Everyone dreams of a picture perfect Christmas. But, travel plans, mile-long shopping lists, and family visits can threaten to crowd the joy out of the season. This December, we're looking at how the challenges of the first Christmas magnified the joy of Jesus' birth. Join us for four weeks of Christmess, as we celebrate the birth of a Savior!

Selected Quotes:

"Christmas offers us the ultimate source of comfort. It calms our fears."

"Regardless of the messiness, God is with us."

"Jesus, by His very name, by His very identity, reminds us that God is on our side. He is with us."

Everyone dreams of a picture perfect Christmas. But, travel plans, mile-long shopping lists, and family visits can threaten to crowd the joy out of the season. This December, we're looking at how the challenges of the first Christmas magnified the joy of Jesus' birth. Join us for four weeks of Christmess, as we celebrate the birth of a Savior!

Due to technical difficulties, we were only able to capture the audio for part of Brandon Braun's sermon on 11-26-2017. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Selected Quotes:

Generosity is the result of the joy in our lives.

We have freely received, so we freely give.

We can give without loving, we cannot love without giving.

Selected Quotes:

"When God gives, we give."

"When we give, God gives."

"We want to see what the Bible has to say about all aspects of life... even the things that make us uncomfortable."

"The more we learn to give, the more we learn to be like Jesus."

We live in a world in desperate need of servants.

From the time we’re young, selfishness comes naturally to us. We want to do what we want to do. We want to live the way we want to live. We want to act the way we want to act. Even when the Bible confronts us with our own selfishness, it’s difficult for us to shake those old habits. It’s hard to be a servant in a world that tells you to be selfish.

Throughout the course of the Gospels, Jesus made His purpose abundantly clear. He didn’t come to this earth for selfish reasons. He came to serve. He came to give His life. Everything Jesus did was motivated by His desire to serve. Those who want to be better servants have no better example than Him. In our new sermon series, “Building a Better Servant,” we’re going to spend four weeks looking at Jesus’ life to see what made Him such a great servant. As we walk through the events of Jesus’ life together, we’ll see what a servant thinks, how a servant feels, what a servant does, and where a servant goes. In so doing, we’ll discover how we need to transform our minds, our hearts, and our actions to become more like Him.

We live in a world in desperate need of servants. Now's the time for us to answer the call.

Selected Quotes:

"It’s not just about acts of service. It’s about becoming servants.”

"If we want to serve… We have to go out, find needs, and identify ways we can help meet them.”

"Intentional serving becomes habitual serving."

We live in a world in desperate need of servants.

From the time we’re young, selfishness comes naturally to us. We want to do what we want to do. We want to live the way we want to live. We want to act the way we want to act. Even when the Bible confronts us with our own selfishness, it’s difficult for us to shake those old habits. It’s hard to be a servant in a world that tells you to be selfish.

Throughout the course of the Gospels, Jesus made His purpose abundantly clear. He didn’t come to this earth for selfish reasons. He came to serve. He came to give His life. Everything Jesus did was motivated by His desire to serve. Those who want to be better servants have no better example than Him. In our new sermon series, “Building a Better Servant,” we’re going to spend four weeks looking at Jesus’ life to see what made Him such a great servant. As we walk through the events of Jesus’ life together, we’ll see what a servant thinks, how a servant feels, what a servant does, and where a servant goes. In so doing, we’ll discover how we need to transform our minds, our hearts, and our actions to become more like Him.

We live in a world in desperate need of servants. Now's the time for us to answer the call.

Selected Quotes:

“If you’re going to love a neighbor, you have to be a neighbor.”

“Salvation isn’t about having the right answers. It’s about living the right answers.”

“When we’ve been changed by Jesus… we work so that we can share what we have with others.”

"Eternal life is a great theological principle, but it’s not just that. Eternal life is something that we live out now."

We live in a world in desperate need of servants.

From the time we’re young, selfishness comes naturally to us. We want to do what we want to do. We want to live the way we want to live. We want to act the way we want to act. Even when the Bible confronts us with our own selfishness, it’s difficult for us to shake those old habits. It’s hard to be a servant in a world that tells you to be selfish.

Throughout the course of the Gospels, Jesus made His purpose abundantly clear. He didn’t come to this earth for selfish reasons. He came to serve. He came to give His life. Everything Jesus did was motivated by His desire to serve. Those who want to be better servants have no better example than Him. In our new sermon series, “Building a Better Servant,” we’re going to spend four weeks looking at Jesus’ life to see what made Him such a great servant. As we walk through the events of Jesus’ life together, we’ll see what a servant thinks, how a servant feels, what a servant does, and where a servant goes. In so doing, we’ll discover how we need to transform our minds, our hearts, and our actions to become more like Him.

We live in a world in desperate need of servants. Now's the time for us to answer the call.

Selected Quotes:

"Having a heart like Jesus’ changes how we feel about interruptions, inconveniences, and inadequacies."

“We must have hearts that are sensitive not just to people, but to potential.”

"Jesus shows us that if we actually understood what sin was doing to people, it would shatter our hearts."

We live in a world in desperate need of servants.

From the time we’re young, selfishness comes naturally to us. We want to do what we want to do. We want to live the way we want to live. We want to act the way we want to act. Even when the Bible confronts us with our own selfishness, it’s difficult for us to shake those old habits. It’s hard to be a servant in a world that tells you to be selfish.

Throughout the course of the Gospels, Jesus made His purpose abundantly clear. He didn’t come to this earth for selfish reasons. He came to serve. He came to give His life. Everything Jesus did was motivated by His desire to serve. Those who want to be better servants have no better example than Him. In our new sermon series, “Building a Better Servant,” we’re going to spend four weeks looking at Jesus’ life to see what made Him such a great servant. As we walk through the events of Jesus’ life together, we’ll see what a servant thinks, how a servant feels, what a servant does, and where a servant goes. In so doing, we’ll discover how we need to transform our minds, our hearts, and our actions to become more like Him.

We live in a world in desperate need of servants. Now's the time for us to answer the call.

Selected Quotes:

"Behavior is determined by belief."

"Knowing who you are in God’s eyes frees you up to let others see you as a servant."

"Faith isn’t just an intellectual exercise. Faith is in our hearts and hands.”

This year, River Valley Christian Church celebrates its 20th Anniversary. For two decades now, this body of believers has been holding out the hope of the Gospel to Oldham County and beyond. As a congregation, we want to honor that milestone, More importantly, we want to rejoice in the God who has proven Himself faithful over that time period.

But what about the next 20 years? Where is God going to take us from here? At the beginning of this year, we identified three core values as a congregation. We want to be a church that is Kingdom-Minded, Bible-Centered, and Family-Focused. We believe these three values are going to propel us into the next two decades of ministry. So, what do those values look like? How are we going to make sure that we’re headed down the right path? On September 10, we’re going to begin “2020 Vision.” In that series, we’ll talk about where God is leading us as a church and how we’re going to get there together. As we unpack the practices we’re going to commit ourselves to in the months to come, we’ll catch a glimpse of the future we believe God has in mind for RVCC. Be sure to join us over the next five weeks as we celebrate where we’ve been and anticipate what God is going to do in the years to come!

Selected Quotes:

"We can’t go anywhere unless God leads us there."

"Moses understood that God’s presence with His people was what set them apart and made them special. He wouldn’t go if God wasn’t going with them. As a church, that should be how desperately we want to follow God.”

"When we follow God, He takes us to places we couldn’t imagine before. He does things we could never do on our own."

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.