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 hear Paul's aching heart for the Jews who don't yet know Christ as Savior in Romans 9:1-5. We will see that his humbled conscience and heart for his brothers and sisters have been shaped by the work of the Holy Spirit as evidence of his union with Christ. Paul isn't satisfied with being eternally loved by God himself;...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will be reminded from Romans 8:18-25 of the abundant hope that we have because of our resurrection in Christ that will be completed at His return. The Holy Spirit helps us to cultivate this hope through our various sufferings in union with Christ as we seek to love God and others in this fallen world despite all the vario...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This week we will hear God's gracious and sovereign call to seek Him with righteousness and humility in Christ alone. The stark warning in Zephaniah 1:1-18 now gives rise to a sober call to seek the Lord in 2:1-3. What joy there is in knowing that our God not only warns us of His coming wrath and judgment against sin but also soverei...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, We will begin the Easter Season with Zephaniah 1:1-3, a sobering word to us as God's people who continue to struggle with sin. We will have the opportunity to respond by accepting Christ's invitation to His table to remind us of who and whose we are as His beloved. This pattern in worship reflects the redemptive movement that permeates...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, We will conclude Romans 7 on Sunday by celebrating the Lord's Supper. The elements will help to remind us that we're not saved by our own efforts to keep God's law nor do we maintain our salvation through our good deeds. The broken bread will call us to rest in the death of Jesus alone as the sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins. ...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will return to the Lord's Table to be tangibly reminded of what we have been saved from and what we have been saved for. In Christ's body given and the blood of the New Covenant shed, we are again made aware that we have been set free from the requirements and consequences of the law. Through those same elements, we will...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we have the blessed opportunity to come to the Lord's Table to be nourished by Christ in the Spirit for our earthly pilgrimage. Paul from Romans 6:1-4 is going to call us to remember our justification through the death of Christ and challenge us to walk in newness of life as we are sanctified in the resurrection of Christ. A...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday is our final corporate worship service of the year and the conclusion of our Advent series in Micah. Micah 7 will remind us that God's judgment summons us to wait upon Him alone for salvation. In verse 14, the promise of the coming shepherd in 2:12 and 5:4 leads Micah and the faithful remnant to ask God to "shepherd your pe...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will be invited to partake of the Lord's Table and have our faith nourished as part of our response to the proclamation of Micah 4. We will be confronted with the hope of restoration from the ashes of God's sure and just judgment. This hope of restoration does not keep the people of God from suffering but, instead, calls ...
Keep ReadingDear Family at CCC, This Sunday we will have the privilege of partaking of the Lord's Table. It will be especially encouraging for us to be invited to the Table after we hear God's Word from Micah 2. In Micah 2 God speaks a sobering word of judgment against those who oppress the weak and the marginalized. A covetous desire for more and more material possessions, combi...
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