It's a been a while since my last update, and for that I apologize. I trust that this letter finds you all doing well, growing in the Lord, and enjoying his Grace daily.
Life as a church planter has been a roller coaster ride, to say the least. There are very high ups and very low downs. But through it all, we are learning a radical kind of trust and dependence upon Jesus Christ. At church, on Sundays, we just finished a sermon series through the book of Philippians and was so encouraged at the last few sermons on how much God provides for his people. Just a mini-recap: God provides a peace in all our anxieties (Phil. 4:6,7), God provides a Contentment in any and every situation through Christ (Phil. 4:13), and God promises to meet all our needs (Phil.4:19). [You can listen to these sermons and others on our website: www.mygracepoint.org] Personally, for me, these promises of provision have sustained me to continue the work of Church Planting, serving our people, and loving our Community.
Summers at GracePoint are fun times. Our Men's & Women's Groups are committed to doing some Reach Out events with one another as we take a break from regular meetings.
Our GracePoint family has also grown a bit. We've added three more stable families to our numbers, two more college students, and some regular visitors! Our group is also looking more and more diverse ethnically with more Caucasian and Latinos!
Summer Kids @ GracePoint is a new summer program for our kids and our Community kids. Once a month, we provide a fun service to our families at our church for free of charge. A few weeks ago, we had a great time in our first activity: Movie Night. We transformed our "sanctuary" into a Stadium Seating Theatre and hosted 19 kids from our church and from our Santa Clarita Community!
Our next Summer Kids event is next week, a Craft & Ice Cream Sundaes extravaganza! Through these events, we really hope to build bridges and connect with our Community. Please pray for our Summer Kids program throughout the summer.
As for our other pressing matters, financially, we are in more need than we ever have been. As said earlier, the last three sermons in Philippians have been a great source of encouragement for Sindy and me. Particularly, the last section where Paul thanks the church for their "sharing in his troubles" (4:14), the church sending Paul "aid again and again" when he was in need (4:16), and finally, how much he was overflowing and so "amply supplied" by their gifts and love (4:18). We learned this past Sunday that God supernaturally blesses his people to meet their needs through the work and support of his children!
Friends, we believe this promise and wholeheartedly embrace the power of God to meet all our needs (4:19). And we know that He uses people like you to supply our needs, to encourage us, pray with us, and to share in our troubles. What a sweet fellowship that for us, in the eyes of the Lord, and for the watching world to see.
I hope that you'll be able to give and join us in this Gospel work in Santa Clarita, Ca. More and more we are meeting people who are somewhat "churched" but know very little of who Jesus is and what a renewed and free life in the Gospel looks like.
We are so indebted to those who are continually giving and supporting our work here. Every month, your donations give us strength and hope to continue. Thank You.
Here is a link and how you can donate to the Gospel work here:
A few instructions:
1. Under the Donation Heading, choose Church Planter/Staff (not Ministry Type)
2. Scroll down to "Park, James- Santa ClaritaValley, Ca"
3. Fill in Amount
4. Fill in the Rest (Your personal info & your CC info).
Friends, thank you so much for your support and backing. Truly God is good to us in providing us with your love, support, and fellowship.
