Christ Community Chapel - Hudson Campus

“If we can trust that Jesus saw us as worth dying for, we can trust he is worth living for.” These beautiful words were brought to us by Pastor Ken Prabucki as he discussed Acts 2:42-47 and the concept of community. In his three points, we learned about the kind of community we want, the kind of community we get, and the kind of community we can have. Our hearts desperately want to be welcomed as we are and part of something bigger. The communities we find ourselves in often don’t allow for our authenticity or our messes. But Jesus isn’t afraid of our mess. And in Jesus, we can become more ourselves than we could ever imagine. Through the finished work of Christ on the cross and the ongoing work of the Spirit within us, we can be a part of true, lasting community. Just like the early church, we can walk alongside one another in the mess and experience the unity Christ calls us to partake in together.

Pastor Mike shows us how to reflect on the requests Jesus teaches us to make in the Lords Prayer: daily bread, daily forgiveness, and daily help against temptation. And in these requests, we can stop and marvel at the Truths we find: God is faithful to sustain us every single day, he teaches us the power of giving and receiving forgiveness, and he is with us in our daily battles against temptation.In this prayer journey, Christ greets us with his compassion and kindness. He walks with us as Teacher and shows us the way as Savior.The Lords presence changes everything about our lives. And, the Lord’s Prayer changes everything about our prayer lives.

In this message, Pastor Zach uses Matthew 6:10 to help us reflect on what it truly means to pray “your kingdom come, your will be done.” It is easy to acknowledge the need for a regime change in the world, but we are slower to admit the need for a new King in our hearts and minds. In prayer, we can go to God with our despair and our discouragement over the broken kingdom of the earth. But we also must acknowledge the state of our own hearts and our desperate need to surrender to our Savior. If left to our own devices, our kingdoms will always lead to death. But, Jesus’ kingdom begins with death and births an eternal life. Through Jesus, we see a prayerful and purposeful life of surrender to God. Surrender is vital to the Christian life. It is essential to pray that we have the power to bring a heavenly kingdom to our hurting earth. Your kingdom come, God. Your will be done. On earth, as it is in heaven.

Too often, we think of prayer as a discipline or a duty, but it is so much more than that. Jesus came so that we would know, without a doubt, that our God is willing and able to help us and that his glory and our good are linked.As Pastor Zach so beautifully puts it, “As a Christian, you never look at the circumstances of your life to know if God is willing and able to help you. You always look to the fixed point of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Don’t look to circumstances. Look to Jesus.”And as we continue to look to Jesus, we will be emboldened to bring our prayers, big and small, to the feet of a heavenly Father who loves us and wants to hear from us. *We are starting a 97-day prayer journey as a church beginning August 30th and going to the beginning of Advent. It will be a corporate meditation on the Lord’s Prayer. The prayer journey books are available for sale in the Atrium for $5 each. Please, join us as we watch the Lord work mightily in our midst through prayer.*

Pastor Jim Colledge walks us through Matthew 6:5-8 and the practical tips that Jesus gives us regarding prayer. Through Pastor Jim’s message, we learn a little more about the wrong way to pray, the right way to pray, and how Jesus helps us make the transition.The wrong way to pray involves performing and pretending. The right way to pray is about authentically pursuing God. And, through Jesus, we can learn how the right kind of prayers help us approach our heavenly Father with confidence and security.Our Father in heaven wants us to come to him, and Jesus is the Great Shepherd who leads us there.God doesn’t expect perfect prayers. He doesn’t want performances or pretending. He wants us to be present with him, pursue him, and seek him with our authentic selves daily.

This week, Pastor Zach finishes our One Story One Hero message series by teaching about Jonah and the fish.

This week, Pastor Zach shared about the story of Daniel in the lion's den. He answered three questions: What is faith? Why does faith matter? How does faith grow? Tune in as we continue in our message series, One Story One Hero!

In this message, Pastor Zach Weihrauch teaches on the story of Naaman and addresses the questions: Why do we look for God? Why can't we find him? How do we know he wants to be found?

Tune in as Pastor Zach shares about the classic Bible story, David and Goliath. In this message, we learn about the importance of remembering you're not the only character in your story.

In this message, Pastor Jim Colledge teaches from Joshua 6 on the battles we face and how God fights for us.

Tune in as Pastor Zach shares from Genesis about Joseph and his brothers, pointing to Jesus as the greater brother who uses his power to forgive those who have mistreated him.

In this message, Pastor Joe preaches from Genesis 22:1-19 and shares on the call of God, the problem of the ask, and the proof of love.

In this message, Pastor Joe teaches from Genesis 6-9 and asks three questions: Why the flood? Why the ark? Why the rainbow?

Tune in as Pastor Zach shares from Genesis 3:1-24 on how from the beginning, God has promised to defeat Satan, overcome sin, and save humanity through Jesus.

In this message, Pastor Zach shares how without any judgment, Jesus affirms in a refreshing way that simple faith saves, no matter how strong or weak it is.

Tune in as Pastor Joe shares how in Jesus' interaction with the scribe, he shows the substance of what it means to follow him regardless of society's acceptance, no matter how offensive it may be.

In this message, Pastor Joe teaches how in Jesus' interaction with the sinful woman, he announces and affirms his central good news: There is radical forgiveness for everyone and anything.

Tune in as Pastor Joe shares how Jesus interacts with Matthew and models the need to be with non-Christians on their turf, wherever that takes him.

Tune in as Pastor Zach shares how in his ascension and now at the right hand of the Father, Jesus reigns and continues his mission to the ends of the earth, primarily through the church.