GRAB SOME FRIENDS AND ENJOY A MOVIE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS

Summer is in full swing and so are all the summer activities! These movie nights are a great way to spend time together in the midst of our neighbors. Pick a night (or a few!) and make plans to go into the city this summer!

Each event will feature a screening of a family-friendly movie with free popcorn available while supplies last. You can expect food trucks, jumpers, and other themed activities as well. Arrive early to find parking and pick your spot & bring your own lawn chairs, blankets, and picnic supplies.

Movies in the park will end on Friday, July 26th, so make plans to join a friend or two in the park. For a list of movies and parks, click here.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 AT THE ROENICKE HOME

The church is like a body with many members (1 Cor. 12:12). Our lives are connected. We need one another. Church membership is our way of ensuring everyone who belongs to our congregation enjoys the benefits and privileges of being a part of Cross of Grace Church.

We want to make it simple for anyone interested in becoming a member of Cross of Grace Church to pursue the process. If you’ve been visiting for any length of time, this class is for you. We invite you to join us for one two-hour class on a Sunday afternoon immediately following our worship service. You’ll receive an introduction to what we believe and how those beliefs shape our life together as a church and have the opportunity to ask any questions you have. Lunch and childcare are provided.

If you are interested in this class, register here.

JULY 15 - JULY 21

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:

TUESDAY, JULY 16: SUMMER PARK DAY AT SANTIAGO PARK

• 10:00am - Santiago Park (600 E Memory Lane, Santa Ana)

THURSDAY, JULY 18: FRENCH PARK RUN CLUB

• 6:30am - French Park Grass Area

SUNDAY, JULY 21: SUNDAY GATHERING AT THE EBELL CLUB

• 10:00am - Meeting Room: Ballroom

JESUS CHRIST WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE

The pressure to compromise that comes from without is not only fueled by nations, peoples, and cultures that oppose God, but spiritual rebellion. The pressure out there is a pressure that comes from earth and heaven. Satan, the Original Compromiser – the very first creature who was not willing to receive God’s ideal for him – tempts the world to compromise just as he did and does. But on that day, he will be defeated. Predicted in Genesis 3, awaited by Isaiah’s generation, and received by us in the Messiah, the Branch, the Suffering Servant himself, Jesus Christ will cast him down and deliver His people from the original compromiser forever. As a result, we can be happy warriors! Satan is real and he’s really at work in a time when it’s harder than ever to be an ordinary Christian. But Christ is greater.

LISTEN TO THE SERMON HERE

BRING A FRIEND AND NOTE AN EARLIER START TIME OF 6:30 PM

In lieu of Men’s Meeting this July, the men will be gathering together for a Men’s BBQ tonight. They’ll be sharing meals and stories of God’s grace. This is a great event to invite your friends, especially friends who aren’t Christians, don’t attend church, or are new Christians.

CONTACT US HERE FOR LOCATION DETAILS

JULY 12-15, 2024 PRESCOTT, ARIZONA

Starting tomorrow through July 15th, students from all 9 churches in the Sovereign Grace Church West Region will gather together for a time of worship, teaching, games, and lip-sync battles, all to the glory of God!

In our church alone, there will be 6 youth going and Kelsey Houlton will be chaperoning! Would you join us in praying for all the youth and leaders that are attending.

WATCH LAST YEAR’S RECAP VIDEO HERE

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SCHLIEDER FAMILY

Praise God as He continues to grow our church. We recently have had the joy of coming alongside Pastor Jeff and Taylor in welcoming Baby Nora into this world. We are thankful for another healthy baby!

Please join us as we continue to pray for the Schlieder Family, as they go from a family of 4 to a family of 5! Pray for God’s grace and guidance as they navigate life with a newborn and rejoice with them for this new life!

