Who Would You Least Expect God To Save?
In the third message in our series in Jonah, Jeff Schlieder guided us through the third chapter, where the city of Nineveh unexpectedly repents and turns toward the God of Israel. Like Jonah, we expect those whose lives oppose God to either overcome us and lead us away from God or we often hope, like Jonah, that they would somehow be destroyed or “driven out”. But when the grace of God through Christ is entered into the equation, a third and better way is introduced. Jesus drew the world to Himself without being overcome by the world, thus making the third option of grace possible. We should have a confident hope in God to save even our most unlikely neighbors.
On Saturday October 26th, Jim Cunningham is leading a men’s fishing trip! If you love fishing (or are interested in learning more) talk to Jim on Sunday or send him an email.
Save The Date & Join The Celebration
By God’s grace and for God’s glory, Sovereign Grace Santa Anais turning TWO years old! And per our usual, we want to celebrate with a party.
Plan on staying after the service for tacos and our second annual kickball game. There will be activities for the kiddos, including a piñata! Invite your friends and neighbors.
Sunday, November 3rd After Service
“We will not hide them from [our] children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD” -Psalm 78:4
At the beginning of the month we made a change in our children’s ministry- we added a class for Elementary school aged kids. We also launched a new curriculum to teach these kids Gospel truths. We are excited to both meet the needs of our congregation and see how the Lord use this new class and curriculum.
Pray For The Volunteers, The Children and Their Parents
Please join us in praying for our volunteers, parents, and children as we adjust to this new set up. Also, whether you are yourself married or not or have kids or not, we’d love for you to take part in the discipling of the next generation as well. Children’s ministry requires many volunteers. So, if you’re not currently serving in our children’s ministry and have any inclination whatsoever to do so, send us an email. We’d love to talk to you.
DISCUSSION BEGINS @ 7:00PM
ENGLISH SANTA ANA SMALL GROUP: HOULTON HOME
SPANISH SANTA ANA SMALL GROUP: HOULTON HOME
“EAST SANTA ANA” SMALL GROUP: ERKELENS HOME
Questions: contact office@sovgracesantaana.org
It’s free and tons of fun!
Run through the city with your DTSA neighbors this Saturday, October 19th. Grab a group of friends from the church and Santa Ana neighbors and make a day of it - run the race and then grab breakfast together somewhere. It’s a great way to meet and mix with our neighbors.
If you’d like to participate, you can register here.
COMING IN FEBRUARY OF 2020
Registration is now open for our every-other-year Men’s Retreat. The three Sovereign Grace churches of California are joining forces for another weekend of teaching, fellowship, food, and competitions. Our last one was fantastic.
THURSDAY 2/6/2020 TO SATURDAY 2/8/2020
IDYLLWILD, CA
$150/PERSON
Ben Kreps, a pastor from our sister church in Harrisburg, PA, is our guest speaker. Our theme is “The Power of God: How the Gospel Conquers Men.” Young men ages 14 and up are welcome to join.
More details are available on the registration page.
Men, make this investment in your own growth and in our partnership. Ladies, make sure your man gets up there.
Scholarships and financial aid are available. Spots are limited, so secure yours ASAP.
I'M READY TO REGISTER.
Our Newsletter Is How We Do “Announcements”
One of the joys of growing as a church is there is much to share with you! We want to be able to provide you with all the information you need, without overwhelming you with too many headlines in our Tuesday newsletter. In light of this, our newsletter will now be sent out in two different emails - one on Tuesday afternoon and one on Thursday afternoon - every week. Lord willing, this smaller amount of information per newsletter post will help you to digest what’s going on in the life of the church.
We Want To Help You Stay On Track
There is nothing to do on your part- just read these emails and praise God for all he is doing in our church & city!
Jonah Didn’t Realize His Need For Grace Until He Hit Rock Bottom - Literally
In our second message in the book of Jonah, we finally met the great fish. But as has already been established, the story isn’t about the fish. At the end of the matter, it’s not even about Jonah. It’s about a great God and His great grace. Jonah 2 should haunt us with a sense of need for the same grace that Jonah was shown. The question that’s posed to you and me: will you listen to it?
Listen to this week’s sermon here.