Church in Irvine, CA – Pacific Church of Irvine

Psalm 139

Allie Adams — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:40:16 +0000

I am in the process of memorizing Psalm 139 and am amazed at how much deeper these words go when we really meditate on them instead of just reading them. How can we ever feel alone when we have this personal, intimate love letter from the Creator of the universe.

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Abraham – Pt. 1

Lance Brown — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:28:27 +0000

God called Abraham to leave without telling him where he was going is, personally, that would be a problem for me. No map. No itinerary. No destination. Just: go. I’ll show you when you get there. This message is the first in a series on the life of Abraham — the man the New Testament calls the father of faith. We start at the very beginning. Before the great moments, before the tests, before the legacy. We start with an ordinary idolator in a moon-worshipping city, and a God who decided to take the initiative anyway.

Women of the Bible: Priscilla

Lance Brown — Sun, 31 May 2026 22:08:18 +0000

Priscilla is what faithfulness looks like when nobody is watching. She didn’t build a platform. She built a life. And her life became the ministry. This message closes out our series “Women of the Bible” and it’s for anyone who has been wondering whether the ordinary season they’re in counts for anything. It does.

Day of Service at OC Rescue Mission, June 6, 2026, 2-4 p.m.

Carol Brown — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:13:46 +0000

Day of Service at OC Rescue Mission*

June 6, 2026, 2-4 p.m.

Village of Hope, 1 Hope Drive, Tustin, CA 92782

Join us as we serve OC Rescue Mission by working in the warehouse or performing cleaning duties. This co-ed opportunity is open for ages 10 and up. Volunteers under the age of 18 must have parent or guardian present. We can accommodate up to 20 volunteers.

Please sign up HERE by 5/31.

*Orange County Rescue Mission is a faith-based, life-transformation program that provides on-campus housing, basic needs, and comprehensive services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. We minister the love of Jesus Christ to the Least, the Last, and the Lost in Orange County.

VBS Rainforest Falls 2026

Sarah Cristiano — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:10:21 +0000

Our favorite week of the summer is coming! Step through the mist into Rainforest Falls, overflowing with wild waterfalls, towering trees, and colorful creatures. Beneath a canopy of chattering birds and howling monkeys, kids plunge into a lifelong adventure of discovering the nature of God. They’ll explore what it means to be rooted in relationship with God, their creator, a safe place in life’s storms.

We hope your child can join us!

June 22-26, 9am-12pm, $50 per child

The Church: 40th Anniversary

Lance Brown — Sun, 24 May 2026 20:01:19 +0000

God’s strategic ways to redeem fallen humanity from Satan’s rule is patently unintuitive to us. The cross??? The church??? You mean to tell me these are the central components to saving a rebellious human race? How?

Women of the Bible: Mary & Martha

Lance Brown — Sun, 17 May 2026 22:56:55 +0000

Most of us don’t struggle with laziness. We are busy, productive, optimized and somewhere in all of that activity, the most important relationship we have quietly grows thin. We keep doing things for God while spending less and less time with him. And we don’t notice the switch has happened until something breaks. That’s Martha’s story. She opened her home to Jesus. She served him faithfully. She did everything right. And she was coming apart at the seams.

Women of the Bible: The Canaanite Woman

Lance Brown — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:48:42 +0000

We are good about protecting ourselves from a “no” that we don’t want to hear. The Canaanite women begged Jesus for help, and didn’t just settle for His first answer. She stayed engaged until her faith won his favor.

THE THREE HARDEST WORDS TO SAY

Seth Gatchell — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:03:24 +0000

Three words you rarely hear? You may never have heard?

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Not from politicians, and not from “journalists,”

Not drivers in their cars, and not from the “critics.”

Not from all-star athletes nor from “celebrities,”

Not colleagues at your work, nor from your families.

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Parents expect their kids to utter these three words.

Everyone could, and should, from drop-outs to the nerds.

And shouldn’t these three words be heard all through the day?

Signs of maturity, security convey?

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When did you last say them? Do you remember when?

Tug on memory banks. Scratch your head again.

Was it eight years ago? It’s really been that long?

Yes, I admitted (quite grudgingly), “I was wrong.”

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We are so quick to blame, to see how someone’s wrong.

And excoriate them, social media’s sharp prong.

Vile invectives thrown out, gone viral in the air,

Or behind someone’s back, “justified,” without care.

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And yet, to this we’re blind. This madness, days on end.

Has humility left? “Our pride we must defend!”

Can we not see ourselves, even in the mirror?

Can we not hear ourselves? Can this not be clearer?

Women of the Bible: Elizabeth

Lance Brown — Sun, 03 May 2026 21:25:47 +0000

Elizabeth’s story is for anyone who has been carrying a prayer that keeps coming back unanswered. Anyone who has started, quietly, to believe that the silence means something, about their worth, their standing, whether God has moved for other people but not for them. She waited longer than most of us would, and what she discovered on the other side was that God had been listening the whole time.