CliffNotes

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

Today’s CliffNotes is written by Worship Pastor Wes Crawford. Keep reading below for Holy Week service times, including childcare registration. Dear Christ Church, Earlier this year you heard us announce the Spring 2023 Border Encounter trip, hosted by Abara Borderland Connections in El Paso. From Abara’s website: Abara Border Encounters (a.k.a. “listening trips”) are 3

Dear Christ Church, Mark your calendar for a very special event, the installation of our renovated and historic mosaic, followed by a Backyard Party (Sunday evening April 16th). We are delighted that Bishop Todd Hunter will be with us as well to mark the occasion. Many of you lent a hand, making new tiles at

Dear Christ Church, We’ve planned a Lenten Quiet Day for a limited number of parishioners who are hungry for a time of restoration, beauty, and prayer. The location is one of my favorite places in Texas, a hidden treasure just outside of Austin: Shield Ranch. You might remember me talking about this place during our

Dear Christ Church, There are days when our church service feels relatable. We speak a common language, our songs move in familiar patterns. There are other times where the service feels other-worldy. Both of these moments are significant as the shape of our liturgy says something about the God we worship. We worship a God

Dear Christ Church, I slipped alone into a midnight service and looked back as the cross, lifted high, came down the aisle toward me, trailed by a choir. I lost it, in the very best way. Not long after that I found myself attending Ash Wednesday and Holy Week services in a liturgical-sacramental church, unable

Dear Christ Church, What do snails, backyards, trauma, and Lent have to do with each other? Read on (and listen) and you’ll piece it together. With Ash Wednesday only twelve days away it’s time for us to begin preparing to “observe a holy Lent,” as the prayer book puts it. In the weeks to come