Grace Times

Vol. XIX/04

Grace Bible Church, C 930, Sector B Mahanagar, Lucknow, India

Christmas 2015
First Sunday, December 6th

9.45 Check-in
10.00 Brief service at the sanctuary
10.20 Departure to Allipur village
11.00 United Communion Service
with Allipur Grace Bible Church celebrating
Second Anniversary of their sanctuary
Preacher: Vijay Singh

Allipur Grace Bible Church Services at 10 a.m.

13
20
25
27

Pastor Raja
Shyam Babu
Christmas Day - Pastor Raja
Pastor Raja

Sunday School
Christmas Play
On Dec. 13th at 5.30
No morning service

Dec 16th and 17th

Carolers visit homes

Dec. 21 at 10.30
Carol Service led by Ashish Khan
Followed by Christmas lunch
Donations needed;
Adults Rs 200
Children (5-12) Rs 125

Christmas Day
Communion Service
at 10.00
End of Year Thanksgiving Service
Dec. 27th at 10
New Years Day Service with Ashish Khan

December 2015

pastoral letter:
If God hadnt given Jesus to the world, we
wouldnt be able to have Christmas. It follows
then, that if you dont have Jesus, then you
wont have Christmas. You just cant have
Christmas without Jesus. That is the absolute
truththe bottom-line.
Do you have Jesus? That is really not a silly
question.
The Bible does talk about having Jesus. You
have to receive Him (John. 1:12-13). You have
to have the Spirit of Jesus (Romans 8:9). You
have to open your heart and life to Him
(Revelation 3:20).
So, heres the question again: Do you have
Jesus?
The world celebrates religious festivals with
new clothes, good food and noisy parties. Most
people celebrating Christmas follow the same
pattern and put on display the same signs
of celebration. People would even say (or
imply) that those who fail to put on this sort
of show, fail to celebrate Jesus Himself and
have lost an opportunity to witness (not that
most people would take Christmasopportunities to share any testimony about
Jesus to those who dont follow Jesus). Its
good for argument. However, in the end, we
have to get back to the prior question: with all
the new clothes and all the parties, do you (or
not) have Jesus?
Have Jesus. Have Christmas
Love,
Pastors Raja & Kuru

Jan Nov 2014

General Offerings

Income

November 30,

2015

November 2015

JanNov 2015

Budget 2015

Projection

2,28,910

45,110

3,85,143

2,50,000

4,20,000

52,975

1,300

67,700

50,000

Erratic

Pledged Giving

5,05,825

39,300

4,41,600

4,90,000

4,82,000

2nd Mile Pledges

5,05,825

7,600

96,300

1,20,000

1,30,000

14,100

20,000

Erratic

60,000

Erratic

9,90,000

10,32,000

Donations

Lent/Christmas offer.

10,630

Hindi Services

36,999

Designated collections
Sunday School

11,816

Grace Church in Village

51,600

5,860

27,526
12,500

Medical Aid Fund

GRAND TOTAL

69,200
9,98,755

98,870

11,14,069

Ajay Prakash was battling with severe

chest congestion.
Shanthi Prakash and Shobha were down
with cold and cough.
Kanta Singh was unwell.
Devanshis father was hospitalized with a
severe asthmatic problem.
Suby Vargheses mother fractured her hip
bone after a fall. Suby has gone to be with
her.
Neha Eisenberg twisted her finger painfully.
Eric & Mary are blessed with a boy, their
third child, whom they have named Mark.
Deepak & Amy Nag are expecting their
second child.

Birthdays in December
13
29

Arnav Verma
Ravi Modwell
Triza Sanjay

Deepak Nag has a new job in Rajasthan

and the family will move there in December.
Ishaaqs family is finally settled in Seattle.
Rufus Raja back in Chennai after visiting
his parents. He is stranded in his apartment
due to heavy rains and flood.

For Pastoral Care contact

Rev J T Raja 995 639 9835
Emeritus Pastor Kuru 4049392
gracebiblechurch.lucknowindia@gmail.com
www.gracebiblechurchlucknow.org