College Avenue Baptist Church - San Diego

Today's Bible Teaching Series: Christmas Through the Eyes of… Message: Christmas Through the Eyes of Joseph Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 Speaker: Carlton P. Harris, Senior Pastor In-person song lyrics (view or print) > Watch today's service > Today's re:collect questions (view or print) > Kids & Youth on Sundays All ages are welcome in our services! At this time, we have Kids' Ministry for PreK-4th grade (ages 4-10) at 10:30 AM on the 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month: December 13 & 27. Youth Ministry for 5th-12th grade takes place on Wednesday evenings. Kids' activity sheets (print at home or pick up at the Welcome cart) > Find out more about SUNDAYS for KIDS > Find out more about MIDWEEK for YOUTH > This Week & Coming Soon Bible Studies & Small Groups for Adults | Various days & times | In-person (outdoors) & Zoom | Find a group > Youth Ministry (grades 5-12) | Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 6:30 PM | In-person (outdoors) | More info > College Group | Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7 PM | In-person (outdoor courtyard) | More info > PreK - 4th Grade Sunday School | Sunday, Dec. 13 at 10:30 AM | More info > Worship Service | Sunday, Dec. 13 at 10:30 AM | In-person (outdoors) or Watch online > Food Pantry | Monday, Dec. 14 at 10 AM | Fellowship Hall | More info > Christmas Eve Candlelight Service | Thursday, Dec. 24 at 5 PM | In-person (outdoors) & Online | More info > View our monthly church calendar > Church Family News > Need Prayer? Do you have any prayer requests or praises? Visit the "NEED PRAYER?" BOOTH before or after the service, or text the word "PRAYER" to (619) 287-4747 anytime during the week. Once you text the word "prayer," we will provide you with next step instructions. Your requests will be shared with and prayed for by our Support & Care Team. Text us your prayer request > Health & Safety What to do before arriving at our in-person service. What to bring with you to the service. Safety measures that College Ave is taking regarding COVID-19. These are some of things that you will find on our Relaunch webpage: Read this before attending College Ave in-person events & services > Giving Thank you so much for your generous giving. Your consistent giving provides stability, strength, and support to the ministries of College Ave as we seek to transform lives with the gospel both locally and around the world. GENERAL GIVING UPDATE Weekly budget need: $32,628.92 Weekly given amount: $30,733.26 (based on a 6-week rolling average) GIVE ONLINE | You can give a one-time gift or set up recurring support simply and easily online. Enter an amount, choose the fund and designate a one-time or recurring gift. Give online > TEXT TO GIVE | Giving is as easy as sending a text. Simply text “CollegeAveSD” (without the quotes) to 77977. You will be sent a link to our online giving platform (PushPay). Text to give > GIVE IN PERSON | Place your check or cash in the offering box on a Sunday morning or in the church office mail drop. You can also mail your offering to the church: College Avenue Baptist Church, 4747 College Ave, San Diego, CA 92115. Weekly Digital Program Archive Check out announcements and updates from previous weeks! Weekly digital program archive >

Hey, kids and parents! Watch this week's Bible story "Jesus Returned to Heaven" and use the Family Discipleship Guide for further activities related to this week's story. Link to our Family Discipleship Guide >

Hey, kids and parents! Watch this week's Bible story "Jesus Appeared to the Disciples" and use the Family Discipleship Guide for further activities related to this week's story. Link to our Family Discipleship Guide >

Gwen Burke teaches from Romans 8:26-39.

Hey, kids and parents! Watch this week's Bible story "The Emmaus Disciples" and use the Family Discipleship Guide for further activities related to this week's story. Link to our Family Discipleship Guide >

Melanie Moomjian teaches from Romans 8:1-25.

Hey, kids and parents! Watch this week's Bible story "Jesus' Resurrection" and use the Family Discipleship Guide for further activities related to this week's story. Link to our Family Discipleship Guide >

Carol Harris teaches from Romans 7.

Gwen Burke teaches from Romans 6.

Suzy Haines teaches from Romans 5.

