All Chino Worship Services/Bible Classes are cancelled until further notice!
Why? Because we are in the middle of a significant public health problem. In order to prevent this problem from overwhelming our medical facilities then we must slow the spread of COVID-19. To accomplish this, various levels of government are placing restrictions on us. Such as:
San Bernardino County has forbidden all ‘gatherings of any size’. Link
The state of California wants everyone to stay home (except for ‘essential purposes’). Link
So now, the Chino Eldership wants everyone to consider Worship options we can do at home:
In order to take the Lord’s Supper at home then each household should buy grape juice and unleavened bread (e.g. Manischewitz Matzos)
Watch (or record on your DVR) “In Search of the Lord’s Way” on Sunday morning at 7:30AM on channel 56 (OTA & DirecTV) channel 10 on Spectrum cable AND/OR
Watch a “virtual worship” that will done by the South Hills church of Christ on their Facebook page on Sunday at 10:45AM. Link
The Chino Eldership will keep in touch as the situation changes.
If you have any need that cannot be taken care of by yourself or your immediate family then do not hesitate to contact us. We will do whatever we can to help.
An important message for the Chino Church of Christ family:
Family,
We know that many of you are concerned about the situation currently developing in our area regarding the COVID-19 virus, and rightly so. For those of you who are not concerned, we would ask that you act with concern on behalf of those of us who are at risk due to underlying health issues or age. We all have a responsibility to one another and to the community around us to do everything we can in order to halt the spread of an illness that will compromise the most vulnerable among us.
If you haven’t already, please check out the CDC website for a comprehensive list of practical COVID-19 information: cdc.gov/coronavirus
With this in mind, the elders have decided that our Sunday morning services will continue as scheduled. Class is at 9:45 am, and worship will follow at 10:45. However, we will be cancelling our Sunday afternoon service, Wednesday night Bible study, and the Ladies Class for the foreseeable future.
We strongly encourage our elderly and those among us who have health concerns to stay at home. We also ask those of you with any symptoms of illness to please stay home. If you are currently healthy, but are uneasy about meeting with the group, then please know that we
certainly understand if you decide to stay home as well. Please do what you think is best for you and your family.
For those of you who plan on attending Sunday morning, please wash your hands often. Also, we strongly recommend that you avoid hugging or shaking hands with anyone for the time being. If possible, please follow CDC guidelines by trying to sit at least six feet apart from others.
We will continue to wipe down common areas with disinfectant. There are containers of hand sanitizer in the restrooms for your use. However, our current supply of disinfectant and hand sanitizer is limited. We are not sure when we will be able to replace them.
We will be ordering individual sealed communion cups, but as you can imagine, they are backordered everywhere. For this coming Sunday, the bread will be pre-broken, and the serving trays will be cleaned thoroughly.
Audio of the sermons will be uploaded to our website and can be listened to at any time at the following link: Sermons.
If any of you need any assistance during this time, please call us and we will do whatever possible to make sure your needs are met.
In the service and love of our Lord,
The Chino church of Christ Eldership (Reuben Lacuata, Gene Rupel, Corey Schissler)
44 The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when someone finds a treasure hidden in a field and buries it again. Such a person is happy and goes and sells everything in order to buy that field.
A Valuable Pearl
45 The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a shop owner is looking for fine pearls. 46After finding a very valuable one, the owner goes and sells everything in order to buy that pearl.
1About this time some Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses came from Jerusalem. They asked Jesus, 2“Why don’t your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do? They don’t even wash their hands before they eat.”
3Jesus answered:
Why do you disobey God and follow your own teaching? 4Didn’t God command you to respect your father and mother? Didn’t he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents? 5But you let people get by without helping their parents when they should. You let them say that what they have has been offered to God.6Is this any way to show respect to your parents? You ignore God’s commands in order to follow your own teaching. 7And you are nothing but show-offs! Isaiah the prophet was right when he wrote that God had said,
10Jesus’ disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you use stories to speak to the people?” 11Jesus answered: I have explained the secrets about the kingdom of heaven to you, but not to others. 12 Everyone who has something will be given more. But people who don’t have anything will lose even what little they have. 13I use stories when I speak to them because when they look, they cannot see, and when they listen, they cannot hear or understand.
