Posts with the category “church-blog”

Christmas at CCW is here!We can't wait to celebrate our candelight Christmas service with all of our CCW family, highlighting the birthday of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! This Sunday is one of the most memorable services we have all year long as we join with the Christmas and Kids Choirs in singing the great carols of our faith.Beautiful insights will be shared from the Christmas story, as we...  Read More

The Christmas story.  What a wonderful story it is!  Luke 2.  Mary and Joseph. Shepherds and angels.  Wise men and King Herod. The trip to Bethlehem.  Inns with no room, swaddling clothes and the baby laying in a manger.  But not just any baby – Baby Jesus.  Immanuel.  The Messiah.  God with us. But that’s not all.  Though we don’t talk about it quite as much, the Bible also gives us the backstory...  Read More

It is Christmas Season, trees are decorated, lights are twinkling, songs are being sung! It is such a wonderful time of year! Do you remember growing up when you Mom had to buy that  box containing 300 Christmas cards? She worked feverishly to make sure everyone in God's creation received the Christmas card.In Isaiah 9, the Israelites go from the impression that the walls of life are closing in wi...  Read More

Happy Thanksgiving Week! I hope that you have had a wonderful time of gathering and being grateful for the many, many blessings of God! Philadelphia, what a church, a blessed church with a commendation from God! What a thing to attain unto, that we would benefit from the stamped approval of our King!What made Philadelphia stand out? It was not its massive participation or monumental power, but it ...  Read More

You have heard phrases like Don't judge a book by its cover, there's more than meets the eye, not all that glitters is gold and on goes the list. What are they conveying that appearances may not reflect the true nature of something.  That is the case in Revelation 3, as we meet with the church at Sardis and the church at Laodicea.  They had reputations, seen as something, when in reality from the ...  Read More

This Sunday is very special as we will gather together for a (Night Of Worship style)  Sunday morning service highlighted with Testimony, Blessing, Praying, and Sending our own Pastor Joe and Mikalia Daniels.  We are so excited with them as God has swung a wide door of opportunity for them to minister and build the Kingdom of God  in Pensacola, Florida.  We will be having a dedication of our new k...  Read More

If the church is anything in the world, it is God’s holy people. Churches should be known by how they exalt right and how they condemn wrong. Churches should be known for speaking out against sin and pursuing godliness. But in our day, as in other days, that is not always the standard; and it wasn’t the standard in the church in Thyatira.  We have to keep our minds guarded against manipulation and...  Read More

Give and take, finding a win-win outcome and going along to get along are common principles in modern society.  Compromise is a big, big deal in the world where we live.  What about with our faith?  When should we compromise and when should we stand firm in our beliefs, convictions and actions?  The people of the Church at Pergamos faced many of these same questions in the first century.  Join us ...  Read More

The STRUGGLE is real - you have heard it, you have said it, and you have felt it.  This 2nd letter written to the church at Smyrna, identifies a church with real, constant, daily struggles. It is difficult to grasp what they awakened to each day, for most of us have never really been persecuted in a way to cause us to fear for life, property, or family.  In this life our struggles may look very di...  Read More

In the next 6 weeks we are going to see the vision given to the 7 Churches of Asia Minor and how every church then- and every church now has the opportunity to be a lamp reflecting Christ's light in darkness.Is it possible to withstand pressure and even endure much opposition for the faith and yet lose love for the reason of the faith? Apparently, it is. Have you ever had the wind knocked out of y...  Read More

Family, widows and orphans, right sex, government and racial equality are great things to contend for, but the purpose of contending should always be the glory of the Lord.  God’s glory is one of the central themes of scripture and as the “Contend” series closes this week, we hope you will join us as we take a look at how to Contend for God’s Glory. Join us this Sunday at 10AM as we finish the Con...  Read More

What is something that gets you really pumped? Maybe it's a hobby, or a sport's team, or time with loved ones. When we love a person or idea enough we will passionately fight for it.  Have you ever been in a place where you could not stand idly by while something happened without interjecting. For Jude, he wanted to write his letter and go one direction, but because of the spread of false teaching...  Read More

It is election season. Does that small phrase compel you to feel certain emotions? In the pages of the Bible we see many forms of government with every style of leader and a myriad of resulting circumstances.Paul said in Romans 13:1, Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God. Peter said, we must obey God rather than man, so what do we do when...  Read More

All you have to do is open a major news publisher and you will see headlines with themes of racism. Culture is deeply in need clarity on the way we see other people?  Gen 1:27, says God made man in His own image. Every person you see was created by God to bear his image, and deserves to be treated with decency and respect. This means that all people merit the right to be seen for who they are: ima...  Read More

