Announcements
House of Prayer
Join your Grace family on Sunday, July 14, at 11:15am in the youth room as we join together in prayer.
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Lord’s Supper Service
Join us Sunday evening, July 7, at 6pm for our Lord’s Supper Service.
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Third of July
Join us for our 3rd of July Celebration. 5:00pm – 9:00pm Grace will provide hamburgers, hot dogs & drinks. Last name A-M bring a side dish to share that serves 10. Last name N-Z bring a dessert to share that serves 10. Bring chairs, blankets.
Continue ReadingJune 30, 2019
After explaining how to deal with false teachers within the church, he urges Titus: “But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.” (Titus 2:1) Not only are elders to be able to give instruction in sound doctrine, but also in what accords with sound doctrine. What should it look like when sound doctrine […]
Continue ReadingJune 23, 2019
“They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works (Titus 1:16).” The Bible is insistent on this point – faith and works must be connected. Sound faith grows from sound doctrine and bears good fruit. It “accords with godliness” (Titus 1:1). The apostle John wrote: “Whoever says ‘I know him’ but does […]
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Adventure Week Work Day
Join us on Saturday, June 15 from 9:00am- 1:00pm as we start creating all that goes into making Adventure Week visually exciting! We need builders and painters and also anyone willing to wield a pair of scissors.
Continue ReadingJune 16, 2019
If the culture of Crete in Paul’s day was a bit like The Pirates of the Caribbean (as Jackson said two Sundays ago), the situation of these early church communities on Crete was a bit like towns in the Wild, Wild West. In the absence of “sheriffs” (i.e. elders), false teachers were going unchecked and […]
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June 9, 2019
Paul’s letter to Titus is essentially an instruction manual for putting the churches that had been planted in Crete “into order.” So, where will that start? With good leaders. Titus was not to be a lone ranger in raising up Christ-exalting churches. “…appoint elders in every town as I directed you.” Titus 1:5 God’s design […]
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Baptism Service
All are encouraged to attend our Annual Business Meeting on Sunday, June 2 at 5pm in the main sanctuary. Following our meeting at 6pm we will get to celebrate the baptisms of several from our Grace family.
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Annual Business Meeting
All are encouraged to attend our Annual Business Meeting on Sunday, June 2 at 5pm in the main sanctuary. Following our meeting at 6pm we will get to celebrate the baptisms of several from our Grace family.
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June 2, 2019
“This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order” Titus 1:5 This Sunday we will begin our summer series in the book of Titus. Normally we begin our book series by devoting an entire Sunday as a reading service, in order to read through the entire book […]
Continue ReadingMay 26, 2019
“He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God (Acts 1:3).” With these appearances, Jesus was not only proving that he had truly risen. He was also speaking to his disciples about the kingdom of God, preparing them for […]
Continue ReadingMay 19, 2019
“I will lay down my life for you!” In that moment, I think Peter sincerely meant every word, but it had been easier said than done. When the moment actually came, fear gripped him and he denied and abandoned his Lord. Can you imagine how it must have felt to look the risen Jesus in […]
Continue ReadingMay 12, 2019
Two weeks ago, we saw Jesus’ appearance to Mary Magdalene turn her sorrow to joy. Last Sunday, we saw his appearance to his disciples replace their fear with peace and gladness. But not all of the disciples were there. For some reason, Thomas missed that appearance and wasn’t ready to believe their fantastic claim, famously […]
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May 5 2019
When you think of Jesus’ disciples and followers in the aftermath of his death and burial, you may think primarily of their sorrow, grief, and disappointment. But they were also afraid. Our passage for this Sunday (John 20:19-23) begins like this: “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors […]
Continue ReadingApril 28 2019
In 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Paul writes: “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures… (1 Cor. 15:3-4)” But, that’s not the end […]
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Good Friday Service
Please join us on Friday, April 16 for a Good Friday service at 6:00 pm in the main sanctuary.
