Rock and Refuge

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   This message concludes our journey through the book Practicing The Way by John Mark Comer.  We look at how our goal in spiritual formation is to look more like Jesus and less like ourselves.  The sermon focuses on how using a Rule of Life, a plan to follow Jesus, can be a helpful tool in doing this.  We also discuss how the measuring stick of our spiritual formation is...

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   In this message we move from forgiveness to confession and repentance so that we can ultimately heal broken relationships.   * Note- During the message there is a five minute period where we had silent prayer.  This time of silence has been edited down to 10 seconds on the recording so as not to have five minutes of "dead air" followed by the closing prayer.

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   This message is part one of our journey as a church to healing broken relationships.  In this message we walk a journey from anger to grief to forgiveness.  

Speaker:  Pastor Larry Steen   In this message, our guest speaker, Pastor Larry Steen, shares how we can be "yeast" in the world in order to help spread the Kingdom of God.  

Speaker:  Lisa Kemp   In this message, Lisa shares how witnessing about what Jesus has done in our lives can help us encourage others and draw them closer to God.

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   In this episode we focus on how to serve those outside the church with a special emphasis on the poor and vulnerable among us.

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   In this episode we take a close look at the Feast of Tabernacles that our Jewish brothers and sisters have been celebrating for thousands of years and we look at how gentile members of the Christian church can also benefit from celebrating this time of thanksgiving.

Speaker:  Pastor Thadius Sales  In this message, Pastor Thadius Sales answers questions our congregation submitted to him ahead of time regarding basic Methodist church structure as well as specifics about the Global Methodist Church and how our congregation would go about joining the GMC if that is the direction in which God leads us.

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   As our congregation enters a new season of discernment regarding the leadership structure for Rock and Refuge Church, Pastor Dan speaks to why the church has been run the way it has this past year.  He explains the elder led church model and how it is very similar to how R&R is currently structured. 

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta This one will definitely not win the award for longest message but it speaks directly to a very big need for our church right now.

Speaker-  Lee Ann Crochunis   In this message, we look at how generosity should be a way of life for every follower of Jesus and how generosity is about more than just how we handle our money, it is a matter of our heart.  

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   In this episode we explore the biblical concept of fasting and we look at how practicing this often overlooked spiritual discipline can help draw us closer to God.

Speaker:  Helen Kemp   In this episode we explore how the scriptures can draw us closer to God.

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta.    In this episode we explore God's intended design for the sabbath and how we can be incredibly blessed by setting aside one day a week to rest from our work, draw close to God, and recharge from our busy lives.

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta  Prayer is such a big topic and there is so much to say about it.  In this episode, we see how Jesus used the Lord's prayer for a model of how to pray and we also learn different ways to pray from people in our own congregation that have thriving prayer lives with God.  The goal is to provide you the listener with a host of different ways to approach God in prayer s...

Speaker:  Lee Ann Crochunis  In this episode we take a look at the spiritual discipline of solitude and how setting aside intentional time to be alone with God can help you draw closer to him.  Lee Ann also shows us that these special times with God can bring about major transformation in our lives.

Speaker:  Amy Latta  Most of us know that community is important but do we really get how important it truly is?  In this episode, Amy shows us how important it is to surround yourself with the kind of people that will encourage you, look out for you, and help you grow in your relationship with God.  She also shows us how we can pour back into our community of friends and family members to bless t...

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   In this message, we take a look at a concept called a Rule of Life.  Simply stated, it's a plan for following Jesus.  A plan to help us grow in our spiritual lives.  In this message we look at what a Rule of Life is, how it works, why it's important, and then we begin the process of building our own Rule of Life.  This message is inspired by the book Practici...

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta  This podcast is a combination of two messages I shared at Rock and Refuge Church regarding homosexuality.  I chose to combine them into one for this podcast because the messages are designed to go together so if you only listen to one of them you get an incomplete picture.   The world has a lot to say about homosexuality.  The church, not so much these days.  That is wh...

Pastor Dan Latta This is week one of a three week series titled PG-13.  In this series we dive into difficult topics into which the church all too often avoids speaking.  This first message looks at God's original design for sex and how that relates to our lives today.  It also gives helpful advice for how to overcome lust and other unhealthy sexual practices and move to a place of sexual pur...

Speakers:  Pastor Dan Latta, Matthew & Karli Von Herbulis. In this message we get a chance to hear about the amazing work that Matthew and Karli Von Herbulis are doing on the mission field in Rwanda and beyond.   Matthew is the director of Sowers of Hope, a ministry that empowers farmers in Rwanda to embrace their God given call to their profession of working the land and showing the value of...

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   Most Christians are familiar with the giving of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost but did you know there are other significances to this special day.  Long before the Holy Spirit descended on those early followers of Jesus, the Jewish people celebrated this holiday (also called "the feast of weeks").  In this message we take a look at three significant things cele...

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta Message three in our series "Do What Jesus Did".  This mini series is a part of our year long dive into the book-  Practicing the Way  by John Mark Comer.  In this message we take a closer look at what the gospel is and how we can best communicate it to others.  

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta   This is the first message in our five week series, Do What Jesus Did.  In this message we explore the Holy Spirit:  Who is is, where He lives, and how we tap into His power in order to live transformed lives.

Speaker:  Pastor Dan Latta     This message is an overview of the first 8 weeks we have spent going through the book Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer.  This review allows those that are new to R&R church to get up to speed on what we have covered so far and it also provides a reminder for our regular attenders of what we have been committing to each week.  Each topic discussed in this mes...