Every Tuesday we publish a blog post to lay out in one place what’s going in the life of the church for the upcoming week. See below for a snapshot of what’s on the calendar this week:
7:00 pm - Houlton Home
7:00 pm - Schlieder, Houlton, Erkelens Home
10:00 am - Meeting Room: Ballroom
Baptism is a celebration. Friends and family and church family gather. It’s a celebration because God the Father, through the sacrifice of His Son, by the power of His Holy Spirit is saving men and women from sin. The lost are being found. Baptism is the evidence that the resurrection power of God is real and active in the lives of those He has saved.
This last Sunday, we had the joy of witnessing the baptism of Bella Muniz. Check out the pictures and relive the celebration of new life in Christ.
In 1 Samuel 28, Saul consults a medium - an ancient magician - to communicate the a deceased Samuel and seek guidance for the battle ahead with the Philistines. The result? Through Samuel, God confirms His judgment of Saul. While you and I might not be seeking out necromancy and divination for guidance in our lives, we yet have the tendency to seek out “magical solutions” to our problems by, like Saul, seeking the results of God’s favor apart from seeking God Himself. Listen to last Sunday’s sermon to learn more.
Occasionally, our monthly Men’s Meeting lands on the same week as our small groups. April is that kind of month, so instead of cancelling Men’s Meeting we are rescheduling it. Men’s Meeting will be tonight at 7pm at the Schlieder Home. All men, ages 15 and up, are invited to join us as we gather together for fellowship, prayer, and discussion centered on God’s word.
We exist to spread the joy of Jesus to our Santa Ana neighbors. This is a chance for you to walk directly in that mission.
We will walk the neighborhood of French Park, praying for and with our neighbors, asking if our neighbors have any home-repair or other needs, and inviting them to Easter Sunday Service, all with the expectation that we would behold God's mercy toward our city. Kids are welcome. This is a chance for us to “go into our city” so that we might have the opportunity to “speak to our city”.
If the thought of inviting strangers to church is scary or uncomfortable, you can even just drop church invitations on doorsteps to start. But the important thing is that you start. So come and join us.
Date: 4/9/22
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Park in the Ebell Parking Lot
Contact Pastor Jeff with any questions or to let us know you’ll be joining in on Saturday morning.
Baptism is one of the sweetest moments in the life of the church. It’s a visible portrayal of the effects of the Gospel in a person. Baptism does not save a person or contribute to their salvation. Rather, it’s an outward display of an inward work that has already taken place. It’s also an act of obedience, something that every believer is commanded to do.
Join us at the Houlton home immediately after church this Sunday (4/10) to celebrate the baptism of new believers. If you’re interested in being baptized or just have questions about baptism, please contact one of our pastors.
Every Tuesday we publish a blog post to lay out in one place what’s going in the life of the church for the upcoming week. See below for a snapshot of what’s on the calendar this week:
7:00 pm - Schlieder Home
10:00 am - Ebell Parking Lot
10:00 am - Meeting Room: Ballroom
12:00 pm - Houlton home (front yard)
Join us on Easter Sunday to celebrate and worship the Savior whom the grave could not hold. Use our digital flyer, which can be found here, to invite your English and Spanish (or any language, for that matter) speaking friends and family to join us at the Ebell Club at 10:00 am Sunday, April 17.
This month’s book of the Month is an outstanding Easter Devotional published just this year and written by Sovereign Grace pastor, Marty Machowski. From the publisher:
“Start a new Easter season tradition with your family by reading this beautifully illustrated “upside-down” book from Marty Machowski that includes fourteen Bible stories. The first side, Darkest Night, has seven stories that recount the events of Passion week ending with Christ’s crucifixion and burial. Flip the book over and continue by reading Brightest Day with seven more stories that progress from Christ’s resurrection through Pentecost. Children are sure to remember the contrast between the darkness at the death of our Lord and the light-filled events from Christ’s resurrection onward.”
The Bible has one hero. It’s not Abraham, Moses or even David. It’s God. 1 Samuel has been a book where we’ve seen glimpses of the “King who Is” in David, but over and again, we’ve seen his imperfection. These are glimpses of us.
In 1 Samuel 27, David flees from Saul to the Philistines. While exiled in a foreign land, he violently wages war against neighboring nations. What appears to be a sensible flight and heroic action is, in reality, self-reliance, deceptive scheming and violence. Yet through it all, God preserves David and completes the conquest of Canaan. The lesson? God’s ability to bear fruit in our lives is not dependent on our faithfulness. This is called grace. Listen to Sunday’s sermon to learn more.
