What's new this week?
CHURCH-WIDE: EVENTS AND DATES TO REMEMBER
Parent Dedication
Summer Tour
CHURCH WIDE: INFORMATION
Grandview's Newest Baby
Love Your Neighbor Resource Guide
BUFFALO CAMPUS
Sunday Morning Worship Service Information
CITYVIEW CAMPUS
Sunday Morning Worship Service Information
Second Tuesday Hangout
MISSIONS
Learn More About Abigail Haagen and CMF Marketplace Ministries in Mexico City
KIDS' CAMP AND CREW456
Kids' Camp Sunday School
CANOPIES
Canopy Leader Feedback
PRAYING
Updated Prayer List
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CHURCH-WIDE: EVENTS AND DATES TO REMEMBER
Each year around Mother's Day, we have a Parent Dedication. This is a time that allows parents and the church to declare their intent to point all children toward Christ. We will have a short time for the Parent Dedication in our worship services.
At Buffalo, the following families will be participating in our parent dedication this Sunday.
The first picture is the Sweeney family: Ryan, Destanie, and Arthur.
The second picture is the Carpenter family: Ben, Corrie, Oliver (previously dedicated), and Arlo.
At Cityview, the following families will be participating in the parent dedication next Sunday.
The first pictures is the Booth family: Dakota, Anna, Harper, Tolan, and Makas.
The second picture is the McKie family: Carter, Brett, (Rhys they have already done this with) and Beck.
Summer Tour
We have some fun, church-wide, and family friendly events planned for the summer. More information will be coming soon, but mark your calendars and make plans to join us at the following:
June 12- Grillzilla at our Buffalo Campus from 5:30-7:00pm
July 10- Summerview at Paradise Acres. Movie begins at 8:30pm
July 24- Grillzilla at our Buffalo Campus from 5:30-7:00pm
August 4- Church Picnic at Rotary Park from 4:30-7:30pm
CHURCH-WIDE: INFORMATION
Grandview's Newest Baby
Matt and Alexa Northrup welcomed baby Moses Declan into the world last week. He was born on Thursday, May 2. He weighed 7 lbs 9 oz. Everyone is doing well. We started a Meal train for them. If you would like to bless them with a meal as they adjust to being a family of five, please click here.
Love Your Neighbor Resource Guide
We covered so much ground during our spring semester. We all have room to grow and develop and embrace this call of discipleship and the command to love our neighbor as ourselves. We put together this resource guide with action steps, partner organizations, and contacts to give you some practical, tangible ways to love all different types of neighbors well. Your relationships matter and the way you love your neighbor may be the way they experience the love and grace of Jesus by seeing those elements in us.
As a church we have strategically focused extra energy and investment with five partner organizations as part of our JCServe initiative. We have learned our impact can be greater when we focus it well. Those partners are Family Promise, South Side Elementary, Campus House at ETSU, Interyear Fellowship, and Appalachia Service Project.
You can contact Katy Woodward for more information about any of these opportunities or organizations.
Grandview Library - New Feature Book
The Grandview Library is featuring the book The Making of Biblical Womanhood. Author and historian Beth Allison Barr claims that most ideas about "biblical womanhood" rose from a series of historical moments rather than scripture.
Praying for Our Students
Although we do not have any high school students graduating this year, we do have a lot of college and high school students taking final exams. Please pray them and for all our students as they finish this school year.
We have quite a few college students who will be returning home. Please continue to pray for them over the summer. If you formed a relationship with them, send them a card letting them know that you are praying for them and look forward to seeing them again in the fall.
Food Pantry
In April, we helped approximately 17 people. Thank you to all who donated items for our food pantry.
We will happily take any food donations you would like to give and share them with those in need. Donations can be put in the bin located in the coat closet at our Buffalo Campus.
Our food pantry is open on Thursday mornings from 9:00-10:00. If you or someone you know is in need of food, come to our Buffalo Campus (300 University Parkway) or call the church office (928-7866).
Life at Grandview Form
Are you hoping to get better connected here at Grandview?
Great community is vital in the life of the church, and we want to help you take an easy first step to get connected more deeply.
Looking for a canopy? Want to learn more about one of our ministries? Hungry to find ways to serve or give back? Need to update your contact information?
Click here and fill out the Life at Grandview Form. This link is also available on our Linktree (that QR code on your weekly bulletin at the Buffalo Campus), on our Church Center App, and on our social media platforms.
Is there someone you’ve been wanting to invite to church, but you’re feeling shy about it?
