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Worship with Holy Communion Sundays @ 9:30am Please click on the link below on Sunday morning: https://zoom.us/j/669927281?pwd=S0Qvdzh5cUY2akhmM2VoeTlUUVFBZz09 Meeting ID: 669 927 281 If prompted enter password: 080114 Joining by phone: If you are not able to join worship via your personal computer, you are welcome to join using your phone. Call this number: 1-669-900-6833 Use the Meeting ID: 669 927 281 Enter password 080114 You will find yourself in our Zoom worship space. Online Worship Logistics:
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Summer 2020 Updates
Five Oaks Drive Building Farewell
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On August 2, 2020 we said goodbye to the warehouse building at 5170 NE Five Oaks Drive was our home for over two decades.
Our departure brings with it not only excitement and possibility, but also grief and sadness. Due to the pandemic we will continue to exist & operate as an online church. We remain hopeful for the future! We give thanks to our God for the gift that this building has been for our congregation and for the surrounding communities we have served. Thanks to Eileen Gross for creating this beautiful video. Due to COVID 19 we will continue to be a church in the online setting. There are still ways to get involved and share the love of our Creator. Please contact Admin@comchristchurch.org for ways to get involved. |
A preaching series for Summer 2020…
Forgotten Books of the Bible:
Wisdom from the Five Jewish Festival Scrolls for Today’s World
“Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Song of Songs, Ruth, and Esther. These five books have never had an easy time of it. Even centuries ago when the Jewish rabbis were deciding what books were to be considered holy, several of these books barely made the cut. Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes were most disputed—the former because it was too sexy and the latter because it was too depressing. The book of Esther was suspect because it never even mentions God.
Yet in the end, the Jewish tradition not only declared all of these books holy but ultimately elevated them to a special status in the tradition. The five books together became known as the Chamesh Megillot—the Five Scrolls—and they were each assigned to be read in association with a particular Jewish holiday.
Once nearly marginalized by the Jewish tradition, these books now have a central place in the life of that community. Not so in the Christian church. While the Christian tradition also affirms the holiness of these books as part of the Christian Old Testament, they hardly ever make an appearance in the actual life of the church—or in the lives of most Christians.”
From the introduction to The Forgotten Books of the Bible: Recovering the Five Scrolls for Today by Robert Williamson Jr.
If you are curious, take a look at the outline of the summer preaching series, available via PDF here.
Forgotten Books of the Bible:
Wisdom from the Five Jewish Festival Scrolls for Today’s World
“Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Song of Songs, Ruth, and Esther. These five books have never had an easy time of it. Even centuries ago when the Jewish rabbis were deciding what books were to be considered holy, several of these books barely made the cut. Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes were most disputed—the former because it was too sexy and the latter because it was too depressing. The book of Esther was suspect because it never even mentions God.
Yet in the end, the Jewish tradition not only declared all of these books holy but ultimately elevated them to a special status in the tradition. The five books together became known as the Chamesh Megillot—the Five Scrolls—and they were each assigned to be read in association with a particular Jewish holiday.
Once nearly marginalized by the Jewish tradition, these books now have a central place in the life of that community. Not so in the Christian church. While the Christian tradition also affirms the holiness of these books as part of the Christian Old Testament, they hardly ever make an appearance in the actual life of the church—or in the lives of most Christians.”
From the introduction to The Forgotten Books of the Bible: Recovering the Five Scrolls for Today by Robert Williamson Jr.
If you are curious, take a look at the outline of the summer preaching series, available via PDF here.
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