The River Community Church

The River: Downstream

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Welcome to our Podcast! The River Community Church is pleased to present a new way to engage with us, especially for those of you who can't always make it to our services. Each week we will publish a recording of the past Sunday's message, along with any announcements to keep you in the know as you take us on the go!

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Jun 7, 2026

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Episodes

Suffering - Lent (what do you see?) 17.04.2025

What does it mean to suffer? Is are there more opportunities than we think when we experience suffering? The title art for this episode is the image that Dale asks us to describe to our neighbors (what do you see?).

God's Deeds - Lent 03.04.2025

What is it that motivated God to perform His deeds. God is with us in word and deed.

God's Word - Lent 30.03.2025

God is with us in word and in deed, how do we experience God's word in our lives? How is he guiding us?

Zambia 2025 02.03.2025

Here is an interview with our group that went to Zambia this winter! They're sharing how our partnership is doing on the ground and the initiatives that we support with our ongoing donations.

Part 2 God Wins - Unraveling the mysteries 23.02.2025

If the first 3 chapters were telling us to stay in the present in the end times, then how are we wrapping up the next 4?

Unraveling the Mysteries - God Wins Part 1 23.02.2025

What comes to mind when we think about the book of revelation? What if we didn't have to think so hard about the end times?

Parable of Treasures - InterACTIVE February 23.02.2025

What are the lessons that we can take from the parable of the talents? What does it mean to use the gifts given to us by God?

A Son and His Mother w/ Pastor Cecil Van Nienhuis 09.01.2025

If the Son of God was perfect, sinless, what would it have been like to be a sibling to him? To be a parent to Jesus, when he was without sin while Mary and Joseph were not? Tune in this week as we explore these thoughts as we read Luke 2: 41-52.

Magi - The Good News 09.01.2025

What brings Joy to your life? And how do we maintain this idea of joy in all things through Christ?

Shepherds - The Good News 18.12.2024

The shepherds were too stunned to speak! How will that change how they spread the good news? This week of Advent we are focusing on what it means to love, and be loved.

The Good News - Angels 12.12.2024

How was the news delivered to Mary that she was going to give birth to Jesus Christ our saviour? And was this news met with joy, even this message of peace bringing?

Content in Christ - The Greatest Love Ever 30.11.2024

Here is our series finale! How are we content, what makes us content, how does that contentment come from Christ?

Rejoicing in Christ - The Greatest Love Ever 30.11.2024

Phil 4:1-9 contains some of the most memorable phrases that are often quoted by followers of Christ. This Sunday we reach the penultimate message of Being In Christ, and it promises to be the ultimate in discovering the Greatest Love Ever.

Elijah - Kids Radio Show! 24.11.2024

This week we have a bonus episode from our Children's Ministry: A radio show set in the time of Elijah! Credits: Jingle Disco Pop Loop by SergeQuadrado --  https://freesound.org/s/511407/  -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 Weather Report Section: Breaking news intro music by humanoide9000  https://freesound.org/s/760770/  -- License: Attribution 4.0 Rain with distant storms  by MrPokephile...

Transformed in Christ - The Greatest Love (Ever) 13.11.2024

How are we transformed in Jesus to be like Jesus?

Righteousness in Christ - The Greatest Love (Ever) 01.11.2024

Greatest Love Ever is bolstered by the righteousness given to us through Christ’s righteousness. Join us as we discover this truth from Philippians 3:1-9.

Obedient in Christ - The Greatest Love (Ever) 27.10.2024

What does it mean to be Obedient in Christ. Why do we obey the teachings of the Bible and the word of God if we are already saved?

The Greatest Love Ever - One in Christ 05.10.2024

The Greatest Love Ever requires that we are one, unified, together. What does that look like, and what might hinder our coming together? Phil. 1:27 to 2:11 give us a picture of how Paul would answer those questions. Here's what it means to be One in Christ

The Greatest Love (Ever) - Living in Christ 28.09.2024

What did living in Christ look like for Paul? What can we do to live into that Life?

Avril, Isaiah, and the Kingdom of God 18.09.2024

What is on the invitation to the Kingdom of God, this week we're looking at this invitation as described by Isaiah through the lens of Avril Levigne's Let Go album.

The Greatest Love (Ever) - Confident in Christ 12.09.2024

What is the greatest love you have ever known? How does Paul feel about the churches in Philipi? This message is all about how love changes how we see people and spreading God's love to the world.

NO&YES; YES&NO - with Pastor Cecil Van Niejenhuis 23.08.2024

How do we hold contrasting ideas in scripture? Is the answer to pick one side or the other? Let's put this to the test with Luke 7:11-23

You Asked For It! - The Main Thing 02.08.2024

“Is it wrong to be part of the LGBTQ2S+ community?” What lessons can we draw from the Apostle Paul and from Jesus when it comes to conversations about important things, particularly when people around us might have strong opinions or feelings about them?  Let’s lean in together to see what God might be saying to us, and what He might wish to say through us.

You Asked For It! - The Meaning of Life? 28.07.2024

On the heels of hearing about a good God despite bad stuff, and hearing how to keep God at the centre of a simple life, we now tackle the subject head on - what is the meaning of life!?

You Asked For It! - Good God, Bad Stuff? 28.07.2024

"I so connect with the character of Jesus but am not sure how to Not judge God of the Old Testament." Do you share this view? Do you struggle with this dilemma?

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