Meaningless Songs
Sing your way through Ecclesiastes
Here are a few musical arrangements inspired by the book of Ecclesiastes.
Dust | Kings Kaleidoscope
Meaningless | Jonathan and Emily Martin
A Time for Everything | Indie Folk Worship
Hartland Concerts
Summer is in full swing and Hartland’s concerts are well under way. Concerts begin around 7pm every Thursday evening at Nixon Park in downtown Hartland. Bring a chair or a blanket, invite a friend, and enjoy a summer evening in the community with live music of all genres.
Thursday Evenings Together
If you want to be kept in the loop with all the summer activities going on with Grace Hill Church, then join the Summer Group. You will receive notifications regarding all the happenings that are posted throughout the summer.
Before You Use A.I.
“For $1.99 a minute, you can now pray with an AI Jesus. It’ll quote Scripture. It’ll sound compassionate. It’ll remember your name. But it’ll never know you, and it’ll never be able to give you what only the real Jesus can. Because wisdom has never come from under the sun. It has always, and only, come from above it.” - Darin White
Before You Use AI, Read Ecclesiastes
The Gospel Coalition recently published the article, “Before You Use AI, Read Ecclesiastes.” The author explores the current trends that intersect between Christian culture and the use of AI. The article is a relevant supplement in light of our current study through Ecclesiastes.
Lisbon Festival
Spend a Saturday serving the community this summer and mingle with our neighbors. Lisbon Community Park will be hosting an event on Saturday, June 20th from 11AM-4PM complete with children's inflatables, a rock climbing wall, horse-drawn wagon rides, a petting zoo, and live music.
Saturday, June 20th |11am–4pm
What’s So Great?
Do Christians choose to have faith, or is faith a supernatural work of God? Far from an abstract intellectual exercise, this question has vast implications for the hope, joy, and assurance of the Christian life. When the truth of God’s sovereign grace breaks into our minds and hearts, it changes everything.
It’s All About Grace
In his book, What’s So Great About The Doctrines of Grace? author Richard Phillips takes us on a tour of the doctrines of grace, also known as the five points of Calvinism. With clear biblical exposition, he helps us to see the extent of our corruption in sin, to anchor our faith in the fullness of grace, and to trust in God’s promise to finish what He started—the salvation of His people. When we rely on God’s all-sufficient grace, we can truly live for His all-consuming glory.
What’s So Great About The Doctrines of Grace? - Richard Phillips
You can order Phillip’s book online, or swing by the church bookstore and grab a copy. Find a friend or someone from church to read through the book together and share what you are learning. Or better yet, come join us at 8:30am on Saturday, June 30th at the Mill St. Cafe to discuss the book together.
Participation Trophies
Congratulations! You all get a participation certificate in this life! Every single one of us who has ever lived will one day receive a certificate of death. Though this is sobering, and quite possibly not the certificate you were hoping for - it is yours. No one will be excluded. This is equality at its finest.
The Pursuit of Wisdom will not Prevent your Death, but it will keep you Alive.
For those who believe in Jesus there is life forevermore. The God man came to this earth, to live “under the sun” as a man. In God’s perfect wisdom he came, not to avoid death, but with the intent to die. And through His humiliating death the unimaginable happened - He conquered death and rose from the grave fully alive!
Jesus is Alive!
Though we will all truly die, few of us will ever truly be alive. In Christ, we receive the greatest reward imaginable through faith in Him. We are inheritors with Jesus. We are participants with the Son. And what we are given is the most wonderful gift - the gift of eternal life!
Know, And Be Known
The local church: A place where your pastors are more than just a voice you hear from a distant stage. A place where you can call or text your pastors at any hour. A place where you can share meals in member’s homes and engage in life-changing living room discussions. A place were everyone knows your name. A place to know Christ and to be known by Him.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
John 10:27
Come know and be known. A local church is where you know your pastors, and your pastors know you. One relational mark of our Chief Shepherd, Jesus, was that his sheep not only knew his voice but that their shepherd knew them. We expect nothing less for our local church, than to follow the model of Jesus.
Come Know & Be Known
The local church is a place where men and women know one another, exhort one another, care for one another, and love one another. Many of the commands given throughout Scripture are nearly impossible to fulfill if we simply do not know one another. So we make it our ambition to know and be known.
Parade In Merton
Show up on Monday, May 25th for the annual Village of Merton Memorial Day Parade. This is the biggest event of the year for our village. If you’ve ever wanted to see every Merton resident flood Main Street, then this the day to be in the Village.
Monday, May 25th at 10am
Grab a friend from church and a neighbor and arrive early to claim a spot along the parade route. This is a phenomenal time to interact with people from the community and remind our neighbors that Grace Hill Church is here for the people of the Village.
All of Merton in One Place
Summer Is Near
The days are getting longer, the evenings are getting warmer, boats are cruising the lakes, and neighbors are working up their gardens. Spring is in full bloom and Summer is around the corner! Though there are more than enough warm weather activities that keep us busy, we want to find time to be together this summer.
Summering Together
Rather than planning summer church events and programs, we want to encourage everyone to join the Grace Hill Church “Summer Group” where every member has the option to invite or join in on any activity or event throughout the summer.
The “Summer” group on Church Center is the Grace Hill hub for all summer activities. If you're heading to a concert at Nixon Park, hiking the Ice Age trail, paddle boarding down the lake, riding bikes on the Bugline, setting up a camping excursion, or venturing off to any community event in the area - just drop a message in the Chat feature and trigger a notification for others in the church to join in on the summer fun! Or better yet, simply join in on the fun as others post their summer adventures and invite you to tag along!