A Gift for the King

Grace Bible Chapel's Winter Adult Banquet will be held on December 13th at 6:00 p.m. The evening will begin with a dinner with a program to follow. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Martin Giese.

Last fall, our Chapel family was challenged with the "Widow's Mite" project to help pay down our mortgage principle. Last year, approximately $125,000 in donations were given and applied to the principle, resulting in a savings of $150,000 in interest alone. Our five year balloon payment comes due next fall, so we must refinance by November 2009.

"A Gift for the King" gives us the opportunity to reduce the mortgage principle before refinancing, thus putting us in the best possible position. If you would like to make a donation at the time of the banquet, we will have a gift box available at the dinner. Otherwise, the green envelopes found in the pews may be used for this project until the end of the year. These donations should be "above and beyond" our regular giving. You may also give anytime during the year, as many of you are already doing. This is a special "Gift for the King" to help reduce our mortgage debt.

Come join us for a fun evening of praise and fellowship. Please sign up on the designated sheets in the lobby by December 7th, so we can plan food accordingly.

Community Thanksgiving Service

Grace Bible Chapel will be participating the Pastor's Prayer Fellowship Community Thanksgiving Service. It will be held at the Full Gospel Church, 35 SE 6th St., at 6:30 p.m. Come and join us for a time of giving thanks. There will be no evening service at Grace Bible Chapel that evening.

Potter's Clay's next time for fellowship

Sunday, November 23rd, after the morning service, the Potter's Clay group will have a Soup, Salad and Bread Lunch. Please call Heidi W. (245-2145) to let her know what you will be bringing.

A Cup of Christmas Tea

Ladies, you are invited to a "Cup of Christmas Tea" on Friday, December 5, at 6:30 p.m. The tea will be held at Grace Bible Chapel.

Please come and enjoy a time of fellowship, a delicious dessert, music, readings, prizes and our speaker, Lorilei Polley.

Tickets are currently available for $5.00 in the lobby. November 23rd is the Absolute deadline for purchasing tickets.

Open Door Coat Rack

There were sixteen area churches gathering coats during October for the Open Door Coat Rack--and Grace Bible Chapel was one of them. The distribution of the coats happened the last week in October.

The chairman of the project this year reported that more than 1,500 coats, jackets and snow pants were collected. Nine hundred and sixty-nine people were served in the three days of distribution. Both children and adults received jackets and/or snow pants. Sixty-two came just for hats and mittens.

The remaining coats went to the Zion Lutheran Clothes Closet, so they are still available to serve people in the community. The remaining coats were transported to the Eveleth United Methodist Church for a coat distribution in mid-November. There were a very few hats and mittens left, but they went to the Ball Club community for distribution at Christmas.

Thank you to all who helped!

Camp Granola

All the campers that were at Camp Granola over the weekend want to give a BIG THANK YOU to their camp staff: Sue P., Kathy T. and Sue B. They went above and beyond to make the “get away” a special time for all those who attended. “All the work the staff did made the campers feel very special.” many ladies said afterwards. Many of the descriptions used about this weekend were: excellent event, delicious food, a useful craft project, enjoyable, relaxing, warm fellowship with women of all stages in life, heart-felt testimonies, great time of singing around the campfire, wonderful massage and stretching. All in all a very special time of pampering and fellowship together. THANK YOU!

Daniel Boone Comes to the Fall Sportman's Breakfast

On Sat., September 13th, Mark Sage came to speak as Daniel Boone at the Fall Sportsman's Breakfast. The morning started out with a hearty breakfast of pancakes, sausage, juice, coffee and milk. After eating, Mark explained about the myths and facts about Daniel Boone, and how much of our ideas are formed by the television and movies we've watched about Daniel Boone.


Mark had quotes from Daniel Boone himself, showing that he was a born again Christian. Daniel Boone expressed his love for his Lord and based his salvation on Jesus Christ.


Daniel outlived his wife and seven of their children. His faith in God helped him through those trials.


During Daniel's travels from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, over the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, to Missouri, and a trip to the Yellowstone Country, he brought his Bible and Gulliver's Travels.


Mark brought many items to show the group, so they could better understand life on the frontier. He also showed a movie about loading and firing a flintlock rifle. Mark has used his flintlock to take bear, deer, and grouse.

Click on the following link to see pictures from the breakfast.
http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f321/wecanoe/Daniel%20Boone/?action=view&current=48ad531d.pbw