Upcoming Events
- Worship at MainGate church of Christ, meeting at Days Hotel MainGate near Disney, Sundays 9am
- Ladies Bible Class resumes (Marion Thompson to assist in discussion) --January 6th
- Coalition for the Homeless--January 8th
- Ladies' Prayer breakfast--January 10th
- Ladies' Day planning--January 11th
- CYF for Youth--January 11th
- Ronald McDonald House- January 27th
- Knights for Christ--UCF campus devotional--Tuesdays 7:30pm beginning January 13th--call office for more information
- C.A.S.A.- Christians Against Substance Abuse - coming this spring- call office for more information
The following events are some of the regularly scheduled opportunities to connect, serve and get involved:
- Bible classes for all ages on Wednesday nights (including a men's class and a women's class) and Sunday mornings
- Spanish Bible classes and worship service for all ages on Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights--call Carlos Valle for more information.
- Monthly youth devotionals--call Kenny Backhaus for more information
- Monthly Ladies' prayer breakfast (English and Spanish)
- Weekly devotionals on campus of UCF--call Dan Cawthon for more information
- Meal preparation and serving at the Coalition for the Homeless (2nd Thursday of each month) and families staying at the Ronald McDonald House (4th Tuesday of each month)
- Monthly birthday party for children at the homeless shelter
- Quarterly devotional on 5th Sunday 2:30pm at Westminster Nursing Home
- Lads to Leaders/Leaderettes service training on Sunday evenings
- Singing practice after PM worship in room 135 (one hour)
- Tuesday Ladies' Bible Class - taught by Grace Wheeler
- Quilters ministry (2nd and 4th Tuesday afternoons)
- Fellowship meals--for members (and guests) of each of the congregational quadrants
- Area-wide youth fellowship activity (CYF)
- Summer Youth Camps
As a service to the community, we provide space for the following meetings and events:
- Narcotics Anonymous meetings (Thursdays and Fridays 7 pm)
- Women's exercise class (Tuesdays 6:30 pm)
- Voting (Precinct 302)
- Cub Scouts (Troop 123, Den 5 -Dan Cawthon, Den Leader)
- Weddings (subject to conditions of agreement)
We have love, peace and harmony in our diverse congregation of God's people, and we want Concord Street Church of Christ to be "Where Your Heart Has a Home."
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AN ELDER MUST BE BLAMELESS IN HIS SPIRITUAL MATURITY
1 Timothy 3:6-7
The Definition (v. 6a)
1. He must be humble
Humility is a very important spiritual characteristic that has not yet been mentioned in our consideration of leadership qualifications. Although Paul didn't specifically mention humility in this passage, it is the obvious point of contrast in his caution against spiritual pride.
2. He must not be a recent convert
The Greek word translated "novice" (neophutos) means "newly planted." The idea is that an elder should not be a new convert or newly baptized. This is the only occurrence of neophutos in the New Testament. It is used in its literal sense outside the New Testament to speak of planting trees in the ground (Fritz Rienecker and Cleon Rogers, Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982], p. 623).
3. He must be spiritually mature
The opposite of a new believer is a mature Christian. An elder must be mature in the faith. Of course maturity is relative, so the standard of maturity will vary from congregation to congregation. The point is that an elder must be more spiritually mature than the people he leads.
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