Pulpit Calendar
All services begin at 9.30 a.m.
5 HOLY COMMUNION Preacher: Pastor Kuru 12 Preacher: Pastor Kuru 19 Preacher: Pastor Kuru 26 Family Service with Indu & Jürgen Eisenberg
Women’s Prayer Time July: Sunday 12th after the Worship Service
SUNDAY SCHOOL
From July 12 Parents, bring your children to Sunday School and attend worship yourselves.
Friday, July 17th, 7 p.m. At the home of the Sarwans: E 16, Mahanagar Extension.
Can’t we sing faster?
from the pastor
Dear People,
It was good to get a long break from routine and work, but it’s even better to be back.
Just as all of you were apprehensive about how you will cope without my pastoral care, I had my fears for all of you. I prayed desperately that no one would have a critical illness or some other crisis while I was away.
At the same time I was confident that with Indu, Jürgen, Rev J T Raja and Dr Usha Solomon filling the pulpit faithfully, you would not starve for the Word of God.
I was assured also that all of you would give each other love and care, having taken in the truth that has been preached for all the years that Grace Bible Church has been around. I knew that the seed sown would not fall to the ground without bearing any fruit. My being away has proved marvelously that you don’t need me to go on being a church.
But now that I’m back, would you please allow me to serve you? I’m a preacher and need a congregation. I need you.
In Christ’s love, Kuru
Suseela still house-bound after her fall in May injured her spine. Needs a few more weeks of rest to restore her spinal column
Martha Khan has recovered well after gall bladder surgery. Ajit was here providentially. After some hiccups he got his visa to return to China.
Usha Antin had a fall in May and fractured her left elbow, but has recovered well.
Manji Phillips is battling a lingering chest congestion. Nalin is under treatment after hurting his back climbing too many stairs, and falling down in a separate episode.
Pooja Modwell is down with typhoid in Bangalore where she went for her summer trainee job.
Elsie Thomas (in Dehra Dun) has to go in for surgery to remove a fibroid
The chicken pox epidemic is finally over among our kids.
Cindy to have her baby this month, Naomi in August and Shwetha in September.
Sarwans were able to move into their new home in May.
Riya Jacob here for six months, while Richie going to Poona to join studies for clearing Chartered Accountancy exams
Roshini and Kuru back from visiting Elishba and Joe in England.
Kuru has been battling pain and has now been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in his knees. Treatment will run for 3 months. Advised against climbing stairs, long walks—except in an emergency.
Birthdays
11 Ajit Khan 24 BunnyPhillips 29 Rufus Raja
The Holiest Moment of the church service is the moment when God’s people—strengthened by preaching and sacrament—go out of the church door into the world to be the Church. We don’t go to church; we are the Church.
—Ernest Southcott
The Christian Church is not a static institution. It is men and women who flesh out in daily life the meaning of faith, the reality of the risen Christ.
—Myron S Augsburger
Income statement June 30, 2009
| Jan-Jun 2008 | May 2009 | June 2009 | Jan-Jun 2009 | Budget 2009 | Projection 2009 | |
| General offer | 66,051 | 7,759 | 8,651 | 61,126 | 95,000 | 1,22,200 |
| Donations | 4,800 | 120 | 2,200 | 14,020 | 20,000 | erratic |
| Pledged giving | 1,42,270 | 19,400 | 10,500 | 1,11,520 | 2,85,000 | 2,23,000 |
| Missions | 23,570 | 3,800 | 2,900 | 24,600 | 70,000 | 49,200 |
| Lent/Christmas | 6,474 | 9,160 | erratic | |||
| Sunday School | 1,924 | 1,235 | 100 | 6,379 | ||
| Village Church | 500 | 1,500 | ||||
| Kids’ Club | 100 | 500 | ||||
| Building | 3,000 | 500 | ||||
| TOTAL | 2,51,089 | 32,314 | 24,951 | 2,29,205 | 4,80,000 |
For pastoral care contact Pastor Kuru: Karunalaya, C-99, Sector J, Aliganj, Lucknow 226 001, INDIA Phone: +91-522-2745865/4049392 e-mail: reverendkuru@aol.com
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