Dear Family at CCC, This Sunday we will come to the close of our brief sermon series on worship as Divine invitation and celebrate God's goodness together by partaking of the Lord's Table. We will also hear this Sunday from Hebrews 4:1-16, which will remind us of the deep and eternal implications worship holds for us who live and labor in the now and not yet of Christ...

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 don't rest in Your mercy and grace as You invite us to in Lord's Day Sabbath worship (Hebrews 4:1-16). We confess these things before You beca...

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 don't see the value of confessing our sins on the Lord's Day Sabbath (1 John 1:5-9). We confess these things before You because You are faithf...

Dear Baptized Ones, On Sunday at our 10:30 am service, we will witness the baptism of Randolph Justus Benn as part of our worship in 1 John 1:5-9. As baptized ones, we can confess our sins as those cleansed and forgiven as well as to mature in walking in the light with God our Father. Confession serves not only to unburden us of our shame but also offers us the opport...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will gather to hear God's Word from Psalm 84 as well as the other aspects of our liturgy including the Lord's Table. Communion tangibly reminds us of God's presence with us in Christ. Donald M. Williams describes this reality in The Preacher's Commentary: Psalms 73-150: Like Israel of old, as we gather in (Jesus's) n...

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 don't come prepared to be in Your presence on the Lord's Day Sabbath as a blessed necessity that helps sustain us in the days following (Psalm ...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will have the opportunity to celebrate God's goodness as Elowyn Audrey O'Sullivan receives the sign and seal of baptism. Baptism will not automatically save Elowyn. Psalm 95 will remind us that even those who witness and receive the signs of God's covenant can harden their hearts (95:8-11). Yet this does not mean that he...

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 our willingness to sing on the Lord's Day Sabbath is more influenced by our preferences than the great things that You have done for us (Psalm 95)...