Have you ever gone outside and just laid in the grass and looked up at the clouds? This was one of my favorite things to do with my mom when I was growing up. We would go outside and just look at the cloud and tell each other what shapes or images we saw in the clouds. Very rarely did …
Pat Barrett coming to CMC April 21
Join us Friday, April 21 for a live concert from Christian artist Pat Barrett. Tickets are now available for purchase online and here at Christ Memorial! We have General Admission Tickets ($20 each) for sale at the Info Desk on Sunday morning and at the Church Office during office hours. VIP and Early Entrance tickets are available online, visit https://bit.ly/patbatCMC …
Eric Schrotenboer
Pastor of Discipleship and Mission 616-796-3348
Words From Within – Mari Martin Prayer
Book: Come Home Alive Prayer Groups
Our Good and Great God
God is great and God is good, And we thank him for our food. By his hand must all be fed. Give us, Lord, our daily bread. Amen. Our family sometimes prays these words before we eat. Except, this isn’t a prayer we speak—no, it’s a prayer we sing. To us, it’s a special prayer. It’s special because we sing …
The God who shows up
When I was younger, I had a group of friends. Well, maybe like you, I had a bunch of different groups of friends. There were work friends who all went to different schools, so we hung out at work and after. Maybe we would catch a movie from time to time. Then there were my church friends – the other …
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
One of my favorite Christmas movies is “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”. There is a scene where Kris Kringle is talking to the Winter Warlock about how to start on a new path in his life. The Warlock is concerned about how to begin or where this path may lead him in the future. Kris Kringle teaches him …