The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Jon Dedication VBS coming Katie Thomas – new Children’s director Just got back from Haiti Katie Grace Tom and Brittany taking over YOTC Graduates Elementary Alix Middle School Matt Kaegan Hannah High School Christian Courtney Nathan Paul Change – bitter and sweet Worship is crucial (I Won’t be Satisfied) My savior, my healer, redeemer, that is who you are, creator, my maker, my father, that is who you are Jon Let us proclaim the goodness of God over the people in your life who are sick Matthew 5:1-12 (Beattitudes) Jeff Redondo Beach School District honored The Rock Church for Sharefest work days with Jon July 18th – Uganda Trip Myself, Jeami, & Paul They need our prayers Paul Tom T. Hall – stories from a stool Nice to be able to just get on a plane and go to Africa for two weeks This church has an undercurrent that … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (?) Jeff Goodrich, an opportunity and his story 1987 high school relationship Married in 91 Kayla in 94 Didn’t change his role of husband to daddy 2nd child in 98 Julie sufferred post-partum depression Didn’t know how to fix her, so he reclused into his cave Put problem onus on the lack of things Dedicated themselves to a church, but it didn’t help Finally talked about giving 110% to their marriage Now he understand for better or worse, God took them completely apart and put them back together 23 years of being with her he finally gets it Brad Paisley’s Van Som friends are having or have had separations for foolish reasons Once a month at his house No workbook Open to all men In a relationship or about to be in a relationship Not a Rock exclusive gathering Scripture-based Jon Reflection of us as a people that we’re … Continue reading →

Furiously Obsessed – The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Jon Hebrews 1 1 After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets, 2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. 3 The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. 4 Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs. 5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says, “I will be his father and he will be my … Continue reading →

Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness – The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul 12th century, oldest song of our faith Means “God With Us” 1 John 3:16-20 16 We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians. 17 But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person? 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth. 19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence, 20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things. Matthew 6:19-23 19 “Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where … Continue reading →

Fruit of the Spirit: Patience – The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (half time/full time Lindy) segue to Jon Week 5 of fruit of the spirit Week 1 – Galatians 5, fruits of the spirit, fight against the flesh, communicable aspects of God (the fruits), walking in the Spirit Week 2 – 1 Corinthians, love is patient and kind, Corinth had many attributes except love, opposite is fear, meeting the needs of others, counterfeit is loving someone because you need something from them Week 3 – joy and sorrow can coexist, in suffering and trials you…, opposite is hopelessness, counterfeit is blessings Week 4 – peace is confidence in God’s control of our lives, counterfeit is someone who just doesn’t care, opposite is anxiety and worry, can’t be peaceful with so much to do and being so scattered Today – Patience James 5:7-16 7 So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s return. Think of how the farmer waits for … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul More than just songs of praise, more than this meeting place, more than the beating of drums, Lord let your Church become, More than just sacrifice, holy and purified, Lord let you kingdom come in us *green light from Jon to keep going* / / Jon Galatians 5:16-26 Not things to import from outside of us When you become a Christian, this foreign thing comes inside with all these attributes 1 Corinthians 13 Walk through these things that are already inside of us Tonight – overview of the series 19-21 desires/sins/works of the flesh 22-25 works of the spirit What is the flesh? The bent of the whole person Core of the motive of the heart Soul, mind, body, will Foreign object – The Spirit of God Need to connect to God There’s a side living for self and a side living for God All out war inside us … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Jon Ezekiel 47:1-12 Theme in the whole book Vision given to a people in the desert when the temple has been destroyed Cleanse themselves in Living Water Babylon destroyed the temple and took Israel into captivity Living water poured out over the altar Ezekiel 19:13 Planted in wilderness for disobedience They know where they are…something deeper God’s reminder goes deeper The image is a metaphor for God Revelation 1:15 like the roar of many waters The water brings life and healing Where God flows, there is life and healing Land of Pharoah Land of Canaan Land of the desert – where God lives Bigger than location or idea – metaphor Deeper in the desert, closer to God – Rabbi Akeva 40 years of wandering…for what? Complained about food and water-never the heat or the dangers Wadi – canyon in the desert that can quickly flood and fill it Had … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Uganda trip, red clay all over, everywhere God of this city, … Greater things have yet to be done Matt God’s faithfulness Psalm 136 His Love endures forever x26 David wrote this thinking about what God has done Not a lot of waiting in today society We don’t have the character to back it up We want right now, we want an audience David knew of process from going to significance to …? 1 Samuel 16:1 – Saul is rejected and Samuel needs to find a new king David is described as ruddy and handsome Irish? Young Josephus says David is 10 at annoiting 1 Samuel 16:13 David has power Life gets messy Power but no audience, no significance David doesn’t automatically become kIng…he goes through a process…God shapes him Character building process Was he willing to be filled with power and wait or do the best he could … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (waltz) (half/full time lindy) Dedication of Sarah Grace Wilson (Pastor Jon’s niece) Paul: creating a membership for this church is a big thing We’re now too big to fail? 😉 Our economy may be down…but not God’s…not the economy of the kingdom of heaven Announcements Friday, March 13, youth praise art dance night here Sterling Dogood Printed financial info for January Mick Wilson (Jon’s brother-in-law) Last spoke with Ernie to the men at the retreat Do we move and look for a house? All the affects Moved to a new tract house Who is the true youth pastor in your family? Fathers are the true shepherds of the family The good heart When house hunting you look at the living room, then you move through the arch an you find an even greater room Don’t just live in the living room Gen 1:3-5,26-27 We were created with an inbound … Continue reading →

Religion Matters or The House Of Sand And Fog

“[The Hawaiian people] brought with them drums … and while they awaited the coming of the contestants all frolicked as if they were children—frolicked as was their way before the white man came to tell them they were nearly naked, and that life was too serious a thing to be frittered away in enjoyment” (pg 505). “The fact that the biosphere responds unpredictably to our actions is not an argument for inaction. It is, however, a powerful argument for caution, and for adopting a tentative attitude toward all we believe, and all we do. Unfortunately, our species has demonstrated a striking lack of caution in the past. It is hard to imagine that we will behave differently in the future”(10). The first quote is from “The Legends and Myths of Hawaii” by His Hawaiian Majesty David Kalakaua, first published in 1888 while Kalakaua was king of the Hawaiian Islands. The … Continue reading →