Join us on Christmas Eve at 4:00 pm for a candlelight service where we will worship and celebrate our Savior. Christmas is not just the coming of Jesus, it’s the coming of a new understanding of what God is doing, a new reality of his eternal presence, a new meaning for our existence, a new purpose for our lives --- it’s a whole new world!
It is time for our fifth annual GCR chili cook-off!
We are calling everyone, adults, teens, groups, and kids, to bring their best chili. We will enjoy a time of eating and fellowship together while judges taste each chili, and awards will be given to the best chili!
Family Promise is one of our local missions partners that is on the front line of Midland’s effort to reduce homelessness while transforming the lives of families in need.
GCR will be providing dinners and groceries for families that are participating in the Family Promise program. Sign up with the button below to serve!
Mission Agape is hosting a Christmas store for our community members who need extra help this Christmas season on December 19 in the GCR gym. We expect to hit a record-high number of kids to bless this Christmas! Please sign up below if you'd like to volunteer to help families shop during the event.
Cozy up, grab your flannel, and SAVE THE DATE for the GCR|Kids new and original performance “Campfire Christmas!” on December 11.
Rehearsals for kids will be held on Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 7:30 starting October 23rd. We hope all of our Explorers and World Changers (3-year-old class-4th grade) can participate. Contact Kristin Rampton with any questions.
Aloha, Lovely Ladies of GCR!
We’re thrilled to invite you to a very special Luau Christmas Party hosted by the GCR|Sisterhood! Get ready to embrace the spirit of Christmas with a tropical twist—it’s going to be a night of joy, laughter, and sisterhood!
Date: Sunday, December 8
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: DeAnn McGraw’s Barn
Cost: $5 (suggested donation)
What's in store?
✨ Delicious food
✨ Games, laughter, and fellowship
✨ Fabulous prizes for the best luau-inspired Christmas costume!
Dress in your favorite tropical Christmas attire—think leis, Hawaiian prints, or a Santa hat with a tropical twist! Let’s celebrate the season together and make beautiful memories as sisters in Christ.
🌺 Bring your friends, bring your laughter, and let’s make it a night to remember! 🌺
Calling all moms and daughters to join us for a time of cookies, painting canvases, and Christmas joy! Grandmother and granddaughter team, Kathy Futrell and Lillee Hill, will guide us in a festive painting while we eat cookies and spend quality time together.
This event is for 3-year olds-12th graders and their moms and will be from 10:00-11:30 in the GCR gym.
Make sure to wear your Christmas PJs!
Registration is currently full. If you’d like to be put on a waitlist, please e-mail ashlee.hill@gcrcc.org with your name, contact info, and names and ages of your children.
The 4 Midland churches are swapping preachers ahead of our first combined Thanksgiving service on November 24. Allan is preaching at First Baptist that morning while Steve Brooks, pastor of First Methodist, is preaching here at GCR. The special day of Christian unity concludes with all four churches coming together to worship in thanksgiving at 5:00pm at First Baptist.
A Breakthrough Retreat is a 24-hour getaway with 20-24 GCR members to experience a breakthrough to transformation and mission. You will be introduced to several traditional spiritual disciplines that will equip you to more creatively and effectively engage God through Word and Prayer. We’ll pray Scripture, explore ancient prayers, dwell in the Word, read with our senses, and reflect theologically in meaningful conversation.
The cost is $15 per person and includes overnight accommodations at The Way Retreat Center in Midland, three meals, and all the materials.
GCR’s second Wednesday MidWeek in November is all about service. We’ll gather at 6:00 p.m. in the gym to share in desserts, coffee, and hot chocolate with Mission Agape clients, distribute Thanksgiving food boxes, pack Birthday boxes for our local missions partners, and pack weekend food bags for elementary students. Come serve with the GCR Family.
Kick for Kenya is one of the largest, longest running races in the Permian Basin. 100% of all entry fees will be used to fund the high-school education of orphans living in one of KWO’s 16 Children’s Homes in rural Kenya.
The next GCR|Sisterhood R.E.A.L.(Relationships, Encouragement, Authenticity, Love) night is this Thursday, November 7, at 7:00pm in the home of Donna McGraw. LaLena Carpenter is sharing her story. These are great nights to connect with other women at GCR and be encouraged by a testimony of God’s faithfulness.
