The need for the local Church is more evident today than ever. Congregational worship involves so much more than just the outward expressions of worship such as the lifting of hands, praising God with musical instruments, and the singing of songs. It’s also being there for each other. It means being accountable to one another, Ephesians 5:21 (KJV): 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Family is a great support system and so is your Christian family. It is so necessary in these times we live in presently. When government does away with the programs that help the least of these, then the Church must step up to the plate and take up the slack. The Church is the one place where hurting people should find consolation, the hungry should get their needs met, the homeless find shelter, the weak can find strength, and restoration for the downtrodden and the broken hearted. We are God’s hands and feet. We, the Church, the ekklesia, the called out ones, are all of the body of Christ in the earth today. We are the champions for the poor, the voiceless, the abused, and all those whom are oppressed of the devil. Wasn’t that the Lord’s mission in the earth? Acts 10:38 (KJV): 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. Luke 4:18-19 (KJV): 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. We too, the contemporary Church, understand that our assignment has not changed. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 6-15-25 Mark 16:15 (KJV) 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Announcements for Sunday, 6-15-25 1. CCC will have Bible study Monday, 6-16-25, & 6-30-25, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 6-2-25, & 6-23-25, but the video for the Bible studies will be uploaded to CCC’s website. 2. CCC’s clean-up day has been re-scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Church will provide food and refreshments. 3. The Church will have contractors begin preliminary work on pouring concrete for the parking area just in front of the Church, as well as the Church van parking area, beginning on Monday 6-16-25, therefore we’re asking CCC Partners to avoid those areas when parking for Monday night Bible study and utilize the parking available to the side of the Church and across from the Church. Prayerfully the concrete work will be completed this week. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

There are so many religions in the world today. At one time I spent a lot of energy studying the different religions, but as I have gotten wiser in the things of God I’ve not spent as much of my energy on other beliefs, though I do see it as wisdom to know what is out there so that we may have an answer for what we believe. Scripture heeds Christians to know and understand His revelation, the Word of God. 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV): 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. That word “study” is from the Greek word spoudazo and it means do diligence, be diligent, endeavor, and to labor. We are to have an understanding of this great salvation that we are so blessed to partake of. I am personally convinced that the greatest blessing is understanding the revelation of God and the eternal benefits of that personal relationship with Him. An eternity, forever and ever, with God in all of His glory is not even to be compared to what all we suffer on this side of glory. These things we have been taught from a child . 2 Timothy 3:15-17 (KJV): 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. John 14:6 (KJV): 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. What another man believes is between him and the good Master. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 6-8-25 John 14:9 (KJV) 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Announcements for Sunday, 6-8-25 1. CCC will have Bible study Monday, 6-9-25, 6-16-25, & 6-30-25, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 6-2-25, & 6-23-25, but the video for the Bible studies will be uploaded to CCC’s website. 2. CCC’s clean-up day has been re-scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Church will provide food and refreshments. 3. Pastor Muchison would like to meet with CCC’s Board of Directors briefly after the worship service today, Sunday, 6-8-25. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

Praise is a powerful weapon in the kingdom. Jehoshaphat sent praisers into the forefront of the battle and confused the enemy, 2 Chron. 20:21, 22. The Syrophenician woman worshipped the Lord and her daughter who was vexed by demons was healed, Matt. 15:21-28. The Bible declares in Ps. 22:3 that God inhabits the praises of Israel. He inhabits the praise, period! I know in my own personal life the power of praise. In every dark situation as I looked to the Arthur and Finisher of my faith and worshipped, I received strength, peace, and joy. He will never fail you nor me. Praise boosts our faith, Philip. 4:6. Praise honors the Lord in reverential respect. It recalibrates our thinking to His, aligning with His Word and therefore the blessing. If I’m praising God, then I’m not giving place to the enemy of my soul to plant evil thoughts into my mind. Worship does so much to and for the worshipper. It invites God and Heaven into our situation, Ps. 22:3. For petition prayers it keeps us focused in faith for what we’re believing God for. It’s an act of faith in itself. Who worships what they don’t believe in? It’s like prayer. Who prays to someone they don’t believe in? We often say, “Prayer changes things.” Well, praise changes things too. For one thing, instead of using our mouths to speak doubt and unbelief, we’re using our tongue to give praise unto God. Praise also releases our faith into the atmosphere by praising God with the Word of faith. I’m learning more and more the importance of paying attention to details. The Bible says that faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God, Rom. 10:17. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 6-1-25 Colossians 3:16 (KJV) 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Announcements for Sunday, 6-1-25 1. For the month of June CCC will have Bible study Monday, 6-9-25, 6-16-25, & 6-30-25, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 6-2-25, & 6-23-25, but the video for the Bible studies will be uploaded to CCC’s website. 2. The clean-up day that was scheduled for Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. was canceled due to an unforeseen emergency and will be rescheduled. As soon as we reschedule the new date we will communicate with CCC Partners. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

