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One Voice // Part 5: Giving All
Jesus or the World The world will try to sell us many different exciting, new things, telling us that these are the things that we should be living for. This isn’t a new concept, either. Even in Scripture, we read that people since the beginning have had to turn from the things of the world…
Read MoreOne Voice // Part 4: Growing Up
Defined by Love What would be a few words that those closest to you would describe you as? What about those that you have met for the first time? This may vary depending on the person or, if we’re being honest, the mood we are in that day, but as Christians, above all, LOVE should…
Read MoreOne Voice // Part 3: Reaching Out
Our Calling as Disciples At Rolling Hills, we have a Vision Statement that says We are a people of God reaching out, growing up, and giving all. The first facet of that vision is reaching out. As Christians and as members of God’s body, we have a duty and a calling to reach out to…
Read MoreOne Voice // Part 2: A People of God
Listening to the Voice of God When we take a look back at all that happened in 2020, we can see everything from a worldwide pandemic to a presidential election to a bombing on Christmas Day. Throughout all of the change, uncertainty, and unforeseen circumstances that we witnessed, the voices in the media, on the…
Read MoreOne Voice // Part 1: Why Church is Important in 2021
Walking into a New Year as the Church A new year brings much hope and newness. We’re in a new year now – 2021. After a year like 2020 was, walking into this year may feel like walking into the unknown. We don’t know what 2021 will bring, and, if it’s anything like 2020 was,…
Read More2020: A Year in Review
2020: A Year in Review Looking back over 2020, we have had challenges that we’ll all share and remember, but we have even more stories of how God has provided, sustained, and blessed His children and His Church. We wanted to spend our final service of 2020 reflecting on the different challenges we faced this…
Read MoreChristmas Eve // Part 5
The Coming of Jesus Write down today’s date. Think about how often you write that date throughout the years – reference it historically, presently, and futuristically. We determine and associate when things happened based on this time reference. That point in history has to have a fixed reference point. A day or year is not…
Read MoreLove Came Down // Part 4: Joy
Joy to the World Joy to the world, the Lord is come! These are lyrics we sing every Christmas season and is a song that people, non-Christians and Christians alike, are likely very familiar with. But, when we sing these lyrics, what are we really singing about? Where does this joy we sing of come…
Read MoreLove Came Down // Part 3: Love
When Love Came Down What’s one thing that’s happened in your life that changed everything for you? Do you have something that immediately comes to mind? We all have an event or a situation that has impacted our life in a lot of ways, or impacts many people in our life. There are even events…
Read MoreLove Came Down // Part 2: Peace
Peace Found in All Circumstances Most, if not all, of us like to know what’s coming around the corner. We prefer to have a plan for our lives and for every aspect of our lives to go according to that plan. Unfortunately for those of us who do make plans and put our hope in…
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