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Spiritual Practices for Mental Health - Week 5: LECTIO DIVINA | Scott Erickson by Rain City Church
Spiritual Practices for Mental Health - Week 4: FORGIVENESS | Matt Woll by Rain City Church
Spiritual Practices for Mental Health - Week 2: THE EXAMEN | Matt Woll by Rain City Church
Spiritual Practices for Mental Health - Week 1: BREATH PRAYER | Jesse Butterworth by Rain City Church
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Week 4 from our series HOW TO GET THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH - 6 Lessons From The Life of Moses. This week we talk about Getting Through A Dead End.
Week 3 from our series HOW TO GET THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH - 6 Lessons From The Life of Moses. This week we talk about Getting Through Not Feeling Good Enough.
Week 2 from our series HOW TO GET THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH - 6 Lessons From The Life of Moses. This week we talk about Getting Through A Big Mistake.
Week 1 from our new series HOW TO GET THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH - 6 Lessons From The Life of Moses. This week we talk about Getting Through A Rough Start.
Jesus died on Friday. On Saturday the followers of Jesus had to confront the reality and devastation of His death, and on Sunday he rose again and they experienced hope like never before.
As we sit in chaos right now we are reminded that we find our selves in the Saturday of the story of Jesus. Sunday is coming and Goodness is surely coming, but how do we live in the Saturday right now? And where is God in It?
Check out this timely message from Jesse full of hope, truth, and encouragement.
Renewing isn't just about rest, but learning how to be honest with all parts of ourselves as we slow down. To allow God into the deep and even dark places of our beings, so that he can work his redemption in all areas of our lives.
In a piece of scripture that easily overlooked or forgotten, Pastor Nicolai pulls out three truths you cannot forget.
Mark 8:1-10
When Religion gets in the way of our relationship. We don't have to strive to be clean. So why do we try?
Does the way you love yourself affect the way you love others? Can we truly love Jesus and love others if we haven't learned to love ourselves?
In week 2 of Look More Like Love, Vincent teaches from Mark 4:35-41. He answers this question. Where is Jesus in the "storms" we experience in our lives?
Vincent Humphrey attends Rain City Church with his wife Lindsey, and his three kids, and he serves on our Elder Board.
Today we kicked off a new series called Look More Like Love. It's a series in the book of Mark. As a church we will spend the next two months going through each verse together.
In week 1 Jesse unpacks Mark 2:13-17. Do we see people as a problem, or do we see people as a gift from God?
The biggest impact we can make in this world happens when we live a life as Jesus did. So how do we do that? This week we dive into the teachings of Jesus on generosity and find out what he is inviting us into.
For many of us, the thought of confession and accountability makes us sweat, but what if we have been taught or have been looking at these practices all wrong. What if there is hidden beauty that brings us closer to God and to each other through these practices. Scott Erickson dives into the real-life application of Releasing, and why we do it.
About Scott: Scott Erickson is a touring painter, performance speaker, and creative curate who mixes autobiography, mythology, and aesthetics to create art and moments that speak to our deepest experiences.
Using his passion and commitment to craft, Scott has been a working artist for over a decade, and has had his work appear on CNN, National Geographic, and various magazines, newspaper outlets, and book covers.
As a speaker, Scott brings his training as an educator and his experience as a visual communicator to all of his presentations. His goal is to bring something for his “A.D.D. brothers and sisters out there”… making sure every speech is thoughtful, entertaining, wondrous, and filled with visual elements and live creating.
He is the writer and performer of two one man shows. Wrestling with his own professional burnout and clinical depression, “We Are Not Troubled Guests” is a performance story-telling piece in which he navigates the surprising gift of an existential crisis. His current show, “SAY YES: A Liturgy of Not Giving Up On Yourself”, juxtaposes story-teaching, participation, humor, and image curation as Scott walks us through the very personal and universal conversation about the death of a dream and the overwhelming voice of Giving Up in our lives.
He is the co-author of Prayer: Forty Days of Practice and May It Be So, a Spiritual Director to brave women and men, and a professional dishwasher for his food blogging wife.
Scott lives in Vancouver, WA and is most loved by his wife Holly and his children Anders, Elsa, and Jones.
We live in a world where loneliness is the newest epidemic effecting over 50% of people. Living life slower isn't enough, self-care isn't enough. We need to learn how to do relationships better. This week Nicolai & Kelsie dive into the 5 Levels of Deepening Relationships.
