Church Family

Church family,

Before we look ahead, I just want to say thank you.

This past week was a gift. From our CK Holy Week gatherings, to the Seder Supper, to Good Friday, the Easter Egg Hunt, and Resurrection Sunday, so many of you went above and beyond to love people well. You served, invited, prepared meals, welcomed guests, and made space for others to hear and see the gospel clearly. It was evident all week long that this you care deeply about both our church family and our community. I’m grateful to shepherd a people like that.

And as we come out of Easter, we’re not slowing down. We’re stepping into a new series that I believe is going to be both encouraging and confronting in all the right ways.
Beginning this April, we’ll walk through 1 Samuel 1 through 15 in a series called Rise and Rejection: Saul, King of Israel.

This is the story of how God raises leaders and why He removes them.

We’ll follow a desperate prayer that changes everything. A nation that wants a king like everyone else. A man who rises quickly and slowly drifts. And the quiet danger of partial obedience.

Saul’s story is not just about a king long ago. It’s about the kind of heart God honors and the kind He opposes. It shows us how easy it is to start well and how dangerous it is to substitute appearance for obedience.

If we’re honest, we’ll see some of the same tendencies in ourselves. The pull to fear people. The temptation to manage how we’re perceived. The habit of knowing what God has said while hesitating to actually do it.

And through all of it, one truth keeps pressing in on us:

God exalts the humble but opposes the proud.

My prayer is that this series will help us grow in humility, deepen our obedience, and sharpen our awareness of God’s authority in every part of our lives.

I’m really looking forward to walking through this together.

Let’s come ready.