Prepare for Sunday

Sunday – May 17, 2026

SUNDAY MORNING

SONGS (click on a title to hear a recording)
MESSAGE
This Sunday Jeff Nickel will be preaching from Genesis 38:1-30 (God's Delight: Redeeming the Irredeemable) as we continue our series, In the Beginning.

PRAYER

CHURCH-WIDE SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER MEETING
9-9:45AM in the Prayer Room (Rm 111).

PRAYER OF THE WEEK
Let’s pray for all of the wonderful individuals and families who have just completed our Exploring Grace class. Pray that the Lord would speak clearly to each of them regarding becoming members of GCC, and that he would enable them all to develop strong relational ties within the church. Also, let’s not neglect thanking God for the amazing gift of all these folks choosing to come to our church.

PRAYER TEAM
Prayer is a vital ministry in our church; if you’d like to join the Prayer Team or submit a prayer request (or both!) please email prayer@gccdenver.org.

May Evangelism Encouragement

From Michael Robble...

During the month of May, let’s prayerfully consider the sovereignty of God in evangelism — specifically, how we and unbelievers we regularly interact with have been ‘placed together’ according to the Lord’s sovereign plan. As Rico Tice puts it, “I’ve often found that Christians recognize that God has sovereignly placed them where they live, but they don’t necessarily realize that God has sovereignly placed unbelievers in their lives.”

Who are the people you see regularly — whom the Lord has sovereignly placed in your life — but who don’t know Him? They are in your life because the Lord put them there to see and hear of the love of Jesus through you. Pray for them. Pray for opportunities to extend care to them. Pray for boldness to proclaim Jesus to them. “You are the light of the world… Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14,16)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Lord's Supper
This Sunday, May 17 we will be taking the Bread and the Cup together, remembering Jesus' death till he comes again.
Parents Be Advised...
Since our practice, generally, is to preach through entire books of the Bible on Sundays — without skipping the uncomfortable bits — we occasionally find ourselves dealing with passages we feel parents should be aware of ahead of time. So, on this Sunday, May 17 the sermon will be from Genesis 38 and next Sunday, May 24 the sermon will be from Genesis 39. Parents, please read these chapters prior to those Sundays so you're not surprised! We want you to be able to plan appropriately for your children. The language of the sermons will stay within the bounds of what we're accustomed to as a church; however, the stories and some of the language from these chapters may prompt some preparatory conversations in your families.
Monthly Churchwide Prayer Meeting
We typically hold a churchwide prayer meeting on the fourth Tuesday of every month. Our next meeting is next week on May 26, 7–8:30PM. Please come and pray with us.
Old Guys Club
The next meeting of the GCC Old Guys Club is Wednesday, May 27, 7–8:15AM (@ Dana Wozniak's office). If you are a Guy, you are over 50, and you desire to fulfill every purpose of God in the remaining time that He has allotted for you (and you enjoy donuts), please join us. For more information, please speak to Pete (pete.payne@gccdenver.org).
GCC's Kinda-New App
If you want access to all things GCC (or at least most things), you can download our new app from your phone's app store. If you're seeing this page on a desktop or tablet, you can scan the QR code for your app store with your phone. Here's the link to a page with all the download links in one place: https://subsplash.com/gracecommunitychurchwest/app 
Prepare for Sunday Is the New Big Enough Email
In 2020, we started a weekly email with up-to-date info on what's happening with GCC. It was initially the Really Big Email but got scaled back and we called it the Big Enough Email. Then we just made it an acronym — the BEE. Now everything that used to be in the BEE can be found either by clicking the link on our website under Visit Sunday (where you are right now) or, if you have the app, just look for Prepare for Sunday on the home page.
ROOTED IN GRACE | GCC COUNSELING MINISTRY
To request biblical counseling, please fill out this quick form: Rooted in Grace Counseling Request
LIFE GROUPS
Life Groups meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays and Thursdays. You can use this form to sign up for a group or ask for more info.
FAMILY ROOM & NURSING MOTHERS ROOM
The Family Room and Nursing Mothers Room are available throughout the service for anyone who feels the need to step out of the service with a baby or young child. The Family Room has space for children to play and a livestream so parents can still watch/listen to the service. The Nursing Mothers Room is a comfortable and private room for mothers and infants; audio of the service feeds into the room. Please ask a member of the welcome team if you’d like to be directed to one of these rooms.

GIVING

GCC has several giving options
  • Make a gift online (one-time or recurring) through Subsplash.
  • Mail a check to: 9050 Yates Street, Westminster, CO 80031
  • Give on Sunday morning by putting cash or checks in the white box at the back of the auditorium