Now the Lord is the Spirit,and where theSpirit of the Lord is,there is freedom.2 Corinthians 3:17

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH222 Boulder Drive, Gallup, NM 87301

Sunday School - 9:00 AM Worship Service - 10:15 AMYouth Group - 6:00 PM Edge - 6:00 PM

Prayer Time - 6:00 PM

John W. Luginbuhi, Pastor Steve Yoder, Youth PastorChurch Office: (505) 722-5114

Pastor’s E-mail: johngracebibfegalluporgYouth Pastor’s E-mail: forevertrustinghimyahoo.com

www.gracebiblegallup.org

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WELCOME9:00 A11 Sunday School for all ages10:15 A1’S’l Worship Service

Call to WorshipWelcome/AnnouncementsPraise & WorshipWhat God is Doing in Australia! Katelyn HildermanSpecial Music

Scripture Reading I Thessalonians 5:1-11

Message John Luginbuhl

“Alert or Asleep?”(Part 11 of a Series, “Living in Light of Jesus’ Return!”)

Closing

*offerjng will be received during the third song; children age 3 - grade 4 willbe dismissed to Children’s Church after the Special Music

SERVING IN THE NURSERY TODAY:Crawlers: Pam Keller & Adrianna PeteWalkers: Betsy Branson & Amanda Gaines

SERVING IN THE NURSERY NEXT SUNDAY:Crawlers: Brenda Manning & Tyler McKennonWalkers: Markos & Charity Chavez

LATER TObAY...

6:00 PM Prayer Time6:00 PM Youth Group (grades 6-12)6:00 PM Edge Group (age 18-25)

WE WELCOME YOU!There are many good reasons for coming to church, but we hopethat your joining us this morning includes the best reason: to thankand worship God for His amazing love revealed in the birth, life, andministry, the suffering and death, and the wondrous resurrection ofour Lord Jesus Christ! This is what our church is all about! If youare visiting today, please fill our a guest card and bring it to ourWelcome Center in the foyer and receive a free gift. Thank you...and visit us again!

The mission of our church is to prayerfullyprepare believers for worshiping God, serving

Christ, loving one another, andreaching out to others!

2014 YEAR VERSE:“The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks

at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”I Samuel 16:7b

HAVEN’T REGISTERED FOR CAMP YET? There are stillthree weeks to choose from at Broken Arrow Bible Ranch!“Junior Camp” (ages 8-12) week is this week and. “Teen

Camp” (ages 13-19) weeks are July21 and 28. Bright orange brochures for camp registration are on the Welcome Desk. Why not goto camp this Summer? You’ll be glad you did!

,. WEDDING BELLS! WE CONGRATULATE Wendy Thomason and Erik Nourse on their recent engagement! A June2015 wedding is being planned. Let’s pray for Wendy and

Erik as the Lord prepares them for marriage!

THE ELDERS are happy to announce the appointment of AngelaO’Bourke to the Deaconess Board. Let’s pray for Angela as shebegins this important ministry!

A list of July birthdays and anniversaries of regular-attenders ofGrace Bible is on the kitchen door. Please make (legible)corrections/additions right on the list. Thank you!

IT’S COMING...National Back to Church Sunday!

September 21, 2014WATCH FOR DETAILS!

Summer is a perfect time to give someone a Gospel tract! Tractsare available for you at the Welcome Desk in the foyer.

VI1ji th m QEIJ1LrCIJ L)LtOt7?...On July 17, A.D. 431, the Council of Ephesus

adjourned. The third of the 21 ecumenical councils of thechurch, the council condemned Nestorianism (which denied thereal unity of the divine and human natures in the Person ofChrist), defined Mary’s title as “Theotokos” (“Bearer of God”),and condemned Pelagianism (the belief that human naturecould take the initial steps toward salvation by self-effort, unaided by divine grace).

T+(OUG,I-(T FOl? flEE WEEK...“Oh thctt the’ Lord, wo-t4d, ccrn’te,! -( e’ L’

J-(e’ Cf,- oi’, the’ rottd, cwid, trctwU’ Cck%. The’of J-( L pprcwcK’ hou2d’ be’cvnito- Ow hecty.”

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Grace Bible Church July 13, 2014

PRAISE & PETITION

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“Blessed is the Lord, Who daily bears ourburden) the God Who is our Salivation,”

Psalm 68:19

Praise the Lord for:

1. Our nation and all the freedoms we enjoy!2. The wonderful gift of salvation that is ours as we put our faith in

Jesus Christ, Who died in our place for our sin.3. The summer season, with all of its opportunities for traveling

and witnessing.4. A great fourth week of camp at Broken Arrow Bible Ranch - 163

campers & many decisions for Jesus!5. Jesus’ soon return. Perhaps today!6. Wendy Thomason & Erik Nourse’s recent engagement!

