Women's Gatherings Tuesday

Morning and Evening, take advantage of one...
call office for details 379-4949

tomorrow....

9:00am

Adult class in Media Center/Library….Richard Horner begins class on Gospels!
This is an opportunity to be taught by someone who did NOT graduate from a cow college (aka Mississippi State, Clemson).
Richard faithfully serves us as an elder and I for one am excited to learn from him because he loves Christ, the Scriptures, and people.
We are making room for more than our normal attendance of 40. Come out and learn together. Richard will be helping you:
~See Jesus
~Learn to study Scripture
~comparing the 4 different gospels

Children’s classes
Nursery: Continuing their study of Calvin’s Institutes
Toddlers and 2’s (Ben & Elizabeth Griffin)
3’s and 4’s (Kristen Caulkins and Emily Miller)
K and 1st (Kim Pendley & Lanya Olmsted) Exodus

2nd and 3rd grade: Lessons on Faith in Christ thru Old Testament characters
****Warning**** Professor Frank Stankunas has been known to make boys who forget their bible do pushups!

4th-6th grade Nancy Spikes & Marie Nelson leading a study of Luke 2 and Hebrews 2


10:00am
Worship
Children’s church dismissed prior to sermon (Taught by Jamie & Mark O’Neal)

Sunday evening
6pm Girls Youth Bible Study at home of Sydney Schaef. (sydlove02 at aol DOT com)
7:45 Youthworkers interest meeting at Starbucks on newberry between 34th & 43rd

Starting February 3rd, Intro to CCC will be offered as a 3 week class, 7pm-8:15pm on Feb 3,10,17 childcare available if you pre-register thru church office

******NOTE THIS CHANGE******* Turkey Bowl II, This Time its Personal…. The football game between boys and men, er College students and older chaps…. Has been moved to Sunday February 13th**** Note change

I still love this...You are not your own, but belong...

1. Q. What is your only comfort in life and death?

A. That I am not my own,[1] but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death,[2] to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.[3] He has fully paid for all my sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from all the power of the devil.[5] He also preserves me in such a way[6] that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head;[7] indeed, all things must work together for my salvation.[8] Therefore, by His Holy Spirit He also assures me of eternal life[9] and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live for Him.[10]

[1] I Cor. 6:19, 20 [2] Rom. 14:7-9. [3] I Cor. 3:23; Tit. 2:14. [4] I Pet. 1:18, 19; I John 1:7; 2:2. [5] John 8:34-36; Heb. 2:14, 15; I John 3:8. [6] John 6:39, 40; 10:27-30; II Thess. 3:3; I Pet. 1:5. [7] Matt. 10:29-31; Luke 21:16-18. [8] Rom. 8:28. [9] Rom. 8:15, 16; II Cor. 1:21, 22; 5:5; Eph. 1:13, 14. [10] Rom. 8:14.

Heidleberg Catechism

Parents: Don't Butt Your Head

Parents must realize that their children are created by God to have dominion in the earth. By God's design, they have an increasing mastery over themselves and their environment. As they grow, they are able to responsibly cope with more freedom from parental discipline and supervision. This is what God is doing in the life of a growing child. It is vital that parents are working with God's program rather than butting their heads against it. --Dick Keyes

7:45pm Sunday Evening, Youthworkers Interest Meeting

Want to help mentor & reach youth of CCC AND gainesville... come to Starbucks at 7:45PM to listen, no commitment by showing up.
Map of 3822 W Newberry Rd Gainesville, FL by MapQuest: 3822 W Newberry Rd Gainesville, FL 32607-483"

We've settled on a plan for our future church building

CCC future home
Seriously, we'll talk alot more about where God is leading us land/facility wise, at our next "2nd Sunday Night Church" on February 13th 6pm. Opportunities for you to lend a hand and/or an opinion will be on the agenda.

Who is Jesus?

Dr. Richard Horner begins an interactive class this Sunday at 9:00am. A wonderful opportunity to study the Gospel accounts of Jesus' life.

See-Saw Physics, What i meant to say...

