.  Contact us by

email at info@gainesvillebiblechurch.com.



Grand Avenue Baptist Church

We  will have six young people coming for baptism Sunday. Praise the

Lord. Our youth and their leader Assistant Minister of Youth Joshua

Carpenter are getting ready for their fundraiser, selling fireworks

for the 4th of July.  If you would like to join them, call 665-2951

between noon and 4 p.m. for more information.

Birthday and anniversary greetings

We wished Bobby Woolf a happy birthday.  Happy 35th anniversary to Ken

and Pam White.

 Father’s Day events

We recognized the fathers in our congregation and they were given

their choice of books.  Our Minister of Music, Benny Strong, led us in

singing “I Am Thine, O Lord”  and “I Am Resolved.”  Benny said his

prayer for all fathers was that  they would look to God for

leadership.

 George Garner and Choice Stephens took up the offering as Suzanne

Carpenter played The Church’s One Foundation on the grand piano.

Rick Collett sang Since Jesus Came Into My Heart.  Before he sang,

Rick shared with us that he had the privilege  of leading his

granddaughter to the Lord last Saturday.  Praise the Lord for that.

Bro. Bill Black’s sermon was from 1 Corinthians 10:11-13.  Satan likes

to tempt us, especially when we are feeling secure.  The Bible tells

us how the devil works.  We can be sure God is faithful and we will

not be tempted more than we can bear.  He will provide a way out of

temptation.

Associate pastor Kevin Sandmann gave the benediction.

Our location

GABC is located in the 600 block of North Grand Avenue with off-street

paved parking and entrance doors on the east side, on Clements Street.

 Our schedule

We start  Sunday  morning at 9 a.m. with coffee and breakfast in the

Fellowship Hall followed by Sunday School for all ages at 9:30 a.m.

and the Morning Worship at 10:40 a.m.   Evening worship is at 6:00

p.m. in the little chapel.

Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. our Grief Support Group meets in the Fellowship Hall.

Wednesday evening prayer meeting and youth get-together is at 7 p.m.

in the Fellowship Hall.

Welcome

You will find a warm and friendly welcome at Grand Ave Baptist.



Harvey Street Baptist Church

Our deepest desire is to bring glory to our Lord Jesus Christ as a

collective Church body, and we would like to invite you and yours to

come and Worship alongside us here at HSBC, where you will find a

place of love, growth and service.

Weekly Services

Sunday School-Bible Study & Fellowship at 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Corporate Worship at 11 a.m.

Children’s Church at 11 a.m. — Children ages 3-7 have a great time

learning God’s word during this time.

Sunday Evening Corporate Worship at 6 p.m.

Men & Women’s Bible Study Monday Nights at 6:30 p.m. Come join us as

we study the book of Revelation.

This Monday Night we will be starting chapter 13 starting with verse 1

in the book of Revelation. We will be discussing the following:

• The Beast from the Sea

• The Beast from the Earth

Wednesday Nights

Youth Group (Grades 7-12) at 6 p.m.

Corporate Adult Praise & Prayer at 6 p.m. (Study In The Psalms)

VBS

Vacation Bible School (June 24-27)--Come Join Us For God's Amazing

Wonders. (3 years old-6 Grade)

Call for a ride, leave a message, we'll call ya back!

“Kingdom Kids”

Sunday Nights (6-7 p.m.)

Nursery--(Babies-2 years old)

“Look At Me” Bible Study--(3 year old-K)

Scripture Memory--(1-3 Grade)

Scripture Memory--(4-6 Grade)

Wednesday Nights

Nursery--(Babies-2 Years Old) (5 p.m.)

“Mission Friends”--(3 Years Old-K) (5 p.m..)

Girls in Action--(Grades 1-6)  (5 p.m.)

Royal Ambasaddors--(Grades 1-6) (5 p.m.)

Children’s Choir--(3 years old-6 Grade)  (6:15 p.m.)

Need a ride to one of our services? Call us at 665 2504 and leave a message.



