Thursday, January 6, 2011

Singles Meeting this Friday

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year! Now that life is "settling down", we're starting our monthly singles meetings back up. Hope you all can make it this Friday night. Looking forward to worshiping our God together!

  • · Friday, Jan 7
  • · 7:00pm
  • · Please bring 1 snack (anything from chips to apps, to pork-rinds or toast and anything in-between – whatever you feel like – surprise us!)
  • · Don't forget your Bible and notebook!
  • · Cold drinks and coffee will be provided
  • · Please bring a folding chair (if you have one) in case we need extra

We're still meeting at the Bent Creek Clubhouse. It is located at 106 Marcie Rush Lane, Greer, SC.

It is just off of Westmoreland (the road that runs behind the Village at Pelham Hospital), that is at a light off of Highway 14.

Directions to the clubhouse are here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=106+Marcie+Rush+Lane,+Greer,+SC&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=34.85641,-82.214309&sspn=0.001545,0.003473&ie=UTF8&ll=34.856566,-82.226057&spn=0.049161,0.111151&z=14

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

No "Big Care Group" Meeting in November

We will not be having a "big care group" this month. This Friday we will be in our separate care groups.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Embassy Suites

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Sovereign Grace Church will be at the Embassy Suites THIS Sunday. The Embassy Suites is located off of Verdae Dr. Directions can be found on our website.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Big Group This Friday

We are looking forward to seeing you all this coming Friday night, October 1 at 6:30pm at our Singles Big-Group meeting!

Instead of meeting in the now regular Singles Caregroups, we will be meeting at the Bent Creek Clubhouse, on Marcie Rush Lane (picture of the facility and directions are below).

This is the location for all of our Singles Big-Group meetings, which will occur on the first Friday of each month.

We will be having a Potluck Dinner before we watch the first video in the Proclaim series. Please bring a main dish and a dessert. Dinner will begin at 6:30pm.

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You can view directions to the club house HERE.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Movers Needed

Looking for something to do next Thursday and Saturday? Two couples in our church are moving and need some help. See below for more information…

Hey, guys,
We have two families--the McKelveys and the Sandifers--moving next weekend. The McKelveys are heading to Florida, the Sandifers to Virginia. It's a big job, and I'd love to get all the help we can in order to send them off smoothly.

The McKelveys will be progressively loading their truck next Thursday and Friday night (16-17 Sep), with the goal of heading out early Saturday morning. We'll probably get started around 6:30pm or so each night, but of course come when you can and leave when you need to.

The Sandifers will be loading on Saturday morning (18 Sep). We'll be starting around 9am, and they'd like to be on the road by early afternoon.

Obviously, the more help, the better. It would be great to let me (and the McKelveys/Sandifers) know if/when you're planning to help, but also feel free to spread the word and do some recruiting of your own. We have about a week!


All of grace,
Matt McCarnan

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Notes from “Big” Meeting

Prov.3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

“Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the promises of God and cling to them despite the adversity that at times seeks to overwhelm us.” - Jerry Bridges

1. Who we Trust – “Trust in the Lord”

a. Trust in God who is all-powerful

Dan. 4:35 – all the inhabitants of the earth are considered as nothing (they are not meaningless) it means that all of the inhabitants of the earth cannot diminish or thwart what God can do and wants to do… for He does according to His will…and no on can keep His hand from doing what He wills or charge God for what He has done.

Jer. 32:17; 26-27 'Ah, Lord God! It is you who has made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you…. The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?

Isa. 26:4 "Trust in the LORD forever, For in GOD the LORD, {we have} an everlasting Rock.

b. Trust in God who is all-wise

Job 11:7-9 “Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know? Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea”

“To say that God is omniscient is to say that He possesses perfect knowledge and has no need to learn. But it is more: it is to say that God never learned and cannot learn.” - A. W. Tozer

c. Trust in God who is all-loving

2 Chron. 6:14 "…O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart,

God even loves those who disobey Him:

Neh. 9:17 They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

His love never ends:

Psalm 136:2 Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever.

His love is not like ours:

Micah 7:18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

Nothing can separate us from Him love:

Romans 8:39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Eph. 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, [5] even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—

Not only is God able to do what is best for you, He actually knows what is best for you and He loves you and wants what is best for you.

When the climb is easy – we can tend to forget Him

When the climb is hard, we may doubt Him

Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

2. How we Trust - “with all your heart”

a. Your thoughts

b. Your emotions

c. Your desires & ambitions

3. How we Trust - Not in yourself – “do not lean on your own understanding”

a. Your wisdom

b. Your strength or abilities

c. Your family or friends

4. What Trust looks like –“in all your ways acknowledge Him”

a. In thought

b. In word

c. In deed

We are not saved by works – we are not saved by keeping the law – we are saved by faith

Hebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. “

5. Trust and He will reward – “and He will make your paths straight”

Matthew 6:25 "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Heart-felt prayer indicates a dependence on God to do what only God can do. A heart that doesn’t pray is a heart that says I can do this myself…

Do you believe that God’s love is such that you will not be kept from any, every good thing that God can rightly give you, that will be for your building up and growth?

Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Big Group

We are looking forward to seeing you all this coming Friday night, September 04th at 7:00pm at our Singles Big-Group meeting!

Instead of meeting in the now regular Singles Caregroups, we will be meeting at the Bent Creek Clubhouse, on Marcie Rush Lane (picture of the facility and directions are below).

This will be the meeting location for all of our Singles Big-Group meetings, which will occur on the first Friday of each month.

If everyone could bring a snack and a drink to the meeting it would be much appreciated. (You could even save money by bringing a snack and hanging out at the clubhouse instead of going out to a restaurant). If you are on the schedule to bring snacks (1 salty, 1 sweet, 1 drink) at your regular care group, please bring those snacks to the Big Group meeting.

If you have a folding chair, please bring that too, we need some extra seats for Friday night.

We are going to have a great night of worship, fellowship and fun – We can’t wait to see you all there.

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You can view directions to the club house HERE.