JULY 8 - JULY 14

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:

TUESDAY, JULY 9: SUMMER PARK DAY AT SANTIAGO PARK

• 10:00am - Santiago Park (600 E Memory Lane, Santa Ana)

THURSDAY, JULY 11: FRENCH PARK RUN CLUB

• 6:30am - French Park Grass Area

THURSDAY, JULY 11: MEN’S BBQ

• 6:30pm - Lee’s House

SUNDAY, JULY 14: SUNDAY GATHERING AT THE EBELL CLUB

• 10:00am - Meeting Room: Ballroom

GOD IS WORKING THROUGH OUR FAMILY OF CHURCHES

Please see an update from Dave Taylor, our Director of Global Missions, and join us as we pray for these requests in July.

Psalm 127.1 says, ‘Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labour in vain.’

It’s a truthful and sobering reality. Unless the Lord builds the house, we labour in vain. We’re all just wanting and wasting our time, unless the Lord truly builds, and so as we look out on July and what’s ahead, here are some things you can be praying for…

1. Please pray for Sovereign Grace Pastors College Class of 2025. Even though the Pastors College only wrapped up graduation a few weeks ago, preparations for the upcoming class are well underway. This year the college will welcome nine students from all over the US and Australia. Please pray for them and their families, as they continue to fundraise and prepare to move to Louisville, USA.

2. Please pray for the WorshipGod Conference: One with Christ, How Our Union Affects Everything – July 24-27th. The conference will be held in Louisville, KY, and is designed to equip and encourage pastors, leaders, musicians, tech personnel, and songwriters as they seek to plan and lead congregational worship. Please pray for Bob Kauflin as he leads this conference, as well as the speakers John Piper, HB Charles, Jared Mellinger, Devon Kauflin, Mike Bullmore & Josh Blount.

3. Please pray for the 40-person missions teams that are heading to Rancho 3M (July 1-8th; 8-15th) from Cornerstone Church (Knoxville), as well as the 5 people who are doing summer internships there. Please also pray for the missions team from Covenant Fellowship Church (Glen Mills) that is heading to Iglesia Biblica de Playa Azul (July 1-8th), as well as the missions team from Covenant Fellowship that is heading to serve alongside our missionary family in Turkey (July 1-8th).

4. Please pray for Joselo Mercado as he serves in Peru this week. He and his wife Kathy will be with 150 pastoral couples at a marriage retreat of the Christian Missionary Alliance of Lima. These churches represent about 60,000 members. So please pray that as they invest in these marriages, it will encourage churches to grow families that model the gospel to a society that so needs it. In addition, Joselo will be in Miami later in the month (July 23-25th), meeting with the Gospel Coalition Spanish Council. TGC Spanish is the most visited Christian website in the Hispanic world and so please be praying for Joselo, as the council meets to talk about the future direction of this ministry.

5. Please pray for Pastor Ángel Miranda, who this month is leaving with his wife and daughter from his hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia to plant a church in Sincelejo. Although the two churches that are sending him (Santa Marta, Jacobo Aldana; Barranquilla, Alejandro Cueto) are still in the process of adoption, in their hearts, this is an SGC plant.

6. Please pray for the Ark Church in Dnipro, Ukraine asking God to continue to protect them, and to use them to meet practical needs, and to offer gospel hope to those around them who have been impacted by the war.

   … One thing’s for sure, we so need the Lord to build the house.

A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN FROM ISAIAH

In last Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Kyle preached from Isaiah 24-27 - a passage known as Isaiah’s Apocalypse, where Isaiah has end things; ultimate things; last things in view. In chapter 24, he foretells of the day of the Lord, when not only the nations will come under judgment, but all compromise everywhere will finally and ultimately be judged by God Himself. But in the next three chapters, the tone changes, dramatically to what follows the final judgment - namely, heaven. And not a disembodied spiritual heaven, but a physical new heavens and new earth. It’s a glorious future Christians look forward to. But the best part? We don’t just have to look forward to it. We can experience a taste of it today. Listen to the sermon to learn more.

LISTEN TO THE SERMON HERE