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MessageThe Physics of GraceThemeThe high and holy God humbles Himself to lift up the lowly.This action of God is fulfilled in Jesus.ScripturePsalm 113PreacherWorth Carson
MessageThree reasons why God deserves to be blessedThemeRemembering God’s mercy fuels wholehearted worship.How the promises of Psalm 103 are fulfilled in Jesus.ScripturePsalm 103PreacherCarlos Peña
MessageThe Grateful Life: Learning to Live in PraiseThemeJoyful worship flows from knowing who God is and whose we are.ScripturePsalm 100PreacherDave McCloud
MessageMy RefugeThemeSecurity is not found in the absence of danger but in the presence of God.How Jesus went into the greatest danger, death, and came forth the victor.ScripturePsalm 91PreacherJeff Sullivan
MessageWhy does it seem like everyone else’s life is going so much better than mine?ThemeWhen we envy the success of evil people, we need to remember the plan that God has for us; evil seemed to triumph at the cross, but instead the opposite took place.ScripturePsalm 73PreacherDavid McCloud
MessageThe Nation Whose God is the LordThemeThe joys of those who trust in the Lord, not in their own strengthHow a nation can receive God’s blessing.ScripturePsalm 33PreacherWorth Carson
MessageThirstThemeIn the desert, in seasons of spiritual dryness, we long for the Lord.The love of God in Christ restores us.ScripturePsalm 63PreacherWorth Carson
MessageBe StillThemeAs the world is turning upside down, we find peace in the Lord. God is our refuge.ScripturePsalm 46PreacherJeff Sullivan
MessageRestored, ForgivenThemeThe source of our forgiveness when we sin.How we receive and rest in the forgiveness of God.ScripturePsalm 51PreacherWorth Carson
MessageFaithful to the GenerationsThemeHow all generations can walk faithfully so that the next generation will know the Lord How Jesus breaks the curse of the generationsScripturePsalm 78PreacherEvelio Vilches
MessageAt All TimesThemeThe Lord draws near to the broken and delivers those who trust Him.The Lord comes to us in difficulty. That is how we know he is real. Our faith is real.ScripturePsalm 34PreacherJeff Sullivan
MessageMy ShepherdThemeHow God cares for us from beginning to end.Jesus is our Good Shepherd.ScripturePsalm 23PreacherWorth Carson
MessageThe Guardrails of GraceThemeCreation declares. Scripture instructs. The heart responds.How God’s word impacts us and our world.ScripturePsalm 19PreacherDavid McCloud
MessageFit for God’s PresenceThemeGod cares less about religious performance and more about integrity of heartOur way to God’s presence is only possible with JesusScripturePsalm 15PreacherJeff Sullivan
MessageHow Long, O LordThemeGod invites into what his is doing in the world through songs of lamentSinging songs of lament enables us to grieve over the condition of the worldScripturePsalm 13PreacherWorth Carson
MessageLet the Nations Be GladThemeGod’s plan for all nations to be joined together by himThe gospel of Jesus makes this possible and this is what is happening in the world todayScripturePsalm 67PreacherWorth Carson
MessageDo I Really Matter?ThemeGod in his glory bestows on human beings dignity and honorThe honor of being given a human life to liveScripturePsalm 8PreacherDave McCloud
MessageTwo Ways – One SaviorThemeThe two ways of life; one rooted in God and his truth; the other rootless.Jesus is the “man.”ScripturePsalm 1PreacherWorth Carson
MessageMy Lord, and My GodThemeHow the resurrection opens our eyes to the identity of Jesus and moves us to worship himScriptureJohn 20:24-29PreacherWorth Carson
MessageA New and Living WayThemeJesus opens the way to a new, true and living worship through his body and his bloodScriptureMatthew 27:27-31PreacherWorth Carson
Message Worship Revolution Theme With Jesus, there is a revolution in the way we come to God. All nations, all people, healing and restoration. Scripture Matthew 21:6-17 Preacher Worth Carson
MessageFatherThemeGod is our loving Father.He is willing to receive us when we have sinned, and ready to restore us.ScriptureLuke 15:11-32PreacherWorth Carson
MessagePresentThemeGod is present with us at all times.We live before the face of the one who knows us completely and loves us without wavering.ScripturePsalm 139:1-16PreacherJeff Sullivan
