Element Christian Church
NRABV* - Nine: Work Out Your Own Salvation
Locations & Times
Element Christian Church
4890 Bethany Ln, Santa Maria, CA 93455, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
Welcome to Element
We strive to ensure the biggest thing people think when they hear about Element is Jesus! We are a Gospel centered community who finds our identity in Jesus.
All Youth Beach Trip
Students in grades 6-12 are invited to a day in Avila Sunday, July 31st.
https://ourelement.churchcenter.com/people/forms/410465All Church Trivia Night
This event will be: <br> A- FUN! B- Loud and chaotic C- A good chance to hang out with other people D- Mildly embarrassing - both for me and for you E- All of the above <br> Festivities start as early as 5pm. We’ve already reserved Feed My Seoul food truck for the evening so no need to eat dinner before. We will kick things off with a kids round at 5:30p and after that, we have set up childcare and some super fun activities for the kids to enjoy. <br> Actual trivia questions will begin at 6p so if you intend to play, gather or Gospel Communities or other teammates and be ready to start at that time! Even if you don’t want to play (but you will), feel free to come out, support the food truck and cheer people on!
https://ourelement.churchcenter.com/calendar/event/106852782Labor Day Weekend Baptism Celebration
Save the date! 9/4/22 @1pm Baptism Info Classes 8/7 & 8/14 for those wanting to be baptized
https://www.ourelement.org/about/life-events/baptismCasa of Hope Fundraiser BBQ
Casa of Hope is a local, anti-human trafficking agency dedicated to providing safe housing to sexually exploited women, educating communities, outreach, and bringing awareness in an effort to combat modern-day slavery of men, women, youth, and children.<br><br>They are hosting a BBQ fundraiser with the help of Cool Hand Luke’s and have asked if we could help sell some of their tickets. The BBQ can be picked up at CHL’S drive-thru style on August 27th and are $15 a ticket.<br><br>Tickets are sold as cash or Venmo only and can be picked up at the Welcome Center.
Spotlight on Missions
There are so many updates on the various local and global ministries we support we decided to compile them all into a newsletter for you to all enjoy at your leisure. You can find it at the link below.
http://ourelement.org/dev.ourelement.org/htdocs/downloads/2022/Spotlight_on_Mission_Summer_22.pdfStart Serving
Click the link below to see all the various areas you can serve at Element and sign up to help
https://ourelement.churchcenter.com/people/forms/395779New to Element? Need prayer? Just want to connect?
Click the link to fill out our Digital Connect Card so we can know you were here and send you a "Welcome" email.
https://ourelement.churchcenter.com/people/forms/295918Church Center - the app
Free in your phone's app store and a huge resource to stay in touch with Element! Download today!
Link, Sign Ups, and More
We mention all sorts of links throughout service, this is a summary of all of them in one place! Find our YouTube, current sign ups, ways to connect and more!
https://linktr.ee/ourelementThis week's song list
Interested in looking for some of the songs we sang this week? Here's the titles and original artists:<br><br>Your Grace is Enough - Chris Tomlin<br>Burning in my Soul - Matt Maher<br>Empty Me - Jeremy Camp<br>Sweetly Broken - Jeremy Riddle<br>You Never Let Go - Matt Redman<br>Grace Alone - The Modern Post
*without context
Week Nine: Work Out Your Own Salvation
The main story of the Bible says that we CAN’T save ourselves, that we can’t work for our salvation. So why does the Apostle Paul say, “as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling…”? Is this contradictory or could it be something else?
Three principles to remember, to help us study our Bibles in context:
1. Remember The Big Picture
2. Remember The Way Words Work
3. Remember The Context
How can humble unity further the mission of the Church?
Is it easy or hard to realize that salvation is not based upon our own work?
What kinds of messes or conflicts have you gotten yourself into, where you were required to do some "work" to get yourself out of it? What was difficult or scary about doing that?
What lessons did you learn from having to do the hard work of resolving those conflicts?
Are there any broken relationships that God is calling you to restore?
How can the Gospel speak into that relationship?
How can humble unity further the mission of the Church?