Petition the Lord for:

1. More of a heart for the lost! More desire to share the gospel!2. All our moms, dads, families, as they strive to take a stand for

Jesus Christ.3. The staff at Broken Arrow Bible Ranch as they prepare to begin

week #6 of the camping season tomorrow afternoon.4. The many folks in our church who are traveling.5. Kim Sowers and Melissa Martinez, as they prepare for their

August 9 wedding!6. Charles & Mildred Schoolcraft (struggling with health issues);

Mark Yoder (knee surgery); Nellie Wero (kidney failure); JimJeifries (Charity Chavez’s father; recuperating); Keira Kontz(recuperating); Kim Helfenbein’s father (ICU, in Kansas); CarolParpart (recovering from hip surgery)

7. Ricky Lee (Nellie Lee’s son) and Sean Begaye, in Afghanistan;Adam Sowers (Ft. Hood); Kyle Prendergast (Ophelia Krupica’sson), stationed (Air Force) in Ethiopia.

8. Our President, military advisors, military men and women.

Grace Bible Church July 13, 2014

“Alert or Asleep?”(Part 11 of a series, “Living in Light of Jesus’ Return!”)

I Thessalonians 5:1-11

Last Lord’s Day morning, we took a look at I Thessalonians 4:13-18, a passage about the Lord’s return. The return ofJesus - perhaps very soon! - should be a comfort, encouragement and motivator to us! One of the things we believers inJesus Christ should be dong as Jesus’ return approaches is tobe “alert and sober” (vs. 6)! We need to be aware of the times inwhich we live as well as the temptations of Satan. Notice, as theApostle Paul encourages the believers to live holy lives in themidst of pagan surroundings, the differences between believersand unbelievers:

1. Knowledge vs. Ignorance (vss. 1, 2)

2. Expectancy vs. Surprise (vss. 3-5)

3. Alert vs. Unaware (Asleep) (vss. 6-8)

4. Salvation vs. Wrath (vss. 9-11)

This Week at Grace Bible...(Here at the church unless otherwise noted.)

Monday, July 147:00 PM Life Group at the Luginbuhis’ home;

(303 Cactus Road) Study in Micah

Tuesday, July 155:20 PM Ladies’ Aerobics7:00 PM Life Group at Silvas’ home

(621 VandenBosch Parkway, Gallup)Study in Jonah

Thursday, July 175:20 PM Ladies’ Aerobics6:30 PM “Greater Health God’s Way” Bible Study

at Gills’ home7:00 PM Men’s Prayer Time

COMING SOON:

July 25 & 27 Promise Keepers Conference inLoveland, CO

July 31 - August 2 Elders/Deacons Leadership Conference(Scottsdale)

August 2 Navajo Taco Sale 10 AM - 2 PM(Fundraiser for Nellie Wero)

August 3 Quarterly Business MeetingAugust 9 Kim Sowers/Melissa Martinez WeddingAugust 15 Movie Night: “God is Not Dead”

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n the 21st century,whether the job is evangelism or social outreach,women missionaries areessential to cross-cultural

work. Yet when the “modernmissionary movement”

i began, many peopleconsidered pioneer missionwork too dangerous forwomen. Throughout thehistory of Christianity, thetypical missionary hadbeen a celibate male. But

By bravely going whereno American wife hadgone before, AnnHasseltine Judsoninspired generationsof women to becomemissionaries.

a breakthrough came inthe early 1 800s. When theAmerican Board commissioned the first Americanforeign missionaries, theyoung volunteers refusedto go unless they wereallowed to marry. As aresult, three young wivesset out for the mission Fieldwith their husbands. Ofthe three, Ann Judson’scareer was the mostextraordinary. She provedfor all time that womenbelonged in the missionfield as much as men.

Married to theministryAdoniram Judson met AnnHasseltine at her father’shouse in Bradford,Massachusetts. Soon after,he proposed marriage toher by letter. Ann was

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unable to answer immediately. She barely knew himand realized she would bemarrying not only a man,but a vocation.

She wrote in her diaryon September 10, 1810:‘n opportunity has beenpresented to me, ofspending my days amongthe heathen, attempting topersuade them to receivethe Gospel. Were Iconvinced of its being a

call from God, and that it

would be more pleasing tohim, for me to spend mylife in this way than in anyother, I think I should bewilling to relinquish everyearthly object, and, in fullview of dangers andhardships, give myself upto the great work.”

For two months shewrestled over feelings ofreligious duty, her attachment to her family, and herfear of suffering alone in aforeign land. She ultimatelyconcluded that marriage toJudson represented God’swill for her life. She wrote

in her diary,“0, if [God]will condescend to makeme useful inpromoting hiskingdom, Icare not whereI perform hiswork, norhow hardit be.”

In an agewhen women’semploymentopportunitieswere limited,marriage to aminister wasthe surest path toChristian service. Theforeign mission movementwas on the cutting edge ofthis development inwomen’s ministry. Bymarrying a missionary,Ann Hasseltine legitimatedthe role of the missionarywife as a “calling.”

