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by Staff | Mar 15, 2016 | Church Life
We continue to increase our electronic communication through email, social media, and our website. With Holy Week upon us, let me share a personal conviction God placed on my heart recently. The subject? Email. I don’t know what others’ habits are, but I’ve become...
by Staff | Mar 7, 2016 | Church Life
There are points within our spiritual life that cut through — that resonate beyond all others. For me one of these points is the Watch before the Altar of Repose. After the Maundy Thursday service during Holy Week, the pre-sanctified host is processed into the...
by Staff | Feb 28, 2016 | Liturgical
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I John 1.8-9 The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) is a...
by Staff | Feb 15, 2016 | Church Life
For Christians, Lent is a time of penitence and reflection. It is a time in which we seek God’s mercy and ask His forgiveness for things we have done and things we have left undone. Throughout this season we look inwardly and closely examine ourselves and our...
by Staff | Feb 15, 2016 | Fellowship
Archaeology is revolutionizing the way we picture the life and times of Jesus. In the past century — and especially in the past three decades — excavators in the Holy Land have uncovered startling evidence of Jesus, the Jewish world he lived and taught in and the men...
by Staff | Feb 8, 2016 | Family, Outreach
“My name is Diana and I have lived at Vida Joven for a little over two years. I am 7 years old and I am in 2nd grade. I have three siblings: Karla is 9 years old, Daniel is 6, and Mayra is 3. I live at Vida Joven because my parents left my siblings and me living all...
by Staff | Feb 2, 2016 | Liturgical
I was raised in an evangelical Church. The only holidays we celebrated in church were Christmas and Easter. There was nothing traditional about those celebrations — indeed, there was often the desire to do something “new” and “exciting” that would attract “young...
