This Sunday we will be continuing our series in the book of Hebrews. We will be looking at chapters 3:12-13, and 4:14-5:7. And what we will be looking at is the picture of Jesus as our wonderful Counselor. Unlike our tainted perspectives, Jesus is able to dispense both truth and tears in just the right proportions as we need it. He knows when we need hard truth and when we need his sympathy. And he never misses the mark in applying that to our lives perfectly.
Please join us - in person - this Sunday @10 for worship!! Come to renew your heart with the promises of God - as you are reminded once again how messy and yet loved you really are. And if you can't make it, we are always broadcasting live on Facebook.
Most of the ministry teams are in need of more volunteers to help serve the needs of our congregation.
If you are interested in helping with any Sunday morning set-up (refreshments, communion), talk to Wesley or Kayla.
If you are interested in helping with security, talk to Lance.
If you are interested in helping with the kids ministry, talk to Lauren.
If you are interested in helping with relational outreach with the folks coming in off the street, talk to Burt.
We have started a new series in the book of Hebrews. It was written to a Jewish crowd who knew their Old Testament well. And it’s a proof to them that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. And it served as the basis of hope for a group of people who had experienced severe suffering and hardship. And it is a call to continually fix out eyes on Jesus for our hope and rescue.
We are still collecting non-perishable snacks for Anderson Elementary School. If you need more info about this, contact Kayla Reasbeck.
There is a bin in the 3-4 room to put the non-perishable items.
If you are interested in joining the City Church family, please let Alan or one of the elders know, and they will arrange a time to meet with you!
We essentially want to hear your spiritual story and how you came to faith in Christ. We look forward to hearing more stories and receiving more into membership!
Membership has nothing to do with being in a club, but merely affirms your commitment to City Church and your willingness to submit to the spiritual leadership of the elders.
Small groups are the place where life happens together. Sharing our struggles and pointing each other to Jesus is our primary agenda. If you're not part of a small group, just ask! We have a variety of groups that meet across the region, including at the church on Sunday mornings before church.
If you're looking for a group to join, contact Lisle Whitman.
Our children’s ministry is growing! And we are in need of more volunteers to help. If you are available to give even one Sunday a month, that would be a tremendous help! As our numbers grow, we are in need of dividing our classes…which will take more helpers. If you are interested in helping or want more information, contact Lauren.
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Grace is a thunderous, expansive, powerful, and life-altering word. Other than the word God, there is no more important word that the human mind could consider and the mouth could speak. It is the most transformational word in the Bible that you hold dear.
In fact, your Bible is the cover-to-cover story of God’s grace. It is the best of stories, the story of the undeserved redemption of lost ones and rebels. Scripture records for us how God reached into the muck and mire of our sin-broken world to rescue us, not because of what he saw in us but because of what was in him.
Grace is why God sent his Son into this world to do for us what we could not do for ourselves—to transform us from what we are (sinners separated from him) into what we are becoming (Christ-like and with him forever).
John Newton, in his famous hymn, really did choose the best word ever to describe God’s grace. There simply is nothing comparable to God’s amazing grace.
You could dig into grace every day of your life and not reach the bottom of its power and glory. Grace is the bottomless, treasure-laden mine of divine help.
Grace is a rainbow,
every shade of mercy
splashed across the heavens,
reminding us of your presence
power and love.
Grace is a fountain,
an ever-flowing stream
of cleansing grace,
flowing from the Father above.
Grace is a symphony,
each instrument of redemption
harmonizing with the others
under the grand conductor’s hand.
Grace is a forest,
oaks of righteousness,
whose stature and strength
testify to the Redeemer’s power.
Grace is an ocean,
new waves of mercy
following new waves of mercy,
washing onto the shores of human need.
Grace is a sunset,
colors painted from horizon
to the furthest heavens,
preaching to us of the faithful presence
of the Lord.
Grace is a fortress,
a safe place of refuge
for weary soldiers
discouraged and weakened
in the spiritual war.
Grace is a banquet,
the spiritual nourishment
every hungry soul needs,
lovingly offered to all for free.
Grace is a sunrise,
lighting the morning,
reminding us that sin’s dark night
will once and for all fade.
Grace is a river,
flowing from the Savior,
giving eternal life to all
who humbly bow down and drink.
Grace is a rainstorm,
showers of spiritual blessing,
each drop a reminder of
the generous love of the Lord.
Grace is a promise,
a divine guarantee of the
final and glorious defeat of sin
suffering and death
forever.
Grace is a sacrifice,
the perfect Messiah lamb slain,
complete forgiveness and acceptance
for all who believe.
Grace is a person—
his name is Jesus:
your substitute,
your Savior,
your hope
in this life and the next.
Grace is a diagnosis,
the most accurate description
of human need,
resulting in the only effective medicine.
Grace is therapy,
a process designed to strengthen
the muscles of the heart
atrophied by sin.
Grace is a mirror,
reflecting yourself accurately,
opening your eyes
to the Spirit’s convicting mercies.
Grace is a rescue,
hopeless and helpless,
held by sin,
a Rescuer comes to do for us
what we could not do for ourselves.
Grace is a gift,
given to the undeserving,
who have no ability to earn
the favor the gift contains.
Grace is a invitation
to run no longer from God
but to run to God
and be washed clean by his mercy.
Grace is our biggest need.
If sin is the disease,
everyone is sick.
Humbly reach out:
the grace of the divine physician
is your only cure.
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