Pagan Christianity; The Order of Service

Yesterday, I read some insightful criticisms of this book here. While I do not agree with everything in this book, or everything that the critics say, I think that they are both wise to examine for balance in perspective.

For today, here are a few more thoughts-- this time on the order of service.

• The first century church was a fluid gathering, not a static ritual.
• Making preaching the center of a church gathering has no Biblical precedent. One historian said that the pulpit is the throne of the Protestant pastor.
• Today, the pastor is the MC and CEO of the Sunday morning church service--just as the priest is the MC and CEO of the Catholic Mass.
• Even today, in the twenty-first century, the Elizabethan pastoral prayer lives and breathes. Many contemporary pastors still pray in this outdated language--even though it has been dead dialect for over four hundred years! Why? Because of the power of tradition.
• It is clear that the Protestant order of worship did not originate with the Lord Jesus, the apostles or the New Testament Scriptures. This in itself does not make the order of service misguided. It just mean it has no biblical basis.
• Even though open sharing in church meetings is completely scriptural, you would be breaking the liturgy if you dared to try something so outrageous! You may be considered out or order and be asked to behave yourself or leave.

And now for some especially strong statements:

• Protestant liturgy cripples the body of Christ. It turns it into one huge tongue (the Pastor) and many little ears (the congregation). This does violence to Paul's vision of the body of Christ, where every member functions in the church meeting for the common good (see I Cor. 12).
• The liturgy that you sit through every Sunday, year after year, actually hinders spiritual transformation. It does so because (1) it encourages passivity, (2) it limits functioning, and (3) it implies that putting in one hour per week is the key to the victorious Christian life.
• There is a significant difference between making Jesus the invisible guest of honor and allowing him to be the practical leader of the gathering.

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Note: This is a lot of stuff to just "single out". If you are bothered by, disagree with or interested in what you read-- BUY THE BOOK! In all fairness to the author, he does a fantastic job of providing extensive footnotes with Biblical and historical support for what he says. Before you conclude that he is crazy (or me, for that matter)-- read the book. I guarantee that you do not know more than the author on this topic!

Pagan Christianity; Church Buildings

More craziness from "Pagan Christianity"-- this time about church buildings:

• Many contemporary Christians have a love affair with brick and mortar.
• Nowhere in the New Testament do we find the word "church", "temple" or "house of God" used to refer to a building. To a first century Christian, calling an ekklesia (church) a building would have been like calling your wife a condominium or your mother a skyscraper.
• The story of the church building is the sad saga of Christianity borrowing from heathen culture and radically transforming the face of our faith. [and for the bad- the author suggests]
• The old Mosaic economy of sacred priests, sacred buildings, sacred rituals, and sacred objects has been forever destroyed by the cross of Jesus Christ.
• The message of the steeple is one that contradicts the message of the New Testament. Christians do not have to reach into the heavens to find God. He is here! With the coming of Immanuel, God is with us.
• The pulpit elevates the clergy to a position of of prominence. True to its meaning, it puts the preacher center stage- separating and placing him high above God's people.
• The pew is perhaps the greatest inhibitor of face to face fellowship. It is a symbol of lethargy and passivity in the contemporary church and has made corporate worship a spectator sport.
• Social locations can teach a good and godly people very bad lessons and choke their lives together.
• The disjunction between worship and everyday life characterizes Western Christianity. Worship is seen as something detached from the whole fabric of life and packaged for group consumption.
• The church edifice demands a vast infusion of money. In the United States alone, real estate owned by institutional churches today is worth over $230 billion.

Finally, let me end with this direct quote from page 42-43:

There does not exist a shred of biblical support for the church building. Yet scores of Christians pay good money each year to sanctify their brick and stone. By doing so, they have supported an artificial setting where they are lulled into passivity and prevented from being natural or intimate with other believers.

We have become victims of our past. We have been fathered by Constantine who gave us the prestigious status of owning a building. We have been blinded by the Romans and Greeks who forced upon us their hierarchically structured basilicas. We have been taken by the Goths who imposed upon us their Platonic architecture. We have been hijacked by the Egyptians and Babylonians who gave us our sacred steeples. And we have been swindled by the Athenians who imposed on us their Doric columns.