MessageJusticeThemeGod reveals his compassion and justice to Moses.How in Jesus God’s justice and compassion/mercy meet.ScriptureExodus 34:1-9PreacherDave McCloud
MessageOur Everlasting GodThemeGod is from everlasting to everlasting.Jesus is the same, yesterday, today and forever.ScriptureGenesis 17:1-8PreacherWorth Carson
MessageThings I Did Not UnderstandThemeGod holds all knowledge and wisdomHow we see the wisdom of God at work in JesusScriptureJob 42:1-6, 10-16PreacherJeff Sullivan
MessageWith My Outstretched ArmThemeGod is our redeemer; how he has saved his people.How he has saved us through Jesus.ScriptureExodus 6:1-8PreacherWorth Carson
MessageLoveThemeWhat it means for God to love us; what his love for us means;ScriptureHosea 2:18-23PreacherDave McCloud
MessageSovereignThemeGod is all-powerful and reigns over all of life.How the sovereignty of God enables us to trust that God can do what he promises.ScriptureGenesis 18:1-15PreacherWorth Carson
MessageHolyThemeThe separateness of God, like nothing in our world.How knowing the Lord’s purity makes clear our sinfulness.How God cleanses us.ScriptureIsaiah 6:1-8PreacherDavid McCloud
MessageWho Are You?ThemeHow knowing God can help us enjoy and worship him.We can know the Lord because he has chosen to reveal himself to us.ScriptureExodus 3:1-17PreacherWorth Carson
MessageEstablish Our WorkThemeHow God can and does make what we do matter.How our time is not wasted but part of what God is doing in the world.ScripturePsalm 90:14-17PreacherWorth Carson
MessageThere Is A SeasonThemeHow God is at work in every season and situation.Our struggle with time and God’s sovereignty in it.ScriptureEcclesiastes 3:1-11PreacherJeff Sullivan
MessageFresh StartThemeHow each year allows us time for a reset.How the gospel allows new beginnings.ScriptureIsaiah 43:16-21PreacherEvelio Vilches
MessageSeeing SalvationThemeHow worship changes with Jesus: no more waiting, the time has come now that Jesus is here, Jesus opens the way for a new worship.ScriptureLuke 2:25-33PreacherWorth Carson
MessageOverjoyedThemeJesus opens the way for all people to come to God,revealing worship as a place where everyone belongs.ScriptureMatthew 2:1-12Preacher
MessageGifts Under the Covenant TreeThemeGod keeps his promises.We rejoice in the faithfulness of God.ScriptureLuke 1:67-79PreacherDavid McCloud
Message:Worship and MatteringTheme:The Song of Mary and how worship is the place where we experience God’s mercy.ScriptureLuke 1:46-55PreacherWorth Carson
Message:Paul Pulls Back The Curtain on Finding PeaceTheme:Gratitude and contentment when difficult times come.ScripturePhilippians 4:8-13PreacherDavid McCloud
Message:Unshakable GratitudeThemes:The gratitude that comes from resting in God even when our circumstances are not good. How we find strength in God when hard times come, and how we worship and thank God through those times.ScriptureHabakkuk 3:17-19PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:Made To WorshipThemes:Why we worship.What worship is.How there is no worship without God.Scripture1 Kings 18PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:HopeThemes:How hoping in God sustains us through the years and how we can trust God’s promises.ScriptureLuke 2:25-38PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:Community - Walking Together Adds StrengthThemes:The need for community.We do not have to walk through difficult times alone.Jesus has joined us to each other.ScriptureRuth 1:8-18PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:Identity: Living From Who We Are in ChristThemes:How knowing who you are as God’s child, remembering your status and that you are loved lends you strength in the storm.ScriptureDaniel 3:13-30PreacherDavid McCloud
This Sunday’s Message:Rest & Solitude: Staying Connected with Self and GodThemes:How resting in Christ gives us strength when difficult times come.How God cares for us when we are depleted and depressed.Scripture1 Kings 19:3-18PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:God’s Purposes at WorkThemes:How knowing that God is working through the tough times we encounter can lend us strength; perspective makes all the difference.ScriptureGenesis 45:8-15Genesis 41:51-52Genesis 50:15-31PreacherDavid McCloud
