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Navigating Through The Ups & Downs Of Life

Let’s face it: sometimes life can feel like a roller coaster. This teaching series called “Navigating Through the Ups & Downs of Life” – a special look at the life of Joseph. No matter what season of life you’re in, this series will give you the tools you need to not only get through it but to thrive in it!

Answers To The Lies

What are the lies we buy into as followers of Jesus? How do we fight them when they creep into our lives? This series exposes the common lies we believe and reveals the biblical & theological truths we need to understand in order to combat them.

What's Love Got To Do With It?

Love: we all want it. We all want to understand it. But why does it seem so difficult sometimes?

This series is designed to help you grow deeper in your understanding of love and learn how to show love in a world that’s desperately looking for it.

The Characters of Christmas

Welcome to the Christmas season! We're looking forward to celebrating the peace, hope, and joy of Christ's birth with you. This series, "The Characters of Christmas," will put us in the heart of the timeless story and help up understand the different experiences of those that were witnesses to the greatest miracle humanity has ever seen.

Missional Christian

God has called us to take his Good News to the ends of the earth, but many of us struggle with even taking it to our neighbor. We need a mind-shift. We need fresh vision and perspective. This series - Mission Christian - will help us gain new passion for sharing the Gospel with those around us...

The Cost of Discipleship

What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? What is the life of a true disciple
supposed to look like? How should Christians engage in biblical discipleship?
This series, The Cost of Discipleship, will explore these questions and challenge
you to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ.

HOPE Wanted

Do your circumstances seem hopeless? Does it seem like there are no answers to the problems you are facing? Maybe you've been looking in the wrong places... This new series at CPC is crafted to help you find out about the hope that God extends to each of us through Jesus Christ. You might find that hope is closer that you thought!

For This City

"For This City" explains a new phase in the life of Center Point Church's Lexington Campus. With a rapidly-growing congregation combined and limited facility space, we are seeking the Lord for wisdom on what the next step will be regarding our facilities.

In this message both Tim Parsons (pastor) and Jason Cummins (Leadership Team Member and Facilities Team Leader) explain CPC's heart behind this movement.

Servant Leadership Gathering (SLG)

Servant Leadership Gathering (SLG), is a quarterly gathering where we rally the various ministry teams of Center Point. If you are interested in serving at CPC, then SLG is a great place to hear about where you can get involved. At the start of each gathering there is a "potluck" dinner, followed by singing, announcements, ministry team reports, and a brief "leadership sermon" from our pastor.

The Gospel Of John (2012)

If you want to know Jesus on a deeper level, the Gospel of John will provide you with that opportunity. We'll be studying this up-close-and-personal view of the life of Christ throughout the summer. Hopefully as we encounter Jesus, we'll be challenged to life for Him and be on mission with Him like never before.

CORE: Know What You Believe and Why You Believe It

What should I believe? Is the Bible trustworthy? Does Theology matter? These are questions we all wrestle with; we all want answers. That's what this series is all about. Over the next several weeks, "CORE" will walk us through the major beliefs of our faith. We will teach on what we believe, why we believe it, and why it matters in the end.

ARMOR: Ephesians 6:10-17

Regardless of whether or not we realize it, each of us is in a spiritual battle every day. God calls us to "put on His armor," but many of us lack the knowledge or the preparation to do so. This series >> ARMOR << was designed to get you the training you need! We are praying that this series equips you in the spiritual battle that rages on...

What You Need This Christmas

In the middle of the commercial craze that the Christmas season brings, it can be hard to discern what we need versus what we want. We shop for gifts to distribute on Christmas Day, but we often forget the gift that this day is meant to celebrate. This is the gift that came not to give us something on our wish list but to fulfill our deepest need: redemption. The gift of Christmas is our Savior, Jesus Christ, and He is the only gift we really need.

The Next Step

Have you ever wondered what your next step of growth is as a follower of Christ? Have you stalled in your relationship with God? Do you want to know what it takes to get to the next level? This series --The Next Step-- is designed to help you realize where God wants to take you on your journey with Him.

Family Matters

The family is broken. We have tried hard to explain it, ignore it, repair it, and even redesign it, but nothing has worked. Why not talk to the Designer and look at the original plan? During this series, we'll address the real life issues that families face today. This series could contain the answers you've been looking for and may just be what your family needs...

The Gospel Of John (2011)

If you want to know Jesus on a deeper level, the Gospel of John will provide you with that opportunity. We'll be studying this up-close-and-personal view of the life of Christ throughout the summer. Hopefully as we encounter Jesus, we'll be challenged to life for Him and be on mission with Him like never before.

Grace

Let's be honest... life is difficult. We're on an unending quest for fulfillment and happiness, but even our best efforts fall short. What if the answer isn't more effort or more work? What if the answer is a gift offered to you?

Identity

When you become a Christian, God gives you a completely new identity. It can be challenging, though, to figure out how He's wired us and what giftings He's instilled in us. This series will explore the various spiritual gifts mentioned in scripture, and hopefully, it will give you a more complete understanding of your identity in Christ.