Somehow we have been taught to feel holier when we are in "the house of God" and have inherited a pathological dependency upon and edifice to carry out our worship to God. At bottom, the church building has taught us badly about what church is and what it does. The building is an architectural denial of the priesthood of all believers. It is a contradiction of the very nature of the ekklesia---which is a counter cultural community. The church building impedes our understanding and experience that the church is Christ's functioning body that lives and breaths under His direct headship.

It is high time we Christians wake up to the fact that we are being neither biblical nor spiritual by supporting church buildings. And we are doing great damage to the message of the New Testament by calling man--made buildings "churches." If every Christian on the planet would never call a building a church again, this along would create a revolution in our faith.

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Note: This is a lot of stuff to just "single out". If you are bothered by, disagree with or interested in what you read-- BUY THE BOOK! In all fairness to the author, he does a fantastic job of providing extensive footnotes with Biblical and historical support for what he says. Before you conclude that he is crazy (or me, for that matter)-- read the book. I guarantee that you do not know more than the author on this topic!

Pagan Christianity; Intro (Warning: Controversial)

The book I have been reading over the last few weeks is called "Pagan Christianity". It is bold and controversial. The authors are Frank Viola and George Barna. I am sure many of you know George Barna through the research he conducts. This book makes crazy enough claims that the publisher puts a warning in the front-- a "please do not hold us responsible for what you are about to read" type of warning.

Part of me does not want to share what I am reading because I know that it will cause confusion for some people. A bigger part of me DOES!! Because I want us to think about what we are doing as the church and assess whether it is effective or even Biblical. So, I decided that I will do a series of posts. Put on your seat belt. Engage this. Just, please remember that I did not write this book! I am just sharing some of what I discovered.

Here are a few thoughts to start:

• MOST of the practices of the contemporary church were borrowed from pagan culture.
• The church, in its contemporary and institutional form has neither a biblical or historical right to function as it does.
• Most of our religious habits are man-made choices. In fact, you're likely to discern a pattern about the way we "do church" these days: If we do it, it's probably not in the bible as one of the practices of the early church.
• A great deal of what we Christians do for Sunday morning church does not come from Jesus Christ, the apostles or the Scriptures.

In coming posts, we will look at the pagan roots and/or unbiblical understandings of:

• The church building
• The order of worship
• The Pastor
• Sunday morning costumes
• Minister of music
• Tithing and clergy salaries
• Baptism and the Lord's supper
• Christian Education

Stay Tuned. The claims you will read are crazy-- but they hold way too much truth be totally dismissed.

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Note: If you are bothered by, disagree with or interested in what you read-- BUY THE BOOK! In all fairness to the author, he does a fantastic job of providing extensive footnotes with Biblical and historical support for what he says. Before you conclude that he is crazy (or me, for that matter)-- read the book. I guarantee that you do not know more than the author on this topic!

I'm Done With Sex- A prayer for our future!

Yesterday, I concluded our series called "Sex & Stuff". You can listen to all the messages online by clicking HERE. Some people probably really, really appreciated engaging a topic that is typically so untouched. Others are probably thrilled that it is over and can come back to church now. ;-)

Here is my prayer for our future:

Lord, sift out anything that I was not supposed to say, any of my flesh-- and let your truth and your wisdom remain. Lord, I pray that this would be the time that people begin to move into confession, repentance, healing and new commitments toward purity and sexual wholeness. May the enemy flee and take all of his lies with him. We CAN overcome, we CAN live upright before you, we CAN live lives of purity that are consistent with your heart for us. Lord, bring forgiveness to sexual abuse and pain that was brought on by others and grant courage to change our behaviors that bring on the pain we cause ourselves. Let the teaching that has come forward be the beginning and not the end of what you want to do in us! Amen!

Bless you all today! Love you!

Difficult Questions

Today, I am excited to tell you about the next sermon series coming to CCF. Staring Sunday, April 11th we will kick off a 3 week series called "Difficult Questions!" Let me tell you a few things about it.

