Tomorrow Night at 7pm

Our regularly scheduled mid week programs are up and running again, following careful guidelines to ensure the health of all attendees. These meetings will occur outdoors until further notice, with 6 feet of social distance between each member present, masks required and in observance of CA Guidelines. Childcare will not be provided.

DTSA SMALL GROUP: MALONE’S YARD

"EAST SANTA ANA” SMALL GROUP: ERKELENS’ YARD

We have seating spaced out for families, hand sanitizer available and masks available for those that don’t have one. If you are not quite comfortable joining us in person yet, we will have a “Zoom In” option available for all.

If you have any questions or concerns about small groups or need an address, please send an email to office@sovgracesantaana.org.

June 29th - July 5th

From this week forward, every Tuesday we will be publishing a blog to share what is going in the life of the church for that week! We hope that this serves you and helps to keep you updated.

Friday, July 3rd: Small Groups - contact office@sovgracesantaana.org for more details

• Houlton Small Group - 7:00pm. In-person. Masks required. Zoom available for at-risk individuals.

• Erkelens Small Group - 7:00pm. In-person. Masks required. Zoom available for at-risk individuals.

Saturday, July 4th: In light of CA health guidelines, no formal church event will be hosted for the 4th of July

Sunday July 5th: Service at 10:00am at the Ebell Club

• Meeting Room - Ballroom (if you’re new, while we meet every Sunday at the Ebell Club, depending on the venue’s availability, we switch between the ballroom and the theater, which are right next to one another in the building).

STARTING POINT - DATE TBD

A TWO-HOUR CLASS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU LEARN ABOUT THE LIFE AND BELIEFS OF THIS CHURCH

REGISTER HERE

If you’ve been visiting Sovereign Grace Church of Santa Ana for any length of time, we’d like to invite you to our upcoming “Starting Point” class. It’s a class that takes place immediately after church where you can learn about what we believe, what those beliefs look like in the life of the church and how you can become a part of the community of Sovereign Grace Santa Ana. Once registration fills up, we’ll coordinate a date for the class.

Lunch will be served. If you’d like to attend, please register here or at the link above.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SERVICE AT THE HOULTON HOUSE

LUNCH PROVIDED

Your Story In The Wilderness Is A Good Story

David was “the man after God’s own heart”, the greatest king in Israel’s history and someone who experienced incredible prosperity. Yet, his life was also riddled with grueling experiences in the wilderness - both literal and metaphorical. Most of us will never experience the wrenching isolation, injustice, deprivation or grief that David did.

In every wilderness episode we walk through in our lives, “the story we believe we are in determined what we think about ourselves and consequently how we live”. In the Psalms, we see David wrestling with the competing stories about what was happening to him. At the end of the day, though, only one story won out. David knew that because God was his God, he was in a good story. Listen to this week’s sermon to learn about the true story in your wilderness.

Listen To This Week’s Sermon here.

We Want To Be Good Stewards Of What God Has Given Us

We know you’re grateful for the Lord’s provision of a new meeting space at the Ebell Club of Santa Ana. And we want to make sure that while we’re there, we’re good tenants that the owners and Ebell Board loving hosting. Please help us take care of the Ebell by following these 3 important rules:

1. No Eating or Drinking (with the exception of water) in the Ebell Club meeting rooms

2. Keep a close eye on children and help them to stay within designated area

3. No playing/ walking on the outside courtyard grass area

These simple, but important rules will help us to take care of the Ebell Club for as long as we have the privilege of being there.

An Update On Our Neighbor Relief Program

In March, as the country was beginning to go on lockdown, we created the SGSA Neighbor Relief Grant to help those in our church and in our city who were hurting from the aftermath of COVID-19. Since launching, we have:

• Helped 9 Inviduals or Families

• Issued 18 Grants

• Given $5,176 in assistance

These numbers are a reflection of your generosity. We’re thankful for what God has done in you and through you. But so are the recipients of your generosity. Take it from one of them in particular, who said,

“Hello, I want to thank God for his immense love for having put you on my path in this moment of crisis. It is a blessing for my family for the help that you have given us. I want to thank the whole community that has made this possible. Know that you are helping many families in need including my family thank you for your prayers at all times God bless you.”

We are still awarding grants.

You may still donate directly to our Neighbor relief fund here, as we continue to position ourselves to love our Santa Ana neighbors. If you and your family would benefit or known someone who would benefit from this grant, you can apply here.

Let’s continue to be a church that lifts one another’s burdens up to the Lord

Keep sending us your prayer requests. We’re so used to knowing one another’s needs through experiencing regular fellowship. While the state begins to open up and we are able to meet in person again, we still want be lifting our brothers and sisters up in prayer. It’s important to know how to pray for one another and to ask the Lord to guide us, sustain us and encourage us each individually in this season. Here are the prayer requests from this past week (anonymity is maintained):

1. Pray for our new Ebell Club Neighbors, the residents of the French Park, Lacy Park and Downtown Santa Ana neighborhoods - that the Lord would bring new visitors from the neighborhood to our church to hear the good news of the Gospel.

2. Pray for those experiencing the sustained financial effects of COVID

3. Pray for those walking through personal wilderness experiences

4. Pray that God would reveal His redemptive power through Christ in the midst of this 2020 wilderness

5. Pray that God would continue to empower the preached Word in our church

6. Pray for the ministry of the Spirit in our small group meetings

7. Pray for the gifts of the Spirit to be active in all of our small and large gatherings

8. Pray for racial unity in out city

9. Pray for those experiencing health crises and those who are at-risk

10. Pray for the requests of individuals who have shared them on our church Slack prayer channel. If you have questions about how to be added to this, email office@sovgracesantaana.org

    KEEP SENDING PRAYER REQUESTS TO PRAYERS@SOVGRACESANTAANA.ORG.

Our Monthly Women’s Group is This Thursday

Our regularly scheduled mid week programs are up and running again, following careful guidelines to ensure the health of all attendees. These meetings will occur outdoors until further notice, with 6 feet of social distance between each member present, masks required and in observance of CA Guidelines. Childcare will not be provided.

7PM IN THE MALONE BACKYARD

If you have any questions about this meeting or need the address, please email krista@sovgracesantaana.org

Our First Sunday Together at Ebell

This Sunday was the first time we swung open the doors for an in-person gathering in 16 weeks. Some chose to remain at home and watch via livestream. Please know that this is an entirely acceptable option for anyone who doesn't yet feel comfortable gathering. While it may have felt different than before, it was still such a joy to be in the same room together worshipping. Take a look at some pictures from our first Sunday together!

God Brings Us Into The Wilderness To Bring Us To The End Of Ourselves

God led the Nation of Israel into the wilderness after liberating them from the hands of the Egyptians. He promised to be their God and bring them into a land of promise; a “new Eden”. But on their way, they complained about the wilderness and even expressed a desire to return to Egypt. When they saw the promised land, they feared the power of the current inhabitants. When God denied them entry on the basis of their lack of faith, they tried to force their way in.

Israel teaches us that in the wilderness, settling for lesser Edens and trying to force our way out of the wilderness are equally ineffective. There is only one way out of the wilderness - and the answer may be surprising to you.

Listen to this week’s sermon here.