Pastor Joe's Blog 05/18/2023
by Eli Alexander on May 18th, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateHave you ever wondered why you were born? Or wondered why God made you? Well if you have, you are not alone. Many of us if we are honest have had these questions and I am excited to let you in on the secret mystery of these questions! We were born for a reason, but to understand that reason we have to go back and learn about how we got here in the first place! The how, and why is ... Read More
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Pastor Rick's Blog 05/11/2023
by Eli Alexander on May 11th, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateThis Sunday is a very special day; it’s Mother’s Day and we are privileged to celebrate all the CCW moms that help make our church so special. The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children can hardly be measured. They know and absorb her example in countless ways. If you’re reading this, no doubt you have been impacted by a mother!We will be looking this Mother’s Day a... Read More
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Pastor Rick's Blog 05/04/2023
by Eli Alexander on May 9th, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateHave you ever been one ingredient off on cooking something? Do you remember how that affected the taste, flavor, and appearance? You can have most of the ingredients, but missing one changes everything.Paul said in Colossians 2:8, "Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit." The heresy invading the Colossian church was persuasive, philosophical, and had a pl... Read More
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Pastor Rick's Blog 04/27/2023
by Eli Alexander on May 3rd, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateI love the feeling of checking a box on the list, accomplishing a task, and finishing an assignment. Those things are called work! It takes work to get ROOTED! Paul says in Colossians 1:24, "I now rejoice in my sufferings for you," and in vs. 29, "to this end, I also labor (work), striving according to His working which works in me mightily." If anyone could say anything about suf... Read More
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Pastor Rick's Blog 04/20/2023
by Eli Alexander on April 20th, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateWe are kicking off our new series this Sunday called “Rooted” on the book of Colossians. A book written to the church by Paul to define the supremacy of Christ! Christ is more than enough to fulfill their every need. His letter is a warning to the because of false teachers that were trying to infiltrate with fake messages. The theme of this series is found in Colossians 2:6-7, ... Read More
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Pastor Rick's blog 04/07/2023
by Eli Alexander on April 7th, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateThis Sunday, Christians will gather across the globe in churches to celebrate the most important day in all of history - Resurrection Day. Paul, in a sequence of "if/thens," explains: if there is no resurrection, then Christ is not risen; if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty; if Christ is not risen, our faith is empty; if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; a... Read More
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Pastor Rick's blog 03/16/2023
by Eli Alexander on March 16th, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateHave you ever heard someone say, "I felt the prayer?" In Joshua 10, we see a looming battle and as the Israelites gain the upper hand and we see an amazing prayer. Joshua 10:14 says, “There has been no day like it before or since when the Lord heeded the voice of the man.” Joshua prayed an audacious prayer Sun stand still and God did it. Join us this Sunday for Pastor Rick’s serm... Read More
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Pastor Rick's Blog 02/23/2023
by Eli Alexander on February 23rd, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateBreakthrough: a sudden, dramatic, and important development. What does it take to break through ancient walls and obtain God's promise? We can feel that Israel is right on the brink, the precipice - an over 700 year old promise dating all the way back to Abraham is brimming and about to bring a revolution! There's just one thing left: complete submission to the supremacy of God ... Read More
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Pastor Rick's Blog 02/16/2023
by Eli Alexander on February 16th, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateGod has been mighty at work in our services and outreach. What a great time it has been to see God at work! Have you ever had a person in your life who made everything better when they showed up? In our sermon series, FORWARD, there are just a few things left to complete for Israel to cross over into the Promised Land. As they are preparing in Joshua 5:13 "a man stood with his sw... Read More
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Pastor Rick's Blog 02/09/2023
by Benji Wilson on February 10th, 2023
This Sunday is going to be unforgettable. We are honored to have the Landreth family share a special testimony of how God has miraculously worked in Eli's story. It is God's sovereign timing because in our FORWARD study this week, God tells Joshua to have the Israelites build a memorial of stones to celebrate the crossing of the Jordan River. Why? In cases like these we can forget to ascribe glor... Read More
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Pastor Rick's Blog 02/02/2023
by Eli Alexander on February 2nd, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateFor 40 long years Israel had been wandering in the wilderness. Finally, we get to the point where Joshua is going to lead the Israelites into Canaan and it’s easy street, right? Wrong. Immediately, they are met with an insurmountable obstacle: it’s fall and the Jordan River's banks have swelled. When you Burn the Boats and begin to move FORWARD, expect adversity. Satan doesn't wan... Read More
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Pastor Rick's blog 01/12/2023
by Eli Alexander on January 12th, 2023
CCW Weekly UpdateJoshua is one of the greatest characters in all of the Bible. He was Moses' protege and chosen to lead God's people courageously into the promised land. There is a great hymn with these lines "Onward Christian Soldiers Marching as to war with the cross of Jesus going on before" and the theme running through the pages of Joshua is moving Forward. Forty years the children of Israe... Read More
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