Grace United Methodist Church Alamogordo

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Please keep Alice Wilson's family in your prayers this morning as we remember her and praise God for her life in this world! Service is at 10 AM https://www.alamogordofuneralhome.org/obituary/Alice-Wilson

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Each Sunday, Pastor Kelly and an awesome group of adults personally pour into the lives of our kiddos by taking them step by step through the entire biblical story of God's love. Last Sunday they discovered the importance of being L.O.Y.A.L. as we follow God, Just like Abraham was: *L*oving God and others, *O*ffering all we have to the Lord, saying *Y*es(!) to God, having *A*llegiance to God and God alone, and trusting that we will *L*ack nothing as we follow the Jesus Christ. If you're looking for a church with a Pastor who personally teaches and works with children, then Grace might just be God's place for you! Join us for worship each Sunday for worship at 9:30 AM, and then Kid's Club with the Pastor at 10:30 AM

Each Sunday, Pastor Kelly and an awesome group of adults personally pour into the lives of our kiddos by taking them step by step through the entire biblical story of God's love. Last Sunday they discovered the importance of being L.O.Y.A.L. as we follow God, Just like Abraham was: *L*oving God and others, *O*ffering all we have to the Lord, saying *Y*es(!) to God, having *A*llegiance to God and God alone, and trusting that we will *L*ack nothing as we follow the Jesus Christ. If you're looking for a church with a Pastor who personally teaches and works with children, then Grace might just be God's place for you! Join us for worship each Sunday for worship at 9:30 AM, and then Kid's Club with the Pastor at 10:30 AM

Happening tomorrow! #wearegracechurch #sharedtable

Happening tomorrow! #wearegracechurch #sharedtable

Ready to discover the Old Testament all over again, or for the VERY FIRST TIME! Join us Sunday at 9:30 AM for the launch of our brand-new sermon series, DECLUTTERED.

Ever feel like the Old Testament is just too big, too confusing, too much, and too strange? Well, you're not alone! Which is why we're SO EXCITED to FINALLY discover the Old Testament in a whole new way, starting Sunday, September 19th. Join us, and SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Our season-long dive into the Old Testament starts THIS SUNDAY! Rediscover with us again, or for the very first time, that the Old Testament story is YOUR story! Check out all that you can look forward to, and be sure to start strong with us this Sunday for 9:30 AM worship, and Monday night, Sept. 20th, for the launch of Epic of Eden (Pastor's Bible Study)

May God, in all His mercy, humble our hearts and hear our prayers on this somber day…

May God, in all His mercy, humble our hearts and hear our prayers on this somber day…

ALL OLD TESTAMENT. ALL SEMESTER LONG! Check out all the amazing opportunities you have this Fall to FINALLY make sense of the Old Testament, and discover this life-changing text all over again, or for the very first time! Click through the images to find out more...

[09/07/21]   IMPORTANT UPDATE- This morning we received word from Love Inc. that logistical changes are happening at Holloman AFB, and they are asking us to press pause on all donations for the Afghan Refugees. Please do not make any more physical or monetary donations to the church at this time. Any donations given up to this point will be used. Thank you for your generosity. Stay tuned for future updates, and thank you for continuing to be flexible in this ever-changing situation.

Happening tomorrow morning 9-11 AM! Do you know someone who just needs a little help? Help us to spread the word. All are welcome!

Happening tomorrow morning 9-11 AM! Do you know someone who just needs a little help? Help us to spread the word. All are welcome!

Ever feel like the Old Testament is just too big, too confusing, too much, and too strange? Well, you're not alone! Which is why we're SO EXCITED to FINALLY discover the Old Testament in a whole new way, starting Sunday, September 19th. Join us, and SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Ever feel like the Old Testament is just too big, too confusing, too much, and too strange? Well, you're not alone! Which is why we're SO EXCITED to FINALLY discover the Old Testament in a whole new way, starting Sunday, September 19th. Join us, and SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Educational Opportunities Tours / Tours · Wesley Heritage Tour 2022 Pastor Kelly McCuaig

God has worked through the Methodist movement to bring thousands upon thousands upon thousands to Christ over the past 300 years... lives just like yours! Join Pastor Kelly in walking where the Methodist/Wesleyan movement began as we journey together to England in May 2022. Register TODAY and bring a friend!

