GPNEWS
What's happening at GracePoint?
Below you will find information for the week of October 12th and beyond.
Child Dedication is this Sunday, October 18th!
The Seek First Project
GracePoint’s leadership is inviting you to join us in a season of fasting and prayer to seek the Lord and His direction for us in this season of our church’s history. Find out how you can get involved at gracepoint.life/seekfirst
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Women of GracePoint! Here are some things for you to look forward to:
We want to invite you to a workshop on Saturday, November 7th at 10 am with one of our own to learn (or practice) decorating cookies! We will be in the Gym and will be using buttercream to decorate our cookies. There is a $10 fee for this to cover the cost of the materials. Enjoy the fun and the mini cookie cake that you made! Sign up here.
Monthly Coffee Dates on the first Saturday of the month in the GracePoint Lobby. Pickup your favorite coffee or bring a coffee pod and make your own at the church. Dates for the 2026-2027 year are: December 5, February 6, March 6, April 3
This year we are wanting to start having Secret Sisters! Please join us for a season of prayer, encouragement, and blessings for our fellow sisters in Christ! Secret Sisters is a wonderful way to anonymously encourage one another until your Secret Sister is revealed at the end of the season. There is sign up information at the Connect Desk or you can fill out this form. We will be emailing those who want to partake with information about who their Secret Sister will be for this year!
For more information on our Connect Groups, take a look at the GPAdults connect page or the calendar. For information about specific Connect groups please fill out the Connect Group Form.
GPS Fall Retreat
Our GPStudents are doing their Fall Retreat at Crystal Springs this year! All 6-12 graders are welcome to attend the Fall Retreat from Friday, October 30 – Sunday, November 1. This is a great time for the students to learn more and have some fun (even a costume night on October 31st)! Cost is $150 per student. Sign up here!
Wednesday Nights 6:30 – 8:00 pm. We look forward to a new year with our students and helping them have a faith that they can call their own.
Wednesday Schedule:
- October 21st- Collision, How to share the gospel
- October 28th- Pumpkin Hunt
On Sundays during the first worship gathering at 9:00 am, youth will be dismissed when the kids are to go to the Youth area in the basement for a time digging deeper in our faith together.
Sunday schedule:
- October 18th, 25th
You can find the full 2026 calendar here!
We are updating our GPStudents parent’s contact information so that we can start the summer and next school year off with the correct information for our communications. We look forward to hanging out with your middle and high schoolers as they learn how to have a faith of their own. Please fill out your information here.
Rehearsals for the Children’s Christmas Program have begun.
Rehearsals are during second service each Sunday until December 6th, 2026.
We will rehearse parts, songs, and stage directions for the first 25 -30 minutes of service each Sunday. We will take the rest of service to do normal small group lessons. First service will be regular children’s church.
There will be a dress rehearsal on Sunday December 6th during both services an Saturday December 12th for all involved.
The program will be a whole church worship experience with GPKids taking the lead. It will take place on December 13th, 2026 during morning service. There will only be one service that day at 10AM.
Any children interested in being in the program should plan to be at rehearsals as much as possible.
All regular volunteers will still be needed on Sundays as usual to help teach small groups as well as help with class management during rehearsals.
If you have any questions or concerns or you are interested in volunteering to help with the program, please contact Alea, GPKids Director.
WE NEED YOUR STORY OF FAITH! We are looking for people to interview about their testimony or another faith story for the Christmas program. The title of the program is “The Story Continues,” and we need short interviews of varying testimonials of how Jesus’s story has continued through your life. If you are interested or know someone with a great story that we could interview, please contact Alea.
We’re excited to welcome our missionary partners, Duane and Penny Unruh, to GracePoint Sunday, October 25! Join us during worship as we hear firsthand how God is faithfully at work through their ministry. We encourage you to take the opportunity to meet them, encourage them, and learn how you can be praying for them and their ministry.
God is doing amazing things through our missionaries, and we are excited to continue growing in how we partner with them as a church family! We are currently developing several opportunities for people to get involved on missions-focused teams that will encourage, care for, and strengthen our missionary partners in our backyard and around the world.
If you have a heart for missions and would like to learn more about serving, we’d love to hear from you! Contact us at missions@gracepointnd.org for more information. Together, we can play a meaningful role in advancing God’s work among the nations!
When you give financially to GracePoint, you join hundreds of others who are putting their faith to work by supporting a variety of Kingdom-advancing things: overseas missions, children’s and youth ministries, local outreach and service, our part-time and full-time staff and their families, and more. Please prayerfully consider how the LORD might want you to regularly and generously give to His work through the GracePoint family. Click here to give.
Financial Information
August
Budget: $120,793
Giving: $111,551
Expenses: $112,861
Fiscal (July-August ’26)
Budget: $241,585
Giving: $218,714
Expenses: $244,412
Sunday Attendance for October 11th:
Adult Worship – 455
Online Worship – 48
All ages Sunday School – 162
