Day of Prayer: March 25, 2020
#cmsmasters_button_5e7e5db0557898_64032558 { float:left; } #cmsmasters_button_5e7e5db0557898_64032558 .cmsmasters_button:before { margin-right:.5em; margin-left:0; vertical-align:baseline; }...
View ArticleApril 5, 2020
We are reminded daily that this world is not the way it was meant to be. This pandemic is just one more example of how creation has been “subjected to futility” and is groaning in “bondage to...
View Article“Safe at Home” Continues
Dear Grace Family, It was supposed to only last fifteen days. Then the entire month of April was added to the order. Recently, the City of San Francisco extended their “safe at home” precautions to...
View ArticlePraying Together Wednesdays at 1pm!
Grace Family, Grace has been invited to join other Free churches by praying every Wednesday for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. So, we encourage you to take a moment at or around one o’clock on...
View ArticleApril 12, 2020
xx The post April 12, 2020 appeared first on Grace Evangelical Free Church.
View ArticleApril 19, 2020
xx The post April 19, 2020 appeared first on Grace Evangelical Free Church.
View ArticleApril 26, 2020
Our passage this Sunday will be 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. Go take a couple of minutes and read it. At first glance it seems to be about the Lord’s Supper. (I mean, the ESV heading for this section is...
View ArticlePreparing for Online Communion
Be prepared WITH Bread (a flatbread, e.g. pita, naan, matzah is preferred, or, a gluten free alternative as needed) Juice or Wine Be prepared TO Hear the instructions for communion given by Kenny...
View ArticleABS: Trusting God
Adult Bible Study: Trusting God Adult Bible Study is meeting via Zoom this Sunday! A special series on Trusting God. Sunday 11am- 12noon If you would like to join us, please send an email to Brian...
View ArticleMay 3, 2020
It will never cease to amaze me that God’s plan to spread the greatest news ever to the ends of the earth is to use us. Once Jesus had given his life as a ransom for many and risen from the grave...
View ArticleFamily Time Gathering
Family Time Gathering Join us via Zoom on Sunday, May 3 at 6pm for an evening family time gathering. Erik Thoennes will lead us in a time of testimonies and prayer. I know we’re all missing seeing one...
View ArticleMay 10, 2020
In the apostles’ creed, one of the many things we profess to believe in is “the communion of saints.” What exactly are we saying we believe when we say that? The Heidelberg Catechism answers this way....
View ArticleMay 6, 2020
Dear Grace Family, As we look ahead into the future, the exact shape of things remains uncertain. But, as we look back over the previous two months we are encouraged by the clear evidence of Christ’s...
View ArticleMay 17, 2020
This Sunday we come to one of the most famous sections of 1 Corinthians, chapter 13. The love chapter. You’ve probably heard this chapter, or sections of it, read at more weddings than you can count....
View ArticleMay 24, 2020
For the next two Sundays we will be in 1 Corinthians chapter 14. At first glance, it might appear to be primarily about the gifts of tongues and prophecy (and it certainly does say a lot about these...
View ArticleBudge Information Meetings
Please join Randall Gruendyke & Jim Clark for a virtual informational meeting regarding our Annual Business Meeting and proposed 20-21 Budget. Questions can be submitted before the meeting to...
View ArticleMay 22, 2020
Grace Family, Two months ago, our lives were radically altered by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the introduction of “at-home” orders. Today, the end game of those orders – to “flatten the...
View ArticleMay 31, 2020
This may seem like cheating, but this week’s sermon prep is a song. 1 Corinthians 14 begins by urging us to “earnestly desire the spiritual gifts” and will conclude this Sunday saying, “earnestly...
View ArticleMay 28, 2020
Grace Family, This week, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health made it possible for us to begin planning to meet again – albeit with difficulty – at our La Mirada campus. The first...
View ArticleJune 7, 2020
Humility has been a huge theme throughout 1 Corinthians. It is one of the things in which Paul wanted them to imitate him as he imitated Christ. The big difference between Christ’s humility and ours...
View Article