Total Church
In week 3 of our series ONE PRAYER we talked about Gospel Community.
There is a fantastic book by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis called Total Church. Total Church discusses a radical reshaping that needs to take place in the church around Gospel and Community.
If you are a small group (community) leader at RVC this a great resource to look through.
Also, the Resurgence has provided training from Steve Timmis on Gospel Communities. You can find the sessions linked below:
Total Church Training - Session 1
RV Kids Day Camp 2010
We are excited about our RV Kids Day Camp this week!
If you have children in JK-Grade 5 get them registered for a fantastic week of community and activities.
The day camp starts every morning at 9am with Music, Sammy's Backyard Adventure, Games, Crafts and Snacks.
Then in the afternoons we will be going off-site for activities all around the city!
Monday - Children's Museum
Tuesday - Storybook Gardens
Wednesday - Lazer Quest
Thursday - Swimming at East Lions Park
Friday - Activities at Westminister Ponds
Registration begins Monday at 9am.
FAQ
Join us for our teaching series for the month of July called FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). Through the entire series we will be tackling a number of different questions that you submit!
It's not to late to submit questions. You can do that by:
1. E-mail - interactive@royalview.org
2. By text - 519.859.5008
3. Royal View's FACEBOOK FAN PAGE (questions will not be anonymous on Facebook)
Join us from July 4 - August 1 for FAQ.
Fathers Day Weekend Recap
We had a fantastic Father's Day Weekend at RVC! Pastor Garry share a message called "Unstoppable Influence" apart of our ONE PRAYER series. You can watch the message HERE.
Here are a few video elements we used in our Father's Day gatherings.
RVC Picnic
Join us Sunday, June 27 for our Church Picnic following the 10.30 am service at East Park Golf Gardens!
There will be lots of food, activities for the kids, baseball for the adults and lots more!
Tickets are $10 per person or $30 per family. Tickets include all food, drinks and activities.
You can also purchase passes to the water park, mini-golf and other East Park attractions through East Park Golf Gardens.
Grab your tickets at the welcome desk in the foyer and we'll see you Sunday, June 27!
Our Story
As most know we have just celebrated 50 years as a church. Here is a look back at our story!
One Prayer
Join us for our series ONE PRAYER this June as we join with thousands of churches from around the world. Our theme for ONE PRAYER 2010 is Unstoppable.
For The City
The video above was created for the kickoff of our 50th Anniversary celebrations as a church.
The last seven weeks we have been going through the book of Nehemiah. It’s an amazing story of someone who was used to rebuild the city of Jerusalem.
As the church it is our mandate to join God in the rebuilding of the spiritual city (the church) within our city. For those of who us have grown up in church we hear the verse Jeremiah 29:11 thrown around a lot. It’s a great verse, but I think we can often take the verse out of context. Often we apply it to ourselves as individuals, not realising what precedes verse 11.
Israel once again is in exile. This time to the Babylonians. You would think that if you were taken into exile by a particular people that you would expect your God to say “stay away, don’t interact, and shun the pagan culture around you.”
That’s exactly opposite of what God tells Israel to do. In Jeremiah 29:5-7 God says,
5 ”Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
What’s the context of Jeremiah 29:11? That’s not a statement from God to an individual. That is a statement from God to a of community people who have been taken over by a pagan culture, yet God instructs them to flourish even in exile.
Seek the peace and prosperity of the city! That’s what the church is called to do. We are not simply to be in the city, we are called to be FOR the city!