C3 Church in South Point, Ironton, and Wheelersburg. Speakers are Trent Carpenter, Jimmy Lemon, Brian Hayton, Aaron Fields.

Most of us would say that we want to be happy, but the ways we react to our circumstances say that we’d rather be stressed out and miserable. In the story of Cain and Abel, Cain gives us step by step instructions on how to let stress make a mess out of our life. If you want to be miserable, just pout when things don’t go your way, ignore God, and blame and lash out at others. If you don’t want to be miserable, like he did with Cain, God can still bless your messed up life.

Anger can destroy all of us. We see it in family relationships where some people have competed with their siblings throughout their entire lives to inch out and be better than them or to win their parents’ approval and love. Marriages that become hostile and bitter. Employees that hate their bosses and everything about their job. It plays out in their whole journey. We see it all around us – the results of anger and conflict. We're discussing how to diffuse our own anger and keep it from blowing up our lives.

We live in a culture that’s inundated with tabloids and dirty laundry. There is gossip in our work places. People talk about other people. We spread hearsay and rumors. The rumor mill turns. Sometimes it’s hard to know. Even in conversations we wonder, “Am I gossiping right now when I’m saying this? Is it gossip? Is it not gossip?” It can be a real challenge. In this message, we will give three questions we can all ask ourselves to finally shut down the destructive rumor mill once and for all.

Nobody plans for it to happen, but life can get pretty messy. All of us have some harmful habit that we wish we could get rid of...we look back and wonder, "How did I end up here?" Starting down that path is easier than you might think, unless you know what to look for. Join us this Sunday as we discover how to break free from the addictions that we all have.

Message at C3 on January 4, 2015

Depression is very hard to understand unless you have been there. We have many in our church who have been down that road. I want to share my story and my struggle with depression and use the three things that put me on a path to healing. Mental illness is still somewhat of a taboo topic in the church world. I want to help people break the silence.

Message at C3 on December 28, 2014

Let’s face it, Christmas can be chaotic! Everyone has experienced a little chaos during the holidays. With family, meal planning, gift buying, and travel… Christmas can be a real headache. In a world that never seems to stay stable and often finds itself in chaos, is peace possible? This Christmas at C3, we are going to learn what peace is and how the original Christmas helps bring peace into our Christmas Chaos.

Message at C3 during Christmas on Sunday, December 21st and Monday, December 22nd.

The kids have taken over Christmas at C3 during their special Christmas service.

Message from C3 on December 14, 2014.

We've all made unwise decisions at one time or another. It also seems like the gray areas of life only add to the confusion. So what do you do when you face a decision you don't know the answer to? This Sunday we'll be looking at three simple questions that can help you make the right decision in every situation.

Message at C3 on December 7, 2014

Sadly for most people who claim to be a Christian, there has been some unspoken rules. One unspoken rule for years has been don’t question the Bible! Don’t ever admit you have doubts! Just accept everything by faith! For many (especially skeptics of Christianity), “faith” is basically blind belief. However, the New Testament word for faith means “to trust in something for which we have seen the evidence.” Evidence! That means we have to think and analyze the evidence. What if your faith could actually be made stronger by looking at the evidence for some of your doubts? Join us this Sunday and we promise, you will not have to check your brain at the door.

Message at C3 on November 30, 2014