Grace Mills River

Order of Worship

CALL TO WORSHIP: Romans 8:10-11 & 2 Corinthians 5:17OT READING: Isaiah 55:1,3,6,10-11MESSAGE TITLE: Start with the EndingCENTRAL TEXT: Revelation 21:1-8RESPONSE: Prayer - Augustine, 354 - 430 BENEDICTION: Revelation...

All the things Jesus has made new we’ve covered so far--new hope, new covenant, new creation, new humanity, new commandment--are all meant to result in a new life. What does Paul mean by a “newness of life”?

With the onset of a new year, we long for all kinds of new things. The particular kind of newness Jesus has for his people is to love one another as he loved us. The commandment he gave all those years ago is still freshly needed in our age riven with...

The new creation each one is through faith in His work is out to form a whole new humanity--a people set apart. There is a power beneath them, a point to them, and a provision for them.

We tend to think of the grace God gives us in terms of its benefits to us. On that count there is no doubt. But what if the grace given us turns out also to be what the world most needs from us? Paul’s greatest desire in this passage for his listeners...

The meal Jesus taught us to eat, as often as we can, perhaps feels too mystical to us for our own good. What are we to “remember”? Why is that called for? Is there anything to “do” as we receive it? [As a reminder, we're offering a pre-recorded...

This series will begin January 3.

As a reminder we will be online-only.

There will be no in-person outdoor service on January 3.

Our worship service will revolve around the emotion which evades us now more than ever: joy. The birth of Jesus means that heaven has come to earth, and along with it, its ensuing joy. Merry Christmas, indeed!

For nine months the world has faced a number of separations and isolations and quarantines like it hasn’t had in over a century; we’ve almost had to treat one another if we had a common affliction of leprosy. How many are feeling these various...

Adoration - Week 3

We turn to a third text this week when we find someone bowing at Jesus's feet in adoration--this time from the woman upon whom everyone present threw scorn, everyone except Jesus. I'm finding three more reasons why we...