Greenbrier Church Event Calendar
August 26, 2009
Church @ the Beach
Sunday August 30th – 10:00 AM
We will be going to the beach for our church service on Sunday, August 26th, at 10:00AM. We will be at the 31st street stage at Virginia Beach. After a great time together we will be going to the beach for an ocean baptism, so bring your lawn chair and plenty of sunscreen and join us for a great time of family fun.
Park in the garage across the street from the Hilton. Cost is $7 for the entire day.
Baby Dedication
Sunday September 13th, both services
If you are planning to have a child dedicated please contact Karen at 819-1070 or karenlohman@greenbrierchurch.com and indicate which service you will attend.
Women’s Ministry Fall Retreat
Friday and Saturday September 18th and 19th.
Silver Beach Retreat Center on the Eastern Shore,cost is $95 installments welcome. Contact Kelly Neklason for more information.
Greenbrier Church Event Calendar
August 26, 2009
Church @ the Beach
Sunday August 30th – 10:00 AM
We will be going to the beach for our church service on Sunday, August 26th, at 10:00AM. We will be at the 31st street stage at Virginia Beach. After a great time together we will be going to the beach for an ocean baptism, so bring your lawn chair and plenty of sunscreen and join us for a great time of family fun.
Park in the garage across the street from the Hilton. Cost is $7 for the entire day.
Baby Dedication
Sunday September 13th, both services
If you are planning to have a child dedicated please contact Karen at 819-1070 or karenlohman@greenbrierchurch.com and indicate which service you will attend.
Women’s Ministry Fall Retreat
Friday and Saturday September 18th and 19th.
Silver Beach Retreat Center on the Eastern Shore,cost is $95 installments welcome. Contact Kelly Neklason for more information.
New “The Parent Source” Monthly Newsletter
August 25, 2009
Hey Parents,
Have you ever felt detached from your teen and their culture? Are you having a hard time keep up with all the new bands and music artists? Do you want to stay informed with the new challenges kids are facing? ME TOO!!!
I am really excited to announce a new tool for parents we are using at Greenbrier Church. The Parent Source is a monthly newsletter that gives you tons of great info about teen culture. From rising trends like “sexting” that are wreaking havoc on our kids lives, to the great and not so great new music artists that are climbing the charts. It is a great tool to help steer your kids in the right direction inside a world that would like to tear them down.
I hope this newsletter will be a tool that can help navigate you and your family towards Christ!
Blessings,
Matt
DOWNLOAD THE NEWSLETTER BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW:
If My People – John Deal
August 23, 2009
PowerKids are Moving Up!
August 18, 2009
This Sunday, August 23rd, is MOVE UP SUNDAY for the PowerKids at Greenbrier Church! What that means is that our awesome kids will be moving up in their small groups at the 9:00 AM PowerKids church to match the grade level they will be entering this school year!
If you have a child who is 4 years old or entering Kindergarten this fall, they will be staying in their current small group room.
If you have a child entering 1st grade, they will be MOVING UP to the 1st and 2nd Grade Room.
If you have a child entering 2nd grade, they will stay in their current small group room with a new status as “the older kids!”
If you have a child entering 3rd grade, they will be MOVING UP to a new small group in the 3rd Grade Room.
If you have a child entering the 4th or 5th grade, they will be MOVING UP to a new small group in the 4th and 5th Grade Room.
We will have signs posted through out the PowerKids wing this Sunday to assist you in finding the right room! If you have questions, look for an adult wearing a yellow POWERKIDS shirt. We’ll be glad to assist!
We are looking forward to a year packed with fun and excitement as we learn more about the incredible Power of God! It’s available to our kids right here and now…not just when they get older…and it’s a privilege to help unveil this truth to this generation. And I almost forgot to mention…we have a blast in the process!
See you on Sunday!
Greenbrier Church Event Calendar
August 18, 2009
Water Baptism Class
Sunday August 23rd – 10:30 AM Conference Room
If you are planning on being baptized at our Church at the Beach celebration on August 30th, we ask that you attend the water baptism class. Contact Karen at 819-1070 or karenlohman@greenbrierchurch.com to reserve your space.
