Who Are The One Anothers? They're Your Fellow Members In Your Local Church

God has given Christians the privilege, by virtue of being united with Christ, of being members in His eternal family; the Church. It is no less a privilege for us to be identified as members in a local church. God has even been so kind as to help us to know how to live with our brothers and sisters in the local church. Over 40 passages in Scripture, all containing the phrase "one another" instruct us as to how members of a local church build each other up in Christ. Check out this visually attractive infographic from challies.com to see them all in one place. 

WE BELIEVE WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER WITH SOVEREIGN GRACE CHURCHES

Jesus has promised His presence to be with us in the mission He's called us to. He's also given us other local churches with whom we have the privilege of partnering with. We're committed to them. They're committed to us. This is the kind of partnership you want your local church to be a part of. God will spread the joy of Jesus through Downtown Santa Ana through it. To learn more about the contours of our partnership with Sovereign Grace Churches,

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A NEW YEAR. A NEW BOOK OF THE BIBLE.

Beginning on the second Sunday in January, we'll be embarking on our first preaching series through a book of the Bible. It will be an expository series through the book of Colossians. This is a book about Jesus, the new life given through Him and the shape this new life takes in the local church. 

You can do several things to prepare for this series. You can pray that God would use His preached Word to build Sovereign Grace Santa Ana. You can invite your friends and neighbors to join us in this series. Finally, you can begin reading the book of Colossians yourself and even study up with some resources.

JOIN US AT THE HOULTON APARTMENT AFTER THE SERVICE ON NEW YEARS EVE

2017 has been a big year for Sovereign Grace Santa Ana. It's the year that, in God's kindness, we came into existence! We have much to celebrate and thank God for. On Sunday, December 31st, immediately following the service, you're invited to head over to Kyle and Kelsey Houlton's apartment for a celebration. We'll look back on 2017 and thank God for His goodness. We'll look forward to 2018 and prayerfully expect God to do more. 

Night owls can stay through midnight. Early birds can celebrate an "East Coast" new year and then head home at 9pm. Either way, come and join  us. Refreshments will be served.

For more details, contact kyle@sovgraceoc.org

WE EXIST TO SPREAD THE JOY OF JESUS IN DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA

God has given His Church a job description; it's what each church has been designed and called to be doing in the world. This job description is the mission of the church. That mission is to multiply and mature disciples. At Sovereign Grace Santa Ana, we pray that God would give us the courage, compassion and faithfulness to do just that among our Downtown Santa Ana neighbors. 

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Men On A Mission

The Sovereign Grace churches of California are joining forces to host our first ever Men's Retreat. April 19-21, 2018 in Idyllwild, CA. We will be equipped to live for Jesus in our global city. Forty-four hours of training, fellowship, and friendly competitions between churches.

Men: this is your official save-the-date

Stick it on your calendar and start saving now. Kick your expensive coffee habit for a couple months and drink Folgers. You'll be fine. This is a small investment with a big return.

Registration is live but keep an eye out for more info in the coming weeks.

Manage your money or it will manage you.

We have a close partnership with Sovereign Grace Church of Orange. One of the benefits of that partnerships is that we share resources at times. This resource is one that you'll definitely want to take advantage of: together with Sovereign Grace Church of Orange, we are offering a course on the biblical principles of financial stewardship. The classes are conducted in a small group setting, using a discussion format and curriculum adapted from Crown Ministries and Money and the Gospel.

8 classes, every other Tuesday, beginning January 23rd.

Les and Sue Card lead the class and you'll find lots of people in the church with testimonies like this one. Materials cost $25 and scholarships are available. The registration deadline is January 7th.

Learn more and register.

GOD CALLS WILLING AND QUALIFIED MEN TO LEAD, FEED AND PROTECT HIS CHURCH

This last Sunday, in our 5th message in the series describing the 7 Values we share with all Sovereign Grace Churches, guest preacher Dustin Smetona helped to answer the question, "who leads the local church?". Biblically, we believe that Christ leads the Church and has appointed pastors to lead in local churches until He returns. To learn more about Biblical eldership or even if you yourself wonder about a calling to leadership in the church, check out the following resources:

ARTICLES

What Does Gospel-Centered Leadership Look Like?

What is a Church Elder?

BOOKS

Biblical Eldership

Shepherds After My Own Heart

On Christmas Eve, if you head over to Heninger Elementary for church, you won't find anyone there. We'll be joining instead with our brothers and sisters up the road at Sovereign Grace Church of Orange in Old Town Orange. 

121 SOUTH CENTER STREET, ORANGE, CA 92866

6:00pm-6:45pm

It will be a brief, joyful outdoor celebration of the advent of our Savior, Jesus Christ. You can even sign up for the choir and your children can sign up for the children's choir. Click here for details and direct any further questions to kyle@sovgraceoc.org. 

Our Blog is Our "Announcements" Hub

There is much more happening in the life of Sovereign Grace Santa Ana than can be announced at a Sunday service. And we want you to be informed. To celebrate with us. To participate with us. To partner with us. 

Any information that's available regarding upcoming events, changes, announcements, recent messages, etc. can be found on the Sovereign Grace Santa Ana blog. Go there and subscribe to receive regular email updates. Don't worry. We won't spam you.

For blog posts regarding Santa Ana prior to 11/2017, go here and search "Santa Ana".