Area Vocal Groups Come Together for Free Community Concert
From Classical to Jazz, Barbershop to Gospel, area vocal groups of all sizes and genres come together to celebrate the beauty and magic of the human voice at the East Texas A Cappella Celebration. The free community concert will be held this Saturday, April 10, at 6 P.M., in the Glenwood Church of Christ auditorium. Participating groups include The Blessing (women’s contemporary worship), Clearly Vocal (five-voice vocal jazz), Faithful Praise (gospel), John Tyler High School Choir, Then & Now (barbershop quartet), TJC A Cappella Choir and UT Tyler Patriot Singers. Performers will combine for a grand finale, conducted by Dr. Cameron Rose, Director of Choral Activities for the University of Texas at Tyler. The event is presented as a partnership between UT Tyler and Clearly Vocal. (more…)
Today is the beginning of the six weeks that we have set aside for prayer and fasting. We want you to join us in this period. We are asking several things of you.
First, we ask that you pray daily. Ask that this body receive wisdom and discernment as we choose two new ministers. Pray for the person who is to come. Also pray for those applicants who want to come, but are not selected. Pray for the process that will be used to select these new ministers. We, as your Shepherds, have not decided what that process will look like yet…and will not decide until we complete the next six weeks of prayer and fasting. (more…)
Filed under: events | Tags: caroling, children, Children's Ministry, Christmas, Christmas Choir, Clearly Vocal, Family Christmas Celebration, music, The Blessing
Mark your calendars for our Family Christmas Celebration on Wednesday, December 16, at 6 P.M., in the Family Life Center, as we eat together and enjoy a time of fellowship and singing. Dinner will be served starting at 6 P.M. Please sign the list on the kiosk in front of the Worship Center if you plan to join us so we have a count for food! Then, at 6:30 P.M., don’t miss a special Christmas music program by the Glenwood Kids, The Blessing, Clearly Vocal, the Glenwood Christmas Choir. After the program, there will be an opportunity to go caroling, for those interested, so dress accordingly.
A Million Miles In A Thousand Years Tour
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Date & Time: Wednesday, November 11, 7-10pm
Location: Glenwood Church of Christ, 5210 Hollytree Dr, Tyler, TX
Nursery care will not be available and Youth and Children’s classes won’t meet, but Youth are encouraged to come and listen to Donald Miller speak.
Donald Miller appeals to a new generation of Christians who have grown up with some exposure to Jesus and Christianity, but who have also learned not to trust well-meaning Christians. One of the young ladies who works at Lifeway bookstore here in Tyler said that Donald Miller’s book, BLUE LIKE JAZZ, was the reason she started going back to church. Many people these days are giving church another chance. It just so happens that we will have many of them with us at Glenwood on Wednesday night, November 11.
Filed under: events, worship | Tags: communion, First Christian Church, Great Communion, Restoration Movement, Thomas Campbell
It is a good thing when people come together to worship. But why did we do it? Recently, on Sunday night, October 4, Glenwood Church of Christ and First Christian Church of Tyler came together to worship on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Campbell’s, “Declaration and Address.” In it, Campbell encouraged all churches to drop the traditions of men in exchange for simple and biblical Christianity.
All over the country people came together for these worship services called “The Great Communion.” We did it because both of our churches have roots in the Restoration call, and both of our churches sometimes forget that church is simply about loving God and one another, a place where people are called to treat others in Christlike ways. But more importantly, we came together to worship. Plain and simple. We came together to worship. We can reflect a great deal about how wonderful it was to get our churches together. And it was good. But at the end of the day, our goal was to come together to give God the glory for our lives and for the gift of His Son to us.
Jeff Christian
Filed under: events, news | Tags: habitat, Habitat for Humanity, Smith County
Habitat for Humanity of Smith County has been active for twenty years providing the opportunity for safe, decent and affordable housing. The families are screened through an extensive application process, then they work hundreds of hours of volunteer time on other people’s houses before construction begins on their home, where they again work hundreds of volunteer hours. This volunteer time is called “sweat equity,” as it represents their direct investment in the purchase of their home. When complete, the families sign a twenty to thirty year mortgage at ZERO percent interest based on the cost of actually building their home, and they become tax-paying homeowners, many for the first time! In essentially every case, the total monthly payment for their mortgage principal plus taxes plus insurance is LESS than what they have been paying for the substandard rental housing they are leaving! This program is truly a “hand up,” not a “handout.”
Filed under: worship | Tags: Bob Kauflin, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, hymns, Worship Matters
The famous hymn, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” has been especially meaningful to members of Glenwood.
Here’s a recent post by Bob Kauflin on his blog, Worship Matters:
“Our church as been trying to memorize one hymn a month for the past ten months. This month we’re working on Great is Thy Faithfulness. I had the opportunity to introduce the hymn yesterday morning and was moved by its history. Here’s what I shared.
The story behind Great is Thy Faithfulness should encourage every Christian who thinks of their life as ordinary. There’s no tragic story (think “It Is Well” by Horatio Spafford) associated with this hymn. It’s just the fruit of a faithful man with a simple faith in a faithful God.”
On August 12, Brian and Kristin Robinson and their children, Grace, Madelyn, Samuel and Aaron, will leave to become missionaries in Rwanda. This is their story:
Kristin and I have both had a desire to be more involved in God’s plan since before we met. Kristin went to Harding University and during her time there she was able to attend Harding University in Florence (Italy). After her time in Italy she was just drawn to a more committed life serving others and harbored the desire to do foreign missions from that point on.
After high school I attended Oklahoma Christian. I had attempted to go to Germany as a student missionary during the summer of my sophomore year but I couldn’t because I had to work in order to pay for college. The following year, through the great sacrifice of my parents I was able to attend the OC Vienna Studies program. Although our mission experience was limited and as a young college student our efforts also were limited (self-limited, you could say) God was working on me throughout that experience. Mostly by putting great people in my path that would later direct me onto a path that would lead me to Rwanda.
Filed under: events | Tags: celebration, Celebration of Freedom, Fourth of July, freedom, patriotic
Join us from 6:30 to 8 P.M., Wednesday, July 1, for Celebration of Freedom. We will have hot dogs and hamburgers fresh off the grill, train rides for the kids, games for all ages and patriotic entertainment by Danny Burgess. Everything is free, so bring your friends and neighbors.
