Vision"Souper" SundaySubmitted by jimmybritt on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:05am.As you probably know, this Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. Well, at Rocky River Church we are calling the day "Souper Sunday." We are asking every person to bring a can of soup (heck, I don't know why we can't all bring a bag of soup) to either the 9AM or 11AM services. All the food collected will go to the Baptist Sharing House of Concord. Folks, just to remind you, this food is for our neighbors who don't have enough to eat so please make this a priority. Here are a few more important things happening this Sunday: 2. This Sunday's message is from Luke 5 where Jesus heals the paralyzed man. I'll also be sharing some new initiatives we are kicking off at RRC. 3. RiverKidz takes a brand new direction this weekend. Moms and dads, make sure you get your kids to RRC this Sunday - SERIOUSLY! They will love it! I'm so excited about our children's ministry!!! Anyway, hope to see you this weekend. Come expecting God to do something special in your life. If you are paralyzed by guilt, bitterness, past failures, or anything else, this is a "don't miss" Sunday at Rocky River Church. I'm praying for you this week. God bless! P.S. For step by step directions from your house to ours, click here http://www.rockyriverchurch.com/directions Some Things That Have Me Excited About Rocky River ChurchSubmitted by jimmybritt on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 8:30am.1. Most of all, I'm excited about the changed lives we're experiencing at RRC. I say it all the time but that is our "business" and right now business is good (in a way of speaking). God is really blessing us with people and changed lives. One of the areas we are hearing lots of testimonies in is the area of finances. People who have taken the tithe challenge have incredible testimonies about the provision of God. That has been awesome! 2. I'm JACKED UP about our student and children's ministries at RRC. Kids first. On February 5th we are relaunching our RiverKidz ministry. Wait until you see what we have planned! I have NEVER been more excited about the direction of this ministry. Our Preschool through 5th grade kids are going to LOVE what we are about to do in there. Now The Flood - our Middle School/High School ministry. WE LOVE STUDENTS! Will is doing a great job with our students. He is focused on building relationships with those guys and developing some leaders and it is really beginning to pay off. We had a HUGE group of High School students on Sunday night. MS/HS students are gearing up for a big weekend in March. ALSO, beginning Sunday, February 5, we are going to again be offering a Sunday morning Middle School option for gathering. This means that Middle Schoolers who are new to RRC, or just not connected on Wednesday nights, will have a Sunday morning program for them. Honestly, it would not surprise me if our kids and students didn't run us out of our building in a year or so. I'm serious - I see that kind of potential! It is exciting! 3. GROUPS. We are going to launch a new groups ministry on February 5th like we've never seen before at RRC. It is the answer we have been searching for to help our church get connected with one another like never before. Our focus in 2012 is getting our folks connected to one another. My heart is for our church to grow smaller as we keep growing larger. 4. Our Wednesday night Bible study. Okay, this is going to mean A LOT of extra work for me but it is going to be SO WORTH IT! On February 15th we are kicking off a Wednesday Bible study - verse by verse - through the book of Revelation. We are getting a lot of positive feedback on this. People are going to love it! This kind of format - just me and an open Bible guiding folks through a chapter of the Bible - is my favorite. Get ready! 5. We roll out our 2012 Ministry Investment Budget on February 5th. Yes, we are a little behind on getting it out, but it is our biggest, best, most exciting budget EVER. Get excited RRC! We are going to all the places where God is leading us! 6. I'm TOTALLY JACKED UP about how we are ministering to our community and the world. We are showing the love of Jesus to the world like never before. For example, we are doing some cool things through CCM (Cooperative Christian Ministries in Concord), the Baptist Sharing House of Concord, Loaves and Fishes, and our own church/community through our benevolence ministry. We are also supporting missions in Kannapolis through Mission 217 and The Journey Church in Boca Raton, FL. Additionally, we are supporting Richard and Megan Harrell (and their boys) as pilot missionaries to South Africa. And just in case you don't know, the Harrell's are right out of Rocky River Church (homegrown missionaries). We are also supporting John Quast and his family as they are ministering to the unreached people in Paraguay by interpreting the Bible in their language. WOW! That is a lot - but there is even more happening. All of it means that we are fulfilling the Great Commission of Matthew 28. So exciting! 