Happy Eastertide
Dear Friends,
What a great time! For me (and I hope for you) Easter weekend was a glorious celebration of our Lord’s victory over death. Did you feel it, too? Don’t you agree that, as children of God, we are blessed beyond what we deserve? My prayer is that Lent & Easter have left us with a renewed appreciation for God’s grace in our relationship with Him. If you engaged in the Prayer Experiment and have any great stories to share, please feel free to post them in the comments section below. Now we begin the post-Easter season, sometimes called Eastertide, which includes the 50 days (six Sundays) that lead up to Pentecost Sunday.
Fr. Clint and the Children’s Ministry team are thrilled to report that the Family Easter Celebration on Saturday was a fantastic time, with over 250 kids having fun with their parents. Here are a couple of photos of the celebration:
Renewing
Speaking of Children’s Ministry, our children will be beneficiaries of the offerings you are making to the Renew for Our Future campaign. As we pay down our debt week by week, every dollar means more money available to develop our children into Christian world-changers. I know you are passionate about this. Thanks for continuing to make good on your pledges. Here is where we are as of Easter Sunday:
We have collected $2,250,235.
We still have a current debt balance of $2,949,765.
By the way, are you aware that you can give online through our website? You can either make a one-time offering, or set up a recurring gift. It’s convenient, especially if you’re like me and have quit carrying your checkbook everywhere you go. (You’ll need to create an account if you don’t already have one, but it only takes a minute to set up.) Go here to check it out.
Go, Kym!
Our mission at Christ Church has always been the same: Go, make disciples and teach them to obey the commands of Christ. Over the years, dozens of people have sat in our pews, heard a call to the mission field, and then obeyed. Such is the story of our current Sunday School teacher and member, Kym McDaniel. You may not know
this, but the Roof Dog Run was an idea born out of Kym’s love for the kids at the Casas Hogares orphanage in Peru. Now, she has decided to move to Peru as a SAMS missionary to continue the work that the late Fr. Ron Robertson and Vicki Robertson began there. This weekend, you will see the children come up to the Sanctuary altar to present their Lenten mite boxes full of change to Kym’s mission. If you, too, would like to support Kym, she would love that. Watch this four-minute video to learn more about Kym’s mission.
Welcome Class
Finally, if you are considering membership at Christ Church, I encourage you to come to our Welcome Class on Sunday, May 15. You can come and join, or just come and explore what it means to be part of an Anglican family of believers. I would love to meet you there. Go here now to sign up.
In Christ,
David+









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