FROM PASTOR TIM: Thank you all for your meaningful feedback from Sunday’s message. Many were encouraged, reminded and convicted of the truth that enduring in faith will not be easy over the course of our lifetime. It was not meant…
SUNDAY LEFTOVERS
OVER THE MOON FOR JESUS
FROM PASTOR TIM: Thanks to all for your active and meaningful feedback after Sunday’s message on how to find true contentment. It begins by casting a vision for your life where contentment in God is the primary prism through which…
GOING TO CHURCH WITH YOUR BOSS
From Pastor Tim: This past Sunday’s message on 1 Timothy 6:1-2 could be a paradigm shifting encounter for some of us, it was for me. I am quick to rebel, flee or fight when I feel that those in authority…
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THE ELDERS AT RVC
From Pastor Tim: Healthy Elders are better positioned to produce healthy churches. As I mentioned during Sunday’s sermon, everything rises and falls on leadership. This is the time- tested truth that many leadership gurus advocate, such as John Maxwell. And…
GOD IS A GOD OF ORDER
From Pastor Tim: After Sunday’s message, two saints, independent of each other, commented on how important it is for us to see through Scripture that God is a God of order. God introduces boundaries for the church, and for our…
MEDITATING ON SCRIPTURE
From Pastor Tim Johnson: Another full Sunday with a great baby dedication (Rylee Shear), two more good- byes (Abby Dezwarte and Juman Sous) and some great testimonials on the Colorado Missions Trip. It’s easy to get busy around RVC, and…
TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY
From Elder Peter Richardson: I pray that you were challenged by my sermon from Sunday entitled, “Caution: Christian in Training.” It was a good to reminder for all of us that we shouldn’t just “float along” (think Wisconsin River!) when…
HELLO AND GOODBYE
From Pastor Tim Johnson: Well that was quite a Sunday…lots of good-byes. We praise God for His call on the Wallmans to Wilton, WI, for Nathaniel to Trinity International University and for our four ladies going to Colorado on a…
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR THE CHURCH
From Pastor Tim Johnson: Thank you to all who expressed such encouraging words about Sunday’s message and the challenge it posed. It is a heavy burden to accept that the Church of the Living God is the bearer of the…
ONE CHURCH BODY
I would encourage you to read 1 Cor 12. We are all part of one church body, which is led by the Spirit to use the gifts God has given us to grow His church. There need to be leaders,…
