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Christ Church staff serve alongside World Relief staff
On Tuesday, March 26 in lieu of their monthly all-staff meeting, a team of Christ Church staff members helped World Relief Memphis move their offices. One staff crew helped load trucks at their current location on Poplar Avenue, and the others unloaded the trucks at...
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Sharing the love and light of Christ in Costa Rica
Guest post by Stephanie Powell, Director of Global Missions This past week a 10-member team from Christ Church Memphis traveled to San Jose, Costa Rica, on a mission trip to serve alongside Rice & Beans Ministry. Each day we boarded a bus at 6:20 a.m. and headed...
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Christ Church senior adults continue to learn through field trips and luncheons
Christ Church is blessed with an active Senior Adult Ministry that gathers regularly for luncheons and field trips. Sheahan’s Senior Safaris honors the memory of Mike Sheahan, who served for many years as the chair of the Senior Adult Ministry at Christ Church. One of...
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Pray for our team serving in Costa Rica March 9-16
Next week, a 10-member team from Christ Church is serving with Rice & Beans Ministries in Costa Rica. Pray for them as they assist with construction projects, VBS kids ministries in local schools and offering prayer and food to families in need. Here are some...
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Taking God’s love to the streets
Last year, the Christ Church nursery sponsored the first Love Your Neighbor Drive where children collected items to make blessing bags for the homeless. In addition to helping the homeless, this is a great way to teach children how they can be the hands and feet of...
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Cornerstone Prep Lester Campus moves past 140 schools
God is doing great things through Cornerstone Prep and Lester Prep. Here’s a note we received from Drew Sippel, Executive Director of Capstone Education Group: Six years ago, Capstone Education Group (CEG) moved into the Lester Campus as part of the Achievement School...
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Children create cross to present to Dr. Cynthia Davis
Before Dr. Cynthia Davis started working at Christ Church, she gave the Children’s Ministry a beautiful cross as a gift. When it was announced last week that Cynthia had been appointed District Superintendent of the Mississippi River District, Senior Director of...
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Confirmands deepen relationships with each other, 10th grade table leaders & God at Confirmation Retreat 2019
Guest post by Mackay Lee, Middle School Director This past weekend 44 sixth grade students, sophomore student table leaders and adult leaders attended our annual Confirmation Retreat. This retreat is a time for our confirmands to deepen relationships with each other,...
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Is God calling you to GO in 2019?
Christ Church is preparing to send teams to Mexico, Costa Rica and Uganda, and maybe God is tugging at your heart to be part of these teams. Registration is open for the following:Mexico Family Mission Trip: YUGO Ministries | June 8-14Rice & Beans Summer Family...
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Saturday service provides special time of prayer
The Altar meets at 5 p.m. every Saturday in Seabrook Hall and emphasizes the transforming grace of Jesus, offering healing prayers with anointing oil following the instructions given in James 5:16 to those sick or in trouble. On average, 100 worshippers attend each...
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BreakThru ’19: Pointing True North
Guest post by Mackay Lee, Middle School Director It’s 7 p.m. on a Sunday night. Students are gathering outside of the chapel, anxiously awaiting the doors to open so that they can rush in to get the best seat. The doors finally open – students storm in. The music is...
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New Year, New Studies
For many, the start of a new year brings resolutions. That can include spending more time in God’s Word. We have a challenge for you: Would you consider making our Wednesday night dinner and Bible studies a part of your week? We have a number of Bible study...
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Just One
Current trends show that church attendance is declining in America. Here in our city, the numbers show that there are 700,000 people in our area who do not have a church home. Yet these unchurched people are more likely to show up for Christmas and Easter…sometimes...
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Show compassion this Christmas
Guest post by Brad Bogue, Senior Director of Family Ministry This month, elementary Sunday school is looking deeply at compassion, caring enough to do something about someone else’s need. Compassion starts not within us, but from the very heart of God. God lovingly...
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Fear Not: Move to the Manger
As we enter the Advent season, our teaching pastors will take a look at the fear that each of the biblical characters had to move through on their way to the manger. Can you imagine the fear of public opinion facing Joseph? The fear of limitations Mary must have felt?...
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Giving Tuesday
In a society filled with “getting” as Christmas ads fill our inboxes and airwaves, it is nice to see the rise of “Giving Tuesday” encouraging us to think of others and give to charitable causes. As we approach Giving Tuesday, we encourage you to see your gift to...
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Commit: Growing Together Through Community
For 17-year-old Anna Kate Nearn, both participating and serving in our Christ Church Student Ministry are important tools in helping her grow in her Christian walk. “I go to youth group to be in community with my D-Group, with all of high school, and I go help with...
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Advance: Connecting Through Giving
Everything we have belongs to God. For Christ Church Finance Chair Harry Johnson III, this principle was modeled for him at an early age by his parents, who were among the 600 Christ Church charter members. “I can remember as an elementary schooler making an annual...
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Equip: Just Showing Up Is Enough
Lee Still never could have known how a game of basketball 12 years ago would turn into more than a decade of serving East High students. His plan was simply to hang out with guys during their free time at the FCA/East High Football Camp. Yet he saw something amazing...
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Rejoice: A Lifestyle of Worship
When we think of worship, music and singing are often the form this takes. As adults, we can become intimidated to give ourselves fully to rejoicing, but for 3-year-old Silas Bogue, there is no shame to express his praise in singing with great joy. Silas, the son of...
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I Serve: Matthew Crosby
For Matthew Crosby, serving as a D-Group leader is one way to give back to those who invested their time in his life and helped him grow in his faith. It also allows him to model serving for his 15-year-old son, Will. Matthew currently leads the 11th grade guys...
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Renovation update
The blue fencing around the Sanctuary lets our entire community know that there are changes happening on our campus, particularly our Sanctuary. The cover photo for this month’s bulletin (taken by Trustees member Bill Crosby) gives you a sneak peek inside. We know...
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Christ Church, CMDS partner for Christ Feeds/fund school in Sudan
Christ Church and CMDS are partnering together for a unique project. In addition to hosting a Christ Feeds food packaging event on September 30, we have the opportunity to help with funding to start the first functioning high school in Yida Refugee Camp in South...
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Who does God say I AM?
Guest Post by Laura Greenwell, Director of Women’s Ministry & Hospitality The fourth annual Christ Church Women’s Retreat was August 24 & 25, and once again, I was amazed at all God had in store for us! This year’s theme was I AM, and our verse was Romans...
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