Messages - Cuyahoga Valley Church: Recent Episodes

Chad Allen

An audio podcast of weekend messages from the teaching Pastors of Cuyahoga Valley Church in suburban Cleveland, Ohio.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches on Ruth 3.

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Worship Leader Kevin Lorow teaches through Ruth 3.

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches on Ruth 2:1-23.

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Pastor CVCYouth, Joe Valenti, teaches on Ruth 2:1-23

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan teaches on Ruth: 1:19-22.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches on Ruth 1:10-22.

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone kicks off our newest series Ruth: Restoration Road

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off our newest series Ruth: Restoration Road

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CVC Pastor of Men's Ministry, Dale Piscura, teaches from Ephesians 6:14-20.

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches from Ephesians 6.

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CVC Brunswick leader Matt Dolezal teaches from Ephesians 6:10-13.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan teaches from Ephesians 6:10-13.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches on Ephesians 6:5-9

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches on Ephesians 6:5-9

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CVCYouth Pastor Joe Valenti teaches through Ephesians 6:1-4.

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches from Ephesians 6:1-4

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Your marriage is a message about God and the gospel. What kind of message is your marriage preaching? Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches on Ephesians 5:22-33.

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Your marriage is a message about God and the gospel. What kind of message is your marriage preaching? Founding Pastor Rick Duncan teaches on Ephesians 5:22-33.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches from Psalm 22.

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches from Psalm 22.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan teaches on Psalm 103.

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Pastor Stephen Owens from Mt. Calvary Baptist Church teaches on Psalm 19.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches from Psalm 130.

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches from Psalm 19.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan teaches from Psalm 103

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches from Psalm 23.

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches from Psalm 62

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CVCYouth Pastor Joe Valenti teaches from Psalm 131

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches from Psalms 42-43

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches from Psalm 23.

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Pastor of Community Life, Care, and Connections Dean Siley teaches this week from Ephesians 5:15-21.

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches from Ephesians 5:15-21

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan teaches from Ephesians 5:6-14.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches from Ephesians 5:1-6

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches from Mary Magdalene's perspective as the first person to see Jesus resurrected!

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches from Mary Magdalene's perspective as the first person to see Jesus resurrected!

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Pastor Joe Valenti teaches from Ephesians 4:25-32.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches this week through Ephesians 4:17-24.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches on spiritual gifts and using them for ministry purposes. Based in Ephesians 4:7-16.

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Campus Pastor Josh Stone teaches on how to walk worthy of the gospel. Ephesians 4:1-6.

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Praying with Paul for others through Ephesians 3:14-24

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Everyone is called to be a faithful steward with where they are in life, not only paid church staff

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Chad Allen teaches on Ephesians 2:19-22

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Chad Allen teaches on Ephesians 2:11-18

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Rick Duncan teaches on Ephesians 2:1-10

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Ephesians 1:15-23

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Ephesians tells us that we have an inheritance in Jesus Christ so that we might be to the praise of His Glory. When understood rightly, that good news can transform our lives today, not only someday in Heaven!

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When we look at the person and work of Christ, we are reminded of what we have been given in Christ.

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Worship and prayer through 1 Corinthians 15

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The power of the Gospel transforms not only our eternity, but our daily lives, too

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Grief is necessary for joy

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Giving gifts is easy, but how we receive them is often more difficult! God sent His Son as a gift and how we receive that love has the power to change everything!

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Jesus has come to give us abundant life in this life and the next

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Jesus brings the light that always wins against the darkness

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Christ's good work FOR us produces good works FROM us

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Pastor Joe Valenti teaches from Titus 3:1-8 and how we are supposed to love the world for the sake of Jesus' reputation.

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Pastor of Men's Ministry, Dale Piscura, joins us today as we continue unpacking the book of Titus and what it means to be We the Church!

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Living a life of self-control glorifies Christ

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Part of being the church is defending the body from false teachers and false teaching.

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Part of being the church is defending the body from false teachers and false teaching.

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God's own heart and qualities are on display when we look at what He expects church leadership is called to be

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The church is more than a building. The church is a family made up of people, not brick and mortar.

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The united church is a diverse church.

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God has given us sexuality as a means to know, love, and serve Him

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God's heart is for His Church to care for the poor, orphaned, widowed, and refugees.

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What does it mean to be made in the image of God and why does it matter?

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When the church is unified, Christ is glorified.

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Loving one another well sometimes mean letting go of our need to always be right.

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Completely trusting in God instead of self or others refreshes us

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Lament is grieving with hope and draws us closer to God

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Why are we still alive? Repent and bear fruit!

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We can expect the Gospel will cause division, but how do we live faithfully for Christ in spite of it?

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The question isn't "When does Jesus return?" it's "Are you ready for Him to come back?"

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A healthy fear of God realigns our lives and helps us thrive

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Hypocrisy isn't the occassional stumble in your Christian life, it is consistently failing but pretending that you aren't.

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Spiritual apathy is one of the most dangerous blindspots you can be in.

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Those who don't know Jesus are spiritually blind, but Christ has the power to open their eyes.

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God answers our prayers with what we need most. What we need most isn't always what we ask for though.

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What is repentence actually, and why is it important?

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Love your neighbor, even the ones who are different from you.

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Don't waste what God taught you during the pandemic. Keep moving forward.

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Boasting in Christ alone

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Remaining faithful and encouraged when everything seems overwhelming

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God's strength covers our weakness

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Even the most faithful followers have moments of needing rest and comfort before moving forward

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Responding to the fight, flight, or freeze response as Christians

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In uncertain times, we can remain certain about Christ.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen on Easter.

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Just as Peter, James, and John saw how the Transfiguration of Jesus strengthened their faith in who He was, seeing the glory and greatness of Jesus strengthens our faith in Him above all else.

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Jesus tells us that following Him entails denying ourselves and bearing our cross daily

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen encourages us in how we can be the church during a time of global pandemic.

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Prayer needs to be scripture-fed, Spirit-led, and worship-filled for the sake of unbelievers

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Jesus satisfies all hunger, but it is up to us disciples to feed the hungry.

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Jesus rescues us, equips us, and sends us out.

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Jesus' power is most evident in our times of greatest desperation

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Jesus overcomes all differences, distances, and difficulties to seek and save.

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When Jesus is in your boat, you know that He will be with you across the sea and through the storms

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Do you see your own need for a Savior? If so, how do you approach Him?

