Posts with the category “notes”

Dear Church Family, Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! One of our favorite days of the year is December 24. It’s an opportunity for us to come together and enjoy a time of signing Christmas carols and enjoy d...  Read More

Dear Church Family, Our vision is to lift our city and the world by generously giving the gospel of Jesus Christ. I was recently at a Christmas party when one of our members mentioned to me that they ...  Read More

Dear Church Family, We are fully in Christmas mode at CityRise! This past weekend saw two of our most popular, annual events take place: Gingerbread House decorating and a performance of Handel's Mess...  Read More

This Sunday at our West U Baptist campus is "Messiah Sunday" when we perform our annual presentation of Handel's Messiah during our morning services there. Join us at 8:30A or 11:00A; if you can’t be ...  Read More

Dear Church Family,Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you will have a chance to spend some time with those you love the most. As we step into Thanksgiving Day celebrations, do not forget to spend some time wi...  Read More

Dear Church Family,Did you feel the weather change? Did you start a fire in the fireplace or spend some time around a fire pit this week? What beautiful and crisp weather we have enjoyed these last fe...  Read More

Dear Church Family,By God’s grace, we had ten people give their lives to Jesus through our ministry this past week. We are thankful for these new believers and look forward to helping them walk throug...  Read More

Dear Church Family, If you live in the city of West University Place, or if you attend our West U Baptist campus, I’d like to bring something of real significance to your attention. The City of West U...  Read More

Dear Church Family, Once a quarter, our staff deploys to serve one of our CityRise Network Partners. This past week, we deployed to Restoration Community Church to work with David and Melissa Hill. Wh...  Read More

Dear Church Family, With LSU headed to College Station this week, the Aggies and Tigers are vying for the top spot in the SEC. Georgia defeated Texas last weekend to disrupt the Longhorns, the Crimson...  Read More

Dear Church Family,Did you know that one of our goals this year was to pay cash for all our Deep & Wide initiatives without having to take on any additional debt? And did you also know that we won’t k...  Read More

Dear Church Family,This past Wednesday morning, I had the chance to describe the impact of what happens when we invite our people to get involved in ministry at CityRise. Our language for that is Disc...  Read More

Dear Church Family,As many of you know, I have a great affinity for Pastor Gregg Matte of Houston’s First Baptist Church. Not only do I respect him as a pastor in our city and for the ministry of Brea...  Read More

Dear Church Family,Yesterday, we held our fourth annual CityRise Network Leadership Conference. The goal of this conference is to connect and encourage leaders of churches and parachurch ministries, t...  Read More

Dear Church Family,He’s one of the finest pastors I have ever worked with. He leads with yes. He finds a way, and he gets everyone home safe. Pastor Chuck Oak, along with his lovely bride, Karen, has ...  Read More

Dear Church Family,Sunday was an awesome day. LiftOff Sunday was a lot of fun, and it was great to see our Community Groups reaching out and talking with those who had questions, and to see larger cla...  Read More

Dear Church Family,I’m excited to be back from my sabbatical and preaching this Sunday at our Bellaire campus on Revelation 6. I’m also going to baptize two brand new believers that I had the honor of...  Read More

Dear Church Family, I’m happy to share one more ministry update with you as Pastor Roger completes his annual sabbatical this week. The next two weeks hold big events for our CityRise family! The fin...  Read More

Dear Church Family, Pastor Kirby Follis with you today. This is week one of Pastor Roger’s annual sabbatical. Please continue to lift him up as he takes some time to rest and seek the Lord in preparat...  Read More

Dear Church Family,This weekend is a milestone moment in the life of our church. Our CityRise Bellaire campus has been renovated, and our Building Dedication & Celebration open house for it is this Su...  Read More

Dear Church Family,As we emerge from Beryl’s backlash, we know that there are still Houstonians waiting for power to be restored. If that is you, and if there is something the church can do to be of a...  Read More

I want to ask you to pray for our city as many of our neighbors and friends will enter into their fourth night lacking power, which is a miserable experience. Each of us knows someone who is still wit...  Read More

Dear Church FamilyAcross the Pacific Ocean, the West U Baptist Choir Mission Tour continues through this coming Monday, July 8. They have presented some beautiful music full of God’s presence and prom...  Read More