Tag: Christ
Good Friday Service
Good Friday is the first Friday before Easter which celebrates the commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and is observed as a day of sorrow, penance, and fasting. Jesus’ death and resurrection occurs around the time of the Jewish Passover. “Good Friday” comes from the obsolete sense “pious, holy” of the word “good”. It is also known as Holy […]
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Maundy Thursday Service
Maundy Thursday is an alternate name for Holy Thursday, the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter. It is the first of the three days of solemn remembrance of the events leading up to and immediately following the crucifixion of Jesus. The English word “Maundy” comes from the Latin mandatum, which means “commandment.” As recorded in John’s gospel, […]
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Easter/ Resurrection Sunday
Easter, or Resurrection Sunday, is a holy day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary circa 30 AD. It is the culmination of the week before Easter, known as “Holy Week” which includes Maundy Thursday, commemorating […]
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Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is a Christian holiday that falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday, the day we celebrate his Resurrection. It commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four Gospels [Mark 11:1–11, Matthew 21:1–11, Luke 19:28–44, and John 12:12–19], which takes place in the days before the Last Supper, his arrest on Maundy Thursday […]
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Women’s Ministry Introductory Meeting
Ash Wednesday/ Lent Begins
Ash Wednesday is a Christian holy day of prayer, fasting, and repentance. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the placing of repentance ashes on the foreheads of participants to either the words “Repent, and believe in the Gospel” or “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Ash Wednesday marks the start of a 40-day period which […]
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Christmas Prayer Gathering
Instead of our regular Wednesday night Bible Study, we will have a prayer call in lieu of a Christmas service on Thursday or Friday.
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Christmas Offering Is Vital to the Mission & Ministry of the CCCA
Give to Disciples Mission Fund Received in many congregations on Dec. 13 and 20, 2020 Our gifts support the work of regional ministries this Christmas. Your regional ministry works to: Connect congregations to each other Foster faith development Gather Disciples in camps, conferences, and assemblies Nurture the development of a new generation of pastors Assist churches in calling new ministers […]
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121th Church Anniversary
Shepherd Park Christian Church (SPCC), The Church with the Heart of the Shepherd, is celebrating it’s 121st Year! and our 73rd Anniversary in the Shepherd Park community. In November 1899, congregants opened services at the Park View Christian Church on 16th Street in the District of Columbia. The congregation increased and, in the 1940’s it located a site in Shepherd […]
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