Grace Blog

This past Sunday we heard Pastor Merritt unfold God's Word to us from Psalm 46. Merritt reminded us that "The LORD of hosts is in control and with us, through all trouble and rebellion." What a great truth to be reminded of! Even better is to know that since it was God who put Psalm 46 in our Bibles, we can trust that He will give us the grace to believe this truth when we find ourselves in times of trouble and rebellion.

Desiring to extend this sermon throughout your week, here is a little devotion on the first verse of Psalm 46. 

Suffering is a fact of life in a fallen and broken world. The truth is if you have not already, you will experience suffering, trouble, or trials of various kinds. A wise man once wrote, "...all we have to do is live long enough, and we will suffer."* Well I guess I've lived long enough. Over the past three years, Lauren and I have gone through several trials: family, job, and even personal. Before the Lord gifted Lauren and I with Payton Anne, we had three miscarriages. This is not one of those things that gets easier with experience. There was significant weeping with heavy hearts.

It's that time again - for our annual All Church Picnic! The theme for this year's picnic is "A Taste of Grace" which builds upon one of the themes in the current sermon series of 1 Corinthians - unity in diversity. This year's picnic theme celebrates our unity, in that Grace is a gathering of people who are united in our belief that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. The theme also celebrates, by God's grace, our great diversity in both age and ethnicity.

Come taste our "best" dishes that represent our traditional and/or cultural diversity and enjoy games and other fun activities for both youth and adults!

"A Taste of Grace" will be Sunday, June 10th, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm on the church grounds. This will be in place of our 11:00 am worship service.

We had the priviledge of hearing from guest preacher Matthew Maka on the topic, The Gospel and Parenting from Luke chapter 6. You can listen to the sermon below or even download it from this post as well.

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UPDATE

The download feature on the sermons page is working correctly again! Karen Thom at Pinix, by God's grace, worked with great patience and perseverance to find the fix to this nagging problem. Thank you Karen (and your team)!

[to download a sermon directly from the website, click on the red circle with an arrow pointing down in it, to the right of the audio player for each sermon]

This winter season, cancellation of Sunday morning worship services will be posted on the homepage of our website no later than 7am on the Sunday morning in question. Weekday activities at the church will be cancelled whenever Fairfax County Public Schools are closed due to inclement weather.

You can go here, to check if Fairfax County Public Schools have a schedule change (closing or delay) due to inclement weather or other emergencies.