River Valley Christian Church

In January 2019, River Valley Christian Church will merge with Southeast Christian Church to become the Southeast Christian Church River Valley Campus. On December 30, we hosted a Celebration Service to look back at how God has blessed our community for 21 years and to look forward to what He will do in 2019 and beyond. Listen as Senior Minister Brandon Braun and many others share memories of the last 21 years at River Valley.

Selected Quotes: The good news of the New Testament is that there is nothing you can do to have peace with God. God himself will come down to provide the peace. Our Mighty God will be our Prince of Peace. So no matter what today holds, or what the future holds, there is peace for us because we know how the Prince of Peace will eternally establish peace.

Louie Giglio: “God is not the reflection of your earthly father; He is the perfection of your earthly father.” "God is not some distant, unreachable deity. He is right here in the midst of everything." "He knows what we need even before we ask."

Selected Quotes: "Passage after passage of Scripture reaffirms this truth. Jesus didn’t just look like God. Jesus didn’t just sound like God. Jesus was God. The baby in the manger is the God of the Universe!" "Whatever you are facing this Christmas season, the baby in the manger can handle it. Give it over to Him."

Selected Quotes: "It may be dark... but One is coming who will bring light into the darkness, hope to the hopeless." "The Holy Spirit guides us by leading us to the truth of God's word." "If you want to hear the guidance the Wonderful Counselor gives you, then feed your mind the right stuff...anchor yourself in God's Word regularly."

Selected Quotes: "Leaders are a gift from God placed among us and over us to help lead us to God’s design for our lives and for this church." "The love Jesus has for us is greater than any other love. The hope we cling to because of Him is better than any other hope. The salvation available through His blood is better than anything we could ever imagine. Jesus is better."

Psalm 111 (from The Message) Hallelujah! I give thanks to God with everything I’ve got— Wherever good people gather, and in the congregation. God’s works are so great, worth A lifetime of study—endless enjoyment! Splendor and beauty mark his craft; His generosity never gives out. His miracles are his memorial— This God of Grace, this God of Love. He gave food to those who fear him, He remembered to keep his ancient promise. He proved to his people that he could do what he said: Hand them the nations on a platter—a gift! He manufactures truth and justice; All his products are guaranteed to last— Never out-of-date, never obsolete, rust-proof. All that he makes and does is honest and true: He paid the ransom for his people, He ordered his Covenant kept forever. He’s so personal and holy, worthy of our respect. The good life begins in the fear of God

We exist to help families find and follow Jesus. Visit us at rivervalleychristian.org for more information on how you can get connected at RVCC.

"When our life is rooted in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, it doesn't just change us now. It also changes our future." "The work of Jesus isn't just to save your soul from hell. It's also to renew and restore everything. All of what God has made will be transformed because of what Jesus has done."

Selected Quotes: In the places we feel most different, Jesus comes in and makes us one. When we are intentional about living out our unity, that’s when the world most clearly sees Jesus is in us, among us, and working through us. We don’t love from a place of perfection, but from recognizing how dependent we are on Jesus’ love.

Selected Quotes: "In a world of shaking and unsteady kingdoms, we have received an eternal kingdom." "If Jesus, through his death, has brought an unshakable kingdom, then let’s live like it." "Our response to Jesus is to live the better way He offers us."

Selected Quotes: “We are not in this by ourselves. We have come to be a part of a new community.” “When the temptations of this world come knocking at my door, I remember that Jesus has promised me something better than those things.” “He cannot be shaken. Therefore, we cannot be shaken."

Selected Quotes: "It doesn’t matter where you’ve been, or what you’ve done, or how far away you’ve gone. God wants YOU to be a part of life, with him." "Life [with God] isn’t marked by ease and comfort, but trust."

Selected Quotes: "We have a Good, Good Father whose ultimate goal is our good." "It’s not your sin that shapes you, it's not your past or your problems that define you, it’s your identity as a follower of the One who Begins & Ends All Things." "As we look to Jesus, we find the strength to move forward."

Selected Quotes: "God has spoken to us through His Son. We see who He is through Jesus." "Faith demands nothing less than wholehearted obedience to God. If we don’t have faith in God’s authority, then we don’t have faith at all." "Faith isn’t about having great success or fortune. Faith is simply about being faithful." ________________ Would you like to support River Valley Christian Church? Visit our website at rivervalleychristian.org and click 'Give' to enroll in online giving.

We exist to help families find and follow Jesus. Visit us at rivervalleychristian.org for more information on how you can get connected at RVCC.

Selected Quotes: "Sin is about more than a list of Do’s and Don’ts; it’s ultimately a matter of how you live.” “Sin is ultimately where we get love wrong.” “When we don’t love God right, we also have a hard time loving others the way we should."

We exist to help families find and follow Jesus. Visit us at rivervalleychristian.org for more information on how you can get connected at RVCC.

Selected Quotes: "The promise for a better covenant is initiated by God, not by us." “Obedience isn’t just about obedience. It’s about love. It’s not about 'Do you know the rules?' The real question is: 'Do you know and love the God of the Universe?’” "The work that has been done by Christ is so good that it will never change. It is so perfect that there is no improving on it. It is so effective that there is no need for anything else. There is nothing God has done in Christ that He could do any better."

“When we are far from God, we are far from hope. But when Jesus brings us near to God, we come near to hope." “Our hope is grounded in the fact that we’ve been restored to the one relationship we were made for.” “All of life changes when we are brought near to God."