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The world being how it is, is tempted to grumble and complain based on the assumption that the average young adult does not care about their faith. It’s easy to think that following Jesus is going the same way as payphones and Rolexes for the next generation, relics of the past nostalgically discussed around holiday … Read More
Eric and his wife Terry recently moved to Omaha from Kansas City to join the Citylight Omaha team. Eric is not a stranger to the Citylight family. He has been the co lead pastor at Citylight Kansas City, a church he helped launch five years ago. Eric grew up in a military family overseas in … Read More
This past Advent, we spent 5 weeks with all of the kids aged 5yrs and up in the larger gathered church…on purpose. We haven’t done a whole block of “Family Sundays”, as we call them, since December of 2019. During these Family Sundays, there were some really good questions on why. Why does our church … Read More
Up until his forties, Terry Oberembt had been living life completely for himself. Whatever felt good and whatever served his needs was his pursuit. After a series of interactions with men and conversations that were about faith and God, Terry had questions. He reached out to a friend he knew was leading a bible study … Read More
Kerissa Robison has been attending Citylight since 2013. Over a year ago, she became a stay-at-home mom. Kerissa has recognized the importance of filling her time with good things. She has also realized that one of the greatest things to fill her time with is studying the Bible. Last fall, she and her mother decided … Read More
The first Christmas with kids, Adam and Nikki Williams were given a unique gift. Being a five hour drive away, Nikki’s mom still wanted to have an influence on her grandchildren so she presented them a series of 25 homemade ‘count down’ bags. Each bag was to be filled with a toy or trinket along … Read More
“A friend invited me to do a Jesse tree and I didn’t know what it was. In Isaiah 11 it prophesied that from this stump of Jesse there will be a branch that bears fruit. A Jesse tree is tracing the story of Jesus throughout scripture with handmade ornaments or cut outs. My kids were … Read More
“Advent is important to our family because, it being such a busy season, it gives us a moment to pause and slow down. To actually think about why all the busyness is happening, what it’s for and what this season is truly all about. For us, we love celebrating the Sundays leading up to Christmas. … Read More