New Life Bible Church

“Understanding Freedom in Christ”

Pastor Andy Anderson on Sunday began a new study on the letters of

Paul to the churches in Galatia. Speaking from Galatians 1:1-10, Andy

stated, “Paul was astonished that this group of churches was so

quickly turning away from the one gospel and turning to a different,

perverted gospel, which is really no gospel at all. They were telling

the church that there was more that they had to do to have more of the

love of God, than only accept the grace of Christ.”

“Some people believe that one must be a ‘good’ person, a ‘good’

Christian – this infers that you can be a ‘bad’ Christian. A

Christian, by the very definition, is a Christ-follower. Being a

‘good’ Christian is what Christianity is all about. Often we spend our

lives being told over and over that ‘because I’m a professing believer

in God and Jesus, I am going to be good all my life’. The ‘goodness’

should be a thankfulness and an appreciation to the Lord that He is

working in us, not because it’s our ‘work’, but because it’s a joy.

Our Christian life is not built on works, but it’s built on a ‘Who’,

and the ‘Who’ is Jesus.”

“Works will not get you into heaven” the pastor continued. “‘I did

this, I did that.’ Yes, you may have done this and that. But it’s not

a ‘you’ thing. It’s a God thing. It’s not works. Yes, we do work to

help others, but the works, the ‘doing’, is not what takes us to

heaven. What takes us to heaven is belief.”

“Some are trying to pervert the Word, the gospel of Christ. They were

in Galatia, and they are now. We have the bible, the Word of God, to

read and follow – we are blessed. The Holy Spirit, an active part of

the Trinity, wants to teach us and speak to us. There are some who

believe God does not speak to you, but have you ever had a teacher

teach you without speaking to you? We are a vessel that God will use,

and God speaks to this vessel. He tells us which way to walk, and if

we don’t believe that He talks to us, then how will we ever know?

That’s the problem with so many churches today – they say that you are

your own god, there is no Holy Spirit speaking to you, that there is

no hell. They ‘tickle’ peoples’ ears. If we are going to live in

Christ, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, let’s let Him change

us to be who He wants us to be, not who we want to be. That’s how we

will ‘know and be known’ – by our fruits.

 Do we really regard the Holy Spirit as God, as an active teacher

residing in us wanting to guide us through our lives, or do we only

call on Him when we are in the depth of despair? Does Jesus say that

He is going to send the Holy Spirit only on occasion? No. He said that

He will be with us always.”

Pastor Andy concluded, “Don’t be the ones Paul is astonished at that

we leave the true gospel because someone has tickled our ears.”

Women’s Ministry

What do you crave? Food? Social media? TV? Extreme organization? Do

these cravings take up more of your time and thoughts than your

attention to your relationship with Christ? The women of New Life

Bible are involved in a book study on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m.

based on the book, “Made to Crave” by Lysa Terkeust, which will teach

how to turn your desires away from cravings and toward Christ. Women

throughout the community are invited to join this study led by Kim

Wilson.

Weekly Men’s Coffee

The men of NLBC meet every Saturday from 7 to 8 a.m. at the church for

coffee, fellowship, and a time of study and prayer. Please come, and

feel free to bring a friend to this growing fellowship.

State School Ministry

Every 4th Sunday of the month members of New Life Bible meet after

church to minister to the young men at the Gainesville State School.

If you feel called to participate in this ministry, please see Robert

or Susan Gleaton at the church.

VBS

The annual NLBC Vacation Bible School will be in the evenings of July

9-13. The theme this year is “The Fruit of the Spirit,” and will

include “fruit pickers” and “The Hootenanny Band”. It will be a lot of

fun, and the children will get real bible teaching.

Adult Bible Fellowship

Geoff Haberman is leading a Sunday morning bible study each Sunday at

9:30 in room 204. This is an interactive bible study which helps all

those attending to increase their understanding of God’s Word. The

fellowship is currently studying the book of Deuteronomy.

