Welcome to The Grove Community Church (formally known as Lake Cities Community Church). We are a nondenominational Christian church in Rowlett, TX. This podcast is a place where you can listen to our sermons and other...
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A very common element of household Christmas decor is a nativity set. The nativity scene has also been painted time and time again throughout the course of history. In each painting, and in many nativity sets, there are always two Christmas characters tha
The fourth week of advent; love. This week Pastor Craig talks about the love seen in the Christmas story, how we can therefore love Jesus Christ, and how He loves us.
In this third week of advent we focus on joy. Joy can be one of the hardest fruits of the spirit to understand. The secular world around us often gets true joy wrong, and there is no room for those who may be struggling to find joy. Listen along as the jo
In a world that is often unrest, we find that Christ alone provides peace. But what kind of peace is this, how do we get this peace? Listen along as one of our elders shares on the advent message of peace.
As we move into the season of advent, our focus this week is on hope. True hope. Hope that comes from Christ and not from the world. Listen along to discover this difference, as well as who exactly needs hope and why we can have hope in a world that often
This week we had a special Thanksgiving service with time for everyone to share about how God has been moving in their life and what they are thankful for. Listen along to hear some heartwarming testimonies about how God is working in this body of Christ.
What is a successful church? Some people measure this with numbers, others by the influence the church has on the community and beyond. However, God measures by faithfulness. In this passage of 1 Peter 3:8-17, Peter will tell us what we are to be faithful
Marriage can be a beautiful thing when Christ is the center of it. But how is this done? What does this look like? Peter has instructions for both wives and husbands within a marriage to help with this. Listen along as Pastor Craig leads us through 1 Pete
Sometimes our natural reaction when we are wronged is to seek retaliation or revenge. However, that is not the reaction Jesus had when he was wronged, and it's not the reaction he calls us to have. Listen along as we learn how we should act and react when
This week we have the privilege of hearing from Jim Pence as he shares with us his testimony of God bringing him back from a near death experience. Listen along as Jim tells us what he has learned since that fateful day.
As we move through our 1 Peter study, this week we look at the command to submit to government and authority found in chapter 2. verses 13-17. This isn't always an easy thing to do. However, submission to authority has been ordained by God, and when we do
We live in a pressure filled world, and that pressure threatens our peace. The encouragement that Peter gave to the first century church while they were experiencing pressure is applicable still in the twenty-first century. In verses 1-12 of 1 Peter chapt