This Sunday’s Message:What is Resilience and Why We Need ItThemes:Understanding what it means to have resilience.How we can gather the resources we need to have it.How God meets us where we are.Scripture1 Kings 17:7-16PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:I thought I’d be further along!Theme:The life-long process of growing spiritually.ScriptureMatthew 14:22-33 and Luke 10:38-42PreacherDavid McCloud
This Sunday’s Message:Experiencing God’s PresenceTheme:Faith that engages our whole being.Jesus’ gift of peace, freedom, and love.Spiritual disciplines that open us to God’s reality.How our physical state affects our spiritual experience.ScriptureGenesis 28:10-17PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:Unwelcoming the CommitteeTheme:Recognize the inner critic and how worry can disconnect us from God’s presence. Learn to trust His Word over emotions and treat ourselves as He does, engaging the internal battle with grace and truth.ScriptureLuke 22:54-62PreacherDave McCloud
This Sunday’s Message:Rewriting The ScriptTheme:How misreading Scripture can make us feel like spiritual failures; but faith is not one-size-fits-all. We grow at different speeds and serve in different ways.ScriptureMatthew 14:22-33PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:The Space BetweenTheme:Many Christians struggle with gaps between what they believe about God and what they actually experience. Why is this so?ScriptureMark 9:14-29PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:ProduceTheme:Focusing on how our relationship with Jesus changes how we live, freeing us from selfishness and sin as seen in Jude’s warning about false teachers who exploit others through money and sex.ScriptureJudePreacherDavid McCloud
This Sunday’s Message:Walking In Truth and LoveThemeJesus is the love that covers all sins.Scripture2 John 1-13PreacherJeff Sullivan
This Sunday’s Message:Love and LightThemeJesus is the light that casts out all darkness.Scripture1 John 1:5-10PreacherJeff Sullivan
MessageStay the CourseThemeHow the gospel empowers us to remain steadfast in trust and obedience to Christ, especially in the midst of struggles and persecution.Scripture1 Peter 4:1-11PreacherEvelio Vilches
Final Message:Switching HandsThemeHow Jacob comes to embrace the grace of God and how that is shown in his surprising action.ScriptureGenesis 48:17-22PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:Getting the GospelThemeHow Jacob finally gets the gospel.“God has been my shepherd all my life…”ScriptureGenesis 48:1-16PreacherDavid McCloud
This Sunday’s Message:Breaking Generational CursesThemeHow Jacob repeats the pattern that destroyed his life and how God uses this for good.God’s grace is greater than our sin patterns.ScriptureGenesis 37:1-8PreacherJeff Sullivan
This Sunday’s Message:Broken TrustThemeHow God loves us when we repeat patterns of sin.How, though we build a place for ourselves, God is taking care of us.ScriptureGenesis 33:12-20PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:The Fight of Your LifeThemeHow we who wrestle with God are blessed and also broken.God’s grace comes to those who relate to him and enjoy him.ScriptureGenesis 32:22-32PreacherEvelio Vilches
MessageLove Freely GivenThemeHow God loves us despite how others see us.How God’s love creates the basis for a completely different life.ScriptureGenesis 29:31-35PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:God is For YouThemeHow our character flaws have a way of trapping us—but, even there, God is showing his grace.ScriptureGenesis 29:14-30PreacherJeff Sullivan
This Sunday’s Message:God’s LadderThemeHow God comes to us when we least expect him to show up.How grace comes out of the blue despite our sin.ScriptureGenesis 28:10-22PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s Message:Blessing to the UndeservingThemeHow God extends his grace despite our schemes to get our own way.ScriptureGenesis 27:1-13PreacherDavid McCloud
This Sunday’s Message:Birth OrderThemeGod disrupts our plans with His greater purposes—overruling expectations, upending tradition, and revealing grace that is surprising and undeserved.ScriptureGenesis 25:22-28PreacherWorth Carson
