Vol. XVII/5 Grace Bible Church, C 930, Sector B Mahanagar, Lucknow, India January 2014
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HOLY COMMUNION Rev John Thomas Raja Study: Book of Revelation Study: Book of Revelation Republic Day Service
If you miss attending morning worship, make sure you attend evening worship
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HOLY COMMUNION Rev John Thomas Raja Manish Joshi Shyam Babu Vijay Singh Shyam Babu Rev John Thomas Raja Shyam Babu Rev John Thomas Raja
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Fasting & Prayer: Fasting and prayer on Saturday 25th. Skip lunch and come fasting to the sanctuary for prayer from 6 to 7. Fasting and prayer will be held every Fourth Saturday of every month.
Income Jan-Dec 2012 General Offerings Donations Pledged Giving 2nd Mile Pledges Lent/Christmas offer. Hindi Services Designated collections Sunday School Grace Church in Village Medical Aid Fund GRAND TOTAL 9,60,815 25,223 1,84,571 670 66,00 10,000 1,38,490 1,94,674 25,308 3,88,281 94,700 18,970 29,085 Dec 2013 22,400 3,000 22,320 6,000 5,630 1,870
December 31, Jan-Dec 2013 1,70,574 17,300 4,18,760 93,100 22,605 38,146
2013 Budget 2012 1,75,000 25,000 4,00,000 86,000 19,000 25,000 +/-4,400 -7,700 +18,700 +7,100 +3,600 +13,000
Tabitha recovered from fever. Pratibha and Shyam Babu (members of the village church and our Hindi congregation) waiting to have a baby. In China, Geetu and Gary also wanting to start their family. Yeshaiah got admission to the Grace Academy, Dehra Dun. Dorcas, Greg and the children have to go back soon. Bunny Phillips still looking for a job. St Pauls School in the village needs a steady supply of electricity. Sunday School Christmas Play was successfully staged at our sanctuary for the very first time. Sanctuary-cum-School hall built for Grace Bible Church, Allipur & St Pauls School Ajit Khan visiting family for a couple of weeks. Smita, Sujeet Sarwan, Sukriti and Sucheta coming to Lucknoe for a short holiday. Vibha and Manish Joshi returning from holiday with families in Dehra Dun. Sweata Lall and family returning from Hyderabad. Mary and James Pearce holidaying in Maharashtra. Ashish Khan, Rufus Raja, Fizza Phillips, Pooja and Amrit Modwell home for the holidays. Udayan Chakravarty travelling a lot in connection with work
Tithing, giving 10% of all income to God, captures all the above moods of giving. But Christians are to go beyond the minimum. Excel in giving. Grace Bible Church exists for worship,
Help your church to function, to fulfil its purpose and mission. Make a commitment to support the four purposes of your church. If you wish to do this, collect a pledge form from the pastor.
Birthdays in January 06 07 22 24 Supriya Lall Jayden Nag Kusum Prakash Fizza Phillips
Rev J T Raja 995 639 9835 Raj Upadhyay 933 673 1141 James Pearce 896 064 2105 Pastor Kuru 4049392
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