Educational Opportunities Tours / Tours · Wesley Heritage Tour 2022 Pastor Kelly McCuaig Wesley Heritage Tour 2022 Pastor Kelly McCuaig

Collection for Afghan Refugees

IMMEDIATE NEED(!) for Diapers, Baby Formula, Bottles, Baby Wipes, & Feminine Hygiene Products (Sanitary Napkins/Pads only, NO Tampons) Please consider donating ONLY these items at this time. Read the church announcement linked below for more details. If you've already purchased other items, please bring those items by and we will still make sure they get into the right hands, but as of today, the above items are the most important needs.

Collection for Afghan Refugees We want to thank you all for the response we have so far for the immediate needs at Holloman. We are partnering with LOVE INC and they have been told the below items are the most needed at this time. They would like us to focus on these this week and we will have a different list next week. We have....

[08/31/21]   Join us in thanking our own Holly Boyle for her many years of faithful service as the Worship Arts Director at Grace UMC! Holly is taking an exciting step into retired life in the coming months. We're excited for this new season of her life, but we will be very sad to see her step away from this ministry that she has impacted in so many ways. Please keep Holly and Steve in your prayers, as well as the worship ministry at Grace as we seek future leadership.

Holloman Air Force Base to get Afghan refugees

People of Grace, let's be praying for God to stir in our hearts and to reach out with radical love and hospitality in any way possible to support refugees coming soon to Holloman. May we truly be the hands and feet of Christ in this time to so many who need it now more than ever. More to come as we discern and discover how we can best help.

Holloman Air Force Base to get Afghan refugees The U.S. Department of Defense announced Aug. 27 that Holloman AFB is among three military installations that will begin taking Afghan refugees soon.

Earlier this week we delivered backpacks filled with school supplies, masks, and peanut butter and jelly to Kids Inc Child Advocacy Center’s Resource closet. We are so lucky to have such an awesome nonprofit in our community! Pictured is Catina Carpenter, Victim Advocate at Kids Inc and our very own Sarah Mercer.

Earlier this week we delivered backpacks filled with school supplies, masks, and peanut butter and jelly to Kids Inc Child Advocacy Center’s Resource closet. We are so lucky to have such an awesome nonprofit in our community! Pictured is Catina Carpenter, Victim Advocate at Kids Inc and our very own Sarah Mercer.

"In addition to staying in relation with God, relationship with the world, and in relationship with the entire Body of Christ throughout the world and through history, look and see what relationship there first Christians also strive to keep nurture and grow: "All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts..."" (Acts 2:44-46)

"In addition to staying in relation with God, relationship with the world, and in relationship with the entire Body of Christ throughout the world and through history, look and see what relationship there first Christians also strive to keep nurture and grow: "All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts..."" (Acts 2:44-46)

Monday's can sometimes be tough. There is so much going on around the world and we all know we need to be praying for Afghanistan. How can we be praying for you today? #wearegracechurch #prayertime

Monday's can sometimes be tough. There is so much going on around the world and we all know we need to be praying for Afghanistan. How can we be praying for you today? #wearegracechurch #prayertime

What do you think is gross? Or do you love some strange food combinations? Comment below!

What do you think is gross? Or do you love some strange food combinations? Comment below!

Special Charge Conference

Follow this link to find out about the upcoming special Charge Conference being held on August 29th. https://mailchi.mp/wearegracechurch/chargeconference

Special Charge Conference

We hope for all people to expereince Jesus through the power of His Good News preached here at Grace. Join us each Sunday at 9:30 AM and know Jesus more in your life!

We hope for all people to expereince Jesus through the power of His Good News preached here at Grace. Join us each Sunday at 9:30 AM and know Jesus more in your life!

[WEDNESDAYS WITH WESLEY by Pastor Kelly]

WHY WAIT FOR HEAVEN?

