Christ City Church, Washington DC

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Loving your enemies Jun 22, 2020

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We are to love our enemies because we see the imago dei – image of God – in all people. But who is our enemy, and how do we love them? Pastoral Associate Andrea Ackermann looks at Jesus’ examples of loving his enemies in the gospels, and challenges us to identify and pray for our enemies.

What to Do with Difference and Disagreement Jun 15, 2020

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As humans, we are going to have differences and disagreements. Pastor Justin Fung addresses how we navigate being united in community with folks with whom we may not see eye-to-eye, even if we both call ourselves Christians, particularly in relation to LGBTQ+ individuals. How do we understand oneness in Christ with people who may express their faith differently, perhaps even in ways that hurts? Is a community that embodies the welcome of God to all people even possible, and if so, what does it demand of us? [Acts 15]

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Paper: “Towards a Theology of Inclusion Regarding Human Sexuality”

A Welcoming King Jun 08, 2020

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Pastor Watson introduces our new sermon series, “The Welcoming Kingdom.” For the next few weeks, we will better understand the expansive nature of God’s Kingdom, and consider how this informs how we behave as a local church. Pastor Watson looks at how Jesus, and even Old Testament prophets, embraced those historically outside the community of faith. He challenges us to follow Jesus into displaying the radical welcome and inclusion of God. [Luke 5:1-11, 5:27-32, 6:12-16]

A Spirit-Led Community May 31, 2020

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This Pentecost Sunday, in the midst of protests for black lives and a pandemic, Pastor Justin Fung names the power and purpose of the Holy Spirit, and how vital the Spirit is for us today. [Acts 2]

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Urban Doxology, “God Not Guns”

A Community of Humility May 25, 2020

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Pastor Matthew unpacks the historically misunderstood Ephesians passages about submission to show how the gospel breaks down unjust power structures and brings freedom. [Ephesians 5:21-6:9]

A Community of Holiness May 18, 2020

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Pastoral Associate Andrea Ackermann explores the church as a community of holiness. Understanding holiness begins with identity. We are God’s people, God’s church, a visible manifestation of God’s spirit and movement, and we are called to live into this identity. [Ephesians 4:17-5:20]

A Community on Mission May 11, 2020

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In the third week of our Being Church series, Lisa Watson explains how to be a community on mission by answering these questions: Who gets to be a part? What do we do? and How do we do it? [Ephesians 3:1-13]

A Community of Difference & Diversity May 04, 2020

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How do we, as a community, anchor ourselves in the work of Jesus in a manner that displays the reconciling, unifying, uniting love of God in the midst of our differences and diversity? We are called to live out our new humanity in Christ, in the context of the new Human Family that God has formed through Christ’s cross. Pastor Watson reflects on how we are to be the church, given the beautiful diversity that is represented within Christ City, and DC more broadly. [Ephesians 2:13-22]

Shadows & Hope Apr 26, 2020

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This week we learned that a dear member of our church, Angel Scroggins, passed away. In response to this news, Pastor Watson decided to take a break from our Being Church series and pause in this moment to lament – to grieve this loss, and other losses that we are experiencing during this time. This sermon gives space for us to name the death and loss that we’ve experienced, and then to name the life and hope that we see in Christ. [Psalm 42:1-7]

The Body of Christ Apr 20, 2020

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Just as the disciples had to figure out how to do life together after the Resurrection, so too we wanted to revisit the idea of who we are in light of the Resurrection. Pastor Justin kicks off our new series “Being Church: Becoming a Called Community” by exploring what it means to be the body of Christ. We belong to Christ, and when functioning properly, we work together as a unit to do what Christ wants us to do. [Ephesians 1]

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