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Hello family, I love our church. When we get together on Sunday to worship Jesus, the gathering creates a beauty that can't be duplicated or replaced. We've started a brand-new series called "Besetting Sins," talking about those behaviors that make us fall again and again and leave us crying in sadness and frustration. In our series, we've been discussing the strategy for how to defeat these sins....

Hey Family, we’re in a series called Besetting Sins, addressing those recurring temptations that have overcome us throughout the years. The series is meant to provide us a strategy for combatting that kind of sin. Last week we learned the first step: AVOID the triggers, the stumbling blocks—those things that might seem fine on the surface but always lead us back to our longtime sins. This week we’...

Next Step Community Church

Next Step Community Church

Hey Family, Take out a dollar bill and look at it. Every day we see signs that say "In God We Trust." But when it comes right down to it, do we really do that when life turns unpredictable? Join us this week as Pastor Gus talks about the life of Biblical persons--some who trusted in God and some who did not. We look forward to seeing you Sunday at 10 am. Bring a friend who has questions about how...

Hey Family, Do you ever feel like you're wandering around in a fog? That there are too many decisions in your life and you just aren't sure how to make the right ones? This Sunday we welcome guest pastor Drew Jackson of Hope Church, who's going to talk about how we will always be on the right path if we are following Christ as his disciples. And what exactly does that involve? Find out on Sunday a...

Hey Family, The apostle Paul was the original church planter. With the power given to him by Jesus, he traveled from country to country and brought thousands of people to Christ where no one had ever heard his name. This week we'll learn what Paul's secret was, and how *we* can grow from being people gathered at a meeting inside a building once a week to a community that cares for each other and r...

Hey Family, Several years ago, we came up with how we wanted to describe RHOW's mission. This is how we explain it to anyone who asks: We exist to SHARE the good news of Jesus Christ; HELP hurting people at the point of their need, and EQUIP all to reach others for Christ. In these three ways, we show the love of Christ to all who come to our doors, and we also take his love out to the world. This...

Hey Family, Join us this Sunday as Pastor Gus leads us along the winding road to Jericho and helps us discover a lesson of charity and transformation. I look forward to seeing you at 10 a.m.

Hey Family, Everybody feels ashamed at some point. Maybe we betray a loved one, or let down a friend who badly needs our help. Maybe we tell a major lie to cover up for ourselves, or cheat on a bill. Shame can be painful and hold us back from fully embracing the love of God and His call on our lives. But Jesus' power is greater than the shame that holds us down. This Sunday we will be talking abou...

Every moment we are awake, we are making decisions and exercising our free will to choose. Our choices are influenced by many factors, and as a result of these factors we develop a perspective. What is influencing your perspective? Join us this Sunday as Pastor Gus leads us in learning about "How do you look at things, and why?" I look forward to seeing you at 10 a.m. --Edwin

Hey Family, We live in a culture and a society that is divided and suspicious of one another. This does not have to be the case in God's family. Join us this week as we look at the Scriptures to understand how we can become a church community that loves one another in the midst of our differences. I look forward to seeing you Sunday at 10 a.m.--and bring a friend. This is a message that is very mu...

Hey Family, Our series "This Is Us" concludes on Sunday when pastor Zac Martin will talk about the power of prayer. Praying for each other is one of the most powerful things we can do as members of a church body. When another person is in pain, or suffering a loss, or in need of encouragement and restoration, any of us can pray for them. And when *we* need prayer, we are urged to reach out and ask...

This Sunday Pastor Gus Rodriguez will continue in our series, "This Is Us," by looking at the wisdom contained in the Book of James. Though it was written almost 2,000 years ago, James is just as powerful today. This Sunday we will see how James reveals how we should respond to the pains, loss, and suffering of our lives. Don't miss it as we are instructed and comforted through his words. It's a g...

Hey Family, Merry Christmas! It's interesting how at this time of the year, when so many things are going on, many people feel a sense of elation and joy and laughter--and others feel a deep sense of loss, an deepening of the heartache and pain that they may have felt all year. I want to invite you to come this Sunday, when we find out that Christmas is the solution for every single stage of life....

Hey Family, As Christmas approaches, what do you look forward to? Celebrating with family? A special gift from a certain someone? Fun and food with friends? This Sunday we'll focus on what Christmas is really all about. More than 2,000 years ago, angels spoke to a group of lonely men and told them what they could look forward to. God chose the lowest of the low to be the first to hear the amazing...

Ho-ho-ho Family! In this Christmas season of Advent, we get to reflect on the amazing miracle of God coming down to Earth. A God who would not be satisfied just giving us rules and instruction, but would join us in our struggle in order to draw us to himself. The real gift of Christmas is Christ, who we get to see in His most vulnerable state... and recognize that he will stop at nothing to regain...

Hey Family, We have a lot to be thankful for; gratitude should be the motivating factor for everything we say, do, think, and respond to. It's how we should run our families, interact with people at work, and connect with people on a daily basis. As we continue our series in the book of James, we're going to focus on being grateful, grateful to God for all that he's done and grateful for all that...

Hey Family, Ever had somebody judge you for something that you didn’t do? Or judge you for something that you DID do? How did it make you feel? In our series This Is Us, we’ve been learning how to live together as a healthy church community so that we can reach out to others and show them God’s love. That’s not going to happen if we’re judging each other. Come this Sunday as we continue in the Boo...

Next Step Community Church

Hey Family, In our series This Is Us, we've been talking about how we as a church must get along with each other if we are to make an impact on the world around us. Last week we talked about how quarreling and fighting get us nowhere. This Sunday, we'll talk about how we either commit to God or we don't--and how that commitment affects how we deal with our family, our friends, our dating and marri...

Hey Family, We've all gotten into situations where we needed wisdom to figure out what to do. And depending on who you ask, you can get fifteen different pieces of advice for how to move forward... which leaves us no better off than we were before. This week we'll talk about where to get the only real wisdom that can help us, and how our lives will change if we do. I hope you're being blessed by t...

Hey Family, Why did I say that? It just slipped out! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it. They’re all phrases that we use after having said something that we wish we could take back. All of us have had moments where we cut someone down, hurt someone deeply, or say an inappropriate remark. This week going to learn about where these outbursts come from and how to deal with the words that are in our hearts b...

Hey Family, We've been in a series called "This Is Us," which talks about what it's like to be a Christian in today's tough world. This Sunday we're going to learn how each of us can show God's love to others in everyday ways, in our daily lives. God has given each of us some special abilities to carry out his work. Do you use those abilities just for yourself, or do you reach out to others as wel...

Hey Family, We are all affected by the injustices that we see on the news, whether it be poor communities being forced out of a neighborhood that they've lived in for many years, insufficient health care for those who do not have the resources, immigrants being taken advantage of in their very difficult situation, and on and on it goes. The church can be the hope for the world and for those who ha...