Despite the rainy weather, the calendar tells us that it is, in fact, summertime. We know this to be the case because of all the activities that are upcoming. Below is the latest events that are scheduled for July and August.

July 12th - Worker Recognition Sunday

We will be having a barbecue following the worship service. Contact Pat Booth if you can make food donations for this event.

July 19th - Annual Meeting

Following the worship service, we will be having the annual meeting.

August 3rd - 7th - Hoops for Him

A Christian Basketball Camp for girls and boys entering grades 3-6. It will be held at Penobscot Christian School in Bangor. Please contact PCS at 947-2704 or Tim Pearson at 991-9733 for more information.

August 17th - 21st - VBS

We need volunteers to teach, help with crafts, enroll, help with snacks, and many other functions. This is a great outreach into the community and a wonderful opportunity to serve Christ. Contact Carolyn Sproul at 843-7585 to let her know you want to help.

Exterior Painting

The deacons are looking for a person to organize the exterior painting of the Vestry this summer. Please contact Tim Pearson, Eric Jameson, or Robyn Frick for more information about this much needed project.

Lawn Mowing

Please sign up for the second half of the season. The current schedule is posted on the events bulletin board.

Galatians 5:16-26

1. The Tale of Two Men (both names Bob)
1. New convert
2. Christian for 10 years
2. Life in the Spirit and Life in the flesh: vss. 16-18
1. Review from last week
2. vs. 18 can be confusing. “So I can just go out and what I want to do?!”
3. Deeds of the flesh: Outward sins and inward sins: vss. 19-21
1. Sins of sexual worship
2. Sins of outright false worship
3. Sins of self-worship
4. Reflections of the Spirit: vss 22-23
1. All our inner attitudes that express themselves outwardly. Not Serve! Teach! Work! Give!
5. True Life: recognition of and clinging to the promises
1. Repentance of your “real sins”. We are dead to sin, but it is not dead to us.
2. “Walk” “Follow” “Keep in step” “Live” by the Spirit

Questions to Ponder:
Do you live in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control? Do you want to?

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Galatians 5:16-18

1. Spirituality: How do we live out the gospel?
1. Many: Gospel is ticket to salvation
2. Reality: gospel is entrance into true life
2. Christian Spirituality Alternatives: vss. 16-17
1. List of do’s and don’ts that will “kill” the fleshly desires
2. A Second Chance
3. Our passage and our lives
4. Proverbs 16:25



Definition: Life by the flesh is an attitude that includes actions. It is a life of pride and self-reliance. Life by the spirit has the same struggles, but it looks in humble reliance upon God for all of life and it grows in humility before men.

3. How do we know if we are being led by the Spirit?
1. Life marked by repentance and faith, not self-reliance.
2. Life marked by coming to and trusting in Christ alone as your only hope for salvation.

Where are you today? Christ is calling us to life. Will you embrace it or walk on your own?

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Summertime is just about here and this is Part I of what is on tap at Grace Bible Church. If there other activities going on that are missing, please get in touch with Jill at office@graceforme.com so they can be added to Part II later this month or next month.

June 21st - 9:30AM - Donuts for Dad

Come share a donut and a cup of coffee with your dad or someone else’s dad prior to the worship service.

June 21st - 11:30AM - Food & Wiffle Ball

After the worship service, there will be a Father’s Day cookout and wiffle ball tournament -sponsored by our youth group. Food donations are welcomed. Contact Doug Towle at 938-2257 for more information.

June 25th - 6:30PM - Mission Meeting

July 19th - Annual Meeting

Following the worship service, we will be having the annual meeting. More details to follow.

Galatians 5:13-15

1. Easy passage to explain, but hard to live!
   1. Convicting application
2. Principle: Use your freedom to serve others
   1. Converse: use our freedom to serve ourselves: The “Flesh”
   2. We are set free: before we had no choice but to serve ouselves.
      1. We were controlled by the flesh
      2. Dead in sin
   3. Service: Doing and believing what is best for the other
3. Why the believing part? Application in verse 3.
   1. “Biting and devouring each other.” Christian cannibalism. The ruin of many a church and person.
   2. We must actively believe the best of others (like we do of ourselves!). Even in the inner dialog
   3. If we do not, we will be destroyed by each other. There is no love nor can there be love.
4. The problem with the tongue: Proverbs 26:20-28 and James 3:1-12.
   1. Relationship between the heart, the mind, and the tongue.
   2. The cure: direct, honest, and loving speech. Matthew 18:15-17.

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