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CMCC Announcements

Author CMCC | 29.03.2010 | Category Announcements, Uncategorized

Raintree Closure

Raintree Resource Center will be closed for Easter (Friday, April 2 to Monday, April 5) and for Songkran (Tuesday, April 13 to Thursday, April 15). Raintree will only open in the mornings on Tuesday, April 6 and Thursday, April 8.

Moving Back to First Thai Church: May 2nd

Even though First Thai Church will be using their main sanctuary for their Easter service, the renovations of the sanctuary are not entirely completed. As such, we will continue to use CMIS for our Sunday services until April 25^th. We will move back to worship at First Church on May 2nd.

Sermon: Fasting

Author CMCC | 16.03.2010 | Category Sermons

Fasting [Psalm 77 & 1 Corinthians 9:24-27] by Pastor Rupert Abbott.

#4 in Lent series based on our CMCC jointly written Lent Devotional. 

 When I read through the 1^st draft I was struck by the strong message for us from  this week’s contributions! We have been challenged; given a challenge that requires a response!  Note that 4 ½ out of 7 of the writers are from the East! (Paul Utley has lived here for 35 years = 1/2 !) Fasting does not fit easily in individualistic Western societies where the feel good factor dictates how we live, and our individualistic outlook on life can so easily pervade our Christian lives too; in our international church it is good for us with a Western mindset to be challenged by those who are heart and soul Eastern; to see our Christian life in a corporate dimension, and to be willing to embrace spiritual disciplines which are just that – discipline! 

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Sermon: Prayer for Life from the Good Shepherd

Author CMCC | 11.03.2010 | Category Sermons

Prayer for Life from the Good Shepherd : John 10:1-21 by Easther Wakeman

I work at Payap University overseeing our chapel with a small staff of Christians who try to share the good news of God’s love with our mostly Buddhist staff and students in a variety of  ways–  through cell groups, clubs, worship, work camps, parties, and so on. This week something happened at work that deeply disappointed me. The next morning I was talking it over with Rob and Jesus during our morning prayers and I was totally focused on the foibles and weaknesses of my staff, and I burst out in my frustration, “they are all a bunch of bozos! My staff is a bunch of bozos!” (For those not familiar with this term, bozos means clowns—foolish, weak, incompetents!)

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