Author: Executive Pastor Heidi Bounds (Heidi Bounds)

As I sat down to write this month’s article, I was reminded once again just how quickly this year has
flown by. How is it already July? Everyone is in full summer mode with trips to the pool, trips to the
beach, trips to visit family and friends and for those of us in Central Texas, we are just trying to stay
cool in these record-breaking Texas temperatures. July isn’t typically known for change, but I would be
remiss if I didn’t share a tad of all the happenings around CCC! As the adage goes, “when one door
closes, another one opens!”

Green Chalice? What is that? The Green Chalice Program is a hands-on mission of Disciples Home Mission of the General Ministry of the Christian Church (Disciple of Christ). The purpose of the Green Chalice Program is to encourage and assist local congregations to live out their faith by caring for creation. Its goal is to...

The Lord has given; the Lord has taken; bless the Lord’s name – Job 1:21 This Lenten season, we have gathered each Wednesday evening to share in our weeklydiscussion group centered around a study from the prophets, Wind in the Wilderness by DJ DelRosario. We have prayed for and with one another as well as...

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does notinsist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing butrejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures allthings. Love never ends. –...

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of your salvation and sustain in me a willing spirit.– Psalm 51:10-12 Happy New Year! 2022 is here!...

Dear beloved community, As we move into and through the season of Advent, I want to invite you to pause –breathe in deeply – and exhale. It seems as though the world is spinning so much fasterthese day and before we know it will be Christmas morning. All of that said so that we don’tmiss...