February at Christ Journey • Gables

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FIND and FOLLOW

CHRIST.

Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, we are excited to walk with you.

If you’re new, we’d like to give you a free gift, just stop by a host station. We’re glad you’re here!

JOIN IN FAMJAMZ LIVE

Sunday • Feb. 5 • 10:45a and 12:15p Theater FamJamz Live is a family production where kids (K-5th) and parents learn together! Be sure to join us as we kick off the month with the virtue of Love and again on March 5 as we learn all about Forgiveness! For more info, visit ChristJourney.org/Elementary.

STUDENT MISSIONS DINNER AND WORSHIP NIGHT FUNDRAISER

Friday • Feb. 10 • 7p • Theater Come out and support our Middle and High School students headed for Ecuador, Nicaragua, and The Bahamas while enjoying a delicious rib dinner followed by worship led by our Student Worship Band! For info and registration, visit ChristJourney.org/Events. Cost is $25 (all proceeds go directly to student mission teams).

BAPTISM

Sunday • Feb. 12 Take the next step on your spiritual journey and celebrate new life in Christ through baptism! Baptism is a public declaration of your faith, where you choose to identify with Christ and celebrate your journey with others.

Register at ChristJourney.org/Baptism.

STARTUP KIDS (K-5TH GRADE)

Sunday • Feb. 12 • 11a • Room 201 Elementary parents, if your K-5th grader has crossed the line of faith and has shown an interest in baptism, register him or her to attend StartUp Kids.

For more information and registration, email AddisT@ChristJourney.org.

RSVP deadline: Feb. 7.

STARTUP NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION

Sunday • Feb. 19 • 11a • Room 200 Being a church member is like being a member of the family. If you call Christ Journey your home, then this is an important next step for you to take. Register at ChristJourney.org/ StartUp.

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY

Wednesday • Feb. 22 • 7p • Room 200 Hundreds of people from our church have gone through FPU and have saved thousands of dollars. FPU is a 9-week life-changing program that teaches you to make the right money decisions to achieve financial goals and God’s plan for your life. Register at ChristJourney. org/Events.

SHIFT LOCK-IN RETREAT!

Friday-Saturday • Feb. 24-25 If you’re a Middle Schooler who hates sleep and loves fun, have we got the event for you! It’s an ALL-NIGHTER LOCK-IN RETREAT! This is going to be more fun than giving your dog a mouthful of peanut butter! Don’t miss it! More info and sign up at ChristJourney.org/Events.

NIGHT OF WORSHIP

Friday • March 24 • 9p • Auditorium We invite you and your friends to a special night of worship! Join your Coral Gables campus family for an extended time of praise and prayer to our Savior.

May you feel refreshed and refueled to follow Jesus in your relationships and

work. Email Worship@ChristJourney. org for info.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Are you expecting a baby? We want to know about it so we can meet you and support you during this wonderful time. Email AmieP@ ChristJourney.org with your name and due date.

WEEKEND MESSAGE SERIES

DRIVE FOR YOUNG ADULTS

Tuesdays • 7:30p • Theater Hey, 20-somethings! Looking for a place to belong at Christ Journey?

Join us at Drive every Tuesday to meet other young adults, build community and worship the One who created you. You’ve got the keys now, so let’s take the journey together!

PRESCHOOL PLAY DATE AT THE PARK

Wednesdays • 10-11a Bring your preschoolers to play at the park. We meet at Salvadore Park 1120 Andalusia Ave., Coral Gables, FL 33134. For more information, contact AmieP@ChristJourney.org.

SPECIAL DISCOVERIES

Sundays • 11a Our class for children with special needs meets every Sunday. If you know someone who has a child with special needs, invite them to join us. We also have different serving opportunities available. For more information, email AmieP@ ChristJourney.org.

RESOURCES TODAY’S MESSAGE IS AVAILABLE ON:

Church Online: ChristJourney.tv Christ Journey Website: ChristJourney.org/Messages Podcast: Search iTunes CD: Stop by a Host Station. Complete teaching series are also available on CD.

WIFI

We have FREE WIFI available! Look for “Christ Journey Guest.”

CHRIST JOURNEY APP

Download the Christ Journey APP on any smartphone to access message notes, downloads for social media and more!

TRADUCCIÓN DEL MENSAJE

Los servicios de adoración son interpretados al español todos los domingos a las 9:30a, 11a y 12:30p. Los radios están disponibles en el lobby.

TRADUÇÃO DOS CULTOS PARA PORTUGUÊS

SERVE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WANT WHAT YOU HAVE

Thousands of people each week are looking for hope. As a follower of Christ you have the hope they need. Why not share that hope with others on Church Online? You can serve from anywhere with just a computer and Internet. Contact us at ChurchOnline@ChristJourney.org.

