This past December we hosted our first annual Affordable Christmas event. For those unfamiliar with Affordable Christmas, we set up a pseudo-retail shop within our building where low-income parents could buy Christmas gifts for their children at a heavily discounted cost. This year we had parents from 10 families, totaling 27 children, come and shop.

EventsCharlee ZimmermannMarch 21, 2017affordable christmas, in the city

We Can't Be Too Atonement Centered

The atonement of Christ on the cross will always be controversial. Take a few minutes to read this helpful take on Christ's work from Mark Dever.

TheologyKevin P. LarsonFebruary 28, 2017Atonement, Cross, Gospel

Brazil Spring Break 2017: Partnership

In just over a month, Karis Church will send 14 people to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, for 10 days. 2017 is Karis’s 8th year of partnership with an Acts29 organization in Rio called Restore Brazil.

One of Karis’s three guiding principles is community. God’s gospel community knows no bounds; it loves and learns past physical and cultural differences. It empowers Karis Church to partner within our city, with our missionaries and with Restore Brazil to further the name of Christ and the story of His sacrifice.

Fruit of the Spirit: In our waiting, Christ will sustain us

his is the fourth post in our blog series by Karis Women on Galatians 5:22, check out the rest of the series here.

I have always been a bit impatient and constantly waiting for the “next thing”. When I was twelve years old, I couldn’t wait to be a teenager. Then I couldn’t wait to be sixteen, to get my license, graduate high school and go to college. Marriage, a job, and kids all followed on my list. My mother would often tell me, “Sister Sue, stop wishing your life away, be patient and content with where you are!”