This is the first time I saw the female mantis laying eggs...it was so interesting....maybe in the summer I can get a video of the eggs hatching.  Enjoy the videos and have a great Thanksgiving break!!!

Mantis laying an egg pouch...
Mantis v.s. a bee...

We had our GCC wide Vision gathering today.  I am so thankful for many who are serving this year across the different sites.  Some of you have positions but many of you just serve where you can...Thank You.  What you do is a blessing!!!

The leadership team prayed and we went out to do some spiritual surveys...we were praying that some of the encounters would lead to divine appointments.  I am hearing some good news about the outing today.  Praise God!!!  The weather definitely was nice to walk around the different campuses.  I think it is good to be out there trying to share our faith and asking people what they are thinking during the holidays.  Let's keep praying that more people will come to a personal relationship with Jesus through our ministry this coming year. Thanks again for many of you who are praying and serving GCC...what you do is a blessing!!!

Tomorrow we will be praying for the missionaries that we support. We will also collect a missions offering in response to our prayer time.  I have been looking over the missions powerpoints and I am convicted that we need to pray more for those who are partners with us for the gospel.  Let us bless them in prayer as a church.  I am so glad that many in GCC believe in the power of Biblical prayer.

It is always interesting to me that people really don't come to church on Sunday to pray.  If you make them pray more than a few minutes... I have seen people get uncomfortable and some even offended...of course not at GCC... I hope I have gotten us out of that kind of thinking. 

I remember Jesus telling us that the church is God's house.  He also said that the house of God is the house of prayer.  I believe we need to really pray for the missionaries that we support. We don't pray enough for them.  I am not talking about performance driven prayer.  I am talking about God honoring prayer that will support and even open doors for missionaries that we support.

Please come tomorrow to participate with us in praying for our missionaries. They need it and we want to lift them up to the Jesus. I am so glad that God is restoring a heart of prayer in GCC.  I really want to reach the world with our prayers tomorrow.  Come join us!!! Be ready to pray and be ready to give. 

Also remember for UC site we will be meeting at Bossone on Drexel Campus.

Bossone Center is found on 32nd and Market