Echoes of Spiritual Practices - Riverwood Church Community

What are Spiritual Disciplines? | ECHOES: Catechism in a Year

May 26, 2024 • Lachlan Brakel, Sarah Bills, Adam Flach & Annika Steingard • Matthew 16:24, 1 John 2:3–6, John 13:15, 1 Timothy 4:7–8, Luke 6:40

Q28: What are Spiritual Disciplines? Often we think spiritual disciplines are a set of rules or routines that a “good Christian” should follow. Yet this series of messages from the Uprising students explores what these practices actually mean for our walk with Jesus and challenges us with how to use them to follow Jesus with our whole lives.

What is Baptism? | ECHOES: Catechism in a Year

May 19, 2024 • Carolyn Petkau • Matthew 3:13–17, Acts 2:41, Colossians 2:12–15, Romans 6:3–4, Galatians 3:27

Q27: What is baptism? Is it purely symbolic, or is it something more? Listen in to discover the answers to some crucial questions; not only - What is baptism? But also - Who should be baptized? Why should someone be baptized? And how should someone be baptized?

Why is Communion Important? | ECHOES: Catechism in a Year

May 12, 2024 • Jon Courtney • Exodus 12, 1 Corinthians 10:16, Matthew 26:26–28, Acts 2:42, 1 Corinthians 11

Q26: Why is communion important? Communion is one of two ordinances or sacraments we practice as a church. Together we explore the origins of communion and attempt to recapture some of the divine mystery together. In sharing the bread and the cup, we discover our common union as followers of Jesus, and the grand invitation God makes to us to join him at his table through the sacrifice of Jesus.

What is Tithing and Give Offerings? | ECHOES: Catechism in a Year

May 5, 2024 • Todd Petkau • Matthew 23:23, Genesis 4:1–16, Hebrews 11:4, Amos 5:21–23, Malachi 1:6–14

Q25: What is Tithing and Give Offerings? It is often said, ‘All the church wants is my money!’ and yet this message explores some of the occasions when God disqualified and rejected the people’s offering. God wants so much more than our money, however, this message explores the intensely emotional and spiritual dynamics of giving and what the terms ‘tithes’ and ‘offerings’ actually mean.