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It was good to be outside

Yes, because the weather was amazing! But I'm talking about the Hebrews 13 kind of outside. The kind of outside that gets in the messiness of relationships and meeting real needs. Christ Community, you made a huge impact on a lot of things yesterday! Stay tuned to our socials for more pictures and stories! It was good to be outside, where the mess is, where Jesus went to die on the cross.. where it's uncomfortable.

Personally, after years of keeping up with kids so that Katelyn could serve at Touched Twice, I joined her. It was such an honor to meet so many of our neighbors learning stories and communicating across language barriers. I left with the discomfort of realizing that I'm in a season of excuse making and unguarded schedules that leads me to the second thing on my mind this Monday..

The enemy's most covert mission

I've been reading through Ezekiel this spring. It's a book I return to often because it contains the passage the Lord used to call me into ministry over 20 years ago. This go around it's convicted me of some ugly pride and a hesitancy to share the gospel with people.

Being evangelistic isn't a gift of mine, but evangelism is something every believer is responsible for - myself included.

There's a difference between inviting someone to church and sharing the gospel. Recently, I haven't done much of either.

There's a difference between serving in your community and discovering how the gospel intersects with the stories of your community.

I'm realizing that it's one of the most covert war tactics of the enemy in my life. He gets me busy with good and important things, keeping my heart and mind on those things instead of those around me who need to hear the good news.

Christ's kingdom won't advance if our mouths never open. 

Romans 10:14 comes to mind: 

How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher?

CCC, let's not let the enemy keep us quiet.

Holding on to Hope - Easter @ Christ Community!

Turning the page on this weekend turns my thoughts squarely towards Easter! It's now less than 2 weeks away! I'm looking forward to celebrating how the power of resurrection allows us to hold on to hope.

We'll come together on Good Friday at 6 pm to quietly remember the darkness of Christ's death before celebrating the resurrection on Sunday morning at 10 am! In between, we're excited to hang out with families at our annual Easter Egg Hunt which will be held at Shelby Academy again this year at 10 am on Saturday, April 4.

Join us! And invite your friends and neighbors to come along. You never know how God might use your willingness to go outside to radically change the trajectory of their life and forever impact His kingdom.