Breathe In - "Speak Lord"

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” Genesis 3:1

Satan’s strategy is to get us to love ourselves and seek our will more than we love God and seek his will. He uses the strategy of encouraging disobedience to God, which results in becoming disconnected from God. The thing Satan wants most is for you and me to move away from an intimate relationship with the Lord and move into a self-centered life where we trust ourselves and seek to please ourselves. 

Satan usually does not approach us with blatant lies, but rather brings suggestions to us that questions God. Did God really say that? That’s how Satan seeks to destroy relationships.  He invites us to question God and he invites us to think about what we want over what God wants for us. And before you know it, temptation can grow into disobedience and sin. 

This Sunday, as we enter the season of Lent, we will first look at the reality of sin and our fallen nature, then will consider how we are invited to respond to God’s invitation to be forgiven and restored so we can enjoy our relationship with God as he designed it to be.  

Kitchen Help:

We have an abundance of plastic silverware that we are looking for a few people who could help us wrap 'restaurant style' to keep in the pantry in preparation for future funeral dinners, potlucks, etc. If this is something you'd be able to help with, please let the Stewards know! (Richelle, Darlene, Amanda & Kara)

Transportation Help:

We are in need of help with getting Kevin Maxwell to and from church on Sunday mornings.

• Pick up at his house at 10:20am to get him to church for morning service
• Take him home after service

There are also appointments and other errands they need rides to. **A list and more details for the next few months are posted in our Helping Hands group found below.

If this is something you could do, please let Pastor Rich know.

NDI - To make Christlike Disciples in the Nations

See what the kids are up to!

• Check out the kids' wish list on Amazon by clicking the image above. Thank you for all the ways you help our kids!
• We are in need of kids volunteers for Sunday School and Children's Church. Can you spare a couple hours a month to serve on this team? See Kara Purves or John Harris for more info

HOW TO...: A 4-WEEK SERIES FROM MATTHEW ON JESUS' TEACHINGS

SERIES OVERVIEW:

The internet helps us learn how to do so many things! From new skate tricks and viral recipes to helpful hacks, there’s a “how-to” for almost everything. But is there a tutorial video for how to follow God? This four-week series is kind of like that — thanks to some tutorials from Jesus! Each week, we’ll focus on one of Jesus’ teachings from the Sermon on the Mount as we learn "how to" make a difference, love our enemies, share with others, and pray.

We are collecting wrapped candy donations to fill plastic eggs for our Community Easter Egg Hunt! You can drop bags of candy in the bin in the foyer or if you'd like to have us do the shopping for you, monetary donations are also welcomed. You can give online for this event as well by choosing the "Easter Egg Hunt" fund on Faithlife.com. More details coming soon!

See what the teens are up to!

• Click the image above to view the teens Amazon wish list
• The teens are also in need of some helpers for Sunday School and Youth Group on Sunday nights. If you could spare a couple hours to help lead our teens, see John Harris or Stephanie Dewey

Hosted by the Church of the Nazarene, NYC is a powerful youth event that has been held in different locations over the past six decades. NYC takes place every four years and provides an opportunity for high school students from the USA and Canada to be united in a time of worship, teaching, and community service.

Our Life Groups will join to form one large group for a special time to watch and study The Chosen - Season 2 together. Starting Sunday, January 29th, we will meet at 5:00pm in the Fellowship Hall to share a dinner together then watch one episode per week.

If you haven't joined a Life Group yet, this is a great time to start! You can RSVP on the event below.

If you would like a study book, please let Brenda know.

See you then!

All meetings are held from 6:30-8:30 PM at Grand Ledge Church of

the Nazarene in the overflow room off of the sanctuary. Meetings

are on Thursday unless otherwise indicated.

Cost of 13 sessions are free.

Book is $15 (If this is a hardship, scholarships are available.)

1. Thursday, February 16

2. Thursday, February 23

3. Thursday, March 2

4. Thursday, March 9

5. *Friday, March 17

6. Thursday, March 23

7. Thursday, March 30

8. Thursday, April 6

9. Thursday, April 13

10.*Tuesday, April 18

11.Thursday, April 27

12.Thursday, May 4

13.Thursday, May 11

* indicates a different day of the week than Thursday

See Richelle for more information or if you would like to join

Would you like to take control of your money? See John or Darlene Harris for a one-on-one FPU class or sign up for a group class with others. We have 8 spots available, so let us know before they are gone

Pick up a list of the titles and descriptions of the breakout sessions in the foyer. Don't forget to register soon!

Hey I Love My City Crew! Who's ready for our next project?

We are looking for more people to join our crew to help out at the St Patrick's Day parade. Last year, we helped the Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce by putting up barricades across the intersecting streets and then got to watch the parade and cleaned up trash on the sidewalks.

Come have fun with us loving our city! The parade starts at 2:00pm. See Corinne if you'd like to help out that day

Save the date to love our city with our Community Easter Egg Hunt!

We are looking forward to welcoming our neighbors into our building to learn about the meaning of Easter, have some fun and eat some food together! We can't do it without our amazing I Love My City Crew and volunteers. Let us know if you can help in some way that day. More details coming soon!

We are excited to continue our partnership with Shared Pregnancy Women's Center. There are many ways we can give, donate, volunteer and pray for this ministry.

See the list below of items they can use. You can bring them in and drop them in the toy box in the kids hallway.

If you wish to donate money, you can drop change or bills in the baby bottle outside the kids room or give online at https://faithlife.com/glnaz/give and choose the "Shared Pregnancy Women's Center" Fund

If you have any questions, see Kara Purves

We will collect our bi-annual Alabaster Offering on Sunday, March 5th during our morning worship service. Alabaster boxes are available at the Missions Corner at the back of the foyer. Be sure to grab an "Alabaster Love Offering Challenge" sheet from anyone on the NMI Council for more information on this offering. You can also give by marking your envelope "Alabaster" or by choosing the "Alabaster" fund on Faithlife.

Thank you for your generous giving to support the mission worldwide!

Crisis Care Kits are a way we can help others in emergency situations. Receiving simple items like toothpaste, a comb, or band-aids become very helpful in a natural disaster, war or other crisis. Crisis Care Kits (CCKs) are designed to provide people with some of the essentials they may not have due to those scenarios.

Our NMI Council has set a goal for Grand Ledge to collect 12 boxes (72 CCK's) by July 2023. Each month or so, we will feature an item to collect. (Although you can always give any of the items at any time!)

See below for this month's featured item and the details on the specifics. Thank you for helping us work toward reaching our goal!

February - Beanie Baby Sized Stuffed Animals

We will be collecting these at the Missions corner in the foyer. Here is an idea of how many we will need by July 2023:

1 per CCK

6 per box

72 for all 12 boxes

Thank you for your generous giving towards our Freedom Sunday Offering last week! We brought in $279.45 to help the projects that the Church of the Nazarene supports in anti-human trafficking.