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We're Moving ... From Friday to Wednesday!

After over twenty years of having services on Friday nights, Christian Challenge is moving our Friday night service to Wednesday nights beginning June 4. This is a big change for us and only came about after considerable prayer and discussion. After our Board of Counselors considered the change we polled the congregation and over 90% either had no preference or preferred a Wednesday night service!

We believe this change will be a blessing to the congregation at large. Many parents are involved in their children's activities which often take place on Friday nights. (Baseball, soccer, ballet, gymnastics, football, band, etc.) Since the community at large generally recognizes Wednesday night as a church night and doesn't plan events for this night, CCI parents will no longer have to struggle between supporting their child's activities and supporting their church with their presence.

Another exciting change is that we will also have a church fellowship supper each Wednesday night before the service. The service will start at 6:30 and supper will be served at 5:30. Families can come together for a time of fellowship and an inexpensive meal and then stay for a wonderful service of worship and teaching.

Some may ask about our AWANA program which has traditionally been held on Wednesday night. After the summer hiatus AWANA will start back in the fall on Sunday nights! We're delaying the change until June so AWANA can complete this year's schedule on Wednesday nights.

We're excited about the change and hope you are too. We invite you to join us on Friday, May 30, at 7:30 PM as we have our last Friday night service and again on Wednesday, June 4 at 6:30 PM for our first Wednesday night service. And don't forget the church fellowship supper at 5:30! See you then!

Online Services

Don't forget that we are now broadcasting our services LIVE over the Internet! Each Wednesday at 7:30PM Central time (soon to be Wednesday at 6:30PM) and Sunday at 10:00 AM Central time you can join in our services live via the Internet. You can also view the services online for up to one week as each service will be available until the following week. You'll need either QuickTime 6 or Real One with the Envivio plugin. Don't worry, it's not as complicated as it sounds! Complete instructions are available on our website at:

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