• The purpose for it: people wrestle with difficult and sometimes awkward questions about life and faith and they do not know where to ask them. We want to create a space for people to submit questions anonymously so that we can prepare thoughtful answers and share them publicly--with the hope that they will impact others wrestling with similar questions.
• I am excited that Pastor Nelson and I will be team teaching this series from a cool stage set! I think that our combined and diverse perspectives will add to the experience.
• We will be welcoming questions from people (anonymously) through a link on the home page of our website (coming soon) and through a box at the Welcome Center.
• The Staff will receive, sort and select the questions that Pastor Nelson and I will focus on. We will probably address 3-6 questions a week.
• In addition, we are considering a time of open mic questions that we will take on the spot. We shall see.
• This all starts the week after Easter!
• Be thinking of your question to submit and be praying that Jesus uses this time to transform people!

Letter From a Pastor- Your Friendship Matters

Here is another letter from a Pastor being shared on the Swerve Blog this week. Oh, how I can relate to this one.

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Dear Church,

Thank you so much for treating me like a normal person. I feel that you honor the “office” of the pastor but love and accept me as a person.

I don’t take this for granted. Many of my pastor friends tell me that they feel lonely in ministry. Many have explained that other pastors in town are difficult to get to know and trust. Others have expressed deep hurts from friendships-gone-bad with people in their churches.

My family feels loved and accepted and not judged by the church. Some people may act differently around us because they are “with the pastor.” Our family enjoys when you are yourself and let us be ourselves. I’m especially grateful when you don’t put unrealistic expectations on my children and love them as regular kids.

We’ll always try to be a good and faithful example of Christ, but we’re grateful when you love us even though we occasionally fail.

Your Pastor

Did You Marry a Marriage??

Yesterday, I posted this as my status on Twitter and Facebook: "Married folk need to stop loving their marriage and start loving their spouse! I wish people were half as concerned about their spouse as they are their marriage. I see nothing in the Bible calling us to love a marriage."

Since posting this, I have received several emails. So, I thought I would say more on this. If I am going to stir in the pot, let me stir it GOOD! ;-)

Here is what I believe: There is a danger "loving a marriage". We are not called in scripture to love a marriage. We ARE called to love our spouse, honor them, submit to them, prefer them above ourselves. The object focus of our love should be Jesus, then our spouse....not a marriage. I need to love Tricia! Then in doing so, I will naturally honor and respect the marriage covenant. I am not implying that the marriage commitment is unimportant...it just should not be an idol, and the love should be directed at the spouse, not the covenant.

Here is what I see happening all too often: People end up developing protective instincts and fears about the "marriage". They want the "marriage" to look good and the "marriage" to last. They are embarrassed if the "marriage" is struggling. I think that people can be in love with a marriage and NOT the person that they are married to. Please read that last sentence again.

I know that this is slightly different and somewhat controversial and my goal is NOT for everyone to agree with me, but to engage in thinking and increase your love for your spouse.

Did you marry a marriage? Or a person? If you love each other the way that the Bible says to, you will not need to worry about protecting a marriage, it will protect itself.

--Noah

Letter From a Pastor

This is the first of several posts that I felt compelled to share with you from the Swerve Blog. Note: I am NOT sharing this with you as a ploy for me to be more recognized and affirmed. I AM sharing this with all people (that go to CCF or other churches) because I think that it unveils some important things that you may want to think about. Let me say this...I can relate to every word here! And your Pastor probably can too!

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People in my church often ask me, “What can we do to help you?”

This week I’d like to dialog about how people can truly help and support their pastor.

Your Words of Encouragement Matter.

Dear Church,

Thank you so much for taking time to share how God is working in your life. Knowing that our ministry is making a difference is often all I need to keep going when I’d rather give up. As your pastor, I’m way more “human” than I’d like to be. In my best moments, I’m fully convinced of God’s calling and presence. In my worst moments, I feel weak, insecure and totally ineffective as a Christian, much less the shepherd of a flock.

Just last week, one of you took the time to tell me how God has used our church to change your life for the better. I didn’t tell you, but on the inside I was wondering if my efforts mattered. God used your words to minister to me in a deep way. Thanks so much for telling me how God is working in your life!

Your Pastor

12 Steps to an Affair

Yesterday, I shared with our church the 12 (easy) steps toward having an affair. Proverbs 7 tells the story of just how easy it can be. Affairs can happen faster than most people think and cause more pain than you can possibly imagine.

So, here we go. How to ruin your life in 5 minutes. Note: you can get to step 3, 4, 5 or 6 and still be pretty easily justifying that you have done "nothing wrong." Beware!

