Welcome Week Activities Announced!

Here is a rundown of our Welcome Week activities here at CCH for the first week of school. Please check out our Calendar page for more activities heading your way. Unless otherwise noted, all activities take place at the Campus House (see a map here).

• Sunday, Aug. 24th–Welcome BBQ, 6pm
  Gather with hundreds of new and returning students for a free meal. Eat lots and meet lots.
• Monday, Aug. 25th–Sundaes on Monday, 7pm
  Who doesn’t love free ice cream? Come and get some.
• Tuesday, Aug. 26th–TNT, 7pm
  TNT (or Tuesday Nite Thing) is our weekly worship experience. This is your chance to dive right in to all that is CCH! This night is crucial, so don’t you even think about missing it.
• Wednesday, Aug. 27th–Sand Volleyball, 5:30pm (on campus)
  There are several sand volleyball courts on campus. We will meet up, divvy up, and game up.
• Thursday, Aug. 28th–Games on the Grass, 4-6pm (the grassy spot between Colden Pond and the International Plaza.
  Come and blow off some steam by playing on some of our sweet inflatable games.

Come each night…or to as many as you are able. These are great chances to connect with lots of students as well as with CCH. Plus, it’s all a lot of fun. This is how we roll.

 

Nathan Shaver in Concert!

Nathan Shaver will be performing an encore concert at the Christian Campus House!

Nathan was in town last November and rocked out worlds. Now he is back in town with a new album entitled “These Words Aren’t Working.”

Here are the details:

Tuesday night, April 15th
7pm
@ the Campus House
FREE!

Come by. Listen to the pretty music. Eat some food afterwards.

 

Celebration Banquet: Life a Life Worthy

God has been doing amazing things at CCH and on the campus of Northwest. And it’s time to celebrate.

On April 26th, we will be hosting our first ever Celebration Banquet. It will be held at Countryside Christian Church. You can find a map here. The evening starts at 6pm and will include a catered meal as well as a presentation by the students and staff of CCH. The cost of the night is free, but donations will be accepted.

This is an opportunity for us to say thank you to our many supporters, our students, and their parents. You may RSVP by emailing Brandon at: northwestcch (at) gmail.com Please include how many will be coming and their names.

 

Welcome Back! Semester Kick-Off Activities

Hey gang! Welcome back to Northwest and CCH! We hope your Christmas break was refreshing. We have a few cool things going on the first week of classes. Check it out:

• Monday, January 14 @ 7pm–Sundaes on Monday
  Come to the Campus House and enjoy some free ice cream. Catch up with all the buds you missed during the break…and meet some new friends.
• Tuesday, January 15 @ 7pm–TNT
  This is the first TNT of the semester. Get here and start the semester started right. You won’t want to miss this first TNT, as it lays the foundation for the ENTIRE semester.
• Wednesday, January 16 @ 7pm–Games @ the House
  Come over and bring your favorite board or card games. We will find some food to eat.
• Wednesday, January 16 @ 8pm–Spring Break Mission Trip Informational Meeting
  We will meet for a bit (sorry to interrupt your games!) and talk about the Mission Trip to New Orleans. If you are interested at all in this trip…come to this meeting. We will give out all the information you will need to know. No obligation, just information.

 

A Spiritual Formation Weekend w/ Dean Trune

We have been talking about it for weeks. And now it’s almost here.

We are hosting a Spiritual Formation Weekend with Dean Trune.  It takes place at Countryside Christian Church in Maryville, MO (24899 Icon Rd.) on December 1st and 2nd.

Here is the schedule.

Saturday, December 1st:

10am–Developing Spiritual Roots
11am–Journaling for Intimacy with God
2pm–Listening to God
3pm–Learning to Live Counter-Culturally
4pm–Fasting 101
6pm–Spiritual Leadership vs. Ministry Leadership
7pm–Living in Holy Fear

Sunday, December 2nd:

8:30am–Prayer: The Church’s Greatest Need
9:40am–Spiritual Warfare
10:30am–Prayer: The Church’s Greatest Need
12noon–Fellowship Dinner
3pm–Divine Appointments
4pm–Luke 9:23–Deny, Carry, and Obey

Dean Trune is the Director of Impact Ministries International.

Impact Ministries believes:

Success is developing intimacy with God.  An individual who is developing intimacy with God will make an impact in the Kingdom of God. A team of individuals who make an impact in the Kingdom of God will have a fruitful ministry. We do not aim for “making an impact” and we do not aim for “fruitful ministries.” These two situations supernaturally occur when an individual develops intimacy with God. We cannot control “making an impact” and we cannot control “fruitful ministries,” but we have absolute control over developing intimacy with God. It is a matter of the heart. We must not allow “ministry for God” to crowd “intimacy with God” out of our lives. 

Everyone is urged to participate. Child-care will be provided. These sessions are offered at no cost as a gift from the Christian Campus House and Countryside Christian Church.

Call 660-582-8872 or email countryside [at] unitedsky.net for more information.

 

::abide:: has a new address

If you don’t want to remember a long address for our ::abide:: site, just remember this new, easy one:

www.abideinhisword.com 

 

::abide:: is here!

In the last few weeks, we have been looking at discipleship through the eyes of history. In the first century, disciples were committed to hearing, knowing and memorizing the words of their rabbi.

Jesus echoes this statement in John 8:

“If you abide in my words, you are truly my disciples.”

With this in mind, ::abide:: was created. It’s an online community centered around the discipline of reading the words of Jesus. The goal is to read through the four Gospel accounts in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) once every two weeks. The ::abide:: site will post readings for each day. And then, during the day, contributors who are doing the reading will log on and post thoughts, comments, questions, and ideas. Everyone can log onto the site then and interact with those thoughts, comments, questions and ideas. The goal is that a little community can be created where we encourage and sharpen one another. And this all centers on the words of Christ.

So, go to ::abide:: Bookmark it. Post comments. Jump in and enjoy the journey of discipleship!

 

Revolution, part 5-Follow the Rabbi, mvt. 1

Here is the first part of a two part series we are doing on true discipleship.

 

Revolution, part 4-Spiritual Disciplines

Here is the next message in our REVOLUTION series this semester. There is no part 3 to post, because I used no notes for it. Sorry. And I apologize for the bad formatting…but I do hope you enjoy the content.

 

Revolution, part 2–the Beatitudes: I See Things Upside Down

Here is the TNT message from September 4th. It’s a look at Jesus’ inaugural statements about his kingdom. A look at the upside-downness of the Beatitudes.