Month: November 2020

Dear Discipleship Leaders of Christ Church,

     The Reflection & Discussion Guide for the messages from Sunday, “The Weight of Worry,” is attached. 

This was the first Sunday since March of having more than one service and sermon, one in Covenant Hall at 10:30am and the other in the sanctuary at 10:30am.  If you were livestreaming the services on Sunday, you may have noticed a slight change in the screen layout to accommodate both places- see tabs near the top of the screen “Traditional Service” and “Contemporary Service.”  As before, both sermons are available for viewing at www.christchurchsl.org/sermons or at the church youtube channel- https://www.youtube.com/user/christumcsugarland/videos.  

  FYI-  The youtube channel and the church facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/christchurchsl, also are access points for several other weekly discipleship resources.  There you may find the Tuesday Pastor’s Devotional, Wednesday noon online prayer, Thursday Soundbytes music & devotional, the Jubilee class lesson by Jan and the Tuesday night Israel study by Pastor Temple (concluding soon).  Keep growing friends and may God bless you in your steps of faith toward worrying less!

Your Co-worker in Christ,
Dan Conway
Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach
Christ Church

Dear Discipleship Group Leaders of Christ Church,

      Thank you for your continued service to the discipleship ministries of Christ Church.  This morning Pastor Temple shared a timely message on Psalm 33:12-22,   “The Psalmist’s Post-Election Reflection.”  In case you missed it, you can catch the video at www.christchurchsl.org/sermons.  Attached is a discussion guide for use in your small groups or for your personal reflection. 

     Reminder-  This Sunday, November 15, brings a change in the Sunday morning worship and Sunday school class schedules.  Christ Church will be offering two worship services at 10:30am- a traditional service in the sanctuary and a contemporary service in Covenant Hall in the Family Life Center.  Children, youth and some adult Sunday school classes will also be meeting 9:30-10:15am.

      Some of the adult classes may be meeting in different rooms than those they last met in last Spring because of reduced actual in person attenders and changing room capacities with social distancing. I have already received emails from some of you indicating your desire for a room and how many class members are planning to come this Sunday. Thank you!  This information is very helpful in accommodating all the groups that would like to meet in the best and safest ways.  The confirmed room assignments in light of all this will be made Monday (or Tuesday) of this week.  It is still not too late to request a room, but please email me right away with your in person attender numbers if you would like one. 

Your Co-worker in Christ,
Dan Conway
Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach
Christ Church

Discipleship Group Leaders of Christ Church,

   Attached is the discussion guide for this morning’s message “Victory!” for use in your small groups or for your personal reflection. 

We were doubly blessed this weekend with a very meaningful All Saint’s Day service this morning, and a safe and fun Trunk or Treat event for our church and community yesterday.  Thank you all who helped served yesterday, the trunks were fantastic and the kids were so excited to be there.  Thank you all!

  On November 15^th, we will begin offering two worship services at 10:30am on Sunday mornings, a traditional service in the sanctuary and a contemporary service in Covenant Hall in the Family Life Center.  Because of concern for the accidental spread of the virus in the air, we are intentionally limiting the time of both services to around 45 minutes.  Likewise, the children’s and youth In-Person Sunday school classes that will also start on November 15^th for 45 minutes, 9:30am to 10:15am.  

   Any adult classes who would like to resume meeting in person or in hybrid in-person and online meetings are welcome to do so.  To best accommodate all groups into the appropriately sized rooms per social distancing requirements, we are asking you to poll your class in advance to determine which members will be coming in person, and which ones will be choosing to connect online.  There may be some shifting around of rooms because of going from 2 Sunday school hours to one, and the in-person group sizes being different than before the pandemic as well.  Also, good news- 

1. Loaner external computer cameras on a tripods to help view all in the room on the zoom call are available
2. A limited number of loaner laptops are available if you need them
3. We have a deal on additional zoom account subscriptions if you need one for your class!

That’s all for now friends.  Remember, if you want to meet in person starting Nov 15^th, please email me how many are planning on coming so we can line up the rooms and any equipment you would like to borrow!  We can also do the same for Bible studies or other groups meeting at other times of the week as well.

Your Co-Worker in Christ,
Dan Conway
Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach
Christ Church