What if I told you that the point of Christianity wasn’t just to get to heaven? What if I told you that the point of following Jesus wasn’t only to get other people to heaven either? What if I told you God had something EVEN MORE AMAZING in mind? “More amazing than getting to heaven?” you may be asking yourself, and to that I say yes(!), absolutely(!), even more amazing than getting to heaven!

In 1746, John Wesley (founder of the Methodist movement) published a sermon titled “The Spirit of Bo***ge & Adoption,” and in it we see his passion and concern not just for the eternal states of the souls of humanity, but in humanities life NOW, TODAY, IN THIS LIFE. He believed that the grace of God was bigger and better than just getting people into heaven. But what God really wanted more than anything was to get heaven into people right now, today, and also into eternity!

So many people profess faith in their eternal state in heaven, yet they still live in so much fear and sin and guilt and shame today. And they do because they’ve never stopped to really ask themselves the questions that Wesley so powerfully asks in this sermon: “Examine yourself… What is the ruling principle in your soul? Is it the love of God? Is it the fear of God? Or is it neither one nor the other? Is it not rather the love of the world? The love of pleasure? Or gain? Or easy; or reputation?”

Then comes that all important and life transformation question, “Have you heaven in your heart? Have you the Spirit of Adoption, ever crying, ‘Abba, Father’?”

Well, have you? Are you not only saved for a future in heaven, but are you experiencing the realities of heaven in your life—in your heart—today? And if not, if you don’t yet know what this means, if you don’t yet know the realities and grace and joy of heaven on earth today, then pray for God to open your heart to it today. Pray that God, by the power of the Spirit, and through Christ our Lord, will do a mighty work of grace in your life to shake you awake to the reality of your need of a savior TODAY, free you from the bo***ge of guilt and shame TODAY, and shed his heavenly love fully abroad in your heart TODAY and into all of eternity! For “Thou art not called to fear and tremble, like devils, but to rejoice and love, like the angels of God”… TODAY!

[WEDNESDAYS WITH WESLEY by Pastor Kelly]

WHY WAIT FOR HEAVEN?

What if I told you that the point of Christianity wasn’t just to get to heaven? What if I told you that the point of following Jesus wasn’t only to get other people to heaven either? What if I told you God had something EVEN MORE AMAZING in mind? “More amazing than getting to heaven?” you may be asking yourself, and to that I say yes(!), absolutely(!), even more amazing than getting to heaven!

In 1746, John Wesley (founder of the Methodist movement) published a sermon titled “The Spirit of Bo***ge & Adoption,” and in it we see his passion and concern not just for the eternal states of the souls of humanity, but in humanities life NOW, TODAY, IN THIS LIFE. He believed that the grace of God was bigger and better than just getting people into heaven. But what God really wanted more than anything was to get heaven into people right now, today, and also into eternity!

So many people profess faith in their eternal state in heaven, yet they still live in so much fear and sin and guilt and shame today. And they do because they’ve never stopped to really ask themselves the questions that Wesley so powerfully asks in this sermon: “Examine yourself… What is the ruling principle in your soul? Is it the love of God? Is it the fear of God? Or is it neither one nor the other? Is it not rather the love of the world? The love of pleasure? Or gain? Or easy; or reputation?”

Then comes that all important and life transformation question, “Have you heaven in your heart? Have you the Spirit of Adoption, ever crying, ‘Abba, Father’?”

Well, have you? Are you not only saved for a future in heaven, but are you experiencing the realities of heaven in your life—in your heart—today? And if not, if you don’t yet know what this means, if you don’t yet know the realities and grace and joy of heaven on earth today, then pray for God to open your heart to it today. Pray that God, by the power of the Spirit, and through Christ our Lord, will do a mighty work of grace in your life to shake you awake to the reality of your need of a savior TODAY, free you from the bo***ge of guilt and shame TODAY, and shed his heavenly love fully abroad in your heart TODAY and into all of eternity! For “Thou art not called to fear and tremble, like devils, but to rejoice and love, like the angels of God”… TODAY!