At the beginning of March, a team from Greystone drove about 3 hours to Kingstree, South Carolina. The group worked on a mobile home flooded during the storm of October 2015. When the flood waters receded, the owner, who is in a wheelchair, was left homeless. Everything was lost. To become a home again, volunteers … Continued
Retreats offer a chance to get away from the routines of life so that students might hear God’s call upon their lives. For the youth of Greystone Baptist Church, the long weekend around the MLK holiday was a great example of how a retreat allows for reflection. Rather than celebrate the end of another school semester … Continued
On Christmas Eve our church took up an offering to help with flood relief in South Carolina. The Missions Team has been working with Baptists in Kingstree, SC to understand how our church can help. This area was ravaged by rising waters and is one of the poorest counties in SC. We are now ready … Continued
Brian Hollingsworth, a Greystone member, and a student at Wake Forest Divinity School recently wrote an article for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Blog (CBFBlog). You can read it here.
Most college students look forward to their winter break as a time to sleep in and relax most of the day. Some, however, are focused on sharing God’s love to others instead. Eight college students from Greystone Baptist Church traveled to Columbia, South Carolina for 3 days of flood relief with Home Works of America, joining … Continued
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With the help of numerous Greystone elves, Christmas came December 5 for our Buddy Break families. At our annual Buddy Break Christmas Party, 15 families with over 30 children eagerly awaited their visit with Santa (who brought Mrs. Claus and their favorite elf). They also had fun making Christmas crafts, decorating cookies, singing Christmas songs … Continued
Sunday Advent Worship November 29th, December 6, 13 & 20 — 8:45 & 11:00 AM “What Sweeter Music” December 13 — 6:00 PM Featuring the Music Ministries – including Adult Ensembles, Children’s Choir, Handbells and other instrumentalists, with narrators *Childcare provided Celebrating Advent Together December 2 & 9 — 6:30 PM Come celebrate Advent! On … Continued
The GBC Youth Group participated in their annual Disciple Now Retreat during the weekend of November 6-8 with an emphasis on the idea of being “Unashamed”. They met in small groups during the weekend to discuss how they can be unashamed of themselves because they were created in God’s image. They can also be unashamed … Continued
Christianity is not religion. Christianity is not religion because, at its core, the Christian faith is not about the individual and their efforts to reach something beyond themselves. Those tireless, fruitless efforts to get a handle on the key to life, to plug into power, to find a program that leads to meaning, self-esteem, happiness … Continued