COVID-19 Update (07/21/21)

Church Family,

We want you to know that we’ve had some more church members test positive for Covid this week, some of whom were at church on Sunday morning. We’ve directly contacted those that we know were exposed and made sure our facility is clean and safe.

We are still meeting tonight for Wednesday Night Grow Service. We understand if you can’t come, but we encourage you to join us if you can. Our policy is that unless one of our pastors tests positive or shows symptoms, we plan to continue meeting together.

If you’re in a Wednesday Night leadership role of any kind, and won’t be here tonight, please contact one of the pastors or the church office. We love you so much, church family! We’re praying that the Lord will guard you and bring a quick end to this difficult season.

This Sunday (9/27/20)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

Sunday Worship (10:15AM)

• Nursery is available during service for kids, age 3 and under!

• Sermon: Pastor Cody will preach on “What Is Lacking" (1 Thessalonians 3:10b).

• Scripture Reading: 1 Timothy 4

• Worship Songs: (See Below)

This Sunday (9/20/20)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

Sunday Worship (10:15AM)

• Nursery is available during service for kids, age 3 and under!

• Sermon: Brock Lee will preach on “The Biblical Model of Parenting" (Deuteronomy 6:4-9).

• Scripture Reading: Romans 3:9-26

• Worship Songs: (See Below)

This Sunday (9/13/20)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

Sunday Worship (10:15AM)

• Nursery is available during service for kids, age 3 and under!

• Sermon: “Prayer Matters" (1 Thessalonians 3:10a).

• Scripture Reading: Hebrews 4

• Worship Songs: (See Below)

• Meeting for AWANA Workers: Immediately following worship, in the sanctuary

This Sunday (9/6/20)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

Sunday Worship (10:15AM)

• Nursery is available during service for kids, age 3 and under!

• Sermon: “Paul’s Burden for The Church" (1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:9).

• Scripture Reading: Genesis 4:1-15

• Worship Songs: (See Below)

This Sunday (8/30/20)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

Sunday Worship (10:15AM)

• Nursery is available during service for kids, age 3 and under!

• Sermon: “The Jewish Opposition to the Gospel" (1 Thessalonians 2:14-16).

• Scripture Reading: Mark 12:1-12

• Worship Songs: (See Below)

This Sunday (8/23/20)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

Sunday Worship (10:15AM)

• Nursery is available during service for kids, age 3 and under!

• Sermon: “The Progress of The Gospel" (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10).

• Scripture Reading: Habakkuk 3

• Worship Songs: (See Below)

• Business Meeting (Immediately after service): We’ll be voting on 2020-21 Sunday School Teachers and Committees.

This Sunday (8/16/20)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

Sunday Worship (10:15AM)

• Nursery is available during service for kids, age 3 and under!

• Sermon: Pastor Cody will be preaching on “Gospel Suffering" (1 Thessalonians 1:6a).

• Worship Songs: (See Below)

Sunday Night Prayer & Preaching (6:30PM) has been paused until further notice, in order to make our Sunday AM Worship service the best it can be during this challenging season. This will go into effect this Sunday. Prayer time has moved back to our Wednesday PM gathering, alongside our Discipleship Training (currently, Counter Culture). Of course, this will change our Phase 2 schedule in our COVID-19 reopening plan. Find out more about our Phase 2 schedule here.

This Sunday (8/9/20)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

Sunday Worship (10:15AM)

• Nursery is available during service for kids, age 3 and under!

• Sermon: Pastor Cody will be preaching on “God’s Loving Wrath" (1 Thessalonians 1:10b).

• Worship Songs: (See Below)

Sunday Night Prayer & Preaching (6:30PM) has been paused until further notice, in order to make our Sunday AM Worship service the best it can be during this challenging season. This will go into effect this Sunday. Prayer time has moved back to our Wednesday PM gathering, alongside our Discipleship Training (currently, Counter Culture). Of course, this will change our Phase 2 schedule in our COVID-19 reopening plan. Find out more about our Phase 2 schedule here.

GGBC Coronavirus Update (7/30)

Church Family, 

As we’ve talked about recently, here's our new weekly schedule, effective immediately.
Sunday:

• Sunday School (9:00AM - All Ages)

• Worship (10:15AM - Nursery for ages 3 and under)

Wednesday:

• Prayer & Discipleship (6:30PM - Nursery for ages 3 and under)

As always, we encourage you to use Social Distancing Guidelines:

• Wear a mask whenever possible

• Maintain a distance of 6ft from those outside your family unit

• Frequently wash and sanitize your hands 

If you have any symptoms that could be linked to Coronavirus, please stay home and participate with us through online service. Thank you so much for fighting for your health and the health of others!

