Christ Fellowship of Wise County

Hello Christ Fellowship! Just a reminder here of our Easter Sunday lunch plans. It’s gonna be a ham-themed lunch and all we have to do is bring sides and desserts and drinks. Trina will be cooking the ham. (Yay!) If you want another meat, it’s fine to bring anything. This will be right after the service this coming Sunday the 20th. As usual, crockpots work best to keep things hot. No stove or microwave on the premises. And no evening service that night. As always, you don’t have to bring a thing. Nobody is keeping track of who brings what and there is always plenty so just come on! I can’t wait! Love y’all! — Todd

Well, not this Sunday but the next is Easter and I am very excited! Most of you know that makes this Sunday Palm Sunday. So, should we all wear palm leaf hats and wave palm leaves when we go to Christ Fellowship? Eh, you can. I guess that’s appropriate. But honestly, I want to worship like we always do. In fact, some of you may wonder why we don’t make a bigger deal about Palm Sunday and even Easter. I know some churches pull out all the stops and have a weekend-long festival around Easter. And I’m not saying that’s wrong.

What I am saying is that if you want helicopter egg drops and the Easter Bunny and an Elvis impersonator singing Gospel hymns, well, I can recommend a few places. If you think the Spirit isn’t there unless somebody gets healed, I know of some churches. But if you want to truly worship God in spirit and in truth like it says in John 4 – if you want to lay down your burdens at the feet of Jesus and rear back and worship our Savior who died but rose again – you can do that at Christ Fellowship.

Let’s meet there this Sunday and do just that at 10 and 6. You will be missed if you can’t be there. I love you all! — Todd

Let’s say I invited you over to my house for dinner. I’m not a very good cook but I can make a mean grilled cheese sandwich. So, you come over to my house for a nice dinner and I break out my finest Chinet paper plates and give you one half of a grilled cheese sandwich. That’s it. Only half and no chips or sides. Not even a glass of water. Can you survive the evening on that? Sure. The grilled cheese will be tasty but…you just need more, don’t you?

That’s how a lot of you are doing spiritually when you miss Sunday evening and Wednesday evening Bible studies. Sunday mornings are good. In fact, here lately they have been really good, really worshipful. But you need more. In fact, you really only get about half of what you need to really flourish if you miss out on the other nights. Are you struggling spiritually? Check out our Bible studies at 6 pm Sunday and 7 pm Wednesday.

Also, Melinda Messier had her knee replacement surgery this morning and it went better than expected and she should be home tomorrow – just like we prayed!

I love you all and can’t wait to see you! — Todd

We at Christ Fellowship want to say how thrilled we are to hear that Randy – Trina’s son – has asked Halle to marry him and she said “yes!” Randy has played a big part in our church for some time now helping Morris with the audio/visual stuff and has been a huge help there! Thank you, Randy, and we are excited for you and Halle! No date has been set yet but they are working on that.

Also, David Hart just informed me that he and his family have to be out of their house by April 4 so he is going to rent a truck tomorrow, Saturday, March 29, to load up some stuff and take it to storage in Decatur starting at about 8 am. If you are able to help, you will be greatly appreciated. You know the drill. Bring pickups, dollies, straps, muscles, etc. If you don’t know where he lives here in Chico on Sherman Street, just contact me and we will meet there. Treasures in Heaven for ya!

I’ll see you Sunday when we will discuss God’s majesty as Isaiah saw it in Isaiah 6. I can’t wait! I love you all! — Todd

Merriam-Webster dictionary says: “Sovereign: absolute power—that is, power that cannot be checked by anyone or anything.” If a president or king is absolutely sovereign, that would be a miserable country in which to live. Nobody wants to be ruled by a sovereign person. But, at the same time, the knowledge of God’s absolute, infinite, irresistible and unconditional sovereignty should give the Christian great peace.

Let’s talk about that at Christ Fellowship this Sunday at 10 and 6. There is something special about Sunday nights at Christ Fellowship so I really hope you’ll be there! If you aren’t, you will be missed! I love you all! — Todd

Do you ever read something in the Bible and wonder if it could possibly be true? Did God really speak the universe into existence? Did God really flood the whole earth? Did Daniel really survive being thrown into the lion’s den? Did Jesus really die on a cross to pay for my sins? Some of that is pretty hard to believe.

I want to challenge you this weekend to read Genesis chapters 6, 7, and 8. It’s the story of Noah’s ark. I bet you have read it before but have you read it lately? Go back and read it thinking about why God did it, how He did it and could it really be possible? Then we will talk about it again Sunday morning at Christ Fellowship.

I can’t wait to see you! I love you all! — Todd

I love a good story. And nobody could tell a story like Jesus. He used stories or what we call parables to help illustrate truths He was telling. And sometimes He used them to conceal some truth from people He knew wouldn’t accept it. So, we at Christ Fellowship spent 6-7 weeks studying those parables but this Sunday we will start a new study. This Sunday, we will start to look at the attributes of God through the big, fun stories of the scripture. And this Sunday we will see the creativity of God in Genesis chapter 1. 

Do you want to have all your questions answered about how and why God created everything including dinosaurs and cavemen and the “leviathan”? Yea, that’s not gonna happen. But you will hopefully come away with a new appreciation of the creativity that God has and how we, made in His image, also are given creativity.

Don’t forget to set your clocks forward this Saturday night and I will see you at 10 am Sunday morning and 6 pm that evening. I love you all! — Todd

If you have seen any news lately, you have seen there is a renewed interest in eating and living healthy. We (I sure do) need to be reminded that what goes in our mouths has a direct effect on how we look and feel. And it’s the same with what goes in our eyes and into our brains. What we see and take in has a direct effect on how we look, feel and act.

David said in Psalm 101, “I will be careful to lead a blameless life—I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart. I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.”

Let’s all be careful what we watch and listen to on TV, radio and the computer. Our mental, physical and spiritual health depends on it! And we can do better. I love you all and can’t wait to see you this Sunday at Christ Fellowship! — Todd

PS We are signed up for the Chico Spring Fling and we have our usual good spot. But we need some prizes to give away. What do y’all have in mind? We have some time. It will be on Saturday, May 17th. Thanks y’all!

In Spanish the word “sin” means “without.” That seems pretty appropriate for the passage we are going to look at this coming Sunday at Christ Fellowship. The parable of the prodigal son is a study of what the son lost because of his sin. Because of his sin he was without the father’s rules but he was also without the father’s love and without the father’s care, without the father’s protection and ultimately…without the father.

Satan is a liar and he makes sin seem like it is what we need to be fulfilled in this life but it really just leaves us without everything we need, including being without our Heavenly Father because sin puts a barrier between us and God (Isaiah 59:2). But the good news that we find in this parable and in our lives is found in the Father’s response when we come back.

It’s going to be a beautiful day Sunday inside and out of the church building so I hope you will come worship with the rest of your family. When you aren’t there, you are missed! I love you all! — Todd

I’m hearing from lots of people that tomorrow’s chili cook-off at Christ Fellowship is going to be the contest of the year! We should have numerous entries in all three categories. The highly acclaimed Bent Spoon Awards are completed, delivered and under lock and key in their display case. Now, if the competition is too much for you, which is understandable, please remember that we also need extras of cheese, crackers, Fritos, onions, sour cream, squid, etc. We have tables set up at the back of the building for you to put your chili and accessories when you get there. There should be plenty of power strips to keep your crockpots warm. And the tables we will eat on will be set up after the service. The 2025 Christ Fellowship Annual Chili cook-off is a go, ladies and gentlemen!