Word of Grace Church

Following up on a reality we looked at on Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Ryan takes a look at the "Perfect Love" that drives out fear.

Dale joins us to give an update on his and Becky's work in Shanghai, and to encourage us from the Book of Acts.

In the aftermath of the Resurrection, Jesus spent 40 days coming and going among his followers, and there are some amazing keys for us in the moments that took place, as we live now awaiting His Return.

Join in on the greatest story of all with us! We celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus and look at what it means for us in this special Easter Message.

As we dig into the story of Jesus' Triumphal entry, it may be familiar, but we find it still speaks to our hearts today.

In preparation for Holy Week, we focus in on a theme from scripture to frame some of the actions and conversations of Jesus in a new, or maybe very old, light.

In this last look at Moses, we see him weary and in need of some help. Pastor Ryan challenges us to consider our limits and turn to one another.

Pastor CJ unpacks the radiant face of Moses and the reflecting of the glory of God.

Take off your sandals Moses, you're on Holy Ground. Today we turn our attention to the feet of Moses.

Looking at four tangible things from the life of Moses, we start with the voice of Moses.

In our finale of this series to open 2024, we look at the enduring works of our lives.

Growing together in loving attachment shapes our identity and our character in Christ. It also helps us in a specific way that we sometimes don't like. Our shared identity makes space for healthy correction that we all need sometimes. Take a look at the Word with us and commit to building in relationship for Fruit That Lasts.

Following on last week's discussion, we take a look at what enriches the soil of our hearts. What adds into our lives the nutrients that God can use to grow fruit that lasts?

Why isn't information enough to guarantee transformation? Today we're taking a deeper (and nerdier) look at how God designed us for change.

When Jesus invites us to remain in Him, He doesn't mince words. "Apart from me you can do nothing," He said. One reality of Fruit That Lasts in our lives is that this connection to Him requires dependence. We're an independent people, and so often disconnected, but we need to recover this posture of coming to God and simply saying, "I need you."

As we launch into a new year, we don't just want more of the same. Jesus called us to produce fruit that lasts, and we look at the reality that His fruit in our lives doesn't come about with the methods of man, or business as usual, but with more of His Presence in us, and presence with one another.

As everyone shows off for Christmas, we remember that the greatest display was from God Himself, as He showed us the depth of His love and transforming power for us!

During our Kids' Christmas Takeover, our Children's Director Sharon Oliver shared a message with us on the hope of transformation that Christmas brings to us.

Friends from the UK joined us to bring refreshing all weekend, and Gary shared this message with out church about Divine Deliverance.

As we close our series, we take a look at Home, and our part to play until the Day of the Lord arrives.

This week we return to our key passage in Romans 13, and look at the higher calling we have to love our neighbor as ourselves.

With our youth students joining us this week, we took a look at a very important moment in scripture where young people led the way in faithfulness.

Larry encourages us to get into the place of prayer.

We continue to look at our calling to be different, Citizens of Heaven on this earth. In particular, we allowed James to talk with us about our talk. The hidden reality is this, we can only bring forth the words of life when we realize how God has always been speaking life over us!

As we represent Jesus in our daily grind, one of the things we're called to do is to be good listeners, but that is a dying art in our world. We look at some of the habits of our world, and the ways of Jesus, in this message. Finally, we remember that our God is a God who listens to us!

As followers of Jesus, we don[t get confused about where our power comes from. Jesus promises us something so much greater than anything in this world can.

When it comes to building our lives, we must consider the foundation first. Pastor Ryan shares with us about the reality of lordship, that we were made to properly attach to God Himself. God also gave us free will, and we have so many other would-be masters today. We're called to make an unpopular choice, and it is one that leads to unparalleled promise in our lives.

Brant talked to us about the disciples of Jesus and reminded us of how the Holy Spirit worked in their lives!

We launched into a new study this weekend on what it looks like for us to be citizens in this world, while being citizens of another... the Kingdom of God.

Dave shared with us about the importance of learning to war as part of a weekend where he poured into our church family.

Bob tells a bit of his recent journey and reminds us to keep eternity in focus.

Our final attitude from Ephesians comes from the famous passage of Paul on Spiritual Warfare. We are to Stand.

In the next section of our Three Part Overview of Ephesians, we look at the call to Walk. Paul returns to this over and over again, and get's really specific about how we walk with Jesus, particularly in unity with one another.

Pastor CJ brought a great illustration in three minutes for us to think about as we look at Spiritual Warfare.

The first of our three-part look at the postures in Ephesians, we explore the grace of God and our invitation to sit with Him.

Sandy encouraged us as we get started on our look at Spiritual Warfare.

On our Celebration Sunday, we looked at the power of our celebration, as we worship in the midst of our battles.

As we continue looking at relationships in the life of a disciple, we come to the idea of authority, and Bill reminded us of a challenging passage of scripture on how we are to relate to authority.

As we see the unprecedented rise of anxiety in our moment, we want to remind ourselves, as Followers of Jesus, of our baseline. The Word calls us to lift up our eyes and look to God... He is our rock.

Wrap up our study in 2 Timothy with us. How do we stay faithful and burn bright for Jesus in a world with a lot of darkness? As Paul ends we see his unspoken answer in the way he lived his life: For Jesus and deeply committed to others.

Sandie shared some of her personal story and how she learned to talk to Jesus and lean on Him.

This week's Tribe Talk has an unexpected twist at the end! Lisa kicked off our month looking at relationships and you don't want to miss it.

Coming close to the end of this letter from Paul to Timothy, we take a look at Paul's final culture-shifting charge to the young leader, and it strikes close to home for us as well.

Becky recapped an important lesson for us all as we wrapped up the chapter in our study on the Disciples' Disciplines. She talked to us about guarding our hearts and living generously.

Raphael shared with us about the Discipline of guarding our hearts.

Guest Speaker Pastor Randy Young shares with us from a challenging passage in 2 Timothy 2.

We dive into chapter 2 of 2 Timothy and look at some practical advice from Paul in the form of three metaphors.

We're diving into 2 Timothy, the final letter of Paul to a young pastor whom he calls his beloved son. As we dive in, Paul warmly greets Timothy and then encourages him to keep the fire burning, and rely on the Spirit.

Lara shares with us about following the promptings of the Holy Spirit and how God used that in her U+2 Group.

Shari talked with us about hearing God's Voice and encouraged us that, even when we feel invisible, God sees us and knows where we are.