DI YOU NO’1?The most famousbiography of AnnJudson appeared ina new edition almostevery year from 830to 1856. To the present,there have been at least16 biographies of AnnJudson published.

I wives, therefore, went farbeyond acting as traditionalhelpmeets for theirhusbands.

On March 14, 1812,Ann Judson, while on aship bound for India,wrote, “I desire no higherenjoyment in this life, thanto be instrumental ofleading some poor,

A new vision for ignorant heathen females,women to the knowledge of theThe public justification for Saviour. To have a femaleincluding women in praying society,the foreign mis- consisting ofsion enterprise those whowas to reach were oncewomen and in heathenchildren, darkness,Men had is whatlittle access my heartto them in ‘ earnestlythe gender- pants after,segregated ‘ and makes asocieties of the East. constant subjectThe role of the missionary of prayer. Resolved to

keep this in view, as oneprincipal object of my life.”

Ann’s own goals formission were shaped by herprevious employment as aschoolteacher. In a letter toher sisters in 1812, shearticulated part of herstrategy for reachingwomen: “Good femaleschools are extremelyneeded in this country. Ihope no Missionary willever come out here withouta wife, as she, in her sphere,can be equally useful withher husband.”

The many roles ofAnn JudsonOnce in Burma, Adoniramspent all day in languagestudy as he worked totranslate the Bible intoBurmese. Ann was left tomanage the family andhousehold matters, and

could not begin languagestudy until 10:00 eachmorning. She enduredconstant interruptions,especially after the birthof their first child in 1815.But by handling all thehousehold affairs, AnnJudson used Burmese untilher spoken language wasbetter than her husband’s.

As soon as possible,Ann gathered a group ofwomen into a SabbathSociety. She read the Bibleto them and tried to tellthem about God. WhileAdoniram discussedreligion with the men, Ann

would meet with thewomen to pray and talkabout the gospel.

A P[CBLIAR PROP0S4Adoniram Judson wrote to John Hasseltinein 1810, asking for permission to marry hisdaughter, Ann:

‘1 have now to ask, whether you canconsent to part with your daughter early nextspring, to see her no more in this world;whether you can consent to her departure,and her subjection to the hardships andsufferings of a missionary life; whether youcan consent to her exposure to the dangersof the ocean; to the fatal influence of thesouthern climate of India; to every kind ofwant and distress; to degradation, insult,persecution, and perhaps a violent death.

Can you consent to all this, for the sake of himwho left his heavenly home, and died for her and

for you; for the sake of perishing, immortal souls; for

the sake of Zion, and the glory of God? Can you consent

to all this, in hope of soon meeting your daughter in the

world of glory, with the crown of righteousness,

brightened with the acclamations of praise which shall

redound to her Saviour from heathens saved, through her

means, from eternal woe and despair?”

IO YOU NO’N?By the l830s, theAmerican Board ofCommissioners forForeign Missionsprohibited unmarriedpersons from enteringthe mission field. TheBoard had come tobelieve that marriedmissionaries could copebetter with hardshipsand resist sexualtemptations.

DID YOU NO’N?The Judsons baptizedtheir first convert sixyears afterang

Ann assisted Adoniramin his literary work bytranslating several tracts, aswell as the books of Danieland Jonah, into Burmese.She also wrote a catechismin Burmese. In 1817, shebegan to study the Siamese(Thai) language. Shebecame the fIrst Protestantto translate any of theScriptures into Siamesewith her translation ofthe Gospel of Matthewin 1819.

In 1822, her healthbroken, Ann returned tothe United States for a rest.While in America, shewrote A Particular Relation

ofthe American BaptistMission to the BurmanEmpire. This was one ofthe first published accountsof an American foreignmission written by amissionary. Ann planned touse the proceeds to redeemfemale children who weresold as slaves. She wantedto educate them, and so toconvince the Burmese thatfemale education was

useful. After the Judsonsmoved to the city of Avain February 1824, Annbegan a school for threesmall girls.

It was not herevangelistic and literaryaccomplishments, however,that made Ann Judson’sname a household word inthe United States. Rather, it

was the story of her effortsto feed and care for herhusband when he wasimprisoned during a warbeRveen the British andthe Burmese in May of1824. After her untimelydeath, the life of AnnJudson became a popularbiography. Her courageousand activist career providedan inspirational model formissionary women in the19th century and continuesto do so today.

Adapted from American Women in Mission,by Dana 1. Robert. Edited by Mark Rogers;designed by Keaton Halley.

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IRAY[R JOURNALif I have been deceived in thinking it my duty to go tothe heathen, I humbly pray, that I may be undeceived,and prevented from going. But whether I spend my daysin India or America, I desire to spend them in the serviceof God, and be prepared to spend an eternity in hispresence. 0 Jesus, make me live to thee, and I desireno more.—Ann .Judson wrote this prayer in her journal while considering

Adoniram’s marriage proposal.

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