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Jesus has come to rescue, but sometimes rescue doesn't look like what we expect

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Celebrating our debt elimination campaign, Unleash, and the ways it has already impact the next generation, the nations, and our neighbors.

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The Gospel message should compel us to overcome boundaries and compassionately reach out to others.

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The point of being a follower of Jesus is to imitate Him

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Merry Christmas Eve!

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Scripture teaches that it is easy to love those who love us, even sinners do that. What should love look like then as follows of Christ?

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Spending less isn't about not buying anything ever. It's about being an imitator of Christ and giving intentionally.

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Advent Conspiracy is a time to rethink what Christmas is and refocus our efforts on what truly matters.

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How do we practice peace and create a habit of it? Join us as Campus Pastor Josh Stone guides us through the biblical practice of peace amidst anxiety.

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How do we practice peace and create a habit of it? Join us as Campus Pastor Josh Stone guides us through the biblical practice of peace amidst anxiety.

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Join us as Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us through Jesus' teaching on anxiety, the birds of the air, and where our daily provisions come from.

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Cast our cares on God because He is capable when we are not

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When difficult times happen in life, will your security be washed away like a house in a flood, or is your life built upon the firm foundation of Christ's sovereignty?

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Being described as trees in Luke 6, Jesus tells us that we will bear fruit, there is no other option. The question is, what kind of fruit will your life bear?

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The Bible tells us not to judge others, right? Let's keep reading and find out together!

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It's easy to love and forgive those who love us back, but how do we forgive our enemies?

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The object of your faith is just as important as your sincerity in it.

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The object of your faith is just as important as your sincerity in it.

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Money is not the root of all evil, but it is quite a temptation. Join us as Pastor Chad shows us where our true contentment is found.

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God helps those who help themselves. A half-truth? A whole lie? Join us and find out.

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Since our hearts are wicked and deceitful by nature, we need to follow a better course of direction.

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God WILL give you more than you can handle. Take heart though, for God can handle what we cannot.

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Pastor Joe Valenti guides us through Luke 19 and the parable of the minas.

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Pastor Chad Allen guides us through Luke 18 and the parable of the tax collector and the pharisee.

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Pastor Chad Allen guides us through Luke 18 and the story of the Persistent Widow.

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Pastor Rick Duncan guides us through Luke 16 and the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus

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Pastor Chad Allen helps us understand Luke 16 and the parable of the shrewd manager.

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Pastor Josh Stone guides us through Luke 10 and the parable of the good Samaritan.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us through Luke 15 and the parable of the lost sheep and coin.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us through Luke 12 and the parable of the great feast. There is room at God's banquet table for all, the question is whether or not we will accept His invitation.

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Pastor Dale Piscura opens up Luke 12 and guides us through the parable of the rich fool and what it means to be rich in Christ.

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The parable of the prodigal son - it's about more than the son who left and returned home. Join us with Pastor Rick Eimers as we dive into that narrative and what each of the brothers needed to learn.

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Parables are earthly stories with a heavenly meaning. Join us as Founding Pastor Rick Duncan launches our new summer series on the parables of Jesus as found in Luke with a compelling message on the different kinds of soils the word of God falls on in our hearts.

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As we finish up our series on wisdom, Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us the hardest hitting truth of them all - our hearts need guarding. This isn't simply a Christian-ese phrase, it is of the utmost importance for our lives.

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With age comes wisdom, right? The real question at hand isn't so much where we find our wisdom, but what do we do with it? Lead Pastor Chad Allen is bringing us these questions and great answers straight out of Proverbs!

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Wisdom is more than a yes or no answer to simple questions, it's the guideline we follow when navigating those gray areas in life. Pastor Josh Stone kicks off our series in the Book of Proverbs with advice about those areas of life, and more, from the wisest man to ever live, King Solomon himself.

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Everyone has plenty of advice to give about how to lead a happy and healthy marriage, but how much of that advice is actually based in wisdom? Join us as Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches on Proverbs and marriage!

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Wisdom is more than a yes or no answer to simple questions, it's the guideline we follow when navigating those gray areas in life. Pastor Josh Stone kicks off our series in the Book of Proverbs with advice about those areas of life, and more, from the wisest man to ever live, King Solomon himself.

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When did Easter become real to you? Do you remember that moment when your eyes were opened to who Christ really is? Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us along that exact journey found in Luke 24.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen teaches through Luke 6:12-19 and casts vision for the future of CVC.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen encourages us through Luke 5:33-39 in just that: Jesus is THE change agent for our lives, not that He makes our lives better.

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This week, Pastor Josh Stone guides us through Luke 6, showing us that only Jesus, not religion, saves and restores us.

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We all know that Jesus ate with sinners, but what did that friendship look like? What should our friendships look like as a result? Join us in Luke 5:27-32 as we find out together!

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us through loving our friends in faith as seen in Luke 5:17-26

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Not only did Jesus reach out and touch a man with leprosy, but His divinity proved that nobody is too unclean for Christ's healing touch and love.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us through Luke 5. Join us as we find out what happens when Jesus gets in your boat and asks you to follow.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen leads us further into Luke (4:16-30) as Jesus teaches in His hometown, challenging their ability to learn from the Messiah they saw grow up as man

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen leads us further into Luke (4:16-30) as Jesus teaches in His hometown, challenging their ability to learn from the Messiah they saw grow up as man

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen leads us further into Luke (4:16-30) as Jesus teaches in His hometown, challenging their ability to learn from the Messiah they saw grow up as man

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Pastor of Community Life Josh Stone guides us through Luke 4:1-15, the Temptation of Christ.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us on a trip through Jesus' genealogy as outlined in Luke 3:23-38, demonstrating that even the most 'boring' of text is not only exciting, but crucial, in understanding our Savior and both God and man.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen returns from Israel to launch the "Jesus: God and Man" series. Pastor Chad will look at Luke 3:15-22 as he shows us that Christ's diety demands a response from us and how we shall live our lives.

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Pastor Dale Piscura (Men's Discipleship) brings us the third message of "Life After Christmas" as he looks at Luke 3:1-14 and examines our need for repentance in everyday life.

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Pastor Joe Valenti brings us our second message in the "Life After Christmas" teaching series. Pastor Joe will look at Luke 2:39-52 as he shows us that Luke's aim for us is to have certainty about who Jesus is. Jesus is both God and man, therefore He is able to save.

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CVC Missions and Youth Leader Kyle Gustafson brings the first message of the new teaching series "Life After Christmas." Kyle asks us from the text in Luke 2:21-40 the compelling question: "What Are You Waiting For?"

