This Sunday at CPC, February 21, 2021

Online Worship every Sunday at 9:00 & 10:45 a.m. with recorded services available afterwards. Worship is 45 minutes long. Go to www.Christ-Pres.Church and click “Watch Worship” on Sunday morning or to find the recorded service of your choice. Close-captioning is often (not always) available later in the day for recorded services. Invite a friend to worship online with us this Sunday!

This is the first Sunday in Lent, the season of preparation for the celebration of Easter. For forty days (excluding Sundays) we are invited to take a spiritual journey to the cross and empty tomb, a time of reflection, renewal, and for many, recommitment. During Lent, the people of God look within to the condition of our own souls, and beyond to how God calls us to live in the world. We can take this journey randomly, without awareness or intent… or we can make Lent a pilgrimage, an intentional journey of the spirit. Accept the invitation to a journey…

Scripture  Luke 15:17-24
Sermon    Again and Again: God Offers Me Grace (for the ways I’ve hurt others and myself). See the description of our Lenten sermon series below.
A worship bulletin will be emailed before the service.

Online coffee hour on Zoom 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. See This Week for Zoom log in information

Sermons in Lent: Again and Again
Messages in Lent address the biblical themes that arise again and again in the stories of scripture: sin and forgiveness, exile and home, exodus and freedom. We’ll consider how these themes play out in our lives individually and together. Then, during Holy Week, we celebrate how all these converge in the story of the Christ who is “the Resurrection and the Life” (John 11:25).
February 21  Again and Again, God Offers Me Grace  
                           (for the ways I’ve hurt others and myself) 
February 28  Again and Again, God Offers Us Grace
                           (for the sins we commit together)
March 7         Again and Again, God Calls Me Home
                           (to a self that is authentic and a faith that is real)
March 14       Again and Again, God Calls Us Home
                           (to genuine fellowship with one another)
March 21       Again and Again, God Seeks to Set Me Free
                           (from a past, a belief, an addiction that binds me)
March 28 Palm Sunday   Again and Again, God Seeks to Set All Free
                         (from the powers that demonize, dehumanize, and destroy)
April 1 Holy Thursday     Again and Again, We Come to the Table
April 2  Good Friday         Again and Again, We Come to the Cross
April 4  Easter                   Again and Again, God Raises the Dead

Children’s Time on Zoom Join us on Zoom for fun and dynamic Sunday school time that include Bible stories, science demos, art projects, music, games and snacks! Stop by the church Tuesdays or Thursdays, 9:30-4 to pick up your supply bag, filled with everything your child needs to participate. Contact Cathy if you need delivery or a special pick up time mailto:cathyl@cpclacosta.org
   10-10:40 Children’s Time (4-7 years)
   10:45-11:25 Rise Sunday School (8-11 years)
See This Week for Zoom log in information
 
Sunday Night Youth gatherings on Zoom
Middle School, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Next on February 21
High School, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Next on February 21
See This Week for Zoom log in information