Do you remember your deepest dread, your destitute hour, your darkest adversity?  There are 15.2 million people who have lost a spouse in the US, and est. 150 million orphans worldwide. The Bible says in James 1:27, "Pure religion and undefiled is to care for widows and orphans in their time of distress.  It is of utmost urgency that the Church of God be the banner carrier for people who are walki...  Read More

Believe it or not the Bible is the original guidebook for Sex. God created sex for a male and female to be enjoyed within the covenant of marriage.  God planned, designed, and designated sex for the great pleasure of his creation and it should be discussed.If you were brought up in the 1980's  those statements were taboo and certainly rarely heard at home or church.  A generation did a really weak...  Read More

We kicked off the new year with a vision statement from God "Stand on the Mountain" which stood for the place where the glory, voice, and touch of God exists. We migrated into How we can Stand and that was with the weapons of warfare from Ephesians 6 in a study called "Armored."We are living in a time in which the enemy, the Father of lies, has people on every side wondering who is telling the tru...  Read More

We are so privileged to get to worship together this Sunday.  Sunday is a very special day at CCW. We will be celebrating the ordination of Pastor Dave Roper.  Dave, along with his wife Amanda have been serving at CCW for over 5 years now and have certainly shown their love for Christ and this family of people!It is going to be an awesome service as Pastor Dave will be sharing his testimony and ca...  Read More

Come, now is the time to worship, is a worship song popularized in the 90's with its anthem, "Come now is the time to worship, come now is the time to give your heart, come just as you are to worship."  Have you ever felt like you had nothing left to give just worn utterly thin? Doerksen described the song's roots as a time in a dark season just barely hanging onto his faith and God drew his mind ...  Read More

The Olympic season is upon us and on the world's stage the greatest athletes are competing to be crowned the gold and in many cases the outcomes are determined by fractions. I'm sure that many athletes will leave thinking if I would have just done this differently or that differently. If I could just have it to do again. What would you do if you could turn back time? That is a big question. I beli...  Read More

This Sunday we are celebrating our 12th anniversary! Wow, has CCW come a long way from a stewardship dream in the mind of a Godly businessman. In the hand of a mighty God, these 12 years He has provided land, buildings,  parking lots, fields, and a church family - but most importantly, He has continued steadfastly proving His presence!  When I think of CCW, I can't help but think it is a place tha...  Read More

The Tour De France is one of my family's favorite sporting events of the year. Hundreds of cyclists take on thousands of miles of the Pyrenees and the Alps mountains over 21 stage races over 3 weeks with no other propulsion system than the muscles in their legs. One of the most fascinating stages that takes place during the Tour is the individual time trial. Your standard race stage is simple; the...  Read More

What an awesome week of Summerama so far! Thank you so much to Pastor Eli and the whole Summerama Team for the way you selflessly have served the kids of our community! King Jesus is being lifted high and many great memories are being made!In the late 1980's early 90's  an anthem was everywhere. It was on poster's with smiley faces, t-shirts, and bumper stickers and it was sung by Bobby McFerrin c...  Read More

In 2001 Destiny’s child wrote a hit song called “Survivor” and as a kid I remember hearing it everywhere! The car radio, MTV, kids singing it, and even my older brother's CD player! It was an anthem to everyone who had ever been through something in life! I believe King David would have had it on his apple music playlist considering all that happened in his life! This week our scripture we will di...  Read More

Happy 4th of July!!!There are particular activities throughout the pages of scripture that suggest an impression was made on the Lord.  If you thought there was a secret way to get the attention of the Lord for help wouldn't you want to know exactly what that was?   Psalms 34, is a Psalm of Deliverance in which the Psalmist portrays key ideas that lead us to the working hand of God.  At CCW, we si...  Read More

Bill Withers penned an anthem that has soothed the hearts of generations for over half a century. He committed his feelings to paper based on the backdrop of a rural upbringing in a tight-knit family town and traversing to a new place, longing for a friend to call on. That 1972 #1 hit is entitled "Lean on Me."Psalms 23 is the most famous Psalm and could be disputed as one of the most known passage...  Read More

It is SUMMERTIME, and at CCW that means we are going in full effect!  We have had our Go Tell Teen and Hargis Kids Camp, we are in the midst of our kids day camps, and right around the corner from VBS. We love opportunities for ministry and the sharing of God's greatness!This Sunday we are kicking off a summer series entitled, "The Greatest Hits." Do you remember when you bought a CD, tape, or alb...  Read More