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen helps us celebrate Jesus being "Born" as Emmanuel, God with us, during the Christmas Eve 2018 service. Pastor Chad looks at Luke 2 to show us that God is faithful.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan shares in the second week of the "Born" teaching series on how we need to ask Jesus to be much of as he looks at Luke 1:31-33.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the first week of "Born, the Christmas teaching series from the first chapter of the book of Luke. Pastor Chad will show us that we see God's faithfulness demonstrated in John's birth.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen closes out the twelve-week series "Because We Believe" as he looks at 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Pastor Chad will show us that because we believe in the resurrection ... we have a home and a hope.

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Pastor of Community Life Josh Stone brings us to within one week of the conclusion of "Becasue We Believe." as he shows from 1 John 1:5-10 that fellowship with God requires forgiveness of sins.

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CVCYouth and Missions Associate Pastor Joe Valenti brings us the tenth message in "Because We Believe." Pastor Joe will show us that the church of Jesus Christ is a home for God's family and a guardian for God's truth.

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Lead pastor Chad Allen guides us into the ninth week of "Because We Believe." Pastor Chad will show us from John 14:16-23 that when Jesus ascended, He next sent the Holy Spirit, the "Helper", to come and dwell in us.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us into the eighth week of "Because We Believe." Pastor Rick will be looking at Revelation 20:11-15 as he shows us that it's reasonable for us to believe in a judgment to come.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us to the seventh week of "Because We Believe" as he shows us that Christ's ascension leads us to see Him as our reigning King and our interceding Priest.

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Pastor of Community Life and Leadership Josh Stone guides us through week six of "Because We Believe," and shows us that Jesus' death paid for our sins, and that Jesus' resurrection promises new life.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the fifth week of "Because We Believe." Pastor Chad will show us from 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 how we can understand the suffering and death of Jesus under Pontius Pilate.

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CVCYouth Associate Pastor Joe Valenti guides us into the fourth week of "Because We Believe" as he looks at Matthew 1:1-25 and shows us that the Virgin birth proves that God keeps his promises.

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Pastor of Men's Discipleship Dale Piscura guides us through Colossians 1:15-20 in the "Because We Believe" teaching series on the Apostles' Creed.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the second week of "Because We Believe," the sermon series on the Apostles' Creed. Pastor Chad will look at 1 John 3:1-2.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen tkes us into the first week of a twelve-week study on the Apostles' Creed. Pastor Chad will be looking at the first phrase in the creed: "I believe in God" as he looks at Isaiah 45:18-25.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan concludes the Fall 2018 teaching series "Parenting 216" in the book of Galatians as he shows us the difference between parenting in the flesh and parenting in the Spirit.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the third week of "Parenting 216," the fall teaching series on parenting from Galatians 5.

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CVCYouth and Missions Associate Pastor Joe Valenti brings us the second message in "Parenting 216," the teaching series from Galatians 5.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off the "Parenting 216" teaching series from the book of Galatians. Pastor Chad will be looking at how we can be free to love and serve our kids in Galatians 5:13-15.

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CVC Youth and Missions Pastor Joe Valenti closes out "Liberated," the Summer 2018 teaching series from the book of Galatians. Pastor Joe will be looking at Galatians 6:11-16 as he shows us that Jesus+Nothing=Everything.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into week 10 of "Liberated," the Summer 2018 teaching series in the book of Galatians as he looks at Galatians 6:1-10 and shows us how to walk together.

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CVC Pastor of Community Life Josh Stone shares from Galatians 5:16-26 as he shows us a life led by the Holy Spirit.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen welcomes us into Week 8 of our summer study, Liberated, teaching from Galatians 5:1-16. As ones who have been liberated by God's grace and Christ's work on the cross, we do not drift toward legalism or toward sinning it up. We've been invited to walk in the Liberty that is ours in Christ through the Spirit!

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Josh Stone, Pastor of Community Life and Leadership, brings us the seventh message in "Liberated." Pastor Josh will look at Galatians 4:21-5:1 as he shows us that you are free.

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This week we welcome guest speaker Oleh Zhakunets, Pastor of Mercy Hill Chapel, to guide us through Galatians 4:8-20 and Paul's personal anguish he feels over the ministry and churches in Galatia.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into week 5 of "Liberated," the Summer 2018 teaching series in the book of Galatians as he looks at Galatians 3:15-4:7

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into week 4 of "Liberated," the Summer 2018 teaching series in the book of Galatians as he looks at Galatians 3:1-14

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Rick Duncan, Founding Pastor, guides us into the third week of "Liberated." Pastor Rick will be looking at Galatians 2:11-21 as he shows us how to stay true to the Gospel.

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Josh Stone, Pastor of Community Life and Leadership, brings us the second message in the Summer 2018 teaching series in the book of Galatians. Pastor Josh will be looking at Galatians 1:11-2:10.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen opens the Summer 2018 teaching series "Liberated" in the book of Galatians with a look at Galatians 1:1-10.

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CVC Pastor of Care and Connections Dean Siley shares with us that perseverance and faithfulness protects the covenant of marriage from Malachi 2:10-16 in the last week of "In the Ring," the teaching series on marriage.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us through the third week of the marriage series "In the Ring' as he looks at Song of Solomon 2:8-17.

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CVCYouth and Missions Pastor Joe Valenti brings us the second message in the "In the Ring" series on Biblical marriage. Joe will be looking at selected passages from Ephesians, Matthew and Colossians.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen introduces us to our new series on marriage by demonstrating how God's presence in our marriages in the key to a longlasting, intimate, and fulfilling marriage.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan closes out our series on Big Questions with a look into whether or not Christianity truly is the only way to heaven.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen tackles the issue of Christian hypocrisy in Week 5 of our Big Questions series, utilizing passages from Matthew 23:1-39.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen looks at Romans 1:16-25 as he shows us that Christianity and science are friends, not enemies.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into our second week of the Big Questions series with an in-depth look at why we as Christians believe the Bible to be a true, historic, factual text worthy of believing in.

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On Easter 2018 weekend, Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off this series on Big Questions and Real Answers. The first big question is: "Why do we believe Jesus rose from the dead?"

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan closes out the "Prayer" teaching series with a look at why we pray. Pastor Rick will show us from Matthew 7:7-11 that God's greatness and goodness prompt prayers of boldness and confidence.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us to the third week of the "Prayer" series in preparation for Easter. Pastor Chad will show us how to pray from Romans 8:26-27. The Holy Spirit moves us from merely saying prayers to really praying.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings the second message in the four-week series on "Prayer." Pastor Chad will be looking at Who we pray to in Matthew 6:6-9 and other selected passages.

