Church Clothes - Part 4
This week in our series from Colossians we learn from Paul that the gospel brings meaning to and maturity from our suffering....
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The End of Religion - Part 5
This week, as we continue our walk through Mark's Gospel, we see that Jesus is calling us to faith in him....
The End of Religion - Part 2
In this sermon from Mark 1:14-20 we look at Jesus' call to his first disciples and see that following Jesus in His Kingdom means leaving our kingdom....
Church Clothes - Part 4
This week in our series from Colossians we learn from Paul that the gospel brings meaning to and maturity from our suffering....
Multiply - Part 1
In the first sermon from our series in 2 Timothy we see that we are not the end of God's story. ...
Restored - Part 6
This week in our series from Ezra we see in Ezra 8 that because Jesus has been faithful we can be faith-filled. ...
Restored - Part 5
In our 5th sermon from the book of Ezra we walk through chapter 7 of Ezra and see the amazing ways in which God draws our hearts to worship and obedience....
Restored - Part 4
Continuing our series in Ezra we look at chapters 5 & 6 this week and see that in restoration, God provides for what He calls us to....
1 John - Part 11
On Sunday we wrapped up our journey through the book of 1 John by hearing John remind us that believing in Jesus changes us internally, externally, and eternally. ...
Restored - Part 2
In our second sermon from our series in Ezra we see that restoration begins with worship....
For The Joy Set Before Him - Part 5
As we celebrate Easter we continue in John's gospel where we see a risen Jesus finding Mary Magdalene at an empty grave and calling her by name. ...
For The Joy Set Before Him - Part 4
Our penultimate week in John's gospel brings us to the crucifixion of Jesus. In the darkest event of human history we see Jesus finishing the story He has always been telling, finishing death, finishing fear, finishing what we never could....
For The Joy Set Before Him - Part 2
This week we continue our final series in John's gospel. As we walk through John 18:12-27 we see that the joy set Jesus was your shame exchanged for His glory. ...
For The Joy Set Before Him - Part 1
In our first message from the new series "For The Joy Set Before Him" we walk through John's narrative of Jesus' arrest from John 18:1-11. ...
Uncommon - Part 6
In the final sermon of our Uncommon series we ask how membership in a local church might form us as disciples and see that Jesus does an uncommon work in us through the community He designed for us. ...
Uncommon - Part 5
We desire to see God produce fruit in our lives. But what does that look like and how does that happen? This is what we look at in our sermon time on Sunday as we explore our hope for uncommon fruitfulness....
Uncommon - Part 4
We long to be a church marked by uncommon faithfulness to the body of Christ. As we continue in our Uncommon series we look at 1 Corinthians 12 and Paul's description of the uncommon body that is the church....
Uncommon - Part 3
This week in our Uncommon series we look at the uncommon love Jesus commands His followers to display in their lives and the source that we turn to for strength in obeying that command....
Unto Us - Part 1
As we kick off a new series for Advent from Isaiah 9:6-7, we see how Jesus is the Prince of Peace who restores peace in a broken world, in broken relationships, and between us and God....
1 John - Part 9
There are a lot of ideas about who Jesus is, what Jesus does, and how life should look because of Jesus. In this weeks sermon from 1 John, we look at how Jesus and His word expose and overcome the false messages we encounter in culture and in our own hearts....
The Last Word - Part 7
This week we hear Jesus validating the real experiences of sorrow and confusion that we experience and pointing us towards the truth that the joy that can be found in him is infinitely better than anything we could ever hope for. Jesus is the last word on our search for joy....
The Last Word - Part 5
This Sunday we heard Jesus encouraging us by reminding us that when we are hated by the world we should remember that He was hated first for us and that the opposition we face points us to our identity in Him. Jesus is the last word in the face of opposition. ...
1 John - Part 8
In this week's sermon from 1 John we hear John reassuring us that God is greater than the condemnation of our hearts and that in Jesus we can have confidence before our Father God....
The Last Word - Part 2
This week in our series "The Last Word" Jesus redefines love for both the disciples who love him and his betrayers. ...
The Last Word - Part 3
In part 3 of our series The Last Word we hear Jesus telling his disciples that he is the last word on the rest of your life. ...
After Life - Part 3
This week in our series "After Life", Jesus explains the importance of His death, Pastor Matt shows us how we see Jesus glorified through his death on the cross...and a chair picks a fight with Jansen. ...
