Grace Times

Vol. XXII/01 Grace Bible Church, C 930, Sector B Mahanagar, Lucknow, India September 2019

Dear all,
Pulpit Calendar
September 2019 Those who are totally satisfied with their work
will never reach their potential. The great
Check-in 15 minutes before service pianist, Paderewski, achieved tremendous
popularity in America. Yet, said Paderewski,
Morning Services at 9.30 am "There have been a few moments when I have
01 Holy Communion Pastor J T Raja known complete satisfaction, but only a few. I
08 A V Prasad ( Gideon Ministries)
15 Pastor Ashish H Khan have rarely been free from the disturbing
22 Pastor J T Raja realization that my playing might have been
29 Pastor Ashish H Khan
better." The world considered Paderewski's
Allipur Grace Bible Church services at 9.30 playing near perfection, but he remained
01 Bro. Shyam Babu unsatisfied and kept constantly at the job of
08 Bro. Satyender improving his talent.
15 Pastor J T Raja
22 Holy Communion Pastor Ashish H Khan If we are satisfied with our spiritual level, then
29 Bro. Shyam Babu that will lead to complacency and it is a
dangerous disease that destroys our spiritual
growth. When we are complacent, we reduce
the time that we spend with the Lord, and
Sunday School when we reduce our time with the Lord it
Will be held during
worship services affects our relationship with Him and we lose
the spiritual strength that we need to live a
Christian life. We begin to live our Christian life
on our own strength and fall into sin again and
Thursdays at 6.30 p.m. again.
05 Dr. Susheela’s home
19 The Sanctuary We also stop growing in faith. Rom 10:17 says
“Faith comes from hearing the message and
the message is heard through the word of
God”. Unless we read His Word, we will not
Thursdays at 6.30 p.m.
Prayer meetings
grow in our faith. When unexpected challenges
needs and difficulties strike us, we struggle to
12 The Phillips Home
believe that our God is all powerful and that
26 The Khan’s Home
there is no problem that would be too big for
Him. Because we neither have the spiritual
strength nor the faith to face the situation.
WOMEN’S PRAYER
at the Sanctuary on Saturday, So beware of complacency, even when every-
21st at 5.00 p.m. thing goes well with you never stop spending
time with the Lord. Read His word, pray and
always grow in your relationship with Him.
‘”We need never shout across the
spaces to an absent God. He is nearer Love,
than our own soul, closer than our most Raja
secret thoughts”
A.W. Tozer
 Income August 31 2019

Jan-Aug 2018 August 2019 Jan-Aug 2019 Budget 2019 projection

General Offerings 2,03,036 22,590 2,23,605 3,20,000 3,35,000

Donations 65,600 3,300 75,000 erratic

Pledged Giving 3,75,840 48,600 4,09,000 6,00,000 6,13,000

2nd Mile Pledges 96,200 11,000 93,000 1,65,000 1,39,000

Christmas Donation 10,000 60,000 erratic

Lent offering 10,100
Designated collections
Sunday School 16,061 1,490 15,929 erratic

Grace Church in Village 4,000 500 5,500 25,000 erratic

Medical Aid Fund

GRAND TOTAL 7,60,737 84,180 7,70,434 12,45,000 10,87,000

Amrit Modwell was suffering from Viral fever.

Usha Antin was down with stomach infection.
Biak Guite was unwell.
Anita Singh was suffering from viral fever.
Triza Masih’s mother in law had a fall and
fractured her leg.
Pastor J.T. Raja is suffering from severe throat
infection and chest congestion.
Birthdays in September
Shweta Lal’s father had cataract surgery. 01 Anshuman Singh
Kanta Singh and Shweta Lal are suffering 04 Srishti Lugun
08 Kelsy Van Oss
from spondylitis. 11 Arpita Prakash
12 Amrit Modwell
Jeba Raja was not keeping well. 13 Vicky Singh
Ruth Chakravarthy is suffering from back ache 15 Aarmaan Lall
21 Arpit Prakash
and knee pain. 23 Madhu Verma
25 Shireen Revis
Shobha Prakash is suffering from sore throat
and cough.
VILLAGE GBC For Pastoral Care contact
Anuj Rawat is suffering from kidney stone. Rev. J T Raja 995 639 9835
Dancy Rawat was down with jaundice. Rev. Ashish H. Khan 964 843 1177
gracebiblechurch.lucknowindia@gmail.com
Kalindri Yadav was suffering from viral fever. www.gracebiblechurchlucknow.org