Women's Fall Bible Study
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Our Women's Fall Bible Study will offer two times to attend: Wednesday nights from 6 - 8:00 beginning Sept. 8 OR Thursday mornings from 9 - 11:00 beginning Sept. 9. Both studies will be held at Riverside and childcare will be provided.
We will be studying "Esther: It's Tough Being A Woman" by Beth Moore--a 10 session Bible study that digs deep into the culture and history of Esther in order that we can better apply God's Word to our daily lives.
Sign up on Sunday in the back of the sanctuary, or by contacting Brenda at either bfassnacht@rcovenant.org or 463-4600. Workbooks are available for $15 each.
Outdoor Baptismal Service
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
An outdoor baptismal service is being planned for Sunday, September 12 at 4 p.m. at Fort Ouiatenon. If you are interested in knowing more or would like to be baptized, contact the church office at 765.463.4600 or office@rcovenant.org.
Directions and link to map to Fort Ouiatenon from Riverside:
Turn right out of the parking lot onto Lindberg
Turn right onto Salisbury
Turn left onto Stadium
Turn right onto 43 (N River Rd/US231)
Pass through SR 26, through the next light, under the overpass
Turn right onto South River Road at the light and the brown sign for the Fort
Follow the curvy road for 2.6 miles, the Fort will be on the left past McGraw’s
Christianity's Impact on Chinese Culture
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Purdue is hosting the special art exhibit "Strangers No More: Village Churches on the Good Earth of the Sacred Land" through Sunday, Oct 10. Additionally, Sociology Professor Fenggang Yang will present the lecture "Why Christianity Is Thriving in China Today" from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9 in Lawson B155.
More information about the events are available from Purdue News and the Journal and Courier.
We will also have 'Missions Moment' opportunities during both services this Sunday about missions work in China. Keep China in your prayers!
Those Rocks Are Not for Skippin - Dan Teefey
Recorded on Sunday, August 29th, 201036:39 minutes (16.78 MB)
Sermon text: 1 Samuel 17:1-51
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It is always a humbling task to give a sermon on a story that everyone has heard so many times. Even non-Christians and the average person in our world – if we were to ask about Bible stories that they know would name this story of a small shepherd boy, David and the enormous giant of a man, Goliath.
What is it about this story that so captivates us as people and draws us in? It is not exactly a pleasant story. Goliath gets his head cut off at the end . . . it is about war, but we love the story because it is about an underdog that prevails.
It is the same reason that we got really excited about Butler in the NCAA basketball tournament earlier this year. It was reported that Duke spends $394,068 per player on their basketball roster. Butler spends $347,108 on the entire team. Duke’s coach had 76 NCAA tournament victories. Butler’s coach was mistaken for a player buy Lucas Oil Stadium security before the championship game. Duke had 6 McDonald’s All-Americans and Butler had a bunch of guys from Indiana.
The story line was fantastic and anyone that did not have pre-existing loyalties rooted for Butler because we like underdogs. And we like underdogs because there is a part of us all that believe we are underdogs at something. Perhaps no one thought we would amount to much. Maybe we are from a small town or didn’t do well in school. Maybe we have had a lot of tragedy in our life. For whatever reason when we hear stories of underdogs prevailing, it gives us hope that we can too.
Prayer Opportunities
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Do you want to have more influence? Do you want to bless others? Are you a believer? Are you breathing? Then we want you, yes you! God commands some to be apostles, preachers, teachers, encouragers, leaders, etc., but He commands each of us to pray. What an awesome privilege! Find out more!
Men's Big Breakfast
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010The next Men’s Big Breakfast is Saturday, September 4th at 8:30 a.m. at Riverside. Wayne will be cooking us a delicious breakfast and hopefully he will be sharing his testimony as well (I haven't gotten confirmation on that yet). So please make plans to join us for some great food and fellowship. Please let Zach Brennan know if you will be able to attend (which will help Wayne know how much food to cook) and if you could provide juice and/or milk.
Freezy Pops and Purdue
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Well we're officially back into the swing of school and Sunday youth group! This week we dedicated our new room in the basement to the Lord-if you haven't gone down to see our new pad, I highly recommend a trip across the parking lot this week! We ate pizza, caught up on what everyone's favorite part of the summer was, had communion in our new sanctuary, and then for the second half of the evening we took the senior high over to Chauncy Hill where we handed out freezy pops to all the students coming back! It was such a fun day-we almost tripped some skate boaders, but they quickly forgave us as we loaded them down with popsicles. I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for us this semester, it's going to be alot of figuring out the dynamics of our new students, meeting them where they are in their walks, and challenging them to live their lives for Christ outside the walls of our little community-challenging? Yep! Worth it? Oh yeah.
