EASTER
Prepare Him Room - Easter 2025
In the season of Easter, we remember the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. In doing so, we practice our own future ultimate rising with Him. During this liturgical year we have adopted the theme - Prepare Him Room. Our desire is that each of us would make room in our lives and hearts for Jesus to do his transforming work.
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Throughout the liturgical year, we have the opportunity to see this formation take place. As we live out the story of Jesus, we invite you to participate in a personal discipline for each season change. We are constantly being [de]formed by the world around us. Instead, consider stepping into these intentional rhythms that are designed to form us into the image of Jesus.
For Easter, our personal discipline will be Bible Study & Meditation.
(f)EASTER
Because one Sunday is not adequate to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, on Friday evening, April 25, we are planning an all church BBQ!
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RSVP & Details: https://citychurchcle.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2872323
Sign up to help or bring something: https://www.mealtrain.com/potlucks/13d666
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We define spiritual disciplines as practices we perform in order to place ourselves in a position for God’s transforming grace to form us into the image of Jesus. Nothing is more important or foundational in our formation than the word of God. The potential practices for taking in God’s word are virtually limitless, but the principle beneath those practices is this: The fundamental means of God’s ongoing grace, through his Spirit, in the life of the Christian and the life of the church is God’s self-expression in his Word, in the gospel, perfectly kept for us and on display in all its textures, riches, and hues in the external written word of the Scriptures. Reading the word of God for yourself is one of the most beautiful means of God’s grace you have at your disposal.
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Bible Study
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Meditation
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES : EASTER 2025
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What happens after we die? In his book, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, N.T. Wright argues that we do not “go to” heaven; we are resurrected and heaven comes down to earth—a difference that makes all of the difference to how we live on earth. Consider viewing Easter with greater joy, hope, and purpose this year.​​
KIDS & FAMILY RESOURCE
In this Bible Project video, we see that the death of Jesus is not the end of the story! Watch this video with your kids and think of ways to celebrate the excitement of Jesus rising from the dead and reigning forever.
YEAR-ROUND RESOURCE
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Prayer & Practice Book - A City Church book of common prayer.
With short daily liturgies, planner pages, and collections of breath prayers, blessings, and more, this is intended to be a daily resource to help us integrate the many pieces of our lives.
Download PDF here or email us for a printed copy.
LITURGICAL YEAR
The liturgical calendar follows the life of Christ and, in its cyclical rhythm, invites us to enter the movement of his life on a yearly basis. As we observe each season, we can observe Christ. We pray that as you allow the seasons of the church year and anchor your life to the life of Christ, you’ll discover that a fuller joy and vitality marks your days.
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Lesslie Newbign writes, “the business of the Church is to tell and to embody a story, the story of God’s mighty acts in creation and redemption and of God’s promises concerning what will be in the end. The Church affirms the truth of this story by celebrating it, interpreting it, and enacting it in the life of the contemporary world.”
Each Sunday we see the arc of God’s story rehearsed and embodied (God is Holy, We are Broken, Jesus Saves Us, Jesus Sends Us)... but how do we “enact it in the contemporary world” of our homes, where we can create culture and habits that form us.
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The church calendar, much like Sunday Service, moves us through a story. Specifically the story of Jesus with his incarnation in Advent all the way through the sending of the church in Pentecost.
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ADVENT - the future hope of Christ
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CHRISTMAS - the joyful birth of Christ
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EPIPHANY - the perfect manifestation of Christ
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LENT - the temptation and death of Christ
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EASTER - the world-changing resurrection of Christ
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PENTECOST - the renewing Spirit of Christ