Small Groups are NOT meeting this week.

A reminder that there are some scheduling changes we’ve made to our monthly meetings for November. Take a look at them and lock them into your brain.

Small Groups will meet on November 1st & 22nd

Women’s Meeting will be on Wednesday November 20th

Fall Class and Men’s group will be meeting on their regularly scheduled days.

If you ever have any questions about church events, you can look to our church calendar, which is always updated to reflect changes to meetings or events.

Subscribe to the church calendar here.

ALL MEN, HIGH SCHOOL AGE AND OLDER, WELCOME

THURSDAY, 7:00PM

FRONT PATIO OF THE 4TH STREET MARKET

Serve from a Posture of Love

Pastor Ramon Flores from Legacy Church in Yuma, Arizona treated us to a feast of God’s Word - in 2 languages this past Sunday. He reminded us that 1 Corinthians 13 is not merely a sentimental passage to be read at weddings, but instead an affectionate correction from the Apostle Paul to a Corinthian church that had lost its way by losing its love. The message was a stirring reminder that without love, our week-in-week out serving is nothing; that our employment of spiritual gifts is nothing. Love is not a beneficial byproduct of our life together in the church, it’s the essential posture we must take if our Gospel labor is going to mean anything. Tall order, you say? By God’s grace, we have the love of His Son to compel us. The posture of love which God calls us to is a posture which Christ perfectly assumed in His cross.

Listen to this week’s bilingual service here.

The Gospel Is Not Restricted By Language

PREDICACIÓN EN INGLES Y ESPAÑOL

This Sunday, we are excited to have a guest preacher, Ramon Flores. Ramon is an associate pastor at Legacy Church in Yuma, Arizona. He will preach a bilingual Spanish-English sermon. Invite all your neighbors, friends and family who speak Spanish. Afterwards, join Ramon & his wife April for lunch in our city (Location TBA).

Este domingo, estamos emocionados de tener un predicador invitado, Ramón Flores. Ramon es pastor asociado en Legacy Church en Yuma, Arizona. Él predicará un sermón bilingüe español-inglés. Invita a todos tus vecinos, amigos y familiares que hablen español. Luego, únase a Ramón y su esposa April para almorzar en nuestra ciudad (ubicación por confirmar).

Prayer at 10:10am

Every Sunday, 20 minutes before service, we gather together at the front of the auditorium to pray. We believe this is a wonderfully important component of our Sunday services. Our Sunday gatherings exist for the corporate worship of God and can only be done in the power of God. Prayer is one of the many ways we express our worship to God and also expresses our desperate need for Him to do what only He can among us as we gather and through us as we scatter.

Come Men, Women and Children

So whether you’re a man, woman or child, come early, grab a cup of coffee and a doughnut and join us to pray this Sunday.

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.

This past Sunday we celebrated TWO years as a church. God has blessed us beyond our expectations and beyond what we deserve. What we celebrate is His grace. Enjoy these photos capturing our celebration!

Come Hear God’s Word Preached In English And Spanish

PREDICACIÓN EN INGLES Y ESPAÑOL

This Sunday, we are excited to have a guest preacher, Ramon Flores. Ramon is an associate pastor at Legacy Church in Yuma, Arizona. He will preach a bilingual Spanish-English sermon. Invite all your neighbors, friends and family who speak Spanish. Afterwards, join Ramon & his wife April for lunch in our city (Location TBA).

Este domingo, estamos emocionados de tener un predicador invitado, Ramón Flores. Ramon es pastor asociado en Legacy Church en Yuma, Arizona. Él predicará un sermón bilingüe español-inglés. Invita a todos tus vecinos, amigos y familiares que hablen español. Luego, únase a Ramón y su esposa April para almorzar en nuestra ciudad (ubicación por confirmar).

Crazy Busy (Súper Ocupados) by Kevin DeYoung

By recommending a new book every month, we’re recommending resources to you that help you to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2 Pet. 3:18). You do not have to purchase or read these books. They’re mere recommendations to assist you in choosing good books that help you to make the best use of the precious time you have.

November’s book of the month is Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung. This book is a “mercifully short” book about a problem that most of us in our current day and age face. Busyness, although often perceived as and equated with productivity and fruitfulness, is in reality a threat to our joy and our hearts if you’re busy with the wrong things and if not coupled with Biblical rhythms of rest. If you’re busy, you need to read this book.

Pick it up in English here.

Pick it up in Spanish here.

Busyness Left Unchecked Is a Threat To Your Very Life

As our church gathered to celebrate our two year anniversary, we also paused to consider the future years, and, Lord willing, decades of the ministry of Sovereign Grace Church fo Santa Ana and what it will take to persevere into the future. We’re convinced from Scripture that one of the most important components to perseverance is the ability of the people who comprise the church to regularly rest. And while the kind of rest we’re talking about includes physical rest, it’s much deeper and more profound than mere bodily reprieve. We need to learn to develop habits of regularly resting in the finished work of Christ.

Listen to this to this week’s sermon here.