coffee, and just enjoy what God is beginning at Gracetown. We appreciate all the support that we have received from all of you so far and we eagerly anticipate all that God has for the future. Let’s do this! Don't forget to Text to 41411 to receive Gracetown updates

GraceTown Acts of Kindness is Contagious

A few weeks ago at our launch meeting we passed out these Acts of kindness Cards to our team and I encouraged all them to begin to serve acts of kindness by paying for someone's coffee or meal at local coffee shops, restaurants, drive-thru's, etc.... Susie, one of our team members texted me this note, "Pastor Rob it was so fun to bless people at Starbucks! I bought a $25 gift card and gave my Barista's gave 10 free coffees away along with the GraceTown Acts of Kindness Cards. It blessed them as well." Later that day Susie texted me again with this, "I just received word that the Starbucks card was such a hit that others started adding money to it to keep the giving going. How awesome is that?"

The Apostle Paul clairfies the untangled way of kindness in this verse, "God's kindness leads to a radical life change..." Romans 2:4 The Message. Ephesians 4:32 - "Be kind and compassionate to one another..." As we are approaching our September 18 Launch service, I want acts of kindness and a heart to serve be a part of the culture of GraceTown Church. Being a Christian is not about what we get, but WE GIVE. The city doesn't exist for the Church, the Church exist for the city. Go ahead Spread the Love, Have some fun and make somebody's day!