It was good for us all to gather on Sunday and Wednesday. That is a tremendous time of ‘family time’ where we come to worship, study and affirm our common allegiance to our Lord and His body, the church.

What a week! It began with wonderful worship services on Sunday, which included a report from Brandon Price on the work at the Ukrainian Bible Institute. This update was very helpful in understanding the challenges of ministry at this particular point in history. We truly have a big responsibility at Germantown, supporting key mission points abroad and one domestic effort.

I am writing this article on a dark day for so many of us. Just to say “Nine-eleven” is to say it all. So many deaths. So many dedicated heroes. So many frightened people. So many memories. Shock. Anger. Sadness. Grief. Simply put, “Indescribable.”

Another service project is upon us this weekend. You may notice that there are busses running a ‘shuttle’ from the Germantown Festival to our parking lot on Saturday and Sunday.

The life of a congregation certainly has it’s peaks and valleys. That is the nature of our collective and individual lives. We enjoy seeing the energy and enthusiasm of our Grace Land children as well as our teens.

We’ve been planning for this since last year. Our speaker was a part of the Area-Wide Service (Our Journey of Faith) last year, but that didn’t allow for enough time for him to complete his message to us. Lovell was asked to come back for a one day meeting - and today is the day! Our focus is on the ‘gospel’ which we believe.

It’s Missions Sunday! You will hear the latest news on the mission efforts that we support together—with glimpses into the dreams for the future.

There are numerous upcoming activities that are occupying our time, but one that should not go unnoticed or unmentioned is the prayer that we had for our students, teachers, and administrators last Sunday morning at both of our morning services.