Happening This Week!

Newsletter for January 9, 2026

Happening This Week

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January 11 - January 17, 2026

Sunday - January 11
10:00am – Worship Service In-Person and Online
11:00am - Sunday School
3:30pm - Adult Pickleball
3:30pm - Children's Activities
3:30pm - Youth Activities
6:30pm - Praise Team

Monday –January 12
7:00am - Prayer Meeting- Sunshine Room
8:00am - 1:00pm Preschool-MAC
4:00pm - Knights-Kerry Whitt
5:00pm - Youth Travel Basketball-Tymon Smith
7:00pm - Church Council
7:00pm - Monday Night Hoops

Tuesday – January 13
8:00am-2:00pm -Preschool-MAC
4:00pm - Knights-Kerry Whitt
5:00pm - KBA- Robbie Arthur
7:00pm - Girls 12U Basketball
7:00pm - MAC Council

Wednesday – January 14
8:00am-2:00pm- Preschool-MAC
11:00am - Staff Meeting
5:30pm - Fellowship Dinner
7:00pm - Harmon Basketball
7:00pm - Sanctuary Choir

Thursday – January 15
8:00am-2:00pm Preschool-MAC
4:15pm - Help @ Rescue Mission
5:00pm - KBA Robbie Arthur
7:00pm - Youth Travel Basketball-Tymon Smith

Friday – January 16
8:00am-1:00pm - Preschool-MAC
5:00pm - Knights-Kerry Whitt

Saturday – January 17
10:00am - Foster Parent Meeting

Please join us in welcoming our guest speaker for January 11 and 18: Dr Steven W Pollard

Steven W. Pollard, D. Min.

Dr. Pollard is recently retired as co-pastor of Radiance Community Church. He is a native of Roanoke and is a graduate of William Byrd High School. In his 37-year ministry career, Dr. Pollard has also pastored churches in Abingdon, Richmond, and Scottsburg, Virginia. His spouse of 40 years is Glenda R. Pollard of Montgomery, Alabama. She is employed by HopeTree Family Services of Salem, Virginia. Dr. and Mrs. Pollard have two children, and two grand children.

GCBC Survey

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Epiphany: I hold my life up to you now

A Beyond Words Post by Ruth Haley Barton

“…they set out, and there ahead of them went the star…”

Friends,

I found this prayer to be one that continues our consideration of what Epiphany can mean as we journey together through 2026. I share it with you in the hopes you will find it as helpful as I did:

Oh God of wonder

of mystery

of adventurous journeys

Help me not to let my life slip away from me

without doing that thing I am meant to do

without taking the journey that is mine to take

without risking everything to gain everything.

O God of possibility,

I hold my life up to you now

as much as I can

as high as I can

in this mysterious season called Epiphany.

Come close,

lest I wobble,

fall short,

hold back.

It is not days or years I seek from You,

not infinity or enormity,

but small things and simple awareness,

that you are in what I am

and in what I seek.

It is not new time that I seek from You,

but new eyes and a new heart,

fresh courage and clearer intent,

and you,

always you.

O God who continually makes all things new,

make something new in me

in this year

in this season

in this lifetime…

For You

for others

and for the abundance

of this life

we all share.

©Ruth Haley Barton, 2025

Blessings,

Melissa

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Ways we can come together every week and more...

Monday Morning Prayer Meeting

Holy Grounds Coffee Bar

Sunday Worship

Worship begins at 10 AM
If you are worshipping from home we are LIVE Sunday mornings on our Facebook page and our YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/@grandincourtbaptistchurch8504/featured

Sunday School

Sunday School Short Course

Each class we will briefly sketch the particular challenges confronting the church at a specific time, and how the person was instrumental in meeting those challenges. Then we will read together typically one page written by the person in their own words, and discuss what we might learn from them for then and now.

1400s Julian of Norwich

1500s Martin Luther and Melancthon

1600s Roger Williams and Blaise Pascal

1700s John Wesley and William Wilberforce

1800s Harriet Beecher Stowe

1900s Martin Luther King

1900s C.S. Lewis

2000s Clark Pinnock and John Polkinghorne

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Children's Activities

Children's Ministry

Tithes & Offerings

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Giving & Financials

Financial Report 2025

While we await approval of the December Treasurer’s Report, please know your tithes and offerings to the ministries of GCBC are greatly appreciated.

A detailed copy of the church budget is available in the church office