Please join us for a weekend of training, appreciation, and worship. Everyone is invited!
Visit our website here to register and for more information, including details about lodging.
Registration will close on May 19, 2024. No walk-in or onsite registration will be available.
Study with us at GCS!Registration for the 2024 Summer Semester begins soon!
Academic Advising and Registration: April 29 – May 9
Below are the five courses that GCS is offering this semester. Each instructor provided a short summary of his course. Click the title to read the full description.
BI501 — Biblical Interpretation, Michael Morrison
When different people read the Bible, they sometimes come to different conclusions. We need a way to find out which reading is more likely to be right. We need to think about what we are doing when we read, and hopefully that will help us be more open to what the text actually says. BI501 Biblical Interpretation will help us read, study, understand, and explain the Bible in a way that can help others understand what the message means for us today.
CH502 — Church History: The Second Millennium, Steve Dolson-Andrew
Step into the riveting saga of Christianity’s journey through time! Uncover the triumphs, trials, and transformative moments that shaped the world’s largest faith. Gain profound insights from our spiritual forebears that will impact your life and ministry today. From antiquity to contemporary practice, the GCS Church History courses offer a thrilling exploration of faith, power, and resilience. Learn about the ancient roots of your Christian faith, connect with centuries of tradition, and understand the forces that continue to shape our world today. Enroll now and embark on an unforgettable voyage through the rich history of the Christian faith.
CM504 — Practice of Ministry, Ted Johnston
Do you now serve (or feel called to serve) within the church as a pastor or ministry leader (including Avenue champion)? If so, the Practice of Ministry course is for you! This course explores the trinitarian, incarnational roots of all Christian ministry and looks at how to live out that theology in the day-to-day ministries of the church, including worship planning, administration of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, preaching and teaching, pastoral care, evangelism, discipleship, church administration, and ministry to families.
CM513 — Trinitarian Worship, Lance McKinnon
Everyone has a theology, and everyone worships, from the Christian to the atheist. In Trinitarian Worship, we will pursue distinguishing a Christian worship understood from a biblical, Christ-centered, and historically orthodox theology. From this trinitarian and Christocentric foundation we will engage in shaping liturgical practices that escape the common fixation on the worshiper and move to center on the One whom we worship. In this way the course aims to equip pastors, worship leaders, and others involved in planning and conducting a local church’s worship service. Using a theological-historical framework, and surveying various useful tools, we will seek to discern fitting liturgical practices that aid in renewing worship in a local church resulting in a witness to Jesus Christ, our High Priest, who leads us to share in his worship of the Father by the Spirit.
CM514 — Missional Living, Charles Fleming
Missional Living is designed to help students catch the vision beautifully expressed in one of the class textbooks by Michael Reeves, which says:
Mission is rooted in the Trinity, in the very being and nature and heart of God. And this is something deeply heart-winning and attractive in Him. If there is one thing I really want, above all, to communicate in this book, it is the great truth that God is mission. As we partake in the Father’s pleasure in His Son, and the Son’s pleasure in His Father, and the Spirit’s enlivening of their mutual love, it causes us to share their love for the world.
If you take Missional Living, you can expect instruction to include video recorded lectures, inspiring reading, discussion forums, spiritual formation practices as well as online meetings with other students to discuss practical ways to implement insights learned. The course is part of a GCI initiative to better equip pastors pursuing a master’s degree and lay members who serve in GCI’s Love Avenue.
We would love to invite you to celebrate our 20th year reunion.
2024 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
20th Annual LiLY Women’s Conference
April 26-28, 2024
Embassy Suites in Independence, Ohio (in person)
“REUNION”
But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. Luke 15:20 (NIV)
Registration Fee:
$75 / $85 – Take advantage of our early bird pricing of $75 and register by Friday, April 5, 2024. The registration fee covers the meeting facilities, speakers, conference bag filled with goodies, plus lunch and dinner on Saturday.
Registration for ages 13-17 is at a discounted rate of $50.
Online registration ends on April 14, 2024.
Hotel Reservation/Cost:
Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd. Independence, Ohio
Overnight hotel rate is $129 per night, per suite, 4-person room (total with tax is $303.15 for both nights – breakfast & manager’s reception included).
Click here to make your reservation online.
Group Name: LiLY Women’s Conference
Group Code: LWC
Central Reservations Number: 1-866-344-7548
Deadline for hotel reservations at the special rate is Friday, April 5, 2024.
Register today online at gccle.church/lily
If not registering online: Mail your registration fee and make checks payable to:
Grace Communion Cleveland, 4499 Canterbury Road, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070
(Please include your name, address, phone number, emergency contact name & address, and if you are staying for Saturday night dinner)
If you have any questions, please email us at: LiLYwomensministry@gmail.com
Rosa Hulse
Women’s Ministry Leader
Grace Communion Cleveland
Like/Follow us on Facebook at LiLYWomensConference.
