Systems produce what they are designed to produce. If you don’t like the product, change the system. But know this… All change brings conflict. Change means letting go of something in order to embrace…

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Several people have been recruited from the congregation and Session to be part of a Discernment/Transition team. The team has begun meeting and will be gathering input from the Grace Church congregation in the…

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In Philippians 4:8 the Apostle Paul writes, “Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if…

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Have you ever been tempted to read quickly the phrase “His faithful love endures forever,” repeated 25 times in Psalm 136? I sure have. But not anymore. As I meditated on this Psalm in my spiritual retreat…

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March Goodness: The Lord Is at Work! Dear friends, A freshman comes to faith at Rutgers U The InterVarsity students met a freshman guy (I’ll share his name another time) on the first day of the…

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Welcome to March Madness – IST style! Thanks for your prayers for our 3 day team retreat last month. We had a fun and productive time getting to know each other and planning for…

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Grace Church has been using a program called Breeze to keep the congregation’s records since August 2020. It’s also a little-known fact that the Deacons have been using Breeze to check people in to…

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Monthly Prayer Update Our goal is to pray for children to come to know Jesus as their Savior and grow in their faith as they are discipled through CEF locally, and encourage people to pray for all ministries…

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FJKM President Irako Andriamahazosoa Ammi and other FJKM leaders returned from their trip to visit those impacted by Cyclone. The pictures and stories are sobering. As data about the destruction comes in, it is clear…

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Betrayal Hung on a cross— the Lord of the universe, abandoned by friends, by some who pretended love— one for greed, for status, a dark agenda for thirty pieces of silver. Hung on a…

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