New Church Name, New Blog Post Name

Since we have changed our church name, I thought it was time to change my blog post name. This is no longer gracecommunityhawaii.blogspot.com but is now shawnkpeoples.blogspot.com. If you have the other name saved, please save this one instead. Thanks for praying for us and I hope you are as excited as we are about our new identity!

Pastor Shawn

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