Post from last year: (Though there are some minor hiccups in the songs, overall the recordings came out good and I hope they are used for your edification and God’s glory as we reflect on the truths they express.): We are only days away from Christmas, a day that the universal church celebrates the incarnation of Jesus, that is, God the Son taking on flesh, becoming like one of us, yet without sin! The Christmas season is mostly...

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Pastor Emilio wrote a new song based off of the hymn “At Calvary” by Will­iam R. New­ell (1895): Download “At Calvary”: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Years I spent in Vanity Caring not oh Lord for Thee Knowing not You died for me at Calvary Mercy there was great and...

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“Music as a good gift of God is, according to Luther, ‘the handmaiden of theology and second only to theology.’ As such, music in the church serves God’s Word by appropriately carrying truths to the hearts and minds of the church.” – Concordia In Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Emilio encouraged us to learn more about the doctrine of union with Christ (3 minute clip below). Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player...

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It is always important to reflect on the Lord’s faithfulness on New Years. More than anything we should use this as a time to reflect on God’s faithfulness and give thanks to Him for His unfailing love and mercy which He has so richly lavished us with in Christ. I am personally grateful for the ministry of Sovereign Joy Community Church (SJCC). I am grateful that God has taken our church through so much expositional terrain. I am...

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(Though there are some minor hiccups in the songs, overall the recordings came out good and I hope they are used for your edification and God’s glory as we reflect on the truths they express.) Below is some of what we talked about during our past worship service which focused on the Incarnation (sermon audio coming soon): We are only days away from Christmas, a day that the universal church celebrates the incarnation of Jesus, that is,...

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Well, we did it again… we left all our instruments at home and sang entirely A Cappella. Many said they were blessed by this time so I thought I would make the recordings we got of the songs available for download in MP3 format (though there are some minor hiccups in the songs, overall the recordings came out good): Download “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is...

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Well, what a great time it was at the Psalm 119 Discernment conference this weekend. Thank you for all who served behind the scenes. “For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.” - Hebrews 6:10 If you weren’t able to make it, you can listen or download Pastor Emilio‘s message “Discernment in the Local...

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We opened up our first service for this new year the same way we opened up our very first worship service together as a church, by praying together to God, by song, for help. The song we sang is called “Jesus, With Thy Church Abide” (and I [Jason Delgado] took the liberty to put the lyrics into first person so it makes it more of a prayer from the church to God). Listen below: Download audio: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version...

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Below is one new recording we got from this past Sunday’s service, a song by our very own Pastor Emilio Ramos: You Are Great, You Are God: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Download audio in MP3 format. soli Deo...

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This past Friday’s “Afterglow” was one of the longest we have ever had (over an hour of worship and prayer). I am thankful to God that Pastor Jay forgot to turn off the sermon recording because it gave us some good recordings of our worship songs. Let me encourage you, if you have yet to make it to an “Afterglow” to try and make one and spend some extra time in worship through song and prayer. Below is one new...

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