First Christian Church DOC Boonville MO

Come celebrate with us! Christ has risen!!

PS. If you decide to come in to the Sanctuary, please remember to wear a mask and practice social distancing in family groups. For communion, we will walk up the center aisle by family group, maintaining social distance, and returning to our seats by the outer aisles. Blessings for all!

We will celebrate our Risen Savior FOUR ways! Our 10:00 service will be held in the sanctuary, on 87.9 FM, on YouTube and then at 11-ish, we will go out to the Memorial Garden to celebrate with our kids, with an Easter egg hunt and Easter baskets. We have much joy to share and thanks to give to Roger for leading us for the past seven years.

On Friday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., we will hold our Good Friday Prayer Vigil, with prayer offered continuously for 12 hours. Our members on our email or mail lists have received a page of suggested devotionals, and some will be praying at home. The church will be open at the main door off the parking and copies of the devotions will be available inside. If more than one person is present in the sanctuary or parlor, we ask that you wear a mask and observe social distance.

This Thursday is Maundy Thursday, when we celebrate the Last Supper. Jesus said to his disciples, I have eagerly desired to share this meal with you before I suffer. And then he asked them to Do this in remembrance of me. Roger has prepared an at home service for us, which has been emailed and mailed, but if you have not received one, please stop by the church office between 9:00 and 11:30 today or tomorrow, or call the office to ask for an email. The portable communion containers are also available. The suggested time is 6:30 pm for sharing communion together, but any time is all right.

This Palm Sunday our children will start the celebration with a parade of palms in the parking lot, continuing right into the church at 10:00. While at the church, pick up a printed meditation and the portable communion cups to use for Maundy Thursday.

Although many churches have canceled this morning, we will have our Morning Worship at 10:00. Please use your own judgment about whether it is safe for you to come to the church, for either parking lot radio worship at 87.9 FM, or in the sanctuary. We are planning to post the service on YouTube at First Christian Church, Boonville, but if something interferes today, just watch an older one. They're all good!

For our Fifth Sunday in January, we welcome back Chance McMullin to lead our Worship Service! As always during this pandemic, you can hear him on our YouTube channel, or take part in the service with 87.9 FM on the radio while parked outside the church. If you decide to come in to the sanctuary, please sit in a socially distant way, and wear a mask throughout the service, even if you have had the first vaccine shot.

Getting ready for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 6 pm. Pick up a service bulletin and candle in the Morgan Street door entryway any time. Celebrate by watching the live YouTube broadcast or by coming to the parking lot to listen to 87.9 FM and to watch on these big screen TVs. (Photo is from last Sunday’s trial run).

The TV is back in the parking lot also, and the audio of the service is at 87.9 FM within 500 feet of the church! Tune in!!

A beautiful Sunday morning and our new computer is up and running, ready to livestream our worship service on YouTube!A beautiful Sunday morning and our new computer is up and running, ready to livestream our worship service on YouTube!

The congregation has been invited to attend virtually as our member Dave Para and Erika Gerety are married this afternoon in New Mexico. The time was announced this morning during our service as 2:30 pm, but that is MOUNTAIN Standard Time, not Central, so the live Facebook ceremony will be at 3:30 Central Time. (Well, at least we won’t be late if we tune in at 2:30 Central...)