GRACE NOTES

February 2014

First Corinthians 12 provides us with familiar words reminding us that we are the body of Christ and individually members of it. Which part of the body are you? Are you committed to the body, or just a part of it?

Many have expounded on Paul’s analogy for generations so I trust that you understand the implications of our different roles contributing to the whole, the value & necessity of each of us, and how sometimes some parts step up to the plate when others may be weak.

While we all have our roles in the body of Christ, we need always remember that it is Christ himself who is the head of the Church. As hands, feet, or other parts, it is important not to get so caught up in our own tasks that we lose sight of the bigger purpose of the body we are called to be part of.

Our physical bodies for the most part are made up of permanent parts for the duration of our lives, yet it is not so with the church as an institution. That is one place where Paul’s analogy may not go far enough to aid us in times when members of the body depart.

Last year our pastor of 12 years retired and we’ve managed to carry on. Joe Busby who contributed so much to the life of Grace Presbyterian Church over the years passed away as others have before him. As we embark on the journey of 2014, Owen & Judy Wingate are leaving to relocate in Jacksonville and JoAnn Schell will no longer be our Christian Education Coordinator.

Do we love and value them all as part of the Body of Christ as manifested in our congregation? Of course! Yet we must understand that while a person cannot be replaced, the role that they served can always be handled by another – maybe not in the same exact way, and maybe it will require some adjustments, but their purpose in serving the body can be taken up by another.

Transitions in the body are difficult for us when we falsely assume that all of the church body’s members are permanent and fail to understand that the only part that is permanent is the head, Jesus Christ.

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If we are focused on the head and the mission & ministry it calls us to, we will discover creative ways to adjust as members come and go, as much as we valued and relied upon them. I believe our body is healthy and we have the capacity to finds way to discover, equip, and empower new hands and feet to attend to every need that truly serves the mission & ministry of the kingdom.

Blessings,

Pastor Drew

Please contact Pastor Drew anytime you need to! He is more than glad to have a call, text, or

message from you anytime day or night and would like to visit with you at your invitation. His cell

phone number is 904-382-2414, email pastordrew@gmail.com and he would love to be your friend on

Facebook. His home address is 1660 NW 22nd Circle, Gainesville,

FL. 32605.

Elders on Call

for February

WT Chesnut (352) 256-6628

Debbie Harris (352) 481-7078

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Mutual Mission Housing Report

January 2014

This January the presbytery sent a team of 22 volunteers to Kingston, where they addressed several mission tasks (Dental work, facilities, and housing). Due to various factors, there were just two volunteers available to build the house that was planned Pastor Drew and his son-in-law Matt Sumner), and the recipients’ church provided one Jamaican worker to join them.

After worship on Sunday, a visit to the home site was arranged and up an overgrown path, behind a precarious wall fashioned from rusty sheets of tin, a tiny house sat next to a freshly poured 18’ x 25” concrete foundation. Upon it was a stack of 2x4’s and other building materials. There they met the recipients.

The Andersons are an elderly couple with a mentally handicapped son who were living in a small decaying house that has not had secure roofing since the last hurricane, allowing water to stream in every time it rained. Whenever Pastor Drew asked her to describe aspects of their living conditions she wept, and it was heartbreaking to hear her stories.

The housing team set out on a rainy Monday to begin work and on the way the sign of God’s promise, a glorious rainbow, seemed to be landing upon the sign at the edge of the Hope Flat Community where the home was to be constructed and their spirits were lifted.

Gathering at the site, Rev. Davidson of the King’s Gate United Church was asked to lead a prayer of consecration in between raindrops, then work commenced. By the end of the third day the walls were up but the roof was not started.

The 4th day our JEMM partners located 2 skilled workers to assist the team and the roof framing was up by the end of the day. Late Friday Rev Jermaine Gibson, JEMM director, led a moving prayer of thanksgiving and blessing and a secure, dry home was delivered to a grateful family just after dusk.

It is amazing what God can do with prayers, a pile of materials, and faithful servants – Thanks for the support of Grace Presbyterian Church and thanks be to God!

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Jamaica Mutual Mission

Old Roof New Roof

Beginning jobsite Nearly finished home

Rainbow at Hope Flat Matt Sumner, 1st Gainesville and Drew Marshall,

Grace Gainesville with Gloria & Vincent Anderson at their new front doorway

Prayer of Consecration Prayer of Blessing & Praise

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Mission Committee

Coming Soon! Sunday, February 16 "Undie Sunday"

CROP Walk, Sunday, February 23. Need walkers and people to pledge

LPG - Living, Praying, Giving - We are collecting Soups (dry or canned) and Sauces for the

month of February.

Early March - St. Francis House Dinner - More information to come

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GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

2014 BUDGET

Projected Income 2014

Interest $ 100.00

Pledges $ 131,898.00

Loose Offering $ 30,000.00

Designated Funds $ 3,937.62

Reserve Funds $ 38,970.65

Carryover from 2012 $ 2,930.90

TOTAL $ 207,837.17

Budgeted Expenditures 2014

ADMINISTRATION:

1010 Equipment $ 500.00

1020 Office Supplies $ 2,100.00

1030 Postage, (no bulk mailout cost) $ 750.00

1040 Phone and LD/High Speed Internet $ 3,200.00

1140 Scholarship for GA/Synos,Pyb/GPC $ 100.00

Administration Total $ 6,650.00

BUILDING AND GROUNDS:

