Dear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will be in Matthew 26:26-30 where Jesus institutes the Lord's Supper. Cornelis P. Venema captures the heart of the Supper in Children at the Lord's Table? Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion: "The (Lord's Table), which as a visible sign of an invisible grace confirms and strengthens faith in the promises of the gospel, also...

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 nourished by the truth of our forgiveness of sins and newness of life signified and sealed in the Lord's Table (Matthew 26:26...

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 live out the implications and applications of our baptism in Christ (Colossians 2:6-23). We confess these things before You beca...

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...

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 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...

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 see the generational and missional purpose in our baptism and salvation as instruments of Your New Covenant faithfulness (Act...

Dear 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...

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 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...

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 appreciate that Your sacraments help to strengthen us in covenantal relationship with You (Genesis 17:1-17). We confess these th...

Dear Family at Christ Community, We will begin our new series, The Sacraments: Divine Invitations, this Sunday. Through Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 161, 1 Corinthians 3, and the Lord's Table, we will see that the sacraments are made effectual by God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. The earthen vessels by which He wisely chooses to declare this Gosp...