Christ Church Jebel Ali

Different Nations. One Lord. One Mission.

What does it mean to belong to a community shaped by grace? This Sunday we hear of a people stepping from slavery into freedom, a new song rising in worship, love becoming the measure of our life together, and Jesus showing us how to find our way back to one another when relationships become difficult. God calls us out, gathers us in, and teaches us to love. Come as you are. There is room for you.

Come as you are. Turn aside and listen. Take the next faithful step—God will be with you.

Changing the World One Confused Disciple at a Time

Christ Church Jebel Ali

This Week's Reflection

These readings explore what it means to belong to a community shaped by grace—and how people who have been gathered by God learn to live together.

Exodus 12:1–14: On the night of the Passover, Israel stands on the threshold between slavery and freedom. They eat together, mark their doorways, and prepare to leave in haste. God is not simply rescuing individuals; God is forming a people who will remember that their life together begins with an act of grace and liberation.

Psalm 149: The people respond with a new song of praise. Worship is not simply something they do individually; it belongs to the gathered community. They rejoice together because God delights in them, lifts up the humble, and has made them a people.

Romans 13:8–14: Paul reduces the Christian life to one extraordinary obligation: “Owe no one anything, except to love one another.” Love of neighbour fulfils the law because love seeks the good of the other. Paul urges Christians to wake from sleep, leave behind the works of darkness, and “put on the Lord Jesus Christ.” Grace becomes visible in the way we treat one another.

Matthew 18:15–20: Jesus is wonderfully realistic about community: people will disagree, disappoint and sometimes hurt one another. His answer is neither avoidance nor retaliation, but the difficult work of reconciliation. Go to one another. Listen. Seek to regain the relationship. And in the midst of this imperfect community comes Christ’s promise: “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”

The connecting thread: God calls us out, gathers us in, and teaches us to love. Israel steps through the doorway from slavery toward freedom; a people discovers its voice in worship; Paul makes love the measure of our life together; and Jesus teaches us how to find our way back to one another when relationships become difficult.

The Church is not a community of people who always get it right. It is a community shaped by grace—people learning to worship together, love one another, forgive one another, and begin again.

Come as you are. There is room for you.

Welcome home. A new season begins.

"Rooted in Faith. Growing in Grace. Reaching in Love."

Welcome

Join us at Christ Church! Whether you are new, returning, or have been with us for years, this is the perfect opportunity to reconnect, worship, and celebrate all that God is doing in our community. Experience powerful worship, an inspiring message, and the warmth of fellowship as we gather to grow in faith and unity.

We can’t wait to welcome you home and live out Love at the Core.

We are an oasis of hope, healing, and joy.

We fundamentally believe that joy is at the heart of the Gospel,

the good news of Jesus Christ.

We exist to introduce (or re-introduce) you to Jesus and invite you to join us as we walk together as disciples in community.

Experience the Power of Faith with Christ Church Jebel Ali!

It was a time like this,

war and tumult of war,

a horror in the air.

Hungry yawned the abyss—

and yet there came the star

and the child most wonderfully there.

It was a time like this

of fear and lust for power,

license and greed and blight—

and yet the Prince of bliss

came into the darkest hour

in quiet and silent light.

And in a time like this

how celebrate his birth

when all things fall apart?

Ah! Wonderful it is:

With no room on the earth,

The stable is our heart.

Taken from Radiant Birth ed. Leslie Leyland Fields & Paul J. Willis, Copyright (c) 2023, by Leslie Leyland Fields & Paul J. Willis. Published by InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL. www.ivpress.com

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Christ Church Jebel Ali

Christ Church Jebel Ali, PO Box 7415 Dubai, UAE

+971 4 884 5436

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