You can find all of the sermons from Pastor Doug’s State of the Church 2018 series below, on our sermons page, and also in our phone app.
| 1. Our Culture, What Remains of It |
| 2. Alternative City Walls |
| 3. Membership, Like-mindedness, and Loyalty |
| 4. The Meaning of Love and Justice |
| 5. Huguenot Hustle |
| 6. Sexual Sanity |
| 7. Church and Kingdom, Cathedral and Town |
Dear Congregation,
As we grow in size as a congregation, communication challenges also increase. Our church community is about the size of the city of Troy, so we need to be aware of this as we send and receive communication. In Jim Wilson’s Principles of War, one of the key components of an effective battle strategy is communication. The elders, staff, and deacons of Christ Church recognize that as our church grows (alongside the growing sister ministries of Christ Church), not only the difficulty, but also the need for effective communication grows. We do want to strive to be efficient and effective our communication to you.
There are a couple challenges to be aware of as we work on building better communication in our community. First, with technology comes multiple channels for communication. These channels include cell phones (text/calls), Facebook messenger, email, and of course other various forms of social media. If we really aren’t careful, we could have channel overload, which adds to the challenge of how to maximize our communication and what channels to use to make sure everyone receives adequate church communication. Secondly, when there is a serious matter to be communicated to the church, we do not want to put this out over email. Obviously, some communication is for our church body only, and would be inappropriate to be publicly distributed. So, in the cases of sensitive information, we try to use head of household meetings for this type of communication. Lastly, communication is a two-way street. This means the church needs to be communicating to the best of our abilities, and active engagement from the congregation with the proper channels of communication is also necessary.
It has come to our attention that one of our local hospitals, Pullman Regional Hospital, is receiving public comment regarding their consideration of offering gender reassignment surgery. We would like to discourage them from offering this surgery for many reasons. If you would like to add your name to this petition, follow the link to the petition below:
By now, many of you have heard the news regarding Nate Wilson’s upcoming surgery to remove a tumor in his brain. Pastor Doug shared the news which you can read here.
First, thank you for the outpouring of prayer, very kind notes, and offers to support and help the Wilsons. It’s a huge encouragement and a massive blessing to see so many ask about how they can help.
At this time the deacons at Christ Church, Nate and Heather’s home church, are working with the family to make sure they are well supported. If you would like to help, please make a gift to the Deacon’s Fund.
Note: Tax regulations are such that we cannot transfer gifts received “straight across” to individual needs, but donations that are made to the Deacons’ Fund will be used for the Deacons’ ongoing work in serving the needs of our Church community, and all funds will be responsibly handled.
Donate online to the Deacons Fund here:
Those who feel so led can send a check to:
Christ Church Deacons’ Fund
PO Box 8741
Moscow, ID 83843.
Send cards and notes to:
Wilson Family c/o Christ Church Office
516 S Main St.
Moscow, ID 83843
If you have questions, please feel free to contact office@christkirk.com.
Thank you,
The Deacons of Christ Church
Christ Church
Christ Church