JUNE 15 - JUNE 21

Here’s a snapshot of what’s going on this week:

TUESDAY, JUNE 16

• Basketball in the Park

  • 6:30pm - El Camino Real Park

    • Reach out to Manny for more info

TUESDAY, JUNE 16- FRIDAY, JUNE 19

• Scarlet Hope: World Cup Outreach

  • Find more info here.

THURSDAY, JUNE 18

• French Park Run Club

  • 6:30am - French Park

• Small Groups

  • 7:00pm - Roenicke Home

FRIDAY, JUNE 19

• Small Groups

  • 6:30pm - Lee Group Bonfire

  • 7:00pm - Erkelens & Davis Home

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

• Neighborhood Outreach + Block Party Invites

  • 9:45am - Meet at Ebell Parking Lot

    • Contact Brian Marcus for more info.

SUNDAY, JUNE 21

• Sunday Gathering at the Ebell Club

  • 10:00am - Sermon: Exodus 20:14 - The 7th Commandment

Scarlet Hope is a ministry that shares the hope and love of Jesus with women in the adult entertainment industry through consistent outreach, discipleship, and community. Annually, they host Go & Tell Mission Trips and mobilize trained teams to carry the hope of Jesus into cities during large-scale events and “high-demand” seasons.

We’re grateful for the opportunity to partner with one of these trips during the World Cup this week. We’re sending own Jennifer Williams & Rosie Lopez as members of the LA Outreach Team. Would you join us in prayer for them and all the women they will minister to. Asking for the Lord’s protection and an open door for the gospel. You can download the prayer guide here.

FIND MORE INFO ABOUT SCARLET HOPE HERE

CELEBRATING NEW LIFE IN CHRIST

This Sunday, we had the joy of watching one new believer be added to the household of God as we celebrated the baptism of Scarlett Madrigal! We witnessed her profess faith in Jesus’ sacrificial death and victorious resurrection. We looked on as she demonstrated her own sharing in Christ’s dying and rising - being buried with him in baptism and rising up from water again. We rejoiced as God confirmed in her heart and before our eyes that she’d truly passed from death to life.

We thank God for new life in Christ. A life we get to live together which begins now and carries on forever.

Check out the pictures and be encouraged that the lost our being found, our family is growing, and Christ is advancing his mission in our city!

NO MURDER

At first glance, this seems like the easiest command to keep. More than halfway down the scenic route through the 10 words we could be saying, "Finally here's one I haven't broken!" But each one of these commands goes beneath the surface. Because, far before the 6th command is about what we do with our hands, it’s about what’s happening in our hearts. The bad fruit of murder, violence, neglect, and harm to another image-bearer grows out of the soil of sinful anger in our hearts. Jesus took this hatred head on as his body was beaten, bloodied, and torn up upon cross in order to tear down the wall of hostility that divides us.

LISTEN TO THE SERMON HERE

EVERY 2ND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH

Tonight, the men of Cross of Grace will gather together to sit under the word, bear their brother’s burdens, and call out to the Lord in prayer. They’ll talk about the 5th Commandment and discuss what it means to honor the God-appointed authorities in our lives. All guys 15 years and older are welcome to join in at the Robles’ home at 7pm.

REACH OUT HERE FOR THE ADDRESS

IMMEDIATELY AFTER SERVICE AT THE LEE HOME

Join us at the Lee home after church this Sunday, 6/14 to celebrate the baptism of new believers and have a hotdog lunch.

If you are interested in being baptized, have questions about baptism, or want to place your faith in Jesus, talk to a member of the pastoral team. They’d be happy to help you take the first step of the Christian life.

ONLY 2 CLASSES WILL BE OFFERED

We’re shifting to 2 Sunday morning classes over the summer. This will help match our current volunteer availability and prevent from over-scheduling anyone. Through the end of August, we’ll have:

1. Nursery/Kindergarten Class: Newborns - 5 years old. Meeting in the larger Fireside Room at the furthest end of the courtyard.

2. Elementary Class: 6-12 years old, 1st - 6th grade. Meeting in the smaller Dinette Room located off the courtyard walkway.

We appreciate all of our volunteers who make our weekly children’s ministry gatherings happen. But as we head into the fall, it’ll take some new hands on deck to set up all 3 classes to serve our kids each week. If you don’t already, consider serving in our Preschool, Lower, or Upper Elementary Classes. Please reach out to us here if you are interested.

JOIN US IN PRAYER FOR THE ROENICKES

Pastor Jason went on an exploratory trip to Nairobi, Kenya from Apr 29 - May 8. He spent time with the pastors and people of our sister church, Sovereign Grace Church Nairobi, he explored the city, and got a feel for what life is like there. The trip was very informative and an important step in discerning a potential call. 

Here’s where things are right now:

• A very clear picture on what life could be like, where they could live, and other details like that has been obtained.

• Kenya “checks all the boxes” of the kind of place the Roenickes desire to be.

• The church there feels like home.

• There are many opportunities for ministry in and beyond the local church.

Here’s what’s next:

• Jason & Kayleigh continue to have strategic debriefing conversations.

• Jason is seeking greater clarity on just what local church & missionary ministry would look like.

• The Roenickes are asking the Lord to confirm a “yes” or “no,” by the end of the month.

• Join them in prayer, ask for an open door for ministry, and a unity in their family to walk through it - or not - to the glory of God.

We don’t yet know when or how things will work out, but we’re humbled by the opportunity our little church has to spread the immense and glorious joy of Jesus across the earth. Would he fill us with wisdom as we take this step together!

JUNE 8 - JUNE 14

Here’s a snapshot of what’s going on this week:

TUESDAY, JUNE 9

• Basketball in the Park

  • 6:30pm - El Camino Real Park

    • Reach out to Manny for more info

THURSDAY, JUNE 11

• French Park Run Club

  • 6:30am - French Park

• Men’s Meeting

  • 7:00pm - Robles Home

SUNDAY, JUNE 14

• Sunday Gathering at the Ebell Club - Baptism Sunday

  • 10:00am - Sermon: Exodus 20:13 - The 6th Commandment

  • 12:30pm - Baptism Ceremony: Lee Home

ELEMENTARY GRADUATE

This Sunday, we recognized and prayed over Nehemiah De La Cruz who is transitioning from one chapter of life and learning to the next. Moving up to new grade levels and new participation in our CGSA Youth Group. We’re grateful for God’s grace in his life and excited to see how he works in and through him in this next season.

God has blessed our church with the gift of many children! Would he empower our parents to raise them up, position his church to come alongside, and prepare the next generation of men and women who will carry on our mission.

LET’S SING THE SONG OF PSALM 145

It’s our ambition that Cross of Grace Church would be a church that sings the song of Ps 145. Because, if we’re going to be the next 100-year church in Santa Ana, “one generation” will need to “commend the mighty works of God to another” - again and again (Ps 145:4-7)! Would each of us must remain committed to seeing the faith once for all delivered pass on from one generation to the next. Trusting God to work through his people to keep a people worshiping here in DTSA for years and years to come!