Catch the Wind Part 4 : On Mission On Mission Rich Greene January 29, 2023 As we lean into the Holy Spirit and catch the wind the natural by-product is a church on mission. A church that is characterized by a sacrificial commitment and a defiant joy. 00:00 / 01:04 Messages in this series Unleashed 1 Committed 2 Take Risks 3 On Mission 4 PRAYER REQUEST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT JESUS I HAVE QUESTIONS Which Way Multiple Speakers Watch Easter Sunday Rich Greene Watch When palm Branches Aren't Enough Wayne Heffner Watch Recent Messages Join Us Sunday We have something for the whole family Connect with us Receive helpful content and communications Connect with others Life is better together Next Steps

WELCOME Nursery - 6th grade Our age-level programs are safe, engaging, developmentally appropriate, and fun, so kids can grow in their own faith journey while you grow in yours. Plan a visit Questions? LIFEkids Cedar Rapids Learn more about our Sunday experience in LIFEkids. Connect with us. Join the LIFEkids team Are you getting LIFEkids emails Other student environments. We are committed to investing in your children's spiritual development Adjustment period + Restroom ​ + Wellness ​ + Allergies ​ + Adjustment period + Restroom ​ + Wellness ​ + Allergies ​ + What should I bring for my child? You don’t actually need to bring anything. In fact, it is better to not bring toys from home so they don’t have to be shared or risk getting lost. Please do not send your child with a snack. We strive to keep our classrooms safe from allergens. However, if your baby needs a bottle or pacifier or a specific toy for comfort, please alert the teacher at drop off. We want to take good care of your child. What happens during class? You’ll notice at drop-off that kids are playing. We do that intentionally to make entry easy and to encourage relationships with peers. In every classroom, every week, we teach a bible-based lesson. The lessons include: - worship - a bible story presented via video - discussion with peers - activities/crafts - a focus on a specific mission - prayer The lessons are age-appropriate and thus, vary in length and complexity. The younger children have more time for free play. Children will typically bring home a lesson page. This is primarily so you have a summary of the lesson. There will often be worksheet type activities on this sheet that have not been completed. That’s intentional. We’d rather spend our short amount of time in active engagement What if my child has unique or special needs? We really are committed to being a place where all children feel welcome, loved and successful, but we don’t always know every child’s specific needs. So, if you anticipate some challenges/needs for your child, please let us know so we can be proactively prepared. Please use the “questions” button above to email the director. FAQs A safe and fun environment for everyone

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A Story Worth Telling Amy Johnson, January 7, 2024 A Story Worth Sharing Amy Johnson January 7, 2024 The kind of story we write with our lives depends on our response to an encounter with God. We can see this clearly in the lives of the characters in 2 Kings chapter 5. Like them, God wants to write an amazing story with us. 00:00 / 01:04 Messages in this series A Story Worth Sharing 1 PRAYER REQUEST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT JESUS I HAVE QUESTIONS Which Way Multiple Speakers Watch Easter Sunday Rich Greene Watch When palm Branches Aren't Enough Wayne Heffner Watch Recent Messages Join Us Sunday We have something for the whole family Connect with us Receive helpful content and communications Connect with others Life is better together Next Steps

8 Hills Part 5 Authenticity Rich Greene November 5, 2023 In today's message we talk about our value of Authenticity. 00:00 / 01:04 Messages in this series Biblical Truth 1 God's Love 2 Passionate Spirituality 3 Connected Community 4 Authenticity 5 Relevance 6 Generosity 7 Everyone Is Valuable 8 PRAYER REQUEST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT JESUS I HAVE QUESTIONS Which Way Multiple Speakers Watch Easter Sunday Rich Greene Watch When palm Branches Aren't Enough Wayne Heffner Watch Recent Messages Join Us Sunday We have something for the whole family Connect with us Receive helpful content and communications Connect with others Life is better together Next Steps

Catch the Wind Part 3 : Take Risks Take Risks Rich Greene January 22, 2023 In today's message Pastor Rich challenges us to step out on our own adventure that Jesus is calling us on. 00:00 / 01:04 Messages in this series Unleashed 1 Committed 2 Take Risks 3 On Mission 4 PRAYER REQUEST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT JESUS I HAVE QUESTIONS Which Way Multiple Speakers Watch Easter Sunday Rich Greene Watch When palm Branches Aren't Enough Wayne Heffner Watch Recent Messages Join Us Sunday We have something for the whole family Connect with us Receive helpful content and communications Connect with others Life is better together Next Steps