We are so excited to be celebrating our Dad's this Sunday! Join us a few min early for Donuts with Dad at our cafe.  Steve Chapman said, "Becoming a Dad is one thing, being a Dad is many things." For those men lucky enough to be called by the title Dad, it is a high honor and a great responsibility. The only thing of this world that carries on when you leave is what you've given of yourself to oth...  Read More

Belt of truth? Check.  Breastplate of righteousness? Yep.  Feet shod with preparation of the gospel of peace? Laced up tight.  Shield of faith? Uh huh.  Helmet of salvation? You bet.  Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God?   In hand.  And then?   Uh….. We have spent the last two months discussing taking up, girding and putting on the armor of God.  But what about after you’re all armored up...  Read More

Our battle with the forces of evil is relentless; therefore, the Lord commands us to take up the sword of the Spirit.  Out of all of the armor, this specifically was wielded and made Satan head for the hills. That piece of weaponry - the sword - is the Word of God!The undeniable strength of the Word of God may seem like the most common church idea, yet it is possibly the most grossly undervalued a...  Read More

The helmet was a weapon of identity. Have you ever been watching a movie with a dramatic war scene and thought, "How can they distinguish who is on what side?" One way they could do that is by the particular type of helmet. As a believer our identity is hinged on salvation, no matter where a person comes from - their nationality, age, social status - if they are saved that means we are on the same...  Read More

This Sunday as we continue in our sermon series on the armor of God, we will be looking at the “Shield of Faith”! We will be looking at Joseph with the coat of many colors who had mighty faith! He was given a Word from God and even though his life flipped upside down he trusted God the whole time. His faith was a shield against all the temptations, frustrations, and accusations. Just like Joseph w...  Read More

What a celebratory day this Sunday will be, as we are so thankful to celebrate our CCW moms as well as share in a child dedication service. We will join with several of our CCW families in covenant with the Lord to band together in the raising of these precious children.One of the most rewarding and difficult assignments on the planet has to be that of "Mom." There are countless hours spent tendin...  Read More

In 2021, the global brand Jordan raked in 4.8 billion dollars in revenue. Do you remember the biggest commercial campaign featuring MJ and Spike Lee with the great tagline "It's gotta be the shoes"?  The next piece of spiritual armor is found in Ephesians 6:15: "having feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace." Roman soldiers wore a boot called a Caligea, usually leather with a cleate...  Read More

In 2021, the global brand Jordan raked in 4.8 billion dollars in revenue. Do you remember the biggest commercial campaign featuring MJ and Spike Lee with the great tagline "It's gotta be the shoes"?  The next piece of spiritual armor is found in Ephesians 6:15: "having feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace." Roman soldiers wore a boot called a Caligea, usually leather with a cleate...  Read More

The second piece of armor for spiritual battle is the Breastplate of Righteousness. In today's world police and military often wear a bulletproof vest and, because of the vest, vital organs are protected and many lives are saved! In the spiritual realm, the breastplate of righteousness works two-fold: it guides our  paths toward right actions and  keeps Satan from gaining access to our hearts, lur...  Read More

It appears in the day we live in that there is much confusion as to what is the truth. Turn on your TV to the nightly news and it won't take long to see that there's one thing constant and that is disagreement about truth. Spurgeon once said, "a lie can make it halfway around the world while the truth is still getting its shoes on."  There is a battle raging and on one side you have Jesus, who is ...  Read More

When you think of eternity what kind of thoughts engulf your mind? As we continue our study on Armored, it is essential that we understand that the battle of spiritual warfare is rooted beyond this life and into eternity. Pew Research recently did a study and found that 72% of Americans believe in Heaven while only 58% believe in hell. Jesus actually taught more on the subject of hell than Heaven....  Read More

Have you ever felt like the world was throwing everything it can at you? Doubts, worries, temptations--all like fiery darts aimed to pierce your faith and peace. The Bible tells us we are not alone in this battle, and we're definitely not defenseless-Ephesians 6:10-20 shows us how we can steel ourselves with a time-tested, proven and worthy arsenal against the schemes of the enemy.We are going to ...  Read More

Easter weekend is here!! This weekend is worthy of all the festivity and merriment as we celebrate the hinge from which human history clings. The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the GOOD NEWS that JESUS SAVES! As Jesus is being crucified, he talks from the cross and the statements He made are pivotal, critical, and applicable to our faith 2000+ years later.  Join us for worship ...  Read More