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Pastor Dale Piscura, Men's Discipleship, brings us the first of four messages on Prayer. Pastor Dale will be looking at Hebrews 4:16 as he shows us how we need to pray like Jesus as we approach God's Throne with confidence.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen returns from neck surgery recovery to conclude the ReCalibrate series. Pastor Chad will be looking at Isaiah 61:1-4 and casting the vision for CVC for the years to come.

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CVCYouth and Mission Pastor Joe Valenti shares the seventh message from the ReCalibrate series in the book of Revelation. Pastor Joe looks at the Church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan brings us into the next to last week of the ReCalibrate teaching series in the book or Revelation. Pastor Rick looks at the story of the church in Philadelphia from Revelation 3:7-13.

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Josh Stone, Pastor of Community Life and Leadership, brings us the fifth message in ReCalibrate. Pastor Josh will show us through Revelation 3:1-6 how the church in Sardis got a thumbs down.

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Pastor Dale Piscura, Pastor of Men's Discipleship, brings us into the fourth week of the ReCalibrate series in Revelation. Pastor Dale will look at Revelation 2:18-29.

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Pastor Josh Stone, Community Life and Leadership, takes us into the third week of the ReCalibrate series in the book of Revelation. Pastor Josh will be looking at Revelation 2:12-17.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan brings us the second message in the series from the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation as he looks at Revelation 2:8-11.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan opens up the first teaching series of 2018, ReCalibrate, with a powerful yet encouraging sermon from Revelation 2:1-7. In this letter to the church of Ephesus, Jesus commends them for the hard work and toil they do on His behalf, yet reprimands and encourages them to return their attention to loving Christ first and foremost.

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Ryan Edlind, a counselor at Grace Church and former Pastor of Care Ministries at CVC for 7 years, brings us the New Year's first message from Romans 12:1-2. Pastor Ryan will show us that true spiritual change is about the pursuit of a "renewed mind."

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen concludes the 'Tis the Season teaching series with a look at Matthew 2:1-12. At Christmas we often sing "come let us adore Him", but we tend to practice "come let us ignore Him".

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan brings us to the fourth week of the 'Tis the Season series as he looks at Isaiah 9:2-7, and shows us that Jesus is our best and brightest and surest reason for great hope.

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Pastor of Community Life and Leadership Josh Stone brings us the third message in the "Tis the Season" series. Pastor Josh will be looking at Luke 2:25-33 and the fact that God's patience is on display in his plan.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen continues the 'Tis the Season teaching series with a look at the most quoted Bible verse of all: John 3:16. The birth of Christ is God's greatest generosity demonstrated. Jesus was the first gift of Christmas.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off "Tis the Season", the Christmas 2017 teaching series as he looks at Luke 1:46-55. Regular joy, peace, hope, and comfort happen when our gratitude originates with and orbits around Christ.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen concludes the "Created" mini-series as he looks at Romans 8:14-17. Not every Christian is called to adopt, but every Christian is called to be pro-adoption.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan jumpstarts our mini-series "Created" by revisiting a familiar, yet no less powerful, Psalm 139 in honor of November being national adoption awareness month.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen concludes the "Unleashed" series. Pastor Chad will take us through Jonah 4:1-11 as he shows us that Jonah's heart is not aligned with God's heart.

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CVCYouth and Missions Associate Pastor Joe Valenti brings us in the fourth week of "Unleashed." Pastor Joe will be looking at Jonah 3:1-5.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the third week of "Unleashed." Pastor Chad will show us that true repentance means a chance of heart not just a change of direction.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan dives deeper into "Unleashed", the teaching series from the Old Testament book of Jonah.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off "Unleashed," the teaching series from the Old Testament book of Jonah.

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CVC welcomes Sanj Kalra or Ravi Zacharias International Ministries as we conclude "Courageous Faith." Sanj will share his testimony of courageous faith as he focuses on the meaning and purpose he has in Jesus Christ.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us to the next to last week of "Courageous Faith." Pastor Chad will look at Daniel 6 as he shows us how Daniel in the lions' den is a display of courageous faith.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan brings us to the fourth week of "Courageous Faith," the teaching series from the book of Daniel. Pastor Rick will be looking at Daniel 5 and 6.

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CVCYouth Associate Pastor Joe Valenti brings us into the third week of "Courageous Faith" as he looks at Daniel 3 and shows us how courageous faith responds in courageous obedience.

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Pastor of Community Life Josh Stone brings us into the second week of "Courageous Faith," the teaching series in the Old Testament book of Daniel. Pastor Josh will be looking at Daniel 2 as he shows us that God's kingdom is eternal, every other kingdom temporary. We must live in this truth.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off the new series "Courageous Faith" as he looks at Daniel 1 and shows us that it takes godly courage to live for Christ in a world that's hostile to your faith.

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CVCYouth Associate Pastor Joe Valenti closes out "Ancient Ways for the Modern Family" as he looks at Deuteronomy 8:1-19. Pastor Joe will show us that God is on a mission to ensure that we love him more than anything.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us into the week three of "Ancient Ways." Pastor Chad will be in Deuteronomy 5 and 6, and will show us how to love God, love His Word, and teach His ways to the next generation.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan goes back to the Ten Commandment's in order to remind us that God's awesome "no" really protects God's amazing "yes" for us - that it may go well with you.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen begins the teaching series "Ancient Ways." He will look at select verses from the first four books of Deuteronomy, and will show us that today's families need good news more than they need good advice.

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Pastor Josh Stone, Community Life and Leadership, guides us into the final week of "Encouraged" as he shows us how to live spiritually awake from 1 Thessalonians 5:11-28.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us to week seven of "Encouraged," our Summer 2017 teaching series. Pastor Chad will be looking at 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 as he shows us how we should be aware, awake, and assured.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen will show us through 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 that the death, resurrection, and future coming of Jesus Christ gives us supernatural hope in the midst of grief.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen returns to look at 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 as he shows us the model for pleasing purity. Parental discretion is advised!

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan joins us for Week 4 of "Encouraged", teaching out of 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13 and what it looks like to stay firm in your faith even while facing persecution.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan joins us for the third week of "Encouraged" as he looks at 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 and shows us how to encourage others.

