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Announcements - November 12, 2017

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Father-Daughter Dinner: The date of the big event for dads and their daughters is Saturday, November 18. Tickets will be on sale ($10 per household) at church today. Contact Pastor Kevin for more details.

Advent Devotional: This year for Advent, we will be offering a four-part, eight-page devotional on the traditional themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. Each part of the devotional can be used in your families or community groups, and each theme will be emphasized on Sunday mornings beginning on December 3. We have several hard-copies available on the information table today, and we will be sending out a PDF of the resource by Tuesday, November 14. 

All-Church Prayer Meeting Wednesday November 29: Join us from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Handke Center on Wednesday, November 29 for a concerted time of prayer for the ministries of GCF, our cities, and the spread of the gospel among the nations. If you have any prayer requests you’d like us to lift up before the Lord during this time, contact Carmen Gunderson at admin@gcfmn.org. Child care will be available.

Community Group Leaders’ Meeting Saturday December 2: If you’re a community group leader, please join us at the church office from 8:00-10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 2 for our bi-monthly time of training, prayer, and fellowship. If you have any questions or suggestions for the meeting, please contact Pastor Kevin (kevin@gcfmn.org).

GOLD Meeting Saturday December 16: If you’re a team leader or deacon, please join the pastors at the church office for the quarterly “Glory of Christ On-going Leadership Development” meeting from 8:00-10:00 a.m. This is the most important GOLD team meeting of the year as we’ll be preparing for the annual meeting on January 14, 2018. If you have any questions or suggestions for the meeting, please contact Pastor Charlie (charlie@gcfmn.org). 



Next Week's Fighter Verse
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
and are justified by his grace as a gift,
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus
Romans 3:23-24 



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