INQUIRER’S CLASS
Are you interested in hearing more about our church and possibly joining as a member? Sam Joyner will run an Inquirer’s Class during Sunday School on May 19th and 26th during Sunday School. Contact Sam or the church office if you would like to come.
Maundy Thursday Service
We use some unique expressions to mark significant events in the life of the church. During this special week we have Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Maundy Thursday? What in the world is Maundy Thursday? The word Maundy comes from the Latin maundatum, which simply means command or mandate. On the last night before his arrest, Jesus met with the disciples and told them, “A new command (maundatum) I give you; love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” (John 13:34, 35) Jesus is saying to the disciples that they must follow a new fuller dimension of love.
What is that fuller dimension of love? Jesus described a deeply sacrificial love that he would model by dying on a cross in the next 72 hours. While the disciples may not literally die like Jesus did, they were instructed to lay their lives down in love for those around them. The Maundy Thursday worship service is a time to thank God for loving us so sacrificially and to be reminded of Christ’s mandate for us to love others in the same way.
Join us this Thursday, April 18th at 7:30 p.m. for our Maundy Thursday worship service at GCC.
Sam Joyner, Senior Pastor
Worship Sunday School—A Sunday School mini-series on worship will meet in the Fellowship Hall. David will discuss our worship, how we got where we are and where we’re heading. Come learn more about what worship is, and why we do what we do.
Join us 10:00 am in the Fellowship Hall of the Education building. Contact us at news@gracecoastalchurch.com with any questions.
