IL-MO Multi-Ethnic Worship Celebration

Pastor Scott — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:00:30 +0000

GCBC will be joining the IL-MO Association of Regular Baptist Churches for a multi-ethnic worship celebration. This worship service will feature music and other worship elements provided by First Baptist Church of Harvey IL, First Ukrainian Baptist Church of Berwyn, and a combination of the Fil-American & Pillar of Faith Baptist Churches of Chicago & Naperville. This worship service will take place at Village Baptist Church of Aurora, IL. Plan know to attend this wonderful worship service.

Septemberfest Volunteer Day

Pastor Scott — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:59:37 +0000

Great Commission Baptist Church will be lending its support to the Schaumburg Township Human Services Fund booth on Volunteer Day at this year’s Septemberfest. We will help run the booth for the day on Monday, September 6th, 2010 (Labor Day). If you would like to help please contact Pastor Scott.

College Kick Off Saturday

Pastor Scott — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:00:15 +0000

The Nolan family is hosting a fellowship time for any interested GCBC attendees and friends. While there will be some college football on at the house, all are encouraged to come and enjoy some good fun together. There will surely be games, good conversation, and some great food. The Nolan family is generously provided the meat for the party (smoked by Michael Nolan himself). All those attending can bring a side-dish and/or some pop/soda/beverage to share. Sign up for an item here. Please bring friends and family along to enjoy the fun!

Date: 9/4/10

Time: 3:00 – 8:00 PM

Dinner Served: 5:00 PM

Keeping Your Work Visa

Pastor Scott — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:42:12 +0000

End of Summer Celebration (8/22/10)

Pastor Scott — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:00:12 +0000

Celebrate the end of summer at Sloan Park!

5:00 PM ’till Sunset

Featuring:

Games (Wii Sports, Bean Bag Toss, Child Races)
Free Ice Cream
Outdoor Movie – “The Hope” Screened in Hindi

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Welcome to the Community Dessert

Pastor Scott — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:07 +0000

Pastor Scott and Brooke are hosting an informal dessert for people who have recently moved into our community. The dessert will take place on August 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM. For more information or to RSVP email Pastor Scott (scott@gcbc.info) or call 224-836-5713.

Men’s Retreat

Pastor Scott — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:00:29 +0000

Camp Manitoumi is hosting its annual Men’s Retreat August 20th & 21st. GCBC will be taking interested men down to the camp in Lowpoint, IL to participate in this weekend. The cost is $40.00. If you are interested please contact Pastor Scott (scott@gcbc.info).

End of Summer Celebration (8/15/10)

Pastor Scott — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:00:12 +0000

Celebrate the end of summer at Sloan Park!

5:00 PM ’till Sunset

Featuring:

Games (Wii Sports, Bean Bag Toss, Child Races)
Free Ice Cream
Outdoor Movie – “The Hope” Screened in Spanish

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Effective Dual Citizenship (From the “Exiled in America” Series)

Pastor Scott — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:00:46 +0000

Pastor Scott continues the “Exiled in America” teaching series from the book of 1 Peter. In this message he examines how Christians should interact with the governmental authorities. The text for this sermon is 1 Peter 2:13-17.

Growth Group Questions:

What government agencies or events have you participated in? Describe your involvement. Did you (or do you) think of your involvement as a spiritual endeavor? Why or why not?
How does the fact that Peter wrote these instructions during the reign of the notorious Nero change your attitude towards current governmental leaders?
Peter tells us to be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution (
13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, (ESV)
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Nehemiah was a man who worked in the government of a foreign king. Read
1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.
Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the capital, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”

4 As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. 5 And I said, “O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even I and my father’s house have sinned. 7 We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses. 8 Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples, 9 but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’ 10 They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand. 11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”
Now I was cupbearer to the king.

2:1 In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2 And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid. 3 I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” 4 Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ graves, that I may rebuild it.” 6 And the king said to me (the queen sitting beside him), “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me when I had given him a time. 7 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, 8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.

9 Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. 10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.

11 So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. 13 I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass. 15 Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 16 And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.

17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.” 18 And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work. 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” 20 Then I replied to them, “The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem.” (ESV)
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- Submitted by doing good?
- Submitted with integrity?
- Submitted with proper priorities?
We were challenged to honor everyone on Sunday. What are some simple actions that demonstrate honor? (Things like the application of putting down your phone when talking with retail and restaurant personnel.)
What does prompt obedience to God demonstrate about our fear of Him? What does procrastinated obedience to God demonstrate about our fear of Him? Which most often characterizes you?
How can you as an individual honor your governmental leaders? How can we as a church honor our governmental leaders?

End of Summer Celebration (8/8/10)

Pastor Scott — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:00:16 +0000

Celebrate the end of summer at Sloan Park!

5:00 PM ’till Sunset

Featuring:

Games (Wii Sports, Bean Bag Toss, Child Races)
Free Ice Cream
Outdoor Movie – “The Hope”

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