Keep your eyes and ears open for ways to serve our community at A Quinn Jones school. Some folks from Christ Community are putting on a lunch for the faculty on Tuesday August 13.

Here is a post from February:
Women’s Ministry Outreach Update
The women’s ministry at CCC is hard at work ramping up their commitment to A. Quinn Jones School by providing unique fellowship opportunities for women in the church. This Sunday, all women are warmly welcomed to attend a cooking fellowship … Continue reading →

Sunday we will share in Holy Communion. This old hymn points us to Christ, our hope.

1. Poor sinner, dejected with fear,
Unbosom thy mind to the Lamb;
No wrath on His brow He does wear,
Nor will He poor mourners condemn;
His arm of omnipotent grace
Is able and willing to save;
A sweet and a permanent peace
He’ll freely and faithfully give.

2. Come just as thou art, with thy woe,
Fall down at the feet of the Lamb;
He will not, He cannot say, “Go”,
But surely will take out thy stain
A fountain is opened for sin,
And thousands its virtues have proved
He’ll take thee, and plunge thee therein,
And wash thee from filth in His blood.

3. The soul that on Jesus relies,
He’ll never, no never deceive;
He freely and faithfully gives
More blessings than we can conceive;
Yea, down to old age He will keep,
Nor will He forsake us at last;
He knows and is known by His sheep;
They’re His, and He will hold them fast.

©2001 MPJ Music / Velveteen Songs.

Silas Samuel West was born to Zach and Sarah West yesterday afternoon at 1:31 weighing in at 7lbs 8oz.
Silas is welcomed by big brother Elijah.

Please pray for Silas, who aspirated meconium, probably during labor sometime, and had to be transferred to the NICU at shands hospital. He is currently sedated and intubated while he processes the meconium, which could take a week or could lead to complications that would mean more intervention and time in the ICU. He is perfectly healthy apart from the serious lung problem.

Unnumbered comforts to my soul
Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.

Sunday the passage in Philippians 3 pointed us to the reality that our dying to ourselves creates life for others. This article by Dane Ortlund captures well the way that this can look in our relationship with others.

All day long, words are flowing out of us. Passing another and saying hello in the hallway at work, chatting over lunch, greeting our spouse at the end of the day, tucking a child in with a good night story, speaking with a salesperson at Best Buy, talking on the phone while driving. We also use words without employing the larynx: emails, tweets, Facebook comments, handwritten notes stuck on the fridge. Even in this article I am using words: Are they bringing life?

In the hurricane of words that make up any given day, how do we walk in wisdom such that our words inject sanity, calm, and life rather than destruction? In two ways.

First, by saying nothing.

Second, by saying something.

Read the whole thing.

I just sat in on a planning meeting of the team that leads our ministry to youth. Great group who are zealous for Christ and to see Him adored and followed by middle and high school students. You WILL be hearing more from them in weeks to come.

Joey Roberts, Steven Eicholtz, Angela White, Tori Jacobs, Anthony D’Augustino