by Chris Watkins - Student Pastor This weekend, our students are heading out to Camp Rock Creek in Norman for a weekend designed to help them grow deep in their faith and strong in their walk with Jesus. Our theme for the retreat is “Rooted”, inspired by Colossians 2:6–7:“Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, being rooted and built up in him and established in the fai...

by Jeff Kimes - Executive Pastor I know, I know it is not even Halloween yet. But as the stores put out Christmas decorations for sale for those early shoppers, we are also preparing for Christmas. Our church Thanksgiving meal will be Wednesday, November 5th at 6:00 pm. You may be saying, that is awful early for a Thanksgiving meal, but we always have the meal the first Wednesday in November so we...

by Lyndall Jones - Worship Pastor "In my life, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In my life, Lord, be glorified today."(song written by Bob Kilpatrick)This simple chorus from my childhood popped into my head the other day. For those of you who remember it, I'm sure you're now humming it in your head so you're welcome! This song got me to thinking about how critical the words and idea of this praye...

by D'Lacey Grimes - Parent's Day Out Director “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)Parents Day Out is off to a great start. We have almost 50 families that our ministry serves. We are so thankful for these sweet children, their families, and for our supportive church family. Our kids have been learning about creat...

By Rusty Stowe - Senior Adult Pastor Ephesians 6:16 identifies faith as a shield capable of extinguishing the flaming arrows of the evil one. Just be careful, your confidence in God is a primary target for the devil. Just as an out- dated or unused shield provides ineffective protection. Knowing this, God implores you not to throw away our confidence. Confidence is a function of trust. Love is the...

by Chris Watkins - Student Pastor “Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive. Above all, put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. And let the peace of Christ...

by Jeff Kimes - Executive Pastor Football season has started  and that can only mean one thing. It’s time for the Tailgate Cook Off!That’s right Sunday night October 12 is the CHBC annual Tailgate Cook Off fellowship. If you are not familiar with the cook off let me fill you in on what it is. Firstly, it is a cooking competition where those that enter the competition will make their favorite tail ...

Type your new text here. This week the Lord has led me to the servant hearts of our church members. Do you know that close to 600 different people come into our church buildings for Sunday and Wednesday ministries? Out of those 600 people over 150 of our members lead out in responsibilities. Well done church!In addition, there are close to another 200 people in our buildings on Monday, Tuesday and...

by Lyndall Jones - Worship Pastor Do you ever wonder what the goal is? You do your normal routines, you spend your day going about your business, and often we do this without thinking "this is my goal for today". Many times, this type of thinking can happen with going to church and our spiritual routines. We do these things because they're good to do as spiritual disciplines, but do we ask, "what ...

by Rusty Stowe - Senior Adult Pastor Kingdom disciples are called to confess their loyalty to Jesus both in words and actions. In Luke 9:36 Jesus says to us: "Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me will save it."Just what does it mean to confess Christ w...