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The Living Nativity - Celebrating the Virgin Birth and Deity of Jesus Christ | December 14 - 17, 2023

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Tickets are now available for the 22nd Annual Living Nativity, December 14 - December 17, 2023.

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Sponsor the Living Nativity

The Living Nativity Outdoor Drama is an outdoor, live-action story of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ. TICKETS ARE LIMITED TO 6 PER ORDER. Tickets are free, but please don't reserve tickets that you won't be using. You can release your tickets online if you can't attend that show.

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Join us for an evening the whole family will remember with live actors, unique sets, sheep, a Petting Zoo, Abu the Camel, and more in amazing scenes that take you back over 2,000 years. The Granite Creek Marketplace includes food vendors, unique gifts, pottery, jewelry, plants, art, and more.

Consider joining our Marketplace in 2023. Applications for vendors are now being accepted for the 2023 Living Nativity Marketplace.

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HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE - The Living Nativity is an outdoor event with chair seating on level ground, and wheelchairs are no problem!

Granite Creek Community Church is located at 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711.

CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY SERVICE

Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 5:00 pm.

Join us for a special family service of Christmas Carols, Candles, and Communion as we celebrate the reason for the season. Service lasts approx. 40 min.



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Leadership

Pastor Joshua Kapchinsky
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Pastor Meko Kapchinsky
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Pastor Joshua Kapchinsky

Lead Pastor
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I am a husband, father, minister, and antiques dealer. I grew up memorizing Bible verses as well as being able to discern if a piece of furniture was a reproduction or a true heirloom.

I love discovering cool, old stuff and sharing it with others. Nothing compares to inhaling the soothing, musty scent of an old leather club chair, or feeling the well-worn patina of a 16th century church candlestick. Unlike newer pieces that might cost the same and be had in trendy shops like Pottery Barn or Restoration Hardware, antiques possess true character and history. When purchasing antiques, one gains great pleasure not just from the actual act of possession, but from the process of acquiring as well.

My college education, as well as other life opportunities, helped cultivate my fondness for "cool, old stuff." Equipped with a B.A. in HIstory from Westmont College, I went on to curate the Karpeles Manuscript Museum in Santa Barbara, and later served as Director of the Karpeles Manuscript Museum in Charleston, South Carolina.

Inevitably, I opened my own antique business in 1998 in Pasadena, on Colorado Boulevard with items hand-picked from Belgium and France. Preston Roberts Antiques featured French, Italian, and Spanish antiques that usually were masculine in style or religious in theme. It was always a big rush when my containers would arrive and I called my favorite clients, allowing them a sneak-peek into my treasure trove of finds.

Today, my treasure seeking revolves less around material items and more around people. As the Lead Pastor at Granite Creek Community Church in Claremont, California, I gain great satisfaction in mining for spiritual treasure among the families and individuals we serve.

Joshua and his wife, Meko, have a passion to develop leaders, encourage the arts, and to continue to create a place where people find friends and inspiration to live their best life. Meko is the College and Young Adult Pastor.

Downplay societies influence on your soul and life. Instead, focus on the impactfullnes of a Christ centered Kingdom perspective.

— Joshua Kapchinsky (@JoshKapchinsky) January 2, 2021


Pastor Meko Kapchinsky

Teaching Pastor/Security Director

Coffee, not blood, courses through my veins.

I'm a closet Sci Fi nerd, but I draw the line at conventions and costumes;

LOVE my family, especially my daughter and my hubby; my sister and bro-in-law and nephews; my sis Alex; love my church family, especially people who work with youth. Totally into HARVEYS purses; love shoes; I'm a big theology nerd; I love my college and young adult kids like they're my own.

Azusa Pacific University
Class of 2010 MA in Religion

Westmont College
Class of 1994 BA in Philosophy and English

Our Mission & Vision

Our Mission is summed up in three words, "Relationship not Religion", it's what we do. We are mindful to be in healthy relationships with God and others as opposed to a system of rules and regulations.

Our Vision, what we are praying and asking God to do, is "To see Families and Culture Transformed by Heaven" We want to see Heaven save our world and we believe that that transformation starts in the home.