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CVC Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone leads us into the second week of "Encouraged," the Summer 2017 teaching series in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off our Summer 2017 teaching series "Encouraged" with a look at the first chapter of 1 Thessalonians.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen closes out "The Pursuit of Purpose" teaching series as he looks at Ecclesiastes 11 and 12.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan joins us for the fifth week of "The Pursuit of Purpose", asking us "Are you approaching God like a skeptical, bitter, cynical, wounded employee or like a beloved child? Do you see God's hands as hands that punish, wound, or stiff-arm you or do you see His hands as hands that love, care, and guide you?"

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen continues into week four of "The Pursuit of Purpose" in the book of Ecclesiastes. Pastor Chad will show us that in the uncertainty of life, God and His work is constant.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen returns to carry us into the third week of "The Pursuit of Purpose" teaching series. Pastor Chad will be looking at Ecclesiastes 4-6.

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CVCYouth Associate Pastor Joe Valenti guides us into the second week of "The Pursuit of Purpose." Pastor Joe will look at Ecclesiastes 3:1-15.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen launches the "Pursuit of Purpose" teaching series this spring as he introduces us to the wisdom of Solomon as laid out in Ecclesiastes 1 and 2. There we learn that ultimately there is no fulfillment in life apart from God.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen concludes the "I Am" teaching series on Easter this year as he shares from John 11:25-26 where Jesus refers to Himself at the Resurrection and the Life.

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CVC Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone shares from John 15:1-12 as he points to where Jesus referred to Himself as the True Vine in the continuation of the "I Am" teaching series.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen continues in the "I Am" series reviewing the statements of Jesus about Himself. Pastor Chad looks today at John 14:1-6 at Jesus referring to Himself as the the Way, the Truth and the Life.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen continues in the "I Am" series reviewing the statements of Jesus about Himself. Pastor Chad looks today at John 10:11-18 at Jesus referring to Himself as the Good Shepherd.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the third week of the "I Am" teaching series. Pastor Chad will look at John 10:7-10, as he shows us that Jesus uses a metaphor when He says "I am the gate/door."

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us into week two of the "I Am..." teaching series leading to Easter. Pastor Rick will look at John 8:1-12 as He shows how Jesus referred to Himself as "the Light of the world."

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the "I Am..." teaching series beginning with Jesus' statement from John 6:22-69 where He states that He is "the Bread of Life."

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CVCYouth Associate Pastor Joe Valenti concludes "Risk Takers," our first teaching series of 2017 as he looks at the life of Joshua in Joshua 1:1-9.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us to within one week of the conclusion of "Risk Takers," our 2017 teaching series on the risk takers in the Bible. Pastor Chad continues with a look at Moses from Hebrews 11:23-28.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us into the sixth week of "Risk Takers," as he looks at Exodus 1:22-2:10 and challenges us to consider what plans, desires, or wants do we need to release to embrace God's plans and wants for our lives?

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us into the fifth week of "Risk Takers," as he looks at 11:11 and shows us that it pleases God to use imperfect people to pull off His perfect plan.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen returns to show us from Genesis 11:27-12:7, that we are to "Move" in the fourth week of the "Risk Takers" series.

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CVC Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone takes us into the third week of "Risk Takers". Pastor Josh will be looking at Genesis 6-9 as he shows us that the risk God requires of us is simple obedience.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the second week of the "Risk Takers" series as he looks at the life of Job in Job 13:15a and other select verses.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the second week of "Risk Takers," the series on the risk takers of the faith. Pastor Chad will look with us at Luke 5:1-11 as he shows us how we as a church can unleash our capacity.

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Pastor of Technical Arts Jeff Ziolkowski welcomes us into 2017 by kicking off our new series, "Risk Takers" and diving into Hebrews 11. It reminds us that God's ultimate call isn't a call to comfort, but rather a life of risk-taking for His purposes.

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CVCYouth Intern Michael Patterson brings us the "Christmas Story" on Christmas Day. Michael wraps up our "God With Us" series on the incarnation with a look at Luke 2:8-20.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen helps us celebrate "God With Us" during Christmas Eve as he looks at the story of Simeon in Luke 2:25-33. We will learn from Simeon of how God allowed him to see what others didn't.

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CVC Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone brings us into the second week of "God With Us." Pastor Josh will look at the life of Joseph in Matthew 1:18-25. There is no neutral response to "God with us."

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen introduces us to "God With Us." 700 years before the birth of Christ, God prophesied that Mary would give birth to Immanuel, "God With Us." Pastor Chad will be looking at Luke 1:26-45.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen closes out "Living New." Pastor Chad will show us that in Christ we have power over the enemy who wants to overpower us as he looks at Acts 19:11-20.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us into the twelfth week of "Living New" as he looks at the fruit of missionary from Isaiah 6:1-8.

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Pastor of Men's LifeGroups Dale Piscura brings us the eleventh message in "Living New." Pastor Dale will guide us through Ephesians 4:11-16.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us the tenth message in the "Living New" series. Pastor Chad will be looking at Matthew 6:19-24.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the homestretch of "Living New". Pastor Chad will be expanding upon the text of Matthew 25:14-30.

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CVCYouth Associate Pastor Joe Valenti brings us past the half-way point of "Living New," the Autumn 2016 teaching series on the fruits of new life. Pastor Joe will show us from Galatians 5:13-25 how to live the life of a servant.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the seventh week of "Living New," the Autumn 2016 teaching series on the fruits of new life. Pastor Chad will be looking at our roles as servants in the church from 1 Peter 2:9-11.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan leads us into week six of "Living New." This week Pastor Rick continues to show us how God's story helps makes sense out of our story as we look at selected passages from Genesis, John, and Revelation.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into week five of "Living New." This week Pastor Chad looks again at Bible intake and the role of Christians as self-feeders in Matthew 4:1-11.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the fourth week of "Living New." This week, Pastor Chad looks at 2 Timothy 3:14-17 as he shows us how to be a self-feeder of God's Word.

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CVC Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone guides us into the third week of "Living New." Pastor Josh will share with us about our sanctification as beloved children from 1 Peter 1:13-19.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into week two of Living New, the Autumn 2016 teaching series on growing in the fruit of your new life. Pastor Chad will look at prayer and the beloved child in Luke 11:1-10.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan carries us into week one of the Fall 2016 teaching series Living New. Pastor Rick helps us understand that we are beloved from Ephesians 1:3-14.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off "Living New," the Autumn 2016 churchwide teaching series on individual growth within CVC as he looks at Colossians 1:1-14.

