Fellas:

Hope things are going well for you by God's grace. I am so thankful for the privilege I have to oversee the Men's Ministry and I want to thank you for your many encouraging comments. I want to encourage you guys and tell you how exciting it's been to see a large group of men come together to pursue what Paul told Timothy was "sound doctrine". James 4:6 promises grace to those who humble themselves before the Lord and that's what I witness every time we gather for these meetings.

I have a large number of items I want to cover with you so I will jump right in.

 
Time Change

It's official! We've changed the time for our Men's Ministry meetings to 8a-10a so guys can get done and get home to their families much sooner. Thank you all for your patience through the first three meetings as we sorted out the details. I'd ask you for your continued patience as we seek to further tweak and improve our meetings.

 
Chapters 6-7 & Stuart McCray

We're still progressing through Jerry Bridges' book The Gospel For Real Life. We are nearly at the midpoint of our reading through this helpful resource. For our Saturday, February 4 meeting it would be helpful if you'd read and be prepared to discuss chapters 6-7. Barring another illness Kevin Jeanes will be back leading a time of worship. We also will have the privilege to hear from Stuart McCray during this meeting. Stuart will close the meeting by helping us think through how to practically apply what we've read and learned through chapters 6-7. Stuart, a former pastor, is a gifted man who understands doctrine and how to live in the good of it. I am eager for you to come out and learn from him.

Maybe you've not yet made it out to a Men's Ministry meeting and that's OK. It's never too late to join us. If you do not have the book or, for some reason, cannot get your reading in before the meeting, please come anyway as the discussions alone will be beneficial.

See you February 4th.

 
These Emails Are Ending Soon

Now that we've launched the new website we have, as part of the re-design, our own blog. Please go to click here to access to the Men's Blog. To receive updates from the Men's Blog specifically, click "Subscribe to this category" right below the "Men" category heading. If you'd like to instead subscribe to the entire church blog, to include the Men category, click "Subscribe to blog" at the top right of the webpage. When you subscribe you will receive, via your email, everything posted about Grace's Men's Ministry and other posts that will provide helpful things for you to consider. Every email also comes with the option to unsubscribe at any time. Please try to make subscribing to the blog a priority, fellas.

 
Doughnuts, Coffee, & Bagels

I want to thank all of the guys who've already purchased coffee, doughnuts, or bagels for the previous meetings. Thank you for being willing to do this as it is a great service to both the men who come and the church's budget!

Would any of you be interested in purchasing and setting up the coffee or doughnuts/bagels for the February 4 meeting? If you're interested in doing this and would like a general idea of what this would entail please email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thank you for your partnership in the Gospel!
 

Merritt