Helping people
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 SENIOR ADULT BANQUET
Saturday • June 4 • 6 - 8p Gables Campus Theater Our deacons are hosting a free banquet in honor and recognition of our senior adults. Grammy Award winner, Russ Taff, will be performing. Dinner will be served. RSVP at ChristJourney.org/ Events or call 305-448-4425.
BAPTISM
CAMP SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS
Summer camps can be transformational. Help our kids and teens get to camp this summer. Kids Kamp: $45 (3rd grade), $160 (4th-5th grade) and Student Camp: $380. Make your check payable to Christ Journey Church and designate it “Kids Kamp scholarship” or “Student Camp scholarship.” Donations in any amount are appreciated.
Fridays • 7-9p • Theater Middle and High School students meet on Friday nights for fellowship, food, games and a relevant message to help us find and follow Christ. Join us as we celebrate the end of school and don’t forget to invite a friend.
STARTUP NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION
At the end of April, 40 of our students entered pieces into this year’s District Fine Arts Festival in Orlando. Five entries placed Topthree in their categories of human video, short film, musical theater, songwriting and drama. So proud of our students and coaches! Visit ChristJourney.org/StudentServe for info, videos and more!
FINE ARTS FESTIVAL RESULTS
STARTUP KIDS (K-5TH GRADE)
Sunday • June 19 • 9a • Room 203 Elementary parents, if your K-5th grader has crossed the line of faith and has shown an interest in baptism, register them to attend StartUp Kids. For more information and registration, email DianaC@ChristJourney. org. Deadline is June 16.
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP ORIENTATION
Sunday • June 19 • 9a • Theater Students will learn the purpose and vision of Student Ministry as well as their next steps in following Christ. Spiritual practices such as Bible reflection, tithing, prayer and baptism, as well as the basic truths of the Christian faith will be taught. To register, email DianaC@Christjourney.org.
DISCOVERY WEEK
June 12-16 Preschoolers and their families are invited to participate in some day and evening fun activities where they will Discover God’s Creation. For more details and to register, visit ChristJourney.org/SummerCamps.
KIDS KAMP 2016
June 27 - July 1 • Camp Owaissa Bauer, Homestead FL K-5th graders get excited! K-3rd will spend the day (June 27) and 4th and 5th graders will camp out for three nights (June 28-July 1). For more info, visit ChristJourney.org/SummerCamps. Registration deadline is June 1.
STUDENT CAMP 2016
July 11-15 • ACA Camp Geneva, Fruitland Park FL Student Camp is our yearly week-long sleep-away camp experience for all students completing 6th - 12th grade. Get ready to experience a face-melting powerful environment where you’ll make new friends, life-long memories, experience God and find out what it means to Live Free! For more info, visit ChristJourney.org/SummerCamps. Registration is open!
MESSAGE SERIES
SHIFT AND VELOCITY AT KENDALL (6-12TH GRADE)
Sunday • June 12 Take the next step in 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. Interested in being baptized? Register at ChristJourney.org/Baptism.
Sunday • June 19 • 12:45p • Theater Being a church member is like being a member of the family. If you call Christ Journey your home, then this an important next step for you to take. Register at ChristJourney.org/Startup or contact DianaC@ChristJourney.org.
WEEKEND
SERVE SERVE WITH US AT KENDALL
We are in need of volunteers in our various areas. For more information about serving in Elementary, contact GiselZ@ChristJourney.org, Discovery Land, contact MichelleK@ChristJourney. org, Students or Guest Services, contact DianaC@ChristJourney.org or for Worship Arts, contact GeoffG@ ChristJourney.org. Whatever your gifts, we all have a place to serve at Kendall!
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.
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! ChristJourney.org/App
TRADUCCIÓN DEL MENSAJE
Los servicios de adoración son interpretados al español todos los domingos a las 11a. Los radios están disponibles en la entrada del auditorio.
FOOD PANTRY
The Christ Journey food pantry is open Wednesdays 9am – noon. If your school or club would like to do a Feed Miami mini-drive to help the pantry, contact Missions@ ChristJourney.org.
CHURCH ONLINE NEEDS YOU!
Serve the world from anywhere with an Internet connection! Church Online welcomes thousands of international and local guests every week and is in need of additional chat hosts, prayer warriors and anyone with a heart for serving the nations through our online platform. Getting started is easy! Email us at ChurchOnline@ChristJourney.org.
