(Click Image Above to Download Devotional) Great works of art often unsettle and destabilize us, forcing us to re-evaluate and rethink familiar truths. In addition, great works of art often comfort us with firmer foundations in the darkest valleys. This is the power and the beauty of the book of Job. Confronted by loss and despair, many have turned to this complex, ...

Dear Baptized Ones, This Sunday we will have the joy of seeing Anthony John DeMar baptized. His parents, James and Catie DeMar, desire for him to know and live in the covenant promises of God and respond to God's call to faith in Christ. They confess both their and Anthony's helplessness in being reconciled to God apart from His grace and the application of Christ's fin...

To the Sons and Daughters of Our Father, As we worship together this Sunday with Matthew 6:11 and its associated truths as our guiding light, we will have the blessing of coming to the Lord's table. We will celebrate our Father's rich and lavish provision of the true bread of life and the life giving wine of the new covenant through the body and blood of Jesus Christ. A...

To Those Who Know and Are Known By the Lord, We have the privilege of participating in the Lord's Supper and growing in our knowledge of the Lord this coming Sunday. As I have been reflecting on our texts for the worship service, I am struck by how important it is to know and be known by God. This may seem simplistic and obvious, however, it is a matter of great Bibli...

Dear Family at Christ Community, Daniel and Greta Street have asked us to share with you the devastating news that they have lost their baby. During the 14 week ultrasound yesterday, they discovered that the baby's heart had stopped beating possibly four weeks ago. Greta must now endure the painful process of delivering the baby and has asked that we pray that it happens...

Dear Baptized Ones, We have the blessed opportunity this Sunday to witness the baptism of Kayden Mayne. A particularly beautiful aspect of this baptism is that Jeff and Janet Mayne are adopting Kayden. This story is one of valleys and peaks, longing and satisfaction, and prayers answered "No" and most resoundingly "Yes!" in the provision of Kayden. As a result, the Mayn...

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Update from David and Bethany Batusic, MTW Missionaries to London: Our goal is to be fully funded by June 10th. We are a mere $300 a month away from being 100%! Along with the remaining support we need, please also be praying for our visas to be approved so that we can leave for the field by the end of June. To reach 100%, we are praying for: 3 Partners at $50/month5 par...

Is there a class or study that you would like to see offered on a Sunday evening? Topics could include how your job / vocation is a missional field, The Art of Neighboring, When Helping Hurts, Tim Keller's Prayer, Gospel Fluency, marriage and/or parenting issues, or whatever you may suggest that would help you love God and your neighbors better. We want to make sure tha...

To Those Who Rejoice in the Lord, We will observe the Lord's Supper this coming Sunday. Our main text for worship will be Habakkuk 3:17-19 in which the prophet declares: "Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet ...