Luke and Whitney
Join the celebration after our Sunday service out in the gardens. Luke and Whitney are back from their honeymoon. Cupcakes and light refreshments before you head off to lunch.
Best Chili - Secret Stache by Kirsi
Hottest Chili - Tongues of Fire by Michelle
Most Unusual - Icy Hot by Lucas
2014 1ST CORINTHIANS 10:31 CHILI
Freestyle Chili Cookoff
Join us for our 2015 Chili Cook Off. Anyone can enter. You don't need to attend our church.
Fabulous prizes. No rules. If you call it chili, we will judge you.
Sunday, August 24, 1:00pm at the Woman's Club Garden
*Please note that this is a BYO picnic. Everyone can taste the chili, but please bring your own lunch to eat.
Jesus has gone where you will never go.
This past Sunday Pastor Eric preached from Mark 15:1-20. You can listen to the sermon online. These were his 4 points:
Jesus will never accuse you.
Jesus will never reject you.
Jesus will never mock you.
Jesus will never crucify you.
Roger shared last Sunday as a member of our former Leadership Council...
I love this place. This church loves Jesus, loves the gospel, and loves people. We saw it in you the first week we visited. You’ve never wavered. It only keeps getting better. We thank God for bringIng us here way back in the very beginning.
In the early days, the pastors invited a few men to gather regularly as an alternative voice of counsel and accountability. I was asked to be part it. We were called the Leadership Counsel.
Over the years we met regularly to plan and evaluate, but we also spent time recounting the great things He was doing within our little church. I’m so grateful for these times…just a few ordinary men watching our great God do extraordinary things.
I remember, in particular, the many discussions and times of prayer we had as God directed us to move from Irvine into Old Towne Orange. I watched as God guided our thoughts and discussions. He shaped our hearts and motivated us. We became a group of leaders who were of one mind and purpose. God was leading and we were trusting Him. What a great picture of how God is glorified as men lead a church.
I thank God for our new Church Council. I’ll miss our old meetings but I am filled with faith for what comes next. God has built a church from the ground up. He has been faithful. To Him be the glory.
Last Sunday we thanked God for our Leadership Council and their wives. Years ago they were asked to provide our pastoral team with an alternative voice of council and accountability. Yesterday they handed off this role to our new Church Council.
Why do we remember people?
God deserves all the glory. It's true that God is the one who causes his church to grow. It's also true that every gift, skill, or resource employed in these purposes is from Him as well. So when we remember those who have served us...and we thank God for them...we are in essence glorifying God. The Apostle Paul did this all the time.
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. (Philippians 1:3-5 ESV)
Why did we make this transition?
Our church is reaping the benefits of our Leadership Council's work. They did what they were called to do. They did it well. This was a temporary provision until such a time as now, when we have ordained deacons and a growing pastoral team. All of them will continue to lead in various capacities throughout our church.
Our new Church Council, on the other hand, is a permanent feature in how we organize our local church. This is where the pastors and deacons interface. This is where ministry is coordinated and where the pastoral team will receive the kinds of aid we read about in the New Testament.
"In those days when the number of disciples was increasing...the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.” (Acts 6:1ff ESV)
2014 1st Corinthians 10:31 Chili
Freestyle Chili Cookoff
Join us for our 2015 Chili Cook Off. Anyone can enter. You don't need to attend our church.
Fabulous prizes. No rules. If you call it chili, we will judge you.
Sunday, August 24, 1:00pm at the Woman's Club Garden
*Please note that this is a BYO picnic. Everyone can taste the chili, but please bring your own lunch to eat.
From Fear To Freedom by Rose Marie Miller
For all those who live in fear of never quite "measuring up," this honest account of one woman's spiritual crisis provides a new look at the transforming power of God's grace in the midst of weakness. Readers will be encouraged to relinquish the role of spiritual "orphan" and embrace a forgiving heavenly Father.