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CVCYouth Associate Pastor Joe Valenti brings us to the conclusion of "Voyage," our Summer 2016 teaching series through the book of Acts, as he looks at Acts 28.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the fourteenth week of "Voyage." In this message, Pastor Chad looks at Acts 27 and shows that God is trustworthy, faithful, sovereign and good.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into week 13 of "Voyage," the Summer 2016 teaching series through the book of Acts, as he looks at three chapters, Acts 24-26.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us into week twelve of "Voyage," teaching series in the book of Acts. Pastor Rick will be looking at three chapters: Acts 21-23.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the eleventh week of "Voyage" as he looks at Acts 20:17-38. God is faithful and by God's grace we can be faithful.

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In our continuing series "Voyage," Pastor of Men's LifeGroups Dale Piscura brings us into Acts 19 as he looks at Acts 19:1-20.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us further into the book of Acts during our Summer 2016 teaching series, "Voyage" as he looks at Acts 16 and 17.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen wraps up the end of Acts 15 in "Voyage," our Summer 2016 teaching series in the book of Acts. Pastor Chad looks at the split between Paul and Barnabas in Acts 15:36-41.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan takes us into the seventh week of "Voyage," the continuing teaching series in the book of Acts. Pastor Rick follows up last week's message with this look at Acts 15:1-35.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan leads us into the sixth week of "Voyage," the continuing series in the book of Acts. Pastor Rick will be looking at Paul and Barnabas' first missionary journey in Acts 13 and 14.

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CVC Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone takes us into the fifth week of "Voyage," the continuing series in the book of Acts. Pastor Josh will be looking at the imprisonment of Peter in Acts 12.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the fourth week of Voyage, the continuing series on the book of Acts. Chad will look at the lives of the Christians in Antioch in Acts 11:19-30.

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Pastor of community life Dean Siley takes a look at Acts 9:32 - 11:18 and a journey through the story not only of the conversion of the first gentile, but in some sense the conversion of Peter, as he and other witness that the Gospel is truly for everyone.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the second week of the "Voyage" series with a look at Acts 9:1-31. The Apostle Paul is one of the most dramatic examples of transformation in Christ. Paul was saved to serve.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us through the idea that God's work in you becomes God's work through you. Acts chapter 8 reveals three spiritual journeys through Philip, who has heard and is now sharing, Simon the Magician, who is hearing but not believing, and the Ethiopian, who is hearing and believing.

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CVC Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone puts a cap on the Rated E series on relationships as he looks at "Singleness" through the lens of Scripture, particularly select passages in 1 Corinthians 7.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us the next message from "Rated E" as he speaks to women from Proverbs 31. This chapter shows how a woman is praiseworthy because of the reflection of the glory of the God in her life.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the fifth week of the teaching series on relationships "Rated E For Everyone." He'll show us how God has placed His imprint on men to be like Him in Proverbs 20:6-7.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan brings us into the fourth week of this teaching series on relationships. He will be looking at Proverbs 1:7-9, Exodus 20:12 and other passages from the life of Jesus.

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We welcome Attorney David C. Gibbs III. David is the President and General Counsel of the National Center for Life and Liberty, an organization that defends life and liberty freedoms nationwide. He will be looking at Acts 4:29.

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CVCYouth Pastor Joe Valenti takes us into the second week of the teaching series "Rated E" as he looks at relationships that are Godly and established in God's Word. Pastor Joe will look at Ephesians 5:32-33 and Proverbs 18:22.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen launches the teaching series "Rated E". He will be looking at selected passages from the Old Testament book of Proverbs beginning with Proverbs 18:24 and what being a true friend really means.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us a message of new life in Christ through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross and His resurrection from the dead. In this stand-alone message, Pastor Chad looks at selected passages from Acts 2.

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Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone brings us to the last week of the "Empowered" teaching series as he guides us through Acts 6 and 7 and the story of Stephen and the trials he faced.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan takes us into the ninth week of the study in the book of Acts as he looks at Acts 5:17-42.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen moves us into the eighth week of the teaching series "Empowered" as he looks at the story of Ananias and Sapphira from Acts 5:1-16.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us further into the book of Acts as he looks at Acts 4:23-37 and how the Apostles "were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness."

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CVCYouth Pastor Joe Valenti brings us into the sixth week of the "Empowered" teaching series as he looks at Acts 4:1-22. Joe will show us that we must proclaim. And the Holy Spirit empowers us to proclaim.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the fifth week of the "Empowered" teaching series as he looks at Acts 3 in the life of the early church. The power of the Holy Spirit gives healing and hope through Jesus.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us deeper into the teaching series "Empowered" with a look at Acts 2:42-47.

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Young adult pastor Josh Stone carries us into week 3 of the "Empowered" series as we take a look at Acts 2:1-41.

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Founding pastor Rick Duncan takes us into week 2 of the "Empowered" teaching series with a look at waiting for God's Spirit to empower us while "Waiting for the Promise."

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We cannot truly be a disciple nor grow other disciples without the Holy Spirit. We must depart from whatever stationary mode we are in and get to a place where we live empowered by God's Spirit.

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Our guests at CVC this weekend are Bob and Pam Tebow. Through their stance on family and life, they has been given a national platform to encourage the pro-life message. They will be sharing why "Every Life Matters".

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us into the new year of 2016 by introducing us to the theme for the year; Disciples. Being a disciple of Jesus Christ means not only being a faithful student, but a faithful teacher.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen looks back at 2015 and celebrates what God has done at Cuyahoga Valley Church.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen shares from Luke 2:11 as he tells us the story of "Oh, Holy Night": "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan continues with the second of four messages in "The Lyrics of Christmas" continueing with "Joy to the World" and looks at Psalm 98, Luke 1:46-47 and Luke 2:10-11.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan continues with the second of four messages in "The Lyrics of Christmas" continueing with "Joy to the World" and looks at Psalm 98, Luke 1:46-47 and Luke 2:10-11.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off the first of four messages in "The Lyrics of Christmas" as he begins with "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" and looks at Isaiah 7:1-14.

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Pastor Josh shows us in John 15:1-12 that by abiding in Jesus and having His words abide in us will produce a fruitful life in Christ.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan shares about loving Jesus during the fourth week of this series as he shares from 1 Peter 1:3-9. Pastor Rick shows us that when we don't have joy in Jesus, we have lost our first love.

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Week three of the "Love Jesus" series will be taught by Dale Piscura, Pastor of Men's LifeGroups and CVC Elder, from Colossians 1:15-23.

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CVCYouth Pastor Joe Valenti takes us into the second week of the "Love Jesus" teaching series as he looks at John 14:15-24.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off a five-week series "Love Jesus" with a message from John 21 where we see that we love Jesus because He first loved us and pursued us.

