Let’s keep building community in Santa Ana one run at a time! Sign up for the 5k, 10k, or Kid’s Dash event. Some of the race events are free! There will be a resource fair following the event. Don’t miss the opportunity to go into our city and get to know neighbors who don’t know Jesus.
Sign-up with a couple friends, you can find all the registration and event information here.
This Sunday we had the joy of hearing our Pastoral Intern, Robert Lopez, preach to us for the very first time! He told us about 2 disciples on that very first Easter Sunday who couldn’t see Jesus. They were lost, confused, and blinded by sadness. But Christ came and found them on the road to Emmaus. On the way, the men tell him that some of their friends reported the tomb was empty and Jesus was alive, "but him they did not see." The Risen Lord responds by showing himself first through the Bible (Luke 24:27) and then through the broken bread (24:30-31). He reveals himself through the Scriptures and the sacrament and their eyes are opened to see him. And once they see him, they can't keep it to themselves. Because this experience of seeing Jesus leads directly to them sharing Jesus with the others. This sight of his glory moved them to get back on the road, race down to Jerusalem, and proclaim to the others that "The Lord has risen indeed!" (24:34). This sort of sight should do the very same thing for us.
Our annual communion service was a wonderful time of beholding Christ around the table. We set our sights upon the broken bread and poured out cup in order to see the Lamb who was slain for us. We worshiped. We feasted. We fellowshiped. We anticipated that great banquet to come. And we were nourished in body and soul.
Many thanks to all the hands that prepared the food, set the tables, arranged the decorations, captured photos, and made it all possible.
This week, 4 groups will meet throughout our city to share in the joy of Jesus and apply his gospel to each other’s lives. Outside of Sunday mornings, small groups are the most important moments in the life of our church. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience God’s grace through one another.
Join us as we partner with LivingWell to spend the morning walking together in support of their ministry and the women and babies they serve!
Here are the details of the event:
Date: March 7th, 2026
Check-in Opens: 8:30am
Walk Start Time: 9:30am
Location: LivingWell Parking Lot (2010 N Tustin St, Orange, CA 92865)
In order to participate, we encourage you to start collecting sponsors! All the donations you collect will be used to support LivingWell’s center - offering free women’s health services to the community and support groups for those suffering from past pregnancy losses.
We will have sponsorship forms at church this Sunday on the welcome table, or you can download a sponsor form, here.
For any questions and to RSVP to walk with us, please feel free to reach out to Peter Cunningham.
This Saturday, from 9am-11:30am, Cordell & Marina Warm are taking our monthly prayer meeting on the road! Join us in the heart of French Park as we pray for the needs of our church, the good of our neighbors, and revival in our city. Make these meetings part of your regular rhythm on the first Saturday of each month. Kids are welcome. Invite your friends.
“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, in Santa Ana as it is in heaven” (Mt 6:9-10)
The youth of Cross of Grace continue their line by line journey through the Apostles’ Creed. This time around they’re asking the question, “Where is Jesus now?” Come ready to wrestle with the big questions of faith and receive the answers God provides. See you at Hopper & Burr!
Here’s a snapshot of what’s happening this week:
Basketball in the Park
6:30pm - El Camino Real Park
Reach out to Manny for more info
French Park Run Club
6:30am - French Park Grass Area
Share the flyer & invite a friend!
Small Groups
6:30pm - Lee Home
7:00pm - Roenicke Home
Small Groups
7:00pm - Davis & Erkelens Home
Walk for Life with Livingwell Pregnancy Centers
8:30am - LivingWell Parking Lot (2010 N Tustin St, Orange, CA 92865)
Reach out to Peter Cunningham with questions & sign up here
Prayer Meeting
9:00am - French Park Grass Area
RSVP with Cordell or Marina & get more info here
Beginning March 16th, we’re hosting a streamlined version of our regular fall course. Not the usual five-lane “Golden Gate Bridge,” complete with dinner and a larger volunteer team. But a two-lane “pedestrian bridge,” with coffee & dessert and a smaller crew.
But make no mistake, we’ve still got big expectations of what God will do through this 10-week exploration of the Christian faith. We’ll wrestle with the big questions of life, build relationships with our neighbors, and dive into honest conversations where all perspectives are welcomed.
Pray about who you’ll bring - Who in your life is seeking answers, isn’t sure what they believe, or has doubts about Christianity? Ask the Lord to give you eyes to see the family members, friends, co-workers, and neighbors who are far from him and burden you for their salvation.
Pray for boldness - Next, pray for boldness to open your mouth, send that text, share the link, and invite them to Bridge. Ask God for opportunities to talk about spiritual things and then seize the moment to welcome them to Bridge and keep the conversation going. Pray urgently over these next 2 weeks leading up to the course for your brothers and sisters at Cross of Grace as they do the same.
Pray for open hearts - Finally, pray that God would go before you, cause your words of welcome to land on fertile soil, and begin drawing our guests to himself. Pray that he would bring your friends, family, and neighbors to Bridge so that they could catch a glimpse of our joy. Pray that the joy we have in Jesus would become a joy they’d soon share with us.
Use this link to invite your friends. Find all the details for the Spring Course here.
Jesus established the Lord’s Supper while eating the Passover meal. On the night before his death, he and his friends gathered around a table with a whole roasted lamb lying right in the center. In this moment he revealed that the true meaning of the celebration wasn’t the lamb upon the table, but the Lamb presiding over the table! That he was what it was really all about. The one true Lamb of God that would be offered to redeem his people forevermore. Fast forward to 2026. We’re on the other side of the cross. We know that "Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed for us" (1 Cor 5:7). But we're separated from the urgency, the embodied reality, and the historical happening of that moment. We struggle to believe because we cannot see. So God gives us communion: a special means of beholding the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world through the broken bread and poured out cup.
