“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Energetic and wonderful teaching.
Raised my awareness of a group yet untouched by the glorious news that Jesus is King.

Here is a page from the notebook of an 11 year old boy who loved hours of teaching on “Heaven, Hell, and The End of the World”.

Mark your Good Friday 2014 calendars. I am serious.

I was already thrilled about the Secret Church event happening tomorrow. That excitement just got turbo-charged as i looked through the awesome notebook that each participant receives.

Tomorrow night 7pm in the YouthRoom. $7; no childcare. RSVP now, please!

Tonight in our 7pm Maundy Thursday, along with many other gospel texts, we are dwelling on the words Jesus Christ spoke from the cross.

They are often referred to as “The Seven Words”.

The sixth word is TETELESTAI–or “It is finished.”
Spurgeon: Once again—when He said, “It is finished,” Jesus had totally destroyed the power of Satan, of sin and of death. The Champion had entered the lists to do battle for our soul’s redemption against all our foes. He met Sin. Horrible, terrible, all-but omnipotent Sin nailed Him to the Cross. But in that deed, Christ nailed Sin also to the tree. There they both did hang together—Sin and Sin’s Destroyer. Sin destroyed Christ and by that destruction Christ destroyed Sin.

(All muggles can drop out now.)

This makes me think of the way Harry, our conquering hero, had to be destroyed by Voldemort in order to destroy Voldemort. Remember that final horcrux!? In the last battle Voldemort thought he was killing Harry but, ah glorious eucatastrophe!, the only thing he ultimately destroyed was his chance of survival. Boo yah, JKR! Well done.

Christ Community is equipped with a substantial kitchen, and we are blessed to have such a facility! The church kitchen was recently the recipient of two generous donations of needed items:

• In honor of their daughter, Garreth Smoak, and her birthday on Easter Sunday, Jolan and Diane Smoak provided supplies and equipment for the kitchen. Thank you! Garreth has been a member of CCC since 2007, and she leads our women’s Tuesday evening Bible study.
• After our most recent Seasoned Gators brunch, Jim and Louise Marshall made a generous donation of supplies and equipment, as well. Thank you!

We look forward to seeing our facility used more and more to serve our community and to give glory to our God.