Gratia Worship & Prayer Night Features Talent Show

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On Friday April 19, Gratia Church held a Worship & Prayer night led by Brother Larry and Sister Ruth. It was a graceful time to sing worship songs and pray together. Brother Larry also preached a short message from 2 Corinthians 2:15-17 about living our life as a fragrant offering before Christ. One newcomer came and testified that he received abundant grace and wishes to come to other church events.

The Worship & Prayer night also featured a talent show with various musical performances. It was a graceful evening to grow in fellowship, praise, and prayer together.

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Gratia Easter Retreat Concludes: The Lord Has Risen!

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On Easter Sunday, Gratia members gathered for the final day of the retreat in the mountains of Santa Cruz with a focus on the resurrected Lord. Members received abundant grace through the retreat meditating on the cross and focusing on the resurrection on Easter Sunday.

The day started with Pastor Julia concluding John 19 with a Bible Study about the Lord’s work completely finishing on this earth, fully revealing God’s love and redemption for our sins. Pastor Walker delivered the Easter Sunday Service message on John 20 explaining the true love of Jesus where he rose again and becoming life for all of us who accept him by faith. The Sunday service also featured a communion. For the closing service, Pastor Walker finished with John 21 with the scene at the Sea of Tiberias, exhorting members to live the life of Christ with the Word, the Church, and evangelism as our focus.

The day also featured a small group Bible Study led by young leaders Dany, Larry, and Ruth who focused on Doubting Thomas. Also, Gratia members were able to have fellowship by walking in the mountains, having meals together, praise, and prayer. At the conclusion of the retreat, multiple Gratia members testified to the grace and peace they received during the retreat, as well as learning deeply the cross and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Please pray that Gratia members can hold onto the grace they received during the mountain retreat, and take back the grace into the city of San Francisco, being the light for God’s Kingdom in the city.

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Gratia Bible Teacher Training & Evangelism

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Gratia members experience the fullness of grace on March 22. Gratia members conducted campus evangelism at the state university and met several good people who want to join the Bible study. They are committed to continuing evangelism regardless of the season, without ceasing.

Following a graceful lunch, there were Bible teacher training session, reviewing Genesis 22. They deepened their understanding of faith, transcending mere rationale, coming to understand deeply that everything originates from God and belongs to God without any separation. May God’s blessings and grace fill the hearts of all ministers and members.

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Members Experience the Power of the Holy Spirit During the Prayer Meeting

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Gratia members gathered on Friday at 5 pm and had a time of prayer meeting. It was a time when the Holy Spirit worked in the hearts of every single member. They were encouraged and comforted through each other’s prayers. Members prayed for various topics, especially for the revival of the city of San Francisco and the nation. We prayed for God’s mercy and grace to overflow within us at all times.

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Gratia Ash Wednesday – Participating the Suffering of Jesus Christ

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Gratia Church held a gracious Bible study on Ash Wednesday, February 14. Members meditated on John 13, emphasizing that the suffering of Jesus Christ is love. The study delved into the message of the true humility of Jesus Christ, who washed the disciples’ feet. It emphasized that in the Kingdom of God, the greatest is the one who serves out of love.

During the session, attendees reflected on their lives, sharing about whether they follow worldly knowledge or embrace the life of Jesus Christ. Some Gratia members are observing half-day fasting as a way to participate in the suffering of Jesus Christ, seeking to draw closer to Him and understand His love. We pray that Gratia members get deeper in faith during the time of Lent.

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Student Leaders Kick Off Fellowship & Bible Study

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Gratia student leaders have initiated fellowship and Bible studies, kicking off the new semester with a student fellowship and a group Bible study. Larry and Ruth are the main leaders for this activity, and they have great passion to bring more people to the Words of God and salvation and their participation bringings a dynamic atmosphere to Gratia. We pray that the passion of these young leaders can be ignited by the Holy Spirit.

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Gratia Concludes Christmas Retreat with Overflowing Grace

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Gratia Community Church concluded the 3-day Christmas retreat on December 17 with abundant grace. The last day featured Sunday service, Bible studies, sharing grace, leadership meetings, testimony time, and fellowship.

Sunday service and closing service was delivered by Pastor Walker, who focused on John’s Gospel testifying to Greeks about Christmas as the Word became flesh. Pastor Walker emphasized that being Christ-centered is to know the fullness of God who became flesh in Jesus Christ, and maturing in the Holy Spirit to become more Christ-like in all ways. In the closing service, Pastor Walker explained about God’s commandments to be fruitful, increase in number, and fill the earth – interpreted through Jesus Christ, it is to love God, love others, and to have love for this world to be transformed for God’s Kingdom. 

Bible Studies began with Brother Larry sharing a message from Matthew 4. His passion and relatability especially to young members was a time full of grace and a call to action in Jesus Christ. During testimony time, members from all cities participated in sharing the grace they had received.

Ministers were also able to meet following the retreat, to share grace and improve on the retreat going forward. They shared how graceful it was that young leaders began leading in this retreat and the hope is that more leaders will take a larger responsibility going forward and bring further developments and diversity in future retreats. 

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Gratia Young Leaders Launch First Worship and Prayer Night

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Young leaders at Gratia Church in San Francisco initiated, planned, and led Gratia’s first-ever worship and prayer night on December 8. Led by Brother Larry and Sister Ruth, the worship and prayer night was a new format for prayer meeting that SF Gratia church hopes to do once a month.

Normally, prayer meetings are led by pastors, but this new format was a praise-led prayer. As worship songs were being led, members were free to either pray or sing praises, according to how the Holy Spirit moved them. Interspersed through prayer and singing praises, Brother Larry also read from the Word of God with the following two verses:

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24)

God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ (Exodus 3:14)

Members testified that the praise-led prayer opened their hearts freely to receiving God’s grace in many ways.

“The worship and prayer night is really fitting for young people and very natural way to receive grace of God,” said Pastor Walker, “I’m grateful that God called our young leaders to start and lead this graceful night of worship and prayer.”

Brother Larry will lead worship and prayer during the upcoming Christmas Retreat. SF Gratia’s next worship and prayer night will be in late January 2024. Church leaders hope to advertise worship and prayer night in the new year as a method of evangelism to bring in newcomers. Please pray for SF Gratia young leaders and missions in San Francisco.

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Gratia Church Campus Group Evangelism

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Gratia Church had a graceful group evangelism and Bible studies on November 30. It was the last day of November and also the final group evangelism activity for this fall semester, as the school will soon start winter break. Pastor Peter, Julia, and other young members, Larry, Jiaming, Ruth, and Jed, joined, and later Elizabeth came along when she met the members on the campus. It was a very graceful and fruitful time as they met many students who showed interest in joining Bible study.

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Gratia Celebrates Thanksgiving with Grateful Heart

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Gratia Church celebrated Thanksgiving with a grateful heart through a service and Thanksgiving dinner on November 21. Pastor Walker delivered a message from Psalms 100: “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.” Members brought delicious food, fostering a sense of unity and enjoyment during the fellowship meal. It was a wonderful time for everyone to reflect on God’s grace and express full thanksgiving. May God’s grace continue to be with us in the coming years, and may joy overflow in our hearts with gratitude.

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