Everyone is invited to the next teacher breakfast/training on Saturday, November 2, in the Gathering Space from 7:30-11:30 am. Jim Tuttle and Jarrod Hutchinson have written our curriculum, "Promised Land Living.” They’ll review the material with our teachers, class leaders, and anyone interested in getting a glimpse into this series on the book of Joshua.
HARVEST PARTY AT FAMILY PROMISE!
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Family Promise Campus (2908 W Ohio Ave.)
This year, we want to be missional with our Harvest Party. So, we'll be setting up our Harvest party for the families of Family Promise. We'll have trunks, food, and games for these families and their kids! We want to make meaningful connections with these families and join in the work of God at Family Promise.
Contact Ryan Rampton if you have any questions.
Parenting in today’s culture isn’t easy—whether you’re a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, mentor, or friend. But you don’t have to navigate it alone!
Join us on October 9 at 6:30 for an inspiring and transformative evening with Candy Gibbs, a renowned author, national speaker, pro-life advocate, and expert in parenting. As a wife and mother, Candy brings a wealth of experience and wisdom, and she’s passionate about helping you raise and release godly sons and daughters who are unwavering in their faith and driven by purpose.
This night is more than just a talk—it’s an opportunity to gain practical tools, receive encouragement, and connect with others who are on the same journey. Let’s come together to build a generation that stands firm in faith and walks boldly into their future!
Don’t miss this chance to be equipped and inspired. Join us for a night of wisdom, encouragement, and practical strategies to raise the next generation with confidence.
During the event, activities for kids of all ages will be available in our kids and youth areas. Check-in begins at 6:15.
Discover GCR is an opportunity for you to explore membership and learn more about who we are! It is immediately following worship in the Gathering Space. Lunch and childcare are provided.
Join us for a MidWeek Night of Worship on Wednesday, September 11! We’ll kick off the evening with a delicious dinner at 5:30 PM in the gym—come hungry and ready to connect with our church family.
At 6:30 PM, the real celebration begins! As we worship together in the Worship Center, we’ll unite our hearts and voices in a powerful time of praise and worship.
Don’t miss this incredible night to worship our Lord together. Come as you are, bring a friend, and get ready to praise God together!
WONDER Conference is a fun, engaging event for women of all ages. As women, we are powerful and unique expressions of the beauty of God on the earth, made to release His glory and presence to the world. Join us as we discover the beauty of who God is and who He has created each of us to be. We believe God will equip you to live a life of wonder. We’ll worship, pray, and be inspired as we encounter the empowering and captivating reality of Christ in us.
Where: The Hills Church in North Richland Hills
When: September 21, 2024 | We’ll carpool to Dallas on Friday, Sep. 8 and stay at the Hilton Garden Inn
Cost: $65 for the conference (paid at registration), $30 for the hotel room (paid to GCR)
When you register, you can join the GCR Sisterhood group with the passcode “gcrcc”
After registration, if you want a GCR-booked hotel room, please e-mail ryan.rampton@gcrcc.org
Sometimes drop-offs in the morning can be a tough time for kids. Let's change that! GCR is continuing its Fist Bump Crew at Emerson Elementary. We show up in the mornings and turn drop-off into a fun time of welcoming the students to school with encouragement and a fist bump. We want to make drop-off fun while making connections with students and staff at Emerson. Last year was a blast and we can’t wait for the new school year.
When: Starting August 19, then the first Monday of each month (unless that's a holiday, then Tuesday)
Time: 7:00-7:45 am
Wear: We'll provide you with your very own Fist Bump Crew Shirt
All GCR Women are invited to attend our Sisterhood Kickoff Event on August 18 at 5:00 pm in the Gathering Space.
This will be a time of connection, food, and learning about all the upcoming events planned for us in the upcoming months! Don’t miss this opportunity to gather with other women from GCR and enjoy a night of community and FUN! This event is free, but any donation to help with costs are greatly appreciated. Let us know using the link below if you’re coming.
Join the whole church family on August 14 from 6:00-7:00 pm in the family center gym for a cookout to celebrate the start of a new school year. We’ll share a meal, spend time together in fellowship, and pray over the students and teachers as they start a new year. We’ll even have some games and pickle ball set up.
No need to bring anything, just come and enjoy!
Join Ken & Marca Young and friends to celebrate 40 years of Hallal Music.
