Christ Community Sunday - Downtown Campus

1 Samuel 17:1-58 / Karis WalkerHave you ever faced an impossible challenge? Have you ever encountered what seemed like a hopeless situation because you had to face it with perceivably inadequate human and material resources?In studying David’s encounter with Goliath we learn about the nature of the faith that facing such challenges demandsSermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49081663Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.05.28

1 Samuel 1-2:10 // Gabe CoyleWhen pain, heartache, and social stigma come, we often long for God to show up, but what if he’s already there. What if God isn’t merely just an observer of our difficult situations but has a hand in it? What do we do with our heartbreak then?Join us as we enter the unusual beginning of the story of King David, which is neither about a king or David, and yet it shows how God works in the world. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49071052Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.05.14

Acts 1:1-11 // Gabe CoyleWhile some may wrestle with Jesus’ death and others Jesus’ resurrection, one of the central aspects to understanding Jesus and the Christian life now has to do with where Jesus is right now. The ascension of Jesus is crucial to how we understand our world and everyday lives.Join us to learn how Jesus’ ascension brings power to show up differently in your everyday life. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49067540 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new 23.05.07

John 21:1-25 // Caleb JenkinsJesus asks Peter the most important question he can ask anyone. It is a question he asks each of us as well: “Do you love me? Do you love me more than these… more than anything else? Do you love me?” This is the most important question any of us could answer. What you love, what you desire, and what you long for above all else will determine the outcome of your life.Sermon Notes:  https://www.bible.com/events/49067530Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.04.30

John 20:24-31 // Nydiaris Hernandez-SantosWe are going to see his resurrected body and stare at the mark of the nails in his hands and the scars that the spear left in his side, and we are going to have no choice but to bow before him and worship him who overcame death so that we may have life.On that day, he will wipe the tears from our eyes as we stand before him wearing our own scars, the scars that abandonment, disease, and trauma left. On that day we will stand before him pointing at our scars and shouting with joy, “Jesus, look! I overcame because you did.” On that day the martyrs throughout the centuries that have given their lives for the name of Jesus will stand before him and say, “Jesus, look! I overcame because you did!”Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49063915Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new

John 20:19-23 // Gabriel CoylePurpose is powerful. It can wake us up in the morning, change the trajectory of our lives, and be the driving force to obliterate obstacles as they are presented. But where do we find a purpose that’s actually worth our lives? We’ve only got one.  Join us as we explore Jesus’ eternal purpose and how the Holy Spirit is crucial to making it possible in your life! Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49052675Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.04.16

John 20:1-18 // Gabriel CoyleWhat do you do when everything you thought you were working toward was wrong? No one thought Jesus was going to die the way he did, and that surprise pales in comparison to the empty tomb three days later. No one could fathom a physically crucified and resurrected King, and yet, here he was alive before them. Now what? What did that mean for them? What does that mean for everyone who longs for that unquenchable life? No matter what you’re looking for in life, join us as we explore the depths of what this will forever mean. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49052666 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.04.09

John 19:23-42 // Gabriel CoyleThe area of greatest significance in the life and leadership of Jesus this world over is his death. Most movements and their followers focus on their leaders' lives and values whereas Christianity is obsessed with proving that Jesus died on purpose. Why?Join us as we continue to explore the gospel of John and how Jesus’ death is crucial to our lives. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49049016Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.04.02

John 18:28-19:11 // Lori WetmoreWhat is truth? What is real? How do I know what is real? How do I justify what I believe? These questions raised by this passage have been asked by philosophers and everyday people alike for generations. Join us as we listen in on an exchange between Pilate and Jesus that embodies the questions that are at the heart of human existence, and we’ll see the surprising answer to these questions who meets our deepest needs. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49045348Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.03.26

John 18:1-27 // Caleb JenkinsWhat do you do when you fail? How do you respond when others, or even God, apparently fail you? As John records this gospel he wants us to know that Jesus’ death was no accident or failure. He is in complete control throughout his entire betrayal and arrest, and succeeds in his goal. John has intertwined Jesus’ story with that of his disciples, particularly Peter, who is also on trial as well but fails at every turn. He has no idea what’s going on here and at each point he falls short. Yet Jesus knows all that is going to happen, and he loves Peter, and us as well, to the end.Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49045337Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.03.19

