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Grace Baptist Church Sunday, July 24, 2016

I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” ~ Psalm 122:1

Time Worship Services Suitable for Location

Chinese

Services

8:30-9:40 a.m. Morning Service All Sanctuary

9:30-11:00 a.m. Students’ Service All / Students Coleman Hall

11:30 a.m.–12:40 p.m. Noon Service

All

Sanctuary

7:30-8:45 p.m. Evening Service Room 401

English

Services

10:00-11:15 a.m. Morning Service Sanctuary

5:30-7:00 p.m. Evening Service Coleman Hall

Others

10:00-11:15 a.m. Taiwanese Service Room 301

11:20-11:40 a.m. Children’s Service Children

(age 7-12) Kindergarten

4:00-5:30 p.m. Bilingual Service

All

Sanctuary

Prayer

Meetings

Wed. 7:30-8:45 p.m. Chinese Prayer Meeting Coleman Hall

Wed. 7:30-9:00 p.m. English Prayer Meeting Room 301

~ ENGLISH SERVICES IN BOLD ~

10673 台北市大安區新生南路三段 90 號 (捷運公館站 3 號出口)

No. 90, Sec. 3, Hsin Sheng South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 10673 (MRT Gong Guan Station, Exit 3)

Tel:(02) 2362-5321 (Chinese) (02) 8369-2840 (English) Fax:(02) 2362-7975

Website: www.gbc.org.tw/en E-mail: baptists@gbc.org.tw

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Morning Worship Service – 10 a.m.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Prelude Catherine Liu

Welcome/Prayer Cherrie Lim

Worship Through Music “Great Is Thy Faithfulness (#54)”

“I Know Who Holds Tomorrow”

Pastoral Prayer Pastor Nick Brideson

Worship Through Music “Your Great Name” Cherrie Lim

Offertory Song “The Power of The Cross”

Offertory Prayer Nenita Simon

Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Scripture Reading Acts 11:19-26 Michael Huang

Message The Lord’s Hand Pastor Nick Brideson

Invitation “The Church's One Foundation (#350)”

Benediction Pastor Doug Martin

Announcements Michael Huang

Closing Song “As the Lord Is with Us” Cherrie Lim /Congregation

Postlude Catherine Liu

Nursery care is available in the kindergarten room during the Morning Worship Service and Sunday School hours

Evening Worship Service – 5:30 p.m.

Place: Coleman Hall

Prelude Vicky Lin

Call to Worship and Opening Prayer Grace Chen

Song “Blessed Be The Lord God Almighty” Joe Calpin, Leader

Welcome and Announcements Grace Chen

Pastoral Prayer Pastor Nick Brideson

Songs “Open The Eyes of My Heart Lord” Joe Calpin, Leader

“Ancient of Days”

“Sovereign”

Offertory Prayer Vicky Kuo

Tithes and Offerings

Scripture Reading Acts 11:19-26 Grace Chen

Message The Lord’s Hand Pastor Nick Brideson

Invitation “I Have Decided To Follow Jesus”

Closing Prayer Pastor Doug Martin

Closing Song “Faithful One”

Postlude Vicky Lin

Goals: Prayer; Building the Body; Missions

Thank you for choosing to worship with us and celebrate the glory of our Lord.

We hope you feel a fresh expression of God’s love for you today. The invitation to

Christian discipleship and church membership is open to all whose faith in the Lord

Jesus Christ as the Son of God and sole Savior is consistent with the teaching of the

Bible. As our guest, please do not feel obligated to put anything

in the offering bag, except the welcome card, which we request you

to fill out so we can get to know you better.

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Scripture: Hebrews 13:7-21 (ESV)

Notes:

Sermon Topic: The Lord’s Hand

Scripture: Acts 11:19-26

Pastor Nick Brideson July 24, 2016

Scripture : Acts 11:19-26 (NIV) 19

Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled

as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews. 20

Some of them,

however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also,

telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 21

The Lord's hand was with them, and a

great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

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News of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to

Antioch. 23

When he arrived and saw the evidence of the grace of God, he was glad and

encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. 24

He was a good man,

full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

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Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26

and when he found him, he brought

him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great

numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

Notes:

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Sunday School Classes

Classes Type Time Room

Christianity 101 Adults 11:30 a.m. Mount of Olives

Christianity 102 - Daily Walk with Jesus

Adults 11:30 a.m. B03

Christianity 201 - Life of Jesus (Course closed. Course will be offered again. Date to be announced.)

