Thanks!

A big THANK YOU to everyone that came out for our first Car Wash!

FREE Car Wash Info

As you know, tomorrow is our combined, Parent/Youth & Singles, Free Car Wash Outreach event.  We are looking forward to the event tomorrow and are anticipating that the Lord will bless our time together.

I believe that this will be a good chance to deepen relationships within the church and just serve people practically with God’s love.  Our prayer is that this practical expression of kindness will be a blessing to people and that we will have a chance to plant seeds of the gospel in people’s lives through our example and conversation.

In order to serve the community well, I’ve included a few important details for you below. Please be sure to read these before tomorrow, so that we can serve together more effectively.

• Arrival time: Please arrive at 8:30am, so that we can give you your assignment and be ready to wash by 9:00am. If you have signed up, we are counting on you to be there on time (unless you let us know of a different arrival time in advance).
• Location: Precision Detailing & Auto Shine. 1877 S Highway 14, Greer, SC 29650.  For directions via Google Maps, click HERE.
• Parking: we will need to park out back behind the location – please look for people with yellow parking vests on to direct you
• Assignments: We will need a lot of different people doing various jobs. We will do our best to put you in an assignment that is well-suited to you, however, we will rotate through different assignments to give people a break. We will have one of the following roles ready for you to serve in:
  • Washer
  • Dryer
  • Rinser
  • Greeter
  • Drink/Snack Server
  • Sign-holder
  • Traffic help
  • Floater (to engage in conversation with guests)
    
• Food: Please make sure you pack your own snacks and lunch - you will need the energy to stand out in the hot sun all morning and work!  We will supply water and soft-drinks.
  
• Finish Time: we are planning to be done by 1:00pm.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the event tomorrow. I know it will be a fun and memorable time!

Your bro,
-Matt

Thank You! (Car Wash Info)

Thank you to everyone who contributed to snacks for our Car Wash this Saturday. Please pray for good weather and many opportunities to share the gospel!

Car Wash Info:

Saturday, August 28th

9am – 1pm

Precision Detailing & Auto Shine (Click HERE for map & directions)

Car Wash!!!

Saturday, August 28th

9am – 1pm

Please RSVP (yes/no) to Jessica. We look forward to seeing you there!!!

New Care Groups

We’re very excited about our new singles care groups. Need more info? Need contact info? You can find it HERE.

We are excited to see all that God will do through this multiplication, Enjoy your new care groups!

Yes, snack schedules will still be posted on the sidebar! New schedules are coming soon…

Desserts Galore

This Friday night will be our final time together in our current care group configuration meeting at our house.

For our time together, we will be having a time of worship together like we normally do but we will follow with a time for everyone to meet the Childs and the Barnetts and hear their testimonies, ask them questions and generally get to know them a little better.

After that, we will be having a dessert reception together to welcome them to the group and allow more time to speak with them individually on Friday night.  At the same time, we will use the time to celebrate what God has done in the Singles group over the past while as we look forward to multiplying the groups very soon.

So, in addition to bringing yourself, we are asking that everyone please bring their favorite dessert and a drink to share this Friday night, (instead of the typical snacks).

I’m looking forward to our time and we can’t wait to see you on Friday.

Your bro,

-Matt

Church-Wide Picnic

Join us for another church-wide picnic!

The Picnic will be a pot-luck style, laid back affair where we will have an opportunity to just gather together, play games, share in fellowship.

Click HERE for more information (and what to bring).

Want to volunteer? We need your help! Please contact Scott Triolo or Glendaliz Garcia. They will be happy to assign you to a team!

Extended Worship & Bonfire

We are meeting in an alternate location this Friday night for some extended worship, lots of snacks, fire and fun!

This Friday night, we will be meeting at the Barnett’s house at 7:00pm.

We will be having a time of extended worship outside and enjoy a bonfire and snacks at some point too – it should be great!

To make things more enjoyable, we’d like everyone who comes to bring a snack and a drink to contribute to the festivities.

Also, please bring a camp-style chair or outdoor folding chair. We wouldn’t want you to have to end up sitting on the ground.

We are looking forward to seeing you there.

Your bro,

-Matt

Contact Jessica for directions, 864.346.2361 or jessica[at]sgcsc[dot]org.

Additional Hiking Info

• Meeting place: Wal Mart parking lot on Woodruff Rd.
• Meeting time: 8:00am
• Return time: no later than 6:00pm
• Destination: Sam’s Knob/Black Balsam, in the Pisgah National Forest (and possibly some smaller trails for folks who are up to it)

Details:

• The drive is almost 2 hours to the hike. The hike from the parking lot to the field where we will eat lunch is about a 20 minute hike max. (easy)
• (There will be restrooms about a 10 minute walk/hike from where we will be eating lunch)
• The hike from the field to the top of Sam's Knob is about 45 minutes at a walking pace. (moderate)
• Once we reach the top of the mountain there is plenty of room for people to have fun, enjoy the view and explore.
• If there are some individuals that are unable to hike Sam's knob we may be able to split the group and have one group stay in the field or head to the creek.
• From there, we will be hiking from the field down to a creek (about 20 minutes) to play around and cool off. This is of course after we come back down the mountain as there is only one trail up the mountain. (easy)
• We should have no problem getting back at 1800.

