Common Threads--
Common Threads is taking a break for summer- stay tuned for a return date after Labor Day!
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Wednesday evening Bible Study
July 29, 2026
7:00 - 8:00pm in-person at ECCLT or online via Zoom
Wednesdays Bible Study with Wale leading us through the book of Exodus. Very informative and thought-provoking discussions. Come join us! 7:00 -8:00 at the church or on zoom. Contact Wale if you have any further questions:[email protected]
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/93714779977?pwd=oRvUALu4genwPOeGdBw1N8fpdPKTVN.1
Meeting ID: 937 1477 9977
Passcode: 325109
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Men’s Morning Fellowship- Friday, July 31
Los Pinos Jalisco, 11715 Bee Caves Rd, Unit 400, Austin, TX 78738.
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Gather for fellowship, to share a meal, and dwell in the scriptures.
Anyone wanting an update can reach out to Leigh Cariker at 817-313-8290
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LOOKING FORWARD!
Sunday, August 9- Blessing of the Backpacks during our 9:30 service. ICE CREAM SUNDAES to follow the service.
Land Clearing Partial payment has been made, contractor is gathering equipment and cleaning will start any day now! Next step after land clearing will be the beginning of discussions for site plans.
Bishop Committee Retreat tentatively early August. Date TBA. This will take the place of our schedule August 10 meeting if we can get retreat date confirmed with location and BC members
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My Friends in Christ,
This week the Stewardship Committee met in the children’s formation room. It wasn’t planned. It was just the room that was free. So, we folded ourselves into chairs built for six-year-olds, knees somewhere around our chins, and we started talking about pledges and giving and what it means to trust God with what we have.
Nobody’s back thanked us for it. But there was something honest about the discomfort. Big ideas get harder to dress up when your knees are aching and your feet are half asleep. There’s no room to posture from a chair that size. Just a circle of people, quietly adjusting their backs, trying to figure out how to invite a whole congregation into a kind of generosity that costs something real.
That’s stewardship, isn’t it? Not the budget line, though the budget matters. It’s the willingness to stay in the uncomfortable seat because the conversation is worth having. To trust something bigger than yourself while your body keeps reminding you exactly how small you are.
None of us have fully grown into that kind of trust. We just keep showing up, sore knees and all, and staying in the room. Thanks be to God!
In Christ’s Peace,
Christine+
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Sunday, August 2, 2026
9:30 AM Worship and Children’s Ministry
18101 W. Highway 71, Suite 120
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Prayer requests and requests for lay pastoral care may be sent to [email protected]. Please specify if you would like your request to be confidential. |
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Daily Scripture Readings
Sunday, July 26:
AM Psalm 24, 29; PM Psalm 8, 84
Joshua 24:1-15; Acts 28:23-31; Mark 2:23-28
Monday, July 27:
AM Psalm 56, 57, [58]; PM Psalm 64, 65
Joshua 24:16-33; Rom. 16:1-16; Matt. 27:24-31
Tuesday, July 28:
AM Psalm 61, 62; PM Psalm 68:1-20(21-23)24-36
Judges 2:1-5,11-23; Rom. 16:17-27; Matt. 27:32-44
Wednesday, July 29:
AM Psalm 72; PM Psalm 119:73-96
Judges 3:12-30; Acts 1:1-14; Matt. 27:45-54
Thursday, July 30:
AM Psalm [70], 71; PM Psalm 74
Judges 4:4-23; Acts 1:15-26; Matt. 27:55-66
Friday, July 31:
AM Psalm 69:1-23(24-30)31-38; PM Psalm 73
Judges 5:1-18; Acts 2:1-21; Matt. 28:1-10
Saturday, August 1:
AM Psalm 75, 76; PM Psalm 23, 27
Judges 5:19-31; Acts 2:22-36; Matt. 28:11-20
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