Church in Irvine, CA – Pacific Church of Irvine

BOOK OF JUDGES

Seth Gatchell — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:11:45 +0000

The roller coaster lives we live.

Do good, get good? Do bad, get bad?

That doesn’t change anybody.

We’ll just end up, like hornets, mad.

“The good life,” man’s highest pursuit?

Fools believe it’s life’s greatest bliss.

Angry with God when it ceases.

When it returns? Him, we’ll dismiss.

Depends on what “the good life” means.

Defined by home and happy lives?

Hop on the big roller coaster!

Buckle up! Roller coasters dive.

If I only use God for wants

I won’t find His power and grace,

A love I can’t earn and can’t lose,

Hope, I need for the life I face.

In love with my own well-being,

A “love” that smothers what it loves.

A “love” You’ll dismantle; and build

Deeper loves, for You, from above.

Abraham – Pt. 10

Lance Brown — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:52:47 +0000

We typically think of prayer as initiating with us, but it is God who initiates our praying to Him. We’ll study the fascinating ways God uses prayer to help us engage with Him and His purposes, often through our daily experiences.

Pizza Playdate – August 30

Lance Brown — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:29:55 +0000

Join us for Pizza in the playground area, with Pastor Seth and Mindy! Kids 5th grade and under (and their parents) are invited to join us for pizza, bounce house, and time on the playground.

BOOK OF NUMBERS

Seth Gatchell — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:52:57 +0000

Life is tougher than you imagine.

Everything starts with high hopes,

But the road is a bumpy one,

And along the way come the mopes.

You will wonder if you’ve missed your way.

Unbelieving,

Spoiled,

“Why aren’t things better??”

Muttering and mumbling,

Sputtering and grumbling.

Whining and griping,

Complaining and sniping.

Bellyaching and ranting

Grousing and raving.

Fretting and moaning,

Fuming and groaning.

Seething and squawking,

Stewing and squabbling.

Wilderness wandering!

Presumption that “everything’s OK,”

Blinding me to my real problem.

Wilderness wanderings!

Another lap around Mt. Sinai

Forty years…

My plan is to meet you through

Your sorrow and heartaches,

Your failure and conflicts,

Your anger and heartbreaks.

Your anguish and brokenness,

Your sadness and disappointment,

Your anxiety and depression,

Your despondency and torment.

To value…

Holiness more than ease.

Holiness more than comfort.

Loving those who displease

Me and My story

Over your comfort.

There is a severity

To My love that you will need,

Like “tough love” to your teen,

The only way, sometimes needs.

The road of life is short in time,

But endurance for a lifetime.

Seek Me and you will find Me.

Abraham – Pt. 9

Lance Brown — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 23:04:50 +0000

Sometimes things seem incredulous, beyond human understanding. And something this is exactly where the God who can do the impossible. Incredulity becomes credulity!

Abraham – Pt. 8

Lance Brown — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 22:45:10 +0000

Abraham discovers that “with God anything is possible.” God makes another covenant with Abraham, but this time the covenant is a covenant of commitment.

Abraham – Pt. 7

Lance Brown — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:24:53 +0000

This section from Genesis 16 “has it all,” about every human misery that results when we let our desires run amok. These disasters affect not just ourselves but the very ones we love most–and sometimes for a very long time!

REFRESH! “Love Focused” Saturday, August 8, 2026, 9-10:30 a.m.

Carol Brown — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:47:26 +0000

REFRESH! “Love Focused”

Saturday, August 8, 2026, 9-10:30 a.m.,

at the home of Carol Brown

Chapters 9 & 10: “God’s Solution” & “A Closer Look”

Join us as we continue our 2026 REFRESH! book study of “Love Focused: Living Life to the Fullest,” by Bob and Judy Hughes.

Invite a friend and join us for a wonderful, refreshing time of fellowship, encouragement, spiritual growth, and prayer!

Although we will follow a book club format, please feel free to attend even if you have not read the chapter – you will still learn from the material presented!

Please sign up HERE for the potluck. (Please bring your food heated, plated, and ready to serve. Please come whether or not you are able to bring something!)

Please RSVP HERE by August 5th. (Address provided upon registration.)

Allow God to REFRESH your soul!

Contact carol@pacificchurch.com for more info.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Seth Gatchell — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:31:54 +0000

Oh, Independence Day! Blessed Declaration!

The law above a king, blessed separation!

Inalienable rights, endowed by the Lord God.

Truths that we will hold dear. The governed have the nod.

And for seven long years, a war of attrition.

Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill, Concord and Lexington.

Fort Ticonderoga, Trenton and King’s Mountain,

Bloody victories all! Surrender at Yorktown!

AMERICAN HEROES

Seth Gatchell — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:28:49 +0000

Monroe, Hancock, Knox, Jay, Franklin and Washington,

Benjamin Rush, Sherman, Jefferson, Hamilton.

Minutemen, patriots, Swamp Fox, Ticonderoga,

Bunker Hill, Tea Party, Yorktown, Saratoga.