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Wednesday Night Update - March 3, 2021

As we continue recovery from the flood, we want you to understand how this is affecting our midweek services. We are thankful for the progress to this point, but we still have to make some adjustments to the way some of our groups meet, and how we will enter and exit the building. The main entry (under the logo) is still closed due to construction. All other doors may be accessed. Please take note of the group or groups in which your and your family participate.

Services and AWANA for Wednesday, March 3, 2021

• AWANA – Opening ceremonies and large group gatherings have resumed in the Worship Center. You may enter through the east doors (under the canopy), or the north doors next to the playground. Check in will take place just outside of the worship center.
• Student Worship – will meet in Solomon’s Porch. Please enter through the Activity Center or the north doors next to the playgrounds.
• Adult Midweek Worship and Bible Study – will meet in Room 221 (the usual meeting space). You may enter through the east doors (under the canopy), the south doors, the Activity Center, or the north doors next to the playground.
• GriefShare – will meet in Room 214. You may enter through any of the doors listed above.
• Worship Choir Rehearsals – will meet in the Choir Suite. You may enter through any of the doors listed above.
• Men’s Fraternity – will meet in Room 310. You may enter through any of the doors listed above.

We apologize for the inconveniences this is causing. We are grateful for the completion of the drying process from the flood and look forward to seeing our facility come back to full use in the weeks to come. Keep praying for our construction firm, our insurance company, and our staff.

Most of all thank God that He is wise and wonderful.

Isaiah 55:8-9

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

By His Grace and for His Glory,

Pastor Mark

CHBC Weekly February 26, 2021

CHBC Worship for 2/28/21
The church is not a building people meet together in, but a people who gather to worship Jesus Christ as Lord.The church is built on the foundation of the Lordship of Christ, the Centrality of the Scriptures, and the Glory of God. Why did God in His wisdom devise the establishment of this bride known as the Church? The church has three purposes: to Equip Believers; to Exalt Christ; and to Extend the Gospel. Gospel advance is not an activity the church does, it is a divine mandate. A mandate given to the church – the individuals who make up the local body of Christ. We cannot be satisfied that we are obedient to the Great Commission just because our “church” gives to missions or takes groups on “mission trips”. We should be asking ourselves how we can be more obedient to personally extending the gospel to our neighbors and the nations. We should be encouraging one another in the means and opportunity to be a witness to others, leading them to eternal life. We gather publicly and corporately to give testimony and thanks for our personal and private opportunities in sharing the gospel.

If you are not able to attend in person, then join us for our worship service by live stream through the CHBC Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/chbcokc/.  We are also providing seating in the Activity Center for Sunday School and Worship services, and we are asking that any who attend in the Activity Center wear a face covering.

In the Worship Center we are continuing to seat by physically distancing (seating every other row and leaving a 3-chair gap between family units, as well as taking extra steps in cleaning and sanitizing. You are more than welcome to wear a face covering at all times.

Preteen and Student Ministry Events
Visit the CHBC website to learn more about Ignite, the Preteen Retreat, and Generation Why?, Student Ministry Apologetics Conference. www.chbchurch.org.

Bring Spring – March 14-16
Have you signed up to participate in Bring Spring? If not, read more, and then follow the link. Spring Family Missions and Ministry. These three days provide opportunity for you to build community with others in your CHBC family, as well as partner to minister to a local assisted living center, and college students who are away from families without a Spring Break. Find out more and sign up to participate by day at this link: Bring Spring.

“Son” Sports Camp – July 12-14
CHBC will be hosting a sports camp for boys and girls on July 12-14 from 5:30-8 PM each evening. This basic level sports camp is designed to introduce boys and girls to sports and to the Son of God. You can find out more by clicking on this link and going to our website: “Son” Sports Camp.

GriefShare
Wednesday nights from 6-7:30 PM. Have you recently gone through the loss of a spouse, a child, a parent, or a dear friend? Have you been suffering with a deep sense of grief and you do not know how to move on? GriefShare is a ministry support group that meets each Wednesday night. Find out more and sign up at this link: GriefShare.

Sunday School
There are Sunday School Classes currently meeting in person at CHBC. We are also providing material for you to use at home if you are unable to attend an in-person small group. We have adjusted our rooms so that physical distancing can be maintained within each class setting. Please let us know if you would like a print version of the Lifeway curriculum from your Sunday School class for home use. Below is a printable version of a series from Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC.

• Systematic Theology Lessons and Handout: A New Study for you to us at home, from the Core Seminars at Capitol Hill Baptist in Washington DC.

Ways to Give your Tithes and Offerings
CHBC Giving Online – if you need assistance with online giving please contact the church office at 405-799-9799 during regular office hours (8:30-4:30, M-T, and 8:30-12:30, F)

• During worship in the CHBC Offering Boxes
• Mail to 304 SW 134^th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73170
• Drop off to Church Office during regular office hours at the mailing address above

A Moment in Church History
On February 25, 1536, Jakob Hutter is martyred for his faith. Read more about him and his martyrdom here: The Story of Jakob Hutter.

Prayer
Pray for one another to embrace this great commandment. We as a church strive to fulfill the Great Commission, and live by the Great Commandment:

Matthew 22:37-39

“³⁷ And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the great and foremost commandment. ³⁹ The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

    Mark D. DeMoss, Senior Pastor

        Capitol Hill Baptist Church

     Equipping…Exalting…Extending

               For the Glory of God