Thanksgiving has come and gone, and the Christmas season is in full swing. And while we decorate our homes and purchase presents, we always hear the exhortations from “The Charlie Brown Christmas” reminding us of the true meaning of the day. So many of us love Linus’ speech telling us that it isn’t the tree that matters. With so many things to distract us, we always need to take a moment to remind ourselves the importance of the season. That…
Mere weeks ago, South Carolina suffered from what many called a “thousand year” event. Heavy rains flooded the rivers and banks, and devastation overran much of the area leaving many with damaged homes and even more homeless. Business and government buildings were not spared either. Sadly, in our minute by minute culture the events a month ago have been long forgotten while the need ever increases. Just this past week, rains once again flooded much of the SC. Evident Grace, like…
The flooding devastation in SC has been described as a “Once in a 1,000 year” event, and some newscasters have been so bold as to declare it as, “Biblical in scope”. The bottom line is that the cost is in the 100’s of millions, and the loss of life and effects on people’s lives will be felt for generations. Evident Grace wants to help, and we want to invite the church and the community to partner with us. Our denomination’s disaster…
This Sunday (07/22), Evident Grace Fellowship will hold our Summer Town Hall Meeting directly following the worship service. We will have an abbreviated time of worship (10:00 am – 10:45 am), and then our Town Hall will be from 10:45 am until 11:30 am. What’s a Town Hall Meeting? Let me tell you. Our Town Hall Meetings are a time where the church interacts with all that’s happened in the past few months while dreaming about the future. Pastor Gordon and…
Evident Grace Fellowship is excited to announce a fall membership class on September 19th at 9am. Among the topics covered will be: How EG came to be (How and why did EG start?) How we do life at EG (What’s our mission? Who is in charge here?) How you can get connected at EG (Do we have small groups? Men’s and Women’s Groups?) How you can serve at EG (Where do the church’s needs meet my gifts?) We will kick…
Evident Grace Fellowship (PCA) is excited to announce that national speaker and author, Randy Nabors, will be speaking at their particularization service on August 2nd. A particularization service is when a new church recognizes and ordains its first elders. Nabors is pastor emeritus of New City Fellowship in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He presently serves as Urban and Mercy Ministries Coordinator for Mission to North America for the Presbyterian Church in America. A graduate of Covenant College and Covenant Theological Seminary, he has…
Not only will Evident Grace Fellowship have their first worship service at Courthouse Road Elementary on August 2nd, we will also have our particularization service at Hope Presbyterian (EPC) that evening. What in the world is a particularization service? By definition, particularization is the process of recognizing something as individual. Here is what that means for us. EG was started by New Life in Christ Church, PCA (NLIC) and Hope of Christ Church, PCA (HoC) with the support of…
Evident Grace is excited to announce that we will begin meeting for worship services at Courthouse Road Elementary (CRES) on August 2nd. Why the move you may ask? EG’s mission is that God’s grace made evident in our lives enables us to make God’s grace evident to the world. We do that through our community, our worship, and our service. Moving to CRES gives us a greater platform and ability to do those things. We have loved our present (and…
In our last blog post, we looked at why should Ruling and Teaching Elders leaving their churches for a week, travel hours away, and vote on motions and even obscure points of theology each year. Many of you will never attend General Assembly unless is again return to Virginia (in 2012 it was in Virginia Beach). Gordon and I don’t want what happens in our denomination to be disconnected from our local expression here in Spotsylvania, VA. To that end…
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