7. THIS SUNDAY @ ROCKY RIVER CHURCH! I am teaching a message from Luke 5:1-11 called "When You've Come Up Empty." If you have messed up in life or you just feel like you're not getting anywhere, don't miss being at Rocky River Church this Sunday at 9 or 11. I believe God is going to be impacting lives - your life if you're willing. GET EXCITED! BUCKLE UP! See you Sunday! Love you guys! I love my church! I CAN'T WAIT!Submitted by jimmybritt on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 3:39pm.I CAN'T WAIT FOR SUNDAY! SERIOUSLY! It is going to be awesome in our new school - Pitts School Road Elementary School. And let me say this: You don't want to be late - whether you attend the 9:30 or the 11:00 service - the band is going to come out swinging for the fence with the first song. It's just going to be an exciting day - historical event. This past week I took a few days to pray and plan for the next few weeks and months. I'm working on a series around Halloween that is going to be the funnest (is that the right way to say it? I'm terrible with grammar) series we've ever done. I'm going to talk about scary things in October like - Hell (is it real?), ghosts, and some other stuff too that people often ask me about. I'm taking four whole weeks to deal with these topics from the Bible. It's going to be a lot of fun. Anyway, just something to look forward to... Stuff @ Rocky RiverSubmitted by jimmybritt on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 11:59pm.Hey ya'll! Just wanted to give ya'll an update on what's going on at R2C2. Here's the bullet list. It's really amazing! -We are baptizing about 11 people this Sunday. THAT IS HUGE! If there was nothing else to say that would truly be enough… -This is our last Sunday at Rocky River Elementary School. We make our BIG transition to Pitts School Road Elementary on August 26. CAN HARDLY WAIT! -To date, we have purchased about $28,000 in new sound gear and equipment – badly needed upgrades. We’ll be spending about $4,000 more before it’s over with. -We have a graphic designed working on all new signs and banners for the school. You guys are going to freak out over the look of things and the ministry upgrades we’re making. -We had someone donate an equipment trailer to the church today! That’s right, I said they “donated” it! Those kinds of things happen when people have caught the vision of what we’re doing at R2C2. THANKS! Now we have a way to haul all of our near gear as well as the old gear. -Be on the lookout for a new venture coming your way called Rocky River Graphics. I’ll tell you more about that later… -On Wednesday we’ll be doing a “dry run” at Pitts to check out equipment and work through our new setup strategy. Very excited about that. -On September 16 we will kick off our first LifeTalk series in the new school. It’s called “Baggage” and I think it will be one of the most meaningful service series we’ve ever done at R2C2. -I am wanting to do an outdoor service and concert somewhere in uptown Concord where we serve free food, preach a message and then have a baptism all in one. What would that look like? Does anyone have the energy and vision to help plan something like that? -Did I mention that someone just gave us another trailer today! Dang! We have quite an arsenal now – three trailers! -OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET AT ROCKY RIVER COMMUNITY CHURCH. I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW BIG OUR PEOPLE ARE STEPPING UP TO HELP MAKE THIS TRANSITION HAPPEN! THANK YOU GANG – SO MUCH – FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU! God is great! X-GamesSubmitted by jimmybritt on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 7:48am.This is Jake Brown's fall at the X Games. STUPID STUFF HERE! Game Faces...!Submitted by jimmybritt on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 10:02am.Man! Things are happening around here BIG TIME! I'm serious. After the announcement on Sunday about our move to Pitts Elementary School on August 26 things in this office are just smokin'. Our staff has tons of energy and the the support and energy of our leaders and volunteers is over-the-top! Just wanted to ask you guys to keep praying, keep talking about Rocky River Community Church, keep giving, and keep serving. God is using our church to change lives, this community and our world! I'm pumped!!! The Big News...!Submitted by jimmybritt on Sun, 07/29/2007 - 5:03pm.The BIG news today @ Rocky RIver Community Church is that we are leaving Rocky River Elementary School! We're moving to Pitts School Road Elementary. Our last day at RRES is August 19. Our first day at Pitts is August 26. This is a tremendous move for us and will allow us to launch out even larger in our community. It will be great to have our office, land and meeting location within a few hundreds yards of each other. Our staff and leaders are very excited and the congregation is pumped too...! Pray for us as we make this HUGE transition. Thanks! More to come... Revolution!Submitted by jimmybritt on Fri, 07/27/2007 - 3:14pm.This Sunday is the beginning of a Revolution in Cabarrus County and the Charlotte Metro area. I can hardly wait! God is moving...!Submitted by jimmybritt on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 10:08pm.I have been saying it for a few years and I’ll say it again now, this is the most exciting time in the history of the church…to be the church! I am so pumped about what God is doing at Rocky River Community Church and in churches similar to ours all over the country. For a taste of what I’m talking about check out some of these guys and you'll see what I mean. Listen to what they're saying about their churches and the ministry they're going and how God is changing lives. Folks, God is doing something BIG! http://www.garylamb.org/ |
SearchWho's Jimmy Britt?Jimmy Britt is the Lead Pastor at Rocky River Community Church in the Charlotte Metro area. R2C2 is a place for people, no matter who they are or where they’ve been. We are a church for people; that’s it, plain and simple. Categories
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