SUNDAY WORSHIP: 9:00am & 11:00am | 1393 SE Maynard Rd, Cary, NC, 27511

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Where Worship Orchestrates Life

What do we mean when we say that at Christ Church “Worship Orchestrates Life?” Each word in this statement has important meaning to us, allow us to unpack this statement more fully.

“Where”

We believe that the church is central to the Christian life. We deny that Christianity can be reduced to an exclusively personal relationship to Jesus.  The church is the new Jerusalem, the new covenant “city from above,” the mother of us all (Gal. 4:26).  We agree with the ancient church father Cyprian who famously said, “No one can have God for his father, who has not the Church for his mother.” While the church cannot be reduced to one physical place on Earth, it does consist of distinct visible communities. Church membership therefore is essential to the Christian life.

“Worship”

Worship is not the singing part that precedes the sermon. Worship is the whole of our covenant renewal ceremony. It includes the call to worship, the confession of sin, consecration by the Word and prayer, communion, and commissioning. And while there is a true sense in which worship (our service) is to characterize the whole of our lives, there is something essential to our formal Lord’s Day service that is distinct, formative, transformative, and foundational to the Christian life.

“Orchestrates”

Lord’s Day Worship is a distinct time during our week, but it is also prototype and motif for all of life. Just as the old covenant temple was a model of the cosmos, and packed with symbolic elements that were formative for the nation of Israel, so our new and better covenant worship is a formative model for our whole lives. Worship orders all of life, and it does so with rich music and sacred songs—it unleashes a harmony of gifts of grace and Spirit filled service into the world. When we sing Psalms our souls are shaped, and ordered, and harmonized with Christ our Lord, renewed, cleansed, and set right so that we might live rightly before God all our days.

“Life”

Covenant renewal worship is central and essential, but when we conclude our service singing a threefold “Amen,” the effects of this sacred worship are just beginning. We are sent out from worship to disciple the nations, starting with our own families, our covenant children, and then out into the world as we engage in our various callings, ministries, and relationships.

If you’d like to learn more about our passion for worship and the shape and form of our covenant renewal services we highly recommend The Lord’s Service, by Jeff Meyers.  

Our Pastor: Duane Garner

Duane and his wife Sarah have been married since 1997, and have two children. Duane has served in various forms of vocational ministry since 1994. He earned a Bachelor of Bible Languages from Oxford Baptist Institute, Oxford, MS and studied at the Bucer Institute for Biblical Studies, Monroe, LA for four years. He is an ACBC certified Biblical counselor (https://biblicalcounseling.com/). He has edited, written and contributed to a number of books, including “The Federal Vision”, “The Glory of Kings” and “Why the End is Not Near.” Duane loves baseball, college basketball, motor sports, doppelbocks, bluegrass, science fiction and long languid lunches.

Assistant Pastor: Peter Jones

Peter grew up in Mississippi, He got a B.A. in Pastoral Studies from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois. While pastoring a Baptist church, he became reformed. After that he attended a PCA church in Southwestern Pennsylvania. During that time he got his M.A. in Theology from Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. He planted a CREC church in Morgantown, WV in 2007. He was pastor there until 2019.  
 
Besides working at Christ Church, he also is the administrator for Christ the King Homeschool Cooperative. 
 
He has eleven children and one grandchild. He enjoys reading, working out, smoking his pipe, and playing with his children. 

Elders

Tim McClelland.
Tim was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania. He attended Grove City College and graduated with a B.A. in Religion & Philosophy with an additional concentration in Economics. He then went to Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, MA, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in Theological Studies in 1985.

After seminary, Tim and his wife, Anne, moved to Northern Virginia, where Tim was instrumental in starting two churches in the Presbyterian Church of America. In 1992, Tim & Anne moved to Raleigh, N.C., to pursue starting a classical Christian school Over the years, Tim served on the Board of Cary Christian School and on an interim basis also served as Principal.

In 2003, Tim and several other men, started Christ Church of N.C. 