Fresh Start (CPC Richmond Launch Series)

Ever wish you could push reset on life and just start over? Feel like you can't go on as you are but don't know where to turn? God has made a way for you to have a fresh start. This series will expose what it takes to have new beginnings and how Christ can bring hope even in the darkest of life's circumstances.

Compassion Sunday

Surviving Life

Life isn't easy. In fact, it's quite the opposite! Curveballs come our way often and force us into "survival mode". There's a character in the Bible who knew all about "survival mode"- his name is Job. This series will walk us through the difficult moments in his life and teach us how to survive life.

Resolved

2011 is here and we have a clean slate. Many of us will be setting goals and working toward new aspirations this year. Our goals may involve health, family, jobs, helping other, etc. These are all great, but what about growing in our walk with God? This year, let's resolve to make it our goal to know the Lord on a deeper level.

Christmas: One Baby, One Mission

Now that Christmas has been celebrated and the New Year is upon us, we have a divine opportunity to approach 2011 with fresh passion. What if this year is the year that all of your New Year's resolutions ACTUALLY get met? What if 2011 is the year that you grow one step closer to being a true disciple of Christ?

Merry Christmas

Vine and Branches: John 15

What does it mean to remain in the vine? How does the vine influence the branches? How can the branch bear fruit? How does all of this tie into my walk with God? This series will walk us through Jesus' words in John 15 and challenge us to examine our spiritual journey.

Tough Questions

There are certain questions in life that are tough to answer. Sometimes we don't want the answer because it might be tough to swallow. This series is designed to address some of those questions from a biblical perspective.

Christ Our Savior

Lord's Supper message on October 17th.

Turning Points

What if your life could be different? What if your turning point is just around the bend? This message series called "Turning Points" was designed to highlight the radical life-change that Jesus Christ can bring.

Simon Says

Simon Peter, the so-called “foot-in-mouth” disciple, learned a lot from his time
with Jesus. In fact, he had the opportunity to write two of the books of the Bible
from all that he gleaned from the Savior. This series, Simon Says, is a journey
through his thoughts from his first letter and a challenge for us to live the life
that God has for us.

DNA: The Critical Elements of Center Point Church

Worship & College Pastor Todd Thomas is teaching this series as we recast and
re-embrace our calling as God’s church and remember what started a fire in our
hearts to begin this movement. We hope you catch the vision of what God wants
to do in and through Center Point Church.

Mother's Day 2010

Hannah was the kind of mom that's worth emulating. She prayed for her kids before they were even born. She pointed her kids to God and gave them to Him. And she worshiped God herself.

Creation Series

Is creation a valid truth? Or is it just another theory? Could someone have created all of this? This series aims to answer the questions you've always wondered about when it comes to God and creation.

The Pursuit of Holiness

Vision 2010

Advent Series

The Real Jesus

Jesus is not who you think He is... He's much more! Sometimes our view of Jesus becomes jaded by our own culture and values. This series is designed to explore not only what the world thinks of Jesus, but what God and His Word tells us about Him.

Living Life To The Fullest

This summer, we are diving into the book of Philippians! At the heart of this letter was Paul's desire to see his friends live the abundant life God intended for them. We want to gain insights from it and live our Christian life to the fullest!

The Journey of a Lifetime

The Christian life is lived on more days besides Sundays. Yet so often, we only stop to acknowledge God once or twice a week. This series is designed to get you from a one day or two day a week Christian to an EVERYDAY follower of Christ!

Easter Sunday - Who Saved My Life?

The culmination of our whosavedmylife.com stories! This message featured people from CPC who have experienced God's power in their lives after heading down darker paths. Tim shares on how the resurrection can really transform our lives forever.

The Cross

This series, we walk through the precursors to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. First, we see the events in the Garden of Gethsemane, and it all culminates at the cross.

The Story of Queen Esther

The story of Esther is one of the most captivating in all of scripture. It shows God's love and preservation of His people, and it shows what God can do through someone who is devoted to Him.

The Bible

Is the Bible just good literature? Or is it more than that? Listen to this two-part series to find out more about the Book that changes everything...

God's Guide For Relationships

Relationships are tricky... They can be the greatest thing in your life, on sometimes the worst! We're going to look through the Manual God gave us to figure out how to make the most of the relationships in our lives.

The Christmas Story

The mystery. The manger. The miracle. The Christmas story is still (and always will be) the greatest story ever told...

U-Turn

When we get on the wrong road in life, a U-Turn is necessary. Simon and the Samaritans knew this, and Sergio Mendoza taught us how to follow their examples and turn back to God.

Back to the Classroom.... (Proverbs 3)

Proverbs 3 is full of great wisdom! When you read it, it feels like you are sitting in a classroom with God...

Heroes

What defines a hero? A major act of bravery? Significant contributions to society? Athletic achievements? The Bible is full of heroes - men and women who engaged their world and made a difference. These messages focus on those amazing heroes...

reCast

This is a three-part message series on the vision and mission of Center Point taught by Tim Parsons, Lead Pastor.