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RCC WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY / THE BOOK OF JAMES / FALL 2017 On your own: Pray, asking the Holy Spirit to draw your attention to what He wants to accomplish in you – whether to repent of sin, rejoice in a promise, meditate on an insight, or praise God for His attributes. Read the portion of James each day until we meet for Fellowship Group. Our hope is that getting into…

We have just kicked off a new year of ministry to our children and youth.  Perhaps it’s a good time for all of us to be reminded of why we’re doing what we’re doing when it comes to the young people God has entrusted to us.  I’ve been struck recently by a sobering example of one of our greatest dangers. You know the story of the Rich Young Ruler…

Last Sunday, on “kickoff Sunday,” we encouraged two steps for the sake of community: Come early on Sunday morning Hospitality (“don’t spend Sunday alone“) Neither of these ideas are gennius. Neither idea is all that costly. But we live in a culture that is obsessed with individualism, and starving for real relationships. The church (which is…

We’re calling this Sunday our “Kickoff Sunday” for the fall — launching a new year of Redeemer Kids classes, praying for school teachers, and beginning a new fall sermon series (from the book of James). We’ll be serving coffee and donuts at 9:30 (service beginning at 10), so come early and enjoy a few minutes with old and new friends.…

Study 5 , “Living By Faith”,  concludes our study of the book of Habakkuk. This lesson brings awesome truths to ponder and great applications for our lives.  Hopefully you will have time to spend several days working through this final lesson. Under Habakkuk 3:3-15, pg. 37 Notice God’s power and majesty on display in chapter 3. Take some time to read a few of the Old…

I’m happy to let you know that this week our guest preacher will be our good friend Seita Sakaguchi, a church planter we have supported and often prayed for. Seita will share more on Sunday about how they intend to continue their church planting adventure in Toyosu, a densely populated island on Tokyo’s waterfront. It will be a joy to host Seaita and Emma this…

Ladies, here are a few supplemental questions for Study 4 as we continue in Habakkuk. “Write it Down and Live by Faith” Habakkuk 2:2-20 Under Implication 2 and 3, pg. 32: God has much to say and teach us about faith. Where does our faith come from? Just how important is my faith to God? Here are…

As a pastoral team, we want to see members of this church continuing to walk in closer fellowship with our Triune God — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Last Sunday, Josh Anderson led us in thinking about one of the ways we walk in fellowship with our “Helper,” the Holy…

This summer women’s fellowship groups are digging deeper in God’s Word by studying the book of Habakkuk together. As we do the third study in Living by Faith, here are a few extra notes. Study 3    The Letter of Complaint     Habakkuk 1:12-2:1   After question 1 on page 22: 1.b.  Think about a current situation in your life where you are waiting for God to work;  or,  you…

One of the things we’re considering as a church in 2017 is whether God is leading us to partner with the Acts 29, a global church-planitng network. And as elders, we wanted to give you a brief update and a few resources to be better informed about Acts 29. We’d like to answer some possible questions for the sake of church members here. 1. Where are we in the…