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We’re less than a week away from our regular Wednesday evening activities resuming. While 412 Group and our adults’ prayer and Bible study meet year-round, some of our other Wednesday evening activities break for the summer months. Our free weekly meal and age-graded activities resume on August 23rd.

Do you ever find yourself struggling with discouragement, exhaustion and/or stress in the midst of a busy week? Or, do you simply find yourself struggling spiritually, regardless of how your week is going? Joining Richland for our Wednesday evening activities is a great way to get encouraged, challenged, sharpened and equipped to continue your daily journey in the faith.

And, if you are already doing well, Wednesday evenings are a great time to be a blessing and encouragement others who might be struggling. Please make plans to join us.

Here’s the basic rundown:

5:45 – 6:15 p.m. – Evening Meal
–Our Wednesday evening meal is a great time of fellowship and encouragement. Everyone is invited to join us for great food and fun together.

6:15 – 7:30 p.m. – TeamKID & Youth Group
–TeamKID (separate groups for nursery, preschool/kindergarten, and elementary (1st – 5th grade)) has a great time each week with games, missions and Bible study. Also, 412 Group (students in grades 6-12) meets for games, fellowship and Bible study.

6:30 – 7:30 p.m. – Adults’ Prayer and Bible Study
–Our weekly adults’ gathering focuses on praying for needs both inside and outside our church family, followed by a group Bible study. Currently, we are studying what God’s Word says about what a healthy church is.

If you have any questions, want more information or want to learn more about serving in one of our Wednesday evening ministries, please contact us.

During our Sunday morning worship service (10:40) this coming Sunday, Pastor Nick will be starting a new 3-week sermon series through Haggai on our need to “Hope in God.” If you are a part of the Richland family or if you live in the Kingdom City area and do not have a church family, please join us for family groups (9:30) and worship Sunday morning. If you miss any Sundays, you can always listen to our messages online through our sermons’ page.

Here is the schedule of messages:

Sunday, August 13 = “Hopeful Priorities” (Haggai 1)

Sunday, August 20 = “Hopeful Promises” (Haggai 2:1-9)

Sunday, August 27 = “Hopeful Warnings” (Haggai 2:10-23)

Sunday was our big family celebration for Vacation Bible School. It was a great day of family groups, worship, lunch, games and fellowship. In fact, some people stayed until after 5 p.m. because so much fun was being had. Below are the videos from the VBS program before our morning worship service, followed by several pictures from VBS and the Sunday afternoon celebration.

Sunday Morning Videos

Pictures from VBS and the Sunday Celebration

To see all the pictures, please click HERE.

Our annual Vacation Bible School family celebration and lunch will be this coming Sunday, July 30. The program will take place during our morning worship service (10:40), and the lunch will follow the service. After lunch we’ll also have plenty of fun and games for children and their families, including snow cones, water games, the famous bounce house, popcorn, and more. Everyone is invited to join us, so please spread the word. As always, we will kick off our Sunday morning at 9:30 with Family Groups for all ages, so we hope you’ll join us during that time, too.

In the meantime, please join us now for Vacation Bible School. We started Sunday evening and will continue each evening (5-8 p.m.) through Thursday. If you have any questions or want more information, please contact us.

VBS is just a few days away, as we start Sunday evening at 5:00!

Searching the visible. Discovering the invisible. That’s this year’s VBS motto. Jesus is the image of the invisible God, and we pray that He will reveal Himself to many children and their families this summer! The dates are July 23-27 (Sunday – Thursday, 5-8 p.m.). We hope your kids will join us and that you will consider volunteering. Then, our annual VBS Family Celebration will be Sunday, July 30 at 10:40 a.m. (with lunch and carnival to follow).

Discover the incredible mysteries of the final frontier—right from your own backyard. Your telescope becomes a portal through which you encounter amazing and wonderful things designed by a Creator who is even bigger than the vastness of His creation. But the most amazing wonder to be discovered truly boggles the mind. The God who created everything there is—the knowable and the unknowable, the visible and the invisible—wants a relationship with you! And from the very beginning, God had a plan to restore the relationship He knew we would break.

Will you join us for VBS week and celebration Sunday?

Supper will be served for participating children and volunteers each evening at 5, followed by the VBS evening program (games, activities, music, missions and Bible study) from 5:30 – 8. VBS is for children grades pre-school (potty-trained and at least four years old) through sixth grade (those who just completed sixth grade and are going into seventh grade). For more information and/or for pre-registration, please contact us.

During our worship service Sunday morning, we had the great privilege of Jacob Ellis sharing his testimony of faith in Jesus Christ and following the Lord in obedience by being baptized. If you missed it, check it out! You can watch the video below or listen to the audio HERE. Also, please share Jake’s story with others who might find this challenging, encouraging and uplifting. To God be the glory!

Please join us for worship (10:40 a.m.) this coming Sunday, July 9th, as Pastor Nick begins a new series through the book of Zephaniah on God’s Judgment. Do you understand God’s judgment? Are you ready? Do you realize the amazing promise in the midst of His judgment? We pray this 3-week series will be both challenging and encouraging.

The schedule of messages is as follows:

Sunday, July 9th – “The Seriousness of Judgment” (Zephaniah 1)

Sunday, July 16th – “The Need for Repentance” (Zephaniah 2)

Sunday, July 23rd – “The Promise of Restoration” (Zephaniah 3)

Going to miss any of these or other Sundays? You can listen to our sermons via our sermons page or via our free app. You can also keep up on social media through #RichlandZephaniah .

If you have any questions about this sermon series, about our church, or about the salvation that is found in Jesus Christ, please let us know. Also, you can see our weekly schedule of services by clicking HERE.

Are you busy and feeling like you’re always on the go? Connect and engage with our church family through the MyRichland app! Download our app for free to discover media content (sermons, testimonies and videos), submit prayer requests, interact with other members, conveniently give a donation, or learn more about us. The MyRichland app is available for Apple and Android by clicking the appropriate button below.

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Growing Up is the initial book our Discipleship Accountability Groups have been using during their weekly meetings for prayer, accountability and discipleship.

During our Sunday morning worship service, Josh Bertram (our Director of Youth and Family Ministry) shared his testimony of saving faith in Jesus Christ and the important role of ongoing discipleship in his life. We pray you are encouraged as you listen to his story and are compelled to prioritize personal discipleship in your daily life.

Click HERE to listen.