UNINVITED - Women’s Bible Study Connect Group Begins February 19th Do you ever feel left out, lonely, less than loved? Most of us have. Many of us do now... Sometimes you simply need to be reminded how loved you&nbsp;really&nbsp;are—that every day, with every breath, you are loved with such precision that every hair, every molecule of you is known, counted, invited, and welcomed.This six-session Bible study is that reminder. Best-selling author and speaker Lysa TerKeurst will walk us through the Holy Land in order to come closer to Jesus' words that will help each of us enter a place of healing and new perspective. You are invited to:<ul><li>Explore the roots of rejection and learn practical ways to process your pain in a safe space.</li><li>Dwell on the majestic declarations of God's love in the Bible.</li><li>Discover a deep assurance of your adoption into Christ's family that leads to new life.</li></ul>Be a part of this biblical learning process of "living loved." Uninvited&nbsp;will remind you that you are destined for a love that can never be diminished, tarnished, shaken, or taken—a love that does not reject or uninvite. This group will be led by Erin Cruz and will incorporate video sessions with a Study Guide and a book to read.&nbsp;We will meet 7 times beginning Thursday, February 19th through Thursday, April 2nd.&nbsp;The group will meet from 5:30-7pm in Room 101.&nbsp;If you would like to sign up on or have questions, contact Erin Cruz.&nbsp;Text 626.445.7470 or email <a href="mailto:erin@arcadia.church" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">erin@arcadia.church</a>.

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Women's Bible Study

Do you feel like you have no bible knowledge? Have you ever thought, “I need a Bible Study with the basics?” In this class you are going to learn how the Old Testament fits together, including the Books, people, events, and purposes that will reveal God’s unfolding plan of Salvation. This story is a best seller that uncovers the full range of human drama, emotion, and passion. It is an account of God’s love and pursuit of his people through the human condition that includes murder, mystery, deception, assault, incest, power, money, war, courage, strength, leadership, peace, dreams, vision, resilience, and faith.Class continues to meet on Sundays, in the Library, entrance next to Sanctuary and Barnard Chapel&nbsp;at 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. To sign-up or for more information contact Pastor John at <a href="mailto:john@arcadia.church" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137);">john@arcadia.church</a>

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Old Testament Class

Live at 10:30 am in our Sanctuary and YouTube.&nbsp;Sunday school provided for Preschool - 5th grade.

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Worship is our corporate and personal exchange with God. It is a spontaneous expression and ritual moment that transcends personal preference and all stereotype. Worship at JCC is a reorienting of our lives that reminds us that God is God, and we are not. As a multigenerational and multiethnic community, we enjoy the integration of many traditions in corporate worship. We value being together and worshiping God through the reading and teaching of the Bible, lifting our voices together with songs from all generations and joining together in the ancient practice of holy communion. Together we experience a living, vibrant, powerful and loving God who makes his presence known in the gathering of his people.

Sunday Worship

Join Journey Community Church for the start of Holy Week on Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026. Our worship service begins at 10:30 a.m. Palm branches for everyone and a wonderful family time with children leading the congregation in a celebratory march around the Sanctuary! Pastor John will bring a positive practical message from the bible about how we can truly celebrate what Jesus has done for our lives. You won't want to miss this inspiring service to start your week off an uplifting note.

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Palm Sunday

Start your morning off right, get a jump on being more productive at work, surprise your co-workers with your new enthusiastic personally, all because you started your day with Holy Week Morning Devotionals! Join us each morning from March 30th - April 3rd at 8:00 a.m. for a morning devotional. Only 30-minutes from start to finish with music, prayer, and devotion. Each day will bring a devotion from a member of Journey Community Church. No need to sign-up. just come and enjoy this great way to start your day.. If you don't have to get to work right away, you are invited to join Pastor John for Breakfast at Hyper Coffee immediately following the Morning Devotional. A great time to hang out with Pastor John and he's buying!!

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Morning Devotions for Holy Week

