At Evident Grace, practically every Sunday is Easter as the celebration of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection is key to everything we do. Jesus’ work on the cross ushers us into our relationship with God. Jesus’ work on the cross enables us to understand scripture. Jesus’ work on the cross guides us in our obedience. Jesus’ work on the cross motivates us to love our neighbor. To put it in EG speak: Jesus’ work on the cross builds our community,…
When I arrived in Virginia, it was on the heels of several moves. Everyone from a church member to the chief of police helped me get here. When Amy and I finally got into our apartment, so many folks from Evident Grace showed up that I didn’t even know everyone’s name. What I did know was that we were being cared for and that people loved us. There is a unique blessing in helping someone move. Showing up early to…
In an age of church dissension, arguments, and division, church unity appears to be a distant dream. However, in a moment of hope, dozens of church leaders (members of the Tidewater, Blue Ridge, and James River Presbyteries) spent the earlier portion of this week at the Airfield 4-H Camp in Wakefield, VA. Focusing on updates from church planters and missionaries, the yearly retreat brought in local speakers with stories and exhortations surrounding the theme of “Resilience”. As Leonard Bailey, the…
One of the highest values that Evident Grace holds is the care and well-being of our children and the children of our visitors. And for that reason, EG will be hosting a nursery/childcare training day directly following worship on March 15th at 12:30pm. If you have been serving or would like to serve, here are the details. One: The training will happen at our nursery on the second floor of Liberty Lanes. Two: The training will last about 1.5 hours…
Sunday, February 1st, Evident Grace is launching a new sermon series entitled, Definition, a study of the Gospel of John. Why call the study Definition? Well, so many look at Jesus as an example of how to live, and while Jesus is that, He is so much more. You see, the book of John was the last written Gospel, and one of its intentions was to better define who Jesus is. After a generation of believers, people still had a…
Kafasoto is excited to announce that they will be studying Tim Keller’s Galatians for You in 2015. Their first get together will be Friday evening, January, 30th at 7pm at the home of Tracy Greenberg. Kafasoto is our gathering of ladies at Evident Grace, and they meet once a month for a time of study and community. Meeting at a home gives our ladies the opportunity for a relaxed and fun environment to study in a pressure free environment, and…
Teaching our children is one of the valued distinctives that we pursue in our ever-growing community at Evident Grace. In light of that, we are excited to announce that on January 11th, Evident Grace will be offering children’s teaching programs ranging from infant to Grade 5. Here is how we are going to do it. From 9:15am until 10:00am, we will be launching our first Sunday School for Grades 1-5. They will be meeting in our conference room, upstairs in our…
With so many thinking that there is a church on every corner, it is fair to ask why any young church should exist. Because of that, a purposeful church should have a purposeful rationale for its existence. Otherwise, just let some other church do the job. So, in light these truths, Evident Grace launched based upon these verses: Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God has been made evident, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and…
Many churches this time of year hold membership or partnership classes. In fact,Evident Grace Fellowship, will be hosting one soon. Culturally, however, one notion that continues to gain popularity is whether or not church membership, affiliation, or partnership is biblical. There is a popular notion that church membership is an option for the believer. So, is it? I bump into this idea that the structured, organized church is broken and can sufficiently be discarded for such reasons as style. So then, is…
Have you ever been to a restaurant and seen a dish on the menu that interested you? Of course, but the way most restaurants work is that you don’t get a taste ahead of time to find out if you really like it. Your choices are either taking a risk and ordering the dish or skipping it for something that you know you will like. The problem is that you will just never know if the dish you skipped was…