Our First Thursday Night Live

Thanks to everyone who tuned in last night for our first all-church video meeting. What a comfort to see your faces and hear your voices. We’re in this together.

Encouragements, updates, stories, and prayers with the pastors

Thursday Night Live happens from 8pm-9pm every Thursday evening until we meet in person again. Add it to your calendar now.

This is how we’ll stay in touch in the coming weeks. Our members and regular attenders are sent a link to join. Head here if you didn’t receive an invite.

Sunday Guide #2

This coming Sunday morning we’ll send you another Sunday Guide. We’ll provide you with a brief video update from a pastor, a biblical meditation on the church, and a list of specific prayer requests. Use these moment to stir your heart for the day we gather together again.

You’ll get the email at 10:30am. We’re doing this at the same time as our normal services to keep the familiar rhythm in our lives. If you’re willing snap a photo and post it online with the hashtag #otosundays.

Life is rapidly changing for everyone. Kids are home from school and parents are home from work. Events and hangouts are canceled. It’s tough. We wanted to provide a little window into some of these changes as a reminder that we’re all in this together.

Below we’ve included photos from members with a short note. If you’d like to be included in a future blog post, please send a picture to photos@sovgraceoc.org with a brief description.

“Chris hard at work in his ‘home office.’” -Wendy and Chris M

“Teaching preschool online from home looks like this. Not nearly as fun for them or me! It’s a huge blessing that I was instructed to include prayer, bible time, and other forms of self care into my work hours.” -Lisa B

“We built a living room-sized fort with our kids to teach them that God is our fortress.” -Dustin and Kristin S

“My part-time office became my full-time office on 3/12/2020. I work in payroll. Paying people and figuring out emergency FMLA laws is the name of the game right now.” -Kara D

“School on the couch and cardboard crafts are keeping us busy.” -Kirsi T

“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
-Acts 6:4

Our pastors want to pray to our generous God for you. To do this effectively, they need to know what situations you’re facing. No need is to big. No need is too small.

Take a moment and head here to share your requests.

Click here for a video update from Pastor Eric.

A New Way to Stay Connected

While our services and events are canceled, we’re hosting a weekly video call with the pastors. This will be a regular place to receive updates, engage with the pastors, and pray. It’s no replacement for being together, but it’s a gift for this season.

We begin this week on Thursday evening from 8pm-9pm. An email link with instructions to join the call will be sent to all members. If you are a regular attender of Sovereign Grace Church and would like to be included, please fill out this form and we’ll get you the information.

“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
-Acts 6:4

It’s the joy of your pastors to pray for you. As needs arise, please let them know how they can be praying. Head here to share your requests.

We know life is rapidly shifting and changing for everyone. Kids are home from school and parents are home from work. Events and hangouts are canceled. It’s tough.

We wanted to provide a little window into some of these changes. By God’s grace, we’re all in this together.

Below we’ve included photos from members with a brief description of the change to their lives. If you’d like to be included in a future blog post, please send a picture to photos@sovgraceoc.org with a brief description.

“I’m a band director for a local high school. This is my desk for the time being. I’m currently building a website for my students.” -Bobby W

"I work in the admissions department at Biola. This is a photo of me packing up my office to work from home. Work is going to be different, but Christ is still the same." -Joe L