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Evident Grace Reverse Advent Effort

Evident Grace Reverse Advent Effort

EG Family and the Surrounding Community, This past Sunday, our deacons announced our December “Reverse Advent” effort. As you will see in the attached image, we are collecting canned and dried goods to replenish the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank. Often, local food banks are drained post-Christmas because of the demand and the decreased giving post-holiday season. We want to help eliminate their upcoming need. Our desire is to bring all the food collected to our December 23rd worship service, place…

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Sunday Recap for 12.02.18 The End of Shame

Sunday Recap for 12.02.18 The End of Shame

Sunday, December 2, 2018, Evident Grace looked at Isaiah 9:1-7: Isaiah 9:1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in…

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Sunday Recap for 11.25.18 Introduction to the Book of Romans

Sunday Recap for 11.25.18 Introduction to the Book of Romans

Introduction to the Book of Romans James Montgomery Boice: “We cling to man-centered, need-oriented teaching. And our churches show it! They are successful in worldly terms – big buildings, big budgets, big everything – but they suffer a poverty of the soul. All this means, in my judgment at least, that it is time to get back to the basic, life-transforming doctrines of Christianity – which is to say that is time to rediscover Romans.” 10th Pres Massive Church Swiss…

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Evident Grace Sunday Recap for 07.22.18 Big Idea: God Blesses Those Who Read His Word

Evident Grace Sunday Recap for 07.22.18 Big Idea: God Blesses Those Who Read His Word

Sunday, July 22, 2018, Evident Grace looked at Psalm 1: Psalm 1: Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf…

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Sunday Recap for 06.10.18 Big Picture Question: How does your relationship with God radically affect every other relationship?

Sunday Recap for 06.10.18 Big Picture Question: How does your relationship with God radically affect every other relationship?

Sunday, June 10, 2018, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 18:1-16: 1 Samuel 18:1 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped…

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Evident Grace Sunday Recap for 06.03.18 – What Opposes the Glory of God?

Evident Grace Sunday Recap for 06.03.18 – What Opposes the Glory of God?

Sunday, June 3, 2018, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 17:28-58: 1 Samuel 17:28 Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.” 29 And David said, “What have I…

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Evident Grace Sunday Recap 5.06.18 Sunday Recap Why is Repentance So Powerful?

Evident Grace Sunday Recap 5.06.18 Sunday Recap Why is Repentance So Powerful?

Sunday, May 6th, 2018, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 15:24-35: 1 Samuel 15:24 Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me that I may bow before the Lord.” 26 And Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of…

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Evident Grace Sunday Recap from 04/29/18 Better to Obey Than to Sacrifice

Evident Grace Sunday Recap from 04/29/18 Better to Obey Than to Sacrifice

Sunday, April 29, 2018, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 15:16-23: 1 Samuel 15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak. 17 And Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go,…

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Evident Grace Sunday Recap from 04/22/18 Giving Thanks

Evident Grace Sunday Recap from 04/22/18 Giving Thanks

Good Morning Friends, Typically, this is a summary of this past week’s sermon, but Sunday’s sermon was brief as was the service.  We did look at Acts 2, and you can find the audio and video online.  We followed the sermon with a beautiful baptism and our quarterly Town Hall meeting.  Look for an email with audio and video links from the Town Hall in the next few days. Right now, I want to say thank you to everyone at…

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Taste and See if You Like Evident Grace on 09/12

Taste and See if You Like Evident Grace on 09/12

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…

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