Gospel Alliance Church

Gospel Alliance Church Gospel Alliance Church The Mon Valley Christian and Missionary Alliance Church 1011 Fells Church Road Belle Vernon, PA 15012 Phone: 724-823-0453 Email: info@gospelalliancechurch.org www.gospelalliancechurch.org September 2018 Volume Newsletter 12 Issue 1 Volume 12 Issue 8 In This Issue: Philippians 4:6-7 Prayer is the primary work of God s people Adult Growth Groups 2-3 Children s Ministry 4-5 THRIVE 6 Remind 101 7 In Due Time 7 Women s Ministry 8-10 Men s Ministry 11 Military Ministry 12 The Bag Brigade 13 Starting Point 14 JOY Club 14 Calendar 15 Mark Your Calendar 16

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P A G E 4 Don't miss our exciting Children's Classes to help your child grow in the Lord! 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for 3 year old - Sr. High 11:00 a.m. Toddler Time for ages 3-4, Children's Church for 5 years old through 5 th grade *Nursery is available for the 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services. For more information about our Children s Ministry please contact Paula Clark at 724-823-0453 or pclark@gospelalliancechurch.org If you feel led to serve, please make sure your clearances are up to date!

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P A G E 9 P A G E 9 Ladies Events for Your Calendar: Save the Date! Current Wednesday night Bible study: Discovering God s Will by Andy Stanley, will meet in the GAC Library at 6:45 p.m., with prayer requests beginning at 6:30 p.m. Nursery available. Tuesday morning Bible study, The Hiding Place: Tuesdays beginning September 4 th in the GAC Cafe from 9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m. Lead by Heather Hodge & Stephanie Lang. Babysitting available. Memorable Meals (potluck dinner): Sunday, September 9 th at 6 p.m. in the GAC Cafe. Sign up at the Information Desk. MOPS/MomsNext Find Your Fire Fall Kickoff: Friday, September 21 st at 9 a.m. in the GAC Cafe. One-day Local Mission Excursion: One Day Missionary Excursion: On October 6th we are serving at The Hands and Feet Project from 12:00 to 3:00. If you aren t able to make it for the whole time, come and serve when you can during those hours. Because of the nature of this project, this is for adult women only and any daughters age 14 and up. Meet us at the John K. Tener Library (basement) located at 638 Fallowfield Ave. in Charleroi at noon. Sign up at the Information Desk. Friday, December 7th at 6:30 p.m.. Caroling & Cocoa. (for women and their children) January 25th at 6:30 p.m. Ladies Night Out: Movie & Praise Great Commission Women Under Great Commission Women: Harvest Happenings fall rally at Jeannette C&MA church on Saturday, September 29th from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The speaker is GAC s own Barb Volle discussing her work as a Missionary Intern in El Salvador with her husband. Each church will be bringing a breakfast item to share. Sign up at the Information Desk. The Great Commission Women will be hosting their Celebrate Our Story National Conference with Laura Story on October 11-14 in Lancaster, PA. See www.greatcommissionwomen.org for more event details and registration.

P A G E 10 This month s dates are: September 11 th & 25 th 2 nd & 4 th Tuesday of every month 6:30 p.m. Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer Group has been moved to Sue Higgins home. For more information please contact Sue at suzhiggins52@gmail.com or message her.

Gospel Alliance Men s Ministry Bag Brigade P A G E 11 Upcoming Events:

P A G E 12 Outreach P A G E 12 Military Families Ministry Back to School Drive For our local military kids Our initiative for end of summer was the Back to School drive for our local military kids. It was on Thursday, August 16 th. Our group traveled to a local military unit to help sort school supplies and meet some of our local Service Members and staff. A big THANK YOU to all that came out and helped! One of our initiatives, however, hasn t taken time off, and that is our Coups for Troops drive. GAC has been assigned 6 military installations to support with coupons, and this is a HUGE number! Presently we are only able to support 3 addresses monthly, so YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! Our goal is to be able to mail coupons to each installation monthly, so we need more coupons. Ask your friends, family, co-workers, the guy on the bus, anyone you can think of. Coupons can be expired by up to 60 days and need to say Manufacture s Coupon on them. No need to cut them out, we have partnered with the JOY Club as well as in-house volunteers that are happy to clip them for you just bring them into GAC and drop them into the Coups for Troops box behind the Information Desk. Looking forward to serving those that served with you! Chrissie Usher Chrissie.usher@comcast.net 724 322 9723

