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Capitol Hill Baptist Weekly April 30, 2020

Sunday School
This week as you begin your time of Sunday School at 9 AM, take a moment to send a text, make a phone call, or reach out in some other way to at least one other person in your Sunday School Class. Simply say this, “I am starting Sunday School now, and I am praying for you as I/we begin our lesson.” Allow your teenagers or children to use your phone or their own to do the same. We are meant to be connected. So, connect! And then tune in at 10:15 AM for Facebook Live for worship.

• New Sunday School Lesson: Unity and Diversity in the Local Church, Bible Studies Attachments: Unity and Diversity Study Guide; Unity and Diversity Study Handout
• Pre-School Sunday School: Gospel Project for Preschool(If asked to login, create a personal username and password.)
• Children’s Sunday School: Gospel Project for Children (If asked to login, create a personal username and password)
• Adult Sunday School: Explore the Bible (If asked to login, create a personal username and password.)
• Adult Sunday School: Gospel Project for Adults (If asked to login, create a personal username and password.)
• Adults Sunday School: Bible Studies for Life for Adults (If asked to login, create a personal username and password.)
• Adult Sunday School: Bible Studies for Life for Young Adults (If asked to login, create a personal username and password.)
• Adult Sunday School: Bible Studies for Life for Senior Adults (If asked to login, create a personal username and password.)

When Will the Church Meet at the Building Again?
This is a question we have been asking since March 16. Pastor Mark has prepared a letter to update you on the plans for May. You can see that letter on the CHBC Blog here: Blog, April 28, 2020.

Prayer
Acts 2:42 says, “⁴² They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” Use this prayer strategy to help you pray: On a sheet of paper draw 5 concentric circles. In the center circle write, “Home”, in the next ring write, “Family Away”, in the next circle write, “Church, Friends, & Neighbors”, in the next circle write, “Missionaries & Ministry Partners”, and in the last circle write, “The Unreached People of the World”. Then take one minute to say a prayer for the needs in each of those circles. You can even begin to create a list on a separate sheet of paper under each of those headings.

Give Online

Have you set up giving online? Have you had trouble scheduling your gifts to be recurring? Please reach out to the church office if you need help. Tithes and offerings can be made by mailing in your check, dropping off your tithe at the church office during normal office hours (8:30-4:30 Monday-Thursday, 8:30-12:30 Friday), or by giving online. You can give online by following this link to the website: CHBC Online Giving. Or click this link, or copy and paste this URL into your web browser: https://my.e360giving.com/App/Giving/chbchurch. If you need assistance with your online gift, please call the church office and someone can assist you.

Quotes from Church History
Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Prayer: “You are aware of a communion, a sharing, a give-and-take, if I may use such an expression. You are not dragging yourself along; you are not forcing the situation; you are not trying to make conversation with somebody whom you do not know. No, no! The Spirit of adoption in you brings you right into the presence of God, and it is a living act of fellowship and communion, vibrant with life.” – Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981, Welsh Evangelical Minister)

[Learn more about Dr. Lloyd-Jones by clicking on his name] 

Wednesday Night Information for 4/29/20

CHBC Family and Friends,

As April comes to a close I want to encourage you to stay strong in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. It could become very easy for you to relax your attitudes toward personal spiritual discipline, and the work of discipling in your home. We want to make it easy for you to keep going and finish this season strong.  Below are the resources for midweek worship and Bible Study.  Also, if you have children that were in AWANA and you would like them to keep making progress in their books, please contact with our Director of Children’s Ministries, Cheryl Ross, and she will set you up with a listener.  Her email is .

1. Family Devotions entitled, “Seeing Jesus through the Uncertainty”.  These family devotions are provided by the North American Mission Board of the SBC.  Many parents have asked us how to discuss the virus and its impact on our world with their children.  These devotions are designed to do just that.  Use these for Wednesday, Sunday morning, or a weekly family devotion another night of the week.  You can access and download these lessons by clicking this link: Family Devotions from NAMB.
2. Connect Group Questions – these are in the form of an attachment; we use these in our adult Wednesday nights, but could be used as a discussion points for a couple, a family, or any small group you gather via Zoom, Skype or Facetime.  Consider inviting some others to join you in one of these virtual ways to think more about Pastor Mark’s sermon from Matthew 5 this past Sunday.Connect Group Discussion Questions
3. Zoom Student Bible Study – Pastor Jason and Alex will be connecting with the students again this week on Zoom at 6 PM.  They will send information to students and parents on how to connect.  They are monitoring who can enter the meetings and they can control what screens and what audio is shared.  This gathering will include a devotion for the students, time to interact, and a fun activity.
4. Zoom College Bible Study – Pastor Jason and Jennifer will host their regular weekly Bible Study from 1 John, but instead of gathering in person in their home, they will meet on Zoom.  Pastor Jason will be sharing how to connect with each student.
5. Pastor Tyler’s Worship Ministry Devotion – Pastor Tyler will share about a 10 minute devotion at 7:30 PM on Facebook.  You can connect to our Facebook page by clicking on this link: https://www.facebook.com/chbcokc/.  Pastor Tyler’s devotion this week is prerecorded because he will be in a worship ministry workshop via Zoom with the CHBC Worship Ministry.

Mark D. DeMoss, Senior Pastor