1. There is something that makes you lean away from you marriage.
2. Entertain another person. I wonder. What if I had. What if I would have...
3. Innocent meetings, flirt a little, Good job God, they're pretty attractive...
4. Meetings become intentional and planned by at least one of you.
5. While in a group setting, the 2 of you linger.
6. Conversations begin to be about feelings. Are you happy? What is on your mind?
7. Two people begin to have isolated meetings for a fake purpose.
8. Two people begin to have isolated meetings for pleasure.
9. Affectionate embraces and playful touching begins…in places and lengths of time that you would never find acceptable with others.
10. Kissing, passionate embraces and increased touching ensue.
11. Sex! (RUIN YOUR LIFE IN 5 MINUTES)
12. Affair is made public!!

(Indebted to Brady Boyd, Lead Pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, for the material.)

There are no secrets. If you think that there are secrets, then throw your Bible out….you don't believe it either. –Doug Weiss

Sex & Stuff, Message One

Sex, fornication, adultery, pornography, masturbation, homosexuality, sexual abuse...if it has to do with sex at all, I probably named it and addressed it in some small way from the pulpit in our first message of our Sex & Stuff series on February 14th.

Click here to listen to the message online at the CCF website!

Here are a few of the notes from message one. Tomorrow is message two.

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Some people (from other churches) get upset or weird that we are talking about sex in church. I suggest that we pull our head out of the sand, because your kids in the second and third grade are being educated about sex at school! Our spiritual enemy is trying to tell us and our children about sex and we better speak up and speak the truth of Christ on a topic that he cares deeply about.

Godly sex is: Between a man and a woman who are married! SIMPLE ENOUGH?

Now let me complicate it…Unmarried men are sexual beings with sexual feelings. Unmarried women are sexual beings with sexual feelings. Married or not, people have genitals and feelings and desires and temptations. And that—is where it gets tough. (I wish I had better news.)

Great and godly sex starts with Godly thinking and living—between the ears and in the heart-- long before it goes between the legs!

Contrary to the individualistic tone of our society, it is critical to understand that -- YOUR BOD BELONGS TO GOD! “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

SEX IS STICKY! “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." 1 Corinthians 6:15-16

Young relationships that “break up” are most painful when there has been physical intimacy. Have you ever known a devastated teenager who had a hard break up? Then, you probably know a teenager that was sexually involved. Because, sex is meant to BOND us together…sex is sticky.

SEXUAL SIN IS MESSY! “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.” 1 Corinthians 6:18

Message Two is tomorrow-- will post that later.

Beyond Idols- Touring at CCF

I am getting really, really excited for March 14th at CCF! Look, if you are local--PUT THIS IN YOUR CALENDAR! CCF is holding a double feature day...

Annual International Sunday AND Beyond Idols Worship Tour in the same day!!

March 14th- starting at 9:30am!

International Sunday features a celebration of the more than 35 nations represented in our congregation. And the Beyond Idols is a concert tour consisting of American Idol type contestants from around the world singing to lift up the name of Jesus! This is going to be an extremely special moment in our church.

CLICK HERE for more info about Beyond Idols.

You are NOT the Body of Christ

YOU are not the body of Christ. WE are! I'm sure that I am not the only one that hears statements like these flowing out of the mouths of (supposed) Christ followers fairly often:

• My "spirituality" is between me and God.
• My "religion" is a personal thing that is no one else's business.
• My walk with God is MY walk with God.

I understand that we are required to make a personal commitment to follow Jesus and that we are to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, etc. I get that. But, it is my strong sense that the strongly individual and personal faith that most of us live out, is one of the factors that is hindering our impact as the church....not to mention that it isn't Biblical.

I read this statement this morning while reading the book, "Pagan Christianity" by Frank Viola:

The goal of many churches is to bring individual sinners to an individual decision for an individualistic faith. As a a result, the goal of the early church- mutual edification and every-member functioning to corporately manifest Jesus Christ before principalities and powers- is altogether lost.

The size of the mission of God and the depth of love that the Lord has for the lost world, requires an army of believers joining together as the BODY of Christ to accomplish His will. We will not do it alone. But in many ways, we are doing it alone. Which is why we are, by and large, NOT DOING IT!

Walking with Jesus is not a passive spectator sport where you come watch one game a week. No! It's more. So much more.