High School Youth

Youth leaders James and Alison Lewis meet with the high school youth

in the outer building every Sunday morning at 9:30, for an

invigorating bible study. The high school also meets on Wednesday

evenings at the Lewis’ home, learning how to study their bibles. This

is very important to everyone to learn, so they can build a foundation

of knowledge about the Lord and their faith, growing their

relationship with the Lord.

Junior High Youth

The junior high youth meet on Sunday morning as well, and are

currently learning the foundational principles of the Old Testament,

relating that knowledge with the New Testament, and growing their

relationship with the Lord. Wednesday evenings the junior high youth

participates in the AWANA program.

New Life Family Prayer

Each Sunday morning those wishing to join in corporate prayer are

invited to come together in one of the front hall Sunday school rooms

from 9:00 to 9:30. This is an opportunity to lift our church and our

leadership up in prayer, as well as others who come to mind. Sunday

school for all ages, toddlers through adults, begins immediately after

the prayer time. A nursery is offered throughout Sunday morning, and

during the church service. Children’s Church is also offered for the

children toddler-aged through pre-school.

AWANA

NLBC believes in preparing the young people for battle as they go out

into the world. AWANA encourages children and youth to learn God’s

word through memorization, reinforcing lessons, and fun games and

activities. The AWANA program is on Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 8:00

p.m., and includes children who turned three by September 1st, as well

as Junior High students. AWANA is on hiatus for the summer, but will

return when the school year resumes.

Nursing Home Ministry

New Life Bible is involved in a ministry to the people of one of the

local nursing homes. The young people have “adopted” three of the

residents who might not have friends or family to check in on them,

and will be visiting them frequently. Please see the youth department

director, Kimberly Wilson, for details on helping with this ministry.

Praise and Worship

Steven Dulock and the praise team use their God-given talent to lead

the congregation in contemporary praise and worship every Sunday

morning before the church receives the Word of God. Everyone is

invited to experience this time of praise, lifting your voice to our

Creator.

Church Vision

New Life Bible Church exists to glorify God by introducing people to

Jesus Christ, to develop them in Christian living, making a positive

impact in our generation and in the world. Sunday school begins at

9:30 a.m., and the morning worship service begins at 10:45 a.m. A

nursery is provided from 9:30 a.m. to noon each Sunday. New Life Bible

Church is located at 3901 E. Broadway (about a half mile from Radio

Hill Road on FM 678 just before the Gainesville State School). You may

contact us by e-mail at newlifebiblechurch@suddenlinkmail.com or find

us on the web at newlifebible.com. You may also “like” us on facebook

at https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Life-Bible-Church

/131587403588376.



St. Mary’s Catholic Church

Father Victor Cruz and parishioners of St. Mary’s Catholic Church

invite you to join us for mass. Here, we gather  to celebrate the

Sacred Mysteries of our faith with the fullness of our beings. We

invite you to come and pray with us any time. The staff and

parishioners of St. Mary are committed to being hospitable and

welcoming to all God’s people. We hope that you will join us…You would

honor us with your presence, prayer, and participation in the

Eucharistic liturgy. St. Mary's Catholic Church is located at 825 N.

Weaver St. in Gainesville. Our phone number is 665-5395.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is available at St. Mary’s. Each

parishioner is invited to spend one hour of prayer before The Blessed

Sacrament first Wednesday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and

First Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Adoration is a beautiful, quiet

time to spend with Jesus in prayer or meditation.

The Altar Society is a ministry of women of the parish, who pray for

each other and all of the parish family, maintain the Altar linens,

candles, flowers and decorations used for the praise and glory of God

our Father at the celebration of the Mass. Members of the Altar

Society pray the rosary each Saturday before the 4 p.m. Mass,

beginning at 3:30 p.m.

St. Mary’s Book Club

St. Mary’s Book  Club continues to meet on the second and fourth

Thursdays of each month at 5 p.m. in the Rectory. Call Fr. Cruz for

information on current and upcoming books.

