Life Transformation Course

Gathering at the Table (a Communion refresher)

While Rob and I are on holidays this week, there is a beautiful service taking place on Sunday morning. I'm glad that I can watch online! (Or maybe I'll sneak in the back... after I register, obviously. LOL!)

Margaret is working on her final assignment for a homiletics (preaching) course and is going to be using this opportunity to bring us a message from Ephesians 6 called "Suit Up". I have every confidence that it will be A+ and challenge all of us to know where our true strength comes from. If you're on site for the service, be sure to shout amen so her professor hears it on the recording. :)

And Pastor Erin will be leading us through Communion. So, I want to take this opportunity to share a refresher in what Communion (or the Lord's Supper) is and why it is so valuable to us as believers. We have a very clear and helpful lesson on Communion in our First Steps course so I've included Lesson 4 here for you to either learn about this beautiful act of worship for the first time or to give yourself a refresher.

Speaking of which... if you're participating at home, be sure to have some Communion emblems ready for 10am on Sunday. Any kind of juice and bread/crackers will work nicely.

Ah, it's going to be a great weekend as we connect, train, and impact from wherever we find ourselves.

Be blessed,

Pastor Tracy

This Sunday

MORE THAN A SONG
Beautiful in Time

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An Invitation to "The Commands of Christ" (are you up for a beta-test?)

Wednesday nights are a key time for us a church. We call them Connecting Point 1 because we prioritize them as a place to connect outside of the Sunday morning service. They are a great opportunity to meet with others and intentionally invest in our personal discipleship while we help others with theirs. I'll admit that leaving the house after dinner on cold, dark nights can be challenging (could we implement a sweatpants and slippers policy for CP1?), I am consistently amazed at how much I learn and am challenged by my group. It is absolutely, always worth it.

Starting next week (November 14th) we are going to be starting something that I believe will be a great resource for our church. Pastor Del has written a course called "The Commands of Christ" that is intended to help believers know how to live out the Great Commission. When Jesus tells us to "teach them to obey everything I have commanded you," what are those things that He actually commanded? How can we obey if we aren't sure? This course is practical, easy to follow and personally challenging.

Here's the invitation... We are going to be beta-testing this course for Pastor Del on November 14, 21 and 28. After that, you will get a copy of the remaining lessons so that you can continue to work through them at your own pace. That's right - fresh content, right from inside of our church family, relevant to where we are in our discipleship journey, world-class quality training in your hands... and you're invited to join us.

If you've never been to CP1 before, why not join us for these next three weeks? If your schedule simply doesn't allow you to be with us in person, we will be making The Commands of Christ available to you via PDF or hardcopy at the end of the month. Talk about a life-giving personal devotional tool!

There is one catch... since we are beta-testing this for Pastor Del, we would love to have your feedback as you work through the material. That's it!

So let me recap this invitation...

  • Connecting Point 1 - Wednesday, November 14, 21,28 @ 6:30-8:00

  • "The Commands of Christ" by Pastor Del Wells (we're beta-testing!)

  • As we won't finish the whole course, we will make it available to the whole church via PDF or hardcopy (upon request) as a powerful personal devotional tool.

  • We'd love to have your feedback on the course content as you go through it so that it can be taken out of beta and made available more widely.

I'm excited about this opportunity!! Please join us on Wednesdays!

And don't forget that Jeremy Feller (missionary in Ethiopia) will be speaking on Sunday. It will only be available live so you won't want to miss being with us this weekend.

Blessings,
Pastor Tracy

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This Sunday

WHAT DOES JESUS SAY ABOUT...?
Influence

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