February 4, 2024
by Chipper Flaniken
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Category:
Sunday Services
| Tags: Service, Evening, Update, Sunday, Worship
Our January Sunday evening "pilot" services have been wonderful - one of the highlights of my week. We need to pause them for now though to discern ways to make them more sustainable for staff and volunteers....
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March 8, 2021
by Chipper Flaniken
| Tags: Year, Thanksgiving, Grief, lament, COVID, Anniversary
It's now been one year (52 Sundays) since COVID altered the rhythms of community life here at City Church. For three months our Sunday gatherings were online only, and for the past nine months we've been meeting outdoors and online. Community groups have followed a similar schedule....
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May 31, 2020
by Chipper Flaniken
| Tags: Jesus, God, Repentance, Hell, Injustice, George Floyd, Racism
The sermon for this Sunday's online worship service is from Mark 9:42-50, and therefore deals with matters of sin and hell. There's never an easy time to consider these words from Jesus, but I've been particularly restless the past 72 hours as we've all seen the news about the killing of George Floyd. Lord, why this passage? And why this week?...
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March 14, 2020
by Chipper Flaniken
| Tags: Gainesville, Serve, Love, COVID-19, Neighbors
How we can love our neighbors during COVID-19...
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March 14, 2020
by Chipper Flaniken
| Tags: Services, Sunday, Update, COVID-19
March 15 services have been canceled...
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March 14, 2020
by Chipper Flaniken
| Tags: Sunday Service, COVID-19, Coronavirus
An update on our 3/15 Sunday morning services....
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March 12, 2020
by Chipper Flaniken
| Tags: Sunday Morning, Update, COVID-19, Coronavirus
An update concerning this Sunday's services (3/15) and opportunities to serve our city....
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March 2, 2020
by Chipper Flaniken
| Tags: Death, Love, Joy, Fear, Sacrifice, Illness
What do joy and love have to do with the Coronavirus? How might a crisis be an opportunity for sacrificial service rather than self-preservation and fear?...
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January 6, 2020
by Chipper Flaniken
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Category:
Theology and Culture
| Tags: Sermons, Books, Forgiveness, Sin, Holy Spirit, Reading, recommendations, unpardonable, blasphemy, Mark 3
Explore the resources our pastoral staff is currently reading, plus learn more about "The Unpardonable Sin". ...
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