The woman's side of the see saw is longer than the guys!See-Saw Physics

Tomorrow Morning

9am classes for all ages
adult class is a Q & A on baptism, led by Rob pendley

10am childcare for youngest children
worship in the theater
--children's church for ages 5-2nd grade will be dismissed prior to sermon

Prayer

Yesterday's New York Times had an article about our prayer from sunday morning. We asked that God would stop those who might try to hinder relief efforts in Asia. One rebel army group that usually harms "foreigners" has promised safety to relief workers.

Also, women's bible studies--on Prayer--start today. The morning one is happening currently. Evening is tonight, time? 7:30pm i believe... call Ray in office to find out for sure 379-4949

MLK

from MLK's famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
When you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she cannot go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she’s told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky, and see her beginning to distort her personality by developing an unconscious bitterness toward white people..." Here's the whole letter:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

Loving the Mormon Missionaries Update

Thanks for praying. We had a good half hour meeting. I think they sensed that i cared for them as people and that led to us talking about the gospel and how we are made right with God. I asked them what they'd have me consider (i'll write more on that later.) and through that the conversation naturally progressed to talking about the Protestant Reformation and guys like Calvin and Luther. During that discussion the gospel of salvation by grace through faith in Christ was a topic. I might go running with the leader next week. Nice boys.

Tomorrow 9am classes for all
The connection between the baptism of the Holy Spirit and water baptism... in adult class.

10am worship

Loving the Mormon Missionaries

Two guys just a few years older than my son just came by. They seemed tired and i felt for them. Visiting people at 5:15 on friday afternoon. I'm heading out with the kids so i told them to drop by tomorrow morning to chat. Pray that they'll feel loved by me.

Sunday at Christ Community:
9am classes for all ages
week 2 of 3 in my series on Baptism, specifically--children of believers

10am
Worship Service

Tsunami Relief

You may have heard that this morning WJLF 91.7 is participating in a state-wide effort to send money to a friend of mine from seminary that many men met recently at prayer meeting, Paul Billy Arnold. Paul leads Bangalore Presbyterian Church in Southern India and they are spearheading an effort to build stable homes for the homeless Tsunami victims. I will get that money to India for you if you'd like to give through CCC.

Christian Study Center Open House Thursday 5:30 to 8:30

Drop by...Christian Study Center of Gainesville - Home

Because God Is Bringing the World to Our Doorstep

If any of you had an interest in pursuing starting this program (teaching English) in Christ Community/Gainesville, we would love to make a way for you to be trained in March.
ESL Conference

March 17-19, 2005
Briarwood Presbyterian Church
Birmingham, AL


MNA - Working Together To Transform North America

Pray for Steve Lammers and RUF

They start up this week
http://www.rufgators.com/

Lord's Day January 9th

9am new classes start
children's (various ages and topics)
adults (baptism, what is it, why, where'd we get it, etc)

10am WORSHIP
Lord's Supper Celebration

6pm Congregational meeting at Hope church

Women's Bible Study Begins

on the 18th of January.... offered morning and evening on Tuesdays.

Prayer Meetings Today

Noon at new office... 6:15pm at Hope Church... both are half hour

Satan trembles when he sees, the weakest saint upon his knees.
~William Cowper

Prayer Meetings and New Offices

Prayer Meetings Wednesday, January 5^th.

12 noon – 12:30pm at the new church office located at 2830 NW 41^st Street, Suite J.

6:15-6:45 pm at Hope Church located on the corner of Tower Road and 24^th Street.

New Church Office

The new church offices are located in Thornebrook III office complex off 43^rd Street behind the Thornebrook Shopping Center at 2830 NW 41^st Street, Suite J.

The church office is in transition of moving and you may be unable to reach us by phone. All messages will be returned as soon as possible.

Bible Reading in 2005?

Here are a bunch o' options for ways to read bible in 2005. Choose all of it, Old Testament only, NT only... BiblePlan

Tomorrow

Sunday at 10am in the theater:
~~~take an offering for Tsunami Relief
~~~study Psalm 63
~~~more below