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Tuesday, September 13, 2011Fall Mesage Series
A couple weeks ago I went to the Christian and Missionary Alliance headquarters in Colorado Springs. From the outside the building looks like the place you send your mortgage payments and on the inside there are offices, cubicles, copy machines and telephones. Fascinating right? Then they took us to the archives room. In this room are CMA publications from the late 1800s, photos of missionaries in India over 100 years ago, and A.W. Tozer sermon notes complete with doodles on the back. (He has terrible handwriting by the way but apparently likes to draw cats.) But then the woman in charge of the archives puts on white gloves and takes out a very small bible. It was AB Simpson’s pocket sized bible from the 1870s. It was very brittle, well used, and on every page were notes in the margins and underlined passages. This is the bible the founder of the CMA carried with him when he shared the Gospel in Times Square to those coming straight off the boat. What an amazing piece of history! Simpson started the CMA because he had a vision and passion for sharing the Gospel with those who lived around the corner and around the world.
Starting Sept 18th for seven weeks the sermon series at The Community Chapel will be about the core values of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. I love that while the church is always changing and growing to meet the needs of the community it is in, the beliefs, the values, and the Words of God never change. So it’s time to take the white gloves off and get our hands dirty!
Sept. 18th Lost People Matter to God. He wants them found.
Sept. 25th Prayer is the primary work of God’s people.
Oct. 2nd Everything we have belongs to God. We are His stewards.
Oct. 9th Knowing and obeying God’s Word is fundamental to all true success.
Oct. 16th Completing the Great Commission will require mobilization of every fully devoted disciple.
Oct. 23rd Without the power of the Holy Spirit, we can accomplish nothing.
Oct. 30th Achieving God’s purposes means taking faith-filled risks. This always involves change.
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Friday, September 02, 2011Find Your Fit
My daughter went through a puzzle phase this past winter. She would do them regularly covering our dining room table and floor. When I stepped on them (which was frequently) I was always thankful she wasn’t playing with Legos instead. At first she would take the pieces and if they did not fit together, she would get frustrated and just push harder. Of course as a parent I wanted to swoop in and put the pieces in the right places for her. Candidly it took a lot of self discipline to not put them together for her, but to sit next her, give her a little guidance along the way, and let her see the big picture that was emerging.
Starting Sept.11th we are going to take some time at the end of each worship service to share with you about the ministries in our church and in our communities. There is a lot going on in The Community Chapel and we want you to hear the stories. What we don’t want is for you to feel “pressed” into places where there is need that is not the right fit for you.
But as a part of this time you will also be challenged to figure out your fit. We hope you are encouraged by the stories, motivated to seek God’s will, and empowered by the discovery of your spiritual gifts. Here are some scriptures read about finding your fit:
Romans 12 1 Corinthians 12
What do they say to you?
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011Ancient Words
Our new sermon series is about the great hymns of the faith. They are ancient words that are ever true. All of them have great stories too. What songs do you remember growing up singing in church?
July 24 In The Garden Pas. Jim
July 31 Come Thou Fount Pas. Garrett
Aug. 7 What A Friend We Have Pas. Jim
Aug. 14 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Pas. Garrett
Aug. 21 Take My Life Pas. Jim
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011Confessions of a Fickle Baseball Fan
Confessions of a Fickle Baseball Fan
by Pastor Welty
I grew up cheering for the Cincinnati Reds. The “Big Red Machine”. I remember summer nights with the transistor radio by my bed, listening to Joe Nuxhall call the games. The Reds were an exciting team to follow. More than once Dad loaded us into the car for the 3 hour trip to
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011Building The Church
There is a show on the Home and Garden Channel called House Hunters. The premise of the show is not diff
icult to figure out. Cameras follow around someone or a family looking to buy a new home. I’ve noticed as they tour the houses they, not surprisingly, never show the home’s basement. Sometimes they show a finished lower level which is usually a game room or a media room. I don't mean that. I mean the basement…the furnace, the electrical box, the shelves with stuff on them, the foundation, the sump pump.
For TV entertainment purposes the basement is not very exciting. But in reality the “guts” and “bones” of a house are the most critical parts. When the stuff in the basement is broken that means you might not have heat, or power, or hot water, or there might be six inches of water down there.
Our next message series is called “Building the Church.” We are going to focus on the foundational principles that a spiritually healthy church needs, the important stuff in the basement. Just watch your head.
Week 1 May 22nd The Truth Foundation Eph. 2:19-22 Pas. Jim
Week 2 May 29th The Living Stones 1 Peter 2:4-12 Pas. Garrett
Week 3 June 5th The Holy Spirit Mortar Eph. 4 Pas. Jim
Week 4 June 12th Inviting Doors scripture TBD Pas. Garrett
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011Post-Easter Letdown
Post Easter Letdown
by Pastor Welty
Easter is the high mark in the church year. More people come to church on that Sunday than any other. There is extra excitement and energy in the worship. There are special additions to the worship time that are not routinely there: the world famous Kids’ Klub Bell Choir and other musical presentations. We tend to dress up a little bit more on Easter Sunday. All in all, it’s a very exciting day. Following our worship gather, many of us go home and enjoy a sumptuous feast. There are seasonal favorites that make and appearance, and for some reason chocolate rears its delicious and destructive head in very creative ways on Easter. But then there’s the Monday after Easter. There is a bit of a let down and of course the obligatory regret for having consumed too much food and candy. Oh, I feel your pain. Oh yes, and our lilies begin to wilt as well. The days and weeks following Easter can feel like a real letdown – right?
