Christ Community Church

Christmas Message Series: Open Before Christmas

Occasionally, you get a present that's labeled, "Open Before Christmas." Usually, a gift like that contains something to make your Christmas celebration more enjoyable: an ornament or perhaps tickets to a Christmas ski get-away. In this series, we won't be giving away any lift tickets, but we will look at some gifts that we can give all year long that will last far longer than most of the stuff that will appear under this year's tree.

Our key verse for the series is: "...when you did it to one of the least of these, my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!" (Matthew 25:40).

Mail Center

For your convenience, we've set up the mail center in the entry hall of the Children's wing. Christmas cards, words of encouragement, and personal notes may be left there for family and friends. Remember to check for your mail weekly as the coming weeks will bring much correspondence for one and all!

Candles and Carols Service

Candles and Carols

Come join us for this worshipful Christmas event at 6:30pm in the sanctuary on Wednesday, December 23rd. With songs, scripture and a re-enactment of the Christmas story, it will be a time of worship and reflection for the entire family.

Letter from Missionaries to Ecuador

Note: Jon and Karen Lambert are our missionaries to Quito, Ecuador. Christ Community Church provides a portion of their support. The following is their most recent letter. 

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Dear family and friends,

This year is passing fast! We have had a lot going on in Ecuador and would like to share some news and insights with you.

 

MEDICAL CLINIC
In September we hosted a group from "Caring Partners International". The group held medical clinics in the Santa Clara and Comité congregations. During the four days of clinics we treated over 900 patients, and dentista Sherry pulled 67 bad teeth.   A new feature to the Caring Partner clinics is the "Clinic of the Soul". Here every patient is introduced to the gospel and offered pastoral counseling. This proved to be a fantastic outreach. Four of our pastors; Marta Erazo, Rodrigo Chandi, Milton Vidal, and Alejandro Choez, worked in the Clinic of the Soul. During the four days of clinics 107 people accepted Christ as their Savior! The Sunday following the clinic in Santa Clara the service was flooded with new faces, and the service turned into a time of testimony and praise.

KCNN CHRISTMAS PARTY, Friday December 11th

Christmas Party

KidCom (KidCommunity, K-6th) is having this year's Christmas Party Friday evening, December 11th, 6-8pm  at the home of Kendell & Christy Brown. We'll have hotdogs, chips and drinks available for you as you arrive. We'll go on a Hay Ride with Christmas Caroling and come back to some Hot Chocolate. The kids do not need to bring anything. You may contact Steve Hardesty on facebook or at the church office or at stevehardesty@ccclc.info if you have questions. The Browns live just south of I-10 on Parish Barn Road. You can print a map by going to our church website and selecting "Church Calendar" in the left-hand column, then selecting the Children's Ministry event on Dec. 11th.

KCNN (Kid Community News Network) for November

FINDING NEMO "Lessons from the Sea"

Join us each week during the month of November as we study “Lessons from the Sea”. We’ll review portions of the film as we follow the adventures of Marlin, Nemo and Dory. Then we’ll discuss what the Bible teaches about some of the situations in which they find themselves. Week 1 "Why so many Rules?", Week 2 "Go through the Trench, not over it", Week 3 "The encounter with the Anglerfish", Week 4 "Finding Nemo".

COMING EVENTS ...

Continue watching for more information on these events coming soon.

January 2010: New Semester of Growth Groups

Spring of 2010: Children's Musical "We Like Sheep"