As always, it was a sweet day of worship yesterday. We prayed, we sang, we studied, and we rested under one central truth: God is good and generous. That may seem like an obvious truth, but I will tell you just like I told you yesterday: Our faith in God’s goodness and generosity is tested in difficult times. Well, fortunately, we get to see Jesus detail for us God’s generosity. In John 17, we read this… John 17:6 “I have…
First of all, please know how great it was to see so many of you at worship. We were blessed with joyful worship (I could hear you guys out there), and we were blessed with several guests at worship as well. More than anything, I think we were challenged well by John 17:1-5. We are moving into what is called Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer. This is where Jesus prays for the disciples, and He prays for us as well. In…
This past Sunday at Evident Grace, we looked John 16:15-33. Those verses include Jesus’ well-known declaration, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” And while these words include a tremendous promise, Jesus has so much more to say surrounding them. So, we looked at this Big Picture Question: How do the words of Jesus give us peace? And…
This week’s sermon tackled one of the most difficult topics in our lives: waiting. Simply, God commands waiting and promises blessings when we obey. Yet, we want what we want when we want it, and that wanting makes waiting nearly impossible. Towards that end, we asked this Big Picture Question: Big Picture Question: Why is waiting a good thing? And we attempted to answer that question in this way. Waiting is a good thing because when we wait… We understand…
Wow, Labor Day Sunday, the pastor with no voice, and the sermon that nearly ate all of us. If you weren’t with us, you were greatly missed. Thankfully, we had lots of EG family returning from vacation and several first time visitors. By God’s grace, I hoarse-croaked through the songs and sermon (still no idea why I lost my voice). Why did the sermon nearly eat all of us? Well, I first began the sermon two weeks ago, and I…
As for the sermon, we looked at the end of John 15 and the beginning of chapter 16 where Jesus was prepping the disciples for his departure. We began with looking at Psalm 121 asking the question, “Psalm 121:1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?” This was the cry of a man who lost his home, his job, his church, and he could no longer care for his family. Yet, in the…
Here we are with only one sermon to go in our spiritual gifts series. I’ve enjoyed it, and I’ve enjoyed the follow up conversations even more. Again, feel free to reach out to me if you want to interact. This week’s spiritual gift is the gift of encouragement. While the gift is mentioned in several places, we read Romans 12: Romans 12:6 “We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him…
Evident Grace Fellowship is moving to the YMCA on Smith Station Road on May 1st, and our services will be at 10am. How is that for a first sentence? So, why are we moving? Well, it is not because Courthouse Road Elementary has not been a fantastic host to us. They are and have been awesome. Everyone from the administrators, teachers, PTA leaders, the students, and staff have been gracious to us. The space is nearly perfect, and we love…
Excitedly, Evident Grace Fellowship announces our first Pastor’s Breakfast for this past Sunday’s First Time Attenders and recent Guests. It will be at 9:15am (04/3) prior to our worship service at Courthouse Road Elementary. The goal of the Pastor’s Breakfast is to give our First Time Attenders and recent Guests an opportunity to meet Pastor Gordon Duncan, his wife, Amy, and our elders and their wives. Additionally, we want to create an opportunity where you can ask questions, learn about…
The end of March is going to be a time of celebration for Evident Grace, and we inviteyou, your family, and all guests to be a part of it. In a series of services and sermons entitled “Jesus Finds Us”, we are celebrating the last week of Jesus’ life leading up to Easter Sunday. We have 4 services in our “Jesus Finds Us” celebration: March 20th Palm Sunday – 10:30am March 24th Maundy Thursday – 6pm March 25th Tenebrae Good…