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Announcements - April 30, 2017

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Announcements - April 30, 2017
All-Church Prayer Meeting this Wednesday, May 3: Join us as we gather at 6:30 p.m. to pray together. We’ll meet in the cafeteria at the Handke Center. All are welcome. Child care will be provided.
Agape Meal Next Sunday: Next week is Communion Sunday and we will share a meal together after the service. See the back of the announcements for full details about this monthly, all-church meal.
Quarterly Business Meeting Next Sunday, May 7: Following the Agape Meal we will meet for our quarterly business meeting. Most of the time will be devoted to discussing and voting on whether or not to affiliate with the Southern Baptist Convention. The elders are still recommending this action, and whatever the direction of the discussion we will call for the vote that day. Members of GCF are asked to attend, while all attenders are welcome.
You are invited to an Exciting Event!  Abba Pregnancy Resource Center Fundraising Banquet: Come May 11 at 6:30 p.m. to Fountains of Ramsey in Ramsey to hear keynote speaker Reverend John Ensor. RSVP by May 1 via email event@abbaprc.com or phone 763.445.9650. See Shelley Herzog with any questions.
Love Somalia Feed My Starving Children Packing Event June 2-5: 6.2 million people in Somalia need assistance with food and water, more than half of the country’s population. This is a critical need. Be a part of the solution! Register online at lovesomalia.org to pack meals. Questions? Talk with David Gunderson.
Wednesday Morning Prayer Meeting: Anyone who would like to join in corporate prayer may do so. The prayer time is from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. at the church office.



Next Week’s Fighter Verse

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Luke 12:32-34



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