Sermons

2015 Parish Retreat Sessions

By Betsy Coopersmith | 2015-05-05 | 0

2015 Parish Retreat with Matthew Mason We are hope-based creatures. How we live now is shaped by what we think will happen later. If we don’t grasp that the future is certain and the best is yet to come, our lives will be little more than anxious fidgeting until death. But because Christ has risen…

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Audio from Rez Retreat 2011

By Dan Claire | 2011-04-17 | 0

On April 1-3, Rez held its Annual Parish Retreat in Harrisonburg, VA.  We were joined by Aubrey Spears, pastor of Church of the Incarnation in Harrisonburg, who shared several messages on love.  The audio from the weekend’s messages can be found below. Friday Night Compline – Matthew Mason (John 4:1-15) The Love of God –…

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Audio from Women's Teaching Event with Connally Gilliam

By Betsy Coopersmith | 2011-03-02 | 0

On February 22, 2011, we were privileged to have Connally Gilliam come and speak to the women of Rez & our community.  You may listen here to Connally’s talk, entitled ‘Loving the Life We Didn’t Expect- Seen & Loved by the One who Knows Us’.  The recording also includes the Q&A session that followed Connally’s talk.…

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Six Conversations on Mission: Breaking Ground for New Churches

By Dan Claire | 2010-04-07 | 0

In February, Pastor Dan Claire was a panelist in a two-day interdenominational discussion on church planting at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. Dan joined three other panelists from Baptist, Presbyterian, and African Methodist Episcopal denominations as together they shared thoughts and experiences related to the calling, struggles, successes and realities of establishing new churches.…

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