Newsletters - Christ Community Church -9

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As we have been working through the letters to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3, a couple of themes have been coming out. First, the call to not compromoise our faith with anything. That's a difficult thing for us to discern when we consider the world we all live in today. Our individual worldview is impacted by everything in our lives: our childhood, our parents, our education. It's also affected by what we find entertaining. We are called by Jesus to remain focused on Him with a laser focus.

And that means our view has to conform with His. These things don't change over night. It's through spiritual maturity that our minds are transformed into His likeness.There might be things of this world that we are hanging on to that, when we allow the Holy Spirit to truly convict us, we need to let go of through repentance. This is why Jesus is so adamant about not compromising. Not to mention that any compromise at all cheapens His grace, reduces the wonder of the cross, and almost makes what He did for us irrevelant.

Secondly, these letters do seem to have a theme of perseverance. But it's more of a patient endurance for whatever may come our way. For the churches then, it was a life of persecution. For the church today, in our culture, we don't have to face what they faced. But we are called to remain patient. In a way I think th emajor issue our facilities have faced for the past month are a wonderful test of our patience. Wouldn't it be great to snap our fingers and see everything all repaired? Of course it doesn't work that way. And so we endure patiently...

Thirdly, these letters call us to reamin in Him. We hear that throughout the New Testament, but these letters seem to put an emphasis on that. The church is the bride of Christ and His desire (and ours should be too) is for the church to be as close to Him as possible. That only comes through knowing Him more, spending time with Him more, and speaking with Him more. So let us heed this call and commit to spend more time in Scripture and in prayer and in meditation of His love, His mercy, His grace all with an eye to the promise of eternity with Him. He alone is worthy of it all including our complete surrender to Him.

FACILITY ISSUES:

Pastor Chris reminded us that anyone handling food in the kitchen must wear gloves, per Health Department rules.
We are finding things where they don't belong, all over the facility. If you take it out, please put it away!!
The insurance adjuster for the broken window is on the way. Because the sanctuary is in the National Historic Register, the window needs to be restored, not replaced. UPDATE: The adjusters were here on 3/3 and gave us a list of things they still need and the next steps. They were extremely thorough. Sepp is getting quotes from companies that do restoration work on historic buildings
Burst pipes cleanup: ServPro took the flood damaged carpets away. Damaged ceiling tiles need replacing in the men's room. Offices are being reorganized. Carpets need replacing in Office, nursery, library. Our friend Judy Byrne is consulting on the project. UPDATE: We are waiting on a quote for the carpets. Per the carpet person, we could have carpets within the next month.
Our phone system died at the same time as the flooding. Comcast is coming to install new system and will handle any ongoing issues. UPDATE: The phones are in and working.

FAITHLIFE: They are getting out of the web hosting business. They are changing to be closer to their vision. Patty has contacted GoDaddy and has begun designing a new church website. The new bulk texts phone number will now look like it comes from the CCC office.

ADULT EDUCATION:

We'r hoping to restart this soon, and alternatives were discussed: 9AM before Sunday service, after service, possibly monthly along with a potluck.
Pastor Chuck has an idea for an open to the community Academy of Christian Education, costing $10/course.
Pastor Chris said the church-wide study on Revelation seemed to go well. Considering looking for another group/churchwide study, after a break.

TEAMS: Considering the possibility of having the Exalt, Proclaim, and Make Disciples teams all meet on the same Sunday of the month, in order to leave other Sundays open for other after-service meetings/events.

DEACONS - will start meeting on the first Sunday of the month
EXALT - having speaker training on Sunday, March 5. Planning a 13-week class on healing prayer, probably on Sunday evenings. Please contact Elder Sepp if you are interested
MAKE DISCIPLES - Working with Proclaim Team since some objectives overlap. Discussing a big community event in the summer, possibly with food trucks and music.
PROCLAIM TEAM - Elder Dan encouraged anyone with outreach ideas to share them with the team. Gideon outreach training is on hold while Gideons are preparing trainers. Upcoming events being discussed: Palm Sunday Breakfast (4/2); Ladies' Luncheon (5/20); Memorial Day Parade water bottle outreach (5/29) - getting labels for water bottles; possible CPR class
MISSIONS - Rachel shared that they are working on a possible new direction and encouraged anyone who is interested to contact her. The team will have more meetings when the other teams have settled their own meeting dates, and a Sunday opens up that is not in conflict.

HOSPITALITY: Nan requested once again that more volunteers signup to serve the coffee hour.

CLOCK REPAIR: Pastor Chuck thanks Bob for getting the Collins Hall clock repaired - THANKS BOB!!