Book of James Adults 11:30 a.m. 405

1 and 2 Timothy: "Watch Your Life and Doctrine”

Adults 11:30 a.m. B05

The Gospel of Luke Adults 11:30 a.m. WanFu 22, Room C

Youth (Resumes 8/21) Grades 7 and above 11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. B04

AWANA Age 5 – grade 6 11:20 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. 401 / 404

Preschool Age 2-5 11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. 403

Nursery Age 2 and under 10:00 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. Kindergarten

Small Groups

Name Leader Suitable for Time

Salt and Light Paul Han Christians looking for fellowship with Christian brothers and sisters

1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Sunday

Crown of Beauty Roxanne Lin Mission-minded Christians

who desire to share God’s love 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Sunday

Friday NTU Group

(Resumes September)

Rob Riley & Nick Brideson

For university students who like to learn about

Christianity and discuss in English

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Friday

Sigueme Chien Ferng Spanish speakers

looking for fellowship 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Friday

Women’s Breakfast

Fellowship Foua Xiong

Women looking for fellowship over breakfast

8:30 - 10:30 a.m. 2

nd Saturday

Family Care Group

Jonathan & Wendy Evans

Anyone looking for family-related fellowship

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 2

nd and 4

thSunday

If you would like to have fellowship with your Christian brothers and sisters in any of the groups above,

please e-mail Peter Shannon at: PeterS@gbc.org.tw

Sermon Topics

Date Sermon Topic Scripture Speaker

7/31 In Prison Acts: 12:1-10 Pastor Nick Brideson

8/7 Fasting Acts: 13:1-4 Minister Peter Shannon

Announcement

So as not to interrupt the morning service…

In order to not disturb people during the morning service, the ushers will direct anyone who

comes in during or after the Scripture Reading (normally about 10:25 a.m.) to sit on the upper

floor. Also, please turn off your phone during the service. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Announcements

Farewell Potlucks for Pastor Doug and Brenda

Today, everyone is invited to join the Farewell Potlucks for Pastor Doug and Brenda.

No morning Sunday School classes today. Regular SS will resume on July 31.

Pastor Doug Martin has been leading GBC’s English Congregation for the past two and a half

years. However, he and his wife Brenda will soon return to the United States. To show our

appreciation for their service at GBC and to recognize them as God’s servants, we will have

Potlucks today (their last Sunday at GBC) after the morning and evening services.

Please join us for this special occasion:

Guests of Honor: Pastor Doug and Mrs. Brenda Martin

Morning Potluck: 11:20 am to 1:00 pm/Deck

Evening Potluck: 7-9 pm/ B01 to B05 (preparation starts at 2:30 p.m. in B01)

Notes: You are encouraged to bring a special dish for this event.

Evergreen Fellowship

Evergreen is a bilingual fellowship that meets on Saturday nights at 6 p.m.

in Room 401. If you don't currently attend a group at GBC or would like to

serve somewhere, Evergreen is the perfect fellowship group for you to attend.

On July 31st, there will be small groups sharing about the Book of Acts in

Evergreen Fellowship. Please join us.

Mabuhay Fellowship

Mabuhay Fellowship comprises the Filipino group and sponsors various

activities. All are welcome.

Today, we will have a bible study at 2 p.m. on discipleship training, to be led by

Harold and Desiree Villas.

Orphanage Ministry

Today at 2:00 p.m. (meet at the front desk)

The team visits the orphanage every 2nd and 4th Sunday. If you feel God calling you to make a

commitment to work with and build relationships with orphans, you are welcome to join us.

AM Usher Training

Every Sunday morning, the usher team will meet from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. in the Mount of Olives

Room. Usher training will be provided during the meeting. If you are interested in serving the

Lord with us, please join the meeting.

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Announcements

Sunday Prayer Hours in

Mount of Olives Room

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. (Silent Prayer)

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. (Ushers)

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. (Silent Prayer)

English Prayer Meetings

Wednesday 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Room 301

Devotional Sharing

GBC pastoral team will share their daily devotional based on the Daily Living Water year plan.

Please go to our website at http://www.gbc.org.tw/index.php/pastoral-sharing to grow and

embrace God’s word. (Daily Living Water is available in Chinese)

Sermons on CD Now Available at the Front Desk!

If you want a CD of the Sunday service sermons, please ask at the front desk stating which

sermon you want. One week later, you can get the CD from the front desk. Each CD costs

NT20. Thank you!

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Media policy

For reasons of privacy, copyright, etc., please DO NOT:

1. Take videos / pictures

2. Place pictures / videos on social media of ANY GBC

meetings / events without permission

Offering Using Check or Credit Card

(An announcement from GBC’s Financial Committee)

A. To give by check:

a. If the check is issued from countries other than Taiwan, please make it payable to

"Grace Baptist Church".

b. If the check is issued in Taiwan, please make it payable to "財團法人台北市基督教

浸信會懷恩堂" or "基督教浸信會懷恩堂" (choose either title).

c. If you make any correction to the check, please sign your name next to the correction.

d. Put the check in a pink offertory envelope and put it into the offering bag during the

service.

