Dear Baptized Ones, This Sunday, at the 9:00 AM service, we will have the privilege of witnessing the reception of Cole and Alden Rodgers into membership as they take their membership vows, as well as the baptism of Cole by profession of faith. Faith in Jesus has been a consistent mark of Cole and Alden's lives for many years, and they have been actively involved in the C...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often fail to gratefully rest in being and on the promise of further becoming meek in Christ which diminishes our joy in His assured promise of in...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often fail to gratefully rest in being and on the promise of further becoming mournful of sin in Christ which diminishes our joy in His assured pr...

Dear Family at Christ Community, We will begin this Sunday a sermon series on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-12. This will serve as the introduction to the Sermon on the Mount that we will continue after Advent. In the first Beatitude in Matthew 5:1-3, Jesus invites us to rest content in the poverty of spirit gifted to us in His finished work and gratefully receive the ...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often fail to gratefully rest in being and on the promise of further becoming poor spirit in Christ which diminishes our joy in His assured promis...

Dear Baptized Ones, On Sunday, we will conclude our journey through Ecclesiastes with 12:9-14. This proscript will call us to reflect on how the Gatherer's words delighted and guided us to fear God the Creator as the ultimate gift for all our life's toils. The Editor will challenge us to display that fear in our grateful love for God and our joyous love for our neighbo...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often fail to properly fear You and keep Your commandments as our whole duty choosing instead to try to find other means of contentment (Ecclesias...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We pause now to silently confess our individual sins before confessing together as a congregation from the text in Ecclesiastes. We confess that we often fail to rem...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often fail to pay attention to the way that we're walking in union with Christ (Ephesians 5:15-21). We confess these things before You because You...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often set our minds on the things of this world instead of setting our minds on Christ above and our life together in Him (Colossians 3:1-17). We ...