Items needed for each individual:

Items indicated by an * are optional but we should have at least 1 for every 5 people

• Hiking boots or shoes with strong ankle support (no crocs or open-toe shoes)
• Day pack (school backpack is fine)
• First-aid kit (can be in a ziploc bag: band-aids, antiseptic wipes or bottled) *
• 32 oz water bottle (can be 2 16 oz bottles if they want)
• rain jacket (can just be a large black trash bag if you don't have one)
• Matches *
• Packed Lunch
• Snacks (optional) such as granola bars, raisins & peanuts, apple, etc.
• Camera (optional)
• Pocket knife (optional)

 

If you have not RSVP to Jessica, please do so ASAP.

Snack Schedule

Snack schedule has been posted. See sidebar ----->

Hiking Trip!

The Parent/Youth group of our church will be taking a hiking trip on Saturday, July 17^th and I’d like it if all of the Singles can come along – to make it a Parent/Youth & Singles hike.

This will be a good chance not only to serve the Parents and Youth of our church, it will also provide you with a chance to build relationships with families in the church. In addition, your presence and example of godliness will be a good role model for the youth of our church, who could benefit greatly from having older brothers and sisters in Christ to look up to and follow.

We will be leaving at 8:00am on Saturday, July 17^th and heading up to the Brevard, North Carolina area for a day full of hiking, lunch together and fun.  We’d really love to have you there with us. 

Please e-mail Jessica[at]sgcsc[dot]org if you can make it and also let us know if you’d be interested in helping with coordinating the hike itself too (our very own Eagle Scout, Josh Pratt will be helping lead the effort).

It will be lots of fun!

Your bro,
-Matt

Care Group @ Childs

Care Group will be held at the Child’s home this Friday (July 10th). Please contact the church office if you need directions, 864.346.2361.

Baptism Video

Sovereign Grace SC Baptism from James Naisang on Vimeo.

Care Group Location Change & Picnic Help

Care group will be at Child’s home this Friday. Please contact the church office for directions, 864.364.2361.

Calling all Singles! We are still in need of volunteers for the Father's Day Picnic. Want to help? Contact Scott T., Glendaliz G., or Josh P. Thank you!!!

Don’t forget that we are all invited to the Crawford/Frank wedding THIS Saturday! Have a great week!!!

New City…New Focus

Start saving your pennies!!!

I Thank My God For You

Are you attending Next 2010? If so, we encourage you to pray for yourself and your friends!

While you are praying, don’t forget to pray for the countless volunteers that are serving you, so you can encounter God. To help fuel your prayers, check out this blog post…

I Thank My God For You (Praying For/Thanking the NEXT Team)

Care Group @ Child’s Home

Good morning! Matt asked me to let you know that care group will be meeting at Matt & Stacie Childs home, this week. Check your inbox, we have sent you their address and phone number. Didn’t receive it? Call the church office at, 864.346.2361.

We are looking forward to seeing you on Friday @ 7pm!!!

Yes, we will be back at the Rawlings on the following week!

No Care Group This Week

In light of the Family Meeting on Wednesday, there will be no care group tomorrow night (Friday).

Why Spend The Time & Money?

I don’t know about you, but the older I get the more I realize that money just doesn’t grow on trees. And we all know that time is money. Taking time off for a conference can be a huge step of faith. Spending a couple hundred dollars can seem like millions. Why go? Especially when you can just download the messages from the comfort of your home. I recently came across this blog post and thought it may encourage you, get you excited about the conference, and answer some of those “Why” questions…

If you are like me, each year as you get ready to type your credit card code to sign up for NEXT; try to walk through the months of the year to figure out what month “9” is so you don’t mess up the expiration date; you eventually ask yourself this question “Why am I going to NEXT? Why spend the time? Why spend the money?”
For me it isn’t the thrill of packing in a hotel room with three other guys. It isn’t the rush of joy that I get seeing a Ninja in the morning with a fresh cup of coffee or the head ache I acquire from staying up until all hours of the night. Or the joys of trying to find your way to your Family Group in the morning. All those things are great don’t get me wrong…. They make awesome memories and God uses memories to build friendships so lets keep doing it!
But I keep coming back to NEXT year after year because I encounter the living God. I encounter God through the messages that cut through my sinful soul and strengthen me with truth; I encounter God in those sweet conversations late at night with a brother or sister in Christ; I encounter God through genuine worship to God through both singing and applying God’s word to my life. I walk away each year reminded, my God is real, he sent his son to redeem me and he is worthy of all praise I can give him.
I don’t know where you are at… maybe you punching in that credit card number just because you have done it year after year. Or maybe you have never been to NEXT, you don’t know anyone and it seems like a huge jump into the unknown. Or maybe you are college student and you have discovered money doesn’t grow on trees. If I could just urge you do what you can to make it to NEXT ’10….
I don’t know what God has in store for you, but I know this…. God will be there and you will encounter him…. And when Christians encounter God, wow big things happen! So sign up and maybe we will run into each other getting coffee from a Ninja.
Oh and by the way, September is the 9th month in the year….

Post taken from Next Blog: Why Spend The Time? Why Spend The Money?

I’m Too Poor To Attend

I want to go to Next ‘10, but I don’t have the finances. Times are tight and you can only budget so much. The Staff at Next know that it can be hard to find the dough to attend Next. So, they have come up with a couple of posts on the Next blog. Hopefully, it will give you some ideas and make finding cash a little easier.

You can find the link to their first post below. Check their blog later this week for more posts on practical fundraising.

I’m Too Poor To Attend (Fundraising Ideas) by Christopher Cooke