Do You Pray?
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Robert Campbell
1y ago
“The question is one that none but you can answer. Whether you attend public worship or not, your minister knows. Whether you have family prayers in your house or not, your relations know. But whether you pray in private or not, is a matter between yourself and God.” J.C. Ryle, Do You Pray? The Evangelical Bishop of Liverpool, J.C. Ryle, took it as his great concern that the people of his congregation actually become holy and so he encouraged them to pray. We have been doing the same through recent weeks by looking at a few of the prayers that Paul prayed for the churches. The premise is ..read more
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Summer 2022
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Robert Campbell
1y ago
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Returning to the Hall
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Robert Campbell
2y ago
After 100 gracious and wonderful Sundays in the vineyard, we will be returning home to the Santa Margarita Community Hall on Sunday, April 24. We’ve been out for 100 Sundays and many of you have never been at the Hall at all. Here is some important and helpful information as we make the transition home. First of all, the Santa Margarita Community Hall is located at 22501 I Street in Santa Margarita. Santa Margarita Community Church Chapel is right next-door at 22525 I St. We are grateful for the use of both of these facilities, made possible by the good people who have gone before us. We stand ..read more
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Why do we do that? Corporate Confession
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Robert Campbell
2y ago
“Many Evangelical churches do not often include a time of corporate confession as part of their weekly services. This is, I believe, a weakness of our gatherings.” Greg Strand, EFCA Executive Director of theology and credentialing We confess our sins together as a part of corporate worship each Lord’s Day. In the past, the Pastor has offered the confession sometimes on behalf of the congregation while the congregation prayed responsively at others. This is one area where our study of the Book of Leviticus has strengthened your Pastor to be better and to grow. Why do we do that? Why do we confe ..read more
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Why do we do that?: Congregational singing
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Robert Campbell
2y ago
We are a singing people; we sing often; we sing joyfully (Ps. 100:1), and we want to continually be singing more skillfully (Ps. 33:3).  What We Sing: We sing congregational songs so that the whole congregation can sing together on the Lord’s Day. That is, we sing songs that are fitting for 100+ voices (skilled or unskilled!) to sing together.  When we come together on the Lord’s Day, the congregation is the choir, and the congregation’s voice is the primary instrument of praise.  We sing songs that are biblical in content, representative of Christian history, pastoral, and writ ..read more
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SMCC Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Explained: What We Do and Why
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Caleb Campbell
2y ago
Each year we mark the celebration of Christmas with a Christmas Eve Candlelight service. This is a reflective service rejoicing in God’s salvation come in the birth of Christ. This year we will continue with how SMCC has traditionally observed this service: with scripture readings, singing carols, and candle lighting. We will relight the four advent candles we have lit throughout advent, culminating in the lighting of the Christ candle to mark the birth of Christ. At the end, the congregation will light each other’s small candles from the flame of the Christ candle. For the order of the script ..read more
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Remembrances: Bible Study
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Robert Campbell
2y ago
Fall started off with a rush this year. I think it was just wonderful to be able to gather again in what feels like a normal routine. Whatever the reason, we are gathering and we are growing. We added Sunday school Classes, Table Groups and more Bible Studies than ever. Our Bible Study method, a manuscript style inductive study, has brought a ton of unexpected fruit to those involved. Perhaps we should have expected that opening the Bible together in depth week after week would change us even if we couldn’t have imagined how much. Here is a link to know more about the Manuscript Bible Study ..read more
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Inductive Manuscript Bible Study
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Robert Campbell
2y ago
Many people enjoy watching the Olympics. It’s thrilling to see world records broken as athletes perform better than anyone ever before. However, seeing a world record broken cannot compare to the athlete’s experience of setting a new world record. This is why we do manuscript Bible study. While it can be instructive, convicting, and intriguing to hear a lecture or read a book about a Bible passage, it doesn’t compare to the thrill of understanding a passage and being convicted by what we learn from our own study. As athletes work hard to train for competitions, we have to work to do manuscript ..read more
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Remembrance: The Parish School
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Robert Campbell
2y ago
I mentioned last Sunday morning that the passage on memorials encouraged me to pay more attention to those things that I am (or at least should be) grateful for in the life of our church. While so much seems to be standing still in our world, we are clearly gaining ground. I see it and I want to celebrate it with you. I see it in the strength of our fully functioning staff and how well we are working together; I see it in the beauty of our meeting place out at Oyster Ridge; I see it in the growth of our congregation with so many of you only a part for a few months; and I see it in the size of ..read more
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1000 Generations
Santa Margarita Community Church
by Robert Campbell
2y ago
Four Truths that Stand Test and Time This weekend we begin a series of sermons highlighting 4 key doctrines that stand up to both testing and time. If we were to believe differently in these areas it would produce a very different kind of fruit, if you could call it fruit at all. Aug 1. The Godness of God: We start with God because God starts with God. God is. God is simple. God simply remains the same. Aug. 8 The Condescension of God: the only way that this God can relate His creation is by stepping down to do so. We call the form of God’s condescension a covenant. We are born into a cov ..read more
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