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April 21 2019
When we think of Passion week, we usually think of the three key events of the final days of Jesus on earth – his triumphal entry, crucifixion, and resurrection, but there was so much more that happened between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. The Gospel Coalition has put a wonderful resource online called The Final […]
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Easter Workshop
Easter Story Presentation Easter Themed Craft Workshop: children ages preschool -5th grade chooses 2 crafts to make (wooden cross, paint a towel, decorate & plant a pot, create a bowl) Eat Lunch together! Kid friendly main dish provided Families please bring a salad/fruit/veggies or dessert to share Take advantage of this great opportunity to enjoy […]
Continue ReadingGuatemala Missions Trip Update
At our March baptism service, Andrew Yap shared about a short-term dental missions trip he was about to take to Guatemala with a team of Christian dentists. Here’s a word of thanks and report on the trip from Andrew. Thanks everyone for your prayers for my week-long mission trip to Guatemala in March. I was […]
Continue ReadingApril 14, 2019
This Sunday is Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Passion Week. We are calling our Passion Week service series GLORIFIED and working our way through chapters 12-20 of the Gospel of John. In chapter 12, Jesus declares: “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to […]
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Ladies Tea
Ladies Spring Tea will be held on April 6th from 11:30am-1:30pm at Biola’s Cafeteria Banquet Room. Tickets cost $25 and will be sold in between services on March 17 and 24. Purchase tickets – HERE
Continue ReadingApril 7, 2019
This Sunday will be our reflection service for Philippians. In place of a sermon, we will be inviting you to stand and testify to how the word of God has been at work in you through this series. Paul prayed for and expected the word of God to be “at work.” And we also thank […]
Continue ReadingMarch 31, 2019
I’m going to date myself here, but there was series of TV commercials when I was growing up for the stock brokerage firm EF Hutton that went like this. At some large dinner party, one person would quietly comment to another that his broker was EF Hutton and all conversation would fall silent. Then the […]
Continue ReadingMarch 24, 2019
In Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he refers to God twenty-two times. In eighteen of those mentions, He is simply “God.” Three times He is called God “our Father.” But once, in our passage this Sunday, Paul calls Him “the God of peace.” “…and the God of peace will be with you (Philippians 4:9).” What […]
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March 17, 2019
“But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead… (Phil. 3:13).” What lies ahead makes all the difference. In February, I had the joy (and pain!) of running a 200-mile relay with 11 other guys from Grace out in Arizona. For each of the 36 legs, there would […]
Continue ReadingMarch 11, 2019
This Sunday in Philippians we will get a powerful reminder of a gospel truth that is easier to affirm than it is to live out. Paul reminds us that in Christ we are those who “put no confidence in the flesh.” Where are we to rest the full weight of our faith that God’s love […]
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Members Meeting
Members join us this Sunday at 5pm for our Members’ meeting. Everyone is invited to join us at 6pm as we celebrate people from our Grace family being baptized and share in family time together
Continue ReadingMarch 3, 2019
We are almost halfway through Philippians with one final section of chapter two to go. At first read, after the glorious description of Christ’s humble condescension and sacrificial redeeming love (2:1-11) and then the strong encouragement to “work out our salvation with fear and trembling” (2:13-18), what comes next might seem quite a bit less […]
Continue ReadingFebruary 24, 2019
One of the questions we ask each week as we prepare our order of worship, choosing songs and scripture, is, “What sorts of hearts will our passage be addressing or confronting this week?” Fearful hearts? Idolatrous hearts? Weary hearts? Proud hearts? Numb hearts? Self-righteous hearts? If you read our text for Sunday (Philippians 2:12-18), what […]
Continue ReadingFebruary 17, 2019
This past Sunday, Randy posed the question, “Is your approach to church me-centered or we-centered?” As we begin Philippians 2 this Sunday, we could ask a similar question, “Is your approach to church me-centered or you-centered?” Or as I sometimes ask my kids (and frequently need to ask myself), “Are you operating from a me […]
Continue ReadingFebruary 10, 2019
Grace Family, let’s not forget that it is “through our prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ” (Phil. 1:19) that God will present each one of us mature in Christ. Let’s be lifting up our brothers and sisters at Grace in prayer this week by name! With the last few verses of […]
Continue ReadingFebruary 3, 2019
Eternal Weight of Glory 1. Now the days and hours and moments Of our suffering seem so long; And the toilsome wait and wondering Threaten silence to our song. Now our pain is real and pressing Where our faith is thin and weak, But our hope is set on Jesus; And we cling to […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 27, 2019
The subtitle of our Philippians series is Words of Hope from a Man in Chains. Erik pointed out this past Sunday that Paul was a “man in chains” on two levels. He considered himself a “slave of Christ”, bound to Christ for the sake of the gospel, and the plans God had for him included […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 20, 2019
This Sunday we will begin preaching through Paul’s letter to the Philippians in a series we’re calling Joy in the Faith: Words of Hope from a Man in Chains. If you missed our reading service on Sunday, you can listen to it here. Paul begins his letter by expressing how thankful he is for the […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 13, 2019
This Sunday we begin our next sermon series through Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Our series title, Joy in the Faith, is taken directly from Philippians 1:25. Paul is not sure whether his imprisonment will end with his execution or his deliverance, but he has a strong feeling that the Lord still has more work […]
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