1050 Pest Control $ 384.00

1070 Custodial Service $ 4,620.00

1080 Custodial Supplies $ 450.00

1090 Maintenance $ 6,000.00

1100 Office Utilities $ 2,500.00

1110 Church Utilities $ 19,500.00

1120 Lawn Service $ 6,200.00

1130 Dumpster $ 2,000.00

1150 Computer Support $ 300.00

1160 Gainesville Fire Assessment $ 1,750.00

1170 Fire System Monitoring $ 550.00

Building and Grounds Total $ 44,254.00

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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND YOUTH:

2010 Consumable Supplies $ 800.00

2020 Curriculum $ 500.00

2030 Programs and Special Events $ 600.00

2040 Ecumenical Vacation Bible School $ 250.00

2060 Youth Programs $ 600.00

Christian Education and Youth Total $ 2,750.00

MEMBERSHIP AND EVANGELISM:

3010 Evangelism/Web Site $ 300.00

3020 Kitchen Supplies Non-Edible $ 1,000.00

3030 Kitchen Supplies Edible $ 1,000.00

3040 Member Care $ 800.00

3050 Advertising $ 250.00

Membership and Evangelism Total $ 3,350.00

PERSONNEL:

4010 Clerical Wages $ 10,285.00

4020 Music Director $ 8,000.00

4040 Social Security Employer's Cost $ 2,441.00

4050 Worker's Compensation Insurance $ 1,000.00

4060 Nursery/church and choir/P.N.O. $ 3,200.00

4070 Christian Education Coordinator $ 3,720.00

4090 Organist $ 6,695.00

Personnel Total $ 35,341.00

PASTOR'S COMPENSATION PACKAGE:

5010 Salary $ 26,000.00

5020 Housing $ 25,000.00

5030 Social Security Offset $ 7,803.00

5040 Pension/Major Medical $ 19,215.72

5050 Continuing Education $ 1,000.00

5060 Auto Reimbursement $ 2,000.00

5070 Moving Expenses $ 2,000.00

Pastor's Compensation Package Total $ 83,018.72

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STEWARDSHIP AND FINANCE:

6010 Building/Grounds Insurance $ 10,353.00

6020 Session Training $ 500.00

6030 Annual Corporation Fee $ 75.00

6040 Per Capita Apportionment $ 870.45

6050 Pledge Envelopes $ 125.00

6090 Bank Fees, Cks, NSF Chgs, etc. $ 400.00

6100 Leadership Education $ 500.00

6110 Annual Review $ 700.00

Stewardship and Finance Total $ 13,523.45

WORSHIP:

7010 Music Supplies $ 1,200.00

7020 Visiting Organists/Musicians $ 2,000.00

7030 Visiting Speakers $ 1,200.00

7040 Worship Supplies $ 800.00

Worship Total $ 5,200.00

MISSION:

8010 Missionary Support $ 1,300.00

8020 JEM/SAMMY (Youth Exchange Program) $ 250.00

8030 School Outreach $ 500.00

8040 Acorn Clinic $ 2,500.00

8050 Gainesville Community Ministries $ 1,500.00

8070 Rebuilding Gainesville Together $ 300.00

8090 Undesignated Ben./Presby. and G/A $ 2,000.00

8100 Other Witness and Service $ 750.00

8110 St Francis House $ 2,500.00

8120 Montgomery Conference Center $ 1,400.00

8140 Hospice of North Central Florida $ 750.00

Mission Total $ 13,750.00

TOTAL EXPENSES $ 207,837.17

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February Birthdays

1 Josh Osteen

1 Jenifer Wingate

2 Evelyn Girouard

4 Pauline Kirk

7 Jonathan Tuma

7 Sarah Varvel

9 Gertie Strickland

14 Daniel Guzman

15 Barbara Nunnery

15 Hilda Fiskell

16 Al Griseck

19 Linda Lotz

23 Lee Marsh

25 Barbara Griseck

Please call the church

office, 352-376-5654, if your

special day is NOT listed.

February Anniversaries

5 Richard & Lynette Ramer

14 Bill & Mary Chesnut

Flowers

2/2

2/9

2/16

2/23

Fellowship

2/2 Lois Semer and W.T. Chestnut

2/9 Boy Scout Sunday

2/16 Congregational Dinner

2/23 Birthday Celebration

HELP NEEDED!!

We all love the beautiful flower bouquets in the sanctuary as well as the important fellowship time we have together after the service each week.

However, we are not seeing members signing up to provide flowers or to facilitate the fellowship. Fellowship only requires cookies, coffee and punch.

Please let us keep these important parts of our worship time at Grace. Sign up for flowers on the sign up sheet at the back of the sanctuary. Sign up for Fellowship in the fellowship hall. Or call Karen in the office 376-5654.

If you have any questions, ask any Church Elder or Pastor Drew.

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2/2 Fourth Sunday after the

Epiphany

Micah 6:1–8

Psalm 15

1 Corinthians 1:18–31

Matthew 5:1–12

2/9 Fifth Sunday after the

Epiphany

Isaiah 58:1–9a [9b–12]

Psalm 112:1–9 [10]

1 Corinthians 2:1–12 [13–16]

Matthew 5:13–20

2/16 Sixth Sunday after the

Epiphany

Deuteronomy 30:15–20 or Sirach

15:15–20

Psalm 119:1–8

1 Corinthians 3:1–9

Matthew 5:21–37

2/23 Seventh Sunday after the

Epiphany

Leviticus 19:1–2, 9–18

Psalm 119:33–40

1 Corinthians 3:10–11, 16–23

Matthew 5:38–48

Liturgy Passages for February

FEBRUARY 2014

Phone: 352-376-5654 Fax: 352-376-1319

Email: office@gpconline.org

Address Service Requested

Grace Presbyterian Church 3146 NW 13th St.

Gainesville, FL 32609-2175