If you have questions or just want to talk, please call your pastors anytime. We’d love to hear from you, and minister to you! We miss you so much, church family, and we're begging the Lord for the day to come soon when we can all gather together safely again!

This Sunday (8/2/20)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

Sunday Worship (10:15AM)

• Nursery will be available for kids, age 3 and under!

• Sermon: Pastor Cody will be preaching on “Waiting for His Return" (1 Thessalonians 1:10a).

• Worship Songs: (See Below)

• Business meeting: We’ll have a business meeting immediately after AM Worship to nominate men to serve in the role of deacon. Please take part in this important decision in the life of our church family!

Sunday Night Prayer & Preaching (6:30PM)

Sadly, we’re pausing this service until further notice, in order to make our Sunday AM Worship service the best it can be during this challenging season. This will go into effect this Sunday. Prayer time has already been moved back to our Wednesday PM gathering, alongside our Discipleship Training (currently, Counter Culture). Of course, this will change our Phase 2 schedule in our COVID-19 reopening plan. Find out more about our Phase 2 schedule here.

Video Posting Schedule

As Phase 2 of our COVID-19 reopening plan continues, we want to be more clear about what you can expect of us when it comes to sermon videos.

Until further notice, here’s our video production schedule:

• Sunday AM (1 Thessalonians series)

  • We record these during the week, so that they’re available online during normal AM Worship time (10:15am).

• Sunday PM (Resurrection Hope series)

  • We record these during Sunday PM Prayer + Preaching (on-campus, Sundays at 6:30pm). We edit and upload them Monday morning, so look for them on Monday by lunch time.

• Wednesday PM (Counter Culture Bible Study)

  • These lessons are taught during our Wednesday PM Discipleship Training (on-campus Wednesdays at 6:30pm). This material is licensed, so we are not allowed to make it available online. Future Wednesday PM series will be made available online.

We hope this helps to clear things up. We love you, church family! Our hearts long for the day that all of us can gather together again safely!

If you ever have any questions or concerns about videos, audio, the website, etc., we’d love to hear from you!

GGBC Coronavirus Update (6/24)

Church Family,

Thank you for your patience with us cancelling June 21 on-campus services after one of our members tested positive for Coronavirus. This dear church member has not been on campus again since June 7th. In the meantime, our facilities have been sterilized and everyone that has had contact with this person has tested negative. So we are returning to our Phase 2 schedule this Sunday, June 28!

Here's a brief look at the next week (more info here)...

Sunday (6/28):

• Sunday School (9:00AM)
• Worship Service (10:15AM)
• Sunday Night Prayer and Bible Study (6:30PM)

Wednesday (7/1):

• Wednesday Night Discipleship (6:30PM)

As always, we encourage you to use Social Distancing Guidelines (wearing masks whenever possible, maintaining a distance of 6 ft from those outside your family unit, frequently wash hands and sanitize your hands) while on campus. If you have any symptoms that could be linked to Coronavirus, please stay home and participate with us through online service. We miss you so much, and thank you for fighting for your health and the health of others!

If you have questions, please call your pastors anytime. We’d love to hear from you, and minister to you!

GGBC Coronavirus Update (6/19)

Church Family,
One of our members just notified us that they just tested positive for Coronavirus. We’re not releasing this dear church member’s name at this time, but the person wants you to know that they were on-campus for our AM service on June 7, and though not having any symptoms, is now believed by the health department to have been contagious at that time. The church member was not on campus for our June 14 or 17 services. This person has self-quarantined and already contacted all those with whom they’ve had personal contact (less than 6ft for more than 20 minutes). To be on the safe side, we’re shifting back to online services until further notice. Please join us online this Sunday Morning for worship at fbcgraygables.com/online-service

We know this is difficult news, but praise God, He isn’t caught off guard by this! He still has authority over all things, and He’s promised us in His word that He’s working ALL things for our good and His glory (Romans 8:28). So let’s continue to pray. Let’s continue to trust the Lord. Let’s continue to look for ways to encourage and care for each other. Let’s continue to watch for opportunities to talk about faith in Christ with unbelievers during this season!

If you have questions, please call your pastors anytime. We’d love to hear from you, and minister to you!

Reopening Plan Update (6/7)

Here’s a summary of Pastor Justin’s reopening plan update from AM Worship yesterday (6/7).

If you have questions, we’d love to hear from you!

Q: What’s the basis for your reopening plan?

Just like with Phase 1, we’re following our state’s guidelines for reopening safely.