Knights of Columbus

The mission of the Knights of Columbus, council 1167 is to help

Catholic men remain steadfast in their faith through mutual

encouragement, to promote closer ties of fraternity among them, and to

set up an elementary system of insurance so that the widows and

children of members in the group who might die would not find

themselves in dire financial straits. Membership is open to practicing

Catholic men 18 and older. Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of each

month. Grand Knight is Danny Wolf 940-736-3137.

VBS

St. Mary’s Vacation Bible School will be July 23 through July 27. Mark

your summer calendars now.

Learning more about our faith

We invite anyone interested in learning more about their Catholic

faith to join us on Tuesday evenings in the Activity Center at 6:30

p.m. for a pilot faith formation program based on Fr. Robert Barron’s

Catholicism DVD series. The first session was on Tuesday June 12,

although you are still welcome to attend the next session. It is not

mandatory to attend all ten sessions. “Catholicism” is a

groundbreaking documentary film series and multi-media study program.

The ten, 50-minute DVD episodes take viewers around the world and deep

into the faith, spanning over 50 locations in 15 countries – stunning

filmed in high-definition.

St. Mary’s Catholic School news

St. Mary’s Catholic School news: Anyone can be an active donor to help

St. Mary’s School. Everyone has items that you are going to purchase

and use during the year and your grocery cart probably has products

like Coca Cola, Campbell’s soup, Sunny D, Dannon, Pepperidge Farm,

Post cereals, V8, Glad storage, Pop Secret, Swanson, and Tyson

products for the dinner table. Did you know that all those things that

you consider to be a normal part of your life, can become fundraising

income for St. Mary’s? Look for and collect these labels. You can help

St. Mary’s School earn valuable incentives. Visit our website at

www.smsmustangs.com to find a list of eligible items.

Schedule

 Friday, June 22

• Daily Mass in the Chapel at 8:15 a.m.

 Saturday, June 23

• Mass Offered at Gainesville State School

• Confession Opportunity

• Anticipated Mass at 4 p.m.

Sunday, June 24

• Sunday Masses at 8:15 a.m. and 11 a.m.

• Hispanic Sunday Mass at 1 p.m.

Monday, June 25

• Daily Mass at 8:15 a.m. in the Chapel

Tuesday, June 26

• “Catholicism” at 6:30 p.m. in  the Activity Center

Wednesday, June 27

• Daily Mass at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 28

• St. Mary’s Book Club (R)

Friday, June 29

• Daily Mass in the Chapel at 8:15 a.m.

• Men’s Spiritual Renewal Retreat at Parish Hall

Saturday, June 30

• Men's Spiritual Renewal Retreat at Parish Hall

• Mass Offered at Gainesville State School

• Confession Opportunity

• Anticipated Mass at 4 p.m.



St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is located in downtown Gainesville just

east of the Cooke County Courthouse at 415 E. California St.  Every

Sunday we offer Said Mass (Rite 1)  8 a.m.; Christian Education at

9:15 a.m.;

Adult Sunday SchoolChoral at 9:30 topic “The Footprints of God.”

Eucharist (Rite 1)  10:30 a.m. On Wednesday Evenings Mass and Bible

Study  6:30 p.m.; Thursday morning Mass and Book Study  9:30 a.m.

Friday Noon - Adoration and Confession from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Upcoming events include the June 23 — Abigail Arms Cooke County

Country Carnival; June 27 — trip to the Ranger’s game at 7:05 p.m.;

June 29 — Mass at 6 p.m. for Patronal Feast day. Summer Sounds at the

Courthouse Square.

Come visit St. Paul’s and join us in praising and enjoying the living

God, as we give glory and thanksgiving to our Creator and show

kindness to one another, and take a tour of one of Gainesville’s

oldest Church’s, come join us in the Parish Hall following the

services in the Parish Hall and enjoy a cup of coffee and

conversation. The doors of this House of God are open to one and all

so  that we may praise God as brothers and sisters in Christ.

