CCW Podcast

It's 2023 and it's time to step "Forward" into Uncharted territory. To Paraphrase Joshua 3:3-4-God told the Israelites when they see the ark of the covenant (which represents the presence of God) you should follow after it, that you may know which way to go for it is a new way that you have not gone before. God wants to take us to deeper places with more of Him. Join us in pray...

“Peace be still, YOU are here so “it is well”, lyrics from a song performed by Lauren Daigle. Do these lyrics mean something to you? This week as we look at “Peace” and my prayer is that these lyrics would capture your heart and that no matter what comes, you will be able to hold onto the peace that Jesus offers you and I. It's a peace that surpasses all understanding, and keeps us in times o...

Christmas season is all consuming as we are just over 2 weeks away from the celebration of Jesus's birth. Last week, many in our church served through the fantastic performance of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and through that outreach there were 10 people who gave their lives to King Jesus!  We are studying a new sermon series: The Gifts of Christmas. Paul said, “May the God of...

This Sunday we hope and pray you find encouragement as we look at Daniel 6 and the message, "Deliverance from the Den". Certainly we all have experiences of which there was no escape outside of the embracement of God. There are so many applications so we hope you will join us that the application will not be just looked at but lived out. 

We have made it to the final week of the great story of Jonah, which is actually a story about the great Relentless God, whose mercy has no geographical, cultural, political, and economic affiliation. The dialogue between God and Jonah (Jonah 4:1-11), which is considered the climax of the Book of Jonah, is an invitation to cultivate love. Do we agree with God that in our great cities there is so m...

Jonah gets a second chance… straight outta the belly of the fish.  How will he respond?  What about the Ninevites? What will they do?  What about God? Will He relent?

We left Jonah running into a storm, being thrown overboard into the sea and into the mouth of a great fish! We are going to look at what happens after 3 days and 3 nights in that storm! When you feel trapped in a storm, how do you get out? This week Pastor Rick's sermon is entitled "Running Out of the Storm."

This Sunday is Friend Day and we will be looking back at Jonah 1, where we see a huge storm strike almost causing the boat that Jonah and the mariners are in to break. What is Jonah doing during the storm? He is sleeping!!!! The mariners are frantic in the biggest storm of their lives and Jonah is unmoved. Our Friend Day message is entitled "Running to our Neighbor." When people all arou...

Last week, we learned that Jonah heard the call of God and attempted to high tail it the other direction. In doing so, Jonah ran right into a real life Storm. Have you ever looked back after a trial and saw how it all could have been avoided if you just would've done one thing differently? Jonah figures out he is the problem and tells the Mariners to throw him overboard! That could have been...

Israel and Ninevah were bitter enemies, and God gives Jonah a tough assignment. Jonah theme is sin reaches far, but God’s grace reaches farther. We will see the the contrast of the sinful heart of man and the Gospel heart of God. God is calling, Jonah goes running, but God in His pursuit of man is “Relentless.”

Joni Eareckson Tada once said this "If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet you?" I believe that how we endure pain in life is one of the greatest ways we can show God's faithfulness to the world. The apostle Paul said in his writings to The Church at Corinth that "I boast in my weaknes...

Join us today for a special message from the Shelby Baptist Association, Pastor Ric Camp!

Families matter to God. That’s why few things are more painful than unresolved family conflict. Families fight and deal with minor issues constantly, but a happy home can turn into a war zone if Satan has his way. Sadly, family fighting in homes and in churches, is a part of the enemy's ultimate plan for Christian division. Matthew 12:25 says, "A House divided against itself cannot stand...

We live in a day and age of overbusyness and overscheduling with long days, long weekends, and long hours. The demands of money and success are knocking at everyone's door. God says we must have a Sabbath. At the center of the Sabbath is the word "rest". The Lord's Sabbath is intended for people to learn to recharge. The Sabbath is God's stress management program! It is ho...

Paul writes to the Church in Ephesians 6: "Children obey" and "honor" your parents, followed by "fathers, do not exasperate your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." Parents need children and children need parents. It is God's plan and purpose to continue the gospel through the examples of the family. In the day and age we liv...

It has been great to see the Biblical portrait of the family as God's plan to continue His work throughout the earth. "When a man and a woman give themselves to each other in the act of marital love, they can know the love of Christ as no one else can know it" - J. Vernon McGhee. Join us this Sunday at 10 AM as we continue our Family Matters Series with Pastor Rick's sermon, &q...

Lee Iacocca once said, "No matter what you have done for yourself or for humanity if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?" God's timing has been so good for our families at the Church at Chelsea-Westover as we have been diving into this study and growing. This Sunday we will be looking at the next sermon i...

Every week has 168 hours, yet it seems like everyone, everywhere is running out of time. You might hear these phrases uttered often: "I need more time", "I don't have enough time", "I wish there was more time." The truth is we have the same exact amount of time every day as everyone else. What we do with that time is so vital! We will be looking at this exponenti...

At CCW we believe in FAMILY! - "FAMILY MATTERS". When God created humanity, He designed us to live in families. The Bible reveals that family relationships are vitally important to God; and is the crown jewel of His creation. The Church, the universal body of believers, is called the family of God. When we obtain the Holy Spirit at salvation, we are adopted into his family. Marriage and...

Just before he was arrested and crucified, Jesus said, “This is My Commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” (John 15:12). So…. How do we do that? How do we show love like Christ? This week, as we look forward to the upcoming Family Matters series, we will explore various ways Christ showed love while he was on earth and discuss how we can imitate Him and love people well.

This week we are going to be taking a look into the story of the prodigal son and see what God wants us to learn about ourselves and His heart for us despite our failings and short comings. We know that He is a good Father and this week we are going to see one of the many ways He shows us!

If ever a man lived under the pressure of temptation it was Paul, the apostle. In one passage, he talks about being ”hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed”(2 Corinthians 4:8-9). Yet this amazing man always seemed to find a way of escape. When faced with a temptation, he invariably came through to vic...

We have made it CCW! It’s taken 10 weeks, but we are closing out the freedom book of the Bible this Sunday. Paul does not tiptoe his way to the close. He ends with a grand finale. He pens one of the most important lines in all of scripture, "God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14). Paul makes a freedom declaration: to enjoy the liberty of...

If we aren’t vigilant as Christians, we can put ourselves on a pedestal and begin to disregard those who don’t seem to measure up. In Galatians 6, Paul warns those who are growing to 1. restore anyone who has fallen and 2. bear the burdens of fellow believers. He uses the picture of farming to illustrate the importance of living in the liberty of sowing good seed at every opportunity, with a resul...