The Secret Life

The River Church of the South Bay

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The Secret Life

September 29, 2024 • Brooke Andrews • Nehemiah 2:1–5

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This is the sermon for the overworked business person, the exhausted parent, the anxious student, the frustrated, discouraged, and hopeless. Have you ever felt stuck in your spiritual growth? Or how about in life in general?

Life is busy. All my time and money and energy is accounted for. I want to grow and I want to love God and make changes but where do I even begin? I can’t add one. more. thing. If you’ve felt or thought this before, this Sunday is for you.

Love Where You Live

November 24, 2024 • Brooke Andrews • Luke 10:17–35

Can I just say... last weekend was POWERFUL! To get to know, to share, and to pray with each other was meaningful, encouraging, and holy. This week we'll continue talking about how this love of God in us overflows from the church to our neighborhoods, the South Bay, and beyond. It's another weekend you won't want to miss!

Get Out Of The Boat if You Want To Walk On Water

November 10, 2024 • Mark 6:45–52

Graham Vermooten has been in missions for over 40 years. He speaks at conferences and travels consulting non profit mission start ups, to level up and become sustainable where possible. He has inspiring stories and will share from a passage out of the gospels that reveals to us what it takes to walk on water. Peter wanted to be like Jesus. Little did he know it would require him to take the next step. This story is so famous it is repeated by three of the four gospel writers. (Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-52, John 6:16-21)

Formed Into Love

November 3, 2024 • Luke Schroeder • 1 Corinthians 13:4–7

We are all being formed into something. Spiritual formation is not a choice, it is a reality. We are all becoming someone through the sources we expose ourselves to, the people we are around, and the goals we direct our lives towards. So, if we are all being formed, the question then becomes who we are formed into? Executive coaches and psychologists have helpfully noted that we become the summation of the 5 people closest to us. The five people in our inner circle, who we surround ourselves with day in and day out, affect our behaviors and character, or goals and dreams - it shapes who we are. This all changes when Jesus enters the scene. It surely changed for the disciples when they started following Jesus. They were becoming more like him the more time they spent with him. And so too with us. When we are with Jesus, the more we become like him. The more we become what Jesus was defined by - LOVE.