The Bag Brigade Bag Brigade Full Bellies = Fulfilled Kids P A G E 13 PA It's that time of the year again...school's about to start! And that means the Bag Brigade is getting ready to go "back-to school" as well. We've been collecting items for the bags as well as getting donations from different organizations to help defray the costs of purchasing food. It's been a busy summer! Our first delivery date is September 14th, which means our first packing night (open pack night) is Tuesday, September 11th. Our schedule basically stays the same as last year. Here's a reminder: 1st Thursday JOY Club 10:00 a.m. 2nd Tuesday Open to all 6:30 p.m. 3rd Wednesday Youth group 6:15 p.m. 4th Wednesday AWANA 6:15 p.m. 5th Wednesday AWANA 6:15 p.m. We've had to adjust the open pack night with the addition of more outside groups wanting to help. Ashlee will now be in charge of scheduling for this night. We've had as many as 4 different groups show up on the same night and it really turns into a circus!!! (But that's a good issue to have!) There have been youth groups from other churches join us as well as local boy scout and girl scout troops. And we were really excited to see a few of the clubs from the school district come out to help! If you're affiliated with a group or organization that would like to get involved, please let Ashlee know. Her email is: Angelashs9@yahoo.com. The packing doesn't take longer than 1/2 hour, so it's not something that will take up much time. We'd love to see some new faces...maybe even some of our own church family...please come and join us! Just a few reminders for you: Whatever food items you purchase, they need to be a single-serving size. We aren't just in need of one thing. The bags include breakfast items, soups, fruit, snacks, etc. We're happy for any and all donations! And keep saving your plastic bags. We were going through 170 a week in the last school year! Also remember that we are always in need of personal care items such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc. Perhaps you know of someone that will save or purchase some of these items for you...please ask them! In the months to come we'll be sharing some stories of how different people are thinking outside the box to help the Bag Brigade with donations. You'll be amazed! Thank you for being so willing to help us in this ministry. Thank you for the excitement you show when you speak with us about this outreach. We look forward to the school year that is upon us and all that the Lord has planned for the Bag Brigade through our church. It's not about us...it's about God using us for His purpose! We are blessed!!! Item of the Month for September You can drop your items off in the Café in the donation container! Thank You!

Starting Point PAGE 14 Find your starting point! You're Invited! Anyone having a desire to learn a little more about Gospel Alliance Church, please join us for Starting Point class on the last Sunday of each month, at 11:00 a.m. We will share topics such as Worship and Prayer, in the Senior Pastor Office. JOY Club Just Older Youth JOY club took the month of August off but we will be meeting on Thursday, September 6th- at 11:00 AM. Since football will be in full swing by then, our menu will be 'tailgate" goodies. Won't you come and join us?

