by Jeff Kimes - Executive Pastor As I type this article, it is July 2 and that is the halfway point of the year, so we are closer to end of 2025 than the beginning of 2025. Mull on that a bit.I was talking with my grandson a day or so ago about Falls Creek. He mentioned one thing he came back with that he is really focusing on: it is, as a Christian, whatever you do not only reflects on you but al...

by Robin Roady - Director of Childhood Ministries Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator ofthe whole earth. He never becomes faint or weary; there is no limit to his understanding.Isaiah 40:28Crosstimbers Mission Adventure Camp 2025 was a huge success! We took 25 kids and7 sponsors to camp this year and had a wonderful time together. We swam, played a lot...

by Chris Watkins - Student Pastor Our students have been busy this summer! Just in the first few weeks of summer, we have had students serving their schools through student council events, football practice, basketball training, running to train for their respective seasons, various other school or community related events. We had a great number of students serving at VBS to support our amazing ch...

by Lyndall Jones - Worship Pastor Hi CHBC family!We are in full swing now with all things summer! VBS just finished (and it was an amazing time for our church), we have Super Summer this week with our youth, CrossTimbers next week with our kids, and then Falls Creek the next week! That's a LOT!With all these camps and things our kids and youth will end up hearing a lot of different music and worsh...

by Rusty Stowe - Senior Adult Minister For the past few weeks, in our Adult Sunday School lessons, we have been studying passages out of 1st and 2nd Peter. Passages that we need to read concerning several Biblical truths. Back on April 27 we saw the importance of being “prepared” to handle the ridicule and suffering we may experience to be a believer in Christ. Then we looked at being “humble” and...

by Robin Roady - Director of Childhood Ministries  Vacation Bible School is gearing up to start in just 5 days! My VBS directors, Bridgette Lancaster and Dia Sense, have been hard at work putting together everything we need to make a successful VBS. Registration is open for kids who have completed Pre-K through 6th grade.Our verse for the week is “O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His na...

by Chris Watkins - Student Pastor Matthew 11:28-30I don’t know about everyone else, but when summer rolls around on the calendar it seems like it should bring rest, trips to the beach or mountains, a lot of watermelon slices, and cones of ice cream. However, for many of us summer is a busy season full of work, volunteering, overseeing multiple family members' calendars and doctor visits for some t...

by Jeff Kimes - Executive Pastor In 2 Corinthians chapter 12 the apostle Paul mentions a thorn in his flesh:In order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”  2 Cor. 12: 7-9There ...

By Griff Henderson - Senior Pastor Your Pastor loves you!P.S.  Thunder up!......

by Lyndall Jones - Worship Pastor We as people tend to love most what is most familiar to us. We gravitate to what makes us comfortable. We do this with our music as well. You have favorite songs and so do I. This applies to church music as well. Sometimes, we just need to sing or hear our favorite hymn or chorus to make us feel better. It's that familiarity that reminds us of something in our pas...