Please join us for a weekend of training, appreciation, and worship. Everyone is invited!
Visit our website here to register and for more information, including details about lodging.
Registration will close on May 19, 2024. No walk-in or onsite registration will be available.
“Jesus’s resurrection is the beginning of God’s new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to [inhabit] earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord’s Prayer is about.” ― N.T. Wright
Join us in participating with Father, Son, and Spirit, as they bring the kingdom near. Download our April Prayer Guide and come alongside our congregations worldwide in sharing the gospel of Jesus far and wide.
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Click here or the image below to get the full prayer guide.
We would love to invite you to celebrate our 20th year reunion.
2024 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
20th Annual LiLY Women’s Conference
April 26-28, 2024
Embassy Suites in Independence, Ohio (in person)
“REUNION”
But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. Luke 15:20 (NIV)
Registration Fee:
$75 / $85 – Take advantage of our early bird pricing of $75 and register by Friday, April 5, 2024. The registration fee covers the meeting facilities, speakers, conference bag filled with goodies, plus lunch and dinner on Saturday.
Registration for ages 13-17 is at a discounted rate of $50.
Online registration ends on April 14, 2024.
Hotel Reservation/Cost:
Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd. Independence, Ohio
Overnight hotel rate is $129 per night, per suite, 4-person room (total with tax is $303.15 for both nights – breakfast & manager’s reception included).
Click here to make your reservation online.
Group Name: LiLY Women’s Conference
Group Code: LWC
Central Reservations Number: 1-866-344-7548
Deadline for hotel reservations at the special rate is Friday, April 5, 2024.
Register today online at gccle.church/lily
If not registering online: Mail your registration fee and make checks payable to:
Grace Communion Cleveland, 4499 Canterbury Road, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070
(Please include your name, address, phone number, emergency contact name & address, and if you are staying for Saturday night dinner)
If you have any questions, please email us at: LiLYwomensministry@gmail.com
Rosa Hulse
Women’s Ministry Leader
Grace Communion Cleveland
Like/Follow us on Facebook at LiLYWomensConference.
Please join us for a weekend of training, appreciation, and worship. Everyone is invited.
Visit our website here to register and for more information, including details about lodging.
Registration will close on May 19, 2024. No walk-in or onsite registration is available!
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”(Revelation 7:9-10)
“This image of heaven gives us a clue that ethnicity and culture have some sort of eternal value. Our ethnic and cultural differences reflect God’s beauty and creativity. At the same time, those saints from different backgrounds are united in their worship of God. Diversity in unity is part of God’s design for humanity. Our cultural differences should be celebrated, and our unity in Christ should be celebrated even more.” From “Embracing Diversity“ by Dishon Mills. Read the full Equipper article here.
In the U.S., February is Black History Month. Black History Month, also known as African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. It is a time devoted to paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history.
Does your congregation commemorate this diversity awareness month in a special way with your members and neighbors? If so, tell us about it!
We’d love to share your stories of Black History Month celebrations in Update! Send your story to info@gci.org.
We would love to invite you to celebrate our 20th year reunion.
2024 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
20th Annual LiLY Women’s Conference
April 26-28, 2024
Embassy Suites in Independence, Ohio (in person)
“REUNION”
But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. Luke 15:20 (NIV)
Registration Fee:
$75 / $85 – Take advantage of our early bird pricing of $75 and register by Friday, April 5, 2024. The registration fee covers the meeting facilities, speakers, conference bag filled with goodies, plus lunch and dinner on Saturday.
Registration for ages 13-17 is at a discounted rate of $50.
Online registration ends on April 14, 2024.
Hotel Reservation/Cost:
Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd. Independence, Ohio
Overnight hotel rate is $129 per night, per suite, 4-person room (total with tax is $303.15 for both nights – breakfast & manager’s reception included).
Click here to make your reservation online.
Group Name: LiLY Women’s Conference
Group Code: LWC
Central Reservations Number: 1-866-344-7548
Deadline for hotel reservations at the special rate is Friday, April 5, 2024.
Register today online at gccle.church/lily
If not registering online: Mail your registration fee and make checks payable to:
Grace Communion Cleveland, 4499 Canterbury Road, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070
(Please include your name, address, phone number, emergency contact name & address, and if you are staying for Saturday night dinner)
If you have any questions, please email us at: LiLYwomensministry@gmail.com
Rosa Hulse
Women’s Ministry Leader
Grace Communion Cleveland
Like/Follow us on Facebook at LiLYWomensConference.
Please join us for a weekend of training, appreciation, and worship. Everyone is invited.
Visit our website here to register and for more information, including details about lodging.
Registration will close on May 19, 2024.
