The Communion and Baptism Letter for April 14th, 2024....
The Weekly Confession of Sin for Christ Community Church. ...
Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will gather to celebrate Jesus as our King inaugurated in His baptism from Luke 3:15-22 along with God's faithfulness to our church in providing Robby and Matt to serve as Associate Pastors under Christ. As part of our celebration, we will be offered the Lord's Table to help nourish us in offering ourselves up to the service...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 too often exalt earthly leaders over Jesus Christ who serves as the head of the church and means of salvation (Luke 3:15-22). We confess these...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 too often fail to see the generational and missional purpose in our baptism and salvation as instruments of Your New Covenant faithfulness (Act...
Keep ReadingDear Family at CCC, This Sunday we will have the privilege of partaking of the Lord's Table. Because Jesus has given us this means of grace to sustain our faith in Him, it will be a fitting complement to our sermon text from Matthew 28:16-20, which will teach us about the initiatory rite of baptism. While Jesus once-for-all marks us as His own in baptism, He continues...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 remember our baptisms when we want to be assured of Your love for us in Christ (Matthew 28:16-20). We confess these things befor...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 appreciate that Your sacraments help to strengthen us in covenantal relationship with You (Genesis 17:1-17). We confess these th...
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