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Marriage Wars Mailer

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Prayer, tagged marriage on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“a church that cares for orphans”

Posted in Bible, Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Prayer, tagged adoption, Foster Care, Mission Trips, Orphan Care on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I am blown away by our church’s response to care for orphans. Yesterday at Graystone, we gave EVERYONE an opportunity to take their next step in orphan care. Here are some of the commitments: 18 families are interested in adoption 20 families are interested in foster care 22 families are willing to be part of a [...]

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Friday Five: 5 Things Going On at Graystone

Posted in Graystone Church, Humor, Prayer, Vision on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

1. The Prestons, Caudells and Chris are moving to Wilmington, VT this week to start Valleytown Church. They are loading up the Uhaul trucks today. The men are leaving in the trucks at 4AM Saturday. They will find a place to live when they get there. The women and children are flying up on Wednesday. [...]

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Vision Night 2012 Recap

Posted in God, Graystone Church, Miracles, Missions/Outreach, Prayer, Vision on January 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »

It’s hard for me to put in words what took place at Vision Night. It truly was one of those events that “you had to be there”. As I said in an earlier post, we had a great time of worship (It was the loudest I have heard our congregation sing.) celebrating all that God [...]

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What excited you most about Vision Night?

Posted in Discipleship/Spiritual Growth, Graystone Church, Miracles, Prayer, Vision on January 19, 2012 | 13 Comments »

I have already had several conversations, texts, and emails regarding Vision Night at Graystone. It sounds like God really moved in many, many hearts. I’m pumped that you guys are pumped about where God is leading our church. I am curious to know what excited you most from Vision Night. I first taught on drawing [...]

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Candlelight Memorial Service at Grayson High School

Posted in Bible, Prayer on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Last Saturday night, two Grayson High School students were killed in an auto accident. Let’s pray for the families and friends of these two who tragically lost their lives. This terrible event has rocked our community. You can read Jennifer’s thoughts here. Tonight at 6:30, there is a Candlelight Memorial Service at the Grayson High [...]

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11 Things God did at Graystone in 2011

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Prayer, Small Groups, Stewardship, Vision, Volunteers on January 4, 2012 | 6 Comments »

God did some amazing things at Graystone in 2011. Here are 11: 11. We relaunched Graystone Church and renewed our commitment to DOMINATE our community with the love of Jesus Christ. 10. Over $100,000 was given in our Project Kids Space Offering which enabled us to open the Kid’s Village. This relieved the overcrowding in [...]

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#6 in 2011: Dear Life, WHAT Happened?

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Prayer on December 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »

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#8 in 2011: Singles, I’m starting Johnny’s Matchmaking Mission.

Posted in Humor, Prayer, Random on December 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

(Link to original post with comments) After seeing all the post-it note prayer requests with so many people trusting God for “a wife” or “a husband”, I have decided to start Johnny’s Matchmaking Mission. Now, my approach will be nothing like dating services such as eHarmony, match.com, speed dating, or a megachurch single’s ministry. Basically, [...]

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Planning Retreat for 2012

Posted in Graystone Church, Prayer, Vision on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Leadership Team of Graystone is currently on a planning retreat. Please pray for us as we seek God’s direction for Graystone in 2012. Thank you. “Where there is no vision, the people will perish.” Proverbs 29:18 KJV Check the blog Wednesday for parts 1-3 of No Brainers.

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