The Backpack

Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. In this episode, we bring you the Q&A session with missionaries Nik & Ruth Ripken that followed our recent movie night featuring their life story, The Insanity of God.

Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. In this episode, Daniel is joined by Pastor Blake to talk about deacons - what they are, what they do, the part they play in the church, and how they'll be integrated into the leadership at CCC.

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we heard from special guests Nik and Ruth Ripken, who have spent more than three decades as missionaries, much of it among believers experiencing intense persecution. They joined us to share the stories they have seen and experienced over those years, and encourage us to see our worship for the m...

Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. In this episode, D.J. is joined by Jerry Smitha, Derek Brown, and Erin Moreno, as they talk about their recent experience sharing the story of how they came to know Jesus during the Sunday morning gathering - what it was like, how it impacted them, and how God has used their...

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you....

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we conclude our series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. Pastor Blake examines how grace gives purpose to everything we do in our lives. Our text for this message is Titus 2:15. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 9/11/22.

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you....

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue our series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. Pastor Blake examines how grace forms and informs our identity, and how that changes how we think and live. Our text for this message is Titus 2:14. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 9/4/22.

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you....

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue our series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. Pastor Blake examines the future aspect of God's grace, and looks at how the hope of Jesus' return transforms the way we live here and now. Our text for this message is Titus 2:13. This sermon was originally preac...

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you....

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue our series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. Pastor Blake examines the transformative aspect of God's grace, a process the Bible calls sanctification. Our text for this message is Titus 2:12. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 8/21/22.

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you....

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake starts a new series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. We examine the incredible importance of grace, and the way everything about the Christian life depends on it. Our text for this message is Titus 2:12. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 8/14/2...

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake introduces the journey we'll take this fall through the book of Titus with a sermon titled So We Won't Be Unfruitful. Listen in as we examine how God's word arrives in God's timing to help is face what's before us. Our text for this message is Titus 1:1-4 & 3:14-15. This sermon was o...

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. We're continuing in our series Thieves of Joy, a study on the book of 1 John, the idea of joy in Christ, and how to sustain it amidst all the things in life that threaten to snatch it away. This week Pastor Blake concludes the series with a look at how skepticism can rob our hearts of joy and our prayer liv...

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. We're continuing in our series Thieves of Joy, a study on the book of 1 John, the idea of joy in Christ, and how to sustain it amidst all the things in life that threaten to snatch it away. This week Pastor Blake takes a look at fear - and in particular, the fear that comes from knowing that our love and go...

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you....

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. We're continuing in our series Thieves of Joy, a study on the book of 1 John, the idea of joy in Christ, and how to sustain it amidst all the things in life that threaten to snatch it away. This week Pastor Blake takes a look at false prophets, how the lies we believe threaten our joy, and how to help guard...

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue in our series Thieves of Joy, a study on the book of 1 John, the idea of joy in Christ, and how to sustain it amidst all the things in life that threaten to snatch it away. Dave Sullivan examines indifference, and the consequences that come when our living and loving doesn't keep up w...

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you....

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue in our series Thieves of Joy, a study on the book of 1 John, the idea of joy in Christ, and how to sustain it amidst all the things in life that threaten to snatch it away. Students & Groups Pastor Kenny Mattingly brings this week's message and examines shame - how it can help us as a...

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you....

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue in our series Thieves of Joy, a study on the book of 1 John, the idea of joy in Christ, and how to sustain it amidst all the things in life that threaten to snatch it away. Pastor Blake examines the thief of deceit, reminding us just how vital the truth about God is for our joy to be...

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you....