Archive for the ‘Community’ Category

Total Church
July 5, 2010

In week 3 of our series ONE PRAYER at RVC we talked about Gospel Community. There is a fantastic book by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis called Total Church.  Total Church discusses a radical reshaping that needs to take place in the church around Gospel and Community. It is hands down the best book I have [...]

For The City
May 31, 2010

I created the video below for the kickoff of our 50th Anniversary Celebrations at RVC.   The last seven weeks we have been going through the book of Nehemiah.  It’s an amazing story of someone who was used to rebuild the city of Jerusalem. As the church it is our mandate to join God in [...]

Shane Claiborne at Exponential
April 27, 2010

I still have lots of notes from Exponential last week that I haven’t posted.  There was a lot to process. What I enjoyed about the conference was the diversity of content and speakers.  You had guys sharing from mega-churches to house church movements, to anywhere in between. Shane Claiborne shared one of the afternoons on [...]

Nehemiah: A Model For Prayer
April 23, 2010

In our series Fifty To 50 at RVC we have been walking through the book of Nehemiah.  In chapter 1 we see an outline in verses 5-11 of Nehemiah praying to God because his city is in ruins.  What is amazing about these verses is that we see Nehemiah model how to effectively pray when [...]

Fifty To 50 Day 2
April 12, 2010

We had an amazing weekend to kick off our Fifty To 50 series and campaign!  Each weekend over the 50 days we are showing a greeting from friends from different churches we are partnered with.  Here is this weekends greeting:

This Weekend!
April 10, 2010

It’s been a lot of hard work and we are excited!  Fifty To Fifty starts this weekend.  If you’re part of the RVC community get ready!

Easter Recap
April 5, 2010

We had a banner Easter Weekend at RVC.  Check out what happened!

Really excited!…
March 23, 2010

I am definitely excited about the spring!  Easter is always a great time around here with our gatherings and Easter Egg Hunt.  Super excited to see Ava hunt for eggs for the first time. Then after Easter we are doing something huge!  I’ve put a lot of time into this and I’m excited in what God is [...]

The Big Red Tractor
February 17, 2010

We showed this video last weekend as we’ve been talking about mission and missional living.  Definitely a great analogy.   Maybe the church is more simple than what we’ve made it.

My Friend Mike
February 1, 2010

I was able to sit down and chat with my friend Mike.  He’s a great guy and has grown though some difficult things in his life.