TECHIES
JOBS
PRAYER
• Worship Director, Gables Campus (Full Time) • Middle School Pastor Associate (Full Time)
PRAYER REQUESTS
Send us your prayer requests at ChristJourney.org/Prayer, and our prayer team will pray for you.
More info at ChristJourney.org/Jobs.
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.
I CAN SING, BUT DO THEY NEED ME? (YES, WE DO!)
GIVE
Get connected in community through the language of music! Choir positions are open and soloist/ team/worship leader positions are available through interview and audition. Experienced vocal coaches and rehearsal directors also wanted. Contact Worship@ChristJourney.org.
FIVE WAYS TO GIVE AT CHRIST JOURNEY
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Worship Times and Location Sundays at 9:30 & 11a Traducción al Español en todos los servicios.
Children: we have several opportunities for children to enjoy on Sundays. Discovery Land (Birth-Pre-K): 11a Highway (K-5th grade): 11a FamJamz Currently on summer break. Shift (Middle School): Sundays 11a and Fridays 7-9p Velocity (High School): Fridays 7-9p
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CUBA
JUNE
Our Give Local special offering is a special time of giving above and beyond our tithe to support the ongoing work of our committed partners in Miami. The way it works is you give and they receive 100% plus Christ Journey support all year. Each partner counts heavily on known support to budget and accomplish the amazing work they do year round. Touching Miami with Love - provides after school programs that keep children off the streets; Florida Baptist Children’s Home - is where we are part of giving orphans a loving home and hope; South Florida Jail Ministry - serves the forgotten and incarcerated; Agape Family Ministry - is where women have a safe place; The Glory House of Miami - rescues and houses women from the horrors of sex trafficking; Feed Miami - provides food for the needy through our pantries year round, and City Serves moves us out as the body of Christ into our community. Please pray about giving generously to our partners. Give Local happens just once a year. That time is now. We are truly blessed to be a blessing. On June 4, a team of six will head to Cuba on mission. This will be Christ Journey’s fifth visit to the island. During the weeklong trip, the team will train and equip local pastors. “In an island where the word of God has been forgotten for so long, the Lord is doing so many amazing things and we are all excited to be a part of it,” said mission trip leader, Maricarmen Roca. “We are training future leaders by training the pastors.” As part of this mission, the team will also build upon the training Pastor Bill implemented during the previous trip. Please pray for the Cuba mission team as they embark on this mission of bringing the word of God.
90
DAYS OF PRAYER
June - August 2016
“My house will be a house of prayer for all nations.” – Mark 11:17. Following the prompting of God’s Spirit and in honor of our ninety years as a church sharing God’s grace in our Christ journey, Pastor Bill is calling us to ninety days of prayer. We are asking everyone to join us everyday in seeking God’s face. Each day we will share a prayer from the Bible along with a brief prayer from our hearts to start your day. Simply take a moment from wherever you are to voice a prayer from your heart with us as we “seek God’s face” together. We will be using the Christ Journey App for the daily prayers so be sure and load it on your phone. Hard copies of the day’s prayers will be available at all host stations throughout the 90 days. As we look to Him what can we expect? That is what we will find out during these ninety days. But according to the Lord’s own words, “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14
THROUGH the
YEARS
A longtime member of our church recently gave me a note of her recollections of our pastors through the years. I’ve adapted them here: Her family came to UBC (our previous church name) when Ladislau Biro was pastor. He had a strong Hungarian accent in a church full of accents from the American south! Redhead Ralph Langley was next. God used him to put a fire in her heart to come to Christ. Then came Dr. Rupert Coleman whose sister was a missionary in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Missions became a clear focus. Rev. J.B.Hall brought a sense of serenity during the difficult Vietnam years. Next Dan Yeary brought a fresh approach that uncomplicated our relationships with God and opened new possibilities. During the riots he built a bridge between the races. Then there was Bill. She credited me with a call to go deep and grow more followers of Christ. She concludes, “I am open to all possibilities for Christ” and “What starts here changes the world!” Thank you, Glenda Nobles, for sharing your Christ Journey with us, and may God continue to honor His vision through us, His church! Gratefully,
Pastor Bill
AUGUST 11-12 The Global Leadership Summit is a world-class experience designed to help you get better. We believe this to be true and want to invest in leaders. That is why, for the sixth year in a row, Christ Journey will be hosting the Global Leadership Summit at our Coral Gables Campus and for the first time at our Kendall Campus. We would love for you to be there! Christ Journey members and regular attenders receive a discount by using code PREMIER16.
Go to ChristJourney.org/Summit16 for the full lineup and additional information.