The Art of Friendship: Introduction – Parish Retreat 2023
Fr. Cliff Warner gives us an introduction to our retreat weekend, The Art of Friendship.
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Retreat starts tonight!
Dear Christ Church, Our church property is drenched from the lovely rainfall we have received in the past 24 hours. Our beautiful plants are alive with color! Come and see the glorious display of God’s creation. We are excited to host our Parish Retreat on our property tonight through Saturday evening. Parish Retreat
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The Gospel of Matthew – Episode 7
October 22, 2023. Fr. Matt Dampier discusses Matthew 5:1–12.
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Abara Border Encounter
This week’s guest post is by Christ Church parishioner Melissa Crawford, member of the Mission Team. Dear Christ Church, I had the privilege to travel to El Paso, Texas/Juarez, Mexico last week with a small team from our church to participate in Abara’s Border Encounter. I was excited to learn more about immigration and the
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The Gospel of Matthew – Episode 6
October 15, 2023. Fr. Cliff Warner discusses Matthew 4:1-11.
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Friendship, Parish Retreat, and Basketball
Dear Christ Church, Most Friday mornings I have a habit of pausing to read this quote about friendship. This comes from the book of Sirach, an ancient Hebrew collection of wise sayings: Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter: whoever finds one has found a treasure. Faithful friends are beyond price; no amount can balance their
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The Gospel of Matthew – Episode 5
October 8, 2023. Fr. Cliff Warner discusses Matthew 3:13–4:11.
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Confession
Dear Christ Church, “Confession is discipleship.” This little sentence appears in one of my top ten books on the Christian life, Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Every single one of us knows the weight of guilt, the heavy heart, or the dull sense of frustration with our failure to live up to our own ideals, the beauty, truth,
The Gospel of Matthew – Episode 4
October 1, 2023. Fr. Matt Dampier discusses Matthew 3:1–12.
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Hodgepodge Friday!
Dear Christ Church, I’ve got a lot to tell you about this week, beginning with a reminder to arrive early this Sunday (if you normally attend the 11am service) for our Annual Parish Meeting at 10:30 am. And all you early birds who come to the 9am service, stick around afterwards as we share with you
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