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CHBC Weekly April 30, 2021

CHBC Worship for 5/2/21
The church is not a building people meet together in, but a people who gather to worship Jesus Christ as Lord.

A few changes occurring as OKC Covid-19 mandates expire. Starting this Sunday seating in the CHBC Worship Center will be adjusted slightly. We will offer one section of seating that will be reserved for every other row, and where we encourage you to leave a three-chair gap between you and others. The remainder of the Worship Center will have normal seating. We will still be offering overflow viewing of the service in the Choir Suite, where seating is distanced. A face-covering is optional throughout the Building.

Sunday School
We anticipate Sunday School classes beginning to meet in normal locations after the renovations from the flood are completed. We expect that date to be the first Sunday of June. Thank you for your patience as we await the completion of all repairs, so that our Preschool can return to normal.
We are still providing this Sunday School material for those who are unable to attend in person due to Covid-19: Systematic Theology Lessons and Handout, from the Core Seminars at Capitol Hill Baptist in Washington DC.

EXPLORE CHBC (May 2, 16, 23 at 9 AM)
Explore CHBC is our membership orientation course. We invite all of our guests to participate in this once per quarter, three session class designed to help you know who we are, what we believe, and how we function as a local church. By the end of this course you will know what is expected of membership, and how to complete the process if you so desire. Our next Explore CHBC Course begins on May 2, 2021 at 9 AM, and will meet in the CHBC Conference Room at the south end of the north-south hallway near the Preschool entrance.

Updates from CHBC Member’s Meeting
This past Sunday night CHBC held the quarterly Member’s Meeting. At the meeting CHBC elected a new Building Committee made up of Jason Baird, Ken James, Scott Mosher, Jerl Savage, Jeremy Vogler, which also included a liaison from the AVL Team, B.J. Moore. The church also approved the appointment of new deacons Steven Ford, Stephen Holshouser, John Sherrer, and David Trosper. These men were previously ordained as deacons in sister Baptist churches. CHBC approved for ordination to the deacon ministry John McElvany and Reuben Trejo. One other notable item is that CHBC approved the ordination of Alex Meyer, Tyler Neighbors, and Bryce Schmidt to Gospel Ministry. Other regular items of business included a review of the financial statements, membership approvals, and an update on the search for an Associate Pastor of Hispanic Ministries.

Ordination Council and Service
If you are an ordained deacon or minister from a Baptist church, you are invited to participate in the ordination council being convened at 3 PM in the CHBC Choir Suite. The ordination council will review and vote for approval on the ordination of Alex Meyer, Tyler Neighbors, and Bryce Schmidt. The Ordination Service is scheduled for 5 PM, and all CHBC members and guests are invited to attend. A reception for all will follow.

Month of May Sunday Nights
May 2 – 5 PM Ordination Service

May – No evening service due to Mother’s Day

May 16 – 5 PM Sunday School Leader Gathering (no other evening service)

May 23 – Worship in the Park and Prayer walk (Little River Park – south side)

May 30 – Churchwide Picnic on the Grounds of CHBC

Love Your Neighbor
Our first Love Your Neighbor outreach for the season will occur in the month of June. Would you use your home to host a neighborhood event so that you can begin the process of making strangers acquaintances, acquaintances friends, and friends family? Learn more at the tables in the foyer, or by contacting Henry or Keo Chan.

Ways to Give your Tithes and Offerings

• CHBC Giving Online – if you need assistance with online giving please contact the church office at 405-799-9799 during regular office hours (8:30-4:30, M-T, and 8:30-12:30, F)
• During worship in the CHBC Offering Boxes
• Mail to 304 SW 134^th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73170
• Drop off to Church Office during regular office hours at the mailing address above

A Moment in Church History
On April 29, 1882 John Nelson Darby died. Learn about his influence on Christianity or learn more about church history at this link: Today in Church History.

Prayer
As you pray today, do so with the confidence of Job, who understood the need for a redeemer, and His ruling reign many centuries before Christ was revealed, and who has still yet to consummate His earthly reign.

Job 19:25

“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth.”

