Community Fellowship Church

Feburary 17 & 18, 2018

Lead Pastor, Bobby Parschauer

I remember a day when my daughter was crying because she didn’t have a prom date and all her girlfriends did. I knew that within two hours a nice young man was planning to ask her. (But I couldn’t
spill the beans).
When you know the great news of Jesus Christ, that He is not just a religious leader, but God in the flesh, it gives us so much joy. We are forgiven, saved and infused with purpose. In our passage this weekend we find some great implications as various people wrestle with the identity of Jesus Christ. Once you know Him…it changes everything!

February 10 & 11, 2018

Lead Pastor, Bobby Parschauer

Jesus calls a hated tax collector to follow him! Are you kidding me? These folks were regarded as the scum of the earth. Imagine someone you despise being called to follow Jesus. How would that make you feel? This next passage pushes our buttons. We see a little more of the image of God in the face of Jesus. This weekend we will take a closer look under the veneer of religious pride and find a contrast between love-based and law-based Christianity. Fascinating. Revealing. Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Jesus enters and disrupts our world and begins to create little “pockets of heaven” (Bible Project) everywhere. He makes many unexpected moves and it takes us aback, leaving us wondering what He is about. Through two powerful accounts of people being healed, Jesus gives us insight into His passion, His power and His priorities. According to Mark 2:12, people are amazed and say to each other, “We never saw anything like this.”

January 27 & 28, 2018

Executive Pastor, Jason Craig

Reading through the Gospel of Mark is not unlike reading through a series a well-written blog posts. Mark has something to say—Jesus is the Son of God and we should follow him— and he uses vivid imagery and quick snapshot narratives to tell his story. But Jesus is not a solemn, emotionless, lamb-hugging hippy wandering from town to town in Mark 1. He is a disruptive force challenging religious norms and the grip of evil in the world. If Jesus was an artist then his palette would be filled with not only love but also tension, confusion, and bewilderment.

January 20 & 21, 2018

Jesus Came! What does this mean in fast-paced 2018? He came to show us the way, to affirm us, to test us and to use us. I don’t think we fully realize what it means that Jesus came. In Tim Keller’s book, Prayer, he tells this story: An 8-year old boy’s toy truck breaks and he cries because it was his favorite. He cries out to his parents to fix it. Yet as he’s crying, his father says to him, “A distant relative you’ve never met has just died and left you one hundred million dollars.” What will the child’s reaction be? He will just cry louder until his truck is fixed. He does not have enough cognitive capacity to realize his true condition and be consoled.”

January 13 & 14, 2018

Can you imagine if all of Lancaster City and County decided to walk north of Harrisburg near Millersburg to be baptized in the Susquehanna? Well that’s how the gospel of Mark opens. It’s a time of renewal in Judea- people leaving their foods, comforts, and recreational activities behind them to confess their sins and find cleansing and hope. After 400 years of God’s silence, something is stirring. What was behind this movement? What can we learn from it today?

Our vision for 2018 includes healthy community life (Advance). Good relationships are hard to come by. Like moving targets, they require effort and focus. For some of us we can spend years in a church community and not experience much real change. Why is that? What should the expectation be? What might God have in store for us this year?

December 30 & 31, 2017

Guest Preacher, Matt Craig

We often hear the Christian life described as "knowing Jesus" but what does that really mean?  Jesus Himself extends the invitation to intimately "abide in His love" and He describes life with Him as free, joyous, and purposeful.  Why is it, then, that sometimes there seems to be a gap between what we read in Scripture about following Jesus (freedom, joy, and purpose) and what we may actually experience?  Come join us as we discuss John 15 and what it means to know an intimate and personal relationship with Jesus instead of merely knowing about Him.

December 24, 2017

Lead Pastor, Bobby Parschauer

December 16 & 17, 2017

Lead Pastor, Bobby Parschauer

Solomon gives us the conclusion of the matter after musing about his failed life experiment. What is it that will bring me true meaning? Where will I find that joy that I’m looking for? How can I order my life while I’m still young in order to avoid the sense that I’m ‘chasing after the wind’?