Trellis and Vine
In mid-January we are going to read the book The Trellis and the Vine together in our Community Groups. Copies will be available at the welcome table for the next several weeks. I would like for each household to have a copy and we will give you a reading schedule during the month of January, but I thought you might like an early start. Mike and I have been reading this book over the last few weeks and we think that at this time in the life of CCC it would be a great read. A few thoughts I have had while reading this book: The church is not a place, but it is a people (Jesus didn’t...
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One thing that is a great challenge in the western church model is the desire to compartmentalize church. In many churches the family is segregated. The problem with this approach is that individuals within the church do not get to experience the value of living life with people that are at completely different stages of life. Tim Brister laments this and challenges the church to recapture a gospel centered approach to living life as the people of God. Here is a excerpt from his post… True fellowship among believers comes when shared life is sharing the gospel to one another, and...
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The church was designed to be a community where people grow together. We desire to be a church where people will be challenged, encouraged, comforted, and blessed as they seek to know God and make him known in this present world. At present, we have sought to accomplish this in our worship services and through Sunday Morning bible studies. Another avenue that I believe to be very vital is through small community groups that meet in homes. A community group is a gathering of people that meet to praise God, discuss scripture, pray, and help one another to think about how they are to...
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