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February 2018 Monthly Update
Men’s Breakfast Take a break from Saturday morning routines and join the men of CCC on February 10 at 9 am at Bro-ken Yolk Café on Mira Mesa Blvd. for a time of fellowship and getting to know the other men of CCC. It’s a great and informal way to get connected. Call Dan Cobb with any questions. No need to RSVP. Just show up but save Pastor D a seat!
Three Services Weekly Invite your friends, coworkers, family, neighbors, classmates, and everyone you know to join us at any of our three weekend services. No reason to miss church anymore. Saturdays at 6 pm. Sundays at 8:45 am and 10:30 am. Remember, 82% of people say they would come if they were only invited. Won’t you extend the invitation to them?
LoveActs On Thursday, February 1, our Food Truck minis-try continues at Walker Elementary. Anyone in need of a little extra help with groceries is welcome to come by to get some beginning at 3:30 pm. We can use additional volunteers to serve from 2:30-3:30 pm to help sort food and get it ready for our guests. On Sunday, February 14 we resume our tutoring ministry at Walker Elementary and are always in need of additional tutors/homework helpers. Come on Wednesdays from 2:15-3:15 pm. On Sunday, February 25 Operation Serve the Homeless will head downtown. Please bring a pot of cooked pasta, baked pasta, spaghetti, bread or rolls, soft fruits such as bananas, and oranges, chips, snacks, cookies. We will serve up the pasta in to-go trays for you or you can pick up to go trays at Sun-day at Service. Please be sure to take your pot back after we serve it up. It’s an easy way to make a dif-ference. In any given month, we feed approximately 300 people. Drop your food off at 5 pm. On Sunday, February 25, we will continue our recycling collections. Drop off your bottles and cans in the truck in front of the church to help support our LoveActs ministries.
Volunteers Needed As we continue to build our new service, we are looking for many new volunteers to serve and fill in the many openings as we have stretched our current teams to capacity. Consider volunteering for one of these roles:
• Usher @ 6 pm or 8:45 am
• Media Projection @ 6 pm or 8:45 am
• Worship instrumentalists (all)-drummers, bassists, guitars, keys, etc.
• KidZONE teachers @ 6 pm See Pastor Darrell or Dylan to step up for these roles. We need you ASAP. Don’t wait!
Women’s Prayer Ladies, join us for an hour of prayer this Saturday, January 20, at 10:00 AM in the Red, White and Blue room. Let’s pray together for our families, church, community, city and country. We’ll have coffee, tea and goodies to enjoy too! For more information, contact Diane, [email protected]. “Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.” (Jeremiah 29:12, ESV)
Women’s Pastor
How did your first month of 2018 go? How did you get involved at CCC? Small groups, Ladies Tea Party, FBI, Women’s Prayer Meeting? Did you start serving, maybe in a new area or at our new Saturday night service? Did you know that through serving you can grow to be more like Jesus? Really, its true! Serving gives you many opportunities to grow in relation-ships, learn to give generously and work in teams to accomplish projects. Serving gives you a chance to practice what you are learning about Jesus from sermons, small groups and adult edu-cation classes. Women’s Ministry is looking for women who are interested in serving other women, even in behind the scenes roles. Prayer Quilt Minsistry is look-ing for quilters and sewers. There are many tasks involved in making a prayer quilt and they are so loved by the recipients. Let me know if you are interested! Looking forward to serving with you in 2018! Diane
LoveActs Area Leader
Hi Church! Some of you may already be using Thrivent Financial, a fi-nancial planning firm for Christians. They have been to our church in the past and have offered wonderful support of our outreach programs. Something you may not be aware of is that Thrivent allows any of their members to re-quest grants through their Action Team that can be used for charity activities and service. Our LoveActs ministries qualify for these grants, which are given in $250 increments twice per year. Thrivent grants paid for the freezer in the kitchen, allowing us to store and serve over 100 lbs more food every month during our Homeless Ministry, new tires for the Food Truck Trailer, carts for the Food Truck Distribution, supplies for the Backpack Ministry and gifts for the Christmas Stars! Thrivent grants have also just been secured for 100 rain ponchos and 40 blankets to handout downtown. If you are a Thrivent member, please consider applying for an Action Team grant to help one of the LoveActs ministries at the church, or another local cause that you are passionate about. The process is fairly simple. Donata Barbour ([email protected]) and Adair Cooke ([email protected]) on our LoveActs team can help walk you through the process. The next Homeless ministry is Sunday, Jan-uary 21st. It is getting pretty cold on the streets of San Diego, so please go through your closets and donate blankets, jackets and socks to help keep folks warm. Blankets are usually all handed out within 10 minutes or so, so we can use more! Please note that other donations are not being accepted at this time to allow room for these critically needed items. If you are interested in helping with any items or if we can help you or your family, please contact me, Nicole Gerbino—at 619-301-1968 or [email protected].
