Romans 10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

Have you experienced this pronouncement?

“You are forgiven!”

Do you long for your soul to be revived? Acts 10:42-11:18 February 22, 2015

I. Dr. Coleman and the ringing of the bell –

II. Context – Peter was preaching (Acts 10:23-43)

Acts 10:42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. 43 To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Jesus is LORD, Jesus is Love, Jesus is Judge, Jesus is Savior.

Forgiveness – (1) Sin will be expiated in Hell; or (2) forgiven in Jesus’ name.

Forgiveness is both something pronounced & experienced:

o In the OT forgiveness was: Pronounced by Priesthood of God

On the Day of Atonement – Leviticus 16

BI: Forgiveness pronounced & experienced…

Do you believe?

Do you need to be revived by Christ?

III. God intervenes (Acts 10:44-48)

Acts 10:44 While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. 45 And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. 46 For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, 47 “Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

The Holy Spirit is the One who revives your soul in Jesus’ name –

But the devil wants to steal, kill, and destroy –

IV. Peter’s response to criticism (Acts 11:1-17)

Acts 11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, 3 “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

At issue: Table Fellowship –

Acts 11:4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order: 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me. 6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ 8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’ 10 This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven. 11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea. 12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house. 13 And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter; 14 he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’ 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?”

V. The critics’ response to Peter (Acts 11:18)

Acts 11:18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

Grace Church - 10323 28th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98146 (206) 937-8400 gracechurchseattle.org

LOOKING AHEAD Mar 13-15 ····· Father/Daughter Retreat

Mar 27 & 28 ·· Youth All-nighter - 7pm-8am

April 3 ············ Good Friday Service 7pm

April 5 ············ Easter Brkfst & Kickoff 8:30am

April 18 ·········· Community Day -9a-12n

April 22 ·········· Financial Peace U. begins 6:30p

May 10 ··········· Mothers Day

Pastor Ryan Faust Senior Pastor prfaust@gracechurchseattle.org follow on Twitter @RyanJFaust

Pastor Daniel Hill Worship & Assoc. Pastor danielh@gracechurchseattle.org follow on Twitter @danielhillmusic

Pastor Jerry Buell Children’s Ed & Family Ministry jerryb@gracechurchseattle.org

Pastor Nathan Schlaud Youth & College Ministry nathans@gracechurchseattle.org follow on Twitter @el_schlaudius

Janis Lemert Community Life Director janisl@gracechurchseattle.org

Let us LOVE God & people by praying for: Lydia Fediw (broken ankle), Linda Davis (fractured shoulder),

Suzanne Brown (passing of her mother), David Rundall (foot

surgery recovery), Larry Vittum-Jones (knee replacement

recovery), Elizabeth Lyshol (surgery recovery), Pastor Nathan

Schlaud (Bells Palsy), and ongoing health needs: Bill Hall,

Betty Saunders (dementia), Kim Smith (seizures), Martha

Miller, the Grace Church family and for the elders & staff.

Prayer Requests Like to be added to the Prayer Partners distribution list?

Please contact the Church office. Have a prayer request? Call

or email the office during office hours. If the office is closed,

call Barb Stuart 932-7459 or Elsie McCoy 938-0644 who will

get your request to our prayer warriors right away.

March 1, 2015

FATHER & DAUGHTER RETREAT

March 13-15, 2015

SCAN this code to register & pay with your smartphone

crafts

ropes course

horseback riding ($15/pp pre-order)

swimming

volleyball

basketball

mountain biking

ping pong

go karts

climbing wall

and more!

see inside for details

LENT Just as there are seasons in our calendar

(summer, fall, etc), there are also rhythms

in Christianity. Historically, Lent is the

preparation of the believer through

prayer, penance, repentance of

sins, almsgiving, atonement and self-

denial. This has been done in more

liturgical churches beginning Ash

Wednesday in preparation for Easter.

At Grace, we want to loosely hold to the

liturgical calendar for personal and

spiritual benefits to honor Christ. We are

purposing to deny ourselves something

that has become a vice, and use the extra

money that would have been spent to

help a missions team go to a S. America

and build a well in the name of Jesus this

Fall. Place your extra offering in an

envelope designated to Living Water.

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES

• 2’s & 3’s Sunday School teacher &

assistant for March through June. Even if

you can only take a month or two.

• Nursery church time Greeter – Beginning

in March one month on, two months off

• 2’s & 3’s church time lead teacher –

Beginning in April being on a one month

on, three months off rotation

• Early Elementary church time Assistant –

Beginning in April being on a one month

on, three months off rotation

See Pastor Jerry or Tony Aramburu for

more details about how to serve.

BUDGET YEAR TO DATE

BUDGET YTD $389,139.58

ACTUAL YTD 328,762.29

We are at 84% of budget for the year.

YOUTH PASTOR VISION CAST

Following the service, Pastor Ryan will

be meeting with anyone interested in

learning the vision for Youth Ministry at

Grace Church. Announcement to follow

the service.

FATHER/DAUGHTER RETREAT

Friday Eve. thru Sunday March 13-15 We

are registering as a group - a savings of

$25/per person. The cost is $200 per Father

-Daughter duo (plus $100 for ea. additional

daughter). The deadline is TOMORROW.

Tony Aramburu for info, or use the QR

Code on the back of the bulletin to pay and

register with your phone.

AN AWANA MISSIONS OPPORTUNITY

Looking for a way to get involved with our

Awana clubbers but can’t find the time to

volunteer? How about sponsoring one of

our clubbers during our end of year Verse-A

-Thon on March 18. Our kids will be asking

for donations to help raise money to train

leaders in Papua New Guinea, the same

country that Noe and Lisa Martinez are

serving in. Sponsor an amount per verse

recited, or a fixed amount. And if you don’t

get asked, we are also looking for sponsors

to help those that don’t get any donors. As

an added bonus, there is a donor that will

double any donations for the Awana PNG

program. Please contact Tim McMonigle

(timpatmc@gmail.com) with any questions.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS

Next Sunday, March 8 begins Daylight

Savings Time. That means set your clocks

one hour ahead on Saturday night so you

won’t be late to church that Sunday!

THIS WEEK AT GRACE

SUNDAY, MARCH 1

9:00 am Classes & School of Theology

- downstairs classrooms

10:05 am Preparing thru Prayer for Worship

- in the sanctuary

10:30 am WORSHIP - sanctuary

1st-3rd grade will be dismissed

to Children’s Church

Kid’s bulletins available in the foyer

MONDAY, MARCH 2

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

9:30 am MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

4:30 pm Awana Games practice

6:30 pm Awana - various

7:00 pm Youth Group - the shack

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

Church Office closed

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

Church Office closed

10:00 am Awana Games Sparks - Kitsap Fairgrnds

12:30 pm Awana Games T&T - Kitsap Fairgrnds

10:00 am GriefShare - room 123

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BUILD community, EQUIP the saints, MULTIPLY ministers, and missionally

SEND out followers of Christ to be the Church wherever we are.

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authentically in relationship with God

and others. Together we strive to meet

the needs here and around the world.

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