I hope you will be able to join us as we venture into the realm of the DVD study! This time we will go through the book of Esther with Beth Moore. It is sure to be a fantastic series and we will meet weekly this time. I know that God has a very special purpose in His timing for us to go through this together!
Graceland girls are all about saving money! It started a few months ago when Keri Hughes taught a class on organizing & using grocery coupons. Now we are blessed with a huge abundance of coupons in the kitchen because someone brings us stacks & stacks every week! It has been fun to share our big savings stories with each other (kinda like guys with their “fish” stories).
Well, now I want to challenge you to transfer these savings into helping others. There is a ministry that Graceland is a part of that changes the lives of many in Bartow County…it’s called Harvest House. Harvest House gives FREE groceries to hundreds of people every Thursday. This ministry depends on the donations of the church to supply the food. So, here’s my challenge…use your coupons to bless others! I try to spend $5 a week for Harvest House, & I make it fun by seeing how much I can get for what I would normally spend on one fast food meal. This week is triple coupon week at Ingle’s (they will triple every coupon up to $.50) so I spent 2 hours walking every aisle with my favorite shopping buddy (which is not Eric…if you know him at all, you know he hates shopping). I got $146 worth of groceries for $58!!! Now, let me
tell you what I was able to get for Harvest House (see pic):
GRAND TOTAL SPENT : $5.08 !!
I hope that you’ll join me in supporting this fabulous ministry. We keep a grocery cart in the lobby of Graceland for you to bring your items. You may not be into the coupon thing. If not, how about throwing a couple of dollars into one of the tithe envelopes & marking it for Harvest House? I promise that anything you give is used to minister to those in need.
Hey, if you have any tips to add to this, please leave a comment!!
Welcome to the second part of the tour of our new Graceland website! This time I will explain how to find our volunteer forms and a great resource for listening in on Eric’s messages at home!
If you would love to get involved in the ministries currently going on, this is a great way to let us know! Look to the bottom left side of the homepage or click here to go to our “Get Involved” link. This will take you to a quick form that you can fill in and you can let us know ways you feel led to help or talents you have that could be used for God here at Graceland! We will make sure your information gets to the right person who will contact you as soon as possible about getting you working for God through Graceland!
Another GREAT feature that is very exciting is our podcasts of Eric’s messages! Look at the right side of the homepage and you will see an area titled: “Check out our” and under that a list of things you can click. The second one down is Message Archive. There you will see some choices for messages that you can listen to in their entirety completely for free! You can just click on the title and it will automatically start playing. This would be a great way to share one of Eric’s messages with a friend, or to listen to one you missed for whatever reason. Soon we will be able to get the sermon notes (the powerpoints) posted with the podcast, so how cool will that be?!
I hope you are enjoying getting to know the Graceland website. Next time we will look at the Classifieds, Photo Gallery, and Business Directory! Those three things are some of the most fun things to check out on here so I can’t wait to share!
Graceland is now *live* via the internet!
We want you to be involved with what God is doing at Graceland!
This website is going to be the perfect way for you to stay in touch with activities and ministry opportunities going on right now!
Over the next few days you can join us in a “tour” of all of the things you will be able to see throughout the website including the photo gallery, worship resources, classifieds, a business directory, podcasts of Eric’s messages, and more!
But, first things first……
Before you can leave comments or participate in some of the areas of the website, you will need to create an account.
You will find the registration link at the bottom right of each page. When you visit the website you can just login under your account and you will be able to comment on any blog posts on the site, sign up for Eric’s weekly newsletter, and post in other areas of the website that we know you will want to be involved with when you hear about them!
If you ever get lost while touring the website, just click on the “home” link at the top of each page to come back to the welcome page.
We are very excited about this website because it offers so many opportunities for you to plug-in.
Why don’t you spend some time getting to know all the faces of Graceland by exploring the Who We Are section? Or, check out what’s happening on the Graceland calendar? Both of those can be found across the bar at the top of each page.
And be sure to leave a comment letting us know what you think about the new site!
Next Stop: Getting Involved and Listening Online!
Blessings from Graceland!