8 Hills Part 2 God's Love Rich Greene October 8, 2023 We live in a world that is constantly searching for true love and connection. Searching for affection that is real and not coerced. This is the reason God had to send His son to die on the cross. It was the demonstration of that perfect love. And it's that love that radically transforms our lives. 00:00 / 01:04 Messages in this series Biblical Truth 1 God's Love 2 Passionate Spirituality 3 Connected Community 4 Authenticity 5 Relevance 6 Generosity 7 Everyone Is Valuable 8 PRAYER REQUEST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT JESUS I HAVE QUESTIONS Which Way Multiple Speakers Watch Easter Sunday Rich Greene Watch When palm Branches Aren't Enough Wayne Heffner Watch Recent Messages Join Us Sunday We have something for the whole family Connect with us Receive helpful content and communications Connect with others Life is better together Next Steps

For Better or For Worse Part 2 Intimacy requires emotional generosity Rich Greene September 3, 2023 The Bible uses the phrase, "one flesh" to describe the level of connection that occurs in a marriage. One flesh has a physical connotation but also an emotional connotation. Marriage is more than freedom to have sex, marriage invites an emotional connection that is as real as our connection to our heavenly Father. 00:00 / 01:04 Messages in this series Generosity in our marriage 1 Intimacy requires emotional generosity 2 Q&A With Rich and Christi 3 Extend Grace 1 PRAYER REQUEST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT JESUS I HAVE QUESTIONS Which Way Multiple Speakers Watch Easter Sunday Rich Greene Watch When palm Branches Aren't Enough Wayne Heffner Watch Recent Messages Join Us Sunday We have something for the whole family Connect with us Receive helpful content and communications Connect with others Life is better together Next Steps

Make Your Mark Part 3 Why Kingdom Builders Rich Greene March 10, 2024 This week we will talk about the why of Kingdom Builders. 00:00 / 01:04 Messages in this series Going Globally 1 Living With The End In Mind 2 Why Kingdom Builders 3 PRAYER REQUEST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT JESUS I HAVE QUESTIONS Which Way Multiple Speakers Watch Easter Sunday Rich Greene Watch When palm Branches Aren't Enough Wayne Heffner Watch Recent Messages Join Us Sunday We have something for the whole family Connect with us Receive helpful content and communications Connect with others Life is better together Next Steps

