"I can take just about anything...if you give it to me STRAIGHT!" Don uses this theory to start a series on the Book of James. This book in the New Testament is sometimes harsh, sometimes challenging, but always "shoots straight"! In this first session, we look at how pain happens in our life and what our response to pain and endurance should be. Included in this session is worship music from Central Wired Praise, and an incredible Communion Meditation by John Bridges, that includes the song "He Will Carry Me" by Mark Schulz. We pray that this series-and in particular, this session-encourages you and reminds you that we serve a God that is bigger than the pain we are experiencing! Shalom

If you want to build a HEALTHY CHURCH, then you must have healthy LEADERSHIP! Don takes us through a look at Elders and Deacons and how CHURCH should be built! There are Biblical examples of church formats and there are MYTHS about how a church should be run, and we want to look at what Scripture says about the matter. We look at some of the successes here at Central and are encouraged by worship led by CentralWired Praise and a communion song by Matt Maher. We pray you are encouraged and that we ALL follow HIS lead, and make Jesus the true Cornerstone of our Church building! Shalom  

Our Guest Speaker-Joe Friend-shares with us what it means to preach "Christ...and Him Crucified!" His encouraging message reminds us that HE paid the price for us...and that should challenge us to keep growing! Along with worship music from Central Wired Praise (led by Janet Newberry) and Communion Meditation by Kolby Tollett, this podcast is here to give you strength! Shalom!  

In this session we focus on EDUCATION:-our teachers and our students! We have an amazing mission field, right in our own schools! Don challenges us to not only to "BE the light of the World," but also to "shine HIS light into the dark world." We have so many teachers and students at Central, and we want to empower them and ordain them to "Bring the Shine" into the schools! Included in this podcast is music, scripture and prayer form Central Wired Praise, and spoken word poetry by Propaganda. We pray you are encouraged with this session. Shalom!  

He sat at a gate called "Beautiful"...and he was anything BUT! Peter and John had an encounter with a lame man that changed his life, because they showed him Jesus! And guess what...that same Jesus still changes lives today-through the hands and feet of His Bride, the Church! Join Don as he shares some new insight on this story from Acts 3 and a very personal testimony of how this was made real just this last week! Shalom!