Rise City Church

On his final Sunday at Rise City Church, Pastor Pete Goodman shares a powerful and personal message rooted in one of Scripture’s most overlooked moments—Peter’s first encounter with Jesus. As Pastor Pete reflects on this defining story, he unpacks the significance of Jesus’ first words to Peter—an invitation that didn’t just change Peter’s life, but continues to echo into our lives today. It’s a c...

This Mother’s Day at Rise City Church, Pastor Bobby unpacks the powerful story of Naomi from the book of Ruth. Through her journey of loss, resilience, and redemption, we’re invited to reflect on our own struggles and discover how God calls us to respond in the midst of hardship.

This week, we're joined by guest speaker Pastor Joe Riddle as he challenges the common mindset of chasing growth for growth's sake. In a culture driven by pressure and performance, Pastor Joe invites us to explore a better way—one where growth is rooted in the gospel, not the demands of modern society. What does it truly mean to grow in a way that honors God?

This week at Rise City Church, our Next Gen Pastor Mariah takes us to right where we left off in the Easter story last week and takes us through an interaction the risen Jesus has with two of the disciples to draw a parallel of what it looks like when we encounter Jesus in our lives today.

This Easter Sunday at Rise City Church, we celebrate the greatest moment in history—the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In a world full of questions, uncertainties, and distractions, we pause to ask two of the most important questions anyone can ask: "Is following Jesus worth it?" "Is Jesus enough?"

As we wrap up our "Truth in Tension" sermon series, Pastor Bobby unpacks the powerful story of the woman caught in adultery. In this message, we take a closer look at how Jesus responded in this moment filled with judgment and shame—and what His response reveals about how He sees us in the midst of our sin, and how we are called to view our sin.

We're three weeks into our series "Truth In Tension", and this week Pastor Bobby dives into one of the most fascinating and seemingly contradictory moments in Jesus’ ministry where in one instance, Jesus miraculously feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves and two fish - but not long after, He refuses to give into what the crowds are asking for. Why would Jesus perform such an incredible mir...

Going into week two of our new sermon series "Truth In Tension", pastor Bobby takes us into the moment when Jesus asks Peter how much he loves him, and uses this encounter to walk us through the tension of these two callings from Jesus; finding new LIFE in Christ, and DYING to ourselves.

Starting off our new series "Truth In Tension", pastor Bobby guides us through the different lenses we use when viewing Jesus and scripture, also while taking us through the series topic of Jesus doing or saying one thing, and then seemingly doing or saying the complete opposite.

This week here at Rise City Church, Pastor Pete takes us through one of Jesus' parables in Luke 14, where Jesus flips the social and religious dynamic of His time on its head, to show us where we misunderstand exactly who Jesus calls to, and what He has called us to.

Pastor Bobby guides us through our final value as a church, in our "Vision And Values" series, taking us through the concept of unity and why its important for the Church from the beginning, the church today, and most importantly, why God values it and desires it for us in the first place.

Jumping into another week of our "Vision & Values", pastor Bobby takes us from scripture to scripture, Old Testament to New Testament, to walk through the tricky topic of generosity; specifically what God commands us to do, what Jesus teaches about around the subject, and what being generous with what God has blessed us with looks like, whether its our times, talents, or treasures.

Continuing in our "Vision and Values" series, Bobby kicks us off into a message on our first two values as a church, "People Are The Mission" and "Growth Is Our Pursuit", taking us through the two greatest commandments, and what it REALLY looks like to truly love God and others.

Kicking off our new sermon series on our churches new mission, vision, and values "Vision & Values", pastor Bobby takes us through a few encounters that people had with Jesus in the New Testament, which paints us a picture of just what an encounter with Jesus can do.

This week at Rise City, Pastor Bobby continued us on in our series "Prosper Where You're Planted"; walking through the concept of external circumstances in our lives and how they are combatted or worsened based on what/who we are "planted in".

Going into our second week in our new series "Prosper Where You're Planted", pastor Bobby goes through a passage in Jeremiah to parallel our lives to the Israelites then; where they/we live in a foreign land and yet they/we are called by God to work while they/we are here, where God has planted them/us. But what is that work? What are we called to do while we wait?

Starting off our new sermon series "Prosper Where You're Planted", Pastor Bobby sets our home base for the series at Jeremiah 29:11 and the verses surrounding it; guiding us through the idea of how the verses in that text aren't about us, but about God, and who He is, and how He cares for his people.

Our very own youth pastor Anthony Hall takes the stage this week and guides us through the topic of the Holy Spirit; who He is, what He did, what He's still doing, and why we DEEPLY NEED Him.

Going into our last Sunday before Christmas, Bobby guides us through the story of the angel approaching Mary, and how we are called to live a life where we respond similarly to God, as Mary does.

Pastor Bobby, as Christmas grows closer and closer, brings us closer to the Christmas story with this week's message; going over the story of John the baptists birth, addressing the miraculousness of the story, and the doubt of Johns father.

Jumping into the Christmas season, and with our annual Christmas Offering coming up, pastor Bobby walks us through the topic of generosity and how it all ties into God's desire for His children to take care of the world.

Closing out our worship series "Inhabit", Pastor Mariah guides us through the perspectives we take in worship, whether God intended or completely backwards, all by looking back on a story from 2,000 years ago, and looking forward to what's expected in the book of Revelation.

Starting to wrap up our worship series "Inhabit", Pastor Bobby invites on a special guest on stage to talk about some impactful ways to be generous in the church; then Bobby walks us through living a life of worship, and how our will and actions are involved in the process.

Another week of our worship series "Inhabit" in the books, and this time Pastor Bobby takes us through how worship TRANSFORMS our lives from the way we live, think, and even the way we treat others.