Sunday, July 13

Morning Service: It's communion day! And on Communion day we focus on, you got it, the Lord's Supper.

Sunday Evening: It's a family BBQ at the DeFreitas'. BYOB (that stands for bring your own beef) Let's stick to simple things like hot dogs, burgers and sausages. Bring enough for you and a little extra for someone else. We'll provide the drinks!

Sunday Teaching: Lie #3: God doesn't want me to enjoy life! Ever felt like God was out to rain on your parade. Christianity has often been know as the religion of the do's and don'ts. Especially of the don'ts. Is that really the full extent of what God is after when he calls people to himself? When you consider what God did in creating us, this earth, people, and the trouble he went through to win us back into relationship with himself, to believe that he doesn't want us to enjoy life, is simply to believe a lie.

Family Movie Night: Join us on Sunday evening at 6:00PM for our first ever Family Movie Night. We're watching the movie "Evan Almighty." Join us for some movie fun, and eh, bring a friend.

Wednesday 25th - Come and Pray: Join with your brothers and sisters as we call on God for the needs of our church family, our city and the world.

Saturday 28th - Pizza Night: join us for set up at 4:30PM or come help serve at 5:30. You can also come and make some new friends as our family connects with the people coming through our doors. Take down is at 6:30PM.

Sunday 29th - Teaching: Lie #2 - Success is defined by status, power, wealth etc. - Come and see how seeing the world through this lie will and is impacting your life - and take the time to look at Jesus' truth that sets us free.

Father's you have the potential of having the greatest of all influences on our children. You get to be a visual aid, for your children, of the greatest father of all, our Heavenly Father. Will you give yourself to this cause? How will it change you?

In the interest of cutting back some of our costs, and being better stewards of the money God entrusts to us. We have changed our phone number. This will save us a significant amount of money, and make that money available for better Kingdom uses.

Our new number at Port of Grace is 905-329-8685.

Garage Sale: This Saturday at the Akershoek's, our elementary kids are having a garage sale to raise funds to place a roof on an orphanage in Swaziland, Africa.

Mother's Day: This Sunday is mother's day. We celebrate all the ladies, who biologically or by personal choice, choose to mother the children in their lives by being caring, nurturing examples of the God's love.

Join us for an evening of great music, deserts and great fun as we make a difference, because of Jesus in Swaziland, Africa.

WE ARE FAMILY!This Sunday we wrap up our series, "We are the Church!" We continue to seek to be the people God has called us to be, in our world, for his glory and for the building of his kingdom.

Run for the WorldJoin us Saturday morning at 9:30AM at the OM offices for the "Run for the world 5K run." Operation Mobilization will host a run to raise funds for different organizations
meeting worldwide needs. People in every continent, okay, not Antartica, will be participating in
this run. Money raised will go to Habitat for Humanity Niagara, Sportslink Sport Camps, Hiding Rehab Center (Kazahkstan), Life & Love Center (Brazil), Ball of many colors (faith sharing tool.)

Pizza NightJoin us for Pizza night this Saturday. If you're just inquiring about Pizza Night, it's for anyone who needs a meal. It's free and there are no strings attached. If you're a member of Port of Grace and you want to help out, we need help with set up, serving, and take down. Set up starts at 4:30PM.

Sunday ServiceOur focus this Sunday is the wrapping up of our series on the "The Church."

Jack and Jill Baby ShowerRecently we heard from some neighbours who moved to Port Colborne from Nova Scotia. They're having a baby girl any day now and because of the move and a job that didn't happen, they find themselves in a bind. Well, Port of Grace style, we want to help. We're doing that by throwing them a baby shower this Sunday at 6:00PM Upstairs. Come on out!

We are the Church: We've been talking about what Jesus had in mind when he created the Church. We started out by looking at how do you become part of this family we call the church. We looked at several churches the Bible paints as models of what being Church is all about. This Sunday we look at the things we mentioned in our recent church survey and compare them to the scriptures as we wrap up this series on what it means for us to be Church.

Sunday Morning We've looked at their lives before. We've tried to learn from their example. However, as we consider what it means to be the Church that Jesus had in mind, it's hard to discuss that, without talking about the first place where Christ-followers were called "Christians" or "Little Christs." They are the Church of Antioch, and we want to learn what it was that was going on in and through them that made them an example of what it meant to be Christ-followers and Church.

Some of the central claims of the Christian faith are the source of many discussions and heated debates. But are we always debating the right things? Maybe some of our discussions would change significantly if we had more insight into the actual circumstances that surrounded the first people of the Christian movement - if we had a better idea of the things they did in the context of the world they lived in and their understanding of God's call on their lives. Maybe some of claims of the Christian faith that we typically perceive to be unique aren't as unique as we think. We are poorer in our experience, if we fail to understand how the first believers responded to God's call for them to become the Church.

This message was supposed to have taken place three weeks ago, but it was delayed.

This is a family affair, so we're looking for people to help. People to help set-up. People to help Cook. People to help serve and people to help clean up and take down.

We appreciate all your help in making this possible.

The service will be followed by a short service, right upstairs. We hope you can make it!

Okay, we know the priority of the Christ-Follower is; to follow! The cost of following is; saying no to anything, sinful or not, that would hinder your following. The marks of a follower are; a new kind of love, and bearing spiritual fruit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.) Last week we looked at the God of the Christ-Follower and found out that; he's the creator, he is good, and he's always had a plan throughout all of history, that people would seek him and find him and discover, well, that he's the creator and he is good and he has a good and perfect plan in mind for them.

This week discover, that when it comes to the carrying out of this plan, we, God's people, are center stage. We are the plan, and there's no plan B. Don't miss it!

2. SUNDAY MORNING: in this process of looking at discipleship, having looked at the priority of discipleship, the cost of discipleship, and the marks of a Christ-follower. This week we turn our attention to the God of the disciple. What's he like? Has he always been this way? Has the plan been the same all along, or has he had to adjust it? Come and find out!