Jesus Understands My Lostness - Season Finale of Lost

Tomorrow we will be talking about how Jesus understands our lostness. This Sunday will be the season finale of "Lost."

See what CNN says about how the season will end:



Come Tomorrow and find out how it really ends!

Family First for the Millennials!

I recently read this article over at the Christian Post! I thought it was very interesting and really applied to our church.

"A study by LifeWay Research of those born between 1980 and 1991 show that this generation, sometimes termed “Millennials,” puts family first in importance in their lives, followed by friends, education, career, and religion. 62% of Millennials placed family first on their priority list with friends a distant second at 25%. Religion came in sixth at 13%; other responses included finances (12%), happiness (12%), health (10%), and the future (5%).

Researchers Thom and Jess Rainer said the priority of family was mentioned most often by whites, the more educated, those who were married, and those who self-identified as Christian. Friendships are more important to younger Millennials, those with higher incomes, and singles. “Millennials are committed to family above other priorities, even though many are waiting to start their own families,” Thom Rainer said. “Churches with a strong understanding and sense of family—as well as those that are able to cross generations, allowing older adults to reach younger adults—will be able to more easily reach Millennials.”

Christian Post 5/11/10

Monday Meditation - Jesus Understands My Doubt

Yesterday was a great day! I continued to preach on the series "Jesus is a man that understands my temptation to Doubt" out of John 20. I talked about Thomas and how he doubted and Jesus understood and still gave him a personal experience to grow his faith. In summary - I said that Jesus understands our temptation to doubt and he helps us overcome our doubts...

1. Through giving us a personal experience - Jesus appeared to Thomas and told him to place his hands into the holes in Jesus' hands and feet. The point is that Jesus wants to give us all a personal expereince to overcome our doubts.

2. Through the command "quit doubting and believe." Jesus wants us to work on our doubts through changing our thinking.

3. Through helping us focus on the blessings of belief! Jesus told Thomas that "blessed are those who beleive and have not seen."

Jesus provided a way for us to overcome our doubts...

Encouragement Service - What I Enjoy Most About the People...

We recently had an encouragement service at the church. Over the next few weeks I want to share some of the responses from the people at the church.

What I enjoy most about the people who attend RPCC IS… • Friendliness • Caring • Like Family • Can Count on them for prayers • They make everyone feel welcome • Fellowship • Warmth and Good Examples • Their Love • Genuine • Their love and friendship • Kindness people show each other • Genuine

I really love some of these responses. I really liked the word "Genuine." I hope more than anything that the people at our church are genuine and authentic.

Encouragement Service

We have currently been looking at "Jesus - A Man Who Understands." Last week we talked about the fact that Jesus understands our temptation to quit. Therefore yesterday we had an "Encouragement Service." The service was designed to encourage the church and others through our 60 minutes together.

We spent time discussing how God encourages us. We had encouragement stations set up around the room with questions for people to answer. We will talk more about the questions in the following days.

Then we spent time writing encouragement notes to each other. We had people write down thier names on the 3 X 5 card and then we passed out the cards and another person wrote an encouragement note to the person.

Finally we spent a few mintues writing encouragement notes to teachers and staff at Whittier Elementary School. We wrote 50 encouragement notes...

It is good to be encouraged!