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Many times when we think of peace, we think of the word that the Jewish people use, “Shalom,” which we think means peace. It also means, “order and well-being.” So when they say Shalom, they are blessing you with peace, order and well being in your life! May you have a sense of security. May you have a sense of a foundation underneath your feet. This Sunday we are going to be continuing our series...

We continue our study titled, Fruit that Remains. This Sunday we will be looking at Joy. In God’s Word, one of the first things apparent to me is that God wants his people to be joyful. One observation that always confounds me is that the Christian community is lacking in real joy. I just don’t understand why Christians are not be the most joyful people around.! We have hope, don't we? Romans...

This Sunday we will be starting our new series, Fruit That Remains. The first message will be dealing with love. When I was growing up, there was a song titled, "What The World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love". In my experience, I have seen that love can produce broken hearts and goose bumps, loss of appetite and starry eyes. It’s inspired some to die and others to kill. Love may make the...

Join us Sunday and invite all your friends and family to watch with you! We will be streaming live at CCW through Facebook. This Sunday, we will be looking at how we live out our Christianity in the Work Place. Man was created for work, beginning in the Garden, before sin and thorns entered the world. Work, in and of itself, is a divine occupation for developing and gladdening human life. God has...

We'll continue preaching about living out our everyday Christianity. There is a sense in which none of us ever leaves school, life is a series of lessons. The whole of life is a school in which we are trained and fitted for eternity. No one can read the Bible without observing this fact. At the same time, the Scriptures make it abundantly clear that life, and after life, are largely determine...

Spend time with your family in the Word and in prayer. Family devotions are difficult to maintain in our constant busyness. This may be the time to establish or restore a habit that will change the trajectory of your family forever. Read a chapter of John together, read a chapter of Proverbs a day, ask the children to act out a Bible story and talk about how they can apply the teachings of Jesus t...

This Sunday, our practical series continues with Everyday Christianity: How to Live out Your Faith in Your Home. We, as parents, help determine how high our children will rise. That is why we must, first of all, create the right climate in our home. The words you speak, the order you establish, the music and television programs you allow, and the time spent on social media we allow are molding our...

We continue our practical series on Everyday Christianity: How to Live out Your Faith. The focus this week is Your Church! Colossians 4:7-18 describes an organization composed of many members, varying in gifts and backgrounds, and yet one unit in that God uses us for one purpose, serving as a team and not separately. Church history tells us that the Church has grown because everybody found their g...

I hope you're enjoying this practical series on Everyday Christianity: How to Live out Your Faith. The focus for this week is Your Faith! I have been blessed by the Lord to have been in the company of some great men of God. Men, who by the lives they have lived, the message they have preached and the motives from which they served the Lord have made a great impact on my life. I am so thankful...

Last Sunday, we began our new series on Everyday Christianity: How to Live out Your Faith. The area of focus for this week is YOU! What does it mean to live out your faith every day? What does it mean to have a testimony for the Lord? James reminds us that life is “like a vapor, that appears for a little time” (James 4:14). We can learn two things from this statement. One, life is short, and two,...

This Sunday, we begin our new series on Everyday Christianity: How to Live out Your Faith. Pastor Rick will kick us off with a message focused on Everyday Christianity in the the Schools. Students, parents, teachers, and everyone who cares about the next generation will want to come with a heart prepared to hear from God's word and Rick's years of experience in student ministry.

This Sunday, we will be looking at our last Core Value - Fulfilling Service. Last week we learned that we are Living Stones being built together into a spiritual house - 1 Peter 2:4. We all are part of a construction project working together as co-laborers - 1Corinthians 3:9. We all have a ministry that we must fulfill in building God’s house. Ministry is an act of service given in Jesus’ name. Th...

As we continue our study of our core values, following clear biblical truth, intimate fellowship, we now move to vibrant worship. "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being" (Psalm 146:1-2). "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all thin...

Loving one another through Intimate Fellowship is a core value at CCW. We know the story of John 13 well. It’s the last evening that our Lord spends with the disciples before the Garden of Gethsemane, before the cross. And as Jesus is spending time with those disciples, we see Jesus talking about this incredible love that we are to have for one another. He said that we must love one other just as...

God’s Word is the ultimate authority in this world. What God says is far more important than our opinions. CCW is committed to presenting Clear Biblical Truth, because it is so essential to our lives as Christians. This is why it is one of our core values. This Sunday we will see how the words of Jesus changed the disciples lives in Luke 5:1-11. When God's word comes to you, it will have an i...

This Sunday, we will be starting our Core Values sermon series. We'll begin by looking at the foundation for these core values which is our vision and mission. The vision statement for CCW is to be a gospel-centered, community church for all generations. You've often heard us say that our purpose is to "Share the good news with every generation". Our mission is to have a great...

Happy New Year! As we kick off 2020, we will begin by focusing on the cross and sharing communion together. We'll also take a look at lessons from the miracle of Lazarus' resurection that we can apply to the new year. Jesus told the people at the grave site of Lazarus to “loose him. And let him go" (John 11:43-44). In the same way, we need to let some things loose to work in our liv...

Christmas is almost here! What a special time of worship and giving we'll share as we focus on the manger and join the wise men in bringing our gifts to Jesus! Make a special effort to be with us this Christmas celebration Sunday! You won't want to miss the message, A Gift Worth Giving. The writer of Hebrews 2 does a better job than any other New Testament writer in helping us to underst...

The shepherds heard first of Jesus’ birth. Have you every wondered why God chose shepherds to be the first recipients of the glorious news concerning Jesus’ birth? They were common people, no doubt put in charge of keeping the temple lambs. Yet heaven recognized their dedication and entrusted to them the news of God’s greater Lamb. Immediately they left everything to find Him. They were the first...

Now, folks, 2000 years ago, God came wrapped in an ordinary box. Yet Simeon saw him. You ask, ”How can you see the Christ child in an ordinary box? The answer is, you’ve got to be looking for Him! The good news of the Christmas season is that if you are looking for God today, you’re going to find Him. I never knew anybody that was looking for Christ who didn’t find Him. Simeon looked through the e...

Jesus said every act of kindness you show toward someone who’s hurting or in need you did it to him (Matthew 25:40). Wow! Maybe next time you’re too busy to show concern, that’ll make you stop and think. The story’s told of an angel visiting a wealthy man who happened to be on his deathbed. After the man listed all the things he’d like to take to heaven with him, the angel informed him, “You can o...

Faith is a key doctrine in the Christian life. The sinner is saved by faith (Ephesians 2:8-9) and the believer must walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7). Without faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6) and whatever we do apart from faith is sin (Romans 14:23). Faith is not some kind of nebulous feeling that we work up; faith is confidence that God’s Word is true and conviction that actin...

Last Sunday, we began our short series, titled Lessons from the School of Faith. This week, we will watch as Abraham wars by faith. Abraham was a remarkable example of courage as well as faith. God made rare promises to Abraham and Abraham believed God, even against all odds. The marks of Abraham’s courageous faith as he faced the circumstances of war are the characteristics we need in our lives t...