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Jonathan Dodson, Pastor of City Life Church in Austin, joins us for a message on sharing the Gospel with those of differing worldviews in our neighborhoods. Evangelism. Is it plausible? Can it be persuasive? Where's its power?

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen closes out "Right With God" as he looks at Romans 16. The church is a picture of a community that is called ... to be in Christ, to care for each other, and to reach the lost.

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CVCYouth Pastor Joe Valenti takes us through Romans 15 in the twenty-third week of the series. Pastor Joe will show us that if we truly have been changed by the gospel then we need to live like it.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen looks at Romans 14 in the twenty-second week of "Right With God." Pastor Chad shows us that we are free from being under the law and do not injure the spirit of others by indulging in our freedoms.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan shares with us from Romans 13:8-14 during "Right With God." Are you a sleep-walking Christian? If you are going to do something for Christ, you need to start soon. It's time to wake up!

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Care Pastor Dale Piscura guides us through the first seven verses of Romans 13 showing us that Christians must submit to civil authorities and remain faithful to Jesus.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the 19th week of "Right With God' as he looks at Romans 12:9-21. He'll also show us that the Lord grows in us and works through us by helping us to realize a new way to love ... a radical love.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen turns the corner in the "Right With God" series as he looks at Romans 12:3-8. We need to act upon the grace God has given us, and humbly use the gifts He's given us.

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A panel of CVC Pasots and Staff discuss the questions that have arisen during the first 16 weeks of the Summer 2015 teaching series "Right With God."

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan leads us into the sixteenth week of "Right With God" as he looks at Romans 12:1-2. God wants you to give Him a blank check and let Him fill in the blanks.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen looks at Romans 11 and shows us that God keeps His promises using the metaphor of the tree (Israel) and the fruit it will produce. Pastor Chad is joined by Rabbi Eric Lakatos from Tikvat Yisrael.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us through the fourteenth week of "Right With God" as he looks at Romans 10:1-21. Pastor Chad will help us understand that we must "believe and confess."

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Young Adult Pastor Josh Stone shares with us this week from Romans 9. The Doctrine of Election and Predestination through God's sovereign choice is wonderful.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen returns to share with us from Romans 8:28-39. Pastor Chad will show us that God has chosen us, redeemed us, and holds us close to Himself.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen shares with us from Romans 8:18-28 and will show us how we should live in this broken and fallen world by keeping our hearts and minds set on our future glory in the Lord.

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Community Life Pastor Dean Siley joins us for the tenth week as he looks at Romans 8:1-17. Pastor Dean will show us that "...there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus!"

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan shares from Romans 7:1-25 during the ninth week of "Right With God." Pastor Rick will show us that God gave His law to convict us of our sin and connect us more and more to Jesus.

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707 Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone looks at Romans 6:1-23 where he shows us that freedom from sin comes not when you get right with God but when you consider that you are free from your former slavemaster.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen will guide us through Romans 5:12-21 as he shows us that we were all born into Adam but through God's love and grace, He has offered a gift.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen continues "Right With God" as he looks at Romans 5:1-11. God has made available exclusively through Christ ETERNAL PEACE and ENDURING HOPE.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan takes us into the fifth week of the summer teaching series Right With God" as he looks at Romans 4:1-25. It is here in this chapter of Romans that we find the picture of imputed righteousness.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen shows us that all have sinned. Our sin separates us from a holy and righteous God. No spiritual heritage, no good works will make us right with God, only the substitutionary atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

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Guest Pastor Rabbi Eric Lakatos of the Tikvat Yisrael Messianic Synagogue joins us for the third week of "Right With God." He shares from Romans 2:1-16 and shows us that being "Right with God" means having a repentant heart.

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CVCYouth Pastor Joe Valenti takes us into the second week of "Right With God". Joe will be looking at Romans 1:18-32 as he helps us understand that we need to Gospel because we are all bad people.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off the "Right With God" series as he looks at Romans 1:1-17. There we see that as Paul introduces himself and this letter to the believers in Rome.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen leads a panel discussion on the questions asked during The Afterlife series. He is joined by a panel that will attempt to answer the concerns that this series has brought to the minds of CVC attenders.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan takes us into the third week of the teaching series on The Afterlife as he looks at Luke 13:22-30. Many people believe that a loving God cannot be a judging God.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into week two of The Afterlife series as he looks at John 14:1-6. He will elaborate on what we DO and DON'T know about heaven. One thing is for sure... those who get in won't be disappointed.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off the Afterlife series as he looks at the truth that you are a soul with a body not a body with a soul in Luke 16. Since the afterlife is a reality, we don't want the afterlife to be an afterthought.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us the final message from the teaching series "Never the Same" as he looks at the life of Thomas, the disciple in John 20:19-31 during our Easter 2015 message.

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Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone brings us to the next to last message in the "Never the Same" series as he looks at Acts 9:1-27 and the story of the conversion of Saul.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen continues in the "Never the Same" series as he looks at the woman at the well in John 4:1-42. She becomes a beloved child and a missionary simultaneously, and so should we.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen returns to the "Never the Same" series as he looks at the story of Nicodemus in John 3:1-18. Nicodemus went from confused to converted: born again. We too "must be born again."

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us through the third week of the "Never the Same" series as he shows us that a story about Zacchaeus.and Jesus' acceptance of him. He was never the same.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the second week of the "Never the Same" series. This week Chad will show us that touching the resurrected Jesus Christ changes everything as he looks at Mark 5:24-34.

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Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone kicks off "Never the Same" as he shows us that the way you relate to religion is never the same once you encounter Jesus through a look at John 9:1-38.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen wraps up "Get Fit" with a look at how God ceased after 6 days of work and set aside a distinct day to rest and enjoy what He created. Chad will look at Exodus 20:8-11 to show this need for Rhythmic Fitness.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us the sixth message in the "Get Fit" teaching series for 2015. Pastor Chad will look with us at Philippians 2:3-8 and the idea of relational fitness.

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CVCYouth Associate Pastor Joe Valenti brings us the fifth message in the Get Fit series. Joe will be teaching us about financial fitness and how that relates to our overall fitness in our Christian walk.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen is back to share in the fourth week of the "Get Fit" series as he shares about physical fitness.