What’s next?

We will kick off our Phase 2 Schedule next Sunday, June 14!

The first Wednesday PM Service will on June 17.

What does Phase 2 look like?

Here’s what Phase 2 will look like for Adults and Youth.

Click through to the next slide for Phase 2 Childcare.

What will childcare look like in Phase 2?

Here’s a peek at Phase 2 Childcare. Remember, this phase is temporary. We’re looking forward to having everything back to normal when this season is over!

Thank you, Volunteers!

We can’t thank enough those who have volunteered to step in and help fill gaps with childcare for Sunday school. You are the reason that we get on-campus Sunday School back in Phase 2! We love y’all!

And a BIG “thank you” to Libby Kast for contacting and organizing childcare! You’re awesome!

A Time to Be Gracious

Even with all the great things we get back in Phase 2, this still isn’t the way it’s supposed to be. There will be, inconveniences, frustrations, and maybe even fears that come to the surface in our Phase 2 gatherings.

“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”

- Ephesians 4:32

Reopening Plan Update (5/24)

Here are some slides from Pastor Cody’s update on Sunday morning (5/24). We are reopening in phases, in step with the state’s plan.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us!

Reopening This Sunday!

Read the announcement here:

Or watch the announcement here:

This Sunday (5/3/20 - HOMECOMING)

Here’s what’s coming up this Sunday, so you and your family prepare your hearts for worship.

This Sunday is our Homecoming Drive-in Service! Find out more about that here.

Sermon: Pastor Cody is preaching on "The Preeminence of Christ" from Colossians 1:17. Feel free to ask him about that title :)

Worship Songs: (Fewer songs this week to keep the service short)

• Victory in Jesus

• We Will Remember

  Download a pdf of the lyrics here.

Listen to this week’s songs (or as close as Youtube allows) here: no

GGBC Coronavirus Update (3/18)

Church family,

This week, in response the Cornoavirus pandemic, the President has recommended no gatherings of more than 10 people. So this Sunday morning (3/22), we’re going to worship the Lord together from our homes instead of on campus.
Cody and Justin will tape Sunday’s sermon and have it available via youtube, facebook, and fbcgraygables.com on Sunday morning at 10:15.

We'll continue to update you here, on social media, and through your deacons. But as this season continues, remember that you have an anchor for your soul in Jesus Christ (Hebrews 6:19-20)! Praise God!

We love you, church family, and we’re looking forward to the day coming soon where we’ll be together again.

In Christ,

Your Church Staff

GGBC Corona Virus Update

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD'S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. (Psalm 11:4)

Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, [16] making the most of your time, because the days are evil.  (Ephesians 5:15-16)

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. [7] And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7)

Church Family, 

These days, concerns are rising about the Corona Virus. Some of these concerns are right and good. People want to walk wisely and protect ourselves and our families. In doing so, remember: God is still the sovereign King of the universe. He isn’t caught Him off guard by this. So let’s continue rest in Him and be gracious to each other as we walk through the coming days. 

So in a desire to love the Lord and love our neighbor well, here’s how this Sunday and Wednesday will look: 

Sunday AM service (3/15):        Yes

Sunday School (3/15):                No 

Sunday PM service (3/15):         No

Wednesday PM service (3/18):  No

Sunday AM service will be a family service. No childcare or nursery will be available. Parents, plan accordingly and bring anything your children will need for worship (like crayons, and maybe the latest MY CHURCH NOTEBOOK, available here). 

This virus is more common among those with a weakened immune system or a heart / respiratory condition. If you have one of these conditions, then out of love we encourage you to stay home. Also, if you’re feeling sick at all, then out of love for you and others, please stay home. No one among our church family has been diagnosed with the virus, but we’re still taking all the necessary precautions.

Pastor Cody’s sermon will be posted by 2pm this Sunday. You’ll be able to find it and all our other sermons here.  

We also have youtube playlist of the songs we’re singing this Sunday morning. You can listen and sing along here. 

If you’re on campus for service, we encourage you to avoid physical contact (handshakes, hugs, etc.) if at all possible. With that in mind, we will not have our normal “welcome time.” Also, we’ll have offering plates available at the doors for giving as you exit. You can also give using the online bill pay service offered by most banks. Find out more about this on our website here. 

Most importantly church, PRAY. 

Let’s join with other churches in the Southern Baptist Convention in praying these things: 

We’ll be updating you here as the days progress. You can always contact your deacon or any of the staff with any questions, concerns, or if you just need someone to pray with you. We love you church!

In Christ, 

Your Church Staff