The Devil's Playbook
Part 1: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Text: 1Peter 5:8-10; Luke 4:1-13

We’re starting a new series this Sunday called The Devil’s Playbook.

At any given moment, you have three voices in your head.  Yours, the Holy Spirit, and the enemy.  The problem is that all those voices sound like you.  Which means that not every thought or desire that pops into your head is from you!  Thankfully, the enemy hasn’t changed his offensive scheme–he runs the same plays over and over again.  And in this series, we’re going to show you his playbook.

Whenever someone goes in the hospital, has a medical crisis, or health concern that the pastor and church need to know about please contact Sherri Appleby at 478-972-9775 for Gray or Chris Smarr at 478-447-2379 for Clinton.

This month we will be collecting supplies for Faith Responders, a ministry partner of the Global Methodist Church that focuses on disaster response. Let's load our trailer with all the equipment needed to help support our local team. Suggested items are located at the One Thing Project table for you to purchase and/or donate towards. Grab the tag of the item you want to purchase and bring that item back no later than Aug 30th. If you are interested in serving on our Faith Responders team, click the link below and someone will be in touch with you!

Join us on Sunday August 2nd at 6PM for a Night of Worship at Gray Methodist. This will be a time of worship and prayer as we center our focus on Jesus and pray for our students and teachers as they begin a new school year.

Our next meeting will be August 7th at 2PM in Conference Room 1.

Our Morning Bible Study will resume on Wednesday, August 12th at 10AM at Clinton Methodist! Join us as we go through the book of Revelation.

SAVE THE DATE AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!! Midweek returns August 12th at 6:30PM at Gray Methodist with something for everybody! 
Men’s Fight Club - Rm 10 (upstairs)

Women's Bible Study - Youth Room (upstairs)

Midweek Moms - Conference Room 1

WILD Wednesdays (Kids Ministry) - Fold's Building

SIX33 (Student Ministry) - Worship Center (Jr. High and High School)

Midweek Moms returns August 12th with a new Bible Study - Song of Songs by Lisa Harper. Join us in Conference Room 1 for this 7 week study that will encourage you to let go of fear and self-protection, embrace God's unconditional love, and grow in intimacy with Christ. In this study you will see Jesus as the Divine Bridegroom who delights in us and invites us into a closer relationship with Him.

Midweek will be starting back on August 12th at 6:30PM and we have an exciting new Bible Study planned for you ladies! We will be meeting upstairs in the Youth Room. Lynn Murdock will be leading the study, "I'm Waiting, God" by Barb Roose.

Order your book soon!

Men, this Fall, Fight Club is digging into a modern, Christian classic on being a Christian man--John Edredge's Wild at Heart.  God designed men to be powerful, but somewhere between boyhood and the expectations of adulthood, we lost heart. Passion and dreams get buried by deadlines and disappointment. This study will help you uncover a biblical picture of who God created you to be as a man and rediscover your passion to fight for those you love and this world.

Sign up HERE and join us August 12th upstairs in Room 10 at 6:30pm.

Church family, you are invited to a baby shower for Gabe and Emmi to celebrate the upcoming arrival of their baby boy, Michael Judah Davidson! The shower will be held in the Worship Center at Gray Methodist on Sunday, August 23rd from 2PM-4PM. 
A link to their baby registry is below if you wish to get them a gift.

Our Men's Ministry will be selling tickets for a delicious Boston Butt for only $40 each all month long! Also, they will have homemade Brunswick Stew for $5/pint. Boston Butts will be ready for pick up on Saturday, September 5th between

8AM and 12Noon in the parking lot at Gray Methodist.
See Neil Deese, Glenn Carr or Wayne Roberts if you would like to purchase a ticket.

Parents of Rising 6th graders! Please save the date for this milestone event as we say goodbye to Kids' Ministry and hello to Youth Group! Our Rise Up Pool Party will be Sunday, August 9th from 4-5:30PM at the home of Dawn and Heath Mills. Sign up using the link below.

August 2nd:

Preschool 9:00AM:

Maggie Renner


Preschool 11:00AM:

Megan Gillhouse
2nd & 3rd Grade 11:00AM:

Kalie Smith

4th & 5th Grade 11:00AM:

Wendi Helms

Midweek will be returning on August 12th and if you have been looking for a way to get involved, GROW Kids Ministry is the place! There are several ways you can serve. Just click the link below for more information!

SUNDAY, August 2, 2026


Berni Melvin

We need 7 people to serve this Sunday and 4 people for next Sunday, August 9th. Please click the link below to sign up for the day(s) you are available!

Wet Ministries will provide you with a time of respite with your spouse or soon to be spouse. This retreat will include a time of worship and a time of study of the foundation of biblical marriage and family.
The retreat will be held at the beautiful Quail Country Plantation in Arlington, GA. Click the link below to register and to learn more and to register.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is hosting a Field Day at the Recreation Department on Hwy 18 on Saturday, August 15th from 9AM -12:30PM. All Middle School and High School students are invited!