B. To give by credit card:

a. Credit Card Donation Forms are available at the front desk and the administrative

office.

b. Please fill out the form and put it into the offertory bag during the service. You do not

need to use the offertory envelope.

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This form is for you! Please take a moment and fill it out. Please print. Then tear out the form and give it to an usher or place it in the offering bag. Thank you!

□ I would like to meet with the pastor I’d like information on: My decision today: □ How to begin a relationship with Christ □ I’m committing my life to Christ □ How to join this church family □ I want to be baptized □ Bible Studies □ Women’s Ministries □ I’m renewing my commitment to Christ □ Music Ministries □ Children’s Ministries □ I want to join a Sunday School class □ Evergreen Bilingual Fellowship □ I’m willing to help where needed □ Greeters’ Ministries

Prayer request or Praise : □ for prayer list □ confidential (write in below space)_____________

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Regular Weekly Activities at Grace

Sunday

7:30 a.m. Prayer Hour - Mount of Olives Room 8:30 a.m. Prayer Hour - Mount of Olives Room 9:00 a.m. Choir Preparation - Room 307 (1st/3rd/5th Sundays) 9:00 a.m. Usher Training –Mount of Calvary Room 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service – Sanctuary 11:30 a.m. Sunday School - (see list on page 3 for details) 12:30 p.m. Mabuhay Potluck Lunch - B05 13:00 p.m. AWANA Prayer Meeting - Room 404 1:00 p.m. Adult Choir Practice - Room 307 2:00 p.m. Sunday School - (see list on page 3 for details)

Mabuhay Fellowship Activities - B05: Prayer Meeting (1st Sunday) Bible Study (2nd/4th Sundays) Fellowship (3rd Sunday)

3:30 p.m. Prayer Hour - Mount of Olives Room

Evening Worship rehearsal - Coleman Hall 5:30 p.m. Evening Worship Service - Coleman Hall

Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Church Prayer Meeting (English) - Room 301 Church Prayer Meeting (Chinese) - Coleman Hall

Thursday 7:30 p.m. Bible studies on "Bible Topical Studies" - Room 301 - Contact Rod Syverson at rod_syverson@hotmail.com (Resumes 9/1)

Saturday 6:00 p.m. Evergreen Fellowship - Room 401

Church Staff Team

Rev. Stephen Lee: Worship, Mission

Rev. David Kong: Church Administration

Rev. Peter Wang: Christian Education, Taiwanese

Worship, BTU

Rev. Charles Huang: Bilingual Worship, Website,

Growth Fellowship #187

Rev. Henson Huang: Student Ministry #186

Rev. Tsen-Jen Wu: 2nd Worship

Rev. John Lee: Caring, Family Ministry #122

Rev. Ming-Choi Leung: Growth Ministry

Project #188

Minister Charlene Chang: Mission Ministry #133

Minister Ya-Lin Tseng: Children and Women,

Children Sunday School #185

Minister Mary Shuen: Children and Women, Mission

Ministry #184

Rev. Doug Martin: English Ministry #135

Rev. Nick Brideson: English Christian Education #136

Minister Peter Shannon: English Ministry #131

SueJenny Hsu: English Ministry Secretary #128

Aline Kao: English Ministry Secretary #132

Minister Lydia Liang: Caring, Sister Ministry #126

Minister Chuh-Sien Lin: Music Ministry, Organist

Hsiao-Yen Shen: Director of Administration Office #113

Anita Chen: Accounting #110

Grace Liu: Cashier & Ministry Assistant #111

Jean Tang: Community Director, Friday Night Concert

Bonnie Chao: Community, Caring Clerk#127

Cliff Zhao: Chinese Clerk #180

Titan Chen: Information Technology #112

Isaac Liu: PA System #115

Ann Huang: Art Editor #116

Frank Hu: General Affairs #119

Welcome! We are glad you are here! July 24, 2016

This form is for you! Please take a moment and fill it out. Please print.

Then tear out the form and give it to an usher or place it in the offering bag. Thank you!

Name:__________________ Age: Under 18, 18-25, 25-40, 40-55, 55-70, 70+ Male ___ Female ___

Address: ______________________________________________________________________________

Contact Phone: ___________________E-mail address:_________________________________________

Children living at home (names and ages): ___________________________________________________

□ This is my first / second time to attend □ I am a regular attender □ I am a returnee

How did you hear about our church? ______________________ I’m the guest of ____________________

What I noticed first about Grace Baptist Church’s English Congregation: ___________________________

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