Unity In The Gospel
Next week the pastors of Grace Hill (along with their wives) will be spending a few days in Frisco, Texas for a Pastoral Leadership Summit. The purpose for their time away is to seek refreshment, renewal, encouragement and a resolve for the work that Christ has called them to in Merton. Please pray for your pastors and their wives while they are away.
Towards Unity In The Gospel
One of the objectives during our time in Frisco will be to receive the recognition from the Elders of Trinity Fellowship to formally join and partner for the Gospel of Jesus. This partnership was a journey we began pursuing back in February of 2024 and we are now heading towards the finish line. Thanks for all of your prayer and constant support. Thanks for unanimously voting as a church to joyfully enter into this new season!
What’s So Great?
Do Christians work to earn their salvation? Do Christians choose to have faith? These questions have vast implications for the hope, joy, and assurance of the Christian life. When the truth of God's sovereign grace breaks into our hearts, it changes everything!
Doctrines Of Grace
In his book, What’s So Great About The Doctrines Of Grace? author Richard Phillips takes us on a tour of the doctrines of grace, also known as the five points of Calvinism. What often confuses Christians can be easily understood with clear biblical exposition. Phillips helps us to see the extent of our corruption in sin, to anchor our faith in the fullness of grace, and to trust in God's promise to finish what He started-the salvation of His people. When we rely on God's all-sufficient grace, we can truly live for His all-consuming glory.
What’s So Great About The Doctrines Of Grace? Richard Phillips
You can order Phillips’ book online, or swing by the church bookstore and grab a copy. Together let us encourage one another as we read for the glory of God. Let us be Christians who know what we believe and why we believe it.
November Youth Night
Our next youth event will be Saturday, November 8th from 4-8pm at the Lindmark home. We will be playing games, warming near a bonfire (if weather allows), making build-your-own pizzas for dinner, and continuing our study asking the tough questions about Christianity. This month's question is "can't we have morality without religion?" Please read Chapter 4 in your books in preparation for this week and bring along any questions that you have.
Saturday, November 8th | 4-8pm
We currently meet once a month to learn and grow. Every meeting is different. Sometimes it's a party. Sometimes it's a service project. Often we have deep theological conversations. 7th-12th graders from inside and outside the church are welcome to join.
Prayer, Pie & Praise
Join us at the Enge home on Wednesday evening, November 26th for a brief time to sing, pray and give thanks to God for the good things He has done. Afterwards, there will be tea and pie to share and enjoy with one another. Please bring along a pie to share and your voice to sing of His praises!
Wednesday, November 26th | 7pm
“Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.”
Sempre Reformanda
On October 31st 1517, Martin Luther famously nailed his 95 theses to the Wittenberg door, prompting a debate, and setting off a cascade of doctrinal shifts in an effort to return to the Scriptures. This movement would spread far and wide for many years and would ultimately culminate in what we now fondly refer to as the Protestant Reformation.
Reformation Day
If you call yourself a Christian (and are not Roman Catholic), then you are Reformed, and you are Protestant. We are “Protestants” so we affirm the Five Solas of the Reformation.
Sola Scriptura
The Bible is our only infallible authority.
Sola Fide
Faith alone unites us to Christ and justifies us before God.
Sola Gratia
We are saved by the grace of God alone.
Solus Christus
Jesus is the only mediator to God.
Soli Deo Gloria
God alone saved, so God alone gets the glory.
The Sweetest Treat
Fall festivities are upon us. Our neighbors have begun venturing out to take part in all that the holiday season has to offer, including navigating the streets with their children dressed in costumes to collect an abundance of candy!
Our Neighbors Are Out
Historically Halloween is a celebration of the end of harvest and the beginning of winter, which involved lighting bonfires and wearing costumes. The name "Halloween" itself comes from the Christian feast of “All Hallows' Eve,” a day before “All Saints' Day,” which incorporated many older traditions. Today, Halloween has evolved into a modern celebration focused on fun activities like trick-or-treating, wearing costumes, and carving jack-o-lanterns.
Right To Your Door
Regardless of what you think of Halloween, this is a wonderful opportunity to meet and interact with our neighbors, some of which we may rarely see throughout the year. Yet in the next few days those people we rarely see will take to the streets and may even come right up to your door! This is one cultural tradition that brings communities together and gives us an incredible opportunity to forge relationships with our neighbors and hopefully one day offer them the sweetest treat of all, the gift of God’s Son.
Home Life
Our small groups encourage genuine relationships within the church, developing the kinds of relationships that will help us mature and persevere in the Faith together. Small Group is where we intentionally practice the “one another” statements we find sprinkled throughout the Scriptures. We will mature and persevere in our relationship with God as we grow in our relationship with people who are helping one another learn to follow Christ and His Word (Ephesians 4:11-16).
Small Groups
Meetings occur in a member’s home every 1st & 3rd week, splitting their time between affirmation, prayer, Bible study and discussion. While every group is unique, we all serve the same Jesus and hope to use our time throughout the week to pursue meaningful relationships that further point us to our great Savior.
Every 1st & 3rd Week
If you have yet to join a Small Group, please check out the available groups by clicking the button below to join a group!
Why Do We Meet?
Our gatherings are spiritual, yet ironically, they’re spiritual (at least in part) because they’re physical. God has always meant for his people to be physically gathered together. This is evident in why he created Adam and Eve with physical bodies and proceeded to walk with them in the garden. And perhaps the clearest demonstration of God’s desire for togetherness is manifested in the incarnation of His Son.
God’s People Gathered Together
Sometimes we like to say that “a church is a people, not a place.” However, it might be more helpful to say that “a church is a people gathered together in a place.” Regularly gathering together is necessary for a church to be a church, just like a team has to gather together to play in order to be a team.
Making togetherness a priority requires shifting our question from “Should we go to church today?" to instead become, “How can we make the most of our church gathering?”
We Need All Of Us
Check out Tony Merida’s book “Love Your Church” available at the church bookstore. And for a shorter read, try Gavin Ortlund’s article “Make Sundays the Sweetest” published on Desiring God.
A Dorm For Brazil
Our friends, the Ketchams, are building two new dorms in an effort to provide adequate housing for the missionary’s children who are studying at Puraquequara, contributing to their development in excellence as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Dorm Fundraising Project
The current aging dorm has already been vacated and is ready for demolition. However, the actual reconstruction will not begin until sufficient funds are secured to ensure that, once started, the project can proceed without interruption until the building is complete.
For The Gospel In Puraquequara
If you would like to give to the Puraquequara Dorm Project, please go to Church Center, or click the button below, and select “Ketcham Building Fund” from the drop down option. Thanks for supporting our friends and the spread of the Gospel in Brazil.