Author: Susan

Peninsula Grace Church

August 2, 2026
Order of the Evening Service
Be Thou My Vision
Announcements / Mission Moment
Kids Dismissed
How Can I Keep From Singing
How Long
Sermon
At The Cross
We Too Have Overcome
Great Is Thy Faithfulness

if you are visiting with us today, Welcome!
We know that going somewhere new on a Sunday often involves some anxiety. To help you relax and enjoy the service, we suggest the following:
Sunday Services
Our services are normally about 75 minutes long and involve worship in song, prayer, and teaching from the Bible. Most of our people stand with the worship team when we sing, but we encourage you to enter into worship in whatever posture is comfortable for you.
Children’s Ministry
We offer care and classes for 6 months - 5th grade in the morning services and 6 months - 5 years old in the evening service. Children are always welcome in worship, too. There is a Cry Room in the back if you’d like privacy for nursing or your little one needs some wiggle space.
Please go to the Fellowship Room for more specifics on our Children’s Ministry and to get your children registered and checked-in. Children will be dismissed partway through the service.

Upcoming

All Church Potluck
Aug 9 | 6:30pm | Gym/Lawn
Join us for our last summer cookout to enjoy fellowship with others in the church family. Come back after the 3rd service and join us right here in the gym. Hot dogs and hamburgers provided. Please bring a dish to share.
Labor Day Campout
Sept 4-7 | Hidden Lake
Save the date for our annual Labor Day Campout at Hidden Lake. Come join us for a day or the whole weekend for games, campfires, fellowship, and food! We have a few RV sites reserved, but most sites are first come first serve. Contact the office to let us know when you are planning to come: office@peninsulagrace.org
VBS Lemonade Video
Aug 4 | 4-6pm | Youth Center
Casting call…We are super excited to begin producing our next VBS Video! The theme for 2027 is "Crave - Stirring Up A Hunger for Jesus". We are making a music video to Forrest Frank’s Lemonade and we want you to be a part of it! Anyone who wants to
participate can come to a dress rehearsal on Tue. Scan the QR code for more details and to watch the tutorial for the song.

Weekly Events
Sunday:
9:00am Service & Children’s Ministry
10:45am Service & Children’s Ministry
5:00pm Service & Children’s Ministry
Tuesday:
9:30-11:30am Sonshine Park Days 6:30 pm Celebrate Recovery

Connect
For more information or ways to connect, scan the QR code or go to
www.peninsulagrace.org/connect-card
Pastor - Justin Franchino
justin@peninsulagrace.org
907-252-8854
Prayer - Maggie Peterson pandm@acsalaska.net

Giving
General Fund Weekly:
Giving: $ 8,298.95
Budget: $16,809.95
YTD Giving through June 30:
Giving: $ 872,772.24
Budget: $ 791,791.71
Our fiscal year begins on July 1

Sermon Notes

“Jesus and Compassion”

What is Compassion?
a. Compassion is allowing another person's _________________
to _________________ your life and move you toward
loving _____________.
2. Understanding Compassion Rightly
a. Compassion is _______________ to the character of God Exodus 34:6
b. God’s compassion ______________ his mercy.
c. God’s compassion for humanity was made ______________ when he took on our flesh.
3. Compassion Modeled in Jesus
a. Mark 1:39-45 - Jesus’ compassion ______________________ restores the whole person.
b. Matthew 9:35 - Jesus’ compassion sees the _________________
and longs for them to know His ____________
c. Jesus’ Examples - (Matt 9:36, 14:14, 15:32, 20:34; Mark 1:41, 6:34, 8:2; Luke 7:13)
d. Jesus’ Teachings - (Matt 18:27; Luke 10:33, 15:20)

4. Distorted Compassion
a. _______________ - shielding someone from the consequences of an unhealthy pattern in the name of kindness.
b. ________________ or __________________ - seeing suffering but keeping our distance because loving action may cost too much.
c. ____________ - helping primarily to relieve our discomfort.
5. ____________ Yourselves with Compassion
a. Colossians 3:12
b. Acts 3 - What I ___________, I ___________ You
Questions for the couch, car ride, or community group
Does your compassion lead people toward the hope and restoration of Christ?
2. Is there an area in your life where there is a distorted compassion?
When you consider that Jesus knew everything about you and still willingly died for you, what does that reveal about his compassion toward you?
Sermons
Previous messages and sermon slides are on our website at peninsulagrace.org/sermons or available on any podcast app.

For More Information

www.peninsulagrace.org

44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road Soldotna AK 99669
Church Office: 907.252.8468 · office@peninsulagrace.org

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