December 22, 2019
This Sunday we go from “the government shall be upon his shoulder” and “of the increase of government and peace there will be no end” (Isaiah 9:6-7) to “behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin...
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The Church Office will be closed from December 25 through January 1. We will resume normal business hours on January 2. The post Church Office Closed appeared first on Grace Evangelical Free Church.
View ArticleDecember 29, 2019
If you’ve been at Grace for any length of time you have heard us explain what we understand to be our biblical mission and vision as a local church. Our mission is to be a gospel proclaiming,...
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View ArticleJanuary 12, 2020
Our third and final “one another” this Sunday is 1 Peter 4:10 “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” God’s varied grace. God’s grace comes...
View ArticleJanuary 19, 2020
One day this week as I was re-reading Colossians 1, this phrase stood out: “…the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing“...
View ArticleJanuary 26, 2020
This Sunday we are returning to 1 Corinthians and our series Seeing Everything Through a New Lens with our second reading service which will cover chapters 7-13. In this section we will hear Paul say,...
View ArticleFebruary 2, 2020
This Sunday we will resume our 1 Corinthians series, Seeing Everything through a New Lens. In chapter seven, as Paul takes up the first of many questions he has received from the Corinthians, let’s...
View ArticleFebruary 9, 2020
For the month February, our Take Up Your Sword reading plan has us meditating on Colossians 3:1-17. Paul describes the day to day pursuit of sanctification in terms of undressing and dressing. We are...
View ArticleFebruary 16, 2020
This Sunday, we come to the final section of 1 Corinthians 7 When you read it, Paul’s sense of urgency is unmistakable and explains why he says what he says. “The appointed time has grown very short”...
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Engaged Couples Class The Engaged Couples Class aims to introduce couples to God’s plan for marriage and to show how the gospel is the power of God for salvation and for every aspect of marriage. The...
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View ArticleMarch 1, 2020
Chapters 8-10 of First Corinthians is calling us to repent of self-centeredness and to follow Paul as he follows Christ on the path of self-sacrificial love for others for the sake of the gospel and...
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View ArticleFood Bank Will Be Closed
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View ArticleCovid-19 Announcement: March 13, 2020
Dear Grace Family, As you know by now, Gov. Newsom, along with California public health officials are recommending that gatherings of over 250 people be cancelled through the end of the month. In...
View ArticleMarch 22, 2020
When I wrote last week’s sermon prep, I had no idea that we’d all be worshiping from our homes via livestream. One week later and it seems like our world has been flipped on its head. These lines from...
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View ArticleMarch 29, 2020
As the catastrophic effects of this pandemic have continued to grow, I was reminded of a word that J. R. R. Tolkien coined, eucatastrophe. He added the Greek prefix “eu” (which means good) to the word...
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