http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-big-1-open/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:13:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-big-1-open/#comment-912 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:08:01 +0000 http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-big-1-open/#comment-912 Thanks Nick and Dave. I know that all I want to do is make everyone else at Grace feel as loved and accepted as me and my family have. I know that everyone at Grace has special in them and we all can learn and grow with each other. And I wanted to say that Nick and I were really sad that we were out of town when the kids ministry meeting was held. love you all! Thanks Nick and Dave. I know that all I want to do is make everyone else at Grace feel as loved and accepted as me and my family have. I know that everyone at Grace has special in them and we all can learn and grow with each other. And I wanted to say that Nick and I were really sad that we were out of town when the kids ministry meeting was held. love you all!

]]> http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-big-1-open/#comment-891 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:55:45 +0000 http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-big-1-open/#comment-891 What you read in Nick's comment is precisely why we adopted this value and why I have held onto it tenaciously over our brief history. Welcome Nick and Amy- you are a part of us! Any other comments? What you read in Nick’s comment is precisely why we adopted this value and why I have held onto it tenaciously over our brief history. Welcome Nick and Amy- you are a part of us!
Any other comments?

]]> http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-big-1-open/#comment-890 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:39:07 +0000 http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-big-1-open/#comment-890 This has been a big factor in my family’s decision to choose Grace Community as our spiritual home. From the moment we walked in, nearly 3 years ago now, we have felt welcome. We had attended several other churches and as soon as you walk in you get the feeling of “who is that” and “I never have seen them here before”. It is like we could feel the whispering among them right when we walked in. We have NEVER felt that at Grace Community. I absolutely love the openness to everyone. It has definitely changed my everyday outlook towards the people in my life and strangers that run into daily. When Craig gave his message a few months ago on how most “Christians” have become close minded and introvert towards others, this really grand slammed the idea for me that I have put my family in the right place for us. I whole heartedly agree that this is a “Jesus value” that we must firmly hold onto at Grace as that’s how Jesus would have wanted it for everyone who currently attends Grace and the people who are walking in the door for the first time. I can not put into words how this “Jesus value” impacted my wife and I feel the first time we walked into Grace. This has been a big factor in my family’s decision to choose Grace Community as our spiritual home. From the moment we walked in, nearly 3 years ago now, we have felt welcome. We had attended several other churches and as soon as you walk in you get the feeling of “who is that” and “I never have seen them here before”. It is like we could feel the whispering among them right when we walked in. We have NEVER felt that at Grace Community. I absolutely love the openness to everyone. It has definitely changed my everyday outlook towards the people in my life and strangers that run into daily. When Craig gave his message a few months ago on how most “Christians” have become close minded and introvert towards others, this really grand slammed the idea for me that I have put my family in the right place for us. I whole heartedly agree that this is a “Jesus value” that we must firmly hold onto at Grace as that’s how Jesus would have wanted it for everyone who currently attends Grace and the people who are walking in the door for the first time. I can not put into words how this “Jesus value” impacted my wife and I feel the first time we walked into Grace.

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