Are you ready for Sunday? Here are some common questions and answers regarding our 4th Annual Freestyle Chili Cook Off. 

1. When is it?

This coming Sunday immediately following our service. August 28. 

2. How do I participate?

Register your chili here. and then come ready to vote for your favorites.

3. What is a "freestyle" cook off?

We don't take ourselves or our chili too seriously. If you call it chili, we will judge you. In the past, the winners have been anything from classic chili to spicy ice cream.

4. What are the categories?

There are three categories: Hottest Chili, Most Unusual Chili, and Best Chili. No one has won all three with one entry, but you can try!

5. How much chili should I bring?

Contestants should bring enough of your chili for approximately 80 samples. The church will provide sample cups and spoons.

Please note everyone brings their own lunch. The chili is for competing, not eating. This event is BYO lunch. 

6. Where can I plug in my crockpot?

During the service you can use the outlets in the Woman's Club kitchen.

7. What are the prizes?

Entry into our Hall of Chili Champions, a fabulous trophy, and the respect of your fellow churchmen.

Still not sure? Need more ideas? How about ideas from this collection or our own Anne Adam's Alternative Chili Recipe Collection here? 

If you are a Christian don't wait.

It doesn't matter if you're a new believer, an old believer, new to the church, old, young, struggling with your faith or strong in the faith. If you believe, you are ready.

"And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’" (Acts 22:16 ESV)

Learn more and register for our September 11th baptisms here.

A powerful statement in a low-commitment culture.

Last Sunday, 11 new individuals promised to labor for the unity, purity, and prosperity of our church. For as long as God wills, our lives are joined together in a common commitment to live for Jesus in Old Town Orange. We are family. We are a local church. We are one.

Vini

Jeff

Taylor

Grant and Holly

Austin

Stephen

Dani

Edward

Bobby and Alie

Learn more about church membership at Sovereign Grace.

God Spoke

Derek Overstreet from our sister church in Tucson, Arizona preached this past Sunday. he exhorted us from Hebrews 1:1-3, reminding us that God has never said anything better than what He has said about Jesus.

Listen to the sermon.

2016 Freestyle Chili Cook Off

Want to win it all? You're going to have to work hard to impress your friends. Here are a few helpful tips and tricks to ensure your entry into the immortal Hall of Chili Champions. 

• The name is the game. Theological puns, poking fun at our pastors, or hipster irony will win you points.
• The power of presentation. Looking good is almost as good as tasting good. For example, Pastor Mike keeps bringing an open can of store-bought chili and, although a perennial runners-up, he proves the point. You must mask your store-bought chili in a crockpot!
• You can't win it if you aren't in it. Duh. In fact, if nobody brings chili than we all lose. It's not really about the chili anyways, is it? 

Learn more and register today.

Tongues and Prophecy

Pastor Eric preached from 1 Corinthians 14:1-25 this past Sunday. He exhorted us not to see the works of the Spirit in the life of the church as some kind of anomaly in the great arc of redemptive history. These grace-gifts (i.e. charismata) were not something only the very first Christians needed. They are for us today too.

Spiritual gifts are part of the often ordinary, mundane, overlooked providence of the Father, in concert with the Son and Spirit, for his purposes and glory as He works out His good for us until Christ returns. Tongues and prophecy are only the tip of the iceberg.

Listen to the sermon.

Whatever we understand about God's covenants has the power to shape everything else we believe about the Bible. Charles Spurgeon said that "he who well understands the distinction between the covenant of works and the covenant of grace, is a master of divinity.” Sunday School is where we'll become masters!

10:00am in the Woman's Club Garden

Come to Sunday School on August 21 as we begin a three week series that will help us discover answers to some of the following questions:

Who are the people of God?

Are God's promises to Israel also for the church?

Why don’t we baptize babies?

What covenant did God make with us?

 

4th Annual Freestyle Chili Cookoff

Oh no! We only have records for the last two years of champions. Do you know who won in 2013 or 2012? Email the church office.

2014

• Hottest Chili - "Dragon's Breath" by Michelle E.
• Most Unusual Chili - "Chili con Sucre" by Anna B.
• Best Chili - "Batmobile Chili" by David S.

2015

• Hottest Chili - Tongues of Fire by Michelle
• Most Unusual Chili - Icy Hot by Lucas
• Best Chili - Secret Stache by Kirsi T.

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Join us this year.

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 28, 1pm at the Woman's Club Garden

Enter your chili here.

*Please note that this is a BYO picnic. Everyone can taste the chili, but please bring your own lunch to eat.