Weekly Update June 14
Dear CCGR Family, Pastor Terry shared in his last week's sermon that "At the heart of Christianity, there is a mystery, but not one of intellectual appreciation. It's the mystery of salvation. We cannot control our faith like we can other areas of our lives. When it...
Weekly Update with Donna
Dear CCGR Family, Pastor Terry's worship message from Pentecost Sunday (5/31), https://youtu.be/Khls6WG87ys brings to life what Chris Montgomery read in 1st Corinthians 12:3-13. Rewatch and reflect on how valuable this message is --- reassuring each of us that as...
Weekly Update by Donna
Dear CCGR Family, First, thank you once again to Boyd Lowry for his technology talents, enabling our church to have these virtual services -- keeping us closely connected. I know I speak for all of us who have had the opportunity to view these services weekly. It's...
Weekly Update April 23
Dear CCGR Family, A recap of Pastor Terry's inspiring sermon from last Sunday --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfmql-SHD_A "Every true sacrifice done -- no matter how large or small -- for others and not ourselves, is an example of perfect obedient love." As shared...
Weekly Update April 16
Dear CCGR Family, As Pastor Terry shared in his Mother's Day Sermon -- "We were all brought into this world by a Mother; Mothers are blessed with a special inner strength and the capacity to love, unconditionally." Mothers are our first friend, our first role model....
Weekly update May 11
Dear CCGR Family, Pastor Terry's sermon from last Sunday stresses how important it is for us to encourage one another in being "joyful messengers of and for Christ" -- "to love one another" -- and to "partner with God to share our and heart in leading the world to...
Notes from Pastor Terry-May
Dear CCGR Family and Friends, Many of you, like myself, are understandably feeling somewhat insecure these days. The Coronavirus has left us sequestered in our homes. There’s an uneasiness and uncertainty as to how long this will all last. We’ve lost, for the time...
Weekly Update, May 3
Pastor Terry's last Sunday's message, along with Jo Ann Jennings' scripture reading, is one of encouragement and reassurance. We are so grateful to all for the virtual services we receive each week; including Boyd Lowry (our camera man 'behind the scenes'). How...
Faith in Music, Music in Faith
As I enter my sixth week of sheltering in place, I find myself turning more and more to music to help get me through. For me this has meant digging out solo piano music and seriously practicing for the first time in many years. It has been healing and calming to...
Notes from Pastor Terry-April
Notes from PASTOR TERRY Dear Family and Friends, We are living in unprecedented times. And at no other point in my entire life have I ever felt the Passover resonate so deeply. We know from the narrative in the Book of Exodus that the Hebrews were living in...