Our One Legacy teams are rotating monthly updates. Below is the Reach team's progress update for November.

The Reach team's vision statement: We will effectively and strategically share the Gospel with our Jerusalem (Mentor and Lake County), Judea (Ohio), Samaria (the USA), and the uttermost parts of our world.

Here is some progress on our Reach Team goals for 2018!

Goal #1 - Every member of Grace Church to grow in prayer for:

• Their own role in disciple-making (Matthew 28:19);
• For all age groups of GCM to participate in disciple-making (Luke 10:2); and
• For us to see God grant spiritual new birth to the GCM family in light of our obedience (1 Corinthians 3:6).

As of April 2018, we have distributed the Evangelism bookmark to all of the Sunday School classes and to the congregation at large. This prayer tool is designed to assist each one of us to be praying for one another and our personal outreach.

How has God used you or someone you’ve been praying for to build relationships with the lost? Share that with your Sunday morning Bible study!

At the end of this update, please spend time in prayer for the three areas of outreach mentioned above.

Goal #2: Assist ARCH Ministries staff with regularly updating the current membership roster, membership screening, and other infrastructure needs.

Pastor Mike and the Reach Team have provided guidance and assistance to ARCH Ministries by formulating a “Like-Mindedness” document. This one-page document provides a succinct summary of the ARCH network distinctives and the basis of our churches networking together. The elders of GCM have reviewed it, and it will be part of Pastor Tim’s Disciple-making seminars and the ARCH National Fellowship in January 2019.

The following members of GCM have played and are playing a key role in the day-to-day functioning of ARCH Ministries. We want to publicly recognize them and how they are serving behind the scenes:

• Jude Leary: She works directly with Pastor Tim in coordinating volunteers and getting ARCH information from ARCH pastors around the country.
• Doug Keller: Working with Jude, he adds new pastors/churches and their information to the ARCH database. He also corrects and updates information on ARCH database.
• Blaine Lewis: He helps to identify churches that are like-minded with ARCH.
• Sharon Lewis and Josh Hartranft: Both are working with Florida representatives in preparing for the National Fellowship in January.
• Sandy Baczek and Bernadette Pelletier: Both help ARCH connect with new potential partner churches.
• Deb Molinski: She assists Jude Leary with the organization and details of the disciple-making seminars.
• As of right now, at least 17 volunteers from GCM are going to Florida in January to assist in the ARCH National Fellowship.

Please contact Pastor Mike Hixson with any questions.