Sisterhood at River Valley Church

From the very beginning, God’s heart has always been to dwell with His people. In this lesson, we’ll trace that beautiful thread through Scripture, from the Garden of Eden, to the Tabernacle, to the Temple, all the way to the moment the veil was torn in two at the death of Jesus. Every step of the story was pointing to Him, the true Temple, who made a way for us to have full access to God. And the most breathtaking part? God doesn’t just want to be near us, He actually lives in us. We have become a carrier of His presence.

“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit

dwells in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16 (ESV) 

Semester Study Guide: Woven Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Semester Handout: “I am in Christ” Statements | Sisterhood at River Valley

Personal Application 

1. What is one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson? 
2. What has the Lord revealed to you this week while you declare the “I Am in Christ” statements out loud? 

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

From the moment sin entered the world, a gap opened between humanity and God, and every altar, every sacrifice, and every priest was God's way of saying I am still making a way back to you. In this lesson we trace the story of the priesthood all the way to Jesus, the perfect High Priest who didn't just bridge the gap, He closed it forever. Because of Him, you can approach the throne of grace with confidence, boldness, and full assurance. Not because of anything you've done, but because of everything He has.

For there is one God, one mediator also between God and Men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5 (NASB) 

Semester Study Guide: Woven Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Semester Handout: “I am in Christ” Statements | Sisterhood at River Valley

Personal Application 

1. What is one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson? 
2. What has the Lord revealed to you this week while you declare the “I Am in Christ” statements out loud? 

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

We’re continuing our study within our curriculum of “Woven”. This week we look into how in the very first pages of Scripture, God created a world overflowing with goodness and invited humanity to partner with Him, live by His wisdom and reflect His image. But when humans chose their own way over God’s, a pattern of rebellion took hold that no human could break, until Jesus. This lesson traces that story from the Garden of Eden to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus, the Last Adam, chose God’s will over His own and turned the tree of death into the tree of life.

“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:22 (NIV)

Semester Study Guide: Woven Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Semester Handout: “I am in Christ” Statements | Sisterhood at River Valley

Personal Application 

1. What is one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson? 
2. What has the Lord revealed to you this week while you declare the “I Am in Christ” statements out loud? 

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

Welcome to Sisterhood! We always love to start a new study and this semester, we are going through multiple books of the bible within the Old & New Testament this semester, seeing the story of redemption woven throughout all of scripture! If this is your first time walking through a Sisterhood study with us, welcome! We are so glad you're here and hope you'll join us for each of the nine weeks of this study. While we're happy you've found us on this podcast, we'd love to invite you to be with us in person!

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our in-person Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)

Semester Study Guide: Woven Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Semester Handout: “I am in Christ” Statements | Sisterhood at River Valley

Personal Application 

1. What is one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson? 
2. What has the Lord revealed to you this week while you declare the “I Am in Christ” statements out loud? For reference, turn to page 51 for the “I Am in Christ” statements.
3. For further study, read Exodus 19-34 on the broader narrative of the Ten Commandments.

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This Psalms reminds us the importance of living a life of worship and praise - not just in how we sing to the Lord but using everything we have to honor and praise His name. 

“For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” Psalm 100:5

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Lesson 9 Teacher: Heather Prins 

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

This Psalm reminds us that true confidence and peace come not from our circumstances, but from dwelling in God’s presence, trusting Him as our light, salvation and defender through every season

“The Lord is my light and salvation; Whom should I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom should I dread?” Psalm 27:1

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Lesson 8 Teacher: Karla Johnson 

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 100 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

Dwelling permanently in God’s presence, abiding in the “secret place” pf the Most High, we can claim His protection, peace and provision, speaking His promises over our lives with faith even amidst fear, uncertainty and trials 

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Lesson 7 Teacher: Emily Pahl

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 27 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

In times of distress, isolation or overwhelming circumstances, we are called to go to God first, honestly pour out our hearts to Him, replace lies with His truth and live with a heart of gratitude and trust, knowing that He is our refuge, sustainer and ever-present source of peace and joy. 

“I cry out to the Lord; I plead for the Lord’s mercy.” Psalm 142:1

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Lesson 6 Teacher: Pastor Lindsay Willis 

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 91 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

In this Psalm we see that God is our Shepherd who provides, protects and refreshes us in every season of life. This Psalm invites us to trust His guidance, rest in His provision and embrace the fullness of His unfailing love and mercy. 

“Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.” Psalm 23:4

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Lesson 4 Teacher: Annie Judd

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 34 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

This Psalm encourages us to trust God in the midst of hardships, embrace reverent fear of the Lord, rely on His protection and deliverance, knowing that He rescues the righteous from every trouble. 

“I will praise the Lord at all time. I will constantly speak his praises. I will boast only in the Lord; let all who are helpless take heart.” Psalm 34:1-2

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Lesson 5 Teacher: Kristin Peterson

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 142 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen