Dear Christ Church, Yesterday was the feast day of St. Matthew. As we move deeper into our year-long sermon series through his gospel, I wanted to share a few details about this beloved apostle: Prior to following Jesus, Matthew was a tax collector who would have been a social outcast both to his employers (Romans) […]
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Dear Christ Church, Each of the four gospels, since the 2nd century, has been associated with a different winged creature: a lion (Mark), a calf (Luke), an eagle (John), and a human (Matthew). The wings allude to angelic qualities (angels are “messengers,” an apt description of a gospel writer) and the type of creature hints
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Brian Wallace will be consecrated as Suffragan Bishop this Saturday, at 9am Central. You can watch the Consecration service livestream here. This week’s guest post is by Christ Church parishioner Ann Cushman, one of the members of our Missions Team. Dear Christ Church, When I attended my first Abara Border Encounter, a dormant seed deep down
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Dear Christ Church, I am pleased to announce our new Vestry candidates for 2023: Bryson Owen, Sarah Hadd, and Kyle Frazier. You can learn more about them below. Collectively, they represent many years servant-leadership in contexts such as small group leadership, Sunday services, Kids Quest, Mission Team, marriage preparation for engaged couples, and other forms
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Dear Christ Church, You get to make a few square inches of history this Sunday . . . literally. How? By lending a hand, during Sunday’s Ceili (you can’t miss this!), to restore the large mosaic that adorned our building before the renovation. Head to the workstation in our backyard this Sunday during the party
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