We are excited to share that our church now has access to an extensive, new video library called RightNow Media! It’s like the “Netflix of Video Bible Studies” and has a HUGE library of faith-based videos that you can access whenever and wherever you want—on your phone, iPad, computer, or at home on your TV.

 

We’re always looking for ways to help you develop and strengthen your faith, and we believe that RightNow Media will be a tool to serve you as you live out your faith at home, at work, and in your neighborhood. RightNow Media has videos for everyone—kids, youth, parents, married couples, college students, single adults, working professionals—all aimed at helping you grow.

 

 

 

Stream RightNow Media video content anytime, anywhere. Enjoy special features from the convenience of your cell phone such as audio-only playback, picture-in-picture, and TV casting. Download the free RightNow Media app for your Apple Product or Android:

 

Our Vision 2028 calls for us to make a transition toward very intentional discipleship – becoming disciples who are equipped and actively making disciples. Beginning October 4, we will begin a church-wide focus on discipleship based in part on the book Multiply by Francis Chan. This single focus, for all generations, will unite us at a time when it can seem that we are scattered. There is an urgency for us to connect well in smaller groups and make real progress toward personal ministry rather than leaning on church programming or corporate ministry. Everyone is encouraged to participate in a Life Group or other small group (in person or online) to dig deeper into the book. The preaching, studies, children’s, and youth ministries will all work in sync with related lessons, videos, equipping leaders, and equipping parents to disciple their kids around the same texts and topics.

 

 

You can pick up your free copy of the book in the church lobby, or get in touch with the office to arrange for pickup or drop-off.

Someday…

 

Someday the kingdom of God will fully come and there will be no more darkness. But we are not there yet. It is a destination seemingly far away and impossible to reach, a trek of a thousand miles with pitfalls and setbacks along the way. Yet we have assurance that we will get there, so every day we take steps. Some small, some bold.

 

Every day, we see our neighbors, co-workers, and friends comfortably traveling through life and yet restless, lost, isolated, and searching. In this landscape of darkness, we will be a light. Over the next eight years, we will turn from our paths of self-centered, tiny-world busyness to join a shared path of others-centered kingdom sacrifice. The gospel will fuel a movement of bold love, genuine concern, and radical hospitality.

 

Every day, we will work to develop and deploy leaders. By the year 2028, we will raise up 300 gospel guides equipped to lead others on their life journey into the light of joy and Christ-contentment. A gospel-centered discipleship pathway will train us for organic outreach and compel us to relentlessly pursue and draw people in who are wandering in a darkness of anxiety, loneliness, and discontentment.

 

Christ-centered worship will unite, encourage, and empower us for the mission. We will pray, strategically start two new churches in the greater Rockford area, and not be dissuaded until we see the stunning renovation of marriages, families, workplaces, schools, and neighborhoods for the glory of Jesus.

 

This is our someday. We get there through the every day.