Our Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was filled with delicious food, great conversations, and plenty of laughing. Though there were some volunteers who couldn’t make it, the pastoral team would like to express their sincere gratitude to all the volunteers who joyfully serve at Cross of Grace Santa Ana.
Picnic in the Park is back! Get ready to eat together, play games, and enjoy one another’s company in the heart of our neighborhood. Make it your priority to invite our French Park Neighbors to join us. Send a text, knock on a door, or reconnect with someone you met at the Block Party and extend the welcome. Make sure you remind them to bring a lunch as well!
Let’s take the joy of Jesus to neighbors. After service on 8/13, head over to French Park to spend time together in the middle of the neighborhood God has placed us in. Here are the details:
It’s “BYOL” (bring your own lunch). If you forget your lunch or your favorite lunchbox isn’t clean, there are plenty of great restaurants nearby in DTSA.
Bring some folding chairs - unless you like sitting on the grass, bring something to sit on.
Expect the Lord to build existing relationships and create new ones with our neighbors.
As Mark places the finishing touches upon his written portrait of Jesus, what does he want us to see? That Jesus is the Crucified and Risen King who goes before us to build his Kingdom. The King who was crucified for sin now lives and calls sinners to receive him. He’s welcoming former rebels into the Kingdom that he's building through what he's just accomplished on the cross. And we, to whom the answer to the question, "Who is Jesus?" has come, are sent out to "Go, tell" our neighbors the answer we've received (16:7).
In lieu of the regular Women’s Meeting tonight, the ladies will be gathering together for their second summer potluck! 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.
Each host selects a theme for the food, this month we’re doing a Garden Tea Party theme - bring a dish to share and make a special note of an earlier start time of 6:30pm.
Cool down this summer with a trip to the splash pad! Join us tomorrow morning as we spend time together and enjoy a Southern California summer to the glory of God! Invite your Santa Ana neighbors and friends to meet us at Veterans Sports Park Splash Pad in Tustin for an awesome time of community and fun.
Address: 1645 Valencia Ave, Tustin, CA 92782
What to bring: Bring your kids dressed in their swimsuits, towels, and picnic lunch
Questions: Contact Liz Madrigal at 562-325-1428
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:
10:00 am - Jack Fisher Park in Santa Ana
6:30 am - French Park Grass Area
6:30 pm - Cunningham Home
10:00 am - Veterans Park Tustin
10:00 am - Meeting Room: Ballroom
Living Well Pregnancy Centers is a partner nonprofit organization advocating for mothers and babies in our city and our broader community. It’s our joy to support them and lock arms with them in the work where we can, including this training.
Parents are welcome to sit in with their children, and please note that Living Well has scholarships available.
How do we respond to what Jesus did upon the cross? What must we do in order for everything he accomplished there to become ours? On Sunday, Senior Pastor, Eric Turbedsky from our sister church, Sovereign Grace Church of Orange, reminded us of the astonishing answer: nothing! Galatians 2:15-21 teaches us that Jesus has done everything we needed to do in order to be saved. In utter grace, he gives everything to those who don't deserve anything for nothing in return! We simply receive all he’s done by faith and faith alone.
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. The aim of the class is to provide an introduction to what we believe and how those beliefs shape our life together as a church. Lunch and childcare are provided.
If you are interested in this class, register here.
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:
10:00 am - Jack Fisher Park in Santa Ana
6:30 am - French Park Grass Area
10:00 am - Meeting Room: Ballroom