April 20th 2025 - EasterText: Luke 24 (select passages)Title: The Experience of JoyTheme: How we come to enjoy the joy of the life Jesus gives to us in his resurrection; This enables us to live wholeheartedlyPreacher: Worth Carson
April 17th 2025 - Maundy ThursdayText: Luke 22:39-46Title: In AnguishTheme: All of us have experienced loss, disappointment, anguish; How Jesus knows our frame and what we have experienced in life so that he can redeem us.Preacher: Worth Carson
This Sunday: Series FinaleUnreasonable SacrificeThemeHow we can show unreasonable love in beautiful gifts and surprises.Jesus has done this for us in giving himself for us.He poured himself out on our behalf.ScriptureMark 14:1-11PreacherWorth Carson
Current Series:Unreasonable HospitalityWe have been exploring ways to welcome guests to Granada and serve them with gospel-based hospitality.This Sunday’s MessageUnreasonable PatienceThemeHow Jesus met the intellectual man on his own turf and revealed to him the truth of God’s Kingdom.How to show unreasonable love in conversation.ScriptureJohn 3:1-16PreacherJeff Sullivan
This Sunday’s MessageUnreasonable CareThemeHow Jesus provides unreasonable forgiveness and how we can do that as well.ScriptureJohn 8:1-11PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s MessageUnreasonable AcceptanceThemeAccepting the unacceptable and loving the unlovable.How love closes the gap between people and leads to fellowship.ScriptureLuke 19:1-10PreacherDavid McCloud
This Sunday’s MessageUnreasonable CompassionThemeUnreasonable love is seen in Jesus sharing life with someone rejected by society—a woman searching for identity apart from God. He offers her the gift of living water, opening the way to forgiveness and true life.ScriptureJohn 4:1-26PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s MessageUnreasonable LoveThemeWhat hospitality means and how it is practiced.How caring for others springs from being loved by God.Hospitality is often about giving people what we think they deserve; unreasonable hospitality is giving people what Jesus deserves.ScriptureLuke 7:36-50PreacherDavid McCloud
A New Series Begins This Sunday!Unreasonable HospitalityThis series dovetails with our church vision for 2025.We will consider ways we can help our people welcome guests to Granada and also serve those around them with gospel-based hospitality.Why this series?To learn to live the hospitality in keeping with the ministry of Jesus and the kingdom of God.To serve those who are part of the reach of our Granada Church family.To learn the way of loving service in our city.This Sunday’s MessageUnreasonable KindnessThemeThe gospel shows us unreasonable love—Jesus invites us in and gives us a seat at His table. Having received this love, we are called to extend it to others, just as David did for Jonathan’s son.Scripture2 Samuel 9:1-10PreacherWorth Carson
Wrapping Up Our Current SeriesReal Life: A Study of the Book of JamesThis series shows how the gospel shapes our everyday lives, offering hope and wisdom for real challenges. From joy in trials to living with generosity and justice, "Real Life" brings James’ teachings to our practical, day-to-day reality.This Sunday’s Message - SERIES FINALEThe Myth about MoneyThemeHow the gospel changes the way we see and use wealth.ScriptureJames 5:1-6PreacherJeff Sullivan
Real Life: A Study of the Book of JamesThis series shows how the gospel shapes our everyday lives, offering hope and wisdom for real challenges. From joy in trials to living with generosity and justice, "Real Life" brings James’ teachings to our practical, day-to-day reality.This Sunday’s MessageOvercoming WorryThemeHow awareness and trust in the sovereignty of God enables us to live without worry.ScriptureJames 4:13-17PreacherDavid McCloud
Current SeriesReal Life: A Study of the Book of JamesThis series shows how the gospel shapes our everyday lives, offering hope and wisdom for real challenges. From joy in trials to living with generosity and justice, "Real Life" brings James’ teachings to our practical, day-to-day reality.This Sunday’s MessageSelf-Mastery: The TongueThemeHow the gospel makes it possible to have self-control and self-mastery.ScriptureJames 3:1-12PreacherWorth Carson
