Friday, April 16, 2021

Join Us At CICF And Celebrate The Opening Of California's Houses Of Worship!

A SHOUT-OUT TO ALL CICF FELLOWSHIP MEMBERS, OUR FRIENDS, AND FRIEND WANNA-BEs  ~  We had our first in sanctuary worship service last Sunday at Corona International Christian Fellowship.  And we celebrated it by having our first "Open Lord's Supper" for all believing fellowship members and visitors.  I believe this is the first Joint Communion since the Lockdown began a year ago.  What a blessing! 

If you recall, over the years CICF has faithfully celebrated what Christ has done for us by Remembering Him in the Lord's Supper on the first Sunday of each month. 

Personally I feel that Remembering Christ by joining Him and all other believers at His Lord's Supper table once a month is a great way to reinvigorate our own spiritual walk.   While I feel having Communion daily or weekly tends to make that blessed event into a ritual instead of a Remembrance Celebration.

We invite you join us for in sanctuary worship and fellowship this coming Sunday at 1:30 PM.  I know that we all are excited that we can see the "light at the end of the tunnel" as we take one more giant step toward getting back to normal.   Yet we still respect the the rights and safety of all, so even though we are back in the sanctuary for worship, we will still practice social distancing and wearing masks.  Fortunately our sanctuary is large enough to accommodate us as we gather together and bring guests, we still have space for social distancing.

The next step in getting back to normal is for all of us who have, over the past year, become accustomed to, and almost too comfortable, with online social media Sunday worship - it is time to break the habit and once again start gathering together.

Hebrews 10:24-25, "And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching."

Let me close by sharing several articles posted by my Friends at Pacific Church Network in Upland, California.  This came in an e-mail from PCN yesterday titled:  "Great News for California Churches."   So let's celebrate the Supreme Court ruling by reactivating our In Home Family Bible Studies!

Actually my dear Christian brethren, Jun & Rachel Quintans of Resolved Bible Church in Norco, invited Dory, Lana, and me to Bible Study Thursday evening in their home - but I was a bit under the weather (NO, not Covid nor any similarity to that Flu) and we did not get to go.  The next time for sure!  Home Family Bible Study group discussions are the hands-down best tool for believers to mature in their knowledge of God's Word and the best evangelizing tool when we invite our not yet believing friends to join us.

So, please read and share these long overdue articles and let's all get back to gathering in homes to study His Word.

California Lifts Coronavirus-Era Indoor Worship Limits After Supreme Court Struck Down Ban
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-lifts-coronavirus-era-indoor-worship-limits-after-supreme-court-struck-down-ban

In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Lifts California’s Covid Ban On Group Bible Study In Homes
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-04-09/high-court-halts-calif-virus-rules-limiting-home-worship

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill 

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