Look who is singing Sovereign Grace Music!
Pastor Eric spoke this past Wednesday evening at Crossroads Campus Ministry on the campus of UCI. They are in a quarter long study on the gospel and he was assigned penal substitutionary atonement.
“God himself gave himself to save us from himself.” - John Stott
Pastor David Palmer from Redeeming Grace Church in Palm Desert was with us last Sunday. He's an old friend of the church in the process of planting a new church not unlike ours.
He preached from James 5:7-12. Listen to the sermon here.
Looking for a good biography to read this month? Here are a few recommendations. And don't forget to register for our 2016 Book Reading Challenge here.
Spurgeon: A Biography by Arnold A. Dalimore
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland H. Bainton
Anne Bradstreet: The Guided Tour of the Life and Thought of a Puritan Poet by Heidi L. Nichols
Young readers might find the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series helpful.
Starting Point - A half-day seminar for church newcomers. Get to know us better.
Money Management - Learn how to spend and save your money for the glory of God.
Crisis Pregnancy Counseling - Learn how to comfort those facing an unplanned pregnancy.
Pastor Eric continued to preach from 1 Corinthians this past Sunday. Listen to the sermon here.
Get the training you need to help our city. We want to be a comfort to those whose lives has been turned upside down by an unplanned pregnancy.
Jordan shared the following during our Sunday service...
Today I head home to Minnesota.
I came out to California two years ago to have an adventure, to get uncomfortable, and to learn as much as I could about music. Now I’m returning home now to put it all into practice. I'm excited to return to my family, I'm excited to return to snow (however inadequate you've made me to now endure it), and I'm excited to be writing songs for my second album.
If it wasn’t hard, I probably wouldn't be nearly as grateful as I am at this moment. By God’s grace at work in you, I’ve had it really good in California. Here are just a few ways you've blessed me...
You sing loudly, exuberantly. You sing like you have a reason to sing. You sing and the joy of Christ is written across all of your faces.
I love that this church doesn’t begin when the countdown clock hits zero, and it doesn’t end when the service ends. You’re here hours early, stay late, and when you leave this building to walk out into Old Towne every Sunday to have lunch together. This isn't the norm.
You are eager to serve, eager to equip, eager to see every part of the body working together. You joyfully and humbly raise each other up. You practice hospitality. You welcome strangers in and are generous with your private lives.
I thank God for you.