Happy Easter 2023

Springtime is all about new life. Flowers blooming, trees budding, nature coming alive again after the deadness of winter. Easter is also about new life. Jesus Christ rose from the dead after dying on the Cross for all of our sin. God offers us forgiveness of all our sin and a whole new life through spiritual rebirth. We can embrace this amazing gift of God through simple faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Trust that Jesus is God’s Son who died for our sin and rose from the dead. This is the simple gospel (“good news) of Jesus Christ. (Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-5) “For God so loved the world, He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

It has been my joy and privilege to serve as pastor of CCC from 2009-2019 as the full time permanent pastor, and then again from 2021-23 as the part time interim pastor. This past month the PSC (Pastor Search Committee, consists of the six current Consistory members, three most recent Consistory members, and myself) unanimously voted to invite Pastor Jon Reyes to serve as the full time interim pastor of CCC starting April 1, 2023. Praise God he has accepted this offer. 

My last Sunday at CCC will be Sunday March 26. However, I will continue to serve in a very limited capacity as a church consultant behind the scenes primarily with Pastor Jon Reyes and the Consistory.

Saying goodbye is very difficult since we have shared so much of God’s love together through all the ups and downs of life. But I leave knowing God has provided an excellent new pastor who together with the Consistory and CCC family will continue to better experience and share God’s love. 

Please welcome Pastor Jon Reyes and come worship at CCC on Easter Sunday, April 9, 10:30am in the CCC sanctuary. Enjoy special music, children’s program, and refreshments afterwards.  

“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father,  we too may live a new life.”  (Romans 6:4)

Pastor Louis Lee