Gateway Church

Attention Ladies!!  We will be kicking off a series of meetings focusing on the glorious grace of God on Thursday, September 2nd at 7:00 p.m. at Java Garden where we will share dinner and then discuss what we will be doing in the upcoming months.  Please make every effort to join us.  If you have any questions contact the church office. (423) 586-0171

Below is a schedule of meetings:

Saturday, September 25th, 6:00 p.m.

Grace to Connect

• Connecting with God (Barbara Miles and Sharon Carter)

Our relationship with God is the wellspring from which everything else in life flows.  We are meant to know Him, to continually discover more about the wonder of who He is, to develop an “easy intimacy” with the Lord.

• Connecting with one another (Debra Cooper and Jessica Escobales)

Being a part of the Body of Christ is so much more than attending meetings together.  God gives us the opportunity to grow together, sharing and developing our individual gifts, leaning on one another, covenanting together to see God’s purpose come to pass.

Friday, October 22^nd, 6:00p.m

Grace to Grow

• Growing personally       (Kathy Lane and  Chelsey Carter)

God has graced us to grow in beauty, both inwardly and outwardly, to reflect with purity and passion the image of the One who has made us who we are.

• Growing relationally     (Ruth Carpenter and Jeanine Cooper)

As women two of our most challenging and fulfilling roles are wife and mother.  Learning to bless our husbands and children is central in becoming who God intends for us to be.

Saturday, November 13^th, 10:00 a.m.

Grace to Serve

• Serving creatively and consistently       (Ruth Carpenter and Debra Cooper)

Serving in our assigned place can be amazing and amazingly difficult and draining.  We need God’s grace to overcome with joy and patience the pressure of every day service.

• Serving hospitably       (Doris Shelton and Jane Fraley)

The Scripture strongly encourages us to show hospitality to one another and even to people we don’t know.  This gracious skill can be developed and shared with confidence when our hearts are to bless one another.

Saturday, January 22^nd, 6:00 p.m.

Grace to Gather

• Gathering the lost                   (Andria Perez and Tammy Varguez)

Sharing the good news of God’s love and grace with others can be a natural outflow of our living relationship with the Lord as we engage our world day to day.

• Healing the broken        (Brenda Cooper and Denise Matchett)

The wonder of God’s grace is that our deepest pain can be our most effective avenue of ministry.  We are called to break the chains of the bound and bind up the wounds of the broken.

Since 2000, Gateway Church has been connected to the church in Cuba through Bishop Samuel Ramos and his network of churches throughout the island.  God has blessed our relationship with Bishop Ramos and the churches in Cuba.  Through the years Pastor Cooper and several other men from our church have taken short term mission trips to encourage the church that is growing in the midst of persecution.  One of the greatest areas that God has challenged Gateway Church to make an impact in Cuba is by ministering to and encouraging the pastors that labor so faithfully there.  In 2000, God challenged our body to build a house for one of the pastors in Cuba.  Since then we have committed to financially support several pastors.  We can support a pastor for only $30 a month.  This gift enables the continuing revival to have faithful laborers in the harvest.  We ask that you consider committing to all or even part of the monthly support for a pastor.  If you can’t provide monthly support, perhaps you could provide a one-time offering that is designated for the church in Cuba.  You can either place your financial gift in the offering on any Sunday morning, or you can bring or mail it to the church office at 502 S. Jackson St. Morristown, TN 37814.  All offerings intended to support the pastors in Cuba should be clearly marked as such.

Gateway Church has added a Sunday afternoon service which meets at 6:30 PM. This service incorporates spanish and english worship. The sermons will be given in spanish as well as english.

One purpose for this new meeting is to reach out to the growing hispanic community in the Lakeway Area.  For too long the most segregated day of the week has been Sunday.  We believe that the Body of Christ is composed of every nation, tribe, and tongue.  Our vision is to incorporate the diversity of the people of this region so that we stand together bearing witness to the love of Christ.  We know that in a broken world only the church can model reconciliation.

Pastor Omar Perez is giving oversight to this time of worship. Pastor Omar is the Internatiional Pastor at Gateway Church.  God has recently added he and his wife, Andria to our congregation.  Omar is a seasoned minister who established a large, nationwide youth ministry in Cuba before coming to the United States.

For more information regarding this service, feel free to contact the church office.