The Rock Weekly – July 10, 2024

  • Tonight – Prayer & Worship Night! @ 7pm in the Chapel or via Livestream.  
  • Tonight – Growing in the Word – 6pm in the Prayer Room or via Zoom. 
  • Stand Conference (for Israel) – THIS Friday & Saturday at The Rock; hosted by Jeremy Jacobs and Turn Ministries. $20 to register.  https://turnministries.us/standconference/
  • only 3 ½  weeks left – Maranatha Prayer at The Tent. Mon-Fri from 7am-9am – In the Tent (except Tues in the Chapel) All ages welcome. https://www.therock.org/maranatha/  (NOTE: No Prayer 7/16-7/19 due to Youth Summer Camp)

 

Build Each Other Up

“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.” 
– 1 Thessalonians 5:11 CSB

I hope you had as much fun on Sunday as I did. Sharing a meal together, getting to know each other better, and discussing how to apply what God is showing us in Scripture. 

As our teaching team has been studying Koinonia (the Greek term that often gets translated as “fellowship”) I’m beginning to see it more and more in Scripture. Like when you buy a car and then begin to see that car everywhere (Baader-Meinhof phenomenon), I’m seeing the Word of God point us to community and fellowship more often.

But I’m also noticing how Biblical fellowship is different from our modern-American culture.  A society of fast food, quick calls, instant messages, individualization, and self-reliance; where our social connections tend to be a mile wide, but only an inch deep. Even in the “church” we see culture’s impact. Instead of fellowship and communion (Acts 2:42) there’s online church, instead of iron sharpening iron (Proverbs 27:17) we have teaching without accountability (podcasts), and corporate prayer times replaced with SOS distress calls to the Lord.  That’s not how God designed us! 

We’re meant to live in a community where we are known, loved, encouraged, and built up. And I think “build up” is such a perfect phrase for God to use. To build something requires you to see what isn’t already there–to see the potential. For people, I think their potential could be their calling or their destiny. When you’re building something in the natural, there’s a lot of cutting away of things that shouldn’t be there (clearing trees or excavating dirt) and a joining together of what should be there (nailing boards and joining walls). 

In our lives, God often uses other people who love us and see who God is building us to be, to lovingly hold us accountable, and to cut away what shouldn’t be there. As well as to speak into our lives what should be there…to encourage us into our God-given destiny. 

That’s the kind of fellowship we are desiring for our church family. And we are seeing that as God highlights fellowship and calls us into it, He is also giving us the tools to help each other foster these types of relationships. 

Let’s continue to grow together,
Pastor Andrew and your Rock Staff

 

 

IMPORTANT SERVICE & WEEKLY INFORMATION:

WEDNESDAY NIGHT WORSHIP & PRAYER SERVICE  7:00pm * In-Person & On-Line *
Facebook Live:  https://www.facebook.com/rockchurchco
The Rock Online Livestream:  https://www.therock.org/live/

 

GROWING IN THE WORD – 6:00pm Wednesdays
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99757846764?pwd=Tm8zQ0JQWk1xeHFBcEU5anNFN1l4dz09

 

YOUTH ~ BASE CAMP (6th – 12th Grade) – WEDNESDAY NIGHT – 7:00pm
Invite a friend and come have a great time. If you have any questions, email jaden@therock.org

 

FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION – 1st & 3rd Saturday of each Month
https://www.therock.org/foodbank/
Email Lindy@therock.org if you would like to volunteer or have questions.

 

SUNDAY MORNING PRE-SERVICE PRAYER  8:15-9:15am – *In-Person & On-line*
ZOOM Direct Video Link:
           https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85340164797?pwd=V0lmWFRRL0R6Tm56QTdRUHNoMWI3QT09
ZOOM Meeting ID: 853 4016 4797
          ZOOM Phone Option +12532158782,,85340164797#

 

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE 9:45am  *In-Person & On-line*
           Facebook Live:  https://www.facebook.com/rockchurchco
The Rock Online Livestream:  https://www.therock.org/live/

 

OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE  Here are some ways you can partner with The Rock as you practice generosity – our regular tithe/giving, compassion help, missions, and our food bank.  Click on the following link or graphic.  www.therock.org/give

 

Have a Question, Need Prayer, Help, Feel Alone, or Disconnected?

Please email us at family@therock.org and put QUESTION, PRAYER, NEED HELP, or CONNECT ME at the top of your email.