Gwen Burke teaches from Romans 3:21-4:25.

Hey, kids and parents! Watch this week's Bible story "Jesus Was Questioned" and use the Family Discipleship Guide for further activities related to this week's story. Link to our Family Discipleship Guide >

Carol Harris teaches from Romans 2:1-3:20.

Hey, kids and parents! Watch this week's Bible story "Jesus' Triumphal Entry" and use the Family Discipleship Guide for further activities related to this week's story. Link to our Family Discipleship Guide >

Gwen Burke teaches from Romans 1:18-32.

Hey, kids and parents! Watch this week's Bible story "Jesus Raised Lazarus" and use the Family Discipleship Guide for further activities related to this week's story. Link to our Family Discipleship Guide >

Carol Harris teaches from Romans 1:1-17

Carol Harris teaches from Romans 1:1-17

Hey, kids and parents! Watch this week's Bible story from The Gospel Project and use the Family Discipleship Guide for further activities related to this week's story. Link to our Family Discipleship Guide >

Welcome to Women's Bible Study! Carol Harris introduces us to Romans.

Gwen Burke explains discussion guidelines for Women's Bible Study.

Hey, kids and parents! Watch this week's Bible story "Three Parables" and use the Family Discipleship Guide for further activities related to this week's story. Link to our Family Discipleship Guide >

The popularity of fictional superheroes has risen to new heights in recent years in our culture. However, the book of Judges records the story of a real-life superhero named Samson. God empowered Samson with incredible superhuman strength to achieve God’s plan despite his many weaknesses and failures. Come learn why Pastor Geoff has chosen Samson as his favorite Bible character and what we can learn about being empowered by God to accomplish great things with our lives. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

We are "Playing Favorites" again this weekend in our online and in-person services. Tony, one of College Ave's missionaries to Asia, is going to share with us why Timothy is his favorite Bible character. We’ll offer you two hints that sound like opposites: surrender AND fight! Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

We will be Playing Favorites for the rest of the summer in our online and in-person services. You will hear six different speakers share some of their favorite people! Pastor Carlton is batting first. If you guessed Jeremiah as his favorite, you are correct, but he is going to preach on another favorite: Hannah. Why? Because she reminds Pastor Carlton that God is ALWAYS working, even in the dark seasons of life! We look forward to your presence online or in person. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Love and justice are often understood as opposing values. The Bible is clear that love and justice are both part of God’s character. Therefore, as followers of Jesus Christ, both should be part of our character. Have you felt the pain of not being the favorite? Of being overlooked or snubbed? Playing favorites is not something new. Favoritism was an issue in the first century church, as people with more money or higher social standing were treated better than others. Favoritism can still be an issue in the church. We conclude our sermon series on justice with a conversation on favoritism in the church based on James 2. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Love and justice are often understood as opposing values. The Bible is clear that love and justice are both part of God's character. Therefore, as followers of Jesus Christ, both should be part of our character. If we influence the government and fight for the just due of people made in the image of God, how might it look? That is the focus of this week's biblical conversation in our summer justice sermon series. In preparation read Romans 13:1-7. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Love and justice are often understood as opposing values. The Bible is clear that love and justice are both part of God’s character. Therefore, as followers of Jesus Christ, both should be part of our character. If we influence the government and fight for the just due of people made in the image of God, how might it look? That is the focus of this week’s biblical conversation in our summer justice sermon series. In preparation read Romans 13:1-7. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Love and justice are often understood as opposing values. The Bible is clear that love and justice are both part of God’s character. Therefore, as followers of Jesus Christ, both should be part of our character. The primary mission of every family is to reflect God’s unconditional love to the world. How can the family unit be an instrument of healing for the hurting, wounded, and marginalized among us? That question guides this week’s sermon as we look at Deuteronomy 6:1-9. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Who is your neighbor? Is it the person who lives next door? Upstairs? Across the street? Jesus will introduce us to our neighbors in Luke 10:25-37. Come and meet them! Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

