"Special At-Home Worship Service #3"

We wanted to let everyone know that we did not meet together physically as a congregation this week because we wanted to protect our FCC family from any ripple effects from the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). But we did upload a “phoned-in service” for people to watch, as well as providing another “at-home” version for households to go through together.

We understand that it's hard to feel disconnected at this time when so many people are panicking and living in fear -- and maybe even feeling alone and vulnerable -- but we also know that the best way that we can keep one another safe is to prevent the spread of infection. That’s why we’ve been sending daily emails to everyone in the church family to help people know that we’re thinking of everyone.

With that in mind, let me encourage all of us to make the most of this point in history. The simple, sad, unpleasant truth is that the Bible is fairly clear that everyone will exist for eternity — but not everyone is going to exist with God for eternity. An unfortunate number of people choose (or just tacitly choose) to separate themselves from God, and to blithely live their lives like He’s not a part of them at all… and that will come back to be far more horrific for them than any coronavirus ever could.

So let’s be using this time to reach out to people who suddenly have an acute sense of their own mortality, and who suddenly care about what the Bible says about times like these. Let’s share the Good News to people who could really appreciate hearing some good news…