Florida Bound

We leave today for a needed time away. We are headed to Florida to visit some family and take Davis to Disney World. I will probably not blog too much this week...unless I get some good reading time in--which inspires me to share what I learn. I pray the Lord's blessings on each of you who visit this blog. Even though I rarely know who you are, I do feel appreciation for the community we share here online.

Much Love,

Noah

Joyce Arata

Death hurts. It has been around longer than any of us, but whenever it strikes, it feels like a total stranger! Yesterday evening, my dear friend Joel called me in a panic. Hs mother had suddenly died. The paramedics were unable to revive her. To add insult to injury, he had slid off the road and into an ice bank trying to get there. We immediately came to him, picked him up and got him to his parents. They think that she likely died of a heart attack.

I am encouraged by this verse today: "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." Psalm 116:15

The death of Mrs. Arata is our loss, but heaven's gain!! Praise God for that!

Joyce and Joe have two children, Joel and Kathy. I do invite you to pray for Joe Arata, Joel Arata and family, and Kathy Coleman and family.

Funeral Information: Monday, February 15th. Viewing, 10am-12pm. Service 12pm. Meal to follow.

Location: Grace Brethren Church on Good Luck Road in Lanham.

Things I Need to Share Today...

Trying to organize my head today and thought I would do it with you...

• I am really excited to begin our Sex & Stuff series at CCF this Sunday. If the weather impacts us, I will cry! ;-) BTW- CCF'rs, prepare to arrive early if you want a good place to park. Not because I am preaching on sex, but because of the massive snow piles obstructing half our parking spaces.
• I am also excited to marry Brian Wood and Juanita Hall on Saturday. Great couple. And this will be the 3rd of 3 Wood sons that I have married. Starts to show how long we have been at CCF!
• In case you have not heard, CCF will be hosting the movie screening of "Lord Save us From your Followers." Click here to check it out. It will be at 7pm on next Thursday, February 18th!
• We are really getting excited about the "Beyond Idols Worship Tour" coming in concert to CCF on Sunday, March 14th for our International Sunday! It is going to ROCK! Save the date and get your "invite" on! (This only 4 weeks out!!)
• We are also growing in our anticipation of our "Dwelling, Passion Experience" planned for the Holy Week! It is scheduled for Wednesday night, March 31st at 7pm! Want to be in it? See Angella Foster this Sunday!

PLEASE pray with us that weather stops interrupting our gatherings! Geez!

Snowmageddon, Snowdepression!

While watching the news yesterday, there was a segment about how being stranded inside during the snow impacts mental health. I heard the lady use the words "irritable" and "frustrated" but not able to define why. She shared that being stranded in the house for days on end can have a negative effect on our mental health. She even sad that it can lead to increased anxiety and situational depression. Just last night a friend of mine was telling me how upset one of her coworkers was that she could not make it to work, because she "needed to feel needed."

Some of you are just fine with all this snow and all this being stuck! Great! Enjoy it! But, I suspect there may be some of us that are feeling some feelings that we don't much care for. If so, let me offer you a few thoughts:

• You are normal!! First, if it helps at all, let me confess my own increased frustration and "funk" over the last few days. This is been hard for me. But, we need to normalize stuff more. I think that you are really normal if you are feeling a tad down with all this down time!
• Routine = Security. Next, it dawns on me that for many of us our routine is attached to our security. If we maintain our routine and rhythm, our lives maintain a sense of normality. When we break that pattern, it throws some things off for us and we all react to that with different feelings. Maybe you are supposed to learn something this week. Don't miss it.
• Misassigned value? This is HUGE for so many of us. I fundamentally believe that people find their value in the wrong stuff. If we are in Christ, we are called to find our value in him. However, all of us struggle to some degree with finding our value in earthly possession and position. Pay attention to this. Perhaps you think that you are "something" because of your role at work. And this week, you have not had that security to rely on. Maybe God wants to show you that you are "something" because he gave you "everything" in his son, Jesus Christ!

So....rest, relax, and reflect today.

Or...tackle a project or two around the house that you have been putting off! Go for it!

Much love!

PS- Isn't it amazing how the Lord's power allows him to shut a city down with the snap of his finger??

Sex This Sunday

I'm sure that title caught your attention! I am really excited about beginning our series entitled "Sex & Stuff" this Sunday at CCF! I plan to tackle some topics that will need t0 be tackled and say some things that need to be said. Plan to squirm a tad, because you are probably not used to discussing this stuff in church. Oh, well. I encourage you to be present and open your heart to some things that the Lord may want you to hear and to face. He is with us!

