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This Weekend
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Friday, April 9, 2021
6:00 p.m. - Moponic Cleans RRCC Campus
Saturday, April 10, 2021
8:00 a.m. - Shalom Congregation (live stream)
8:30 a.m. - Disciples' Men's Breakfast (via ZOOM) Link HERE
9:30 a.m. - Handcrafters Meeting (via ZOOM) Link HERE
Sunday, April 11, 2021
9:45 a.m. - Explorers Sunday School Class (via ZOOM) Link HERE
9:45 a.m. - Open Circle Sunday School Class (via ZOOM)
11:00 a.m. - Worship Service and Fellowship (via ZOOM) Link HERE
3:00 p.m. - Manantial de Vida (off site)
Zoom Meeting Links and events are available
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This Sunday in Worship -- April 11, 2021
The First Sunday After Easter
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"Christ Has Overcome Our Disconnectedness"
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using the following meeting ID and password:
Meeting ID: 864 8287 2175
Password: 273770
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The Order of Worship for This Sunday
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Call to Worship (from Tim Graves's LiturgyBits site)
We gather as people on a journey. We believe and we have doubts, we do good and we sin. We are imperfect humans, and still beloved by God. Love and grace. Hope and faith. These are the essence of the one we call God.
We seek forgiveness and grace from the One and from those we've harmed. Assured of that grace, we are ready to grow again. We yearn for a new way, a new perspective, and a clear path. Though we are full of trust and full of doubt, we are here.
Speak to us, God! Continue creating us! Inspire our hearts. Enlighten our minds. Guide our actions. Amen.
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Sunday, April 11, 2021
The First Sunday After Easter
Worship Leader: Julian Grant
Elders: Gary Tucker and Katherine Cratin
O R D E R O F W O R S H I P
- 10:55 a.m. Host Opens Meeting
- Prelude/Welcome/Announcements/Instructions
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Music Video - Congregation "I Am Thine, O Lord"
- Call to Worship/Invocation
- Pastoral Prayer/Lord's Prayer
- Scripture: 1 John 1:1 - 2:2
- Message: "Christ Has Overcome Our Disconnectedness"
- Music Video - Chancel Choir "By the Gentle Waters"
- Receiving the Loaf and the Cup
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Scripture Reading
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1 John 1:1 - 2:2 (New Revised Standard Version)
We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life - this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us -- we declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
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RRCC Online Giving
Other ways to give are:
- use your bank's electronic bill pay system feature to have a check mailed directly from your bank to RRCC
- mail your check directly to RRCC.
Address your envelope to:
 Financial Secretary Round Rock Christian Church 22 Chalice Way Round Rock, TX 78665
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DWM
DISCIPLES WOMEN'S MINISTRY MEETING
Your Invitation to Fellowship, Bible Study & Service
Ladies mark your calendar for Monday, April 12, 9:30 AM, for the fourth DWM meeting of the year. We will come together via zoom (link below) for fellowship and study.
The Bible study this month is another in the series of the Just Women Embracing Life that examines biblical narratives, correlating them with 21st Century challenges. The theme words....hope, healing, and wholeness have been chosen to help us examine our personal journey, as we seek to embrace our neighbors with Christ-like love.
The April study is titled: O God, Do Not Be Far From Me: The Promise of God's Presence Mildred Adair will facilitate the study this month.
The scripture text is from the Old Testament book of Psalms: # 71. In summary, although it is considered a psalm of lament, Psalm 71 expresses the full spectrum of our relationship with God, including: complaint, confession, petition, and praise. It reminds us that God is faithful through it all.
Webster's dictionary defines a psalm as a hymn, poem, canticle, prayer, or song of praise. Please read Psalm 71 before the meeting, making note of the version of the bible that you read it from. We hear the message in a multitude of descriptors as we read from a variety of versions. A word might catch your attention, or a certain phrase may resonate with your spirit, as you read and meditate on this psalm from a version that you are familiar with.
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RRCC Saturday Events
Disciples Men's Breakfast Saturday, April 10, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
Handcrafters Meeting
Saturday, April 10, 2021 @ 9:30 a.m.
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Explorers Sunday School Class New Study
Following studying the four gospels, the Explorers are currently winding up their informal study of the ACTS of the Apostles and have elected to next study the book of Romans beginning April 18.
The group will continue to use the John MacArthur Bible Studies series, Romans: Grace, Truth, and Redemption.
Following the four gospels and the Acts (of the Apostles), this epistle is named for its first intended audience, the church in Rome. The author, Paul, was a Roman citizen who was converted on his way to Damascus in 33-34 AD where he (had) planned to arrest Christians in the city. Rather, Paul immediately began to proclaim the gospel, traveling for three years preaching the good news of Jesus Christ.
He was a learned man who spoke several languages. Born, Saul (Hebrew name), Paul (Greek name) was born close to the time of the birth of Jesus, in Tarsus in Asia Minor (today, Turkey) of Greek parentage. As his father, Paul was a member of the Pharisees, a strict Jewish sect. He studied in Jerusalem under the rabbi, Gamaliel. More than any other man of his day, Paul was relentless in his mission to spread the gospel through much of the Roman Empire during his three missionary journeys around the Mediterranean Sea. The Explorers class invites all men and women to join them in this journey to explore with Paul and one another. We usually number from eight to twelve each Sunday at 9:45 AM for forty-five minutes of fellowship and study. Mildred Adair facilitates the class. Should you like a study guide, contact Linda Glover to have the book mailed to your home ($10).
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Prayer Updates
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Katherine Cratin's sister Marietta (memory) and brother-in-law Frank (potassium problems)
Nancy Fennimore's sister Joan is battling ALS
Rick and Cynthia Guilbeau; Cynthia's father Harold Hubbard
Janette Johnston's mother Billie Johnston, in Alabama, has several health isues
Pam Knight is recuperating well from eye surgery
Jean Bell's son Chris Miller is experiencing some neuropathy in association with cancer treatments
Gary Tucker's brother -- continued strengthening after two recent surgeries and more tests
Lisa Walker recently had some medical tests and is hoping to put on the waitlist for a kidney transplant
Garvid Wilson -- chemo/immunotherapy and radiation treatments completed; will be re-evaluated at the end of this month
Tasha York -- healing and strength for her mother Peggy, who has suffered a number of health challenges and is now living with family
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Rock Christian Church
