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Christ Our Redeemer is a new congregation in the Making friends with God and others for Jesus’ sake is our purpose. Our
worship is simple. (sample
bulletin) because the good news of Jesus is simple. Happening this week. Small Groups at COR Other Links And they sang a new song saying, "Worthy are you to
take the book, and to break its seals, For you were slain, and did redeem for
God with your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation . .
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CHRIST is the eternal Son of
God who "put skin on" at the first Christmas and walked among us
living a perfect life, dying on the cross in our place to reconcile us to
God. We are a community as members of God's family, therefore we say . . . OUR Redeemer. We are a
community and therefore we want to reflect more of the "familiness"
which is ours in the Church and in Christ. The church is about building
people: singles, families and all who gather around Him. Because we and the
world we live in is sub-normal and fallen we need Christ as our . . . REDEEMER for
He has purchased us for God with His blood. Jesus Christ not only redeems us
by His death on the cross, but He is redeeming, and will redeem all of
creation so that all that was lost, and more, will be restored. We Are . . . Welcoming
because a perfect God knows all about us yet welcomes and accepts us as we
are because of the cross. We are not perfect people, but we trust in God's
grace and mercy as our only hope. Because of this grace and mercy found in
Jesus we can be full of hope and joy in a world that is not what it should be
because it is infected with the wrongs that the Bible calls sin. It is our
hope to grow in this accepting/welcoming spirit in all our relationships: in
our homes, places of work, and our church. You are always welcome to come as
you are. We are alike in our needs. We Value . . . The Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is
the power to know, enjoy and glorify God through faith as we worship Him,
serve one another, and reach out to our neighbors and the world. The Bible as God's word. It
shows us the way to know and follow Jesus Christ as His disciples. The Bible
is God's "owner's manual" to us for living truly well. Worship We were all made to
worship. We worship what we cherish and see beauty in. God alone is worthy of
worship rather than our cultural idols such as money, power. youthfulness and
sex. We desire our worship to be done with excellence and simplicity using
the best of contemporary and traditional forms. Community is
one way to describe the Church. The Church consists of those called together
around Jesus as Lord. We believe that small regularly-meeting home
communities (mini-churches within the church) are vital to the health of the
Christian and the Church. Only the ruthlessly joyful application of the
gospel to our lives fills us with the humility and grace needed for imperfect
people to love one another. Outreach/Service
begins and ends with loving our neighbor. It is our privilege to reach out to
others with the love of Christ following God's own example in the
Incarnation. Outreach shows Christ to others by what we do and say. We are
not to be a hidden or elitist group, but to live among those who do not yet
believe showing respect and love to all regardless of social standing, race
or any other such distinctions. The Church does not exist for itself and is
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