Current SeriesReal Life: A Study of the Book of JamesThis series shows how the gospel shapes our everyday lives, offering hope and wisdom for real challenges. From joy in trials to living with generosity and justice, "Real Life" brings James’ teachings to our practical, day-to-day reality.This Sunday’s MessageFaith and ActionThemeHow a living faith takes action in the world. Why faith is alive.ScriptureJames 2:14-26PreacherWorth Carson
Current SeriesReal Life: A Study of the Book of JamesThis series shows how the gospel shapes our everyday lives, offering hope and wisdom for real challenges. From joy in trials to living with generosity and justice, "Real Life" brings James’ teachings to our practical, day-to-day reality.This Sunday’s MessageA Life of JusticeThemeHow the gospel enables us to treat people with love and justice.ScriptureJames 2:1-13PreacherDavid McCloud
Current SeriesReal Life: A Study of the Book of JamesThis series shows how the gospel shapes our everyday lives, offering hope and wisdom for real challenges. From joy in trials to living with generosity and justice, "Real Life" brings James’ teachings to our practical, day-to-day reality.This Sunday’s MessageSin, Temptation, and The New BirthThemeHow God gives us a new birth through Jesus and how that transforms the way we deal with temptation and sin.ScriptureJames 1:12-18PreacherWorth Carson
New 7-Part SeriesReal Life: A Study of the Book of JamesThis series shows how the gospel shapes our everyday lives, offering hope and wisdom for real challenges. From joy in trials to living with generosity and justice, "Real Life" brings James’ teachings to our practical, day-to-day reality.This Sunday’s MessagePure JoyThemeThe gospel recasts trouble as the place where we can experience the grace of God and grow in wisdom.ScriptureJames 1:1-12PreacherWorth Carson
End of Year Message:Personal PracticesThemeSpiritual Disciplines: Personal Worship & FastingScripturePhilippians 4:6–7Proverbs 2:1-6Matthew 4:1-3Acts 14:23Isaiah 58:6-10PreachersCarlos Peña & Jeff Sullivan
December 24th - Christmas EveText: Luke 2:13-20Theme: How Jesus can be our source of personal peace and peace as a people; How God brings peace through his favor, his grace. Receiving Jesus and receiving God’s peace.Preacher: Worth Carson
December 22nd - Fourth Sunday in AdventText: Isaiah 2:2-5Title: JusticeTheme: Peace among the nations: how it comes. Justice and mercy from the Lord begets a new world.Preacher: Worth carson
This Sunday: 3rd Sunday of AdventGod’s TangoThemeWhat God’s Peace looks like in our world.Restoring of creation: removing of the curse, a marriage of heaven and earth, healing age-old shame and wounds.TextHosea 2:18-23PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday: 2nd Sunday of AdventThe Prince of PeaceThemeJesus brings peace into our world and lives. How is Jesus a leader of peace? Learn what He has come to be and do, and how peace comes through Him.TextIsaiah 11:1-10PreacherWorth Carson
Join us as we begin the Advent season with our new series:The Prince of PeaceThis Sunday: 1st Sunday of AdventPeace Worth Waiting ForThemeWhy we have a longing for peace and God promises to give it to us.TextIsaiah 11:1-10PreacherJeff Sullivan
Our Current Series: FearlessWhen uncertainty strikes, when life feels out of control, or when our minds race with worries, fear can creep in and paralyze us. But God’s promise is clear: ’Fear not, for I am with you.’ He quiets our fears with His presence and fills us with His peace, offering us a firm and secure foundation in Christ.This Sunday: Part IIIWhat if ____? (Insert Your Answer)ThemeHow our chosen status keeps fear at bay.How we rest in the gospel knowing that God is for us.TextIsaiah 41:8-10PreacherDavid McCloud
Our Current Series: FearlessWhen uncertainty strikes, when life feels out of control, or when our minds race with worries, fear can creep in and paralyze us. But God’s promise is clear: ’Fear not, for I am with you.’ He quiets our fears with His presence and fills us with His peace, offering us a firm and secure foundation in Christ.This Sunday: Part IIThe ValleyThemeHow even death does not grip us with fear because the Lord is always with us.How God’s promises help us live fearlessly.TextPsalm 23PreacherWorth Carson