    Mark D. DeMoss, Senior Pastor

         Capitol Hill Baptist Church

     Equipping…Exalting…Extending

              For the Glory of God

CHBC Weekly April 23, 2021

Aaron Project Brunch
Are you an Aaron? An Aaron is a prayer partner of our local area educators. If you signed up last summer to pray for an educator, then we want you to be able to meet the person for whom you have been praying. There will be a brunch for you to be able to meet your educator on May 1, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. You can learn more and register here: Aaron Project Brunch.

CHBC Member’s Meeting
CHBC is pastor led, deacon served, and congregationally ruled. This has been the biblical and historical pattern of our church since its founding. Member’s Meetings happen once each quarter at CHBC so that we can review financial matters, approve membership changes, and guide appointed leaders and committees toward decisions that the congregation believes are appropriate. In this quarter’s meeting we will vote on a new Building Committee, vote to approve new deacons, and vote to ordain three men into gospel ministry. Our meeting will be held on April 25, at 6 PM, immediately following the evening worship gathering, Ekklesia.

Student Ministry Retreat
Please pray for the students and sponsors who will attend the Finally Free Student Ministry Retreat. We should pray for travel safety and health, but especially pray for the Lord to work in the lives of those who attend to bring them closer to the Savior, to increase their holiness, and to make them bold followers of Jesus Christ. If you would like a specific name of a student or sponsor to pray for you can reach out to Pastor Jason, and I am sure he would be glad to give you a name.

Ordination for Ministry
On May 2, at 5 PM, CHBC is planning for an ordination service for three members of our church. These men have been recognized by the congregation as those who are called and gifted to serve Christ and the church in the capacity of pastoral ministry. Tyler Neighbors, Alex Meyer, and Bryce Schmidt will be presented before an ordaining council on May 2, at 3 PM, and a service for laying on of hands will occur at 5 PM.

Month of May Sunday Nights
May 2 – 5 PM Ordination Service

May – No evening service due to Mother’s Day

May 16 – 5 PM Sunday School Leader Gathering (no other evening service)

May 23 – Worship in the Park and Prayer walk

May 30 – Churchwide Picnic on the Grounds of CHBC

 Love Your Neighbor
Our first Love Your Neighbor outreach for the season will occur in the month of June. Would you use your home to host a neighborhood event so that you can begin the process of making strangers acquaintances, acquaintances friends, and friends family? Learn more at the tables in the foyer, or by contacting Henry or Keo Chan.

 CHBC Worship for 4/25/21
The church is not a building people meet together in, but a people who gather to worship Jesus Christ as Lord.

Gathering in worship at this moment is still following COVID-19 suggested protocols for large groups. We encourage you to physically distance in crowded spaces. We are separating our seating by rows, and suggesting you leave space between you and the person or family next to you. Face coverings are optional in our worship center. We offer a publicly gathered live-stream in our Activity Center, and we ask that you wear a mask of face covering in that space during Sunday School or the time of worship.

Sunday School
There are Sunday School Classes currently meeting in person at CHBC. We are also providing material for you to use at home if you are unable to attend an in-person small group. We have adjusted our rooms so that physical distancing can be maintained within each class setting. Please let us know if you would like a print version of the Lifeway curriculum from your Sunday School class for home use. Below is a printable version of a series from Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC.

• Systematic Theology Lessons and Handout: A New Study for you to us at home, from the Core Seminars at Capitol Hill Baptist in Washington DC.

Ways to Give your Tithes and Offerings

• CHBC Giving Online – if you need assistance with online giving please contact the church office at 405-799-9799 during regular office hours (8:30-4:30, M-T, and 8:30-12:30, F)
• During worship in the CHBC Offering Boxes
• Mail to 304 SW 134^th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73170
• Drop off to Church Office during regular office hours at the mailing address above

A Moment in Church History
On April 22, 1922 Wadiei, a convert to Christianity, and Baptist missionary returned to Nigeria and opened the first of many schools in his hometown.  Learn more about church history at this link: Today in Church History.

Prayer
Our prayer is that the world might see and know Jesus Christ as Savior. He has left us without excuse.

Romans 1:20

“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.”

      Mark D. DeMoss, Senior Pastor

        Capitol Hill Baptist Church

     Equipping…Exalting…Extending

              For the Glory of God