The vision of Central Christian Church is to be the hospitable hands of Jesus Christ for our neighbors near and far. The mission of Central Christian Church is to invite our neighbors to a life of faith in Jesus Christ and into our congregation for the shared pursuit of Christian Spirituality. Click here for a Quick Tour of our church.

Worship With Us On Sunday!
In the Sanctuary starting at 11:00 a.m. every Sunday. Coffee Fellowship afterward. Click here for a map.

Living Together on the Parade Route - August 29nd
Fourth of four messages from: Imagined we are watching a parade of faith heroes and actually joining that parade ourselves. As spiritual exiles, we face mental and relational issues. Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-17 tells us how to live together on our journey to the city with foundations.

With radical hospitality, radical contentment and radical leadership, Central Christian Church can be a compelling, cohesive community, welcoming many to faith in Jesus Christ and sharing the pursuit of Christian spirituality.

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Exiles, The Conscription of God's Church
by Todd Boddy

The enlightenment put a lot of weight into the hands of reason and rationality to usher in a more utopian world with decreasing reliance on God.  With the 20th century being the deadliest in the history of humankind this balloon of hope lead by human achievement began to wane. In the west, Christendom died, or was deconstructed so severely that century old church buildings in America started to become museum pieces testifying to another time. At the while, every sort of religious idea began to viewed with equal footing for the self seeker, characterized by "I am spiritual, not religious", "Open minded, but probably not to the church". 

Thankfully the story is not over.

For the month of September, this is what I'll be wrestling with as I share with you God's word.

• Sept. 5th - Who wants to be an Exile?
• Sept. 12th - Phonies and Fakes
• Sept. 19th - Crossing the Border
• Sept. 26th - The Missional Band on the Run

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Outdoor Worship
Outdoor worship in the Dog Park resumed on Easter Sunday, Coffee starts at 9:45 am with eclectic music, service from 10-10:25 am, We have about 5 people who rotate on sharing an inspiring Biblical message:

• Barron Bell
• Todd Boddy
• Russell Church
• Brandon Boyer
• BJ Austin

Occasionally guest musicians perform/sing inspiring hymns. All people and doggies welcome.

Click here to go to Central Dog Park mini-site.

Back to Normal? - August 22nd
Third of four messages from Hebrews: in Hebrews 12:18-29 contrasts the fear of the Israelites at Mt. Sinai when God gave Moses the Law with the thankful worship at the metaphorical Mt. Zion in which the people of Christ receive the kingdom that cannot be shaken.

An authentic Christian community radiates confidence among those who are undone by the unstable world by receiving from God a kingdom that cannot be shaken.

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Who’s Watching - August 15th
Second of four messages from Hebrews: in Hebrews 11:29-12:2 the metaphor switches from parade to a marathon race. We who were the spectators become the runners, and those who have finished the race ahead of us surround us with their cheering encouragement.

When the marathon of faith seems too long, too hard, too uncertain, too costly, look at the cloud of witnesses; listen as they cheer us to persevere to cross the finish line where Jesus awaits us.

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Foreigners in Our Own Place - August 8th
First of four messages from Hebrews: In Peter Yarrow’s anti-war song The Great Mandela: The Wheel of Life (Album 1700), the voice of conventional responsibility urges a young man who is struggling with going to war to “take your place on the great Mandela as it moves through your brief moment of time.” In the four decades since the Viet Nam war era, the wheel of life has made many turns. The conclusion of the New Testament book of Hebrews exposes God’s direction for human history, not a pointless, relentless revolving. Rather, God invites us to take our place in the great procession that gives every individual meaning and significance. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus puts our seeming insignificance into enduring context.

Do you feel like you just don’t fit in your own place? Like a foreigner in your own society and culture? You belong in the parade! Follow Abraham to the city with foundations! Follow Jesus to the Kingdom of God!