Fearless: A new 3-part series begins this Sunday!When uncertainty strikes, when life feels out of control, or when our minds race with worries, fear can creep in and paralyze us. But God’s promise is clear: ’Fear not, for I am with you.’ He quiets our fears with His presence and fills us with His peace, offering us a firm and secure foundation in Christ.This Sunday: Part IBe Strong and CourageousThemeDiscover how fear can be turned into strength.Learn how the gospel gives us deep humility and stunning confidence in God.TextJoshua 1:6-9PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s MessageConfession and CommunionThemeHow we are supported and sustained through the gospel while in the community.Text2 Corinthians 5:17-21James 5:13-16PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s MessageMinistry, Part IIThemeThese ministries and how we practice them in the body of Christ:Proclaiming and AuthorityTextMatthew 5:38-48PreacherJeff Sullivan
This Sunday’s MessageMinistry, Part IThemeHolding one’s tongue:meekness, listening, helpfulness, bearing.TextRomans 12:1-8PreacherWorth Carson
This Sunday’s MessageAlone TimeThemeSolitude, stillness, & personal worship:How our time alone supports our life together.TextLuke 4:42-44Luke 5:15-16Luke 6:12PreacherJeff Sullivan
This Sunday’s MessageWith OthersThemeHow worship, singing, prayer, and the fellowship of the table support our life together in Jesus.TextActs 2:42-47Colossians 3:15-17PreacherWorth Carson
Text: 1 Peter 2:4-10 Title: In and Through JesusTheme: Our community is only possible through Jesus; the difference between human community and spiritual community in ChristPreacher: Worth Carson
Life Together: Fall Community Group SeriesCommunity is a major piece of Granada’s vision and is also woven deeply into our values. We need an understanding of biblical community and what Jesus has done to make community possible.This Sunday’s MessageO How Good: The Need for Christian CommunityThemeThe need for Christian community and the privilege of sharing in it together.TextPsalm 133PreacherWorth Carson
Message 5Writing on the WallThemeAll earthly kings and kingdoms pass away.God and His Kingdom alone remain.How do we not to give our hearts to earthly kings and kingdoms?TextDaniel 5PreacherWorth Carson
Humility and LeadershipThemeKnowing how to view ourselves given our place and status in the world.The humble are exalted and the exalted are humble.TextDaniel 4PreacherJeff Sullivan
Up next this Sunday: Message 3No Need to Defend OurselvesThemeStanding firm in the faith.Obeying God rather than people.Seeking our identity in God.When do we defy lesser authorities to honor Christ?TextDaniel 3:14-29PreacherWorth Carson
Text: Daniel 2Title: Gotta Serve SomebodyTheme: How we use our gifts in the world to serve others; serving the common good; being faithful to earthly leaders while remaining faithful to God.Preacher: Worth Carson
Join us for a brand new series!FAITHFUL: A Study from the Book of DanielHow do we stay faithful to God when it feels like everyone is going another direction?Up next this Sunday: Message 1ResolvedThemeWhat matters? What doesn’t? How should we live?Let’s talk about the pressure of the culture.TextDaniel 1PreacherEvelio Vilches
Series Final, Message 4:All of the Above: Bad Memories, Anger, Grudges, and Outstanding DebtsThemeThe process of forgiving and the spiritual event of resolving the debt.TextPhilemon 17-25PreacherDavid McCloud
Title: "On the basis of Love: the Biblical call to Brother and Sisterhood"Theme: the way we view and treat others: the remedy to culture.Text: Philemon vs 11-171. Paul’s Model of Relationships: A Familiar Framework: Father, Mothers, Daughters, and Sons!2. The Marks of the Spiritual FamilyA. Uncommon bonds v. 11B. "Made Partners" v. 17C. Protect and Serve v. 123. The Eternal Fact that Supersedes every Temporal Relationship: vs 15
Week 1:Title: "What should we do with complicated texts of the Bible?"Theme: Encouragement and Inspiration of ScriptureText: Philemon vs 1-111. The Passages of Scripture that Challenges us both Personally and Culturally.2. The Philemon Narrative: a story of Conflict Resolution, Forgiveness, Relationship, and Friendship. 3. Paul’s Blueprint of Transformation 4. Philemon’s Call (and Ours too!)
