A Message From Our Pastor

Thanks for taking the time to find out more about us.

We hope you discover through this website that Christ Church is about people – people from different backgrounds who have encountered Jesus Christ and are learning to live a new life for the glory of God.

Perhaps you’re searching for some answers to life’s perplexing questions or maybe even looking for a church home. Whoever you are or whatever your situation, we invite you to get to know us and discover how God is being exalted in the midst of this local church.

Please let us know how we can serve you!

Reverend
Nestor Nazario
Pastor

Vacation Bible School 2009—Come and explore “DISCOVERY CANYON!”

Start: Jul 6 2009 9:00 am

End: Jul 10 2009 12:00 am

We will again be joining with Bethany English Lutheran for Vacation Bible School.

The children (ages 3 years-6^th grade) will be exploring God’s word through crafts, stories, games and more. “DISCOVERY CANYON” will be held JULY 6-10 from 9:00-12:00 at Bethany English Lutheran, 15460 Triskett. Please see Laurie Marshall for Registration forms and questions.

Four adult or Senior High volunteers are needed to be story leaders—please contact Laurie Marshall or Lisa Rish if you feel led to serve in this way.

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The Journey through Lent to Easter

Submitted by Nestor Nazario on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 10:30

            By now we are about halfway through the observance of Lent. Easter this year falls on Sunday, April 12, 2009.

            Lent as you know, is that season in the Christian calendar of forty days (plus six Sundays) of preparation for the celebration of Easter. Christians in the past, and many today, have used and are using this period of Lent to prepare candidates for baptism that were and are going to be baptized on Easter Sunday. What was an observance and practice for those who were going to be baptized became an observance and practice for all Christians.

            During Lent, Christians have been reflecting on temptation, sin, repentance, God’s grace, God’s will and the cost of following it or not. We have heard how Jesus was triumphant over the temptations he confronted while fasting for 40 days and nights in the wilderness, in contrast to the people of Israel who where unfaithful to God as they were tempted in the desert while wandering there for forty years. Jesus was triumphant and was able to teach and live the kingdom of God by example, while the Israelites failed and none of those who were wandering in the desert (with the exception of two) were allowed to enter the Promised Land.