The Rim Church

Brenton Lehman From Gospel Community

1 Corinthians 8-10 Pastor Austin Johnson

What's distracting you from full devotion to God? How do we have undistracted devotion to God despite different issues? 1 Corinthians 5, 6 & 7 teaches us the why and how to live in light of the Gospel by surrendering what keeps us from being fully devoted to God. LaShaude & Dorianna James 1 Corinthians 5, 6 & 7

This week, guest speaker Max Lucado teaches what it looks like to win the war on worry. We learn what it looks like to celebrate God's goodness, ask God for help, leave concerns with God, and meditate on good things. Max Lucado Philippians 4:4-8

This Sunday, we spent time praying as a church family. To prepare for that prayer time, we turned to Luke 18 to see how Jesus calls us to pray. Luke 18:1-30 Brad Hobbs

This week, we turn to 1 Corinthians 4 as we learn what it looked like for the church in Corinth to reorient itself to have a roadmap for a Kingdom life. Brad Hobbs 1 Corinthians 4

This week, we study 1 Corinthians 2 and address the questions: How can the Corinthian church (and the modern-day church) remain unified amid different/impressive leaders, influencers, and philosophers? What might change in your life if you trusted more in the Spirit of God (source) than you trusted in impressive leaders, influencers, and philosophers (resources)? LaShaude James 1 Corinthians 2

Today we are entering into a new sermon series walking through the book of 1 Corinthians over the course of the summer. The tagline for our series is Love, Jesus, and the People who make it difficult. But here’s the spoiler - most of the time, we, ourselves, make it difficult.  As we walk through this series, we hope to wrestle with the truth of scripture and Paul’s instructions to the church in C...

Ecotones are the transitional areas between two distinct ecosystems. These are fascinating and dynamic spaces where unique phenomena can occur. Every transition zone is created and organized by God for our absolute best. The question then becomes how do we respond so that our life experiences the power of an ecotone instead of a dead zone? This week we look at examples in scripture of what transit...

This week we take a look at Psalm 34 as we study what it actually looks like to magnify Christ in our lives. As followers of Jesus, we are called to redirect, illuminate, and clean the lens from which we see, that Christ may be magnified in us! Kristin Soileau Psalm 34

God often uses wilderness experiences to move us from a spirit of slavery to a spirit of Sonship. Drew Worsham Galatians 4:4-7, Exodus 16:19-20, John 14:18

As we finish up our series in John, we learn about the grace and redemption that is offered through Christ. Receiving Jesus' gift of grace is not living in the shame of the past, but looking at our present and future hope! Brad Hobbs John 21:15-24

If you knew Jesus was praying for you, how would it change how you lived your life? Not just your friends, family, spouse praying for you, but if you knew Jesus was praying and interceding for you, what would change? Austin Johnson John 17

Continuing in our series through the book of John, we take time to learn what it actually means to abide in Christ. Marty Esparza John 15:1-16, 16:16-33

What would change in our life if we believed God's presence is with us forever (right now)? What would change in how we treat our neighbors if we believed God's presence is with us forever (right now)? God is with us forever (today) because Jesus prepared the way. LaShaude James John 14:5-31

As we examine Jesus’ resurrection, we hone in on LIVING beauty in a broken world. We can look at something from the past, a piece of art, a past relationship, a former job, and so on with admiration and appreciation, but the Story of God, the Story of the Bible is not past tense. It’s not simply something that happened back then and we are admiring and appreciating what happened then. The resurrec...

Our mission statement here at The Rim is to create space for people to discover the BEAUTY of Jesus. We believe that the beauty of Jesus is not something of the past, it’s alive. His majesty, glory, and beauty is something we as his church are called to emulate and reflect. The space we create for people to discover the beauty of Jesus primarily happens outside of this space on Sundays. Everyone h...

Continuing in the Book of John, we see how Christ is living beauty in a broken world through the story of Lazarus. LaShaude James John 11:17-46, John 12:9-11

Your pain is not without purpose. Your experience is part of something bigger than yourself. This is one of the great mysteries and tension points of God’s story. Isn’t life supposed to get better when I follow Jesus? It depends on what you mean by get better and by whose standard. Austin Johnson John 9

What will set you free? What does it really mean to be free? What’s keeping us from freedom? As we create space for people to discover the beauty of Jesus our circle must become one of truth telling. It’s in that space of honesty that the face of Jesus becomes tangible and freedom comes home. Austin Johnson  John 8:12-59

This week we started a new teaching series in the Gospel of John. Starting in John 7:53, we will focus on seeing Christ as living beauty in a broken world. Mark Smith  John 7:53-8:11

Everyone has a fundamental belief about our origin- who or what gave us our existence, made us who we are, shaped us into the person we are today. In a workshop style, we walk through strategic ways to answer those questions by sharing stories and testimonies on how God moves in our lives.  Austin Johnson  Luke 10:1-12

We continue with the B.L.E.S.S. rhythms with S: Serve. What makes allowing people to serve you difficult? What makes serving other people difficult? LaShaude James  Luke 10:1-12 

As we have a conversation about eating meals, begin by asking: Do you think eating together matters? Why or why not? What have you found to happen when you sit around a table together with others? Austin Johnson  Matthew 11:18-19, Exodus 25:23-30, Leviticus 24:5-9, 1 Peter 2:9

What might change about how you listen and engage with others if you believed God has already started the work of loving and blessing them? What might change about how you listen and engage with others if you believed God has all the answers and wisdom we need? LaShaude James  Luke 10:1-24, Genesis 2:8, 15-17, Genesis 12:1-3