Every member of our church walks into the Sunday Service with a job description. We don't arrive simply to watch and be served. We come asking God "How can I serve others?"

One of the most effective things we can do is to pray for one another. If someone tells you they had a tough week, pray. If someone shares that they are sick, pray. If someone shares good news, pray. If someone asks about Jesus and wants to be saved, pray!

We must become a praying church.

Pray about praying. It's one of the things we are all called by God to do when we gather together.

Deacon David Christensen

Two Sermons - One Mission

This Sunday we break from our study of First Corinthians to spend two weeks on our mission as a congregation. God has called us to something. We have mandate to fulfill. We are here in the City of Orange, but reaching Orange with the gospel isn't everything God is going to do through you.

John 17:13-19

1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 

One of the ways we love our neighbors is by providing gift bags to expecting mothers through Living Well Pregnancy Center. We package them up and deliver them to the center every couple months.

This Sunday we will be collecting the following items to wrap and deliver to Living Well Pregnancy Center:

Onesies

Receiving blankets

Pacifiers

Baby Books

Baby Soap

Small toys

Drop your items in the boxes this Sunday in the lobby and if you are interested in joining the ladies in assembling the gift bags on May 14th, Email Angie for the details.

"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." - Romans 10:4

New Sunday School Series begins Sunday, May 8.

10am in the Garden

10 Words that point us to the righteousness of Christ.

One of the ways we love our neighbors is by providing gift bags to expecting mothers through Living Well Pregnancy Center. We package them up and deliver them to the center every couple months.

This Sunday we will be collecting the following items to wrap and deliver to Living Well Pregnancy Center:

Onesies

Receiving blankets

Pacifiers

Baby Books

Baby Soap

Small toys

Drop your items in the boxes this Sunday in the lobby and if you are interested in joining the ladies in assembling the gift bags on May 14th, Email Angie for the details.

Joe's first Sunday serving on the worship team. Thanks Joe!

We regularly take time in our Sunday services to hear stories of how God is at work in the members of our church. This past weekend Ryan graduated from chiropractic school. Here's some of what they shared...

Lisa: Thank you for loving us over the past 6 years and especially the last 3. This season of school has been the hardest of our married life and you never gave up on us.

You prayed for us. You cared for us. You came alongside us when we were discouraged. God has in so many ways sustained us in large part through you. Thank you.

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Ryan: 7 years ago I arrived in California to complete a 3-month long project. That project kept us here for 18 months and introduced us to you. God was preparing us for the unexpected.

Although I returned to Florida in the aerospace industry, God quickly made it clear He was calling me to serve people as a chiropractor. So we came back.

Now we love it here and plan on staying here. I have no clue what the future holds. I can't even explain how I got here today. But I'm so grateful that you have been here in Old Towne Orange. We couldn't have gotten this far without you.

Blackman Graduation Party - April 24

Christian Freedom

Pastor Eric preached last Sunday from 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1, leading us to consider the conclusion to the Corinthian question regarding freedom.

All things are lawful, but not all things are helpful:

1. Don't do it if it causes your brother to do it with a guilty conscience. (8:1-13)
2. Don't do it if it hinders the work of God and the advance of the gospel. (9:1-23)
3. Don't do it if it leads you to sin. (9:24-10:13)
4. Don't do it if it doesn't glorify God. (10:14-11:1)

This could sound like Christianity is all about saying no, but this couldn't be farther from the truth. We have been set free to be who we were created to be. The things we do that please God, now please us. We are most satisfied when God is most glorified!

Listen to the sermon.