Dear Church Family,
Thank you for all who were able to attend our annual meeting and vote for our two elder candidates. We are thrilled to announce that the church body of Ecclesia Clear Lake has voted to add Jenny Deitz and Michael Musselman to our elder team for a three year term...
The elders at Ecclesia Clear Lake have nominated Jenny Deitz and Michael Musselman as candidates for eldership. After our Annual Meeting on January 24th we will open up voting through an online form. The voting form will remain available until around 3 p.m.
We need all who consider Ecclesia Clear Lake home to vote.
On January 24 at 11:30 a.m., we will hold a virtual annual meeting to celebrate what God has done in our community this past year, talk about our 2021 budget, and vote on new eldership. All who call Ecclesia Clear Lake home are encouraged to attend this meeting.
Please click the link below to register for the event. We will email the meeting Zoom link to all registrants on the morning of the event.
Connection Groups start again this Sunday at 11:15 a.m. Connection Groups are our small groups that meet weekly from 11:15 to Noon via Zoom. If you are looking for a place to connect with others, pray in community, and grow in your faith, this is a great opportunity. Let Ashley or Coby know, and we will connect you to a group.
We want to thank you again for your generous response to our Honduras Hurricane Relief Fundraiser. We were able to send nearly $4,500 to churches in Honduras for them to meet needs in their community. A portion of the funds is being used to help one of the church leaders, named Selvin, rebuild his home and purchase important household items. Here are a few photos of Selvin receiving bedding, a new washing machine, and praying with the ministry team.
Please register here: https://ecclesiaclearlake.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/649412
Join us, December 24th at 6:00 pm, as we gather to celebrate the coming of Immanuel, God with us. We will worship by singing a few Christmas hymns, reading the birth narrative found in Luke 2 together, and praying together. I'm eager to worship in person with you for this very special celebration!
I hope you know by now, we take your safety very seriously. In order to be as careful as possible, we will be gathering exclusively outdoors on the back parking lot by the porch. We will have groups of chairs distanced by 6+ feet to ensure we are socially distanced while we gather. All participants must preregister and wear a mask. We will be using battery operated candles this year to help with keeping us a safe distance away.
Jesus Christ is coming. We wait and prepare in hope, peace, joy, and love.
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The past couple of weeks Central America was hit hard by two hurricanes causing widespread flooding and catastrophic wind damage. We want to EMBODY LOVE by raising funds to help two Honduran churches with hurricane relief in their communities. For each donation of $20 or more we will be gifting you an EMBODY LOVE t-shirt. All proceeds will go directly to these two churches in Honduras to help them as they seek to meet needs in their communities.
This month, Pastor John is rotating off the elder board after 4 years of faithful service. This will give him more time and energy to focus on his work of developing and cultivating a thriving worship ministry at Ecclesia Clear Lake.
Over the last few months, The Elders have prayerfully and intentionally created new Mission, Values, and Vision for our church. In November we will be rolling these out and you are invited to come and hear about where the Spirit is leading.
Next week we will have the opportunity, once again, to sit under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Dieula Previlon.