If so, we would love to help you. Drop by the information table and give us the first name of the person you would like to invite. We will print it on one of these invitation cards, and have it ready for you the following week. Meanwhile, the staff will pray for them.
Then, once you have the invite card you can either give it to the person you would like to invite, or you can keep it as a reminder to invite the person.
Nothing tells people they are welcome like a personal invitation.
If you don’t have someone you’ve been wanting to invite to church, we want to encourage you to start thinking that way.
Bingo Prizes Needed
Our friends at Christian Assisted Living could use some bingo prizes. If anyone would like to donate some small inexpensive gifts (can be Dollar Tree items!) for the bingo games, It would be appreciated. Donations can be put in the container in the coatroom (near the Grandview Room) marked “Bingo Prize Donations”.
BUFFALO CAMPUS
Morning Worship Service
Sunday, May 12
Unfettered: From the Past
Aaron Wymer
First Reading: Ruth 4:13-17
Sermon Text: Acts 9:1-9, 26-27
Music During Worship Services
We at Grandview love to hear the voices of our congregation during worship! If you would like to familiarize yourself with the songs we will sing before our time of corporate worship on Sunday, they are listed below.
Buffalo 9:30
This is Amazing Grace - Farro | Riddle | Wickham
Reckless Love - Asbury | Culver | Jackson
Build My Life - Younker | Martin | Kaple | Redman | Barrett
Mercy - Redman | Myrin
Buffalo 11:00
To God Be the Glory #72 - Crosby | Doane
Reckless Love - Asbury | Culver | Jackson
Build My Life - Younker | Martin | Kaple | Redman | Barrett
CITYVIEW CAMPUS
Morning Worship Service
Sunday, May 12
Unfettered: From the Past
Nathan Cachiaras
First Reading: Ruth 4:13-17
Sermon Text: Acts 9:1-9, 26-27
Music During Worship Services
We at Grandview love to hear the voices of our congregation during worship! If you would like to familiarize yourself with the songs we will sing before our time of corporate worship on Sunday, they are listed below.
9:30 and 11
His Mercy is More - Matt Boswell | Matt Papa
Abide - Aaron Keyes | Aaron Williams | Jake Fauber
All Hail the Power of Jesus Name/Crown Him With Many Crowns - Edward Perronet | John Rippon | Oliver Holden | Matthew Bridges | Godfrey Thring | George Job Elvey
New Wine - Brooke Ligertwood
Cityview Second Tuesday – May, 14
Make plans to come and hangout at Grant Callahan’s apartment. Join us anytime from 6:30-8:30pm. This is a great way to get to know others at Cityview better. His address is 116 E. Market Street in JC. For more information, contact Nathan.
MISSIONS
During the month of May 2024, we are emphasizing the ministry of Abigail Haagen, who begins to serve in the mission field next month. She will be working with CMF Marketplace Ministries in Mexico City. This week we asked her to tell us more about what she will be doing, and what led her to this particular ministry…
The CMF Marketplace Ministries team in Mexico City that I will be serving with provides business courses to entrepreneurs with the goal of economic transformation. When entrepreneurs grow their businesses and lead the marketplace with Kingdom values, it benefits their entire communities.
Even when choosing which degree to study in college, I had a hard time figuring out God’s plan for my career. My constant prayer was “God, show me how to serve You with my life.” I studied international business, because I felt called to business and had always loved traveling and studying other cultures. But when senior year rolled around, I wasn’t sure which jobs to apply for. I knew God could work through any career, but was He calling me to a specific place? And then a CMF representative, Mark Jackson, came and spoke to two of my classes. He shared about his experiences serving God through business, and he mentioned the “Business as Missions” teams CMF had recently started.
Business as Missions? Sounded interesting… I took some flyers, read, and prayed about them, and a few weeks later emailed Mark to chat more about the ministries. Throughout college, God had grown a passion in me for economic transformation and social development, and this ministry in Mexico City showed me how I could use that passion and my talents to serve Him. I met the team on Zoom, chatted with Mark, and realized pretty soon that this was where God was leading me.
Learn More About our Missions Ministry Team
Grandview's Missions Ministry Team facilitates on-going relationships between our Grandview family and the missionaries/missions that we support as well as emphasizing the importance of missions in general. We host missionaries, plan events, learn about our mission partners, manage the Vision Fund (see below), oversee the Grandview Missions budget, and pray for God’s work around the world. New team members are welcome. Many opportunities for service are available. Please email Julie Burks (2023 team leader) for more information about joining the team, to request long-term or short-term support, or to receive a current mailing list of our missionaries so that you can send cards and/or packages to them.
Click here for a list of all of our Missions and Missionaries that we are currently supporting.
