This Sunday we will resume TWO Worship Services, one at 8:30 and one at 11 in the Sanctuary with Sunday School classes resuming at 10am. Pastor Dee will be preaching "Life, Time and Everything" from Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. Please note that we will not have Sunday Evening Worship this Sunday. Sunday Evening Worship service will resume next Sunday, January 5 and Wednesday Night Alive will resume on January 8.  Read More

For some reason, Philippians 1:21 has been on my mind; "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain."I understand what the apostle Paul is saying.  He was a champion for the gospel, and he had every right to say it. Because of his passion and brazen rhetoric, it led to beatings, jail time, mocking crowds, constant threats…and souls coming to Christ. Certainly, I do what I can, but my efforts pale ...  Read More

How Do We Measure Success?I’m proud of my successes. I don’t have many in comparison to others at CMPC, but they are worthy achievements. Let me give you one example.  Just after I turned 30 years old, I decided to lose weight. I weighed 230 pounds. Over the next few months, I lost 40 pounds, slimming down to 190. It’s a meaningful achievement, even though some of that weight is back after 40+ yea...  Read More

This Sunday we will have ONE Worship Service in the Covenant Life Center (gym) at 10am with a Coffee Fellowship beginning at 9am. We will gather to worship God as Richard MacLagan and Pastors Rick, Ben, Dee and Travis lead us in the Christmas Cantata, "In The Fullness Of Time." We will not have Sunday School or Sunday Evening Worship this Sunday. Please join us as we go Christmas Caroling See announcement below.  Read More

Early every winter I notice the trees are like sticks, the grass a light brown, and the plants have no blooms. It’s not attractive, but that’s the nature of changing seasons. Every year vibrant summer colors fade into grays and browns. The grass grows dormant, trees shed their leaves and plants die or go into hibernation.Every week in our church’s morning worship service, we recite Isaiah 40:8 aft...  Read More

Revelation 12:11 “And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”  Read More