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Advance: Mims Clayton & Memphis Gridiron Ministries
Mims Clayton has always enjoyed coaching youth sports, and he also has a heart to serve. For the past five years, serving at Memphis Gridiron Ministries (MGM) as a coach and Board member has allowed him to incorporate both. “God tells us to be servant leaders,” Mims...
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Equip: Matthew Crosby, Dorion Moore, and Eikon Ministries
Eikon Ministries is a ministry that serves in the Binghampton neighborhood. With a vision to change the urban community from the inside out, Eikon began working to build leaders who live in and are vested in the community. Eikon hopes to provide resources, role...
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How do we REACH the 700,000?
Over the next few weeks, you will see and hear this word often as we look deeper into our vision and what it means to REACH the 700,000 unchurched people in the Greater Memphis Area. During the month of October, we are sharing stories and information of how your...
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After 26 years, Anita Jones moves to the next chapter
Anita Jones, Executive Assistant to the Senior Pastor and Minister-at-Large (Shane & Maxie), is retiring after 26 years at Christ Church. During her tenure at the church, Anita has worked in membership, evangelism and the senior pastor’s office. In addition to...
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Meeting the nations right here at home
Did you know that the small neighborhood of Binghampton is home to families from more than 20 different nations? This summer, students from Christ Church spent their afternoons with children from these nations at the Refugee Empowerment Program (REP) summer camp....
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Christ Church provides ongoing disaster relief
On August 25, Hurricane Harvey made its way into Texas and Louisiana, causing massive amounts of wind damage and flooding. Our eyes could not turn away as the news continued to come in reporting the massive losses of property and human life. It is in these moments of...
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Not defined by the world’s playbook
For several years, Danny Shivers, Older Elementary Director, has prayed for a way to partner with parents and children in his local community to incorporate our values at Christ Church outside the walls of 4488 Poplar. The answer to his prayer is Chalk Talk. “I...
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Make a joyful noise unto the Lord
“Sing all… Sing lustily and with good courage… Sing in time… Above all, sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing… So shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he cometh in the clouds of heaven.” —John Wesley Music...
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The need is great and the joy that awaits is greater
… And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8, NASB) For Keith Price, serving as a tutor at Cornerstone Prep/Lester Prep for more than six years is a way for him to live out the tenets of...
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Douglass Cornerstone celebrates summer camp
This summer, Douglass Cornerstone Ministries, a youth ministry in the Douglass community of North Memphis, celebrated a week of summer camp with many of their students. The ministry desires to foster commitments to youth and families that promote stability and assert...
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The beautiful rewards of ‘sticking with it’
Stan Harding and Kerwin Trussell are long-time D-Group leaders, faithfully serving the same group of boys as they progressed through the Student Ministry. Stan started co-teaching the boys nine years ago when they were in 4th grade, and Kerwin began serving as a...
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CampOUT 2017: Welcome to the Wild Side
Recently, 23 children spent a week at Christ Church in a theater camp designed just for them. CampOUT is a nonprofit camp devoted to bringing the joy of theater to persons with special needs and open to children of ALL abilities, age 8-25. This week-long, half-day...
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Serving children sets an example for their own
For Dutch and Cindy Van Duzee, serving in Children’s Ministry has helped them grow closer in their relationships with God, which is important for their daughters Taylor and Nicole to see. The Van Duzees began serving in 2006, teaching Taylor’s Sunday school class. “As...
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Christ Church training leaders in Bethlehem
We invite you to pray for Christ Church’s Tom Fuerst as he joins the faculty of Bethlehem Bible College (BBC) and the International Leadership Institute (ILI) in training Palestinian Christian church planters, August 16-20. When asked about the trip, Tom said: "What...
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How Christ Church can help following ICE raids
Guest post by Bob Whitsitt, Executive Director of Serving & Outreach Imagine the excitement of your first day of school and all the things you can only anticipate as the new year begins. Now imagine you are a Hispanic child and you come home excited to share...
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Friendship and partnership bloom when women work together
This year, Women’s Ministry has worked to build relationships with the Early Education Program (EEP)/daycare workers & staff. Read below for an upcoming service opportunity and testimonies from that partnership. Help our EEP teachers move classrooms | August 8-10...
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Paint Night allows women to create unique art while reminding them of their uniqueness in Christ
Guest post by Amanda Herche, Christ Church Women’s Ministry Last month, the Christ Church Women's Ministry hosted Paint Night to provide an opportunity for the women of the church to do life together, setting aside some time to socialize and let out our creativity....
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Investing in East High
Guest post by Christ Church member Walter Hughes NOTE: Each summer, Christ Church partners with Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) to host the East High football team for camp. Walter Hughes credits the late Jim Roper for his involvement. Nine years ago, Jim Roper...
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Abbye West Pates wins songwriting competition
You may know her from The Table or from her years working in Serving and Outreach, but when she’s not at Christ Church, you may find her sharing her own original songs in the city and beyond. Abbye West Pates, soon-to-be the new worship leader at The Table, is a...
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Join us as we thank Ty Garvey for his faithful service to Christ Church
We have been more than blessed to know and serve with Ty and are certainly sad to see him go. He will lead a worship night with our students tomorrow, Thursday, July 20 from 8-10 p.m. in The Refuge. A love offering will be taken for Ty for his blessings to Christ...
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Student Ministry team ministers to families in Binghampton & Orange Mound at SOS 2017
Guest post by Mackay Lee, Middle School Director What an incredible week we had at Service Over Self! We had about 175 students and adult leaders out on 21 worksites in Binghampton and Orange Mound ministering to families through home repair and building...
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Connections: Family & Church, Kids & Community
When the Cloutiers went to Texas a few years ago to visit their then college-age daughter Meagan, little did they know that God was up to something. Family members from Texas told Meagan, an elementary education major, about a summer internship with Project...
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Carpenter Art Garden girls enjoy special tea party
Girls from the Carpenter Art Garden in Binghampton enjoyed a tea party hosted at the home of Donna Smith, wife of Memphis basketball Coach Tubby Smith, on Saturday, June 17. The party was co-hosted by Donna's neighbors and friends, Christ Church member/Women’s...
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Celebrating our freedom as we pray for those who protect it
July 4th, Independence Day, the nation’s birthday—it goes by several names—but it’s a day set apart to celebrate our freedom. As we celebrate, let’s remember to pray for the men and women who serve our country in the armed services and the families who sacrifice so...
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