Rain City Church

Jesse teaches from Philippians on how, in order to truly love our neighbors, we have the opportunity to serve them like Jesus served us. “Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.”

Jesse continues the “Block Party” series with a talk on how to bring the REAL YOU to all of your relationships.

To take the great commandment seriously, we must say no to good things in order to say yes to the best things.

Jesse kicks off the new series “Block Party” and looks at what Jesus means when he says to love your neighbor as yourself. Jesse challenges us to make more space in our lives for intentionally investing in real relationships with the people who live next door to us through Block Parties.

What should we do when it feels like God is silent? Find out how a commitment to prayer can change your perspective in the series finale.

Pastor Jesse teaches on what to do when you feel the church has let you down.

Jesse kicks off the brand new series on what to do when you feel like God and the church have let you down.

Michelle Peterson from the #staymarried blog shares practical tips on experiencing true intimacy in our relationships.

In week four of the series Pastor Matt discusses our tendency to find our identity only in what we DO and not who we ARE, and how God doesn’t use us to get work done, but rather uses work to refine us.

Finances are the #1 source of anxiety and stress in America today, but according to Jesus, we don’t have a financial problem, we have a heart problem.

Perfection is a myth. Despite what we see on Pinterest and in parenting magazines, there is no perfect way to parent. Our job as parents –  if we want to raise happy, healthy, and brave kids – is to help tear down the walls of shame that the world builds up around them.

Wonder what perfection looks like? Just scroll through the pics on Instagram and you’ll see every kind of example of perfection: perfect food, perfect kids, perfect dates, etc.  And then we wonder why our lives never live up to that perfection.  In the kickoff of this new series Jesse looks at what drives us to filter our real life and how to reboot.

Pastor Matt Woll explores three things the two brothers in the story of the prodigal son actually have IN COMMON, and shows us a missing character in the story in the series conclusion.

When we read the Gospels we love to picture ourselves in the roles of the ones who are shown great love, mercy and compassion, but we never put ourselves in the hot seat when Jesus is talking about our tendency toward legalism.  Pastor Jesse shifts the focus to the Elder Brother in the story and how we may share far more qualities with him then we care to recognize.

When the Prodigal Son leaves the Father’s House, he has plans for a better life, but the lure of the Distant Country leaves him high and dry.  Pastor Jesse looks at the 3 reasons why the Prodigal leaves the Father’s House and why his desire for Power, Money & Sex and how that has everything to do with our tendency to leave the Father's house today.

There’s a famous story in the Bible about a son who demands his inheritance, “studies abroad,” blows it all, and doesn’t think he’ll be welcome back home.  Pastor Jesse kicks off this new series by looking at the unexpected response of the Father to His Prodigal Son.

Constantly comparing ourselves to others is not only unfair, but it’s also harmful to self-esteem.  Michelle Peterson walks us through 3 ways that we can avoid the Comparison Trap and begin to see ourselves the way that God sees us.

When it comes to the Word of God, there’s all kinds of confusion around what it is, what it’s for and how to use it.  Pastor Jesse concludes our Clarity series by looking at how the Bible defines the Word of God, it’s purpose and how to properly apply it to our lives.

When it comes to sharing the good news, are you selling a Jesus product to soothe some mis-guided guilt? Or are you sharing Jesus through consistent relationships and acts of service without agenda?

There is something inside every person that desires to go spiritually deeper.  The only problem is, not everyone is sure how to do it, or what the purpose of spiritual depth really is.  Pastor Jesse looks at the Jesus model of spiritual depth and the width that it should always produce.