Staff Blog

Each week a member of CHBC's leadership shares what is on their hearts. 
ONE Reason
November 19th, 2024
by Griff Henderson - Senior Pastor As Shari and I enter into our first Christmas season as your pastor and wife, we are thankful for God's faithfulness.Would you please join us in prayer for these ten things as we celebrate that Jesus is the reason for the season.1. Our Children's Christmas Musical on Sunday, December 1st at 6 pm2. Our Adult Musical on Sunday, December 8th at 6 pm3. Our World Miss...
PDO - Lets Grow
November 12th, 2024
By Lori Radar - Parent's Day Out Director ......
The Time for Harvest is Now
November 5th, 2024
by Rusty Stowe - Senior Adult Pastor Sometimes being in the “right “place at the “right” time has a lot to say for itself. For instance, some business people on Wall Street have become billionaires because they had the ability to recognize a financial “opportunity” and were in the right “place” at the right “time” to take advantage of that opportunity. Some battles in history were fought and won b...
Fall Back
October 30th, 2024
by Chris Watkins - Student Pastor Galatians 2:20: I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.As you know, our Fall Back Student Ministry Retreat is just around the corner. I wanted to take a moment to fill you in on our theme for this year and also to ask y...
News from Rob and Laura Flaherty
October 22nd, 2024
Dear Chisholm Heights Baptist Church,We hope this letter finds you with love in your heart. I wanted to reach out and share some news: we're following the Lord and coming home from Kenya.Due to unforeseen circumstances and considering our family's health, we have elected to come home, but we won't quit the ministry commission by any means.The decision burdens us. We are anxious and sad but excited...
Pray for the Election
October 15th, 2024
by Griff Henderson - Senior Pastor It happened this morning. I was exercising with my friends and two of them started talking about the presidential election.  They could not understand how anyone could vote for the person that I am going to vote for. They said several negative comments about this candidate. I started loading up my thoughts with several negative thoughts about their candidate. But...
Preschool Update
October 8th, 2024
by Bridgette Lancaster - Preschool Ministry Coordinator “For this is what love for God is: to keep His commands.” I John 5:3aThe Preschool and Children’s departments started a new curriculum on Wednesday nights. It is called Faithful Promises. It is a walk through the Old Testament to show God’s faithfulness. We have only been doing it for a few weeks, but I just love seeing the kids get excited a...
What's That in Your Hand?
October 1st, 2024
by Rusty Stowe - Senior Adult Minister Years ago, a guy named Bill Green came to our state to serve as our Director of Church Music for Oklahoma Baptists. Bill had a saying that many of us took to heart. He said, “We either ALL do it, or we don’t do it at all!” He was talking about our involvement and commitment to the Singing Church men of Oklahoma. Through the years, I have used that phrase to h...
Word's Hurt
September 24th, 2024
by Chris Watkins - Student Minister James 3:1-12Not many should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we will receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is mature, able also to control the whole body. Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we direct their whole bodies. And consider ships: Th...
Africa and Tailgate
September 18th, 2024
by Jeff Kimes - Executive Pastor Trip to AfricaI would like to thank you for your prayers while we were on our trip to Africa. We saw God work in some awesome and exciting ways. We spent 5 days with the Maasai tribe and were able to do some leadership training with the group. Rob and Laura are doing well and your show of love through the care package you sent meant so much to them. They were all o...