What are the markers of a spiritually growing Christian? What would you put at the top of your list of indicators? What do you think Jesus puts at the top of his list? Does your list match his? He will tell us in Matthew 22:34-40. Join us online as we continue in our series Love, Biblical Justice, and Healing. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Love and justice are often understood as opposing values. The Bible is clear that love and justice are both part of God’s character. Therefore, as followers of Jesus Christ, both should be part of our character. This weekend we start a three-week biblical conversation on the foundations of justice as we explore how love acts. In preparation for our time in God’s Word, read 1 Corinthians 13:1-7. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Justice is a popular and important topic, but it’s often ambiguous. Our culture tends to talk about justice in social and political terms. As biblical Christians, we imitate our just God when we pursue justice. Justice is about lovingly giving people their due as human beings made in the image of God. During these conversations over the next few weeks, we will explore three God-ordained institutions – the family, the government, and the church -- and their roles in doing justice. We will also learn from Jesus as He teaches and models for us how to pursue justice as an expression of our love for God and neighbor. In this message we will hear two love stories; one points to the other. (Ephesians 5:31-32) Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Last week, our pastor wrote: “My personal racial wounds have been ripped wide-open as I wonder, ‘Has anything changed since I was a little boy growing up in St. Louis? Have we made any progress since Rodney King in LA?” Pastor Carlton Harris will be having a conversation with us on Sunday where he shares God’s Truth, some of his personal truth, and answers the question, “How can we bring people together across the divide?” After the message, Pastor Carlton will lead us in communion. Gather some bread or a cracker, and juice or wine so that you can participate. We encourage you to watch this service with your household, in a Zoom group, or on Facebook Live this Sunday at 10:30 AM (PDT) because based on scripture, we believe that communion is meant to be something that Christ-followers do TOGETHER. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Sermon Slides (PDF) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

WEEK 7: Christianity vs. Buddhism TEXTS: John 15:15-17, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ephesians 2:1-18, John 11:25-26 How is biblical Christianity distinct from other religions? What’s the difference? This seven-week series seeks to answer this question. We will explore JW.ORG, Mormonism, Astrology, Atheism, Islam, and Buddhism and compare them to biblical Christianity. Believe it or not, these religions will teach us some important lessons. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Sermon Slides (PDF) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Week 7: Christianity vs. Islam | Colossians 1:15-23; Colossians 2:6-15 How is biblical Christianity distinct from other religions? What’s the difference? This series seeks to answer this question. We will explore JW.ORG, Mormonism, Astrology, Atheism, Islam, and Buddhism and compare them to biblical Christianity. Believe it or not, these religions will teach us some important lessons. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Sermon Slides (PDF) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Week 5: Christianity vs. Atheism | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Psalm 19:1-4 How is biblical Christianity distinct from other religions? What’s the difference? This series seeks to answer this question. We will explore JW.ORG, Mormonism, Astrology, Atheism, Islam, and Buddhism and compare them to biblical Christianity. Believe it or not, these religions will teach us some important lessons. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Sermon Slides (PDF) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

"Are You Okay?" | Psalm 77 On March 19, our world tilted! Since then, we have all experienced losses of some kind. Join us as Pastor Carlton Harris introduces us to a Grammy Award winning songwriter who teaches us how to process our losses in Psalm 77. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Sermon Slides (PDF) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Week 4: Christianity vs. Astrology | Isaiah 47:8-15 How is biblical Christianity distinct from other religions? What’s the difference? This series seeks to answer this question. We will explore JW.ORG, Mormonism, Astrology, Atheism, Islam, and Buddhism and compare them to biblical Christianity. Believe it or not, these religions will teach us some important lessons. Questions about this series? Join us for a Facebook Live Q&A with Pastor Carlton on Sunday, May 3 at 5 PM (PDT) >> Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Sermon Slides (PDF) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

