The Backpack

The Backpack

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The Backpack episodes

  • Trail Mix #12 - Nik & Ruth Ripken Q&A
    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. In this episode, we bring you the Q&A session with missionaries Nik & Ruth Ripken that followed our recent movie night featuring their life story, The Insanity of God.
    55 min
  • Trail Mix #11 - Deacons
    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. In this episode, Daniel is joined by Pastor Blake to talk about deacons - what they are, what they do, the part they play in the church, and how they'll be integrated into the leadership at CCC.
    22 min
  • The Canteen #49 - Nik and Ruth Ripken
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we heard from special guests Nik and Ruth Ripken, who have spent more than three decades as missionaries, much of it among believers experiencing intense persecution. They joined us to share the stories they have seen and experienced over those years, and encourage us to see our worship for the miracle it truly is.
    1 hr 5 min
  • Trail Mix #10 - Telling Stories of Grace

    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. In this episode, D.J. is joined by Jerry Smitha, Derek Brown, and Erin Moreno, as they talk about their recent experience sharing the story of how they came to know Jesus during the Sunday morning gathering - what it was like, how it impacted them, and how God has used their stories to make a difference in the lives of others. 

    To listen to their stories, check out the following Stories From the Trail episodes: 

    Jerry - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mN0nsxPhgBVbbp09r85Kz?si=6Ia7qGN5QyeVjkZNgQzFLA&utm_source=copy-link

    Derek - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QQAlffJZ2FdeO7xwhGBWo?si=TjKnlGrLTuStfaHU2Zobdw&utm_source=copy-link

    Erin - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6p2ox9GjI678GwgsAJVJVA?si=ra1ueislTxyLkbEL4svWTg&utm_source=copy-link

    21 min
  • Stories From the Trail #29 - Josiah Downey
    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 Josiah Downey sits down with Katie Gaither to talk about his recent experience serving with a CCC team doing flood relief in eastern Kentucky.
    12 min
  • The Canteen #48 - Why You're Here and Not In Heaven
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we conclude our series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. Pastor Blake examines how grace gives purpose to everything we do in our lives. Our text for this message is Titus 2:15. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 9/11/22.
    41 min
  • Stories From the Trail #28 - Sherry Allen and Kerry Tanis
    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 Sherry Allen sits down with Kerry Tanis to talk about their work at Little Light House, a local school that provides early intervention and education for young children with special needs.
    14 min
  • The Canteen #47 - Do You Want to Be Well?
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue our series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. Pastor Blake examines how grace forms and informs our identity, and how that changes how we think and live. Our text for this message is Titus 2:14. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 9/4/22.
    41 min
  • Stories From the Trail #27 - Erin Moreno
    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 Erin Moreno shares her story of how she came to know Jesus, and how he showed his grace to her during hard seasons of anxiety and depression - part of a miniseries of conversion stories we're calling Stories of Grace.
    9 min
  • The Canteen #46 - Hopeful Hearts in a Hurried World
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue our series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. Pastor Blake examines the future aspect of God's grace, and looks at how the hope of Jesus' return transforms the way we live here and now. Our text for this message is Titus 2:13. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 8/28/22.
    41 min

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The Backpack is a podcast from Christ Community Church of Shelbyville, Kentucky. On The Backpack, we want to prepare you for the journey outside, where following Jesus meets real life. In our various…