Centennial Celebration In Just Over 1 Week!
New in This Issue
October 9, 2026
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Centennial Meal Help
Sign up to help with the meal for Sunday, October 18
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Did You Know? - Becoming BFC
Mennonite Brethren in Christ become Bible Fellowship Church
In Other News
More Information Below
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Sunday Worship
Pastor Aaron continuing on Corporate Worship
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Centennial Celebration
Sign-up to help with the meal on the 18th
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Operation Christmas Child
3 weeks until box collection begins ... get WOW gifts in Gym this week!
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Young at Heart
This Tuesday, October 13, at noon
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Promise Club
Buddies Needed - This Tuesday, October 13, at 6pm
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Financial Update
3rd Quarter Update
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Tap You Phone
New Tap Tags in Sanctuary
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Did You Know?
Becoming BFC
Sunday Worship
This Sunday, October 11, 2026 10 AM Worship
Order of Worship: HERE
Sermon: Pastor Aaron continuing on Corporate Worship from Daniel 9:1-11,16-19
Centennial Testimony Video: At the end of Worship
After Worship: Join us in the gym for Refreshments and Fellowship
Tables in the Gym: Pick up items for Operation Christmas Child
Online: Livestream and Past Sermons on YouTube, Worship Playlist on Spotify
Giving: Give to Grace Online, through the Mail, or Offering Boxes outside Sanctuary
Centennial Worship & Meal
Sunday, Oct. 18, 10am
God has blessed Grace Church with 100 years of ministry in Delco!
We want to celebrate God's faithfulness in worship, testimony, video, and the Word. On Sunday, October 18, we are planning a very special Worship service with guests from throughout the history of Grace. Worship starts at 10am .
We will follow the service with a meal together, including special activities for the kids !
Centennial Meal Details:
- Everyone Welcome - no reservations needed - meal is free
- Menu - homemade chili, cornbread, mac & cheese, salad, cole slaw, chips, fruit, cake
- Make Chili or Cornbread - We need a dozen people to bring a large pot of their best chili and another 15 or so to bring corn bread
- Saturday Prep - Every party needs people to put up tables and decorate the room - help us Saturday October 17 from 9am - noon, or come to help make some of the food from 10am - 1pm
- Sunday Prep or Clean-up - we need some people from 8:30-9:30am to finish prep, and some to stay after lunch to help clean up gym and fireplace room
- Sign-up to help - You can sign-up to bring chili, cornbread, or help set-up by clicking below or by email Mark HERE ... or just come join the party, you are not required to bring anything! no RSVP required to attend, just to help.
Operation Christmas Child
Time to Pray and Pack your Boxes!
Collection of filled shoeboxes begins in 3 weeks, on Sunday, November 1.
Deadline to return your boxes is Sunday, November 8!
Boxes are still available to be picked up in the left coatroom , outside the sanctuary. Or, you can use your own shoeboxes from home. If you have larger shoeboxes at home that you are not using, feel free to bring them into church and place them in the coatroom.
See our Operation Christmas Child display in the church gym this coming Sunday for WOW! gift ideas and box packing ideas. Click HERE for “Shoebox Checklist.”
We have been busy making t-shirt jump ropes for our boxes. They will be available Sunday for you to pick up and use in your boxes. A special thanks to 10 year old Nathaniel Whitt for collecting and making over 25 t-shirt jump ropes on his own. Well done, Nathaniel!!
These shoeboxes will be a big blessing to the children who will receive them. Please continue to pray over the boxes you are packing and for the children who will be receiving them.
Contact PJ Hartzell or Trish Lawton
Young at Heart
THIS Tuesday, Oct 13, 12-2 pm
Join in the fun of the 50+ crowd each month. For the month of October we are having a Fun FALL Meal. Think Soups, Chili, Apples, Pumpkins, anything that says Fall! Bring a main dish, or a side dish, or a dessert . Dress for Fall. Come for fun!
This year we want to give opportunity for different people to tell their story. Share some time in your life where God met you in a particular way, or something defining in your walk with God, or something Fun God used in your life!
For October we will have some slides from the past 100 years of Grace, and last 40 years of Young at Heart! We will also open it up for a few stories of God's faithfulness over the years.
Contact Pastor Mark for more info.
Promise Club
THIS Tuesday, Oct 13, 6-8 pm
Promise Club is a welcoming place for older teens and adults with special needs to build friendships, have fun, and grow in their faith. We’ll play games, sing songs, learn about the Bible, and enjoy time together. Our hope is to create a joyful and caring community where everyone feels loved, included, and valued. Come at 6 to hangout before club begins at 6:20! Club will end at 8 and anyone needing a ride should be picked up by 8:15.
Invite Your Friends - Open to anyone with physical or intellectual challenges. Flyers in the lobby, or FIND OUT MORE including answers to many questions on our website HERE
Buddies Needed - sign-up below as a volunteer to help!
Contact Pastor Mark
Financial Update
Year-to-Date (1/1/26-9/30/26)
Offerings are over budget by $44,437 and greater than expenses by $59,916.
The general fund covers the church’s normal day-to-day operating expenses. It does not include designated giving (ex. lift, short-term missions, etc.) or the capital budget expenses (ex. HVAC, renovations, etc.).
If you have any questions regarding giving, the budget, or financial statements, please feel free to speak with a member of the finance team or contact finance@gracebfc.org.
Tap You Phone
You can now tap your phone or scan the QR code on the back of seats throughout the Sanctuary to get instant access to things like our connect card, giving, announcements, prayer and more! questions? Contact Pastor Mark
Did You Know?
Part of a series of fun facts from the first100 years of Grace
Becoming BFC
When Grace was founded in Chester it was a part of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ denomination. Over the years churches joined together and increased the size and scope of the denomination. In the 50s and 60s the denomination as a whole began to change some of its beliefs, and the PA Conference decided they could not follow suit. So they broke off of the larger denomination and renamed themselves the "Bible Fellowship Church". They also reworked some of their articles of faith to become more reformed in their understanding of salvation. Since that time the Bible Fellowship Church has continued to grow and today has over 60 churches across several states and Mexico.
Find out more about the BFC at BFC.org
Also available as Markdown.