Christ Community Church

Given the size of our facility it’s amazing how much time we spend looking for space. One huge topic during my time at CCC has been finding adequate space for our children. I’m not talking square feet … it is possible to do children’s ministry in tiny, subterranean cubicles below the sanctuary; possible, but not [...]

I started this series before the latest shooting spree in Connecticut, but your security has been on the mind of your pastors and elders for years. Given the times we live in, it must be an ongoing discussion. It seems impossible to make a church totally secure … metal detectors and pat-downs at every entrance [...]

You might hear that question discussed at the Finance Committee or Board level of any church.  And how would you go about answering such a question? Here at Christ Community Church you might ask our business manager about the insurance evaluation for our facility. You could have the Building & Grounds Committee do an inventory [...]

Confession time.  Ready? I skipped the Thanksgiving morning service  for eight years in a row.  My list of excuses was a mile long.  We were busy with our young children.  I work at the church all week long.  Why do I want to go back there on a holiday?  I’ve been busy and deserve the [...]

If we have access to secular counseling, why should we look into biblical counseling? One can get psychological counseling for marriage difficulties, child rearing, depression, anxiety, and other personal and relational problems. Wouldn’t we be better off to leave these matters to the psychologists, and other mental health professionals?  The answer is somewhat complex, but [...]

I’m not sure who wrote this, I don’t agree with everything in it (for example, I’m not as sympathetic as the author to President Obama) but  it has some good reminders for us all.  Ken Langley 10/22/2012)   1.Thou shalt believe that Jesus remains King. Whoever becomes President, Jesus remains King. I’m not suggesting that [...]

I’ll never forget that night: the night when one of our mission partners’ kids accosted me with what can only be described as… violent gratitude. I have no recollection of the subject being debated. I only recall that I didn’t have a strong opinion either way and, when asked, I merely stated that fact. The [...]

Recently at family devotions we looked at Jeremiah 12:7-8, where God says that he loves Judah and that he hates Judah. Hmmmm. If these two statements came in separate oracles, separated by several chapters or even a few paragraphs, we’d probably conclude that God felt one way on one occasion and another way later on. [...]

It’s a strange picture isn’t it? We were staying in a hotel room with a fully outfitted kitchen. We sat down to eat our breakfast and I reached for the salt. I just stopped and laughed. I thought, “Someone is not clear on how a saltshaker is supposed to work.” True, a saltshaker is designed [...]

CONNECTIVITY  What’s that? The dictionary won’t help you much here –  “the state of being or capable of being connected.”  So our pastoral staff and elders came up with a working definition for our recent retreat focused on connectivity: “A quality of church life that fosters a sense of belonging, attendance, plugging into roles and [...]