Vision is the fire and combustion to those who see what others do not. That inner combustion is fueled by the imagination, pictures, and the dreams of those things desired that we don’t have presently. We’re convinced of the sight that we see with our faith but not yet visible to the natural eyes. We walk by faith and not by sight. How far I see is the potential for how much I will achieve. If I don’t see anything then I’m not going to achieve anything, but whatever I see in my spirit, I have the potential to achieve. What we envision, imagine, picture in our minds is the starting point. It’s the beginning of changing our present state of affairs for the future. It’s our down payment towards a better tomorrow and then we make installment payments toward that vision in order that the vision come to pass. We work the vision, never taking our eyes off of what God have given us, what we have seen, what we have imagined, and what we have pictured in our minds. Then, faith without works is dead. A vision is no greater than the desire and the action to achieve it. Never give up on your dreams. Never give up on your vision. It’s not just for you, but it’s to be a blessing to the multitudes. The vision is to inspire generations. God gave Abraham a vision that would inspire generations. Genesis 22:17-18 (KJV): 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. Keep the vision alive until you bring the vision to pass. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 5-25-25 Haggai 2:9 (KJV) 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. Announcements for Sunday, 5-25-25 1. The Bible study for Monday, 5-26-25, has been canceled to allow families time together for the Memorial Day celebration. For the month of June CCC will have Bible study Monday, 6-9-25, 6-16-25, & 6-30-25, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 6-2-25, & 6-23-25, but the video for the Bible studies will be uploaded to CCC’s website. 2. The clean-up day scheduled for Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. has been canceled due to an unforeseen emergency and will have to be rescheduled. As soon as we reschedule the new date we will communicate with CCC Partners. 3. We regret to announce the passing of Bro. Terrance Baker, son of Sis. Aretha Mae Thompson. As soon as we have information for the celebration of life services, we will communicate them to CCC Partners. Our hearts and prayers go out to the family during their time of bereavement. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

The creation groans for the restoration of all things that have been affected by the sin of the first man and the first woman. Though the earth was not the cause of the fall, it was cursed as well. Because of sin death entered the earth separating men from God’s best for their lives. Poverty, sickness, and lack have never been the plan of God for mankind. Man was created in the image and likeness of God, and should never accept anything less than what God says, and God said in Genesis 1:26-27 (KJV): 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Notice that God gave man dominion over fish, fowl, cattle, all the earth, and over creeping things. Nowhere in Gen. 1:26, 27, does it say man shall have dominion over other men. Man was created in the image and likeness of God, and sin keeps us separated from God’s best and I know that, for me, I hunger and thirst after my God and am looking forward to the full restoration and completion of our redemption, and until then I refuse to listen to the enemies of my soul including evil and wickedness in high places such as governments, whether local or nationally. Habakkuk 1:4 (KJV): 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. It will fail. Righteousness will win over darkness. The God-image will not let wicked people, wicked rulers, nor wicked governments prevail. 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV): 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 5-18-25 James 5:16 (KJV) 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Announcements for Sunday, 5-18-25 CCC will have Bible study Monday, 5-19-25, & 5-26-25, at 7:30 p.m. The ministry is planning a clean-up day Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. There will be a sign-up sheet for volunteers who will be able to help, and the Church will provide food and refreshments. Pastor Muchison would like to meet with the Board of Directors and Bro. Elvis Randolph briefly after worship service today, 5-18-25. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

As we celebrate this blessed Mother’s Day there are so many precious memories of moms taking care of us growing up and even after becoming adults, we dare not forget the upbringing we all received at the loving care of our mothers. Mothers have shaped the world because they shaped the lives of those who rule it. More than anything though is that in our mothers we see the love of God through them. After all, even the Lord draws an analogy between natural parents and their relationship with their children, and our heavenly Father and His relationship with the children of God. Matthew 7:7-11 (KJV): 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? A mother’s love is priceless, unconditional, and unmatched by any. I was in my yard cleaning up one evening and suddenly a bird flew quite close to me and done it several times and I was like, “What in the world?” Then as I investigated further, I noticed that what was obviously the mother bird, flew back into the hedges where she had a nest with a little one in it. She was protecting her young. I thought to myself, “Wow! That mother bird is willing to fight with a human being 50 times her size to protect her young than to sit idly by while something happens to them.” Awesome. Happy Mother’s Day to all of our wonderful mothers. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 5-11-25 Proverbs 31:10 (KJV) 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Announcements for Sunday, 5-11-25 CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 5-12-25, but the video for the Bible study will be uploaded to CCC’s website. CCC will have Bible study Monday, 5-19-25, & 5-26-25, at 7:30 p.m. The ministry is planning a clean-up day Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. There will be a sign-up sheet for volunteers who will be able to help, and the Church will provide food and refreshments. Pastor Muchison would like to meet with the Board of Directors briefly after worship service today, 5-11-25. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

