Irvine

A Note From Kyle Zimmerman

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Set this year apart as holy, a time to proclaim freedom throughout the land for all who live there.  Leviticus 25:10a (NLT)

JUBILEE! I am so excited to be celebrating the story God has been writing in our church over the past 50 years! This weekend is the perfect opportunity to invite your friends, family, classmates – your community – to come and witness the faithfulness and goodness of God on display. We’re going to take time in our services to mark this season of Jubilee – looking back and seeing the themes of Jubilee reflected in our church through forgiveness … reconciliation … redemption … healing … freedom in Christ. And, we’ll take time to celebrate His work in us today and what He’s inviting us into for the future as we will give you, your family and friends the opportunity to stand and say, “I Believe!” We are part of an unbelievable story of grace and love that God is writing through His presence and power in us. I can’t wait to celebrate with you this weekend!

Looking forward to being with you!

Peace,
Kyle

 

Mission Viejo

Serve Day 2.0

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Join us for a beautification project and community celebration! We will spend the afternoon at Cordillera Elementary School building playgrounds, renovating a garden, installing a fence, painting handball courts, serving food, and more. For info and to register, click here.

Sun, Jun 14, 1p, Cordillera Elementary School, 25952 Cordillera Dr.

Irvine

Reset

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We all reach places in our lives when our attempts at contentment and satisfaction come up empty. We’re on the hunt for a new beginning, a do-over. There has to be something bigger than our small dreams, right? We’ll talk about this question and others in our new series, Reset.

During the weekend services
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Sat: 5p, Sun: 9 & 11a

Mission Viejo

A Note From Jeff Maguire

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3am: Roosters

In any other early pre-dawn circumstance, roosters making such an announcement of a new day would be met with fatigued, angry curses. But, I’m awake anyway. Wide awake. I’m awake in a timezone ten hours away. It’s late afternoon back home. But, despite all appearances to the contrary: monkeys roaming the trees like squirrels, impala and zebra grazing in the open green spaces, it’s really not a different world.

This is my second visit to the FEARLESS conference in Nairobi, Kenya. There are speakers and leaders from all over the world. I’m finding that the global church is in full bloom and God is at work in places and in ways I had never expected. And, I’m discovering something within me that may have been unknowingly destructive — something hidden in the subtlety of my language and thinking — that Africa is truly a different world. If Africa, like so many other places that are unfamiliar, or unknown, or even unwelcome, is a different world, it can be neatly categorized in a box labeled “not me.” The joys, triumphs, struggles, and dreams of people that live in the “not me” box don’t concern me.

Slowly, that kind of thinking — that particular kind of thinking that tends to grow and fester over time is eroded by the most familiar, often messiest, and most abundant resource available: relationships. To identify a personally known individual in any place (no matter how far away that place is), makes that place matter. Winter storms in Michigan or tornadoes in Oklahoma take on a different meaning when your relatives and friends live there. So, Kevin and Anthony, Agnes, and Muriithi, Winston, Miriam, Towella, and others I’ve come to know, make Kenya, no matter how distant, a place that isn’t a different world. It’s the place where my friends live…

…the roosters, too.

I’m excited for all that God is doing while I’m here in Africa. I can’t wait to see how it impacts what we’re doing at home in Southern California.

See you very soon,

Jeff

Ocean Hills

A Note From Jeff Pries

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This weekend, the men of Ocean Hills heading up to the Men’s Retreat. Please be praying for them – that God will speak to each of them uniquely and that quality relationships will be made. Oftentimes, camp can have a profound impact on our lives, and we pray that is what happens to the men of Ocean Hills this weekend, as they find community and hear God’s voice.

Speaking of hearing God’s voice, we are moving into our new series LISTEN starting this weekend. We live in a world of overload, bombarded on all sides, from the phones that we carry, to the music we hear, to the TV we watch. The idea of finding quiet sounds like a nice concept, but in reality, it’s hard to do. The idea of hearing God’s voice amidst the chaos of life seems even more challenging. But isn’t that we want – to be able to hear from God, to recognize His voice and follow? That is what our new series is about: it’s learning to listen and hear from God. Join us this Sunday as we open up this new compelling series designed to draw us closer to God.

Blessings,
Jeff

Huntington Beach

A Note From Caleb Anderson

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Did you know that you can hear from God with your eyes? That’s what we’ll talk about Sunday, 8:30, 10, 11:30a and 6p. Be there…and bring someone with you who needs a fresh perspective on God.

Our LISTEN series is off to a great start and people are “experimenting” with tuning out distractions to better tune in to what God might be saying. If you missed last week, catch up here.

We have 50 men from our church going on the Mariners Network Men’s Retreat this weekend! For perspective, two years ago we had two men. Last year we had 12. Our church is growing rapidly and people are connecting in community.

If you’re not connected, why not? There are tons of ways. Look below in the highlights of this email. Find someone on the patio this Sunday. But most importantly, be open. Be open to trying new things, meeting new people, serving someone else, and taking risks. We care about you, and we want you to feel at home here.

See you Sunday!

caleb

P.S.: To join us in our Step In Campaign (moving us into the Regency Movie Theater), or to give toward our weekly budget, please click here.

Irvine

A Note From Caleb Clements

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Every Tuesday morning, we gather as a staff to tell stories of where we see God at work in our church. This week was overwhelming as we reflected on the ways Jesus is so clearly leading us as a church. Last weekend was a beautiful picture of how God is moving in our Student Ministries. Being taught by a few of our High School pastors was yet another reminder that our future is bright. It was also fun to see our new Worship Choir lead us in worship, further displaying our commitment to never settle in worship.

We know this is a year of jubilee, where we will experience new levels of freedom and celebration. Next Tuesday, we have the unique opportunity to pursue that freedom together. Mike Pilavachi is an Anglican Pastor that has been used by God in powerful ways to impact the local church throughout England. Mike is brilliant at making the supernatural become natural and accessible for everyone. He will be with us on Tuesday, June 9, at 7p for a night focused on prayer for healing and learning to hear God’s voice. We will spend time in worship, looking at God’s Word, and praying for those who need physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. It is opportunities like this that are shaping our church, so you don’t want to miss this.

God is leading us into new and fresh places. Our hope is to always seek the Father’s will, through Jesus, empowered by the Spirit. Don’t miss what God is doing; we are in this together!

Never settle,
Caleb Clements