The mission of LIFEchurch is to create an atmosphere where people can become fully-devoted followers of Jesus Christ. Biblical Truth : The Bible presents a dangerous message of life change. We believe the Bible is God's inerrant truth, and it’s the foundation of everything we do. ​ God's Love : The love of God, demonstrated through the person of Jesus Christ, radically transforms all aspects of a person’s life. ​ Passionate Spirituality : It’s never too late to become who you might have been. We value spending our lives in the transformational pursuit of God. ​ Connected Community : We aren’t meant to be solitary disciples of Jesus. Meaningful relationships with other followers spur us on to be everything God created us to be. ​ Authenticity : Telling the truth allows us and the people we’re in relationships with to experience freedom and growth. We reveal who we are, what we love, and what we struggle with (the good, the bad & the ugly) and we allow God to shape and change us from there. ​ Relevance : Irrelevance is irreverence! Therefore, we affirm the need to do new things in new ways, without compromising the message of Jesus Christ. ​ Generosity : Generosity is at the heart of God and when we give generously we reflect his heart. Generosity frees our heart from greed and makes us partners with God in changing the world. We can never out-give God. Therefore, we choose to give generously. ​ Everyone is valuable : Each person is in some way a reflection of the heart of God, endowed with unique gifts and abilities and personality, without whom the rest of us would be sorely lacking. The Bible is the inspired word of God : The Old and New Testament are verbally inspired by God, the only written revelation from God to human beings. The Bible is infallible and the authoritative rule of faith and conduct for mankind (2 Timothy 3:15-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:13 & 2 Peter 1:21). ​ There is one true God : God is called by many different names because of the different dimensions of His personality, but God is one (Deuteronomy 6:4). God is super-dimensional and eternally self-existent (John 8:54-59). God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. He is the creator of the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1 & 2). While God is one, He has revealed Himself in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19). ​ Jesus Christ is the son of God : Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity, the eternal Son of God. The Scripture declares his virgin birth (Matthew 1:18-23), His sinless life (Hebrews 7:26 & 1 Peter 2:22 & 1 John 3:4,5), His miracles (Acts 2:22 & 10:37-38), His substitutionary death on the cross (2 Corinthians 5:21 & 1 Peter 2:24 & 1 Corinthians 15:4), His bodily resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:1-6 & 1 Corinthians 15:4), and His exaltation to the right hand of God, the Father (Acts 1:9,11 & Phil. 2:9-11) ​ The fall of humankind : Mankind was created in the image of God (Genesis 2:26). However, by a voluntary act of the will, Adam and Eve disobeyed God (Genesis 3:6). That first sin had several repercussions. Adam and Eve were excommunicated from the garden of Eden (Genesis 3:23), a curse was pronounced (Genesis 3:14-19), the process of physical death began (Genesis 2:17), and men and women died spiritually (Romans 5:12-19). Sin separated humankind from God (Ephesians 2:11-18) and left people in a fallen (sinful) condition(Romans 3:23). ​ The salvation of humankind : The only means of salvation is Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12 & John 14:6). He died on the cross to pay the penalty of our sins (1 Peter 2:24). He offers each of us a pardon for our sins (Hebrews 9:26) and wants us to become children of God (John 1:12). When we put our faith in Christ, it triggers a spiritual chain reaction. We become the dwelling of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19). Our names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life (Rev. 3:5). We become citizens of heaven (Phil. 3:20-21). We are given eternal life (John 3:16). We are adopted and become children of God (Gal. 4:4-7). Our sins are forgiven and forgotten (Heb. 8:12). We are credited with the righteousness of Christ (Rom. 4:4-5). We are born-again (John 3:3). God takes ownership of us (1 Cor. 6:20). We receive an eternal inheritance (Ephesians 1:13-14 & 1 Peter 1:3-5). The evidence of salvation is two-fold. The internal evidence is the direct witness of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:16). The external evidence is the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22, 23). We become a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17) and are transformed into the image of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18). ​ The ordinances of the Church : Baptism In Water : The Scripture teaches that all who repent and believe in Christ are to be baptized by immersion (Matthew 28:19). Baptism is a public profession of faith in Christ. It is symbolic of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. It is a declaration to the world that we have died to sin and have been raised with Christ to walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4). Being Baptized Means You’ve Decided To Accept And Follow Jesus, And Are Ready To Declare That Decision Publicly. Water Baptism Is Kind Of Like A Wedding Ring: It’s An Outward Symbol Of An Inward Commitment To Something Bigger Than Yourself. It Shows We Identify With Christ’s Death And Resurrection Into New Life. Your Decision To Be Baptized Is One Of The Most Important Decisions Of Your Life, Second Only To Your Decision To Follow Christ. It Is The Very First Thing The Bible Instructs Us To Do After Committing Our Life To Christ. Obeying In This First Step Of Following Jesus, Opens The Door For His Favor And Direction In Our Lives. Communion : The Lord's table consists of two elements: the bread and cup. Those elements are symbolic of the body and blood of Christ. Communion is a memorial of Christ's sufferings on the cross and a celebration of our salvation. It is an opportunity for a believer to examine themselves and remember the forgiveness available in Jesus. (Luke 22:19-20). ​ The Church and its mission : The Church has a Mission to seek and save all who are lost in sin. We believe that "the Church" is the Body of Christ and consists of the people who, throughout time, have accepted God's offer of redemption (regardless of religious denomination) through the sacrificial death of His Son Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:22-33; Ephesians 2:22; Hebrews 12:23). The church has a three-fold purpose: To evangelize the world (Acts 1:8 & Mark 16:15-16), to worship God (1 Cor. 12:13), and to equip believers for ministry (Ephesians 4:11-16 & 1 Cor. 12:28, 14:12). ​ The Holy Spirit : The nine fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23) are the by-product of a Spirit-filled life and evidence of spiritual maturity. The gifts of the Spirit are different manifestations of the Spirit to build up the body (1 Cor. 12:1-11). We are instructed to diligently seek the gifts (1 Cor. 12:31; 14:1), but they must be exercised in an orderly way (1 Cor. 14:26-33) in the context of love (1 Cor. 13:1-13). The baptism in the Spirit is a special experience following salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective service just as it did in the New Testament times. This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of salvation. ​ Future Hope and Judgement : At some point, all believers and those who have died will rise from their graves and meet the Lord in the air (the rapture). Christians who are alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord forever. Presently, Christ will return with his saints to the earth and rule over the earth for 1,000 years, establishing world-wide peace. There will be a final judgment for all, both those who have rejected Christ and those who have followed him. Each will be rewarded according to their works. Those who rejected Christ will be separated from him for eternity. Scripture speaks of a perfect new heavens and new earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have accepted him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following his millennial reign on earth. See 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Romans 8:23, Titus 2:13, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (rapture); Zechariah 14:5, Matthew 24:27, Matthew 24:30; Revelation 1:7, Revelation 20:1-6, Isaiah 11:6-9; Psalms 72:3-8; Micah 4:3-4 (millennial reign of Christ); Matthew 25:46, Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:11-15 (judgment); 2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21, 22 (new heavens and a new earth). Connect people to Jesus Provide inspiring worship experiences Facilitate life-giving small groups Engage in World changing Outreach Our Mission. What we value. What we believe. What we do. About Us Our Mission What We Value What We Believe What We Do Our Staff