In a hostile generation it is needful that every Christian know who they are in God, or many will fall prey to the lies of the devil. Truth is the weapon of choice against lies and deception. God’s Word is truth, and it is life. No wonder that iniquity abounds in a world that will accept a lie before truth can get its boots strapped on. Amazing how that is, that people will accept a lie without checking it out, making sure of its validity, or even checking out reputable resources for a second opinion. Listening to voices who do not have your best interest at heart is like trusting a toddler to do brain surgery on your brain. The Bible is the source of all truth and everything else should be compared to what God’s Word reveals and if it does not align with the Word of God then it is rejected as truth. God reveals in Gen. 1:26, 27 that He created man in His image and in His likeness. In Dr. Fredrick K. C. Price’s book titled: “Race, Religion, & Racism, A Bold Encounter With Division in the Church,” volume 1, in chapter 3 titled: “In God’s Image,” Dr. Price says: “In the Hebrew language, in which the Old Testament was originally written, the word for “image” and “likeness” found in Genesis 1:26 is tselem. Tselem comes from a root word meaning “form,” and, in addition to likeness and image, it implies “resemblance,” or a “representative figure.” This tells us that man is a copy or counterpart of God. Since God made man in His image (tselem); if we want to find out about man, we must first find out what God is. Then we will know what we are, because we are God’s tselem, copy or counterpart.” That’s all men, not just black men, or white men, or brown men, or yellow men, but all men! Though sin separated man from God in the Garden, Jesus made a way for the restoration of the God-image, Rom. 10:9, 10. All men can be restored to the likeness and image of the Creator and know who they are in Christ Jesus and walk in that revelation by faith. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 5-4-25 Genesis 1:27 (KJV) 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Announcements for Sunday, 5-4-25 CCC will have Bible study Monday, 5-5-25, 5-19-25, & 5-26-25, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 5-12-25, but the video for the Bible study will be uploaded to CCC’s website. The ministry is planning a clean-up day Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. There will be a sign-up sheet for volunteers who will be able to help, and the Church will provide food and refreshments. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

Resurrection Sunday is one of the most holy and powerful celebrations for so many reasons. First of all, without the resurrection Christianity would fall apart. Like all other religious founders, if Christ had not risen then He would still be in the grave, or at least His body would still be in the grave. Christianity would be no different than all other religions whose founders you would still find their remains wherever they were laid. The other very powerful consequence from the resurrection, surprisingly, is not taught or preached about with the prominence that it should be and that is, when it comes to the resurrection it is directly part of the restoration of the God-image inside of them that believe as witnessed by the following scriptures: Romans 6:4 (KJV): 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Colossians 2:12 (KJV): 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV): 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Colossians 3:1-3 (KJV): 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Galatians 2:20 (KJV): 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. The “new man” is the resurrected man living the resurrected life in Christ Jesus. We too, as Lazarus was resurrected from natural death back to a natural life, were raised from spiritual death to spiritual life. With that resurrection from spiritual death came the revelation of the God-image and our relationship with God. Today’s message will explore that reality. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 4-27-25 Romans 8:11 (KJV) 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Announcements for Sunday, 4-27-25 CCC will have Bible study Monday, 4-28-25, at 7:30 p.m. For the month of May CCC will have Bible study Monday, 5-5-25, 5-19-25, & 5-26-25, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 5-12-25, but the video for the Bible study will be uploaded to CCC’s website. The ministry is planning a clean-up day Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. There will be a sign-up sheet for volunteers who will be able to help, and the Church will provide food and refreshments. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

Today is resurrection Sunday, the event where not only was Jesus raised up from the grave, but so were we, Colossians 2:12 (KJV): 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Since we have been raised up with Christ we are raised up to newness of life, Romans 6:4 (KJV): 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. The Christian’s life is hid in Christ, Colossians 3:3 (KJV): 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. That’s how the Father sees us, hid in Christ. He doesn’t see your past mistakes and God’s not condemning you and I because Romans 10:9-10 (KJV) reads: 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. We live resurrected lives unto Christ now. We’re not our own, but we are bought with a price. The resurrected life is a life of faith in Jesus Christ, Galatians 2:20 (KJV): 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. That resurrected life is the transformed life as revealed in Romans 12:2 (KJV): 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. The word transformed is from the Greek word metamorpho whereas we get our English word metamorphosis which is the change as when a caterpillar is transformed into a butterfly. His inner systems as well as his outer systems are completely changed in the metamorphosis process. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV): 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. When Jesus was resurrected, so were we, to a new life as unto God and not unto men, Col. 3:23. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 4-20-25 Colossians 3:1 (KJV) 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Announcements for Sunday, 4-20-25 CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 4-21-25, but the video for the Bible study will be uploaded to CCC’s website. CCC will have Bible study Monday, 4-28-25, at 7:30 p.m. The ministry is planning a clean-up day Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. There will be a sign-up sheet for volunteers who will be able to help, and the Church will provide food and refreshments. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison