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Hey Family, This week is the most holy in the Christian calendar. Good Friday commemorates when Jesus went to the cross to die on our behalf, and Easter Sunday is that most glorious day when he rose from the grave! These two events are the centerpiece of all our lives. There can be no more important time to hear to invite your friends to hear the message of the gospel--the good news. Bring your fa...

Hey Family, The Easter season is the best possible time to invite a friend, loved one, family member or co-worker to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is the greatest gift you can give. Please bring someone to our upcoming Palm Sunday service this Sunday at 10 a.m. Palm Sunday is the beginning of Passion Week, which is when we reflect on the incredible journey Jesus made to the cross. But that...

Hey Family, We all go through times when we wonder whether God is even present, or if he truly cares. Times of life when relationships are broken, health is compromised, and aspirations and hopes are dashed. During these times we can wonder where God is, and how we will make it through. Come this Sunday as we learn to navigate this season of life that will most certainly come to all of us. Invite...

Join us this week as we travel down to Bethany, where Christ encounters a fruitless fig tree in a time when he is hungry. His reaction may surprise you! As believers, we learn that there is an expectation of what we produce as we abide in Christ and trust in God's word.

I hope you've grown from our current sermon series, The Lord's Prayer. As we look forward to Easter Sunday, we finish up our series by talking about one final blessing that Jesus requested for his disciples. He prayed for unity. Jesus was sent to draw others to God, and he thanked God that the same love God bestowed on him was meant for all of us. We are all one in that love. Please come this Sund...

Hey Family, I hope you are being blessed by our current series, The Lord's Prayer. Last week we learned what Jesus had in mind when he prayed for his followers to experience holiness. This Sunday we will hear how he prayed another prayer for all of us. He prayed that we all undertake his same mission: to spread the gospel--the good news. --Edwin

Hey Family, There is a subject we often avoid talking about. It is holiness. We think this word is archaic or lofty and has no relevance to our daily lives. We think of ourselves as "authentic" or "transparent" but holiness rarely if ever comes into our heads. This Sunday we will discuss this rare and yet necessary truth of the Christian life. You will come away with a different picture of yoursel...

Hey Family, This week we begin a new series titled THE LORD'S PRAYER. Jesus prayed many times for his disciples, and over the next few weeks we will be looking at how he spoke His desires for His church. He prayed that his followers would act in holiness, experience unity, and reach out in evangelism. There is no better way to approach Easter than to meditate on how Christ would have us behave in...

Hey Family, Last week Pastor Gus preached on an Old Testament king who honored God in the midst of chaos and idolatry. Join us this week as Pastor Ray preaches on "How to profit from your problems", the three purposes of problems in your life and how to handle your problems. -Edwin

Hey Family, Last week the apostle Paul explained how we can make a difference in the world without becoming part of the world. Our approach should be to become like others by entering into the culture fully empowered and fully knowing the condition of those we are trying to win for Christ. We are to be a source of light in the midst of darkness. This week join us as we visit an Old Testament king...

We've been talking about the attitudes that will help us in changing our lives both personally and as part of a church community. This week we're going to look how can we move from being a church IN the community to being a church WITH and FOR the community. There are so many people living around RHOW who need the word of God--and I'm not just talking about the homeless and others who lack the bas...

Last week we talked about how we can experience a healthier way of life as a congregation and in all our relationships by adding one secret ingredient to our lives. HUMILITY is the foundation to all relationship success and joy. Yet this is an often ignored and overlooked principle, not only in the scriptures but in life. Come this week as we look at this most neglected but necessary grace that Go...

Hey Family, This Sunday we're going to speak about the key ingredient of every healthy relationship. Every year about this time I do two things: I reflect and I project. Reflect on how last year went and project on what I can change in the future. I think a lot of us go through that in one form or another. One thing that's held true throughout the years is my regular gathering with my brothers and...

We've reached the end of another year, one that brought happiness, hope, and struggles as well. I hope to see you all at our New Year's Eve service, 10 p.m.-midnight on Saturday, Dec. 31. The next day, Sunday Jan. 1, join us at 10 a.m. as Pastor Gus leads our first service of 2017! In the beginning, everything was made new. You are invited to become new, to start new, to BE new, as you move into a...

As we draw closer to Christmas it's important to remember that Jesus was not just a baby in a manger but a Prophet, a Priest and a King.

Hey Family, Last week we began our new series, JESUS IS THE REASON, by hearing how Jesus is the ultimate Prophet. This week we'll learn how he's also the ultimate Priest--a priest ordained to be the mediator between God and his people. As we approach Christmas day, we hope this series will speak to your hearts and bring you surprising truths about Christ.

Hey Family, As we move into the Christmas season, we want to think more and more about the beauty and the wonder that is Jesus Christ. In our new series called JESUS we're going to discover the miraculous roles that Jesus plays in our lives. He encourages us when we're downcast, strengthens us when we're weak, unites us when we're divided.

Hey Family, Sometimes when we hear God referred to as our father, some strange images can come into our minds. Perhaps we are influenced by our experience with our earthly fathers, which for better or worse can form our vision of what God is like. Many times we can think that if our earthly father was impossible to please, then our heavenly father is too. Or if our earthly father was very harsh wi...

Hey Family, Last week we started a new series, HUNGRY, which we hope will reawaken your appetite for God. Have you been remembering his blessings? We talked about how if we don't do that, we'll forget how God gets us through the hard times, redeems us from the pit, and heals all our diseases. I hope that each of you found some quiet time with God this week and were able to humble yourself before H...

Hey Family, As we head into the Thanksgiving season, we're looking forward to connecting with friends and family over a table full of great food. We can all imagine sitting down at that table because we know what follows: the delicious taste of turkey and stuffing and our favorite dessert. When it comes to sitting down with God, though, it's harder to imagine what benefits will follow. In our new...

Hey Family, I'm looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday! We're going to talk about how often we can walk through life thinking that we're missing out on something--that maybe we need something more in order to be happy. But according to the scriptures God has given us, through Jesus Christ we have everything we need to be joyous, free, and fulfilled. Sometimes this truth can get lost in the...

Hey Family, What we believe is so important that it affects every area of our lives. But what happens when what we believe is wrong? Sincerely believing in something does not make it true. For a lot of my life I thought that if you just believe something with your whole heart, that was enough, that belief equals truth. But when we look at the Bible, it's not just belief, but belief in what's TRUE...

Hey Family, How we live influences what happens after we die. Jesus spoke about how vital it is to live a life that honors God, not just put on the appearance of it. In this third part of our series called GOD NEVER SAID THAT, we'll learn that our acts have consequences that last far beyond the moment. We need to know what God has to say about how his family should behave. If we don't know what sc...

Hey Family, Last Sunday we started a brand-new series called GOD NEVER SAID THAT. The purpose is to combat some of the cultural beliefs that often guide our lives--but which are not at all biblical. Last week we looked at the common assumption that God wants us to be happy.. This week we'll dig deeper into a phrase that many of us believe but which is not biblical: "God will never give you more th...

Hey Family, A lot of times people think they're familiar with what the Bible says, when actually that's not true at all! For example, nowhere in scripture does it say, "God helps those who help themselves." This Sunday we're starting a new series called GOD NEVER SAID THAT! In it we'll look at some familiar "words of wisdom" that are not from God at all. Scripture should guide our lives and our re...