SHOUT IT FROM YOUR DESKTOP

Worship Arts Ministry is looking for a blogger and social media guru to help WAM make a bigger digital footprint. Contact Worship@ ChristJourney.org to connect with us!

Os cultos às 9h30 e 11 horas são traduzidos em português. Obtenha um rádio na entrada principal da igreja.

FOOD PANTRY

The Christ Journey food pantry is open Mondays 9a – noon. If your school or club would like to do a Feed Miami mini-drive to help the pantry, contact Missions@ ChristJourney.org.

JOBS

PRAYER

More info at ChristJourney.org/Jobs.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Send us your prayer requests through the Christ Journey App or at ChristJourney.org/Prayer, and our prayer team will pray for you.

TECHIES

You know who you are. If you have an interest in media or lighting production, or if you simply love to figure out the latest technology, we need to meet you! Experience is a plus, but not required. We will teach you everything you need to know.

Contact Worship@ChristJourney.org.

WHAT’S IN YOUR HAND?

Is it a hammer, a drill, a saw, a paintbrush? Or do you just enjoy what happens when your hands get to work? Sounds like you need to be on the stage design team! Contact Worship@ChristJourney.org.

budget through December 2016

GIVE

YTD REQUIRED: $1,359,855 YTD RECEIVED: $1,438,685

FIVE WAYS TO GIVE AT CHRIST JOURNEY

INSTRUMENTALISTS

Interested in playing your instrument in one of our weekly experiences?

Contact Worship@ChristJourney.org today!

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FEBRUARY at Christ Journey

Coral Gables

Worship Times & Location

Sundays at 9:30a, 11a, and 12:30p

With the start of 2017, let’s accept God’s invitation to seek His face. Join us as Pastor Bill provides a verse and prayer through the Christ Journey App for 91 days (January 16 - April 16). It’s not too late to start!

Traducción al Español en todos los servicios. **Tradução para o Português

Children: we have several opportunities for children to enjoy on Sundays.

Discovery Land (birth-Pre-K): 9:30a, 11a, and 12:30p Highway (K-5th grade): 9:30a, 11a, and 12:30p FamJamz (K-5th Kids and Parents): First Sunday of the month at 10:45a and 12:15p Shift (Middle School): Sundays 9:30a, 11a, and 12:30p at The Grid.

Velocity (High School): Wednesdays 7-9p at The Commons.

HERE’S WHAT TO DO: 1. Download the Christ Journey App from the Apple Store or Google Play.

2. When prompted, allow the app to send you notifications.

3. Each time a prayer is pushed out, your smartphone will notify you. Click the notification to read more or open the app, select more and click on notifications.

624 Anastasia Ave. | Coral Gables, FL 33134 | 305-448-4425 Parking: Our main parking lot is available for first time guests, preschool parents, senior adults and handicapped. Additional parking is available at the Youth Center (east of Segovia) and at the Riviera Lot (east of the Youth Center). A shuttle is available for all additional parking.

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EXPECTING

It’s one thing to be 90 years young. It’s another to be 91 and expecting!

Imagine how Sarah and Abraham felt when God told them they would be giving birth! Abe was “about a hundred years old” Paul writes (Rom 4:19), and “Sarah’s womb was also dead.” A more unlikely pair of parents would be hard to find. Yet God had bigger plans for them.

We are not quite 100 yet, but we are expecting to be expecting! We know the Lord wants to keep bringing people into saving relationship with Christ! We know multiplying our multi-sites is the way to facilitate it. So let’s pray boldly and trust God faithfully as He leads us forward together!

How? Abraham shows us. “He did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised” (Romans 4:20).

Excitedly expecting,

Pastor Bill

We believe God has more for His church during our 91st year of ministry. We want you on this journey of blessing with us!

INVEST INVITE &

Great investments produce great returns. Would you agree? So ask yourself, “Is there an investment that pays a return, let’s say, forever?” Only one does. The investment you make into the life of another that introduces them to Jesus.

Here at Christ Journey Church, we have a simple plan for changing our community one person at a time. It’s called “Invest and Invite.” You invest in a friendship with someone who is far from God, pray for him or her regularly, then invite him or her to church with you. What do you have to lose? More importantly, what do they have to gain? Most people, who make Christ Journey their home, came because of an invitation from somebody like you.

So you do your thing and let God do His. Pick up an invite at any host station, and you’ll have all you need to invest and invite. It may take a few times, but you never know when a “No” will turn into a “Yes.”

Do something crazy in 2017. Invite a friend to church and watch what God will do.