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 ...

Dear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will engage with the Gatherer's seventh admonition concerning joy from Ecclesiastes 11:7-10. He will call for the experienced as well as the young to rejoice in the formative opportunities entrusted to them as gifts from God. The true measure of the value of a given day, week, month, or year should be determined by how it ...

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 too often squander and fail to rejoice in the formational opportunities that You entrust to us as a gift for Your glory, our joy, and the life of ...

Dear Baptized Ones, This Sunday we will have the privilege of participating in the baptism of Henry McLeroy. It will be a great joy to see this sign of God's promises to Henry and to his parents, Jared and Becca. In baptism we get to behold, in a tangible way, all that we have been given in Christ Jesus. We are who we are because Jesus has washed us clean of our sin by Hi...

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 too often fail to be generous with the gifts and perseverant in the work that You give us because of our uncertainty in and lack of control over t...

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 too often fail to work, speak, and steward wisely in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit for Your glory, our joy, and the life of the world (E...

Dear Family at Christ Community, As we've been hearing from the Gatherer in Ecclesiastes, how we live matters to our ability to take joy in and be grateful for the good gifts that God gives to us. He has consistently emphasized that living wisely, though it doesn't grant status or control, proves better than folly, though it may gain status or perceived control. Paul m...

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 too often prefer to be told what to think instead of learning how to think wisely in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit (Ecclesiastes 10:1-7)....