NOVEMBER 11, 2022 Forum Hour Guest Speaker: Dr. David Miner During this Sunday\’s Forum at 11:30 a.m., Dr. David Miner will present the work of Bread for the World, an ecumenical group advocating to end hunger. Working through churches, campuses, and other organizations, Bread for the World equips people to advocate for federal legislation that will help
NOVEMBER 4, 2022 The Secret to Sainthood This Sunday, we will celebrate the Feast of All Saints. Here’s the secret to sainthood: being a saint is not about being successful. Instead, being a saint is all about being faithful, about persevering even in the face of struggle, hardship, and challenge. This is a hard lesson
OCTOBER 28, 2022 With just a few weeks left in our season of stewardship, Dean Gray and Stewardship Committee Chair Reyn Libed have good news to share! Deeper Roots SUNDAY, NOV. 6 Don\’t forget to bring your pledge card on the last day of our stewardship season! During each service we will place our pledge cards
OCTOBER 21, 2022 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector Jesus has a way of getting right to the heart of things in his parables, and this Sunday\’s is no exception. His story of how the Pharisee and the tax collector regard themselves and others before God in prayer is a piercing diagnosis of human nature—but also a
OCTOBER 14, 2022 Asking God for What We Need This Sunday, we’ll encounter the fascinating parable of the unjust judge that Jesus teaches to his disciples in Luke 18. In a nutshell, his parable goes like this: a widow is literally kicked to the curb, likely by her dead husband’s family. She tries to plead her
OCTOBER 7, 2022 God Meets Us in Thin Spaces The Gospel lesson for this Sunday comes to us in the 17th chapter of Luke, where we continue this travel narrative with Jesus as he encounters people in unsuspecting places and they experience profound healing. In this particular passage, we witness the profound gratitude one of
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 Increase our faith! This Sunday, we’ll hear the disciples ask Jesus very bluntly in Luke 17:5-10 “Increase our faith!” Jesus cleverly responds to their request, saying: “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, `Be uprooted and planted in the sea,\’ and it would obey
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 Rich Man, Lazarus, or Other? Jesus tells the disciples and crowd of the parable where a diseased beggar is rewarded and a rich man is punished. The religious leaders of Jesus’ day and many in our day consider wealth to be proof of a person’s righteousness – God’s reward and approval. The rich man
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 Outreach Ministry Team announces partnership with HIM by HER! CCC is pleased to announce the second organization in our newly refreshed Outreach Grant program, a partnership comprised of both funding and faithful volunteer engagement. HIM by HER Collegiate School for the Arts is a school on the East side that provides rigorous academics appropriately
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 Celebration of The Feast of Alexander Crummel On Sunday, the church celebrates one of its first African American priests, Alexander Crummel, whose feast falls on Sept. 10 each year. The achievements of his ministry are myriad, as were the barriers he faced at every turn because of the color of his skin.