WORSHIP SERVICE TIMES 8 a.m. Worship Service (Self-Serve Nursery) 9:30 a.m. Worship Service (Staffed Nursery) 11 a.m. Worship Service (Staffed Nursery) SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHEDULE 9:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School Classes for all ages! September Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. For all ages! Wednesday Evenings P A G E 15 AWANA and Youth Groups 6:30 p.m. Adult Growth Groups, 6:45 p.m. To Know Christ and to Make Him Known Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Communion Sunday New School year begins. New Adult Growth Groups 3 Labor Day OFFICE CLOSED 4 9:30 a.m. Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group 5 6:00 p.m. Elders Prayer for Parking 6:30 p.m. AWANA and Youth Groups 6:45 p.m. Adult Growth Groups and Prayer 6 11:00 a.m. JOY Club 7 7:00 p.m. Friday Night Growth Group 8 9 6:00 P.M. Women s Pot Luck Memorable Meals 6:00 p.m. GriefShare 10 11 9:30 a.m. Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group 6:30 p.m. Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer 12 6:00 p.m. Elders Prayer for Parking 6:30 p.m. AWANA and Youth Groups 6:45 p.m. Adult Growth Groups and Prayer 13 14 15 16 17 18 9:30 a.m. Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group 19 6:00 p.m. Elders Prayer for Parking 6:30 p.m. AWANA and Youth Groups 6:45 p.m. Adult Growth Groups and Prayer 20 6:30 p.m. Elders Meeting 21 9:00 a.m. MOPS/ Moms Next Kick- Off 22 9:00-11 a.m. Slime Spectacular Children s Event 4:30-10 p.m. Ignition Youth Event 23 6:00 p.m. Griefshare 24 25 9:30 a.m. Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group 6:30 p.m. Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer 26 6:00 p.m. Elders Prayer for Parking 6:30 p.m. AWANA and Youth Groups 6:45 p.m. Adult Growth Groups and Prayer 27 28 29 8:00 a.m. till 8:00 p.m. Let s Dig in for Prayer (12 hour prayer vigil) 30 11:00 a.m. Starting Point 6:00 p.m. Griefshare

P A G E 16 Mark Your Calendar September 2018 Communion Sunday, September 2 New School Year Begins, Sunday, September 2 New Adult Sunday Growth Group, September 2 Labor Day, Monday September 3, Office Closed Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, Sept. 4 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, September 5 Adult Growth Groups, Wednesday, September 5 JOY Club, Thursday, September 6 Friday Night Growth Group, Friday, September 7 Women s Ministry, Pot Luck, Sunday, September 9 GriefShare, Sunday, September 9 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, Sept. 11 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, Tuesday, Sept. 11 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, Sept. 12 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, Sept. 12 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, Sept. 18 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, Sept. 19 Adult Growth Group & Prayer, Wednesday, Sept. 19 Elders Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 20 MOPS/MomsNext Kick-off, Friday, Sept. 21 Slime Spectacular Children s Event, Saturday, Sept. 22 Youth Group Ignition, Saturday, September 22 GriefShare, Sunday, September 23 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, Sept. 25 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, Tuesday, Sept. 25 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, September 26 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, Sept. 26 Let s Dig in for Prayer, 12 hour Prayer Vigil Saturday, September 29 Starting Point, Sunday, September 30 GriefShare, Sunday, September 30 October 2018 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, Oct. 2 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, Oct. 3 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, Oct. 3 JOY Club, Thursday, Oct. 4 MOPS/MomsNext, Friday, Oct. 5 Friday Night Growth Group, Friday, Oct. 5 Men s Meat-Fest, Saturday, Oct. 6 Communion Sunday, Oct. 7 GriefShare, Sunday, Oct. 7 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, Oct. 9 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, Tuesday, Oct. 9 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, Oct. 10 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer Wednesday, Oct. 10 Great Commission Women s Retreat, Lancaster, Thursday, Oct. 11 Sunday, Oct. 14 GriefShare, Sunday, Oct. 14 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, Oct. 16 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, Oct. 17 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, Oct. 17 Elder s Meeting, Thursday, Oct. 18 MOPS/MomsNext, Friday, Oct. 19 Pittsburgh Project, Saturday, Oct. 20 S mores & a Movie, Children s Ministry, Saturday, Oct. 20 GriefShare, Sunday, Oct. 21 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, Oct. 23 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, Tuesday, Oct. 23 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, Oct. 24 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, Oct. 24 SERVE: Service for our Police Force, Saturday, Oct. 27 Starting Point, Sunday, Oct. 28 GriefShare, Sunday, Oct. 28 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, Oct. 30 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, Oct. 31 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, Oct. 31