THIS SUNDAY:

The Devil's Playbook
Part 9: My Way
Text: James 4:6-10

Pride is the last of the eight thoughts and Evagrius considered it the most dangerous, because it can only attack once the other seven have already been defeated. It doesn’t need an audience the way vainglory does; it just needs you to believe that whatever you did, you did it yourself. Pride, if left unchecked, doesn’t just cost you your humility-it costs you your grip on reality itself. James gives us the only real answer: submit, resist, draw near, humble yourself. The antidote to a self-made life is a fully surrendered one…see you Sunday!


PRAYER REQUEST

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.

 

Please remember those

in our church:

Rob Harvey

Evelyn Pierce

Traci Elliott

Ted and Martha Stone

Beth Wood

Alethea Young

Wayne Garrett

Joan Davis

Amy and Joe Nelson

Cheryl Standard

Libby Saunders

Hal and Cacky Newberry

Olivia Whaley

Karen Roberts

Art Pintado

Please remember those

in our community:

Sherri Payne

Warren Vannest

Pat Blanks

Wanda Dyess
Emma Lynn Rowell

Jewel Wilbanks

Ken Weidner

Stephen Brinkman

Carla Napoli
Joe Briley
Ariana Crenshaw
Steve and Sally Waldorf

Byrd Selby

Billy Cauley

Mandy Gunter

Brenda Boyd

Paula Vaughn
Bill and Karen Young

Cathy Dyer

Louise Sallstrom

Judy and Maxwell Young

Ted Waddle

Mary and Frank Olson

Ronnie & Jim Anne Brett

Hilda Taylor

Rick Pfeifer

 

Send us your Prayer Request - Questions - Comments

Opportunities to Serve

Our Kids Ministry is growing, and we want to make sure every child who comes through our doors is welcomed, loved, and able to fully participate in the life of our church. As we continue welcoming children with autism, learning disabilities, and other unique needs, we have two important opportunities to serve.

First, we are looking for someone with professional training or experience working with children with special needs who can partner with Kristin, our Kids Ministry Director. This person would help us evaluate and improve our learning environments, develop best practices, and equip and train our Kids Ministry team to serve these children well.

Second, we are building a team of buddies—caring adults and students who can come alongside individual children when they need a little extra support. A buddy helps a child participate alongside everyone else: learning about Jesus, joining activities, building friendships, and knowing that they belong.

You don't have to be an expert to be a buddy. You simply need a heart for kids, a willingness to learn, and a desire to help every child experience the love of Jesus and the life of His church.

If either of these opportunities sounds like a way God may be calling you to serve, contact Kristin at children@graymethodist.org


Church family our Nativity Team needs your helping hands and tools! We will be repairing THE WALL that was badly damaged last year as well as sorting, organizing, and moving items into a temporary storage container**.

Join us Saturday, October 17th from 9AM -1PM. Bring your hammer, drills, power cords and jig saws. If anyone has a truck and trailer, that would be helpful as well!


**You will notice a Conex container parked by the nativity shed that will be used as temporary storage.

We are taking a team back to Ensenada with Yugo Ministries July 4-9, 2027! If you are interested in learning more and would like to participate, please join team leaders Chad and Valerie Brown for an interest meeting on Sunday, October 4th following the 11AM service in Conference Room 1.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Join us at Clinton Methodist, Wednesday mornings at 10AM as Pastor Brian leads us on a trail guide through the book of Revelation.

Our next Baptism Sunday will be this Sunday at both the 9AM and 11AM services! (Please note for the 11AM service, Pastor Jason would like for our Kindergarten-5th graders to remain in the 11am service to celebrate all the wonderful baptisms that will take place. Our 3s, 4s, and Pre-K kids will be invited to attend their regular class. Nursery will be available for both services.)

The Dementia Caregiver Support will be hosting a "Dealing With Dementia Workshop" on Friday, October 2nd from 9AM-1PM (lunch provided) at Clinton Methodist Church. There is limited availability and reservations are required! Please call 478-986-3668.

HAPPY HEARTS

WOMEN IN MISSION

SIX33 STUDENT MINISTRY

Groups will meet at various host homes. Be sure you are signed up for Remind to see where your group meets! 


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GROW KIDS MINISTRY

For our 11AM service, Pastor Jason would like for our Kindergarten-5th graders to remain in the 11am service to celebrate all the wonderful baptisms that will take place. Our 3s, 4s, and Pre-K kids will be invited to attend their regular class. Nursery will be available for both services. Can't wait to see everyone on Sunday!

September 27th:

Preschool 9:00AM:

Meredith Barnwell


Preschool 11:00AM:

Kristin Long


September 30th:

Preschool:

Amy Thompson


Elementary:

Julie Edwards

Ben Brooks

Matt Scroggins

Stephanie Wilcox

Ashley Moore

Garrett Faircloth

 

Communion Team

SUNDAY, September 27, 2026


Richelle Hinson

Scott Hinson

Jennifer Carr

Doug Carr

Megan Fowler


We need 3 people to serve this Sunday and 5 people for next Sunday, October 4th. Please click the link below to sign up for the day(s) you are available!

COMMUNITY EVENTS

The Great Grayberry Pumpkin Hunt (formerly The Not-So-Scary Grayberry Spectacular) will take place at First Baptist in Gray on October 24th from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Everything at the pumpkin hunt will be free and open to the community!

Some new things to be on the lookout for will be free food, new games, a hayride, cake walk and of course a pumpkin hunt! 
Gray Methodist will be doing the cake walk and face painting! If you'd like to help with either of those stations, click the link below. There is also a link below to sign up to decorate your trunk and hand out candy during the event.

SAVE THE DATE!! Fields of Faith will be held at the Jones County High School football field on Sunday, November 1st! Tailgate starts at 3:30PM, gates will open at 5:30PM and worship will begin at 6:30PM.