Sermons

  • Dec 3 | Pastor Mike Noyes
    Courage to Walk in Christlike Living
  • Nov 26 | Pastor Mandy VanHolsbeck
    Courage to Walk in Your Calling
  • Nov 19 | Pastor Joshua Kapchinsky
    What Are You Into?
  • Nov 12 | Pastor Meko Kapchinsky
    Courage to Walk in Unity
  • Nov 5 | Pastor Michael Jones
    Courage to Walk with God Behind You

Upcoming at Granite Creek

Saturday, 12/9 at 8:00 AM
Men's Group at FOODBANK
Saturday, 12/9 at 9:00 AM
WORK DAY for Nativity 9 am - 12 pm & lunch
Sunday, 12/10 at 10:00 AM
SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
Sunday, 12/10 at 12:45 PM
Living Nativity Rehearsal
Sunday, 12/10 at 6:00 PM
Young Adult Group
Tuesday, 12/12 at 6:30 AM
Tuesday Morning Prayer
Tuesday, 12/12 at 6:30 PM
ENTRUSTED - Women's Tuesday Night Bible Study
Wednesday, 12/13 at 6:30 PM
Living Nativity Full Dress Rehearsal

Men's Group at FOODBANK

Saturday, December 9, 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Men's Ministry invites guys to serve together at the KIDCARE FOOD BANK on the second Saturday of each month. The men meet at the Food Bank at 8:00 am and finish at approx. 10:30 - 11:00 am. Food Bank is located at 1200 N Campus Ave, in Upland.

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WORK DAY for Nativity 9 am - 12 pm & lunch

Saturday, December 9, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE

Sunday, December 10, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Includes Kids Ministry (K-5th Grade upstairs) and Preschool/Nursery Classes (downstairs). No registration needed for Sunday Service! Go to www.granitecreek.org or Facebook for online live feed.

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Living Nativity Rehearsal

Sunday, December 10, 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Meet in Sanctuary

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Young Adult Group

Sunday, December 10, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Meeting upstairs in the youth room

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Tuesday Morning Prayer

Tuesday, December 12, 6:30 AM - 7:00 AM

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ENTRUSTED - Women's Tuesday Night Bible Study

Tuesday, December 12, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

A 6-Session Study of 2 Timothy by Beth Moore

Learn To Guard What God Has Entrusted To You

We were never meant to take this journey of faith alone or in secret. God has entrusted us with the great and mighty gift of the gospel, something too precious and life-giving to keep to ourselves.

In this 6-session Bible study, Beth will encourage you to guard what God has entrusted to you, further His kingdom by sharing Christ with others, and pour into future generations just as Paul once mentored Timothy. Because in this journey of joy and hardship, we need each other to stay the course and live lives of faithfulness.

 

Book available through Lifeway or Amazon. REGISTER ONLINE!



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Living Nativity Full Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday, December 13, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Meet in Sanctuary and Stage

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Granite Creek Community Church | 1580 N Claremont Blvd Claremont, CA 91711 | (909) 625-4455

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  • 10:00 AM - Indoor Safe Seating, Kids Church, and also ONLINE

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1580 N Claremont Blvd
Claremont, CA 91711

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Welcome Children Youth College Family / Adult

Granite Creek Community Church (GCCC) is a Spirit-filled church in the college town of Claremont, CA where it's all about relationship, not religion. Come celebrate with us Sunday mornings at 9:00 am & 11:00 am and at Sunday Night 6:30 - 7:30 pm.

In addition to three Sunday Services, we offer classes, small groups, training, youth opportunities, college groups, and various seasonal events throughout the year.

Get to Know Us

At Granite Creek, kids are a priority. One of our values is to see kids grow up to become everything God created them to be as they develop a personal faith and relationship with Christ in a safe and loving environment. We partner with parents to provide experiences that will meet their child's mental, emotional and spiritual needs, so that their children will become fully devoted followers of Christ.

More About Children's Programs

GCY is a ministry designed for 7th through 12th graders, to help students engage in a dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ, to experience God in a true and relevant way, while in a relational, safe, and relaxed environment. To show every student that God loves them and has an amazing plan for their lives. We know youth have real struggles, and it is our desire that each student know our team is genuinely there to listen, pray and care for them.

Granite Creek Youth

FIDELIS is the college and young adult group at Granite Creek Community Church! We're excited to encourage leadership for the next generation! Statistics show that we are losing a generation in the church (18-30 year olds) and at FIDELIS we aim to strengthen and support this generation as they define their faith walk and work through issues unique to them.

We are people-driven church, not program driven. Ministries exist to meet the spiritual, emotional, physical, and psychological needs of people. But, they also provide opportunities for members to grow in maturity in Christ through giving to others. GCCC ministries provide opportunities for you to serve others and actively pursue fulfilling God's purposes for your life.

Thank you for joining us in what God is doing at Granite Creek Community Church!

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