YOUTH
Youth Calendar
All 7th -12th graders are invited to be a part of our youth ministry. Youth Calendar is available at the information tables at each campus or online here: www.grandviewchristian.org/youthcalendar Check out the calendar for dates for Youth Worship, Youth Canopies, and other events.
KIDS' CAMP AND CREW456
Kids' Camp - Sunday School
Click here to to see what we will be learning about this Sunday! Our Kids' Camp is for kids birth-6th grade. Join us at 9:30 or 11:00am at our Buffalo Campus or at 9:30 at our Cityview Campus.
CANOPIES
Canopy Leader Feedback:
We hope this semester that your group has grown together in depth, in faith, and in your passion to love your neighbor in the way Jesus modeled for us. If you lead one of our canopies, we would deeply appreciate it if you would complete this semester’s google form to share feedback about your group’s experience. You can access that form here: https://forms.gle/eXucKzvguxxVZzxM8<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fforms.gle%2feXucKzvguxxVZzxM8&c=E,1,ghfh2dK59kb2Iw4qY4mbydIt4kU8ME7XF_4UgiL0PBR6KGA1CyHlDgIhyV8bTSch9Eu3olwQKHGTi0mlBGgeRqrbNcnNQhYgKyHHBG_DjA,,&typo=1>
If you’d like to talk more, or would like to get connected with a canopy, contact Katy Woodward.
What is a Canopy?
In an amazing natural phenomenon called “canopy shyness,” trees in some forests grow in patterns that allow light to permeate the forest below. The whole forest can be healthy and grow together by keeping space in the canopy. This is the idea behind Canopy at Grandview.
Our Canopies are small groups who come together once a week, every other week, or once a month. Whatever your fancy, there is a Canopy group for you. Let us help you get connected into an existing Canopy or help you start a new one. For more information, contact Katy Woodward.
Canopy Groups
Here is a list of Canopy Groups. If you would like to join a canopy or get more information about our canopies, fill out our Life at Grandview Form.
Crew465 Canopy
Here at Grandview, our 4th - 6th grade students are part of a group called Crew456. We invite all Crew456'ers to join us on Sunday evenings from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm for a time of study and fellowship! We meet at our Buffalo Campus. For more information about Crew456, contact Leah Short.
Youth Canopies
All 7th - 12th grade students are invited to join us! We meet at our Buffalo Campus on Sunday evenings from 5:00pm - 7:30pm. We divide up by age and gender and our small groups are led by an intergenerational team of adults in our church. For more information, contact Joy Eden. Check out the calendar in the "Youth" section of this newsletter.
College Age Canopy
Grandview's College Age Canopy meets at the Interyear House weekly on Sundays for a combination of service, faith conversations, and fun. Follow us on Instagram @grandviewcollegeage for updates and info!
Calling Group
This group serves Grandview’s shut-ins, those in the hospital, and those in need of pastoral care. They meet at our Buffalo Campus each Tuesday morning at 9:45am. This is a great way to meet new people and care for others.
Women's Bible Study
This group meets at our Buffalo Campus in the Virginia Street Room on Tuesday afternoons at 2pm. All women are welcome to join them.
Widows Might
All widows are invited to participate in this canopy. They meet once a month usually for an activity, lunch, and fellowship. For more information, contact the church office.
Looking Ahead:
- May 20: 11:30 at Willow Springs Park. Bring your own lunch. Afterwards, we will head to Family Promise to help out in the thrift store (hanging clothes, organizing, or whatever help they are needing). Bring a chair and sunglasses, we will most likely be sorting things outside.
Faith in Living - Adult Sunday School Class
The Faith in Living class meets at 10:45 am in the Grandview Room at the Buffalo Campus. All are welcome to join them!
Schedule:
One Scripture Passage That Has Meant Much to Me
April 7 - John 16:4b-15 (14:1...27; 15:1...11)- David Roberts
April 14 - John 5 (4,6) - Phyllis Fox
April 21 - Luke 15:11-31 - Doug Fox
May 12 - 1 Corinthians 12,13 - David Chapman
Four Hebrew Words Every Christian Should Know - Dr. J. Lee Magness
April 28 - SHEMA - "Hear, O Israel"
May 5 - HESED - "For I desire Mercy"
May 19 - BERITH - "God who keeps Covenant"
May 26 - SHALOM - "And give you Peace"
Highlights from the Psalms (51-100)
June 2 - "Have Mercy on Me, O God" - Psalm 51:1-19 - David Chapman
June 9 - "Fools Say There Is No God" - Psalm 53:1-6 - Phyllis Fox
June 16 - "Lead Me to the Rock" - Psalm 61:1-8 - David Roberts
June 23 - "O God, My Soul Thirsts for You" - Psalm 63:1-11 - Doug Fox
June 30 - "Make a Joyful Noise to God" - Psalm 66:1-20 - David Chapman
S.A.L.T. Class - Adult Sunday School Class
All are welcome to join them at 9:30 am in the Virginia Street Room.