1 John - Part 6
Back in 1 John again this week and we hear John's encouragement to us as he reaffirms our identity as children of God because Jesus takes the children of the devil and turns them into children of God....
1 John - Part 4
This week we continue in our 1 John sermon series and guest speaker Phil Mauceri of Redemption Hill Church in DC walks us through 1 John 2:12-17....
1 John - Part 3
Our third sermon in 1 John examines John's encouragement to us that we can have assurance of our position in Christ. We can know that we know Jesus....
Marked - Part 3
This week we continue in our summer sermon series examining the things that mark RCC as a church by considering how the hospitality and welcome of Jesus shapes us into a hospitable and welcoming community....
Marked - Part 2
This week we examine what it means when we say that RCC is committed to being a community on mission....
Marked - Part 1
This week we kick off a new series looking into the things about RCC that mark us as a church. Our first mark is that we are a community of gospel centered worshippers of Jesus....
Alive - Part 6
In the final sermon from our series in John 11 we see that Jesus brings life through loss....
Mother's Day 2017
This week for Mother's Day we consider how resting in who God is and who we are can lead to our flourishing. ...
Alive - Part 5
This week we look at Jesus' conversation with Mary and see how we can experience life in His presence. ...
Alive - Part 4
This week in our series Alive we examine several tactics Satan uses against us to rob us of our sense of purpose and victory in Jesus. ...
Alive - Part 3
This week, in our mini series from John 11, Jesus teaches us that true life is found not in wishing to change the past or shape the future but rather in the settled power and presence of a person....
Alive - Part 2
As we continue to work our way through John we slow down for a few weeks to explore the account of Jesus and Lazarus in John 11. We begin with the observation that in Jesus, death is no longer a destination....
Alive - Part 1 (Easter Sunday)
On Easter, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the grave and begin a new series on resurrected life and what it means to be truly alive....
Signs - Part 7
This week in our series in John's gospel we look at a story that beautifully displays God's grace towards sinners. This week we see that Jesus loves you right where you are but He loves you too much to leave you there....
Signs - Part 4
This week, in our series from the gospel of John, Jesus walks on water and shows us that in Him ordinary people have a true hope even in extra-ordinary pain....
Signs - Part 5
This week we jump back into John's gospel and explore a lengthy reading from the end of chapter 6. In this weeks text Jesus gives what is commonly referred to as "The Bread of Life Discourse" and says some strange and startling things to those following him. What we learn here is that what really matters is not what Jesus can do for you...what matters is who Jesus is....
1 John - Part 1
This is the first sermon in a series from 1 John that we will jump in and out of throughout the year. This week we hear John telling us that in Jesus our joy is made complete....
Evangelism
Our friend Gernot Elsner, from Gospel Tribe in Germany, kicks off our year together by bringing a challenging and encouraging word from Acts 4 on evangelism. ...
The Waiting - Part 4
In the 4th week of our Advent series we see, in the story of Simeon, that because of Jesus we don't wait alone. ...
A Friend of Sinners - Part 9
This week in our series in the Gospel of John we hit John 3:16-21, one of the most well known verses in the Bible. As we unpack the gospel in this passage we see that in Jesus we are both fully known and fully loved....
A Friend of Sinners - Part 8
This week in our journey through John's gospel we see Jesus' interactions with a Samaritan woman at a well and learn how Jesus breaks down the walls of culture, shame, self deceit, self importance, and ultimately the wall between us and God. ...
A Friend of Sinners - Part 6
This week in our series from John's gospel the story of Nicodemus' night time conversation with Jesus teaches us that that in order to experience new sight we must first be given new life in Jesus. What does it mean to be born again?...
A Friend of Sinners - Part 5
This week in our journey through John's gospel we learn that we all have a worship problem and that Jesus has come to repair our broken worship....
A Friend of Sinners - Part 4
This week, in John's account of Jesus turning water into wine, we saw that Jesus has what we need and what Jesus has for us is better than what we think we need....
A Friend of Sinners - Part 3
This week we encounter Jesus calling his first disciples and discover that "found people find people"....
A Friend of Sinners - Part 1
Pastor Matt kicks off our new series, showing how John describes his friend Jesus. ...
Finish Lines, Part 3
Pastor Matt teaches us about God's redemptive plan and experiencing eternal rest....
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 6
Guest Speaker Duane Davis brings a message from the book of Philippians in the sixth part of the series "Grace To You And Peace..."....
