::MID WEEK PREVIEW

Check out this week's Mid Week Preview, featuring our Director of Excitement, James Parsons, and our Executive Pastor, Matthew Robinson here.  

::WANT TO BE A STAR?

A few "extras" are needed for this Saturday's shoot of our summer sitcom "Coach Hac and The Catfish."  If you're interested in lending your on screen talent, email cari@citychurchtallahassee.com for more details. 

::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 begun 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.

::FIRST IMPRESSIONS / VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY MEETING

Sunday, June 12th, directly after both services, there will be an informational meeting on ways to get involved for different volunteer opportunities throughout summer through First Impressions, our ministry of Guest Services, Parking Lot workers, Usher and Greeters.  In addition, more information will be discussed regarding our sponsorship of Celebrate America during July 4th at Tom Brown Park, so you won't want to miss this awesome opportunity in taking your next steps at City Church. For more information, email Bryan Szendel at bryan@citychurchtallahassee.com.

 ::COLOMBIA CLOTHING DRIVE

This coming Sunday, June 5th, will be the LAST day to collect clothing for our Mission Trip to Columbia this summer. We have a goal to clothe 100 families in the city of Cartagena that our group will be visiting, so go through your closets one more time and help us reach our goal.  

::YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK 

On Saturday, June 18th, YPN will be packing up and heading to Bear Paw for an all day tubing event. We hope you can make it for this relaxing time of floating down the river and catching some rays, while making new friends. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Thomasville Road Starbucks by the fly-over on the day of. Cost: $12 per person. For more information, check out our Facebook Event here.

by Jessica Glass

"O how He loves us..."

Almost 3 years ago my husband Austin and I packed up our lives, left Tallahassee, and headed for New Orleans. I thought I was ready for the move, that I could handle leaving all my friends and family. I thought I was strong, independent. The joke was on me. I was miserable, sad, and angry. I really was not ready. It was not until January of this year that I realized why and began to make a real effort to confront my issues and resolve my anger. I had allowed myself to think that I could handle all my emotions on my own. I had decided I didn't really need to lean on my Savior.

I started teaching at a new school in August and decided to help coach soccer. This was definitely God's doing. I loved playing in high school, and I loved coaching, so it seemed like the perfect fit for me. I was having a rough year doing it all on my own, and I was hoping that coaching would alleviate some of my stress. In the beginning, that was not the case. My attitude was terrible. And it showed. 

Lucky for me, and everyone around me, I was coaching with a strong Christian man. One night after practice we somehow got on the subject of my attitude. He told me "Jessica, if you are in a bad mood, the whole team has to be in a bad mood." That comment reached deep down in my heart. I recalled that one of my girls told me that I was cynical and pessimistic, and at the time, I was shocked. That is not how I would describe myself. Well, the coach began to pry into my life and ask me what the issue was. I told him that I had been angry for a long time because I was not in Florida with my family and friends. If he talked to any of my Florida friends they would not know me anymore. I was not the same Jessica. 

Then he asked me how my relationship with Christ was, and I had to admit to him it was not good at all. He told me that I needed to fall back in love with Jesus, that of course I was miserable without Him. On my way home, I cried. Slowly but surely, God was breaking my heart and showing me that I had been trying and failing to do all of this on my own. I knew he was right. I had been running from the only person that could truly make me happy, Jesus. I prayed and asked Jesus to forgive me, to allow me to fall in love with the only one that could really change my heart. It took me some time and a lot of prayers, but I know that God has allowed me to come back and be who I really am. He loved me enough to help change my heart.  

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5). 

This is where I am now, trusting the Lord with my emotions and my heart. Being who He created me to be, a woman of God who is joyful and in love with Him. "O how he loves us..." I am so grateful that He does.