January 15th – February 12th
Sunday services at the Tulsa Ballet
9:30am + 11:00am
February 16th
Midweek prayer & worship night at 7pm
February 19th
Our 1st service in the new building.
New service times at 9am & 11am.
February 22nd
Ash Wednesday service at 12pm
March 26th
City Church Grand Opening Sunday
April 9th
Easter Sunday
SCANDALOUS GRACE
Marry a Whore
1.22.23
Hosea 1:2-3
2 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.” 3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
Hosea 3:1-5
The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. 3 Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”
4 For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods.5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
Hosea’s scandalous, shameless, one-way love for his promiscuous wife is a mere snapshot of God’s grace toward us. While we were still whores, Christ eagerly climbed up on the cross to redeem us from the slave market.
True grace always meets us where we are and invites us into the way of life only found in Christ.
Luke 10:38-42
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Thanks for joining us today! Please fill out the form below and visit us in the Welcome Room located in the lobby after service for a free gift.
We have giving envelopes, located with the giving boxes at each exit, available for you every Sunday morning to give by cash, check, or credit card.
Generosity Pathway
• Contact us for financial consulting and we can recommend a financial advisor – justin@citychurchtulsa.com
• Budgeting tools – Download Here
Followers of Jesus are called to become servants. We want to actively demonstrate self-sacrificial love by serving the people around us. It takes over 80 volunteers to sustain the weekly routines of City Church. We are a family, and like a family, we all pitch in.
To co-create with the Creator of the universe.
Partnering with parents to raise kids who love Jesus.
Partnering with parents to raise teens who love Jesus.
To create a sanctuary for Tulsa to encounter the presence of God.
To be everyone’s first friend and to help them take their next step.
To create experiences that celebrate City Church, our people, and our mission.
To make outsiders feel like part of our family.
To create an environment of hospitality so that every person feels at home.
To reach into every part of our city with the tangible love of Christ.
A community of people committed to living the way of Jesus.
To create an easy and welcoming first impression
To create a culture of prayer within City Church.
To deliver a safe worship environment with trained, energetic, & alert individuals.
To create a sanctuary for Tulsa to encounter the presence of God.
If you’re interested in learning more about City Church and partnering with us as we reach people for Jesus, we would like to personally invite you to join us for Dinner with the Staff. It’s a time to connect with our staff and hear the vision and heart behind our church. It’s only one hour long, it’s completely free, and we even provide childcare!
To RSVP for our next Dinner with the Staff event, visit our website or fill out the form above.
Ask about volunteer opportunities, share your story, submit prayer requests, or let us know about your experience with us!
What is a Micro-Church? It is a community of people gathered around a common mission to make disciples and to bring the Kingdom of God to all areas of the city. Interested in learning more? Fill out the form below and one of our Micro-Church Coaches will contact you soon!
Twice a year we cancel Sunday services to strategically BE THE GOSPEL all over our city. In the midst of uncertain times, this will be a an amazing weekend to serve our neighbors and show them the hope and love of Jesus Christ.
River Parks Clean Up
We will be cleaning up trash along the east riverbank of the arkansas river between 11th and 31st street. If we happen to see any houseless Tulsans living in the area, we will do our best to provide them with resources, food, and offer to clean up their encampents of litter and debris. The riverbank is one of the most important parts of our rivers ecosystem and it is very neglected.
Hope Valley Houseless Neighbor Outreach
We’re serving a hot lunch and care packages to our unhoused neighbors in the Hope Valley (61st and Peoria) area. We’ll meet at the City Church parking lot and make handwritten cards and assemble care packages with essential items (toiletries, bandages, socks, bibles, etc). Then we’ll carpool to the Hope Valley, set up some tables with lunch options, and serve meals while we talk, pray, and make connections with folks.
Jenks East Elementary Outdoor Beautification
General outdoor work at this South Tulsa Title I school. We will be planting flowers, cleaning up trash, trimming hedges, power washing, and helping clean up/create a courtyard that houses a turtle habitat.
Phoenix District Block Party
We are throwing a neighborhood block party to promote unity and new connections in a historic north Tulsa district. We will partner with our sister church, Church of Eternal Love, to love on this neighborhood with free food, bounce houses, prizes, and more!
Hoover Neighborhood Clean Up
City Church Volunteers & Hoover Neighbors are coming together to meet needs in the neighborhood. Neighbors have signed up requesting help with yard work & house work and garage work! Volunteers will have a picnic at Darlington Park afterwards.
Widow Home Clean Up and Meal
We are helping clean up the yard, rip up carpet, and make some freezer meals for a local widow.
Tulsa Hills Youth Ranch Horse Therapy Clean Up
THYR exists to bring healing to traumatized children and their caregivers through equine therapy. We will be helping with gardening, sprucing up the horse barn, and some fence repair if possible.
Safe Haven Group Home Visit
We are bringing lunch to a group home that houses at-risk teen girls in DHS. We will be having lunch with the girls and the staff, offering words of encouragement, and praying over them.
Cooper Elementary Garden Clean Up
We will be cleaning up a overgrown and neglected garden at a Title 1 East Tulsa school. We will clean up trash, power wash brick walk way and trim small trees in a courtyard that is home to two LARGE bunnies. Creating garden beds that can be kept free of bunnies and used to grow plants by students in the after school program.
North Tulsa Mowing Extravaganza
We will be doing some surprise neighborhood beautification through mowing and light tree trimming. The more lawnmowers we can get together, the better!
Hope Valley Block Party
Hope Valley is the neighborhood in which our new building is located; we want to throw a summer kick off ‘block party’ in our parking lot! Fun for all ages, with games, food, inflatables, and more for the whole family.
Letters of Encouragement to Jail Staff
We will be writing letters of encouragment and kindness to the Jail Staff at David L. Moss to let them know how much they are appreciated.
Spanish Encouragement Notes to Kids
We will be writing letters of encouragement in Spanish inside covers of children’s books for Spanish-speaking kids/families in East Tulsa to give to developmentally delayed Spanish speaking kids at their therapy appointments.
Join us as we continue to pray through scripture, intercede for areas of influence in our city, and lift up our world to the God who listens to our prayers.
