You are invited to join us!
Each week families of Clear Promise come together in one place as a Christian community. Our custom is to share a simple meal on Sundays followed by a time of celebration, worship, Word and prayer. The point is that we meet regularly as a faith family, sharing a special time of encouragement, worship and blessing. Please reach out if you are interested in finding out more. Call or email Rev John at 805-698-9846 or JPuscheck@ClearPromise.com for more information.
You are also invited to experience the blessing of participating with us in various compassion projects. We seek to share the loving touch of Christ Jesus on the lives of other people in our town, state, country and around the world. We seek to follow The Way, Jesus Christ, on His mission in this world by obeying His command to "Love your neighbor as yourself". This not only has a profound impact on those we serve but also a wonderful blessing on each of us as we serve others in His name.
A notable Reformation excerpt, published in January 1526 by Rev Dr Martin Luther. This is from his preface to "German Mass and Order of Divine Service":
"But the third sort [of Divine Service], which the true type of Evangelical Order should embrace, must not be celebrated so publicly in the square amongst all and sundry. Those, however, who are desirous of being Christians in earnest, and are ready to profess the Gospel with hand and mouth, should register their names and assemble by themselves in some house to pray, to read, to baptize and to receive the sacrament and practice other Christian works. In this Order, those whose conduct was not such as befits Christians could be recognized, reproved, reformed, rejected, or excommunicated, according to the rule of Christ in Matt 18. Here, too, a general giving of alms could be imposed on Christians, to be willingly given and divided among the poor, after the example of St. Paul in 2 Cor 9. Here there would not be need of much fine singing. Here we could have Baptism and the Sacrament in short and simple fashion: and direct everything towards the Word and prayer and love. Here we should have a good short Catechism about the Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer. In one word, if we only had people who longed to be Christians in earnest, Form and Order would soon shape itself."
You are also invited to experience the blessing of participating with us in various compassion projects. We seek to share the loving touch of Christ Jesus on the lives of other people in our town, state, country and around the world. We seek to follow The Way, Jesus Christ, on His mission in this world by obeying His command to "Love your neighbor as yourself". This not only has a profound impact on those we serve but also a wonderful blessing on each of us as we serve others in His name.
A notable Reformation excerpt, published in January 1526 by Rev Dr Martin Luther. This is from his preface to "German Mass and Order of Divine Service":
"But the third sort [of Divine Service], which the true type of Evangelical Order should embrace, must not be celebrated so publicly in the square amongst all and sundry. Those, however, who are desirous of being Christians in earnest, and are ready to profess the Gospel with hand and mouth, should register their names and assemble by themselves in some house to pray, to read, to baptize and to receive the sacrament and practice other Christian works. In this Order, those whose conduct was not such as befits Christians could be recognized, reproved, reformed, rejected, or excommunicated, according to the rule of Christ in Matt 18. Here, too, a general giving of alms could be imposed on Christians, to be willingly given and divided among the poor, after the example of St. Paul in 2 Cor 9. Here there would not be need of much fine singing. Here we could have Baptism and the Sacrament in short and simple fashion: and direct everything towards the Word and prayer and love. Here we should have a good short Catechism about the Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer. In one word, if we only had people who longed to be Christians in earnest, Form and Order would soon shape itself."
