CCW Podcast

Did you know the term "discipleship" is not found in the Bible? Yet, if you ask most churches what area they hope to grow in during 2025 many will say resoundingly discipleship. In the Bible, we never see Jesus teach a seminar, conference, or hold a convention teaching churches how to disciple, yet everything He did in His earthly ministry was in fact discipling disciples. Jesus began hi...

What's your gospel story? How did you find out about Jesus? Did you grow up hearing of Jesus? Did you have a friend or family member who influenced your life by sharing Jesus or inviting you to church? In Mark 2 we discover the gripping story of four phenomenal friends who get word that Jesus was a man who could help their friend. These friends gathered up their hurt friend and literally carr...

We launched into the new year with the vision theme for 2025: "The Gospel on the Ground." Have you ever been thrust into a story that had an unusual commencement? Mark is peculiar from the other gospels with its no-nonsense, immediate path forward. Mark 1:1 says, "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ" and then moves continuously with rapid action. Mark opens not with the...

This Sunday is going to be an amazing day as we gather together for a faith acceleration! Habakuk 2:2 says 'Write the vision and make it plain." God has given CCW some very memorable vision themes the past few years: "Go Mile 2", "Burn the Boats"and this past year's "Stand on the Mountain." This Sunday is Vision Sunday and we are going to gather for our...

This past Sunday with Christmas at CCW was incredible! We trust that you had lots of fun and fellowship with your family during this Christmas season. This Sunday is the last Sunday of 2024 and we cant wait to celebrate it with YOU. Invite a family to join you at 10a!

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 look at Luke chapt...

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 of Christ...

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...

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...

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 f...

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.

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...

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 this...

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 diff...

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 you? The Church at Ephesus has many good and admirable qualities yet one little, tiny, word changes the tone of an encouraging letter. Nevertheless is a word that carries much weight. Revelation 2:5 states, &q...

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.

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...

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 wh...

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: imag...

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 wa...

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 w...

We are living in a time in which the enemy, the Father of lies, has people on every side wondering who is telling the truth, is there actual truth, can anyone or any message be trusted as truth. Now more than ever in the name of the Way, the Truth, and the Life, the church must Contend. We will be peering into the scriptures the next 6 weeks to understand specifically what we as a church should st...

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 cal...

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...

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 questi...