Happy Friday Church Family,

If you missed the email from last Saturday, we’re excited for a special Sunday in a couple weeks’ time. On Sunday, April 26, we will install Pastor Tim Yeager as the new CityRise Bellaire Campus Pastor! We are grateful for the Lord’s clear hand in this process and thankful for the way He has already been at work in Tim and Sydney’s lives. I hope you will join us in praying for them and celebrating this important step for our Bellaire campus.

As we steadily shift into summer soon, it’s incredibly easy to become caught up with travel, changing schedules, and good-but-inconsistent activity. Summer often feels more loose, but that does not mean we have to become disconnected.

In fact, summer can be a meaningful season for worship, rest, community, and fresh spiritual renewal.

That’s why we’ve created the Summer at CityRise page at cityrise.org/summer. It's a simple location where you can stay connected and plan for what is happening across our church family in the months ahead. You’ll find a lot of fun ways to stay plugged in with local opportunities for kids through senior adults, and you’ll also find mission trip information to take the gospel to other parts of the world.

More than anything, I want to encourage you to stay near to the Lord. Stay near to His people. Continue showing up for worship when you are in town (or bookmark cityrise.org/live if you’re away). Help your family stay anchored. Look for opportunities to serve, grow, and see what God may want to do in you during these freer months.

Take a moment this weekend to visit cityrise.org/summer and see what might help you and your family stay engaged and have some fun while you’re at it.

We’ll see you on Sunday, Church Family.

Expecting Greater,

Pastor Roger