“Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature, the old things passed away, behold, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
New beginnings can be wonderful. The first breath of a newborn infant seems almost miraculous. The first step of heretofore crawling baby can be awe-inspiring. The first words of a firstborn can bring thoughts of post-graduate degrees to ever hopeful parents. The first day in a new class, the first paycheck from a first job, the first day in the life of newlyweds can all bring untold joy and satisfaction to those experiencing those new beginnings.
We, at Evergreen SGV, have had the profound privilege of experiencing a new beginning in our corporate lives together. We have broken ground… we have taken a first step… we have set sail on our maiden voyage… we have occupied the land given to us by God.
Our first official worship services in our new church home is now history. It was an incredible, it was fabulous, it was a unique and gratifying experience. All praise and glory go to our God who is faithful, generous and worthy to be worshipped.
Almost 600 attended the 8:00 AM worship service and over 300 attended the 11:00 AM worship service. But numbers don’t tell the story, people do. Those numbers represent people who came to worship our mighty God.
Here are a few personal observations.
People were excited.
People were joyful.
People were grateful.
People were ready to worship.
Well, you get the picture. It was a great time to be present before the Lord.
The Saturday before (at our practice) and on that first Sunday, whenever I entered into the sanctuary, I kept thinking, what did we do this deserve all this It felt so grand. The answer is… absolutely nothing. We didn’t do anything to deserve God’s goodness. He did it all.
The greatest new beginning of all time happens when a person decides to invite Jesus into his or her life. The Bible says that when that happens “…the old things passed away, behold, new things have come.”

Yes God did it all, He did it by creating us, then by saving us through His Son and then by giving us this land out of His pure graciousness.
This new beginning for us is the direct result of God’s sovereign grace in our lives. May we be a grateful people who bow down to worship our Mighty King.
Blessings,
Pastor Cory, d.v.
d.v., deo volente: God willing