Updates : Ecclesia Clear Lake

Candidates for Eldership & Congregational Meeting

Mar 16, 2025

We have some exciting news! After much prayer, thought, and many conversations, the elders would like to nominate two new candidates for eldership at Ecclesia Clear Lake: Barry Allen and Lori Arnold.

We encourage you to pray over this decision and read their profiles included below. Also, please read over the “Eldership at ECL” document that outlines the roles and responsibilities of an elder at our church.

On Sunday, March 23rd, we will have a brief congregational meeting after church

Fat Tuesday Pancake Dinner/Ash Wednesday Ashes

Feb 20, 2025

This next week we enter in to the season of Lent. While a season of reflecting on the heavy events that led to Jesus' death and resurrection, it is also a rich season of practicing being present and intentionally pressing in to the practices that draw us in to deeper communion with God and with each other. We feast, we fast, we pray, we meditate, and we celebrate. We hope you plan to join us for the special times of fellowship as we journey together this Lenten season.

Fat Tuesday Pancake Dinner, March 4th @ 5:30 pm. Join us for the last day before the lent season begins and eat some delicious pancakes. We are looking for a few people to help flip pancakes and a few to help clean up. If you are available, contact Karis or Drea.

Ash Wednesday Ashes, March 5th. - stop by between 6-7pm. We will not be having a service but if you would like to receive ashes, I (Ashley) will be at ECL offering the imposition of ashes and a short blessing for you or your family.

If you are not able to make it out on Wednesday but would like to participate, we have put together an at-home Ash Wednesday Guide with some reflections and prayers to read through and engage in for individuals and families with young ones.

Financial Update

Feb 16, 2025

The chart in the file below compares ECL’s actual income and expenses with budgeted amounts for the year 2024. Final income and expense numbers landed on trend for the year.

Christmas Eve & Christmastide at ECL

Dec 15, 2024

When the sun goes down on December 24, we officially begin Christmastide, twelve days of celebrating the birth of Christ the Savior.

We hope you join us for our Christmas Eve Service, December 24th, at 5:00pm in the back church parking lot. We will gather around a fire, sing Christmas hymns, hear the Christmas story and light the Christ candle to celebrate the birth of Jesus, our Emmanuel.

On Sunday Dec. 29th, those who are in town are invited to gather at the church for a potluck brunch at 10AM. We will worship by breaking bread and sharing in communion.

On January 5th , we will resume regular Sunday morning worship service. Christmastide culminates on Epiphany which is January 6th and we will observe this day together on this Sunday. Epiphany, which means 'reveal', celebrates Jesus being revealed and worshipped as God with us.

Sunday Brunch & Christmas Decorating

Nov 21, 2024

This Sunday, November 24th we will worship together by breaking bread and decking the halls of our 218 building!

Mark your calendars and plan to bring a brunch food or snack food to share. We will have time to eat, take communion, and work together on preparing our building for the coming Advent season.

Brunch This Sunday

Sep 25, 2024

For our Sunday Morning Worship Service this week, join us at 10 AM for a brunch potluck. Bring a favorite brunch item to share. We will spend the morning breaking bread and sharing in each others lives.

All ages will be together for our meal, there will be no kid connect or early childhood class.

July Financial Update

Sep 10, 2024

The chart below compares ECL’s actual income and expenses with budgeted amounts for the year. At the end of July, our income fell short of budgeted projections by about 23%, or $19,670.00.

Friday Game Night

Jul 24, 2024

Mark your calendars for one more Summer Game Night!

Friday, August 2nd @ 6 PM

Bring a game and a snack to share. All ages are welcome, please plan to eat dinner before you come.

El Salvador Missions

Jul 18, 2024

Our Ecclesia Kids Leadership (EKL) Crew is a group of upper elementary students who gather together monthly to brainstorm and pray and provide leadership for our church community. What an awesome group they are! They have invited us in to a really special giving opportunity. Here is the message from them:

"Our partner church ICO is taking a trip to El Salvador to show love and support to the people living there. As a part of their mission, they are hoping to give everyone a Bible and a backpack with some hygiene items. And we want to help. Our goal is to pay for 30 Spanish children’s bibles and 30 backpacks with supplies. We need to raise $700 to complete our goal and we are asking for your partnership."

On top of this goal for bibles and backpacks we would also like two sponsor two missionaries from ICO to go on this mission trip to El Salvador in November, which would be a total of $2,400.

Altogether our goal is to raise $3,100 by the end of August!

We are so thankful for our partner church ICO and we are thankful for the blessing they will be to these children in El Salvador. We welcome donations of any amount. You can give in person on Sunday mornings for all of July and August or you can give online here.

Art Show Hosted at Ecclesia

Jun 27, 2024

Mark your calendars and come out to support a local artist!

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