About the 6-part series: The GenerationsWe will explore how God’s grace is meant for each generation and how they all have a part in carrying the faith forward.Message 6:Grace for BoomersTextTitus 2:1-8, 11-14ThemeHow the boomers can be gospel examples and servants by investing in younger men and women.PreacherWorth Carson
Message 2:Grace for Gen XTextExodus 3:1-14ThemeHow the gospel provides a life foundation for Generation X.How Gen X can serve Jesus.PreacherJeff Sullivan
About the 6-part seriesWe will explore how God’s grace is meant for each generation and how they all have a part in carrying the faith forward.Up next this Sunday morningMessage 2:Grace for MillennialsText1 Timothy 4:11-16ThemeHow God works from generation to generation.PreacherWorth Carson
NEW SERIES!During the next 6 weeks, we will explore how God’s grace is meant for each generation. Each generation has a part in carrying the faith forward.Up next this Sunday morningPart 1:Grace through the GenerationsTextGenesis 50:22-26ThemeHow God works from generation to generation.PreacherWorth CarsonFILL IN NOTES: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=SkxGIYAQ0&hints=true
What happens when Love and Justice meet up?Made to Worship, Week 7David McCloudText: Psalm 85 (Entire Chapter)I. Former Blessings (1-3): When Remembering leads to PrayersII. Present Distress (4-9): A Longing for Re-ConnectionIII. Future Hope (10-13): A Harmony that leads to Footsteps
Psalm 25:8-14. Humility is the gateway to wisdom. Proverbs 11:2Humility is the unwanted teacher. Matthew 19:23Humilty is our posture to receiving grace. Matthew 18:4Humility is our part in the Covenant. James 4:6, 1Peter 5:6“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.” – St AugustineGenesis 15:6- Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.The problem with our covenant, the Lord keeps it and we don’t. - Os Guiness 4 responses to failure: shame, blame, fame, lame. It is God’s Covenant, we just live in it.
Made to WorshipDuring this series, we invite you to study several psalms with us and learn:1. How worship brings us together as a peopl2. How God uses worship to sustain and guide usMessageWhy So Downcast?TextPsalm 42:1-6ThemeThe range of human experience in community.The Lord meets us in our grief and sadness here in worship. We can be who we really are because of the gospel.PreacherWorth Carson
Text: Psalm 67Theme: How God plans the nations to come together in Jesus; The vision God has for his people from Abraham to Revelation; community cultivates and sustains a vision for God’s futurePreacher: John Leonard
TextPsalm 100ThemeOur community gives us a sense of belonging and identity.How are we identified with God as his people?How can we enjoy our status?PreachingJeff Sullivan
March 31, 2024 - Resurrection Community - EasterText: John 20:16-23Title: We Are Brothers and SistersTheme: How Jesus in his death and resurrection establishes a new community of life, forgiveness and love; giving us his Spirit; giving us the ability to forgive others; he calls us brothers and sisters.Preaching: Worth Carson
Text: Matthew 26:30-46Title: Fighting For UsTheme: the failure of human communities; how Jesus accomplishes our salvation on his own; He plumbs the depths of our aloneness; to bring us together.Preaching: Worth Carson
Text: John 11:17-37Title: If You Had Been HereTheme: Jesus’ power over death; Jesus defeats our greatest enemy.Preaching: Jeff Sullivan
Text: Mark 2:1-12Title: Your Sins are ForgivenTheme: How Jesus heals to show his power to forgive sins; why we have a difficult time believing our sins are forgiven. How Jesus shows us.Preaching: Worth Carson
February 25th - Community Group Series - The Miracles of JesusText: Mark 6:33-44Title: Feed Them!Theme: How Jesus’ miracles of feeding show his compassion; he fulfills Psalm 23; having them sit down and have food; God provides for his peoplePreaching: Worth Carson
Community Group Series - The Miracles of JesusText: Mark 5:1-20Title: Conquering DarknessTheme: The power of Jesus over dark forces that impact us; over evil; dealing with the spiritual realm and the ministry of Jesus.Preaching: Worth Carson
MessagePower Over ChaosTextMark 4:35-41ThemeHow Jesus has power over chaos and the forces of nature.Why Jesus demonstrates his power in this way and what it means for us.PreachingDavid McCloud
John 2:1-11Check out a complimentary discussion guide for this series at granadachurch.com/miracles
New Series!In the upcoming Lost and Found series, you’ll discover the gift of redemption. We will explore the theme of being lost and joyfully found in God’s love. The theme focuses on hope and restoration, celebrating the love that finds us no matter where we may wander.MessageFeeling Lost?TextLuke 15:1-7ThemeHow we get lost and how Jesus pursues us. The risk of loving us.PreachingDavid McCloud
John 9:3-5 / Genesis 50:19-20I’m not a victim or the hero. God is writing His redemption story in my life. I am able to overcome sin and live in His will.
