Restored Community Church is asking God for the best path to take for us to help the many lives devastated by these many fires, and we’ll ask other churches here in our valley to join in on a loving response which includes tangible gifts through local churches there in the affected communities. I would ask you to pause regularly in your day and lift the many victims up who’ve lost loved ones, homes, and memories to the flames. Pray for the many pastors and churches rallying right now in order to show the beautiful hands and feet of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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Wow! What a December we had! We celebrated the birth of Jesus by looking at The Heart of Christmas, by singing some of the traditional carols, and the Candlelight service was the most amazing one in our 8 years of church-life! I hope you were able to attend all or some of these events. Last Sunday we hosted Leanna Crawford for two services in the morning where she sang her new song – Still Waters – based on Psalm 23 and I had the opportunity of preaching on the chapter right afterwards. Then, Sunday night, Leanna came back for a concert and blessed our socks off! What a godly young woman she is. Her team, along with her husband, former NBA player Cody Zeller, were truly inspiring, as well.

Hello friend,

Wow! What a Candlelight Service! I was blown away by the incredible gifts and talents of our production team, RCC Worship, parking team, safety team, greeters, hospitality team, and all the rest of y’all (750+)! Of course, a big shout out to our forever musician/friend – Uriel Vega and his wife Kenya! You all made the celebration of Jesus’ Birth so amazing as we honored our Father, and His Son’s arrival almost 2,000 years ago. If you didn’t get to attend, you can watch it by clicking here.

But wait! There’s more worship of our Lord, along with family and fellowship, to be had!

This Sunday morning, we welcome Leanna Crawford to our morning services at 9am and 11am where she’ll be singing her new song – Still Waters. I’ll follow up with a message called Psalm 23 – Through the Eyes of the Shepherd. I hope you can join us!

Then, Sunday night at 7pm Leanna, along with her band and RCC Worship led by Nicole, will be joining us for our first indoor concert ever at RCC! Doors open at 6:15pm and seating is on a first-come basis. This is a free event.

This Sunday is our final Christmas message. I’ve titled it “The Heart of Christmas – Love”. Love was the motivating factor for God sending down His one and only Son to a lowly manger in Bethlehem some 2,000 years ago. I hope to see you Sunday as we open God’s Word, study it, and come to understand how to apply it to our lives. We have Hope, Peace, and Joy because God so loved us…

Additionally, this Sunday we’ll be joined by our friend and music artist – Uriel Vega! His saxophone just warms up our worship! Uriel will be in both Sunday services, and he’ll return for Christmas Eve service Tuesday, December 24 @ 4pm. This is an evening your family and friends will enjoy and remember for a long time.

We are in the middle of our new series called, “The Heart of Christmas”. We began with the heart of Hope and last week we looked at the heart of Peace. This Sunday we’ll continue by examining the heart of Joy where we’ll look at joy through the lens’ of Psalm 126, as well as a few of Paul’s experiences. Joy is not a result of our circumstances, but rather a heart set on God and His presence in whatever is going on in our lives. I hope you can be in church for this joy-filled message!

Last week we celebrated our first Christmas service in the new Worship Center! We enjoyed the beautiful decorations, we sang some wonderful Christmas songs, and we looked at the topic of Hope in the Heart of Christmas during our time in the Word.

This week we look at Peace through the Prince of Peace – Jesus, God’s gift to us! I hope I’ll see you at one of our services this Sunday.

Our annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service is almost here! I’ve invited our good friend, Uriel Vega and his saxophone, to come and celebrate the birth of Christ with us. Uriel brings such a wonderful and warm vibe to our worship time, and you won’t want to miss it on Tuesday, December 24 at 4pm in our new Worship Center. This is an awesome family event! Childcare will be available for kids 3 and under. I hope you’ll invite some friends to join you.

The morning drizzle and cold has me drinking my morning coffee near our fireplace. It causes me to be a bit more reflective, as well. These past few weeks, before Thanksgiving, have caused me to reflect on God’s goodness this year. Not only has my Heavenly Father been good to me personally and to my family, but he’s been so very faithful to our church, too. In my reading today, I came across a passage that filled my heart.

This Sunday we continue our series called The Heart of Thanksgiving and I hope to see you for this special time together remembering and celebrating the goodness of our God. Allow me to encourage you to bring a friend with you as we enter into this special season of celebrating our Savior and the love that saved our souls forever. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness. Psalm 107:8-9

This Sunday, just hours prior to the elections, I am going to talk about why you and I need to be involved in the process, as well as speaking up to proclaim God’s truth, in love. The world shouts that Christians shouldn’t bring their faith into politics as they quote a familiar phrase – separation of church and state – but is this true? Is that phrase in the Constitution? Did Jesus speak on this subject? If so, what did He say? My message is called The Separation Delusion.