The presence of Christ always creates tension, seeing Jesus as He is reveals our hearts as they truly are and then requires us to respond to both His majesty and our fragility. This tension may have never been higher than the hours after Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. John writes that many that witnessed...
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Burlington House Of Prayer, Sunday, April 23rd, 6:00 PM
Our next Burlington House of Prayer gathering will be on Sunday, April 23rd, at 6:00 PM at the Kulynych’s home, 945 Bordentown Road in Burlington. Our House of Prayer gatherings are times to gather in God’s presence, worship and respond to God’s heart through prayer and the reading of Scripture, to let the Holy Spirit...
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Prayer Meeting, Monday, April 17th 7:00 PM
NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Our next prayer meeting will be on Monday, April 17th at 7:00 PM. This is a time to pray with and for each other, to share needs that we would like to have prayerful support in and to ask the Holy Spirit to lead us to pray both in the Spirit and...
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Easter Sunrise Service Sermon: Amanda Mackie “The Road to Emmaus”
This morning we participated in the Easter sunrise service in conjunction with several other Burlington churches. The speaker for the service was our youth pastor Amanda Mackie. Luke 24:13-35New International Version (NIV) Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with...
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Easter Sunrise Service, Sunday, April 16th, 7 AM
As we do every year we will be joining with several other Burlington City churches for a sunrise service on Easter Sunday. The service is at the Riverfront Promenade at 7:00 AM. This year Amanda will be preaching and Melissa will be singing. Please bring your own chairs and/or blankets. A fellowship breakfast at Broad...
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Blog: “Beauty for Ashes” (Veronica Y. Brayboy)
Veronica Y. Brayboy is part of our City of Refuge Fellowship family and each month she will be sharing her heart on our website blog. Below is her blog post titled “Beauty for Ashes” Years ago on one of my trips to the West coast during the Christmas holidays, as a gift, my son and...
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Seven Last Words Service, Friday, April 14th, 6:30 PM
On Friday, April 14th at 6:30 PM we will be joining with Tabernacle Baptist Church in Burlington for a Good Friday Service concentrating on the seven last statements spoken by Jesus from the cross. Abie has been invited to be one of the preachers for the service! This is another opportunity for us to fellowship,...
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John 11:45-12:19 “The Tension that Builds up and Tears Down”
This morning, because we are using a very large text we are not going to read it all together, rather I’m going to refer you to different pieces as we go through it. Generally, on Palm Sunday we concentrate solely on Jesus’ ride into Jerusalem, we see Him seated on the colt of a donkey...
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Women’s Community Breakfast, Friday, April 14th, 8:30 AM
The annual Good Friday Women’s Community Breakfast will be on April 14th, at 8:30 AM at First Baptist Church in Burlington. This breakfast is always a great time to fellowship with other churches and to also spend time in God’s Word. This year Melissa will be speaking! All women are welcome to attend and childcare...
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Philippians Bible Study, Wednesday, April 12th, 7PM
The next class in our study of the book of Philippians is on Wednesday, April 12th at 7:00 PM. The Bible study is held at the Kulynych’s home, 945 Bordentown Rd. in Burlington every other Wednesday. We apologize but there is no child care provided for this gathering.