Grace Times

Vol. XXI/12 Grace Bible Church, C 930, Sector B Mahanagar, Lucknow, India August 2018

Dear Church Family,

This was the second time that we as a family
Pulpit Calendar shifted our residence. Back in 2008, we shift-
August 2018 ed from my Dad's official residence in
Lal Bagh to our ancestral home in Hussain Ganj.
10 years later, after getting fed up of the bad neigh-
Check-in 15 minutes before service
Morning Services at 9.30
borhood and facing acute water crisis, we have shift-
ed to a more planned sub-urban area called
05 Holy Communion Pastor J T Raja Vrindavan Yojna.
12 Pastor Ashish H Khan
19 Anniversary Service Pastor J T Raja With these major house changes and a couple of
26 Bro. Bijoy IEM minor ones also, I have come to realize that human
life and residence on this earth is so temporary.
Allipur Grace Bible Church services at 10 Even the life of the house building is limited. Our
05 Bro. Shyam Babu ancestral house has lived it's life. It needs to be
12 Pastor J T Raja razed and built again. Though we can toil hard to
19 Bro. Joshua Rout find a perfect place to reside, there will always be
26 Holy Communion Pastor Ashish H. Khan shortcomings and dissatisfaction sets in pretty soon.
Weather one stays in a rented place or in their own,
21ST ANNIVERSARY it's never a perfect scenario.
WILL CELEBRATE WITH POTLUCK
LUNCH ON 19TH How permanent is life on earth? Some make it to
80-90 years, some make it till middle age and some
die in teenage or even in infancy. In Psalm 90, Mo-
Sunday School ses recognizes that God is the dwelling place from
Will be held during generation to generation. He considers the brevity of
worship services human life and prays - Lord teach us to number our
days.
Thursdays at 6.30 p.m. This world is not my home, I'm just a-passing
through
02 The Phillips Home My treasures are laid up, somewhere beyond the
16 The Prakashs Home blue. - Jim Reeves
30 The Rajas Home
As we live in today's world, we see that human life
is filled with materialism. Be it property or
Thursdays at 6.30 p.m. investment, we are on the look out to increase our
09 Madhu & Vijay Verma’s Home assets and financial net worth. Let us be alert to not
23 Sweata & Beniah Lal’s Home get trapped in this web of materialism. Let us not
set our hearts on our houses and bank balances. Paul
says in Colossians 3:2 to set our hearts on things
above, not on earthly things. This life and all that is
WOMEN’S PRAYER here will soon pass by, what will be left with us? If
at the Sanctuary we have not yet invested in the eternal life that Jesus
on Saturday,18 th at 5.30 p.m. gives, then pray and make sure that we are found in
the Lord's house after this earthly life is over. What
do you have to pay to get this eternal life? Nothing!
A life that is surrendered to Jesus and is obedient to
“The bottom line in the Christian life His word is all that is required. May the Lord give
is obedience and most people don't us wisdom to overcome the false hopes of this world
and be focused on God's eternity.
even like the word.” In His service,
Charles Stanley Ashish
 Income July 31 2018

Jan - July 2017 July 2018 Jan - July 2018 Budget 2018 projection

General Offerings 1,22,335 30,250 1,79,756 3,20,000 3,08,000

Donations 11,600 65,100 40,000 erratic
Pledged Giving 2,95,500 39,570 3,27,120 5,00,000 5,60,000

2nd Mile Pledges 82,200 9,700 78,500 1,65,000 1,33,000

Lent/Christmas offer. 24,200 50,000 Erratic
Church Scooter sale
Designated collections
Sunday School 12,640 1,870 14,301 erratic
Grace Church in Village 4,000 500 3,500 25,000 Erratic
Medical Aid Fund

GRAND TOTAL 5,52,475 81,890 6,68,277 11,00,000 10,01,000

Pastor Ashish Khan was down with

fever.
Della Singh was suffering from
back pain.
Sumitabh Singh was unwell.
Arpita Prakash sprained her foot.
Poonam Modwell has been battling with
knee and shoulder pain.
Bijoy was down with fever. Birthdays in August
Bijoy’s mother was not well and was 03 Usha Antin, Isaac Guite
04 Joy Immanuel
admitted in the hospital. 07 Shobha Prakash
Khans family has shifted to their new 10 Prabha Prakash
19 Jerusha Antin
house. 24 Shalini Meerza
Akansha Chopra has got a job.
Village GBC: For Pastoral Care contact
Rev. J T Raja 995 639 9835
Meera’s husband Brikesh is suffering Rev. Ashish H. Khan 964 843 1177
from jaundice. gracebiblechurch.lucknowindia@gmail.com
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