Christ Community Sunday - Downtown Campus

A common cliche today is “I’ll believe it when I see it,” but when we come with the posture of faith we say, “I believe it, so I see it.” This is because the Truth is a person to trust, not an argument to defend. Jesus is our King, and he needs no defending.  Join us as allow our hearts to begin to soften by the faith-building narrative of Christ’s final week on earth, and to truly see our King for who he is. As we do this, we’ll come to learn together that, when it comes to the crucified Christ, you have to believe him to truly Behold Your King. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49002179Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new23.01.01

It’s one thing to ponder gift ideas for people we love. It’s a totally audacious task to wonder what God wants for Christmas. Or is it?  Join us this Christmas as we look at what God wants from us and for us as we celebrate the birth of our King and Savior Jesus Christ!Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49002179Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new22.12.25

Everybody experiences the Christmas season a little differently. Whether you are surrounded by family or not this Christmas, pain and loneliness can knock the jingle bells right out of us.  When the greatest joys and deepest sadness coexist covered in mistletoe, how are we to anticipate King Jesus meeting us here? Join us for the comfort that comes in an overlooked Christmas song: Psalm 22. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48992863Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new22.12.18

It can be so easy to let the good news of Christmas and God’s rescue of us become routine, old news. But when that happens, we are forgetting all that God has done for us and the gospel’s transformative power doesn’t change us. Join us as Psalm 103 challenges us to truly remember our King’s Rescue. We will see what kind of rescue we’ve experienced, what this rescue tells us about our rescuer, and what remembering leads us to do.Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48992857Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new22.12.11

Christmas always comes with its fair share of surprises, but advent is meant to cultivate anticipation. Throughout the history of the church, Advent has been a time to return to practices of anticipating our promised King’s return. But the question remains: what kind of king should we expect in Jesus? Join us as we explore the unchanging character of our promised King in Psalm 72 and so bolster our confidence in who it is that is coming for us. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48991411Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new22.12.04

The Christmas season is about God’s King, come to earth to rescue his people and redeem his creation. It’s a story that is foretold, among other places, in Israel’s prayer book: the Psalms. Woven throughout this prayer book is the story of the coming King, the Messiah, whom God has appointed over against the kings of this earth. Join us as we begin this advent season by encountering the coming King in the Psalm 2, and in responding in worship to the one who will set all things right.Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48977461Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new22.11.20

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48977446 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new22.11.20

There are few texts in our bibles that have such a sordid history like Paul’s words to slaves and masters. How is the thoughtful Christian to understand what Paul is being led by the Spirit to write in Ephesians and how that impacts today?  Join us as we begin to clear the rubble of deconstruction and reconstruct a faith of biblical truth and communal hope. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48977440Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new22.11.13

Marriage. Some people want it. Some people have baggage with it. Some want to avoid it. Others have gone through seasons of deconstruction due to the shrapnel of a broken marriage. What does Jesus make marriage about?  What if marriage isn’t just about marriage?  Join us as we continue reconstructing faith through Ephesians learning what marriage could be for all of us whether you get married or not. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/4897395522.10.30

It’s the heartbeat of the age, how do we be free? Strategies for freedom abound, but real freedom seems allusive, even for many Christians.  Join us as we continue the story of the Spirit across the Biblical narrative. The Spirit is essential to our freedom, but what His freedom looks like may surprise you.  21.09.19

Chances are good the majority of people don’t think they are engaged in “dishonest” work on a daily basis, but are you so sure? What if the problem has less to do with what you consider “dishonest” or more about a robust framework of “honest” work?  Join us as we continue our journey in Ephesians of reconstructing a faith that actually blossoms into honest work, and therefore generates a more meaningful life. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/4896700822.10.16

Who are you? How do you know? What does that mean for your life? These questions dominate our modern lives, and each of us seeking to answer these questions on our own is exhausting and isolating.Join us as we see that as believers, our truest identity is our new identity that we’ve received from Christ, and that identity builds others up in love. After we see why that is true, we will see three things about the true you, that it builds with words, is good at anger, and radically forgives.Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/4896328722.10.09

One of the top 3 arguments against the church is our persistent disunity, which is all the more alarming when we come across the myriad calls for unity in Scripture. Often mere commands without the big “why” leave people disinterested at best or frustrated at worst. Join us as we explore why unity is even possible in the church as we continue to reconstruct our faith through the little letter to the Ephesians. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/4895963822.10.02

Out of all the things the apostle Paul could pray for the church, here he zeros in on their growing experiential understanding of God’s love for us in Christ. Why? Because that is the greatest need of the human heart. Join us as we continue to walk through this brilliant letter to the church in Ephesus, as the apostle Paul guides us into how we can have a deeper realization of God’s love in our own hearts.Sermon Notes: https://bible.com/events/4895579422.09.25

We don’t always get what we see or see what we get. The same is true with the church. We need to not merely look at the church with the values of our world but with the inspiration of God’s word. When we look at her in light of Scripture, she has a glorious story to tell, and we are invited to play a part. Join us as we continue our journey in reconstructing faith through the brilliant letter to the Ephesians. 22.09.18

When our imagination of what the church is rubbing against the reality of what the church is, we can experience extraordinary dissonance. This is especially true when it comes to racial and ethnic divisions throughout history within the church. But what does Jesus think about this? What have the people of Jesus missed about the work of Jesus that has distorted the church of Jesus? Join us as we continue our journey in reconstructing faith through the brilliant letter to the Ephesians. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/4894850822.09.11

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/4894485322.09.04

What is the one resource we need the most and yet often drop when we feel shaky in our faith? Prayer. Maybe you’ve tried and failed to keep rhythms of prayer. Maybe you don’t know where to start. What if the problem we have with prayer has less to do with prayer in the first place? Join us as we continue the journey of reconstructing a faith in the brilliant letter to the church in Ephesus!Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/4894117522.08.28

“I am in a season of deconstruction.” It is likely that you have either read, heard, or said these words in recent months. The deconstructing of faith is a popular practice these days. But what is it exactly? For some, it is an opportunity to live their authentic life free of all moral and religious authority. For others, it is a sincere attempt to determine if their faith has been formed by the words of Christ or by cultural ideologies. Regardless of the motivation, it is clear that we are in serious need of Reconstructing Faith. But in order to do that we need a solid foundation upon which we can reconstruct our faith. This is precisely what we plan to do together as we explore the foundations of the Christian faith through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Whether you have been following Jesus for years or you’re ready to call it quits, we want to begin reconstructing our faith together. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/4893758722.08.21

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/4893025122.08.14