Making the Most of My Marriage: The Gift of a Perfectly Ordinary Day

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Making the Most of My Marriage – Part 1

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Making the Most of My Marriage

A New RVC Series

‘And that a man will leave his father and mother, and be forever united to his wife. The two shall become one – no longer two, but one in matrimony! And no man may divorce what God has joined together’. – Matthew 19:5-6

May 1, 8, and 15

Service times:
Sunday @ 9:00am and 10:30am

Fireproof Part 3 Pastor John Rose “The Ancient Covenant”

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Fireproof Part 2 Annett Link “He First Loved Us”

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FireProof

• He Said/She Said – Appreciating the God-designed differences between men and women  Oct 11
• He First Loved Us – God’s love for us & how it enables us to love others Oct 18
• Love for a Lifetime – Marriage as a lifelong covenant Oct 25
• Breaking Free – Freeing ourselves from temptations that can destroy a marriage  Nov 1
• Forgiveness – Offering and receiving forgiveness Nov 8
• A Better Way of Loving – Unconditional Love Nov 15

Too much church gossip?

“Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” John 4:39

While speaking with a buddy of mine who is a Pastor – he mentioned that he always wants his people to be gossiping about Jesus to their friends, neighbors, and co-workers.

Not trying to “argue religion” with people or “sell” church to them – but just pass on the great things God is doing in a personal way. I must tell you – that is a great kind of gossip! I have seen many of you “gossip” about what the Lord is doing at RVC – and your friends have come and discovered nothing short of eternity! We have seen people who were far removed from God baptized and changed because some of you gossiped about Jesus!

Want to hear some good gossip?

• There is a group of people meeting on Sundays who are more concerned with a relationship with God than the clothes you wear, your background, or your age, race, or beliefs. The music is modern and the people are friendly.
• There is a group of people who have experienced God’s unmerited love and forgiveness and who are now trying very hard to consistently love and forgive one another. They are actually setting aside 40 days straight to learn how to love God and our community in a better way!
• There are a group of people who love the hopeless and the poor. They actually gathered up and delivered over 4,000 items last Christmas to the poorest of the poor of Mexico.
• In an isolated selfish world, some people are still trying to live in community, opening their homes to strangers, seeking to support one another in weekly home groups.  Is that crazy or what?

I hope you will pray today that the Lord would give you an opportunity today to gossip about your church, and that like me you believe all the great things that are happening at Rancho Vista are worth talking about!

Relationship Principles of Jesus

Jesus replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:37-39

Hello Rancho Vista Church,
I believe that the teachings of Jesus are entirely summed up by the above passage. There are basically two things God is looking for from his people: loving God and loving one another. That is why we have set aside 40 days (February 22nd – March 29) for our entire church to focus on loving God and loving others. Our 40 Days of Love campaign will include:
o Gathering once each week for 7 weeks in Life Groups of 8-15 people. The meetings, held in neighborhood homes, will be for fun and focus on relationships. (Groups will be available every day of the week to fit your schedule.)

o Daily readings for 40 days from the fantastic book “The Relationship Principles of Jesus.” (The book will be available for sale at church on Sundays in February.)

o Gathering on 7 consecutive Sundays for a special message series on relationships.

o Joining together in acts of kindness in and around our community.
During this 40-day period we will focus our attention on the following themes:

o Valuing relationships
o Loving others as Jesus loves us
o Communicating from the heart
o Refraining from judging others
o Treating others the way we want them to treat us

I think God will use this campaign to change lives and move us together while we reach many around us in His name. Will you please begin to plan and pray for this event? Specifically, will you pray that in this campaign we would see Receptive Hearts, Meaningful Friendships, Spiritual Growth, Opportunities to Serve and Changed Lives? We will focus on renewal of relationships and I believe this campaign will allow many of our friends to draw into a more committed relationship with Christ and with one another. I challenge you to be bold enough to invite 2-3 of your friends to participate. Who among our friends and neighbors would not benefit from learning more about the principles of relationships?

I look forward to seeing God do great things as we love Him and love one another.

Annette Link