October 11, 2020

Upcoming Events and Notices

We have resumed in-person worship service. Please join us for worship at 11 AM. We request all adults and older children to wear a mask and maintain social distancing.

We also hope to livestream this week's service via YouTube here. If, however, technical issues prevent the livestream, a video of the service will be available later in the day. Further information will be made available Sunday afternoon via a separate email.

You can find the order of worship and songs here.

The September 27, 2020 sermon, Isaiah 1:2–20. "Big Grace for Big Sinners" is available on our church website. You can also catch up on older sermons from our Sermon page and subscribe to sermon podcast here.

October 11 (Lord's Day): Please join us at the Live Oak Park after the worship service for a time of fellowship. Bring a chair and something to share!

October 14 (Wednesday 7 PM): Please join us for for "Knowing God" Zoom study. This week’s study will cover chapter 5 — “God Incarnate.” Meeting ID: 831 0828 6050.

Thank you for your continued support of Grace Fallbrook (PCA). Your loving support makes the proclamation of the gospel and the building up of the saints possible. Please continue to mail in your gifts and offerings to our church treasurer, Bruce Summers. In addition, our church website now features online giving. Please visit the church website and click on "Give" which you will find in the upper left corner of our church's website. When you click on "Give Online Now" button on that page, you will be directed to the PCA Foundation where you give towards Grace Fallbrook (PCA).

Before We Worship

We are all going to die.

Or, did you forget? No, this is not about the corona virus. Death is simply, and tragically, the unavoidable future for all of us. For from the moment we are born every breath we take brings us closer to death, and every second that passes brings us nearer to our grave. Is this too morbid? Too depressing? Well, I suppose it can be. But for those who have put their trust in the risen Savior, the reality of death need not cause dread in our hearts. Death is a reality we have to deal with, but it is also a conquered foe. Jesus rose from the dead, and we do not live with the shadow of death hanging over us.

Yet, while we do not cower before death as those who have no hope, we do live mindful of our approaching death. It may be there is no other way to live well except we let our approaching death breathe clarity and focus into our lives. That is, our sure death will bring all things to light, and we will give an accounting of our life to the Lord. Will we, then, be proud of what we have done with life? Or will we see that we, though saved by grace, have lived as petulant and ungrateful brats? Or, worse still, will the hidden things then come to light, and reveal that our faith was but meaningless words and we have worshiped idols and used our strengths and gifts against God's kingdom?

May our approaching death give us clarity and focus. Why should we persist in doing the things we will not be proud of on that day? Instead, we hope for better things and live more fully. For when we stand before the Lord, a well-lived life will be the gift we bring him. We will be grateful, and indeed, happy, that we have spent our life in worship and service. And then death will begin a new life, more glorious and fuller than we can imagine, think, or hope.