Weekly Update | November 22, 2023
Always Thankful
Dmitriy Zherebnenkov
Dear Grace Family Church, Happy Thanksgiving!
Only believers can truly celebrate Thanksgiving. Why? Because they have a specific person to whom they’re grateful—God the Creator!
According to tradition, this Thursday during our meeting we will have an open mic to share with each other what we’re grateful for to God. So that your gratitude was based on something, take some time today to really think about what you’re grateful for. Especially thank the Lord for His spiritual lessons! It’s wonderful when we have specific things in our spiritual and physical lives for which we’re grateful to our Creator. It’s always encouraging to the church when we hear our brothers and sisters share about how God is working in their lives. We really hope that this year also God will be praised and we will be edified through your testimonies at our meeting and at your dinner tables!
“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints…” (Col. 1:3-4)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The Scripture memory text
16 Rejoice always,
17 pray without ceasing,
18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Below are the services and meetings for this weekend:
- Thursday (10:00 AM) – Thanksgiving Service
- Sunday services:
- Worship Service in Russian at 9:00 AM
- Worship Service in English at 11:15 AM