What are the intentional, or unintentional decisions that you are making that will cause ripple effects for generations to come? This week Jesse looks at the life of Jesus to give us a picture of what a life of eternal ripple effects looks like.
God is still in the business of miracles, promise lands and revivals, so how do we have eyes to see these happening all around us, and faith to wait for them to come to fruition?
What if everything in this life is a gift? What if we have been looking at everything all wrong?
Water Changes Everything; it starts in our hearts. We’ll find out how to grow a heart like Jesus and get updates from our friends at charity: water and Water For Good on the life-saving projects we’ve sponsored.
In the second week of our Rainmakers series, Marisa & Jesse give us the background on AGCI, how we came to partner with them, and the vision for ways we will partner with them in 2020 and beyond to make a difference here, near, and far.
This month we begin our next spiritual practice as a church- RESPONDING. To kick off the practice of worship and gratitude we look at the Sermon on the Mount found in the book of Matthew to teach us how to be a more faith-filled, and grateful people.
What do we do when our life takes an unexpected turn and we experience abrupt endings? This week Kelsie & Nicolai look at the life of Paul in the last two chapters of Acts and help us navigate the sudden endings we all deal with.
How do we share the gospel? Can we do that anymore? Do we keep it to ourselves and pray God does it all for us? What if it was as easy as just telling our story? Jesse answers these questions with a few observations from Acts 21.
What is worship? Why do we worship? Are we all worshipers? Can we actually be atheists? Jesse unpacks these questions by looking at Acts 17.
How do we put our secondary beliefs, our preferences, and our judgements to the side in order to see the Gospel reach the ends of the earth? To answer these questions Pastor Matt unpacks The Council of Jerusalem found in Acts 15, and shows it's truth and application for our lives.
Did God stop speaking? Is He still speaking? How does the Bible and the Holy Spirit work together? Pastor Jesse answers these questions by looking at Peter's Vision found in Acts 10:9-23.
As we look at the life of Saul in the book of Acts we see that no one is too far gone, or too far from God to be saved by Him. We find that God's redemption story for all of us is much better then we could have ever imagined.
In week two of our new series UNchurch, we dive into the ways God built His church in Acts, and how he's still building it today.
UN - CHURCH - THE BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT: A STUDY OF ACTS.
As we look forward to who we are becoming as a church, we remember and study how the church began. As followers of Jesus, how do we focus more on a movement and less on the monument that it is the church?
Jesse wraps up our vision series talking about the yearly rhythms we will start practicing as a church to experience God in the everyday.
For the last few weeks, we have been taking a look at where we are heading as a church for the upcoming years. In this talk, Pastor Matt dives into the ways our values create a roadmap for the unique ways God is using Rain City locally and around the world.
Our mission at Rain City is to have our communities, friends, families, and cities BE LOVED, BELONG. BECOME. But, how do we do that and what does that mean? Jesse unpacks our mission by looking at a famous Jesus story.
On Rain City's 8th birthday as a church, we hear from Jesse Butterworth on what the vision of Rain City will be for the next 3 years. Check it out!
What is this capacity of imagination within us, and how is Jesus inviting us to meet him there? Let’s dive into it!
Emily has worked at some pretty cool companies like Starbucks and Apple. Tune in this week as she talks about sharing God’s love in the (not so welcoming) workplace.
Also, check out Emily's Ted Talk here: https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzI1MTYwNjEwMA==
A few years ago, Rain City started a rain makers program that empowered our community to be a powerful force of good in our city and around the world. This week we hear an update from our Haiti team that has used rainmakers grants to do some amazing work.
Pedro shares with Rain City the impact we can have on the world when we partner with God.
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It's Summer time! Trips, vacations, sports, family. It's a busy time. How do we practice rest? What does the bible say about rest and rhythms?
On the Eastside, it's easy to focus on the wealthy, famous, and beautiful. That reality can leave A LOT of people marginalized, based on their age, gender, race, health, finances, etc. HOWEVER, we see Jesus constantly moving the margins of unconditional love, and he does this to EVERYONE. This week Matt Woll shares 5 ways to show merciful love, and how we can better our daily interactions with all kinds of people.
Jesse is wrapping up our "Beginnings, Endings and Inbetweens" series by talking about... you guessed it, Endings. If you've ever struggled with conclusions, this is a must hear talk!
In an age of PRIME NOW UBER-INSTANT gratification, any kind of waiting for the next big thing to arrive or be revealed is HARD. But, waiting is an important part of life. You may be waiting on God to heal your disease, bring you employment, or answer your prayer. Sometimes though, God has to work on US before he works on our problems.