There is a Yiddish saying, “We plan, God laughs!” But that needs to be held in pardoxical tension with God’s many instructions to plan, and that He is the Ultimate Planner! ”Without a vision, the people perish.” –Proverbs 29:18
Below is a sermon schedule for 2013–”written in pencil” by Pastor R. Wesley Tink. The Holy Spirit is always invited and implored to erase and change as He desires at any time. May we all look back at the end of 2013 and rejoice in what God has done! May Jesus Christ be Praised!
January 6: GCCN Covenant Sunday Sermon: “Beginning Strong, Ending Well!”
January 13: “Truth. Life. Love.”
January 20: ”A Vision Forward” (Martin Luther King Monday)
January 27: Grace Community Church Annual Meeting;
February 3: “Holiness” Sermon Series Part 1, “Foundation for a Holy Life”
- February 13: Ash Wednesday:
February 10: ”Holiness” Part 2, “God’s Call to a Holy Life” (Lady Gaga & Blind Squirrels)
February 17: “Holiness” Part 3, “What is Sanctification, Anyway?” (Pres. Day Wknd)
February 24: “Holiness” Part 4, “True Holiness Looks Like…” (Not 4 SuperSaints Only)
March 3: “Holiness” Part 5, “The Holy Spirit’s Role in Holy Living” (No Other Way)
March 10: (Clock Forward) “Holiness” Part 6, “How to be Sanctified” (Beyond Talk)
March 17: “Holiness” Part 7, “Living a Holy Life” (The World’s Greatest Optimists)
March 24: Palm Sunday Sermon: “What Were You Expecting?”
- March 29: Good Friday;
March 31: Easter Sermon:
April 7: ”Holiness” Part 8, “Holiness, God’s Plan for the Church” (God’s Last, Best Hope)
April 14 “Holiness” Part 9, “Holy Living and Christ’s Return″ (Icing on the Cake)
April 21 “Holiness” Part 10, “Pollution, Purity and Holy Living″ (Clean Living/Dirty World)
April 28 ”Holiness” Part 11, “Holy Relationships!”
May 5, “Holiness” Part 12, “”Perfection” and Holiness” (The Awful Word!)
May 12: Mother’s Day Sermon
May 19: Pentecost Sunday Sermon:
May 26; How Does the Church Love in this Culture? (Memorial Day Monday)
June 2: Youth Sunday
June 9: “The God-Centered Family”
June 16: Father’s Day, Celebrating Men! Psalm 1
June 23: Graduation Sunday Celebration
June 30 Independence Day, Sermon “What You Didn’t Learn in School”
July 7: Pre-VBS Sunday, Pastor Wes, Children’s Focus;
July 14: VBS Sunday, Pastor Matthew Brown Preaching;
July 21: Chaplain Tom Beard
July 28: Chaplain Tom Beard
August 4: Chaplain Tom Beard
August 11: Chaplain Tom Beard
August 18: Psalm 96
August 25: Psalm 24
September 1: “Your Work Honors God” (Labor Day Weekend)
September 8: First Corinthians Series, Part 1
September 15 First Corinthians Series, Part 2
September 22: First Corinthians Series, Part 3
September 29: Youth Sunday
October 6: First Corinthians Series, Part 4
October 13: First Corinthians Series, Part 5 (Columbus Day Weekend)
October 20: First Corinthians Series, Part 6
October 27: First Corinthians Series, Part 7
November 3: (Clock back) First Corinthians Series, Part 8
November 10 First Corinthians Series, Part 9 (Veteran’s Day Weekend)
November 17: First Corinthians Series, Part 10
November 24 Thanksgiving Sunday;
December 1: Advent Series, Part 1
December 8: Advent Series, Part 2
December 15: Advent Series, Part 3
December 22: Christmas Sunday, Advent Series, Part 4
December 29: Sermon: “Ending Well and Strong!”