If you are not reading the bible regularly right now (outside of Sunday morning), this would be a great time to revive the habit of spending time in God’s word. In order to “Fight the Good Fight,” build our faith, and live with a good conscience, we have to know...
I ended last year’s Thoughtful Thursday post with Gratitude and I’m going to begin this year’s post with Gratitude too. While it is human nature to be prideful and self-centered (and our culture heavily promotes it) I have noticed that the more self-absorbed I become, the more unhappy, unsatisfied, and...
It’s the official season of LOVE, HOPE, JOY & PEACE, but for me it’s just as much about GRATITUDE. GRATITUDE that God LOVES us so much that he sent his son into the world to reconcile us with him. GRATITUDE for the HOPE that the birth of Christ gives us....
An Abbreviated History of Christmas Carols Did you know that carols were originally pagan jigs? The Church tried to replace the popular carols with Christian songs, but they were in Latin and never caught on. St Francis of Assisi’s Nativity Plays introduced Christmas canticles that grew popular and spread through...
This Sunday you get to request some of your favorite Christmas hymns at our 9:45am Hymn Sing, right before our worship service. If you have a hymnal at home, flip through it now so you are ready to make your in-person requests.
It’s time to RSVP! Read all the details above then let us know if you will be there by calling the church office at 714/962-2593. To sign up to help or to bring food, go HERE.
Thanksgiving is about gratitude, feasting and spending time with those we love. It can also be a reminder of those who we cannot be with. I never used to understand that both joy and pain often intermingle, but long before I understood this, Christ lived that reality. This Thanksgiving, give...
Please RSVP for our Christmas Tea (by November 22nd). Call the church office at 714-962-2592 or email your response to office@thefount.church to let us know you will be there and if you will be bringing a guest. If you would like to help, we have several ways for you to...
A few weeks ago, Ted Smith challenged us to see others as God does, reminding us that we are “Made in the Image of God” (not just the people we like) and the next week our guest speaker challenged us to “Love Thy Neighbor.” This week two nearly identical scripture...
Preview of Scripture for All Saints Sunday Hebrews 12:1-2 12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus the...