Schedule:
May, - the class is studying Restoration leaders and documents led by David Siebenaler and Dennis Helsabeck.
June - the class is being taught by Ron Kastens. He will be teaching about encounters with Jesus.
July - Pat Magness topic prayers in the bible
August Rich Aubrey topic misunderstood bible words
Church and Community - Adult Sunday School Class
All are welcome to join them at 9:30 am in the Stone-Campbell Room. This class studies books of the Bible.
PRAYING
Morning Prayer - Weekdays at 7am
Join us online each weekday morning for Morning Prayer. We are live at 7am on our Grandview Facebook page or you can watch at your convenience anytime.
Prayer and Care
We have an online prayer chain to help us pray for the needs of Grandview's members, attenders, and those who are connected to them. If you are not already part of this group and would like to participate, contact the church office (call: 928-7866 or email: office@grandviewchristian.org).
Prayer List: This week we are in prayer for . . .
Sara Alvey (niece of Cathy Parris - multiple health issues)
Samuel Arnold (ongoing health issues)
Jerry Banner (recovery after shoulder surgery)
Dianna Breeden (Beth Kilgore's mom, Guillain-Barre syndrome)
Willy Buckner (ongoing health issues)
Shelley Coonan (Rebecca Lockridge's aunt - cancer)
Vickie Emery (friend of Lucy and Dick Phillips - cancer)
Alex Garrison (Guillain-Barre Syndrome)
Treavor Hayes (ongoing health issues)
Don & Connie Humston (friends of Carol Garrison - Don has dementia & Parkinson's)
Matthew Ledford (auto accident)
Rolando McAdam (Gary and Debbie Boone's daughter's father-in-law, chemo for colon and stage 4 lung cancer)
Karen Mustain (friend of Carol Garrison - breast cancer)
Lee Nakoff (Keith's step-mother - back surgery and heart issues)
Lexanne Redman (friend of Candice Yates - stroke, seizure, and possible cancer)
Rich Spurgin (ongoing health issues)
Becky Swain (healing after accident)
Karen Voke (healing after hip surgery)
Jim Wise (ongoing health issues)
Those needing the gospel
Family/Friends in Military
James Dollard
Chris Smith
Dustin Horton
Ian Frazier
Jonathan Spitznas
If you would like to place your own or another name on this weekly prayer list, you may call the church office (928-7866) or talk to one of the ministry staff. Names will remain on the list for 4 weeks unless a request is made that they remain on the prayer list.
GRANDVIEW'S PODCASTS
For those who want to listen to Grandview sermons on the go, they're now available as podcasts--one for the Buffalo Campus and one for the Cityview Campus. Check them out! New sermons will be added every Wednesday.
You can find the podcasts on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and a variety of other outlets. If you can't access them on your podcast app of choice, please let the church office know.
Buffalo Sermons
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yy86lx4s
iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq3jvso
Google Play: https://tinyurl.com/y5paj45x
Cityview Sermons
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y3lj35f2
iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/y65k6alw
Google Play: https://tinyurl.com/y59xz6s2
GIVING
We are excited to share with you the following ways to give. If you have any questions, you can contact the church office or our Treasurer - Brandon Rogers.
Use the Church Center App: Download from Google Play or Apple App Store. (Links at https://churchcenter.com) At bottom of screen, click the Give button. Give to your choice of funds, as one-time gifts, or schedule recurring gifts, using a debit/credit card or directly from your bank account (ACH). If you want to “split” your gift between two or more funds, you will need to Give Online or Text-To-Give (See next two items below)
Give Online (Church Center): Go to https://grandviewchristian.churchcenter.com/giving. This is the same Church Center App but viewed online as a webpage. You can give in the same ways described above. And here you can split your gift between two or more funds, easily.
Text-To-Give (Church Center): Text the “$” dollar amount you want to give to “84321” and you will get a reply text link to Church Center’s web page allowing you to give in the same ways described above. Give to a specific fund, or split funds in your text message. (For example, to give $40 Total by giving $10 to each online fund, you would text “$10 Buffalo $10 Cityview $10 Unreachable $10 Partnership”) You can use the “bolded” words as shown in the example for the funds, or else you will have to type the full fund names as shown below.
