While Jesus was being tried, Peter was being tested. And John wanted us to be sure that we saw both things as they were happening at the same time. When we look at John 18, we discover that this portion of the chapter was written carefully, taking us back and forth between Jesus and Peter,...
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Amanda’s Birthday!: Wednesday, August 26th
Please come out and show your love and gratitude for Amanda Mackie and wish her a Happy Birthday. You can park and come out and say hello, but please wear a mask. If you are more comfortable, you can just drive by and show your love from your vehicle. We are meeting at Kennedy Park...
Worship Service: Saturday, August 29th
Saturday Night Worship (Online Only) Please continue to join us on our Facebook page as we stream our service! We will be live on Facebook at 5:30pm every Saturday. We will also replay our service on Sunday mornings at 10am. Please continue to monitor our social media pages and check your email for any further updates...
CORF 21 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYING
Oh no! 21 days? Can I do it? Is it even doable? If you’ve asked yourself one or all of these questions, just know that you got it right. It is 21 days indeed, of fasting and praying. Yes, you can do it because it is doable and you have all the options to thrive...
CORF UPDATE #26 | AUGUST 28
Hello CORF Family! We’ve got exciting news for you. Saturday, September 12th at 5:30 pm is our reopening day. We look forward to this special time we will have to worship together again in one physical space. In order to prepare ourselves for that time, we invite you to watch carefully this week video update...
“Nevertheless,” John 18:1-11
There are a few things that John 17 did not tell us that we need to know if we need to rightly understand everything that happens in John 18. In John 17 we got to hear Jesus’ prayers for himself, for his apostles and for his Church. And the way John records that night, it seems...
CORF UPDATE #25 | AUGUST 21
“My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am at work.” (John 5:17 NIV) Thank you again for your continued giving. During the course of this pandemic, many things have been done in the Philippines through our partners because of your generosity. A church has been planted, children have...
“What Does Jesus Want?” John 17:24-26
The main question that we’re going to talk about tonight is, what does Jesus want? Many of us our very familiar with the old, possibly tired acronym, WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) But how can we ever know what would Jesus do in any given situation if we don’t know what Jesus wants? It is...
From Silence To Trumpets | Revelation 8:7-13. Revelation Bible Study: Wednesday, August 12th
Revelation 8 takes us from silence to trumpets, and the key is the in between. Heaven goes silent in reverence and awe and the earth is filled with the sound and reality of judgment, but in between this we see God not being filled with anger or disappointment over the sin of man, but instead...