::MID WEEK PREVIEW

Check out this week's Mid Week Preview, featuring our Director of Excitement James Parsons and our Lead Pastor Dean Inserra  here.   

::SUMMER SCHEDULE

On Sunday, May 1 we'll start meeting at the Warehouse for our summer schedule with services at 11:15 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and live online!  (Don't forget that Easter on the Moon will follow this schedule as well on April 24th)    

::DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING 

Tallahassee Biblical Counseling Ministries will be offering a discipleship class entitled, "Self-Confrontation."  This is an in-depth discipleship training program that teaches you how to study the Scriptures for answers to all of life's problems.  Its unique approach enables you to learn biblical principles from the Bible and practically apply them to your own life.  This class will also prepare you to help others to do the same. The classes begin May 17^th and will continue for 13 weeks and will be led by Caryn Shivar and Rev. Dick Brown.  For more information, please e-mail Caryn Shivar at carynlaurel@hotmail.com.

::MOTHER'S DAY BABY DEDICATIONS 

On Sunday, May 8th, we will honor our families and new babies during the 11:15 a.m. service with Baby Dedications as the church commits to help support, love, encourage and raise children alongside parents.  If you would like to have your child dedicated, sign up here, and if you've got questions or would like more info, contact Teri Hill, our Kids Director. 

 ::COLOMBIA CLOTHING DRIVE

We have a goal to clothe 100 families in the city of Cartagena that our group will be visiting this summer.  We're hoping to fill the trailer at the Warehouse, and donations are starting to be accepted this Sunday at every service.    

::SERVICE OPPROTUNITY 

Saturday, April 23rd, 6:30 - 9:00 @ Big Ben Homeless Coalition

We'll be playing bingo with residents of the Hope Community as we help with their game night.  Contact Shaun O'Leary at 850.491.0897 or oleary.shaun@gmail.com if you're interested in attending or check out the facebook event!

::YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK  

Thursday, April 38th, 6:00 - 8:00 @ the large field under the bridge on Blairstone btwn Mahan and Park

Join City Church's ladies groups as they host a sunset picnic and enjoy the fine outdoors.  Snacks and beverages will be provided.  Blankets, frisbees and footballs are strongly encouraged.  For more info check out the facebook event.  

by John Wells 

I grew up in a nominally Christian home. We attended church at Easter, Christmas, and perhaps a few more times throughout the year if someone died or times got tough. My father was an alcoholic and my parents divorced when I was young and while both claimed faith in Christ, there was no real evidence of it - even as an unbelieving teenager I could see that.   Once, as a teenager, I was invited to a charismatic church event by a friend I worked with and decided to attend-the first like that I had ever been to.  People were speaking in tongues and falling on the floor and it all seemed pretty wild. I remember another friend of mine was there as a member of the church's band. He was a pot head and a drunk that I had gone to parties with many times. I pulled him aside at one point and asked, "is all this real?" He pointed to his chest and said, "you just know it right here."  I remember going home that night, disappointed and disillusioned, and deciding that if that is all Christianity offered then it was little more than tradition at best and a  security blanket at worst and I wanted nothing to do with it.

Over the next few years, I accepted and became more comfortable with the idea of atheism.  Meanwhile, God had gotten a hold of my father's life a few years prior. He became sober, started a rescue mission to help others with alcohol and drug addictions, and dedicated his life to Christ. The genuine quality of his faith made me uncomfortable and I began to reconsider spiritual matters.  Finally one night he asked me to simply pray that if I really wanted to seek God that God would reveal Himself to me.  A series of events led me to a church on Wednesday evening.  I slipped in a little late and sat in the back to avoid having to talk with church people.  The pastor spoke about how difficult it was to reach people my age. Everything the pastor said that night seemed to be the story of my life and my journey away from the faith.  God broke my heart that night. Over the next few months I attended few more services, and each time God moved in my heart in a powerful way. I eventually packed up my things and moved back to Florida to be near my family and learn more about this God thing. I couldn't put my finger on an exact point in time where I came to believe; I really think it was more of a process. I felt more like the man in Mark 9 who said, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!"