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Join us for Online 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. |
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Online Worship Logistics:
God’s peace,
Pastor David
- The virtual doors to our Zoom worship will open at 9:00am.
- From 9am to 9:30am, the worship space will be open for folks to gather and get settled in.
Our worship service will begin at 9:30am. - Holy Communion will be a part of our online worship, so we encourage everyone to prepare by putting together your own communion set from whatever you have handy in your kitchens and pantries. Be creative! For instance, the cup could be wine, juice, water, etc. The bread could be actual bread, a cracker, a tortilla, tortilla chip, etc. Please have these items nearby and handy when you join us online.
God’s peace,
Pastor David
DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WE ARE A FULLY ONLINE CHURCH FOR THE TIME BEING. THERE ARE STILL WAY TO INTERACT AND BE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
Please check this page for updates.
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Ecumenical Eats- Food, Fellowship & Fun: Labor Day 2020 edition
As part of the Ecumenical Zoom Worship service on Labor Day Weekend (September 6th @ 10am) we put together an Ecumenical Church Potluck Cookbook. We had a strong representation from ChristChurch. Thank you! Download a PDF of the cookbook here. If you find typos or grammatical errors, please send them my way. I did my best to review all the recipes but there was a good amount to read through rather quickly. Enjoy! Share! Eat! -Rachael Jans |
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.