John Mitchell. Is a native of Pennsylvania, born into Scot & Scots-Irish Presbyterian families on both sides. John’s father and grandfathers were elders in their respective Presbyterian churches for many years. Baptized as an infant in the same church as his mother and where his parents were married, John never knew a time when he was not a Christian. In 1972 John moved to North Carolina to attend Davidson College. He and his wife Dale were married in 1992 and have blended a family of seven: 4 boys, 3 girls—as well as 22 grandchildren on this side of Glory and 4 with Jesus in Paradise. John lives in Apex, where he and his wife work in their family business. They have been members at Christ Church since 2006.

Nathaniel Talbott.
Born in Texas, Nathaniel moved with his family to North Carolina when he was six. He and his wife Katie were married in 2002, and have eight children. They both grew up in Christian homes, and were both homeschooled all the way through high school on opposite sides of the US – Nathaniel in NC, Katie in Oregon. The family has attended Christ Church since 2010, and Nathaniel was elected to the Session in 2021.

Scott Moonen.
Scott and his wife Lisa have been married since 2000 and have five children. They both grew up in Christian families and met at Messiah College. The Moonens have lived in the Triangle for over twenty years, and have been members of Christ Church since 2020. Scott is a software engineer; and enjoys playing games and running with his kids, reading, and feasting.

Deacons

Davis Chamblee. 
Davis Chamblee and his wife, Leanne have been married for over 30 years and have two grown children. They have attended Christ Church since 2009. Davis attended NC State University (although he’s still an avid Duke fan), is an electrical engineer and owns an electrical contracting business. He enjoys baseball, cooking barbecue, making and listening to music, feasting with his family and a good cigar.

Matthew Adams. 
Matthew Adams and his wife, Karen, married in 2003 and have been blessed with 5 children. They have been worshipping at Christ Church since moving to the area in 2010. Matthew attended the University of NC at Greensboro and earned a BS in Marketing. He has been in the pharmacitical industry in various roles for close to 20 years. Matthew enjoys family road trips, hiking, camping, reading and staying active so he can fully enjoy sweets!

Nathan Mlot. 
Has been married to Samantha for nine years and lives in south Raleigh with their four children Evelyn, Adam, Luke, and Isaac. Nathan is a Raleigh native and has been a member of Christ Church since 2014. He is a Mechanical Engineer who used to study the cooperative behavior of fire ants, but now works for DPR Construction Management.

Patrick Halbrook. 
Patrick Halbrook teaches history and rhetoric at Cary Christian School. He and his wife, Kaylie, have been married since 2004 and have four children.

Joshua McInnis. 
Josh McInnis is a deacon at Christ Church, where he has been a member since 2003. He and his wife Elizabeth have been married since 2013 and make their home in Raleigh. He was blessed to grow up in a Christian family and despite moving around as a military kid, considers himself a North Carolina native. Josh attended New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho and Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh before starting a career in IT. In his free time, Josh enjoys trail running, following professional baseball and college football, reading, and good food and drink.

 
David Stambaugh.
David married his wife, Beth in 2003 and lives in southwest Raleigh with their 3 children. They met while attending East Carolina University and have been worshiping at Christ Church since 2007. David has worked in various roles within the technology solution and software industry since graduating college. He enjoys projects around the house, cheering on his boys at their soccer games, and walking trails with his family.

Ryan Hoffman.
Ryan and his wife, Lindsay, have been married since 2020 and live in Dunn with their daughter Genevieve. A Texas native who grew up in Washington State, Ryan attended Washington State University and graduated with a degree in Computer Science which he utilizes in his career as a Software Engineer. In his free time, he enjoys motorcycles, camping, hiking, and a good cigar.

Randy Sofia.
Randy married his wife, Crystal, in 2008 and lives in Clayton with their four children. Randy is a software developer and enjoys flying a powered paraglider in rural North Carolina.

What is the CREC (Communion of Reformed and Evangelical Churches)?

More About Christ Church

We openly acknowledge that Christ Church is fundamentally different from most evangelical churches that you might visit. But our differences are not lame attempts to be quirky, or to be different for the sake of being differing. We are deeply convicted that if the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is to stand firm on the Rock in an age of disorder and confusion, there are many Biblical truths and practices that must be maintained in spite of their unpopularity or disuse among the broader Church.

Here are some features of Christ Church that lay close to the heart of our identity as a congregation:

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