Lauren J. Wrightsman, Senior Pastor Henry Beston is an American writer who wrote, The Outermost House (1928). In this collection of essays, Beston writes, “Our fantastic civilization has fallen out of touchwith many aspects of nature, and with none morecompletely than with...
Our collective hearts grieve for the deaths of lives lost in the most recent gun shootings in America. Ten lives cut down as they shopped for groceries in Buffalo, New York. Nineteen children and two adults killed in school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX. As their names flash across...
Everything Is But a Trust from God Janelle and Andrew Olson, Noelle, Sofia, Solveig The Olson family began attending RLC in September of 2021. They were looking for a church home within their community, a place where the circles of their lives (work, school, activities) intersected. They knew...
The RLC Congregational Meeting is set for Sunday, Feb. 20 at 11:30 am in the Worship Center following our 10:30 am worship. At this meeting we intend to approve our Church Constitution, and approve calling Marty Wyatt as our new Associate Pastor. You may also participate via Zoom. COME... I...
Gracious God, We, the people of the Roseville area, pray with all of those who mourn the death of Principal Brian Koland (Edgerton Elementary). We come to you at this time of great shock and grief, seeking your solace and your peace. May your light continue to shine in the darkness, and...
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into...
When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a...
Have you noticed? We have lost our normal sense of time. We have lost our beginning and end of the day. Our time begins to blur… Our senses have been profoundly affected This is the effect of Covid time. How do we find sabbath in our homes when we never leave it? Sabbath does not...
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. – Romans 15:13 Years ago I had a teacher who described the especially difficult seasons of life as “wilderness experiences.” He was referring...
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill’, and yet you do not supply their bodily needs...