SIGN UP FOR OUR SPRING MONEY MANAGEMENT CLASS

If we’re all going to be honest, we could each grow in our money=spending a stewardship habits in at least one area. Money is such a complex and pervasive element of our human experience that it’s easy to lose our way or even to find our way in the first place to God’s designed purpose for our money.

If you’d like to become a better steward of the resources God has supplied you with, then register for our 2020 spring class centered on teaching you Biblical principles of financial stewardship for God’s glory. The classes are conducted in a small group setting, using a discussion format and curriculum from Crown Ministries MoneyLife series. 

6 CLASSES, EVERY OTHER MONDAY, BEGINNING MARCH 9TH

MEETINGS WILL BE AT 7PM AT THE CUNNINGHAM RESIDENCE.

THERE WILL BE NO CHILDCARE AVAILABLE.

Jim and Angie Cunningham will lead the class. Their mentorship is invaluable. Our sister church in Orange has done this class for many years. You can check out testimonies of those who’ve been impacted by their class here. 

Materials cost $40 per person. Scholarships are available.

Space for this class is limited, so make sure to sign up today!

Sign-ups close on February 29th. 

SIGN ME UP.

Christians have been unified around a central story for millennia. Through this story, God has built His Church. He established and kept the local church in first century Thessalonica. He’s done the same with Sovereign Grace Church of Santa Ana. Listen to last week’s sermon from 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 to learn how God calls men and women into His Church and then sustains them, deploys them and grows them, even through seasons of deep suffering.

Listen to this week’s sermon here.

Of Course You Do. Use It To Help Us Document the Lord’s Work in Santa Ana.

Part of the joy of planting a church is watching it grow. God is spreading the joy of Jesus and we want to document it through pictures, capturing the moments in time when God is actively doing just that. All you need is your phone and you can be an official Sovereign Grace Santa Ana freelance photographer.

Send all your photos to photos@sovgracesantaana.org

Need some ideas of what to photograph?

• Sunday gatherings

• Small group meetings

• Men's and women's meetings

• Your friends and family members together

• Group photos anytime the church is gathered

• Candid photos and posed photos

Let’s Sing a New Song to Our Savior this Sunday

This Sunday we’ll be introducing a new song during our Sunday service. This is a song that gives voice to what we know to be true of the love of Christ - that it is greater and more sure than any other love. The lyrics are below, in English. Read them slowly as you consider the love of your Savior and listen to this song in preparation for our Sunday gathering.

How Vast The Love - LISTEN HERE.

Lyrics: 

Verse 1
Come gaze upon your Savior
Behold your great High Priest
Draw near in awe and wonder
His cross has spoken peace

Verse 2
Come rest from sin and striving
Find endless stores of grace
The heart that turns to Jesus
Is cleansed from every stain

Chorus
Oh, how deep, how wide, how long
Oh, how vast the love of Jesus
Oh, how sure, how sweet, how strong
Oh, how vast His love for us

Verse 3
So lift your eyes to Jesus
Arise from doubt and shame
His blood cries, ‘It is finished!’
Our life is in His name

Verse 4
What now can separate us?
Can death or pain or fear?
We have this strong assurance
In Christ we’ve been brought near
And in His strength we’ll labor
His promises our hope
Thus far His love has led us!
His love will lead us home!

The Erkelens - Using Hospitality To Have “Family Night With More Than Just Our Family”

This month we launched our 2020 Hospitality Challenge. To learn more about this year’s challenge, Read this post. The month of February presents a fresh opportunity for you to extend hospitality toward another one of your neighbors.

Read below for an example of how one family in the church - the Erkelens - used their home and a meal to build a relationship with a neighbor in January:

In theory, we love inviting friends over to share a meal. I love to cook, and when I was single and then  as a newly married couple, we had people over for dinner at least once a week.  In the nitty gritty of family life with homework, kids schedules, and late night lesson planning, hospitality now often gets pushed to the back burner.  The hospitality challenge gave us a tangible goal – to free up one night of the month and make it a priority to open our home. We took the opportunity to get a date on the calendar with a couple that we have been trying to get together with for 5 months.  We were a little concerned because our kids get very jealous when we cancel “family night” to do something else.  This couple doesn’t have kids, but our kids love them.  We had dinner, put on a pot of Moroccan mint tea, and played Uno way past our kids’ bedtime.  It was family time with more than just our family, and this time our kids weren’t complaining. Now they are joining in the excitement of the hospitality challenge and suggesting who we should invite next.

Learn About How Melissa is Helping Kids in Orange County

A regular attender of Sovereign Grace Santa Ana, Melissa Lownes, has created an opportunity for members of the community to come together and support kids and families in need. Melissa’s passion is to meet the needs of Orange County foster families who are struggling in their role of caring for the kids placed in their homes. The funds she raises go toward buying supplies for kiddos aged newborn to 5 years old.

She raises funds a few ways:

1) Accepting Donations of anything from used clothes to kitchen decor that she sells at a monthly garage sale.

2) Raising Funds through a GoFundMe Account.

3) Word of Mouth- Share her mission and donation page with your friends!

To Learn more about what Melissa is doing or to donate head here.

If you have items you would like to donate, please email Melissa here.

Sign Up for our Spring Money Management Class

 Have you ever had any of these thoughts? “I have so much debt I can’t seem to pay down.” “Where do I begin with starting a budget?” “Money stresses me out.” “How can I be generous with my money when I can’t seem to get a handle on my own expenses?”

If so, then register for our 2020 spring class centered on teaching you Biblical principles of financial stewardship for God’s glory. The classes are conducted in a small group setting, using a discussion format and curriculum from Crown Ministries MoneyLife series. 

6 Classes, Every Other Monday, Beginning March 9th

Meetings will be at 7pm at the Cunningham residence.

There will be no childcare available.

Jim and Angie Cunningham will lead the class. Their mentorship is invaluable. Our sister church in Orange has done this class for many years. You can check out testimonies of those who’ve been impacted by their class here. 

Materials cost $40 per person. Scholarships are available.

Space for this class is limited, so make sure to sign up today!

Sign-ups close on February 29th. 

SIGN ME UP.

There is a schedule change for Small Groups this week.

Every so often the need arises where we will adjust our regularly scheduled weekly meetings due to other events on the calendar. This is one of those moments.

Small Groups are meeting THIS Friday, January 31st.

Our biannual men’s conference is taking place February 6th-8th and falls during the first Friday of the month. Since the men will be away on the retreat, we have decided to move small groups up to this week. Make sure to make the adjustment on your calendar!

Discussion begins at 7pm, Contact office@sovgracesantaana.org to learn more.

Omar & Sandi are getting Married!

On Sunday afternoon, Omar asked Sandi to be his wife. No surprise to anyone: she said yes! These two lovebirds are entering into a season of wedding preparation, but more importantly, preparation for a lifetime of marriage. Pray for Omar and Sandi as they endeavor to lay the foundations of a marriage built on the solid rock of Christ. We thank God for you two!

Are You Looking For These Marks?

In 1 Thessalonians 2, the Apostle Paul engages in a curious section in which he defends … himself. Why is this included in our Bibles? On one hand, because in the face of intense opposition, his readers were tempted to doubt that Paul’s ministry and thus, his Gospel and their salvation were bogus. On the other hand, it’s there because it gives us an insight into what genuine ministry from God looks like. In this week’s sermon, Jeff Schlieder identified multiple marks of a genuine ministry that you should look for in your leaders. You should encourage and pray for these marks in our church’s future leaders. When all is said and done, these marks are ultimately a reflection of the Head of the Church Himself - Christ our Lord.

Listen to this week’s sermon here.