Worth Carson | Luke 2:1-12Theme: Joy of the knowledge of God’s purpose in sending Jesus; it is for everyone; everyone belongs
Jeff Sullivan | Matthew 6:19-24Theme: How the gospel changes the way we view our finances and possessions
Sunday’s MessageThe Gospel and Your FamilyWeek 4 of Community GroupsText: Ephesians 6:1-4ThemeHow the gospel changes the way parents love and discipline. The way children honor.PreachingJames Drake
Dave McCloud | Ephesians 5:21-33Theme:How the gospel changes marriageLove and respectMutual honoring
Acts 18:7-11ThemeHow God is at work in the city and how we commit to stay and serve because of the gospel.PreachingJeff Sullivan
Galatians 2:11-14, 2011 When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. 14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Worth Carson | Galatians 1:3-10How we can so easily wander from the gospel; how we can keep focused on grace while living in a meritocracy.
Sunday’s Message: The Engine of Discipleship (Series Finale!)
Text: John 17:20-26
Theme: How Jesus connects us to the love of the Father.
Preaching: Worth Carson
John 16:4-14 Message: In a world full of lies, we need a guide. The Spirit of Truth. NOTES: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=4KmyiZOUu3
Sunday’s Message Help is Here
Text John 14:15-31
Theme The role of the Holy Spirit in our lives and why the Holy Spirit is needed for discipleship.
Preaching David McCloud
Sunday’s Message Help is Here
Text John 14:15-31
Theme The role of the Holy Spirit in our lives and why the Holy Spirit is needed for discipleship.
Preaching David McCloud
Equipping the next generation to serve - Discipleship: Learning to live your best life, week 3
Discipleship: Learning to live your best lifeThis Sunday we begin a brand new series that runs through the summer. You’ll learn how to steer through the waters of life with the BEST Captain that ever walked the Earth… and the water! We will journey through the book of John, chapters 13-17, Jesus’ longest teaching. He delivers this message the night before being crucified. It is the best instruction in the Bible on how to be a disciple. The best kind of ship is discipleship! MessageProfessor JesusTextJohn 13:1-5ThemeWhen you are looking to learn, you find a great teacher.Jesus is the best teacher of all.PreachingWorth Carson
We wrap up the Granada values series titled "You Can Enjoy God" with this message on grace. There are many ways to enjoy God. In this message we focus on the way that God uses all kinds of broken people for His glory.
How do you deal with the seemingly impending doom of dying?11am Contemporary Service - 04-09-2023
Text: Romans 5:12-14 (and the death of Jesus from the Gospel of Luke 23:44-49)Theme: How death took the the life of Jesus; how death robs us of life and takes the best from us; how we live in the shadow of deathPreaching: Worth Carson
Worth Carson | Hebrews 2:14-15How the evil one keeps us in fear of death and how the fear of death drives our world.
TextActs 4:23-31ThemePrayer:- opens our eyes to the truth of God- opens the way for the Spirit to work among us- connects us to the purposes of GodPreacherWorth Carson
Worth Carson | Romans 8:14–17Theme: Prayer is for intimacy with the God who loves us and has adopted us into his family. It is not for us or for God. It is a way to do life with God, a way of having active participation with God. It is coming to God as our loving Father.
Text: Titus 3:8-15Theme: How a Gospel Community Relates to the World, works of servicePreaching: James Drake
How each of us can engage the mission; some are called to go; all of us can engage in other ways; all of us can give.
Text: Titus 1:1-4Theme: How the community of Christ is based on the grace of the gospel; the way to think about the Christian communityPreacher: Worth Carson
Text: Titus 1:5-9Theme: How grace-filled leadership is equipped to protect the community.Preacher: David McCloud
Worth CarsonText: Matthew 2:13-15Theme: All of us have the feeling of being in exile. Jesus also went into exile because he was in danger. Jesus goes to Egypt so that God can bring us out.
Worth CarsonText: Luke 2:25-35Title: God with UsTheme: How Jesus came to be with us; He came to fully enter into the life we know; Jesus knows and understands our frame; he has lived where we have
Text: Titus 1:5-9Theme: How grace-filled leadership is equipped to protect the community.Preacher: David McCloud
Text: Titus 1:1-4Theme: How the community of Christ is based on the grace of the gospel; the way to think about the Christian communityPreacher: Worth Carson