Grace River Church

The Bible is full of words that give direction, wisdom, and encouragement. There are also parts that are genuinely perplexing. This can make you wonder—do I need to believe all of the Bible or is it okay to pick and choose? During this week's teaching, Chris helps us understand how the Bible is the source of truth for our everyday life.

You experience a job loss, breakup, or death of a loved one and start to wonder— why, God? It’s a dark and lonely place. What if the same God you might blame for your pain is the same God that’s with you in it? In this teaching you will learn when bad things happen to good people, it doesn’t mean that God isn’t good!

For the last week of the series, Holy Habits, Chris talks about why the habit of being connected within a local church is so important. As followers of Christ, we are the church. It’s easy to think that the church is just a building we drive to and attend service, but it was never designed to be a spectator sport. Find out why the local church is not just the hope of the world, but also the hope i...

One holy habit that would be great for each of us to be participating in is giving God worship. What does the Bible say concerning worship? What does worshiping God look like? This week Nathan talks about worship and answers the questions of what it is and how we can give it to God.

Have you ever felt out of sync in your relationship with God, like you just weren’t on the same page?  Instead of being in rhythm and in tune with God, it felt like you were playing different notes or even a different song altogether. Maybe this feeling led you to a place where you wondered if God was there at all.  If feeling disconnected or out of sync with God, learn how you can get b...

The new year is a great time to create new habits to become a better you! Throughout this series we are going to talk about spiritual habits that you can put in place to help you grow in your relationship with Christ. This week, we are going to talk about how reading the Bible can change your life!

Have you ever noticed that life is full of problems? The problems we face are usually the same thing that become the thieves of JOY in our lives. In this teaching Pastor Chris will help us understand how we can attack these joy stealers and live life free from anger, anxiety and the attacks in our own mind.

Have you ever received a gift that just blew you away? Something that you weren’t necessarily expecting and maybe even something that you didn’t deserve. How did you feel when you opened that gift? Around Christmas, we talk a lot about giving and receiving gifts, but what if the best gift you’ve ever been given was still unopened? What if it was there, ready for the taking, and all you had to do w...

This week we will be talking about how to make JOY a habit.

If you were to list the things that steal your joy, what would they be? Many would say things like money, or the way others treat us, or maybe life not being fair. But in those answers, we find a common factor. Our joy is often “stolen” when we are most concerned with the things that affect our lives. When things don’t go how we intended, we feel that we have the right to be upset and be joyless....

We all want to be happy. In fact, we all spend a significant amount of time in pursuit of things that make us feel happy. If we were given a choice every day to feel happiness or not, most would choose happiness. But it doesn’t take long to realize that the brokenness in our world and the brokenness inside of us are at odds with our quest for happiness. At times, the storms of life make it close t...

Being thankful is not our natural default in life. Culture says we need more, but God says look at what you have and be thankful. In this week’s teaching, we will cover how to live a life of thankfulness.

We are called by Christ, our Lord and Savior, to go and make disciples. If you are a believer, then you have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to obey His command. As a church, we are better together in completing this mission.

Money can be a huge source of stress and tension in our lives. But the stress we feel regarding our money generally isn’t really a money issue—it’s a trust issue. Which begs the question: Who or what are we trusting with our lives and our money? In this message, we dig into why God asks us to trust Him with our finances and how He calls us to respond to Him with generosity.

Managing our money can be tough. The world tells us to make more, spend more, and get more. But God’s financial plan is different—He calls us to give, save, then live off of what’s left over. In this message, we explore some simple steps to help you take control of your finances, find contentment, and start managing your money in a way that honors God.

Have you ever felt no matter what you did, your life seemed to spiral further and further out of control? There are times in life when no matter how well we plan, try to make good decisions, and try to do the right thing, life just seems to go wrong. For some of us, the thought of losing control, in times like these, consumes us with fear and anxiety. God has given us a responsibility in those sca...

We all face things in life that are scary and worry us, and many times these fears and worry just never seem to go away. They keep us awake at night. They disrupt our peace and joy, and they leave us making decisions as if the things we fear and worry about have already happened. What are we supposed to do when our fears won’t go away and take a toll on us mentally, emotionally, and physically?

There are a lot of things you could do to change your life.  Working out, dieting,  better friendships and better habits.  Nothing will change your life like a relationship with God! In this sermon we will hear amazing stories of life change in the Bible and in the lives of people that call Grace River their church home.

There are commitments we make on the inside that are demonstrated publicly on the outside.  In this teaching, we will uncover the truth behind Baptism and Communion and why both represent a new life that we have found in Christ.

Have you ever heard the statement you can be whoever you want to be?  That isn’t actually true. One of the lies we believe is that we think we have full control over our lives.  The reality is God has a plan and a purpose for each of us.  Learn how you can find that plan by answering three questions.

This is Week 3 of our sermon series "Lies We Believe." Another big lie many of us tell ourselves is that if I follow Jesus, I will not suffer. Come learn why that’s not the truth and how you can face struggles in life.

Another lie we tell ourselves is that we can never get over our past.  Whether it’s our past grudges, grief, or guilt.  Come learn this weekend how you can start taking major steps to get past your past!

Have you ever told yourself a lie?  One of the biggest lies we can tell ourselves is that we can do life on our own.  In this teaching from John 15:5, you will learn that life is better with God.

Have you ever felt like your faith has been dried up, with no more to give? Well, there is hope! This parable will help us understand what God can do with our faith, even when we feel hopeless. We will see that God can use small things, such as our faith, and turn them into something extraordinary.

We often think lack of time, business, and stress keep us from the presence of the Lord. But one of the things the lockdown showed most of us is that added time did not make it easier to be in the Lord's presence. How do we connect and engage with the Lord's presence when it often seems so hard, and He often seems so far?