You are invited to join the Journey Family for the Maundy Thursday Service on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday begins the Three Days (or Triduum), remembering the new commandment that Christ gave us in word and deed as he taught us how to love one another, washing our feet as a servant. We also celebrate the Lord’s Supper, remembering the meal Christ shared with his disciples before his death.Historically, this was the traditional day in which those who had undergone a period of public penance under church discipline would be restored to full communion. A new commandment The name is taken from the first words sung at the ceremony of the washing of the feet, “I give you a new commandment” (John 13:34); also from the commandment of Christ that we should imitate his loving humility in the washing of the feet (John 13:14-17). The term&nbsp;mandatum&nbsp;(maundy), therefore, was applied to the rite of the footwashing on this day. The opening service of the Triduum is not inherently mournful. The penitential acts of Maundy Thursday have celebratory aspects as well: restoration through the bold declaration of pardon; the act of footwashing connoting humility and intimacy; the celebration of the Lord’s Supper embodying the mystery of Christ’s enduring redemptive presence. Maundy Thursday’s acts provide the paradox of a celebratively somber and solemnly celebrative service. Footwashing. A powerful symbolic response to the Word, representing the way of humility and servanthood to which we are called by Christ, is the act of footwashing, practiced within the church since at least the fifth century. The practice of footwashing in first-century Palestine may have been as common as when today a host helps guests take off their coats, a waiter seats diners, or a driver holds the taxi door open for passengers. Hospitality underlies all such welcoming gestures.…What is startling if not jolting about the footwashing story in John is not the act of footwashing, but the identity of the servant who washed others’ feet — Jesus, God-with-us, the least likely person. Following the footwashing, Jesus took on himself the humiliation of the cross, the ultimate symbol of his selfless love for other. In the priesthood of all believers (not hierarchies of power),&nbsp;all&nbsp;members of the body of Christ can “kneel” before each other and wash one another’s feet as did our Lord and Savior himself — neighbor to neighbor, perhaps even stranger to stranger. More important, as the priesthood of all believers, our corporate kneeling before others for the earthly task of footwashing symbolizes our servanthood within and beyond the body of Christ. The Lord’s Supper. Though on this night we remember and celebrate the final supper Jesus shared with his disciples in the context of Passover, we are neither celebrating a Seder (“order of service”), nor reenacting the Last Supper, but sharing with our risen Lord a foretaste of the heavenly banquet. …The term “last supper” suggests that it was only one of many meals shared by Jesus and his disciples, and not&nbsp;the&nbsp;meal. The Eucharist is rooted not only in the Last Supper but also in Jesus’ eating with sinners, and in his feeding the crowd with the loaves and fishes, and it foreshadows the meals after his resurrection. All together they constitute the multiple meanings of the Lord’s Supper. To reduce the Lord’s Supper to the Last Supper is to cut off the Sacrament from its eschatological significance (that is, as it relates to the unfolding of God’s purpose and in the ultimate destiny of humankind and the world).Stripping of the Church. The final act of this service is the evocative stripping of the worship space. This is most effectively done in absolute silence, and in an unhurried, orderly fashion. Designate several people to extinguish the candles, strip the Lord’s table of all cloths and vessels, and remove all textile hangings, candles and candelabra, flowers, and so forth, carrying all the items out of the room. The stark, bare, unadorned church now reflects Jesus’ abandonment during the night in Gethsemane. The visual aspect of the transformed worship space gives people a dramatic depiction of Christ’s desolation. The church remains bare until the Easter Vigil when the process is reversed and the worship space is “dressed” again.Ordinarily, neither a blessing is given nor a postlude played on this night, as the services for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday (the Great Vigil of Easter) are actually one unified ritual. … The church remains in semidarkness, and all depart in silence, thus making the transition from the eucharistic celebration to Jesus’ crucifixion and death. Symbolically, Christ, stripped of his power and glory, is now in the hands of his captors.

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Maundy Thursday Service

You are invited to join the Journey Family for a Good Friday Worship Service on Friday April 3, 2026. Good Friday is the day we remember Jesus’ crucifixion. The hours of noon to 3 p.m. are particularly significant as these commemorate the time Jesus hung on the cross. It is an especially important time to pray for the church and the world for whom Christ gave his life.Image The Good Friday service is a penitential service, yet it is also a celebration of the good news of the cross. So, retain the paradox of the day in the form, mood, and texts of the service. Good Friday is a day in which to allow for numerous contemplative moments, and to permit the power of silence to speak for itself.The passion narrative according to John is read on Good Friday, because at the heart of John’s passion narrative is the good news of the cross — the victory of the cross. Thus, John’s emphasis on crucifixion and glory corresponds to the tension and ambiguity of the day.&nbsp; The Good Friday service is intentionally in concert with the broad ecumenical tradition, and representative of many ecumenical aspects. It, therefore, reflects a commonality with many strands of Christian tradition.&nbsp;The proclamation of the readings for the day may replace the sermon, or a brief sermon may precede, interweave, or succeed the readings for the day. Those who plan the liturgy may consider letting the gospel speak through the power of silence, or through an appropriate liturgical dance or offering of music, which may help deepen reflection on the cross for all worshipers. A fitting response to the hearing of the passion of Christ is intercession in the form of bidding prayers for the whole family of God and the afflictions of the world [the Solemn Intercession]. This is an important element of the Good Friday tradition. Such bidding prayers are signs of our joining in Christ’s priestly ministry of fully extending his arms in order to embrace all God’s people (that is, his posture on the cross).The Solemn Reproaches [of the Cross] are an ancient text of Western Christendom associated with Good Friday. They need to bread slowly and clearly. The Solemn Reproaches take the place of confession in this service, so no Confession of Sin and Declaration of Forgiveness are included in the service.&nbsp; The Service for Good Friday draws people into the story of the passion of Christ. It is composed of contrasting actions and moods of the solemn reading of the passion of Christ and, yet, a hopeful look toward the resurrection. … It is most dramatic and meaningful when all depart in silence. The service continues with the Great Vigil of Easter on Saturday, or an Easter Day service.

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Good Friday Service

Bring your family and friends and join the Journey Family in celebrating our risen Lord! Our Easter Service is Sunday April 5, 2025 beginning at 10:30 a.m. with an inspirational message, and uplifting music, the whole family will enjoy. Following the service the kids are invited to a 1000 Egg Easter Egg Hunt! There will also be a Family Photo Booth and yummy treats and drinks.

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Easter Sunday

Journey invite's you to a delightful service of worship where you can bring your pet to be blessed. Our fourth annual Blessing of the Animals service will take place on Sunday, April 12, 2026. All creatures great and small are welcome!! This outdoor service, on the north lawn of the church campus, will include an Earth day message from Pastor John after which her will bless whatever pet that you bring. Following the service your family will also enjoy a petting zoo and a free picnic lunch will be served. Don't miss this fun and unique service. Your kids will be talking about for a long time.

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Blessing of the Animals Outdoor Service

Our own Louisa Xie will be leading the group in the art of Chinese Calligraphy.&nbsp;Louisa will teach you Oracle Bond Script to begin with.&nbsp;If you attended Women Rejoice in February, you saw Louisa demonstrate this brush style.&nbsp;Signups are happening now at the info table in the lobby.&nbsp;The group will meet Mondays at 6:30pm in Room 204.&nbsp;If you have questions email Louisa at <a href="mailto:louisaxie41@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">louisaxie41@gmail.com</a>.

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"Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works" Hebrews 10:24