The Core Meeting
Sunday August 23rd – 12:30 PM (following the 11:00 AM Service)
Bounty Day
August 23rd – 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Bounty Intake: Monday August 17th – Friday August 21st.
Bounty Day is an opportunity to bless other family in our congregation with item you would like to recieve. Please remember this is not a Flea Market but a chance to bless others (and be blessed) with items you no longer need or use.
Church @ the Beach
Sunday August 30th – 10:00 AM
We will be going to the beach for our church service on Sunday, August 26th, at 10:00AM. We will be at the 31st street stage at Virginia Beach. After a great time together we will be going to the beach for an ocean baptism, so bring your lawn chair and plenty of sunscreen and join us for a great time of family fun.
Park in the garage across the street from the Hilton. Cost is $7 for the entire day.
Baby Dedication
Sunday September 13th, both services
If you are planning to have a child dedicated please contact Karen at 819-1070 or karenlohman@greenbrierchurch.com and indicate which service you will attend.
Women’s Ministry Fall Retreat
Friday and Saturday September 18th and 19th.
Silver Beach Retreat Center on the Eastern Shore,cost is $95 installments welcome. Contact Kelly Neklason for more information.
Propel Leadership Retreat This Weekend! Plus… Packing List and Itinerary.
August 17, 2009
Hey Everyone!
I am getting super pumped for the leadership retreat this weekend! We have an amazing group of students going, PLUS amazing speakers. I can’t wait!
I put together a packing list and itinerary. If you have any other questions please feel free to call or email…
mattruckel@greenbrierchurch.com
214-5599
To download PDF click this link!
Leadership Retreat Info 1
Spiritual Food – Matt Ruckel
August 16, 2009
Spiritual Food – Matt Ruckel – PowerPoint
New Small Group to start 9/9
August 14, 2009
Beginning Wednesday, 9/9, a new small group will gather weekly to draw closer to God and each other through Bible study. We’ll start with a study on “Becoming A Woman Of Grace” authored by Cynthia Heald. We will be taken on a transforming journey to the boundless reaches of God’s grace. In this study, Cynthia Heald explores the many ways God’s grace has already enriched our lives and how we can know His grace more fully and then extend it to others. We hope you can join us! Please contact Kelly Neklason for additional information.
- Meeting Date: Wednesdays, starting 9/9
- Time: 7:00-8:30
- Location: Conference Room adjacent to the office
Taking Inventory of your Life, Heart, and Obedience
August 12, 2009
It always a good idea to take an inventory of your life at certain times of the year; to examine your heart; and to make sure your walking obediently to what God has called you to do. Take a look at this article and realistically look at yourself. Let’s take a moment to assess where we’ve been; where we are; and where we are headed.
May you find yourself in the middle of God’s hand!
Pastor Curtis
Here’s the excerpt from Mission Frontiers August 2009 magazine:
Taking Inventory of your Life Heart Obedience by Dorrel Dorr
Ralph Winter’s death has been the occasion for me to reflect more deeply on my life, to take inventory with a series of questions. You may wish to take a similar inventory of your life.
• Am I prepared to die? Am I afraid of death or of suffering before death? Am I eagerly anticipating heaven? Do I have any unfinished business on earth?
• Am I ready to live? Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and may have it in all its fullness” (John 10:10). Where is my life still lacking fullness? Where are my experiences and expectations feeble or attenuated? Where do I need to trust God more fully, to live life more deeply, to take more risks, to open my arms and my heart more widely?
• What has captivated my heart? Do my affections and ambitions need refreshment or realignment? Do I care about what God cares most about? Am I moving out into the broad, deep current of God’s purposes, or am I splashing around in puddles of my own making?
• Whose approval am I seeking? Am I living primarily in the fear of God and before the Audience of One? Where and when do I care too much about the approval of others?
• Am I a good steward of what God has given me? Do I understand what I have and hold in trust? Am I walking confidently in my calling, recognizing more clearly that place where “your deep gladness meets the world’s deep hunger” (Frederich Buechner)?
• Am I aging well, and will i finish well? Who am I becoming? Am I a joy to those who know me best? Where have my coping mechanisms become calcified or counter- productive? Am I becoming more mature in my character while remaining childlike in my spirit?
“It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart.” Ecclesiastes 7:2 NIV