Available Funds for Online Electronic Giving:
General-Fund-Buffalo - For discretional spending for Buffalo Campus, per budget. Used where needed most.
General-Fund-Cityview - For discretional spending for Cityview Campus, per budget. Used where needed most.
Unreachable-Capital-Campaign - Established to pay off Church Mortgage, launching Cityview, and other improvements.
Partnership-Fund - Separate Fund for privately and confidentially helping members and others in need.
If you need help with anything above, or want to give electronically to a fund not listed above, or if you want to give electronically in memory of a member who as passed away, please contact the Church Treasurer, Brandon Rogers, for assistance at treasurer@grandviewchristian.org.
FREE Electronic ACH Giving / Covering Credit Card Costs (Optional): In the past, members asked to “voluntarily” cover credit card gift costs which was hard to do as costs were variable. Now, costs are lower & fixed, so you can easily elect to cover those costs just by checking a box when giving. Totally Optional! If you do so, the extra amount is added to your gift. The net gift amount appears on all receipts & statements.
***Checking account (ACH) gifts are essentially FREE to Grandview***The actual cost paid is $0.30 cents per gift (less than a postage stamp), and you can optionally cover that cost if you wish. If you do not, a donor has pledged to cover, on behalf of Grandview, all the $0.30 cent fees for any ACH gifts on Church Center. The anonymous donor wants all electronic Church Center checking account (ACH) giving to be free to both Grandview and you!
Church Center / Deductible Giving only / Receipts: All Church Center electronic giving is for gifts only. You may pay electronically for any non-tax-deductible payments for Two4Two, Youth trips, or Children’s events, as part of the registration process for those events. A donation receipt is automatically emailed when your gift is processed (even cash or checks.) You can toggle that receipt feature on and off in the app (or online). If you need any assistance with any of the above, please contact the Treasurer.
Cash and Checks are always welcome in the offering plate/giving boxes. You can split your gift between funds with a memo field note, or with separate checks, whichever you personally prefer.
Important notes: When writing a check to the Capital Campaign, please write “Unreachable” or “Campaign” in the memo field. If you write “Cityview” in the memo, your gift will be allocated to the Cityview General Fund. All checks should be payable to “Grandview Christian Church,” not payable to any fund or campus. Please do not mail cash anywhere! And do not mail checks to the Treasurer’s home address or any other staff member’s home address.
If you desire to mail a check, please mail to:
Grandview Christian Church
Attention: Brandon Rogers
300 University Parkway
Johnson City, TN 37604
STAFF, ELDERS, and MINISTRY LEADERS...HELPING US SERVE
Feel free to contact the church office at 928-7866 or office@grandviewchristian.org if you have any questions or concerns you would like to share with us. You can also reach out to our staff members directly by emailing to their first name followed by @grandviewchristian.org.
Aaron Wymer, Senior Minister
Heather Lawson, Executive Minister
Brett Hyder, Worship Minister
Cody Mudrack, Livestream Technician
Katy Woodward, Discipleship Minister
Leah Short - Children's Minister
Joy Eden, Youth and College Minister
Noah DeLong, Choir Director
Brenda Money, Office Administrator
Brent Nipper, Business Administrator
Nathan Cachiaras, Campus Minister
Joy Eden, Youth and College Minister
Evan Magness, Worship Minister
Luke Floyd, Worship Minister
Molly Dines, Children's Minister
Patrick Prodger
Jacob Wickerham
2024 Elders
Phyllis Fox (Elder Liaison for Connections at Buffalo)
Theresa Garbe (Elder Liaison for Missions)
Tim Bomgardner (Elder Liaison for Property)
David Chapman (Elder Liaison for Partnership Fund)
Jane Allman (Elder Liaison for Connections at Cityview)
Brent Nipper (Elder Liaison for Staff Relations & Safety at Buffalo)
Buddy Swain (Elder Liaison for Fellowship)
Mike Sweeney (Elder Chair)
2024 Ministry Team Leaders
Becky Allsop - Partnership Fund
Julie Burkes - Missions
Craig Hardy - Property
Jeff Keeling - Connections at our Cityview Campus
Kristen Mudrack - Discipleship
Brent Nipper - Safety Team
Melissa Reading - Fellowship
Cindy Schade - Connections at our Buffalo Campus
Beth Bartchy-Smith - Staff Relations
Cindy Wymer - Connections at our Buffalo Campus
Brandon Rogers - Treasurer
Daniel Swain - Assistant Treasurer
2024 Trustees
Neal Voke
Jerry Banner
Scott Dines