From Pastor Dawson:

Hello Coram Deoites,

This past Sunday we were covering Genesis 46-47. What an incredible section of Scripture coming off the heels of Genesis 45 where Joseph makes himself known to his brothers and does two things for them: (1) forgives them, and (2) provides for them. What a beautiful picture of Jesus!

Forgiving One Another

I had mentioned in my sermon that when we forgive another person it’s at that moment that we look the most like Jesus Christ. I know that as Christians we have plenty of good feeling moments, and we talk a lot about “being like Christ,” and we spend time at church, and we read our Bibles, and we pray, but where the rubber meets the road is during those hard moments where we want to be selfish and mean and get even with others, but instead we choose to love and forgive like Christ did for us.

Let me also add: we need to forgive others, but that doesn’t always mean that we can reconcile with them. Forgiveness and reconciliation are two different things. [continue reading »]

Let’s have lunch together. It’s not a potluck because we want you to come even if you can’t bring something to share. Food will be provided. You provide yourself. Cultivate old friendships; start new ones.

If you’re interested in helping with set up for the lunch, let us know.

We’re moving locations to Depoali Middle School. It’s just a mile down the road. It’s a bigger facility for the main service and the children’s ministry. We’ll be able to stay there for a few more years which will help us keep to our value of ministry over mortgages.
Find the address and a map here

If you’ve missed some of current sermon series, they are all online right now. “You Asked For It” are questions or topics from the congregation answered in the pulpit.

If you have a question or topic you want addressed, let us know.

We had about dozen walkers showing our support for the health of babies. We also raised money for the March of Dimes. Our final total was over a $1000 raised for the prevention of birth defects.

We also had a couple of walkers who weren’t from Coram Deo. One of the benefits of serving out in our community to building on our relationships with those in the community. Great work church!
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UPDATE: This has been canceled because of Walmart policy regarding giving out food. We’ll regroup and do something else next month. Otherwise you could still participate in the Gospel Mission as a server or cook.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a warm cup of coffee now that weather is finally turning wintery. We’ll be giving away coffee and cocoa (no donations please) in front of a Wal-Mart.

Most people can buy their own coffee, but how many times does someone offer you something for nothing? We’re trying to create an environment for conversation to happen; we want to cultivate Coram Deo’s relationship with the community.

Check out a past Coffee/Cocoa Give-away.
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Recently we had David Olivieri come talk to us about Eye in the Dark, a club at UNR. Their mission is to directly feed the neediest people in Reno and Sparks. You can join them even if you’re not a student.

They have two main programs you might be interested helping with.

• No Sandwich Left Behind – where they make sandwiches and go out to give them all away.
• A Bag Full of Hope – where they provide groceries to a several families

We’re getting ready to start a new class for anyone interested in baptism. Even if you’re not 100% sure, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to to shoot us an email to let us know you’re thinking about it. Alternatively, you could a leave a comment on this post and we’ll pick it up.

Read about past baptisms.

You can catch up here. Listen online or download it.