Guest Speaker: James K. A. Smith
March 24, 2024. Mark 11:1–11. Guest speaker James K. A. Smith teaches about politics and Christianity.
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Holy Week
Dear Christ Church, This Sunday we enter Holy Week. This is the week where we walk daily with Jesus towards his cross and resurrection. Every year during this week I slow down and imagine myself entering the story. In my imagination, I’m part of the crowd waving palm branches on Sunday with my own hopes about what
A Consecrating Life: Praying
Sunday, March 17, 2024. Fr. Cliff Warner finishes the four-part series “A Consecrating Life” by teaching on praying.
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Warner Farewell
Dear Christ Church, Christine and I love you. As we enter the final stretch of our time in pastoral leadership with you, we are savoring every moment, nostalgic and thankful. This past week, as I led Joyce Chalmers funeral and spent time with her family and some of you, I reflected on all the births
A Consecrating Life: Walking
Sunday, March 10, 2024. Fr. Cliff Warner continuesthe four-part series “A Consecrating Life” discussing “walking”.
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Faith + Politics
Dear Christ Church, Has anyone noticed that it’s an election year? If you could see me, you would notice my tongue planted in my cheek. During the high political tensions of the past decade, many excellent books and articles have come out for Christians on how to navigate our times faithfully. I have watched
A Consecrating Life: By Faith
Sunday, March 3, 2024. Fr. Cliff continues the four-part series called “A Consecrating Life” discussing a life walked in faith.
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Guatemala Trip + Info Meeting
It gives us great joy to offer our Guatemala mission trip once again this year: an intergenerational trip where we get to work with some of the most marginalized families in Guatemala in mid-to-late June. This will be a mission trip that is accessible and meaningful for intergenerational participants. Adults, children (at least 6 years
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Reflection: A Look Back at the Faith + Arts Retreat
Dear Christ Church, In early February, about 35 artists of Christ Church gathered at Cedarbrake Retreat Center for a weekend together. You may remember – it was that dreary, stormy weekend we had a few weeks back. Normally I might be dismayed about that kind of weather at a retreat, especially on grounds
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A Consecrating Life: Priests
Sunday, February 25, 2024. Father Cliff Warner begins a break from the Gospel of Matthew to preach a four-part series called A Consecrating Life. This week he discusses the consecrating life: Priests.
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