Wednesday Night Information - 4/15/20
CHBC,
One of the greatest challenges, and therefore one of our greatest opportunities during the COVID-19 crisis is keeping the patterns of our spiritual growth and our connection to our Christian community. Our Sunday and Wednesday meeting times and gathering points have been interrupted. That is the challenge. The opportunity before is how we go about both our discipleship and our fellowship in new ways.
We have sent you information weekly for Wednesday nights. If you live alone I want to challenge you to reach out to one or some of your friends and ask them to meet with you using teleconferencing technology or a Facetime call to engage in one of the Wednesday night devotionals. If you have children in your home, make this a family time that includes dinner, your devotion, and then a game where you can spend quality time learning and laughing. If you are a young adult hungry for the fellowship of other young singles or young marrieds, reach out to teleconference some time after you have done your personal or family devotion and talk and fellowship around the devotions as couples.
The opportunity exists for you to take the initiative with others to do life on life discipleship. The moment is here. If we begin using it now in these strange times we have the opportunity to develop habits and community that would not have existed before this pandemic. Let’s take advantage of our opportunity. Below are some resources to assist your times for devotion. We have also attached questions from our Connect Groups, which are related to the sermon from this past Sunday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pastor Tyler’s Worship Ministry Devotion – Pastor Tyler will share about a 10 minute devotion at 7:30 PM on Facebook Live. You can connect to our Facebook page by clicking on this link: https://www.facebook.com/chbcokc/. Pastor Tyler delivers this devotion each week during the Worship Choir rehearsals. Take this opportunity to hear Pastor Tyler teach, and share his heart for leading our church in worship.
Mark D. DeMoss, Senior Pastor