For more information call the Church Office at 665-4705, e-mail us at

stpaulgtx@att.net, or visit our website at www.stpaulsgainesville.



Vilott Baptist Church News

 We want to invite you to join us at Vilott Baptist Church where the

Lord is King, and we love serving Him.

We start the week on Sunday mornings with a fellowship breakfast at

9:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 10 a.m. There is always a time for

singing praises unto the Lord, the old time gospel songs as well as

some new ones from time to time.

Our pastor Rick Isham will bring the message God has for us at 11:00

a.m. If you need the services of our pastor, please call 665-1629. He

is eager to counsel with you and help in anyway you need.

You are invited to come on Wednesday evenings for a family meal at 6

p.m. Then we go into separate groups for prayer and Bible studies.

Throughout the summer our kids will be involved in Wacky Wednesdays

where they will have different activities to look forward to each

week. There is also a Bible study small group on Thursday mornings

followed by a meal.

On June 27 we will have our Family Night which was postponed because

of bad weather.

Come to church, have a better life, and learn how to stay on the right path.

Psalm 25:4-5 says, “Show me thy ways, O Lord, teach me thy paths. Lead

me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation;

on thee do I wait all the day.”

Vilott Baptist church is located on FM 678 just past Callisburg.  Call

940-665-1629 for more information.



Whaley United Methodist Church

 Pastor Chuck is out of town on Study Leave.  Our Sunday service will

be led by Mr. Sam Houston, Whaley’s Lay Leader and certified Lay

Speaker.  Sam’s message is entitled “Keep Your Eye on the Ball” and

comes from Hebrews 12:1-4, 12 and 13 and Ephesians 6:10-17.

David A. Moore will present this week’s Historical Moment which will

focus on the building of Whaley Memorial Methodist Church which many

will remember stood at the corner of California Street and Grand

Avenue where ProCuts now stands.  Special Music for the service will

be a hymn medley played and sung by Grant Stogdill.  All are invited

to bring your family and join us for Celebration Worship this Sunday.

Sunday Schedule

9:15 a.m. Bible Studies for all ages

10:15 a.m. Fellowship/Coffee Time in Fellowship Hall

10:30 a.m. Celebration Worship in the Sanctuary

Whaley Youth and Sponsors will return from their Summer Mission Trip

to Oklahoma City Sunday evening.

Whaley UMC Kids’ Day Out

Kids’ Day Out Summer Program is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays of each

week from 9:30 a.m.to 2:30 p.m. for children one year of age through

fifth grade.  Vacancies are very limited and filled on a first

come/first served basis.  Registration forms for the summer program

and for fall classes are available in the church office.  For more

information call Misty Post at (940) 284-4921.

Whaley UMC is happy to welcome former pastors Rev. Dr. Keith Payne

Boone (July 15) and Rev. Joe Ed Goolsby (August 12) back to fill the

pulpit once again as a part of our anniversary celebration.

All former Whaley members and friends are invited to join us Aug. 25

and 26 to celebrate 125 years of worship and ministry in our

community.

A reunion choir of former choir members and directors will rehearse

Saturday, Aug. 25 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.  At 6 p.m. all will gather in

Fellowship Hall for an indoor picnic and old-fashioned Gospel Sing.

Sunday August 26 Rev. Dr. W. Earl Bledsoe, Bishop of the North Texas

Conference of the United Methodist Church will bring the message for

the Celebration Worship service.  He will be assisted by Rev. Dr.

Marvin Guier, Northwest District Superintendent.  The Reunion Choir

will sing for the service.  A meal will be served for all in

attendance following the service.

Welcome

Whaley United Methodist Church is located at 701 Rosedale Dr. in

Gainesville.  All are welcome and encouraged to participate in the

activities, missions, and ministries of Whaley UMC.  For information

call (940) 665-5588.  “Come Home to Whaley UMC” this summer as we

celebrate our proud past and look forward to a bright future.