We’ve created a simple Lent Lectionary schedule you can see the full version of here and view or download and print as a bookmark. We hope it’s a helpful guide to take you through Mark’s Gospel during Lent and give you some ways to reflect on what it means to follow Christ through Lent.

On January 29th, we will NOT be meeting at Christ Our Shepherd for worship, due to construction. Our regular 5pm Sunday service will be held at Washington Community Fellowship at 9th and Maryland, NE.

Do you want to be baptized, or do you have a child whom you would like to have baptized?  Here are the baptism dates for 2012: February 19th (President’s Day weekend), April 8 (Easter Sunday), May 27 (Pentecost Sunday), and November 4 (All Saints) Please email Aaron Damiani to talk about beginning the process of catechesis and preparation.

Follow the link below to read letters from Archbishop Rwaje and from our US bishops Thad Barnum and Terrell Glenn.

Christmas Greeting from Rwanda

Want an opportunity for some more teaching, prayer, and community, plus the best breakfast you’ll eat in any given week? Our first discipleship academy group have just graduated. So, we are recruiting a new group, to start in January, meeting on Tuesday mornings, 7-8.30am at the church office. Take a look at the information below, and if you’re interested in signing up, or have any further questions, please contact Matthew Mason: mmason [at] rezchurch [dot] org

WHAT IS IT?

Discipleship Academy aims to grow faithful disciples of Jesus and godly leaders within the body of Christ. It does this by equipping us to sink deep roots into the gospel and key aspects of Christian practice. This happens in community and in the context of praying together and serving one another.

Discipleship Academy is a weekly, pastor-led gathering of 12 men and women. The course is divided into five six-week modules, spread over the course of a year. At the end of each module, participants join together for a celebratory feast.  The  modules, and dates, are:

Epiphany (Jan 10-Feb 14)Believing the Gospel: The Apostles’ Creed

Lent (Feb 28-Apr 3) Resurrection Talk

Easter (May 1-June 5) God’s Master Plan: Bible Overview

Ordinary Time (Sep 4-Oct 9) The Christian Life: The Lord’s Prayer

All Saints (Oct 23-Dec 4) Read Mark Learn: Mark 1-8

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

Participants must commit to attending and participating in all five modules faithfully over the course of a year. They must agree to a simple rule of life involving weekly worship, daily Bible reading and prayer, and some type of Lenten fast, to be explained during initial Academy sessions. They must agree that the purpose of the academy is for equipping future leaders within the body of Christ, and seek opportunities for service as the Lord leads.

For more information, contact Matthew Mason: mmason [at] rezchurch [dot] org

Here’s the front page of the Church of the Resurrection’s annual Year in Review. Click the image below to read the full report.

We begin a new preaching series in the Old Testament historical book of 1 Samuel this fall, starting Sunday, 9/11. If you would like to follow along and study this book, either individually or with a triad or small group, here are two recommended books.

• 1 Samuel: Looking on the Heart, by Dale Ralph Davis. An outstanding devotional book without technical jargon covering 1 Samuel chapter by chapter.
• A Son to Me: Exposition of 1 and 2 Samuel, by Peter Leithart. Slightly more technical than Davis, this great commentary sheds light on how to read Samuel as literature and theology.

Both books are listed at rezchurch.org in our online bookstore at Resources>Recommended Reading>Foundations>Understanding the Bible.