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Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone guides us into the third week of the Get Fit series as he looks at mental fitness from Philippians 4:4-9. Josh will show us that a fit mind thinks through a gospel filter.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen leads us into the second week of the 2015 teaching series "Get Fit." Chad will discuss emotional fitness as found in Philippians 4:6-7. It comes by consistently laying the cares of our heart before the Lord.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan kicks off the 2015 series "Get Fit." Most of us have all under-performed. God loves under-performers. The cross proves that He loves us just the way we are, but too much to let us stay the way we are.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen closes out 2014 and ushers in 2015 with a message designed to ask God to stir in us the same heart's desire and prayers that Paul had for the lost.

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Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone helps bring us closer to the celebration of the birth of Jesus as he guides us through the third week of the "Light of the World" series as he looks at John 1:14-18.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the second week of "Light of the World" as he looks at John 1:6-13 and shows us how to be like John the Baptist, who was one who reflected the true Light.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen launches the "Light of the World," the Christmas 2014 teaching series in John 1 with a look at verses 1-5.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan closes out the Be series on the beatitudes from Matthew 5:10-12 as he examines the types and degrees of persecution.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the next-to-the-final weekend of the Be series on the beatitudes in Matthew 5:9: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." (ESV)

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us into the final weeks of the Be series on the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:8. He shows us that those who are pure in heart will see God.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the sixth week of the Be series from Matthew 5:7. Today we learn that the one who has received mercy from God can't help but imitate God and give mercy to others.

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CVCYouth Associate Pastor Joe Valenti brings the fifth message in the Be series on the beatitudes from Matthew 5:6. In this verse that deals with our need to hunger and thirst for righteousness.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the fourth week of the series on the Beatitudes. He will review the Sermon on the Mount and the concept of beatitudes as he works through Matthew 5:5 and other select passages.

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Author Gary Thomas guides us into our third week of the Be series on the Beatitudes from Matthew 5 as he helps us connect being meek as spoken of in verse 5 and our need to parent our children with gentleness.

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707 Young Adult Pastor Josh Stone guides us into the second week of the Be series on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 as he asks us to be "those that mourn" from verse 4

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Lead pastor Chad Allen begins an eight-week teaching series centered around the Beatitudes as preached by Jesus on the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings a stand-along vision message as he looks back at 2014, looks forward to 2015, and looks at present challenges. Pastor Chad is asking God to stir our hearts to do God's work.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen will be concluding our series in Genesis by looking at Jacob's blessing upon his sons. He will teach from selected passages in Genesis 46-49, but concentrating on Genesis 48:1-49:27.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan looks at the life of Joseph in Genesis 42-45, and we find that Joseph had the favor of God on his life. God's favor flows toward those who forgive.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen looks at select passages in Genesis 37-41, and that setbacks and demotions in our human story can really be setups and promotions of God's divine glory.

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Young Adults Pastor Josh Stone guides us into the fifteenth week of Genesis as he looks at select passages from Genesis 35 in the life of Jacob.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the fourteenth week of the Genesis series as he looks at select passages from Genesis 31-33.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen returns to guide us into the thirteenth week of "Genesis" as he looks at the growth of Jacob in Genesis 28-30.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan brings us the story of Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25:21-34 and 27:30-38.

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Pastor of Community Life Dean Siley will look at the lives of Isaac and Rebekah in Genesis 24 as he shows us how family matters.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us to the half-way point in this 20-week Summer 2014 teaching series in Genesis 21-1-21.

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Christopher Yuan, an author and Bible teacher from Moody Bible Institute, brings us a message on Redemption and Homosexuality from Genesis 19 and Ezekiel 16.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen tackles a large topic in Genesis: the life of Abraham, in this eighth week of the Summer 2014 teaching series on the first book of the Old Testament. He'll look at Genesis 12:1-8 among other verses in chapters 11-20.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us through these passages in Genesis during the seventh week of this Summer 2014 teaching series in the first book of the Old Testament.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us "around first base" in this 20-week teaching series on the book Genesis in the Old Testament. He'll look at the story of Noah and the flood in Genesis 6:5-13.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us through Genesis 4 and the story of the first murder in the Bible in this fifth week of the 20-week teaching series through the book of Genesis.

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CVCYouth Pastor Joe Valenti brings us the fourth message in the 20-week series on the book of Genesis. He will share with us from Genesis 3:1-13.

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This is the third message in the 20-week teaching series on the book of Genesis, regarding our roots, redemption and relationships.

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n the second week of this 20-week teaching series, Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us through the next few verses in Genesis, chapter 1.

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In week one of this 20 week series, Lead Pastor Chad Allen introduces us to the book of Genesis and the creating that God did in Genesis 1.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen brings us home in the fourth week of this Spring 2014 teaching series as he guides us through Romans 13:8-10. We'll learn to love our neighbors as LifeHouses.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan brings us "around second on our way to home" in this third week of the Spring teaching series on loving our neighbors.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the second week of a four-part teaching series on loving our neighbors.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen guides us into the first week of a four-part teaching series on loving our neighbors.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen helps us finish an 11-week look at the names of God with a look at Jesus, the Greatest Name. Jesus is the name above all names.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan guides us into the tenth week of the early 2014 teaching series on the names of God as he looks at Jehovah Shammah in Ezekiel 48. As Beloved Children, we are in a story. Creation, Fall, Rescue and Restoration. This message is about the restoration part.

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CVCYouth Pastor Joe Valenti helps us understand who God is in light of His name Jehovah Ra'ah, or the Lord our Shepherd, as he guides us through a very familiar Psalm 23.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the home stretch of the early 2014 teaching series on the names of God. The name of God that we look more closely at this week is Jehovah Nissi -- God, our Banner.

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan leads us into the seventh week of the early 2014 teaching series on the names of God. There will be times in your life God will come to you and ask you to do something for Him that is very significant.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us into the sixth week of the early 2014 teaching series on the names of God. This week, Chad looks at Jehovah Jireh, our provider.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen take us into the fifth week of the My Name Is God teaching series as he looks at God our Healer, Jehovah Rapha. He'll look at Exodus 15:22-27.

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Pastor of Young Adults Josh Stone leads us into the fourth name of God during this early 2014 teaching series. Adonai means "Lord, LORD, master, or owner."

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen takes us further into the study of the names of God. The most famous name of God, the most significant name of God is Jehovah.

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Visiting Pastor Gary Thomas, author of the book Sacred Marriage, shows us how we can trust the God Who rules (El Elyon) in the small things and the enormities of our daily life.

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In this message, Pastor Chad will explain why knowing God (Elohim) as Creator gives us each value and accountability.

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Lead Pastor Chad Allen kicks off our series about spiritual warfare