John 17 // Gabe CoyleWhen in John’s gospel we overhear what God the Son prays to God the Father for us in prayer, out of all he invites the Father to do, his central focus is to reveal his glory. Maybe more helpfully labeled beauty, this glory is the catalyst to life-giving change the world over. You can’t help but wonder if Dostoevsky was right: beauty can save the world. Join us to find out how on earth that could actually be possible. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49041709Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.03.12

John 16:16-33 // Gabe CoyleTime is weird. Although time always marches on, how we experience our day-to-day experience of time is influenced by our mood, age, culture, and conditions. And when Jesus describes sorrow lasting only a “little while,” how are we to take that? What does that mean for your anticipation of Jesus in your pain today?Join us as we learn how to face our challenging moments today with the eternal peace that Jesus alone provides. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49037951Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.03.05

John 16:1-15 // Gabe CoyleChristians around the world join the prayer of faithful followers recorded in Scripture, “Come, Lord Jesus!” And yet, Jesus, himself, declares that it was for our advantage that he leave. Why? Why does Jesus think it’s better for him to go than to stay?Join us as we explore the beauty and nuance of the Holy Spirit in the lives of Jesus' followers as unpacked in John’s astounding, personal Gospel account of Jesus.Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49029787Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.02.26

John 15:18-27 // Nydiaris Hernandez-SantosSermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49025904 Prayer Requests:  https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.02.19

John 15:1-17 // Caleb JenkinsWhenever we face challenges or suffering in our lives, we wonder “Is there someone who will be there for me in this?” In our passage, Jesus’ disciples are facing the same question in their last night with Jesus before he is arrested. Jesus responds with a call to greater intimacy through the image of him as the true vine and their true friend.Join us as we continue walking through the Gospel of John to encounter Jesus’ invitation to deeper intimacy with him. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49025898 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.02.12

One of the most important questions to ask is not just “what is God” or “who is God?” but “Where is God?” Interestingly enough, Jesus makes it clear that to answer that question we must also ask “Where am I?”Join us as we continue walking through the Gospel of John to explore where God longs to live most. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49018548Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.02.05

Jesus says that if we ask anything in his name, he’ll do it. Does “anything” really mean “anything?” And what if the real secret to knowing Jesus’ answer has less to do with what we want and more to do with where it is found?Join us as we continue walking the Gospel of John to find our heart’s deepest and truest desires and how it shapes our everyday prayers.Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49014835Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.01.29

The key marker for Jesus’ followers is love, but this love is not a squishy, abstract feeling. It is raw feet-washing, humiliating love. This may be one of the easiest teachings of Jesus to mentally grasp, and yet one of the hardest to genuinely live into. Join us as we continue walking the Gospel of John to discover how we serve like Jesus and why anyone would try. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49014826 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new 23.01.22

In a world when the word of country leaders and authority figures cannot always be believed let alone trusted, would you believe the word of King Jesus? His desire is that we believe His message of salvation for all people and enjoy fellowship with Him today and for all eternity. But that requires us to be good stewards of Jesus’ message and respond to it in repentance. In other words, Jesus’ message demands obedience from those who believe it. Although obedience is often costly, the hope of spending eternity with Jesus gives us the courage to follow Him no matter the cost. Would you believe Jesus’ message of salvation? Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49007528Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.01.15

Do you want to see Jesus? Not see as in only look from afar, but you want to meet him and to know him, and experience life in him that is full of peace, joy, purpose, and fulfillment.  Even if you are skeptical or wrestling with who Jesus is for you, there is something compelling about Jesus that you want to see and find out for yourself.But Jesus tells us that the only way for us to truly see and know him is to come to him as our crucified king, the one who died for us. So today as we go through this passage we are going to consider three ways we are to behold our crucified king. We must see how he had to die, how he wanted to die, and how we are to follow him in his death.Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49004671Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.01.08