This is my testimony of God’s grace, love and forgiveness in my life.

I grew up in the cold state of Minnesota in a Catholic family of four girls. I was the third child, the independent one who always figured things out for myself. My mom and dad never missed a Sunday of taking us to church. Never. Our home opened up to a forest with pine trees and deer where we explored and ran free. I loved it.

At sixteen I started seriously dating a boy 2 ½ years older than me. I felt reckless, popular, and grown up. My parents had one sex talk with each of my sisters in the formal living room at the approximate age of fourteen and all I remember of it was “don’t do it.” So a month after my sixteenth birthday, I did it. I had no idea my decision to have premarital sex would affect my whole life. I was living for the moment. It wasn’t until nearly a year later, in December of 1990 that my life would change forever. Cont...

Ladies, please join us for a night of fun and fellowship on Monday September 13th, 6:30pm at Lynne George's home. All women are invited, even if you have never played Bunco before. Sign up online or email Leslie Casserly at casserly5@cox.net.

Registration has begun for these events.

WOMEN'S RETREAT: Scheduled for October 8-10. To register, CLICK HERE.

Wednesday Morning Bible Study: begins September 15 at 9:00am. Please join us as we study 1 & 2 Peter. To learn more, CLICK HERE.

The Basics of Christianity: taught by Janet McAleer, will be offered on Wednesday mornings, before the Bible study, beginning on September 15 from 9:00-9:30am. Contact Janet at cvcboats@sbcglobal.net for more information

Shepherding A Child's Heart: a 14 week parenting class with Terri Paulick begins on Thursday September 23 at 6:30pm. To learn more, CLICK HERE.

Pursuing More of Jesus: a DVD and workbook study by Anne Graham Lotz, Monday evenings, September 27 through November 29, 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Grace. $18. To learn more, CLICK HERE.

Thursday Morning Study & Crafts: begins September 16th at 9:15am.

As part of the Grace Care Ministry, meal are provided to families and individuals in need as a result of illness, before or after surgery, new babies, mom-to-be on bed rest, etc.  If you are in need of meals, please contact Ashley Cowell at ashlee@abcowell.com. 

Also, if you are interested in being a part of the meals ministry team to provided meals for those in need, please contact Ashely.  You can participate as often as you are able.      

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Ladies, Please join us for the 2010, Grace Fellowship Church Women's Retreat, on October 8-10. This year's retreat has a new location at the Aldersgate Retreat & Cultural Center in Pacific Palisades. (www.aldersgateretreat.org)

Come relax, and rejuvenate at this historic estate. Take time from your busy schedules, where many of us push through life and don't stop to see how God is working in our lives. We will be led through a time of reflection and journaling by our facilitators Elizabeth Boocks and Lindsay Snyder as they prepare our hearts to hear from God and how He can turn our ashes into beauty.

Here are the details: Check in begins at 4pm on Friday the 8th. Check out time is 2pm on Sunday the 10th. The cost of the retreat is $225 and partial scholarships are available. For more details and to register online, please CLICK HERE.