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 trust and obey Your Law (Luke 2:22-24). We confess that we frequently forget that Christ came to offer salvation in the pr...

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 be patient with Your perfect sovereign timing (Luke 2:1-7). We confess that we infrequently see ourselves as truly lowly a...

Dear Baptized Ones, We have the benefit of witnessing the baptism of Ellie Street on Sunday, Dec. 18th. Daniel and Greta recognize that Ellie is the wonderful answer to prayer from God that they had (and we had) anticipated for so long. They desire that she would grow up knowing this God that lovingly fashioned her as a covenant gift in His perfect but mysterious timin...

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 rejoice with our neighbors for the mercy and grace that they have received from You (Luke 1:56-58). We confess that we are slow ...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will have the opportunity to celebrate the most amazing of gifts: our redemption, forever accomplished by the finished work of Christ. Compared to so much of the glam and glitter that deck the halls at this time of year, the bread and the cup are remarkably simple. Like Mary, they are humble and ordinary. And yet, also li...

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 magnify You Lord and rejoice in You as Savior (Luke 1:46-50). We confess that we are frequently prideful choosing to trust i...

Dear Baptized Ones, This coming Sunday we have the privilege to celebrate God's fatherly care for children through the baptism of Sadie Foster. Cody and Maria Foster desire for Sadie to grow up knowing God's specific care and love for her as initially expressed by being born to believing parents seeking to grow in covenant community. The sacrament of baptism represent...

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 believe and live in light of the reign of Christ and His kingdom (Luke 1:26-33). We confess that we refuse to submit ourselves a...

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 share the story of Jesus with our friends and family (Luke 1:1-4). We confess that we think that our righteousness should preven...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This coming Sunday we have the opportunity to again partake of the Lord's Table. In the bread and cup God has provided for us a sign and seal of the work of Christ on our behalf. It is a reminder and a ratification of the redemption secured for us by Jesus's death and resurrection. By this means of grace God renews and strengthens our f...