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At Christ Community we believe that support for missions is a holistic endeavor. More than ten percent of our annual budget goes to individuals and organizations in Gainesville and throughout the world laboring for Christ. To be truly supportive, we must provide prayer and personal attention to the needs of those people and organizations to which our church is committed, in addition to financial aid.
Toward that end, on Sunday mornings in recent weeks, our members who are working alongside or within local ministries have helped us to understand the ways they are seeking to extend the grace of Jesus Christ here in Gainesville, including
Gainesville Community Ministries
RUF (Reformed University Fellowship)
In the weeks to come, we will learn more about and pray for the extension of God’s kingdom in Gainesville through:
Today we are introducing you to Penny Lewis. Penny is teaching the 2nd-5th graders during the 10:30am Explore hour. This Summer Harmony and I got to see her teaching all the grades at VBS and were touched by her gift to talk about big concepts in very understandable ways to so many different ages. In the weeks following VBS we both were praying about who we could ask to take the 2nd – 5th grade Explore class. After seeing her in action at VBS we both wanted Penny, but were unsure with her other commitments at CCC if that would be a possibility for her. Penny is an answer to prayers and we are so excited to add her to the Core Teachers this year. Please take some time to get to know her and her family this year as she spends time with your second, third, fourth or fifth grader.
Here is some further information about the Penny and her family:
I have been a member at CCC since shortly after my family moved to Gainesville in March 2011, and have been teaching the Bible to kids–infants through high school–for seven years.
I love teaching because it’s exciting to hear God speak through His word today and to help children learn that it is for them! It’s a privilege to help other people know God more through what He says about Himself, and it’s amazing to see children grow in their relationship with Jesus.
I’m a science nerd and I love to read…a little too much. I am pretty clumsy on land but I love to be in the water, especially to swim and water ski. I’m not afraid of heights or spiders (any more. Ask me why!) I love to eat veggies (especially on pizza) and if it weren’t for my husband, I’d still eat cookie dough for dinner. But only once or twice a week.
some ways of understanding our world can leave you quite bothered
Today I would like to introduce you to Christy Johns. Christy teaches in the Preschool room during the 10:30 hour. Here is a little information about her
“Teaching the three, four and five year old class at Christ Community has been apart of my life for three years now. I have been attending CCC for four years and recently joined the church this summer.”
“I love getting to watch these kids grow throughout the years and see them come to understand the gospel more. I have watched them grow in kindness for one another as well as excitement for their God. I also love the great stories that I always get out of spending time with them. Just last week, one of my kids in class told me that they were an expert color-er. I especially love teaching this age group as the kids I teach always show me things about my own heart and my need for the gospel. I love building the kingdom with them.”
Christy graduated in May with a degree in Horticulture and is currently working as a lab technician on campus. “In my spare time I love to eat well, try new things, hear funny stories, and spend time with people that I love.”
Christy and her sister Jenny
Meet the Teachers – Ashley and Adam Means
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