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Acers Community Garden
Some may have noticed our new Acers Community Garden is active and growing on the southern part of our campus. Individual plots will have different plants, fruits, and vegetable growing. In addition of wonderful garden-fresh food for our gardeners, a portion of the crop from the Community Garden will be grown for the Food Pantry of North Dallas Shared Ministries as a contribution from all the gardeners

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The Highland Park 4th of July Parade for 2010
For the fifth year, Central Christian Church will participate in the 4th of July Parade for the Town of Highland Park that wil be held on Monday, July 5th this year. We will have a trailer full of float riders that included friends, family, neighbors and our friends of Central Dog Park (plus their dogs) and gardeners from the Acers Community Gardens. Continuing the tradition of past years, we also served a tailgate breakfast to all of the people who crewed the other floats in the parade. These folks line up very early in the morning (starting at 6:30 a.m.) along Euclid Avenue to get a good position in the parade for a 9 a.m. start. Our congregants will walk up and down the parade line beginning at 6:30 a.m. passing out orange juice, fresh coffee and freshly-baked pastries from Breadwinners.

We would like to specially thank Breadwinners for their fourth straight year of partnering with us for this service project.

Click on the "start arrow" in the Flash player below to see the video of this year's parade.

Click here to see all four of our past parade videos beginning in 2006. You can see what has become a tradition of our church, our history of service to our neighbors, as well as the just plain fun we had in patriotic celebration with our community.

Christ Has it all - Worship Messages by Norman Stolpe
In physics, unified field theory attempts to explain all fundamental forces in terms of a single unified force. In his letter to the Colossians, the Apostle Paul prefigures and goes way beyond unified field theory, presenting Jesus Christ as the original, organizing and ultimate center of all things, visible and invisible. By immersing ourselves in Jesus Christ, we integrate our personal center with the core of God’s cosmic purposes. Luke’s Gospel presents Jesus as both model and partner in living at God’s center.

• July 18—Spiritual Gravity in Person, Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42
• July 25 – Spiritual Disarmament Colossians, 2:6-15, Luke 11:1-13
• August 1 – Focused Living, Colossians 3:1-11, Luke 12:13-21

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Sunday, August 1 - Focused Living
Third of three messages from the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Colossians: Christ has it all.  the Apostle Paul explains what not to care about and what to care about in order to have a focused life. Paul moves from elevated theology about Jesus at the center to the nitty-gritty that makes us uncomfortable. I couldn’t care less about anything other than focusing on Jesus or about anything that keeps me from loving those Jesus loves. I want to care more about focusing my life on Jesus and about loving those Jesus loves.

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Sunday, July 25 - Spiritual Disarmament
Second of three messages from the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Colossians: Christ has it all.  Though in a secular, technological society, spiritual hunger persists. Many people have rejected religions, including Christianity, for do it yourself spirituality, which leaves them susceptible to the Elemental spirits of the universe. Fill up with Christ who has disarmed the powers against which you are helpless so you won’t be kidnapped.

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Sunday, July 18 - The Fixed Center in Turbulence
First of three messages from the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Colossians: Christ has it all.  We live in an attention deficit disorder world of myriad distractions. In Colossians 1 we see Christ the center who hold everything together. Jesus Christ is the fixed point of focus for a turbulent world, church, mind and soul.

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Sunday, July 11 - Go Ye Means Go Me
Rev. Dr. Larry Ross, Area Minister of the North Texas Area of the Christian Church in the Southwest was our guest speaker to reprise the stirring message he delivered at the North Texas Area Assembly in May based on Matthew 13:1-9. Larry’s message affirmed Central Christian Church’s vision to be the hospitable hands of Jesus to our neighbors and will inspire us to bring that mission to fullness.

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SUNDAY'S SCRIPTURE & SERMON
"Living Together on the Parade Route"
August 29, 2010

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HOMECOMING SUNDAY
"Inadequate, Unprepared, but Ready!"
Homecoming Sunday 2009
September 20, 2009
Captain W. Kyle Fauntleroy

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