Services

God is in the process of designing this church as he sees fit. As soon as a place of worship is shown to me, we will begin services. We would greatly appreciate prayers that God reveals this place, whether it is a park, coffee shop or a place of our own-or even this blog.

In the meantime sermons will be posted here every Sunday at 5:00am central time.

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How we worship:

We worship in a casual relaxed way-all together as one family.

We begin with a reciting of The Lord's Prayer-as we feel this prayer was a gift from Jesus. He taught us exactly how to pray~!

Next we sing a couple of fun and uplifting songs with our children. Feel free to dance, sing and clap along with your children. We believe God finds it pleasing when we use these gifts.

We have a short interactive lesson with the younger children where we use lessons that relate to today's world. We often have all the children participate in these.

We follow with a question or two for older children and young teens. We try and allow children to voice their opinion without trying to form their thoughts. Older children are encouraged to memorize a bible verse for the next service.

At this time children may play quietly or sit or stand with us adults as we have our own time with worship music.

Next, we have a short Sermon and closing prayer. We end our services with a time of reflection. We give you a chance to sit and pray or voice aloud any thoughts you had. These can relate to our sermon or not. We ask everyone to respect other's opinions...you do not have to agree, just be willing to listen.

If you have any questions, comments or a prayer request, send them to Pastor Traci Flores at JTCFchurch@gmail.com

What we believe

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Note: While JTCF Church has the same beliefs as CU we are not yet affiliated with them.

What we ask of you...

What we won't ask you to do:

We won't ask you to change who you are. Be who you are. We love tattoos, ripped jeans or you fashion forward people! It is humans who judge what other's wear, not GOD!

We won't ask you to follow blindly. If you have a differing point of view...share it! Ideas expressed respectfully are always welcome. We encourage you to study scripture,prayer or use your intuition.

We won't ask you to give more than you can. We will not pass around an offering basket. Rather we will have one in a designated area where you may give if you feel led. If you do not know what to give, pray about it. God will lead you on the right path!

About Children:

We are not a "sit down and be quiet" kind of church. Feel free to bring a sketch pad and pencil for your littlest church goer-or even a soft toy. Nurse or bottle feed your baby where you are. If you can bring a swing or bouncy seat to keep them comfortable, feel free to do so. Our children worship with us, and will have opportunities to grow and lead in the services.

What we will ask you to do:

We ask you to try and create profoundly spiritual relationships with members of the church, and not perfunctory.

We ask that you make a personal invitation to your family,friends and neighbors to join you at services. It's hard to go to a new church alone!

We ask that you volunteer when you can to help with the church, and with community services.

We ask you to stay after services, and break bread together occasionally. There is nothing like building community by sharing a meal together!

We ask you to make a plate for an elderly or handicapped neighbor to take home. We want to share with those in need.

Note: Please never bring items with tree nuts or peanuts. We want anyone with allergies to be safe. If you have a family member with an allergy let us know.

We ask that if you can, to stay and play a game of kickball, or other sport. We want to pray and play together.

What WE won't do:

We won't bog you down in scripture. I use verses that inspire me, not to pick and choose to suit my own agenda.

We won't call you, or visit your home unless you ask.

We won't force you to do anything your uncomfortable with. If your unsure about something, seek counsel with your pastor, other church members and especially with prayer to God.

We won't force our views on you. We fully expect and want questions. We should never stop seeking in our spiritual journey.

We won't treat you as a round peg, and try to fit you into a square hole. We encourage individuality, personality, looks and spirit.

We won't require you to do anything to be a member. Once you attend a service, you and your family are members of our church!

About me

I believe I have a calling to be a spiritual leader, in the form of a church pastor. My personal spiritual journey has been long and difficult.

As a young girl I became a Christian Universalist after a healing experience. It changed my life forever, but raised many, many questions. I had a difficult time coming to terms with the benevolent God I knew in my heart, with the damnation and hellfire God I'd learned about in church. I could never merge the two, and just quite trying after a while. I always, always kept my spirituality and love of God though.

Now that I've experienced life as a wife, and mother of six, I've gained some life experience, that God is now trusting me, to call me to my place of service.

I'm not your cookie-cutter pastor though. In fact, I'm seriously outside the box! :)

John 15:16 says
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

I have a heartfelt desire to serve God, and my fellow man. Here are some scripture I am committed to keeping...

1Timothy 5:20 says
A person who desires to oversee a congregation desires a good thing.

1Timothy 3:1-7 says
But he must not think he is going to be "someone important" and rule his brethren.

Matthew 20:25-28 says
Starting a congregation is a commitment to serving, not a "higher spiritual status."

I am a wife to Robert and mom to Matteo, Nicko, Zander, Zoie, Lilly, Xane. I like to joke around, I'm an avid romance reader and love watching Spongebob, I'm not winning any bible memorization contests. I'm a real person who makes mistakes. I'm imperfect, and not a likely candidate for being a pastor. I think that is exactly why God chose me for this mission. I look forward to serving you in this role. :)