Finish Lines, Part 1
Dive in as Pastor Matt preaches on the subject of biblical rest....
Finish Lines, Part 2
Listen in as Pastor Matt teaches teaches how to find rest in Jesus....
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 13
Guest Speaker John Lauber brings a message from the book of 1 Kings in the thirteenth part of the series "Grace To You And Peace..."....
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 12
Guest Speaker Will Matthews brings a message from the book of 1 Thessalonians in the twelfth part of the series "Grace To You And Peace..."....
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 11
Guest Speaker Will Matthews brings a message from the book of Acts in the eleventh part of the series "Grace To You And Peace..."....
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 10
Guest Speaker Jeff Rickett brings a message from the book of 1 John in the tenth part of the series "Grace To You And Peace..."....
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 9
Guest Speaker Jeff Rickett brings a message from the book of 1 John in the ninth part of the series "Grace To You And Peace..."....
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 8
Guest Speaker Jeff Rickett brings a message from the book of 1 John in the eighth part of the series "Grace To You And Peace..."...
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 7
Guest Speaker Bill Riedel brings a message from the book of 2 Corinthians in the seventh part of the series "Grace To You And Peace.."....
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 3
Guest Speaker Bliss Spillar brings a message from the gospel of Luke in the third part of the series "Grace To You And Peace.."....
Grace To You And Peace... - Part 2
Guest Speaker Jeff Toomer brings a message from the book of Hebrews in the second part of the series "Grace To You And Peace.."....
Grace To You And Peace...
Pastor Matt kicks off this new series by teaching us that in Christ we have grace and peace with God....
King & Kingdoms, Part 14 - A Better King
Pastor Matt closes out this series by teaching us that Jesus is the King we've always hoped for....
King & Kingdoms, Part 13 - Fearful Kings
Listen in as Pastor Matt reminds us that our greatest comfort is found in communion with Jesus....
King & Kingdoms, Part 12 - Wilderness Tests
Dive in as Pastor Matt reminds us that Jesus is a King that knows what it is like to truly struggle....
King & Kingdoms, Part 11 - Disappointed Kings
Listen in as Pastor Matt explains how God's grace forges our trust in Him....
King & Kingdoms, Part 10 - Safe With The King
Pastor Matt brings a message on finding true safety and what that means for those seeking it....
King & Kingdoms, Part 9 - The Risen King
Pastor Matt teaches us why celebrating Easter and having a risen King is Good News....
King & Kingdoms, Part 7 - A Shepherd King
Listen in as Pastor Matt teaches us that God's grace will lead us to the Savior we need....
The Pastor as a Fellow Elder
Listen as Pastor Matt speaks on the role and responsibilities of an elder....
King & Kingdoms, Part 6 - A King Like the Nations
Take a listen as Pastor Matt brings a hopeful message on obedience, and how it is achieved by putting your trust in Jesus....
King & Kingdoms, Part 5 - A Story of Grace
Listen as Pastor Matt talks about God's story of grace....
Kings & Kingdoms, Part 4 - A King Like Their Kings
Dive in as Pastor Matt reminds us that our ultimate hope is found in Jesus....
Kings & Kingdoms, Part 3 - The Weight of Glory
Listen as Pastor Matt explores why the glory of God is both our greatest joy and our greatest need....
Kings & Kingdoms, Part 2 - A Better Priest & Prophet
Dive in as Pastor Matt teaches us why Jesus is God's ultimate solution for man....
Kings & Kingdoms, Part 1 - A Better King
Listen here as Pastor Matt kicks off the new series Kings & Kingdoms....
Peace with God Through Faith
Guest Speaker John Lauber brings a message of grace and peace from the book of Romans....
Church Clothes - Part 3
In the third sermon from our series in Colossians we look at Paul's song about the supremacy and the sufficiency of Jesus....
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In the second sermon from our series in Colossians we look at the amazing work that Jesus does in us as He changes where we come from and what comes from us....
Keep ReadingChurch Clothes - Part 1
On Sunday we kicked off a brand new series in the book of Colossians called "Church Clothes". In the first sermon we looked at the amazing gift of new identity that God gives you in Christ and the amazing gift that He gives the world and the church in you....
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On Sunday we jumped back into our sermon series from Revelation and looked at Jesus' letter to the church in Thyatira, a church that had sacrificed truth for tolerance....
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