Not for the folks at the first Easter. For them the excitement and energy was just beginning. For the next 40 days, Jesus would show up unexpectedly from time to time and place to place. He would meet some guys on the Emmaus road and sand bag with them a little until finally they figured out who he was (Luke 24:31) He went on to convince his skeptical friend Thomas (John 20:28) and restore his guilt ridden, regret filled friend Peter. (John 20:15-ff) Yet with all those great experiences, for them the best was yet to come. The book of Acts begins to unfold the exciting post-resurrection events: the coming of the Holy Spirit and the establishment of the church. The days and weeks after the first Easter were anything but a let down. They were ramping up to an exciting future.
So you may feel some post-Easter let down, but our New Testament predecessors felt anything but. They were looking forward to new and exciting things that God was going to do because Jesus had risen from the dead. Take a minute to ponder that enduring truth: Hallelujah, Jesus is Alive!
Posted By: Garrett Walkup @ 2:39:40 PM
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011The Outsiders
The Lenten season, starting with Ash Wednesday and finishing on Easter Sunday is the church calendar time of year when we prepare ourselves for the Passion of Christ. We introspect, we sacrifice, we repent, we appreciate, and we end with celebration. Some use the time to give up something, others use it to incorporate a daily discipline. We hope The Community Chapel Lent devotional will help you do all those things!
Like the devotional theme the Lent sermon series is also to help you focus on Jesus. The title for the sermon series is “The Outsiders.” We will be exploring Jesus’s interaction with the marginalized and frowned upon. We will focus on Him around the notorious. It should be fun and challenging!
Here is the sermon series schedule
Week 1-March 20th Cleansing the Leper (Mark 1:40-45)
Week 2-March 27th The Woman at the Well (John 4:1-42)
Week 3-April 3rd Healing the Centurion’s Servant (Luke 7:1-10)
Week 4-April 10th The Demon Possessed Man (Mark 5:1-20)
Week 5-April 17th The Faith of the Canaanite Woman (Matt. 15:21-28)
Week 6-April 24th Easter! Jesus and Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)
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Thursday, February 03, 2011Let It Snow
Let is Snow – by Pastor Welty
As much as I would like to be un-predictable and non-clichéd in my words. Who can resist a commentary about all the snow? Certainly not I. I am starting to yearn for the days of wimpy winter weather when school was cancelled on an errant weather report or a hunch. This year the standards have changed with the ever increasing use of the allotted “snow days”. It could be that before this winter is over, a foot of snow will be required before school is closed. We used to joke in my home town that as long as you could still see the top of the flag pole at school – school would be in session. Now that’s old school.
It’s amazing how much we get used to things and learn to accommodate. Even our view of the surrounding landscape is altered by the ever increasing buffer of snow. Imagine how much larger our world will be in spring. We drive with greater caution as we pull out of our snow encamped driveways, and we strive to toss the snow just a little bit higher as we shovel ourselves out.
The ability to accommodate to changing circumstances is part of our human condition. That is a good thing as more of our landscape disappears under a snowy blanket, but it can be problematic in other areas of life. As those piles of snow around our house grow and grow, consider this story.
In 1986 a wrecking company in
The owners had accommodated the mess instead of cleaning it up. With our ability to accommodate, we can easily tolerate things in our life that aren’t good for us until they pile up and create a problem.
So as you pile up your snow and acclimate to the ever changing landscape, let’s be aware of the other things in life that we can easily accommodate and allow to pile up. David knew about having things pile up in his life, but he also knew the cleansing power of repentance. In Psalm 51:7 he speaks of repentance and gives a helpful perspective on snow. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Posted By: Garrett Walkup @ 9:44:47 AM
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Thursday, January 13, 2011Blessing Strategy-Reggie McNeal
Here is a video message from Reggie McNeal that inspired the Blessing Strategy for The Community Chapel 2011-hope it inspires you-enjoy!
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Thursday, December 23, 2010Coming Soon!
Merry Christmas everyone! In honor of the birth of the Christ we want to tell you about some exciting Easter plans of course. Many of you gave us great feedback about the 30 Days of Psalms challenge and wanted to have more things like that for our church family.
So for the days of Lent leading up to Easter we are going to write and assemble a Community Chapel Lent devotional book. There are 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter and we want YOU to write an entry in that book. You will send it in to us, we will compile it, organize it, print it, and hand the book back to you for Lent.
If you are not familiar with what a daily devotional is or how they work, here are a couple examples.
http://utmost.org/ http://odb.org/
They are short readings with scripture and prayers that you read every day. The theme very simply is Jesus. We are so excited about the opportunity to hear from you and what you can share with everyone else. On our main table are scoop sheets with all the info you will need. Starting Jan. 2nd you can sign up to write a day.
This is going to be a big project that will take a lot of coordination and deadlines but it will be so worth it!
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