Our next New Members' Sunday is February 12. If any prospective members have not turned in their profile, or scheduled a pastoral interview, please do so as soon as possible.

Our church is participating in the Baby Bottle Campaign which supports the life-saving mission of Life Line/1st Choice Women's Heath Center. As you leave the auditorium today, please take a baby bottle from the Information Table. Put it in a prominent place at home and fill it with coins, cash or a check over the next few weeks. Return it to church by Sunday, March 4. Thank you for helping the unborn.

End of the year tax-deductable contribution statements are being mailed this week. Please be assured that they are on their way.

The next Members' Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 19 at 6:30pm in the Briar Woods High School auditorium. All adult members should make every effort to attend. Unfortunately, childcare will not be provided.

Please join us in welcoming the new church members into our community at the Quarterly All-Church Pot Luck Luncheon on Sunday, February 12. The church will provide the meat; people with the last name beginning with A-K should bring a salad or vegetable to share and people beginning with L-Z should bring a dessert.

All singles and young marrieds are welcome to join Kirk and Beth Whitworth at their home (43488 Blacksmith Sq., Ashburn), on Sunday, February 5 for a Super Bowl Party at 6pm.

We have moved from our office space at the Lansdowne Office Plaza. Our new mailing address is:

Grace Community Church
P.O. Box 2584
Ashburn, VA 20146

Please make note of it. Our phone number remains the same: 703-858-7800

We have openings for assistants in the Mother's Infant Care Room during the 3rd and 4th Sundays of the month. For more information, contact Karen Faul at Karen [dot] faul [at] gmail [dot] com

The Welcome Team is greatly in need of volunteers. Please consider serving in any of the following areas: Usher Team, Communion Prep., Greeting Ministry, Welcome Packets, and Information Table. More information and a sign up sheet are available at the Information Table. Thank you for your help!

Covenant Life Church (7501 Muncaster Mill Road, Gaithersburg, MD) will be hosting a marriage conference entitled "What Did You Expect?" on February 3 and 4, 2012. Admission is $7.50 per person. Limited childcare will be available. To register, go to the Covenant Life website at www.covlife.org. For more information, contact Katie Barnett at kbarnett [at] covlife [dot] org.

The bookstore has an opening for an assistant manager to serve one Sunday per month. Training will be provided. Must be a member of Grace. Contact Eve Barner Gleason at emsolideogloria [at] gmail [dot] com.

As you may know, Sovereign Grace Ministries is undergoing an assessment process meant to identify strengths and weaknesses. As a major component of this, they have invited and outside conciliation ministry to solicit and assess input from Sovereign Grace Church members about where change may be needed in SGM and it's churches. If you have insights that you believe would contribute to a well-rounded assessment of SGM, we would love to have your voice heard. If you'd like to know more about participating, read Dave Harvey's announcement (http://bit.ly/sgm-input) and watch the SGM blog for related updates. And please pray that God's grace and peace continue to multiply in Sovereign Grace churches.

*Set-Up Tear Down Team -Contact Rob Newton (josenew [at] yahoo [dot] com)

*Wecome Team -Contact John Keppel (jgkeppel@gmailcom)

*Projection/Video Team -Contact Rob Newton (josenew [at] yahoo [dot] com)

*Counting Team -Contact Rob Newton (josenew [at] yahoo [dot] com)

*Children's Ministry -Contact Cindy Bloomingdale (cindy [at] gracecommunity [dot] ws) and Robyn Holcomb (holcombhouse [at] msn [dot] com)

For more details on these opportunities, see the handout at the Information Table. We need your help!

The church office is looking for volunteers to assist with clerical tasks on a weekly schedule.  Youth looking for office experience, or adults wishing to serve the church in this way are encouraged to call the church office at (703) 858-7800.

For safety purposes, please keep aisles free of baby strollers or other obstructions.  You may park strollers in one of the seating sections where chairs have been removed (near the main aisle by the auditorium entrance doors), or in the back sections of the auditorium.  Please feel free to ask an usher for assistance. 

We have the privilege of partnering with Covenant Mercies, an organization affiliated with Sovereign Grace Ministries, in offering financial assistance to orphans in Africa.  To find out how you can help an orphan in need, visit the Information Table.  

We are in need of a video camera and tripod that could be used each Sunday during the service to supply a live video feed to our Mother's Infant Care Room.  If you are interested in either donating used equipment or volunteering to bring and run your own on a rotating basis, please contact us at office [at] gracecommunity [dot] ws. 

To serve our mothers using our Mother's Infant Care Room on Sunday mornings, we would like to set up a video camera in the auditorium to capture the service so that they can watch it live.  If you are available to set up camera equipment on Sunday mornings or have a video camera that you would like to either give away or loan on an ongoing basis towards this need, please contact the church office at (office [at] gracecommunity [dot] ws).  

Our Sunday morning Children's Ministry is looking for volunteers to serve in a variety of new capacities.  If you have children in Children's Ministry or if you enjoy working with children, please consider how you may serve in this area.

Each Sunday, our service is coordinated and implemented by many servants.  If you would like to join them, we have several serving opportunities currently available!  Our sound team is looking for volunteers who would be willing to help set up and tear down our sound system before and after the service.  No experience is required for this position.  The welcome team is in need of helpers to set up and prepare coffee before church begins on a monthly basis.  An opening is also available on this team for someone to staff the Information Table on the 5th Sunday of each month.  For more information regarding any of these opportunities, please e-mail the church office at office [at] gracecommunity [dot] ws.