Update from CC Peru

Dear Pastor Jason,

We heard creation groaning last week in the 8.0 earthquake that hit the coast of central Peru. Tragically, hundreds lost their lives, thousands are wounded, and thousands more are homeless. The Lord has presented us with a wonderful opportunity to serve Him at such a time as this.
Nearly each day since the August 15th quake, we have sent busloads of volunteers to help in the work of evangelism and the relief effort. We have been concentrating in two hard hit areas: Cañete, where pastor Jaime Inga oversees a Calvary Chapel outreach, and Pisco, further south. Both regions are spiritually dark areas.
God has been faithfully providing for us to minister to the physical needs of many victims. We have delivered much needed tents, food, water, blankets, clothing and medicines. We have also been able to meet spiritual needs through works of compassion, music, mimes, puppets, and the free distribution of Bibles. Dozens from the church and Bible College have worked extremely long days, and have shared many touching reports.
Our hearts have been warmed by the phone calls and letters of concern many have expressed, and also from those wanting to help. Several church teams have already come to work with us, and several more have expressed interest in helping in the weeks and months ahead to help the people rebuild their lives. Leo Maestre, my assistant pastor, is helping to organize the relief effort, and he can be reached at the following special email: ccbc_peru_earthquakerelief@yahoo.com.
Thank you for your prayers at this time. We are extremely busy with our new semester beginning tomorrow, and a packed house of students, interns, staff and missionaries. We need God's wisdom, and super-human strength that the Spirit promises! It is reassuring to know you are interceding for us before the Throne of Grace.

Meet You There!

John Bonner

Prayer Request...

A letter carrier in the city of Torrance was mauled by a pit-bull on Monday of this week. His name is Moon Choi and is in critical condition. He was bit in the face, neck, ribs, and legs. Please keep him and his family in your prayers.
Pray for me as well since I have now taken over his route. The dog has since been put down but the owner has two others.

Thanks,
Victor Skillings (by Jason Klein)

Pray for Peru

Please pray for the thousands of people injured and affected by the 8.0 earthquake that struck near Lima, Peru last Wednesday evening, including John Bonner and his family, Director of the CC Bible College in Lima. I met him when I went to Cuba last Feb., and he was such a sweet blessing on that trip. I have heard nothing from him, the telecom lines are probably interrupted as well. So please pray for these people. One In Christ,

Gentle Reminders...

Hey guys and gals,
I just wanted to remind everyone of the sound check times for each service.

Sunday Morning: Band & Vocals - 7:15am start

Sunday Night: Band - 4:15pm start, Vocals - 4:30pm

Wednesday Night: Band - 5:15pm start, Vocals - 5:45pm

Please note that the times above are when you are to be in position ready to rehearse, not arriving or walking through the door. You need to arrive early enough to be ready by those times.

Some of you have had a problems being on time. We want to have time to go over the set, but also a new song if needed. Often when one or two get there late it really hinders the progress we can make on a song or the set. We want to always be growing in our gifts, not just trying to maintain something. The Lord deserves our very best, and He knows our hearts' intents and motives. If you do not agree with this reminder, please pray, then speak to me about your concerns.

I appreciate all of you and your time, and pray that we will be united in worshiping our King.
One In Christ.

Let's do this at the Church Baptism!!!

what a scare...

...we had Saturday in the Studio! Steven and I came in to record the last of his drum work for the new album, and our hard drive recorder began locking up, randomly rebooting, and crying out, "I got a Planet Earth Module." (Inside joke) But seriously, we got scared, and began trying to get everything backed up. Yes, we did pray early on, and in His timing He gave us direction and we were able to get it working again. We then recorded another song. I am a little scared because we are not sure what caused the problem, and if (or when) it might occur again. So please pray for those little tech gremlins to get lost...the cyber-tech ones too!

Thank you & our next bonfire.

Hello, CCD Worship Family,

First I'd like to thank all those who came out for our Bonfire in July. It was so beneficial for the unity of our team and a blessing to my family to see you make the effort.

Second, I have two items that were left at the beach; (a) a light blue, XS, Champion sweatshirt & (b) a yellow towel with a nice colored trim. They will be in Jason's office on Sunday.

Finally, I wanted to give you the date for our next Bonfire. We will be in the same place (Bolsa Chica State Beach), same times (3pm-10pm) Friday, Aug. 24th. Please save that date and I will get back to you with more details.

In His Love,

Staisha for Pastor Jason

Tonight was one of those nights when rehearsal goes real bad, but then the Lord blesses and anoints the service. I love those nights! There is great comfort in knowing, and being reminded, that we can do nothing apart from Him.