Hallal Music’s songwriting ministry began in 1984 at the Westover Hills Church in Austin, TX. Through the years Hallal has published almost 500 arrangements and original songs that have been used in churches around the world.
Some of the most prolific years of Hallal’s ministry took place at the Golf Course Road Church in Midland, TX. God used events like Stream and Rejoice to bring thousands together for worship experiences that blessed lives and helped renew many churches.
Come celebrate an evening of the best of four decades of worship music along with special moments that touched our lives and brought us closer to Christ.
We are hosting all the new teachers in the district at our building for their orientation on July 29-30. We want to be great hosts, so we are looking for volunteers to greet at the entrances and help with a coffee and tea bar in the South Rotunda in the mornings.
July 29 | 7:45-8:45 AM
July 30 | 8:00-9:00 AM
Mission Agape’s School supply distribution event is being held at GCR this year and we’d love for you to come help students in Midland fill their backpacks with school supplies. If you've never had a chance to participate in this fun event, please accept our invitation this year and come serve! Seeing so many children stuff their backpacks full of supplies is such a blessing for us!
Join us for VBS this summer. All four-year-olds through completed 4th graders are invited to celebrate the good news on July 16-18 from 5:30-8:00 each night.
Jesus gives us the most amazing reason to party. That’s why we believe God’s love and the Gospel of Jesus is the best news ever. Celebrate the good news of Jesus with us at VBS this summer.
We have been blown away by registrations, and we are maxed out
Please e-mail us to be put on the waitlist for any spots that open up.
This Summer, pregnant and parenting teenages will meet twice a month for Bible study. We hope to provide snacks each night and childcare. If you can bring snacks one night or watch some adorable babies and toddlers, sign up below.
The GCR family is taking over the Rockhounds stadium on June 5th at 6:30. Register your whole family to come enjoy the game for FREE. Your ticket includes entrance to the game as well as all-you-can-eat hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hotdogs, chips, peanuts, popcorn, cookies, and soft drinks! Tickets are limited, so get yours today! This event is limited to GCR Church members.
We are so sorry, but all the tickets we have purchased have been claimed. If you’d like to be placed on a waiting list to receive a ticket if someone cancels, e-mail ryan.rampton@gcrcc.org.
All GCR women are invited to an “End of Year” Celebration on May 5 in the Gathering Space from 5 to 7. This will be a time for reflection, fellowship, and, of course, dinner. So much of our ministry occurs during the school calendar year, so this is the perfect time to get together before summer starts.
Please register to let us know that you will be there.
All women of the Permian Basin are invited to join us for an unforgettable evening of worship with the incredible Christy Nockels! Get ready to be moved by powerful worship and the movement of the Holy Spirit as we gather together to worship our Savior.
Date: April 25, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Golf Course Road Church of Christ
Cost: $10
Come experience a night filled with joy, inspiration, and the presence of God. Let's come together as a community of women and lift our voices in praise. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to worship with women from across the Permian Basin!
Get ready to light up the night with your favorite little guy! We're thrilled to invite you to an unforgettable Mother/Son Glow Party, where you and your son can bond under the neon lights and make memories that will shine bright for years to come.
Date: April 21, 2024
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 PM
Location: GCR Gym
Dress Code: Neon and Glow-in-the-Dark Attire
Join us for an evening filled with fun and excitement as we dance, play games, eat pizza and have a blast together. Don't miss out on this enchanting opportunity to spend quality time with your son in a vibrant and electrifying atmosphere. It's a celebration you won't want to miss!
Sign up below to let us know you’re coming!
Join us for a deeply meaningful Maundy Thursday service as we reflect on the events leading up to Jesus' crucifixion and commemorate the Last Supper. As we gather to commemorate this important day in the Christian calendar, we will come together with other Christians in our community in prayer, reflection, and unity.
Op Tribe is having a family night on March 26 from 6:30-8:00 at GCR for their families and prospective Op Camp campers. We need help with greeting, food service, and clean up. This is a great way to serve OP Tribe and be an ambassador for GCR.
Are you 60 years old or older? Then you are invited to The Groovy Gala: A 1970’s Throwback Party, February 18 from 6:00-7:30 pm in the Gathering Space. GCR|Youth is hosting, serving, and entertaining all our special guests on this fun intergenerational night!
