The Backpack

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, on New Year's Eve 2023, Pastor Blake introduces our upcoming series on the Ten Commandments by looking at how we can approach our holy God in the new year. Our text for this message is Exodus 20. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 12/31/23.

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake continues our advent series Drawing Names, where we examine the names for the promised Messiah in Isaiah 9. In this year's Christmas Eve message, we're called to remember that our Prince of Peace comes to us in the midst of life's chaos. Our text for this message is Luke 2:7-16. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 12/24/23.

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake continues our advent series Drawing Names, where we examine the names for the promised Messiah in Isaiah 9. In this week's message, we're called to consider how the genealogy of Jesus reminds us of our Eternal Father in surprising and powerful ways. Our text for this message is Matthew 1:1-17. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 12/17/23.

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake continues our advent series Drawing Names, where we examine the names for the promised Messiah in Isaiah 9. In this week's message, we're called to remember that our Mighty God was fighting for us before we were even aware. Our text for this message is Matthew 2:13-23. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 12/10/23.

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you. This week, CCC members Mike and Sarah Embry reflect on their recent time spent supporting missionaries in Kenya and how we can partner with those missionaries through the upcoming Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake begins our advent series Drawing Names, where we examine the names for the promised Messiah in Isaiah 9. This week, we're called to submit our plans to the better way of our Wonderful Counselor. Our text for this message is Matthew 1:18-25. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 12/3/23.

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake continues our Luke miniseries called Snapshots and Shovels. We consider the topic of personal holiness, and what it looks like for us to pursue it in our lives today as we follow Jesus. Our text for this message is Luke 11:27-36. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 11/19/23.

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you. This week, CCC member Chris Gaither shares lessons learned from his journey following Jesus, and how people living out their faith when he was younger put his life on a whole new trajectory.

The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake continues our Luke miniseries called Snapshots and Shovels. We examine an account of Jesus casting out a demon, and consider how this strange event actually has a lot to teach us as we walk with Jesus today. Our text for this message is Luke 11:14-26. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 11/12/23.

Each week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you. This week, CCC member David Wheeler shares his story of growing up fast from God and the transformation that Jesus' grace made in his life.