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As we continue our series through the 23rd Psalm we see David celebrating the presence of the Lord and the way He seeks to do only good, always. He prepares a full spread before us and welcomes us to enjoy His heavenly presence and grace. Step up to the table and enjoy your Heavenly Father.

As the Good Shepherd, Jesus leads us in the path of righteousness that leads to restoration. There are ways that seem right to us, but those, apart from the guidance of the Lord, lead to ruin. Even when we follow the wrong ways though, part of the goodness of God is that He provides a path back and He journeys with us on the road. He is always there to guide and guard our way as we follow Him.

What does a life of trust look like? The world around us in madness. Do our lives, as followers of Jesus, reflect our Shepherd's ability to quiet the storms of life? Or do we exude the same panic, coping mechanisms, and rhetoric that anyone without Him would? Pastor Ryan begins a series through Psalm 23 as we choose to look at a loving God and say, "You Are With Me".

Let's be honest. Not many of us get giddy at the idea of fasting. Whether you fast food, TV, video games, social media, or any other of the countless things that claw for our attention it isn't often a fun notion to give up things that bring us pleasure. The question though, is what are you missing glued to that thing. Even if what you fast is good for you (like food), the choice to set it aside o...

How long do I have to actively follow Jesus? When does the daily decision to choose His lordship end and I get to just coast as a fully-realized, conformed Image of Christ? Well the bad news is this: it never ends on earth. But the good news is also this: it never ends! We get to be pursuing our God, learning from Him and growing in His wisdom every day of our lives. We get to choose Him again and...

Your expectation of the future affects how you live today. As followers of Jesus we have a hope that cannot be matched. We have a Biblical expectation for a future where God restores creation to wholeness. How can that hope shape the way you live? How can it affect the way you love? Where does the knowledge of Jesus having come to earth and the hope of His return manifest in your life?

What is the joy of the Lord? How does it look? Where does it really come from? When does it present itself and when is it needed most? Pastor Ryan looks at how Jesus made Joy Incarnate and how He continues to empower us with His joy today.

Pastor Ryan begins a new series on how Jesus incarnated the characteristics of the Advent season; Love, Joy, Hope, and Peace. In Part 1 he looks at the ways Jesus was the embodiment of love on earth and how we, as His followers, can continue to do so through the empowerment of His Holy Spirit.

Pastor Jerry Stott joins us from the missions field to talk about what it looks like to be a blessing in the name of Jesus. He reminds us of who the Bible says that we are as followers of Jesus and what it looks like, practically, to bring Jesus with us into every situation we enter.

What does it look like to be grateful at all times and what does that do to our spirit? Gratitude isn't just about giving thanks for the obvious blessings, but Pastor Sean takes this time before the Thanksgiving Holiday to outline the ways gratitude even in the dark leads us closer to the Light of Jesus.

How do we practically live as the Church God Uses, meeting each other where we are and lifting each other. Pastor Ryan rounds out chapter 14 of the Letter to the Romans with a look at what it means to obey the Law of Love as we relate to one another as followers of Jesus.

What are the issues that unite us? What about the issues we let come between us? Should we let them? Pastor Ryan continues our series on The Church God Uses by looking at the grace we give each other and what it looks like to be a family, accepted by God, united in the blood of the Lamb.

There is coming a day when Jesus returns, coming on the clouds, to establish His kingdom fully on earth as it is in Heaven. The question for the Church that God Uses is, "Are you ready?" How is the knowledge of His imminent return forming the way that you go about your every day life? Are you attentive or have you fallen asleep?

There is one debt that can never be paid. That is our debt of love to our neighbor. Not only does Paul challenge us to love, but Jesus challenges our notion of who our neighbor is and blows our categories out to include even the most socially despised person we can think of. Jesus take the word neighbor and includes those with different religious observances, political views, and ethics. When it c...

The Way of Jesus comes with a difficult call. The call to submit to authority. Pastor Mike Foell takes us through what it means to be a Christian citizen and how we relate to authority, both government and otherwise as we continue our series in Romans on The Church God Uses.

One of the hardest things to do in the Way of Jesus is to love your enemies. And yet, it is central to the call to follow Jesus. Pastor Ryan looks at Paul's commands to do so as he continues through Romans 12 in our series on The Church God Uses.

What is it to be genuine? How are we meant to engage each other as fellow believers in authenticity, without ulterior motives? Pastor Ryan continues our series on The Church God Uses in today's message on Authentic Spirituality.

We are made to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. Furthermore, God built the Church in part to be salt and light into the world and to use the gifts he's given us to make things better. What does it look like for you to learn the ways that God has made and gifted you and then to turnaround and offer those things back to Him as a living sacrifice?

There is a tremendous amount of noise in the world circling around us. It will overwhelm and influence us beyond the Way of Jesus if we let it. The key for the effective church is to keep our focus on our north star. We must block out the noise and follow the voice of our Shepherd, maintaining clear thought and being transformed daily into the likeness of Christ.

Pastor Ryan begins a new series about "The Church God Uses". What does it look like for us to be the type of people and assembly that can move powerfully for the Kingdom of God? It starts with Surrender. It starts by bringing everything we have and are to the feet of Jesus, laying those things down, and proclaiming "here I am. Send me." Over the next few weeks we'll look at the 'practicals' of the...

What is baptism and why does it matter? We welcome Pastor Ryan Oddo back from sabbatical as he leads us in our Baptism Celebration.

As a community of believers, we want to be just that: a community. We care about each other, celebrating the contributions and mourning the struggles that each member experiences. With the new school year is upon us, our K-8 school's (RSM Christian School) administrative team members Carrie Gulino, Mike Margy, and Lori Jensen teach on what it means to be servants and to raise children who serve an...

How do we trust a moral code that seems to contain so much immorality? Is that even what the Scriptures are? What is the nature of God? Can He be trusted? Is He just? Celine Sandoval tackles these questions and more as he brings our series "Aligned" to a close with a look at the morality of The Bible.

Pastor Mike continues our series on the Living Word of God. How is the Bible relevant to our lives today? Isn't it just a 2000-year-old book after all? Pastor Mike provides a litany of reasons that we should take the Bible seriously now and apply it to our modern lives.

Taylor Schwab continues our series on being Aligned to Scripture with a look at whether or not it is in fact, accurate. How do we know that what we have in our Bibles is what was written? How do we know what was written is true? Taylor leads us through how to answer those questions and what to do with the answers in this weeks teaching on the doctrine of Scripture.