Christ Community Church (Philly)

Our Pastor, Dr. Ernest Daniels Jr., brings The Life You Didn't Expect to a close. Sunday after Sunday, most of us have been living the very thing this series has been preaching, navigating the tension of reality, prayers not yet answered, wrestling with whether God is still here. But this series was never meant to shine a light on our insecurity. It was meant to shine a light on hope. On the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, two disappointed disciples walk away from Jerusalem, and Jesus draws near and walks with them anyway. You didn't write this script, but there is a Man who walks beside you, and He's not done with you yet.

Pastor Ken continues The Life You Didn't Expect with a message from Psalm 13: When God Seems Silent. Like David, we've all cried out "How long, O Lord?" and heard nothing back. But His silence is not absence, and His delays are not denial. The same God who sustained David through seasons of silence is the same God who will sustain you, and Psalm 13 ultimately points us to Jesus, who knows what it feels like to suffer and became our deliverer.

Our Pastor, Dr. Ernest Daniels Jr., continues The Life You Didn't Expect with a look at the life of Joseph. Sold by his brothers, falsely accused, forgotten in prison and yet in every season, his character never changed. God was developing him and working things out the whole time. If this isn't the life you planned for yourself, stay faithful, keep serving, keep loving people. Don't quit. You are built for this, not because of you, but because the greater One lives on the inside of you.

Dr. Ernest Daniels Jr., continues The Life You Didn't Expect with a look at Romans 8:28. God is sovereign over your story, life is not random, and nothing that happens to you falls outside of His redemptive purpose. From Joseph's betrayal to the cross itself, God has always been able to take what was meant for evil and work it for good. So when the life you're living isn't the one you planned, the question isn't whether God is still in control, it's what you want Him to do.
 

Our Pastor, Dr. Ernest Daniels Jr., kicks off a brand new series: The Life You Didn't Expect. Just because life didn't go according to your plan doesn't mean it has gone outside of God's purpose. In this opening message, we create space to wrestle with the tension of a life that looks different than we imagined, and discover that even the detours are held in God's hands.

What do you do when you're in a season of waiting? Pastor Rob closes out the Now What series with a word rooted in Acts 1:1-11. Waiting is not wasted time — God uses the in-between to prepare, equip, and empower you. Stay focused on the mission, not the speculation. You are not alone, and you are called to be a witness right where you are.

In the opening message of the Now What series, Dr. Ernest Daniels Jr. takes us to Acts 1 and John 21 to answer a question the disciples had right after the resurrection — now what? After everything Jesus said and did, Peter went back to fishing. Not because he was a fisherman, but because he didn't know what to do. This message is for anyone who's ever gone back to what's familiar when life gets uncertain. Don't let uncertainty push you back into what Jesus brought you out of.

In this final message of The Model Church series, Lead Pastor Ernest Daniels Jr. takes us back to Acts 2:46-47 — where the early church gathered daily, broke bread with glad and generous hearts, and praised God together. The result? The Lord added to their number day by day. When the church stays committed to what it's called to do, God handles the growth.
Don't just go to church. Become the church.

Guest Pastor Apostle Terry M. Davis brings a word that will challenge you to stay ready and stay on mission. Drawing from Ezekiel 47, this message closes with a simple but powerful call: stay ready, and tell others.
Don't just go to church. Become the church.

In Part 5 of The Model Church series, Associate Pastor Rob teaches us what it looks like to walk in identity and purpose as the body of Christ. This message is a reminder that the church isn't built on one person, it takes all of us.
Don't just go to church. Become the church.