WEEK 3: CHRISTIANITY VS. MORMONISM | Romans 5:12-21 How is biblical Christianity distinct from other religions? What’s the difference? This series seeks to answer this question. We will explore JW.ORG, Mormonism, Astrology, Atheism, Islam, and Buddhism and compare them to biblical Christianity. Believe it or not, these religions will teach us some important lessons. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Sermon Slides (PDF) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

WEEK 2: CHRISTIANITY VS. JW.ORG How is biblical Christianity distinct from other religions? What’s the difference? This series seeks to answer this question. We will explore JW.ORG, Mormonism, Astrology, Atheism, Islam, and Buddhism and compare them to biblical Christianity. Believe it or not, these religions will teach us some important lessons. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Sermon Slides (PDF) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

WEEK 1: WHAT MAKES CHRISTIANITY UNIQUE? How is biblical Christianity distinct from other religions? What’s the difference? This series seeks to answer this question. We will explore JW.ORG, Mormonism, Astrology, Atheism, Islam, and Buddhism and compare them to biblical Christianity. Believe it or not, these religions will teach us some important lessons. Watch Live on Facebook: Sunday @ 10:30 AM (PDT) >> Watch online (VIDEO) >> Podcast (AUDIO) >> Sermon Slides (PDF) >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" on app (PDF) >>

Our Good Friday Communion Service is scheduled to be a "live" service on Facebook on Friday, April 10 at 7 PM & 9 PM. Join us as we reflect on the final hours of Jesus – His journey to the cross – and prepare our hearts to celebrate the resurrection. Gather some bread or a cracker, and juice or wine so that you can participate in communion as Pastor Carlton Harris leads us in taking of the Lord's supper. Based on scripture, we believe that communion is meant to be something that Christ-followers do TOGETHER which is why we are offering two service times. If 7 PM doesn't work for you or someone you know, join us at 9 PM (P.S.T.). We hope that you feel connected to others in the body of Christ as you participate in either the 7 PM or 9 PM service on Facebook. Watch Live on Facebook >> Watch Online >> Listen to the Podcast >>

"Trust Test" | Genesis 22 Watch >> Podcast >> Sermon Slides >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" (on app) >>

"When Laughter Turns Sour" - Genesis 21 Faithfulness to God brings reward, despite our past failures. Watch >> Podcast >> Sermon Slides >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" (on app) >>

"Here We Go Again" - Genesis 20 Even if we are faithless, God is faithful, time after time. Watch >> Podcast >> Sermon Slides >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" (on app) >> *Due to CCLI regulations, we are not able to post the song lyrics here. However, feel free to search online for the lyrics.

"What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do" - 2 Chronicles 20 We can have hope during a crisis if we let our great need drive us to prayer and song. Watch >> Podcast >> Sermon Slides >> Re:collect Questions / "View Notes" (on app) >>

The Cost of Control | When we feel that God is not providing what we want, when we want it, the temptation is to take matters into our own hands to accomplish it. But as we will learn from the life of Abram and Sarai, the cost of control is expensive, often paid in the high price of immediate and lasting consequences while learning to trust God leads to a life of blessing and reward. Genesis 16 Re:Collect Questions >>

The Covenant | God’s covenant with Abram foreshadows the work of Jesus Christ of Nazareth on the cross. Our relationship with God is not dependent upon earning or deserving God’s favor, but upon the work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Genesis 15 Sermon Slides >> re:collect Questions >>

Trusting in Plenty | Which is more difficult for you—trusting God during a season of shortage or trusting God during a season of abundance? In this week’s conversation, Abram shows us two specific ways to trust God in a season of plenty. Genesis 13 & 14 There was an error in the recording resulting in a few seconds of dropped audio in first few minutes of sermon. Apologies. Sermon Slides >> re:collect Questions >>

When the Journey Gets Tough | Abram obeys God’s call to leave the security of his homeland and lands in a famine. Abram may never have experienced lack before, so he returns to his default setting of self-reliance and deceit to meet his needs instead of trusting God. When we find ourselves in a season of famine, how will we respond? Will we trust God, or will we rely on ourselves? Genesis 12:10-20 Sermon Slides >> re:collect Questions >>