I'm coordinating with Pastor TC to have our youth present for this as well. We need to get our heads out of the sand and realize that media is educating our young people about sex in totally inappropriate ways. I strongly believe that it is past time for the church to stand up and weigh in on sex and what it is really all about!!

See you Sunday. Invite someone to join you. If you know someone that thinks that churches are fake...invite them Sunday, and see if they still believe that. We are about to get real.

-Pastor Noah

You See Bones, I See An Army

Last Sunday, we were blessed with the honor of having Floyd McClung speak in our service at CCF. He brought a fantastic message and some of our Staff joined him at our home for lunch. Great time of gleaning. Floyd is the author of multiple books including the one I read this week, "You See Bones. I See and Army." After reading the first 2 chapters of this book, I ordered 10 copies!! Faaaantastic book!

Here are a few excerpts that I found especially provoking:

• The institution of the church is more of the problem than its people. Even is spite of the rise of megachurches, fewer people are being transformed for Christ in the Western Church. The way we do church is no longer relevant to the vast majority of Americans.
• We should NOT be asking: How do we get our church bigger? Or how do we make our church more relevant? We SHOULD be asking: What is church? What is its purpose? And how do we do it?
• Sunday is not the main event! We spend our time and money and energy trying to make the sacred hour better so people will come and like it. Meanwhile, we live in OT temple theology, create the church around a place and not a people, blow money and resources in a way that should convict, and train all of America that “church” is about going somewhere on Sunday with other people just like you. When in fact, that is NOT CHURCH AT ALL!! Church is about going (not coming) to people not like you (instead of like you). It is about being uncomfortable, not comfortable.
• We have to take the church (ourselves…people…not bricks) to the world, not get the world to the church. As soon as we “get them out of the world”, we have essentially removed them from the very mission field that the Lord is trying to send them to.
• The more complicated we do church, the more difficult it is to reproduce. And the bigger and more complicated a church gets the more people and money it takes to win one person to Christ. The church in the book of Acts functioned as a vibrant community, not a weekly meeting.
• Two million babies die of Malaria in Africa every year while we build bigger buildings. Attractional approaches, better programs, audiovisuals, better parking lots and competing with the church down the street is NOT the heart of church as Jesus intended it!
• Jesus modeled for us the way to do church: among the people! “As the Father sent me (among the people), so I am sending you (among the people). Church is not for us. It is for God and the lost.
• There are over 3 billion people on the planet that have never heard the name of Jesus spoken to them one time! Why should some people hear the name over and over and over again while others do not get to hear once?
• Biblical Maverick as defined by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch: “A true Biblical Maverick acts in a prophetic manner by exposing the lies that the dominant group tells itself in order to sustain its shared illusions.”

This book is stark and eye opening. Made a big difference in my heart. There are some perspectives on leadership that I do not totally agree with, but by and large, this is good stuff!

Opposite Living, Snow Sermon Blizzard 2010

CCF is CLOSED tomorrow (due to natural causes)

Well, as bummed as I am that we will NOT be having service tomorrow, I am quite thankful that the decision is an easy one! We need to cooperate with our local authorities and consider safety and cancel church for tomorrow. Not to mention, it is highly likely that our property will not be accessible.

A few ideas:

• If you missed a recent message at church, hop on our website and listen to it! Click here to listen.
• If you have never attended online church, perhaps you want to give it a try tomorrow. It includes worship and teaching and is a growing thing in the U.S. If you want some suggestions, email me, FB message me or leave a comment here and I can recommend some.
• Spend quality time with your family!
• Spend quality time with Jesus!
• Enjoy the change of pace!

Oh, one more thing...what about offering? This winter has been a Pastor's nightmare.

We have a solution!! For our faithful partners and attendees who are committed financially to Capital Christian Fellowship, we appreciate your continued financial faithfulness even in the snow (and so does God)! If it makes things more convenient, feel free to click here and donate through E-giving on our website. All you need to do is click on the blue e-giving link at the bottom of the home screen and it will walk you through it. Thanks for letting the Lord use you!

We love you! Will miss you tomorrow!

--Pastor Noah