CliffNotes

This week’s guest post is by Kester Smith, Small Groups Pastor Dear Christ Church, What is the church’s purpose? What is the church here for? What is the point of being a Christian? These may seem like strange questions for a pastor to raise, but asking them can help to reorient us to what is […]

Dear Christ Church, The church calendar helps us to live each year through the cycle of the story of Jesus and the Church. Today we are still in the season of Eastertide, but this Sunday that changes as we celebrate Pentecost Sunday. The season of Pentecost is also known as “Ordinary Time,”and is the longest

Today’s Guest Post is from Bill Walker, Director of Vocation. Dear Christ Church, It has been four years since I joined the Christ Church staff as the Director of Vocation. The purpose of the Vocation Initiative at Christ Church was to help every unique image-bearer at Christ Church come to a better understanding of Christian

Dear Christ Church, This week you received an invitation from Fr. Cliff and the Vestry to participate in our church Pledge Drive. (You can catch up and read that note hereif you missed it). Generosity is one of our core values at Christ Church, a heart posture that’s central to what it means to be

Today’s guest post from Wes Crawford, Worship Pastor Happy Friday, Christ Church! For many years we have sent teams of Christ Church parishioners to Guatemala to participate in the ministry of a local mission called Potter’s House. This year’s team has been preparing to go the first week of June. In order to help our Guatemala

Dear Christ Church, “Jesus gave everything for us, demonstrating God’s extravagant grace. We respond with sacrificial generosity by giving of our gifts, abilities, time, and money to God, His people, and His work. We open our arms, our hearts, and our homes with generous love.” This is how we articulate one of our core values:

Dear Christ Church, Almost everywhere I turn I hear men talk about a hunger for connection and friendship. I also read article after article about how the combination of technology, the pandemic, the pace of life, and the well-documented uptick in mental health concerns are all leading to greater social isolation. I want to invite

Dear Christ Church, A blessed Eastertide to you all! To begin this joyful season, we will celebrate Confirmations at both services this Sunday with our Bishop Todd Hunter. And I hope you’ll join us for a Backyard Party and special event to unveil a restored mosaic originally created by Primera Iglesia Bautista de Austin (PIBA)

Dear Christ Church, While I have you, be sure to mark your calendar for this very special and historic Eastertide event April 16th at 5pm. Spread the word and invite others! Remember to come early for both parking and seating at tonight’s 7pm Good Friday service, typically a standing-room-only event. We will also stream it

Dear Christ Church, If the essence of the Christian life is to be united with Christ (which it is), then Holy Week is the most crucial week of the church year. This is the week that we walk with Jesus in real time, day by day participating in the week of his Passion, beginning with