The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Katie Before a couple of announcements, prayer for the offering Exciting news VBS is just around the corner July 9, 11, 13 www.vacationbibleschool.com/therockchurch Need nursery school volunteers Paul Couple weeks ago Tim spoke about homelessness, last week the ministry about Crave Life from Kurt and Jessica We want more of the good news of God moving in this body Email me throughout the week at Paul@rock-church.com if you’ve got something Communion Sunday today Countless times we feel like prodigals, like we’ve tried His mercy and grace too many times The table is open Jon Grace and peace to you Several weeks ago we talked about grace and peace and how it’s not just words, they’re life-giving words Ask Rob and Jill to come up and minister to us Rob and Jill Not a big fan of ritual and letting words loose their meaning We should At least speaking these … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul … Jessica and Kurt Committed to going with dad the month of January and it’s a really amazing family Totally connected to the community Great to see him growing to know Christ For the month of January we’d pick him up from a VA Shelter in Santa Ana and driving him back to Buena Park People at Crave Life immediately picked up on the need for drivers and they loved on him and filled the need Jon One more month, only eight thousand more, no big deal Gods already doing what God does, we just want to participate We believe that Jesus gives us the best way of experiencing life For those who have already given graciously, we are so grateful Before we start, a couple of questions Anyone here make any dumb mistakes? Say any stupid things? Been too tough on yourselves? Grace and peace to you and … Continue reading →

Beauty And The Beast 3-D – AMC 12 At Downtown Disney, Anaheim, CA

Wow. Stunning, beautiful, extravagant…I’d need a thesaurus to better describe how incredible this film looked in 3-D. This film in particular is a great example of how beautiful 3-D can be, and it’s all thanks to a little thing Walt pioneered in 1937 called the multi-plane camera. I think Disney’s next big push should be for Snow White And The Seven Dwarves in 3-D. I would pay money to see that. But the film was only stunning up until the last 15 minutes or so. I’ve never had problems with 3-D before (although several of my friends have mentioned not being capable of watching a film with the glasses without developing a migraine), but the last 15 minutes were ruined for me because I can’t see the gorram sailboat. And it wasn’t just me! Recent conversations have revealed the same problem with Lion King 3-D and the grass. And it … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul … Heather Nobody liked Zaccheus very much He was a tax collector who made a profit by telling his customers that the tax was double the actual tax One day he’s doing his thing All of a sudden way down in the distance he sees a commotion Someone stands up and yells “It’s Jesus!” Everybody knows who Jesus was (Justin Beiber had nothing on him) I need my two tall people No, not you Cas (but I’ll need you later) Tons of people blocking the path Come up here Zaccheus He was a little man I’ve never been sick or blind, but I’m a bad person Maybe Jesus can do something to fix me So he tried standing on his tiptoes Tried jumping up and down Nothing really helped He was a little man He tried bouncing from side to side So this really tall tree (told you I’d … Continue reading →

NCS Adds New Webcomics Division!

**ADDENDUM 2/1/2012** Took me long enough to actually find it, but I finally read Kurtz’ comic (hotlinked below) and thoughts (Separate But Equal) on the NCS Webcomics division! Hilarious and thought-provoking, as always. **/ADDENDUM** **ADDENDUM 1/12/2012** This isn’t directly related, but it is Scott Kurtz ranting about the dying model of newspaper funny pages. **/ADDENDUM** Dave Kellet, author of Sheldon and Drive, chimes in here regarding the issue. I’ll be very interested to see what Scott Kurtz, monumental webcomic advocate and author of (among other things) PVPOnline, will have to say about this…

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Stephen Keating Second week of twenty dozen Agora Jan 19 3rd Thursday Prayer for the offering Paul Jon Genesis 1:1-2 The spirit of God is above the waters Water presents chaos We see God above chaos He begins to speak into this formless void He begins to create order out of chaos So again the spirit of God is bringing light out of the darkness The author of genesis is giving us this picture of how God creates order John 1:1-5 Darkness cannot overcome light Jesus is there at the beginning and separates light from darkness He brings detail and order where there is a formless void We see God creating order from chaos Genesis 1:9 So we have light and then we have these pictures of light, sky, earth, rock, dirt More process going on, it’s getting more complex Genesis 1:11 Life begins to spring forth Detailed God … Continue reading →

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows – AMC 12 at Downtown Disney, Anaheim, CA

Absolutely beautiful. I wish I could talk more about how beautiful this film was, but I have to be really careful and not spoil anything for anyone who hasn’t seen the movie(s). Sufficeth to say, if you’ve been waiting for somebody to encourage you to go see it, this is that moment (or it would be if you respected my opinions at all). 😉 The film picks up about 6 months or so after the first one ended and it does so perfectly. It immediately finds it’s groove again and just runs with it. It’s so beautiful to see Holmes face off against his greatest opponent yet! The acting is top notch! So great to see Stephen Fry as Holmes’ brother, Mycroft (unparalleled brilliance). Hans Zimmer delivers another amazing score. While listening, I at first made the mistake of trying to compare his work for this one with his work … Continue reading →

Arthur Christmas

Curse you Rob Bredow, you didn’t warn me I would cry!!! I mean congratulations on your promotion (since Cloudy) and your prominent place in the credits! :-)And yay for R. Stirling Duguid!They are both in the credits and we know them personally! The Beiber music video was better than the song (sorry, I’m not a big fan…although his duet with Jaden Smith for Karate Kid 2010 was pretty sweet). The steampunk elves is an AWESOME concept though. Iwas surprised to see that the film was partially Aardman Entertainment’s fault which is kind of cool to see them jump into the digital realm (although the trailer we saw for their pirate movie, The Pirates! Band of Misfits,looks SOOO purdy and makes me think it’s claymation but who knows). It also explains how Anglicized the film was: the leads were all Brits: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy andImelda Staunton! … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Jon Prayer for the offering Paul’s speaking tonight We’re in fundraising mode for the next six weeks Paul I wish you could see what I see up here Everything we experience When the speaker is uneasy the listener is uneasy At least I have Angry Birds on my phone Breathless, I hang on the every word from my adonis Protagonist: main character Dooteragonist: 2nd main character Antagonist: villain I’d like to touch on what the bible says about this Luke 9:23 pick up your cross and follow me We see a cross and feel welcomed because we know the rest of the story What was Bartholomew’s perspective? It was a bloody awful thing Why would Jesus use this imagery? Scicero (emperor before Jesus) wanted to abolish crucifixion Self-denial Deep-fried Twinkee Whack-a-mole with the sinful self Denial of it like Peter’s denial of Christ Just as passionate as his confession … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Jeami Prayer for the offering Watoto Choir is coming back, November 20th and 21st We need host homes Jon Can you remember a first worst job? Shoveling manure, shoe salesman, taco del amo We have shared Teaching Ryan to drive stick shift I remember my dad teaching my sister to drice a 1987 Nova (stick shift next the the driving wheel) She actually got out of the car and walked home I learned in a Ford Escort Great stories help connect us By sharing something, we hope it will help us connect with people Connection happens when someone throws out a “Me too” Life Is Mostly Edges by Calvin Miller What it feels like to be a pastor You mean you can actually make it through being a pastor and still be sane? Sometimes you connect to a book or a song or a movie where you feel like … Continue reading →