2011 in Review at Community Church

January 3, 2012 in Church with 1 Comment

Well, 2011 is in the history books now. Here are a few highlights & 1 low light we shared together as a church family.

  • In February, during our Sextastic series Jill preached to one of our largest crowds on the subject of ‘Marital Sex’. If you missed it…well, what can I say but sorry! Every couple present received the best ‘sex’ counseling for free. Just think about that benefit. Every Sunday we at Community get superior life ‘counseling’ from scripture just by showing up regularly & paying attention…but I digress. For those that missed Jill’s ‘Marital Sex’ talk start thanking God for technology. You can listen to it here.
  • In March, we launched Re-Lent with 40 days of unbroken prayer & fasting in our brand new Prayer Room that’s open 24/7.
  • Mother’s Day turned out to be one of our biggest days. Again, Jill was speaking. God’s keeping me humble! That day we showered moms with all kinds of love—cocktails, chocolate covered strawberries, jewelry & Georgetown Cupcakes to boot! Not to be outdone, we ratcheted up Father’s Day to ‘ManFest’ complete with batting cage, all you can eat wings & kegs of beer…root beer, of course. Continue Reading…

New Series: BeChristmas

November 23, 2011 in Church with 3 Comments

Christmas is the time that we remember & celebrate the birth of Christ—our liberator & redeemer. Christ is central to Christianity. In reality, he is the center piece of humanity. But, Christianity is NOT just believing the right stuff about Christ, even though this is critical. It is also doing the right stuff. So, our goal this Advent season, is to focus intently on NOT just celebrating Christmas but being Christmas; on NOT just believing in Christ BUT actually being like Christ; on NOT just thinking right but translating our theology into behaviors everybody can understand.

Well, throughout scripture & particularly in the Christmas story itself there are 4 key action words or verbs that must be practiced if we are to ‘BeChristmas‘ this holiday season.

Here’s how we can ‘BeChristmas‘ together-1) Don’s miss one of the next 4 Sundays leading up to Christmas & 2) Pick up the ‘BeChristmas’ journal this Sunday & following along as we let our light shine this season.

21 Days of Prayer & Fasting

November 1, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Our 21 days of unbroken prayer & fasting is on! (Sun Oct 30th – Sat Nov 19th) If you haven’t signed up for a time slot, feel free to jump in at anytime. You can pick a slot here. Ok, here is a reminder about what we’re praying about. (Of course, you can pray about other things but these have our attention as a church family)

 

Prayer Themes:

1) Re-surrender: Throughout our spiritual journeys the Lord continually checks our attitudes (our hearts) to see if they are still right. Truly, the only acceptable offering we can give is to be a ‘living sacrifice.’ (Romans 12:1) ‘Dead sacrifices’ are just that. They’re dead! Continue Reading…

5 Don’ts on Halloween

October 31, 2011 in Church with 1 Comment

If I were Satan what would I want believers doing on Halloween? To me, that’s the same as asking what does Satan want believers doing any other day of the year whether it’s Halloween, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, the 4th of July or whatever. So, what does he want? He wants us to miss opportunities to intermingle with our neighbors & community. He wants us to excuse ourselves from this ‘pagan’ holiday so we remain holy. He wants us to keep far away from… Continue Reading…

Book Review: Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians

October 12, 2011 in Books, Spirituality with 0 Comments

In Deeper Experiences, James Lawson explores the spiritual lives of the most famous Christians of all ages. He begins with a brief sketch of Old Testament saints, moves to the New Testament & than touches on the post-apostolic era before centering on specific characters from Savonarola (1452-1498) to the present (1911). What Lawson found was that no matter how different the individuals were or what the various nuances of their beliefs were they all had one thing in common—the baptism, filling or gift of the Holy Spirit. Now, they called this baptism different things—entire sanctification, perfect love, holiness (Methodist); full assurance of faith, life of faith (Presbyterian); entire consecration (Congregationalist & Baptist); living in the spirit, over-coming  power (Quaker); death to self-life, pure love (Catholic & Greek). (pg. 8) But the effect of being filled with power from on high is the same throughout. These deeper experiences went beyond ‘behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world’ to ‘he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit & fire.’ Continue Reading…

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