Weekly Newsletter
March 27, 2025
This Sunday
This week we’ll take a break from our study of Luke for Family Sunday as we have an abbreviated service where our kids will stay with us followed by a meal together. As the kids remain in the service, our teaching this week will take a page from our CityKids curriculum as we read from The Jesus Storybook Bible about The Servant King from John 13. Come and hear of the King who took lowliest place of servant, stooping down to wash the feet of his disciples, letting his body be broken and his blood poured out to make us clean.
Join us this Sunday at 10am for worship. Come renew your heart with the promises of God in the hearing of his word and the fellowship of his people!
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Activities & Announcements
Family Sunday
This Sunday, March 30th will be our next Family Sunday! On Family Sundays we have an abbreviated service with music, liturgy, and teaching aimed to engage kids who will remain in the main service. Then afterwards we will share a potluck lunch together.
Sign up below to let us know you’ll join us for lunch and if you can bring food to share!
Good Friday Service
On Friday April 18, we gather at 6pm to worship our crucified Lord in grateful remembrance as we follow his steps from the upper room to the hill of Golgotha.
Little Library
We have a new bookshelf in the lobby that we want to turn into a little library! If you have any books that you’ve enjoyed and would like to share with others, bring them to church with you and leave them on the shelf. We hope to see it stocked with great resources to help one another grow in our faith as we learn to trust Jesus more. Extra Bibles are also appreciated for us to share with those who need them.
Leadership and Restorative Work
The elders continue prayerfully to consider candidates for eldership to fill vacancies in leadership and to meet CityChurch’s need for leaders of diverse experience, backgrounds, and stages of life. One such candidate whom the elders now recommend to the congregation for eldership is Taylor Whitson.
Taylor has served previously as worship leader and pastoral resident at CityChurch and currently serves as interim lead pastor since late October of 2024. The congregation is asked to prayerfully consider whether Taylor meets the biblical qualifications for eldership in 1 Timothy 3:1–7 and Titus 1:6–9. The means for a congregational vote will be provided in the coming weeks.
After encouraging conversations and initial results, we look forward to sharing the data from the congregational survey conducted by the Institute of Biblical Leadership a few weeks ago. Once the data is processed and compiled, we will use it to begin working together to cast mission, vision, and core values for CityChurch as we consider the work to which God has called us here in the city of Bristol.
2025 Sunday School
Hunter Herndon is teaching a Sunday evening class on Spiritual Formation. Spiritual Formation is the process and practices by which we engage in the Holy Spirit’s work of shaping our hearts and lives after the likeness of Jesus. Over the course of 14 weeks (give or take), we’ll learn about how God does this work in us and how by his grace we participate in it.
You can learn more about the class and let us know you’re interested in joining here. If you’ve missed a class, check the resources tab on ChurchCenter online or on the app to get up to speed.
Texts from CityChurch
Our Daily Sermon Prep text messages have been discontinued until further notice. However you can still receive daily texts with the readings from our CityBible Reading plan sent straight to your phone each morning. You can learn more about CityChurch communications and sign up for text messages here.
Local Disaster Relief:
Bristol Motor Speedway
One of the ways we can all be involved in helping with disaster relief in our region is by helping to load trucks and trailers with donated supplies. At this point, local donations at the Speedway are overwhelming the ability to transport them into the affected areas. This web site will direct you to a volunteer sign up form where you can choose a 4 hour block to come help with these efforts by loading vehicles with supplies. Please help out if you can!
Ministry Help
Several of our ministry teams are in need of more volunteers to help serve the needs of our congregation.
If you are interested in helping with…
Sunday morning set-up (refreshments, communion), talk to Wesley or Kayla.
Sundays’ Safety Team, talk to Lance.
Kids ministry, talk to Lauren.
Church communications and social media, talk to Taylor.
Small Groups
Small groups are the place where life happens together. Sharing our struggles and pointing each other to Jesus is our primary agenda. If you're not part of a small group, just ask! We have a variety of groups that meet across the region, including at the church on Sunday mornings before church.
If you’re looking for a group to join, let us know by filling out this form.
Outreach
We are still collecting non-perishable snacks for Anderson Elementary School. If you need more info about this, contact Kayla Reasbeck.
There is a bin in the 3-4 room to put the non-perishable items.
Committing to the Family
If you are interested in joining the City Church family, please let one of the elders know, and they will arrange a time to meet with you!
We essentially want to hear your spiritual story and how you came to faith in Christ. We look forward to hearing more stories and receiving more into membership!
Membership has nothing to do with being in a club, but merely affirms your commitment to City Church and your willingness to submit to the spiritual leadership of the elders.
Church Finances
Last Week's Giving: $1,378
Weekly Financial Need: TBD*
MTD Giving: $11,736
MTD Target Giving: TBD
YTD Giving: $36,675
YTD Target Giving: TBD
YTD Actual Expenses: $45,716
*The budget for 2025 is being finalized.
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