Group Life Area Leader
Hello everyone, hope eve-ryone had a good start of 2018. I was reflecting on the series we have been studying on relationships and I strongly believe this applies to our small groups. We have devel-oped strong friendships and bonds with each other. It is so good to have someone to talk to, to pray for or just to have a conversation with; this is happening in our small groups. Will you commit one hour of your time to a group? you will not regret it. Pick a topic you’ll like and join today. It is not too late; we have groups every day of the week. Get connected and grow in your relationship with God and others. Let me know if you have any questions @[email protected]
Deacons Area Leader
Dear Church, this has been a particularly bad flu season and I know many people in our congregation have been affected. If the flu has you down and out and you need some help with meals or anything else, please let me know. The Dea-con and Helping Hands team is here for you and would love to help. Please phone or text me at: 619-889-5256 or email me at: [email protected] Praying for all of you, Ele Siegrist
Worship Pastor
Hey Church, A couple weeks ago we launched our Saturday evening service and it is off to an exciting start. We are al-ready seeing new faces and old faces that have not been able
to attend on Sunday mornings due to schedule constraints. Our hope is that this trend will con-tinue over the coming months and more will get the opportunity to worship and fellowship; and of course our biggest prayer is that more would hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and put their faith in Him! As our Saturday night service grows we are look-ing for more volunteers to serve in all capacities. This is a great way to get plugged in if you have-n't already and it will give you a front row seat to see God move mightily in people’s lives and in this church. If you are interested in getting plugged into a ministry and serving please email me at [email protected]. Thanks church! -Dylan
Youth Area Leader
Hey Youth! We've already made it through the first month of 2018! Wow! Thanks for joining us as we kicked off 2018 with our new series, "Make It a Habit." Don't forget to join us as we continue the series on Sunday, Feb-ruary 4th and Sunday, February 18th. We are also kicking off our Fun & Fellowship events! Save the date and invite your friends to Teen Melt-down Skate Night at the SD Ice Arena on Friday, February 16th. Please give me (Amanda) a heads up if you want to come! It's going to be a lot of fun! As always, we love you and value your opin-ion! Let us know your ideas for 2018 and how we can be praying for you!
Finance Area Leader
Being generous is good for you! I re-cently read an article by Dave Ramsey (one of America's most trusted sources for financial advice) about “Why giving makes you feel good” and here is what I learned: 1)Generosity is good for your brain-According to researchers at Stony Brook University, when we are generous, our brains release chemicals that give us a sense of joy and peace! 2)Generosity makes you and those around you happier-People who are generous, with their funds, time and talents are fun to be around, aren’t they? And more than that, they inspire those around them to be better than before! 3)Generosity can help you live longer-Research shows that generosity lowers your stress levels and that is important as stress is a known factor in many chronic diseases. A 2013 Carnegie Mellon study found that peo-ple who volunteer about four hours a week are 40% less likely to develop high blood pressure! 4)Generosity counters depression-In 2013 a huge review of 40 studies on the effect of volunteering on general health and happiness was published in the journal BMC Public Health. The results? Volunteering not only improves well-being and life satisfaction, but it’s also linked with decreased depression and a lower risk of dying early. Proverbs 11:25 states “Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who wa-ters will himself be watered.” Being gener-ous can bless you in so many ways, take advantage of these benefits and find new ways to be generous.
