July 21, 2022
Highlights:
1) Freedom to Bear Fruit
2) Service Time Change!
3) Nuts Game Tickets
4) National Night Out
FREEDOM TO BEAR FRUIT – THIS SUNDAY @ 11:15 AM.
We’re excited to have our own Jim Jacobs teaching this Sunday! Here’s a preview from Jim:
We have been given a gift.
God’s gift to us is grace through faith.
This isn’t from anything that we could ever hope to do or achieve. It is an unmerited gift from God.
God’s grace has set us free – free to walk with God; free to love God and to love others.
But many times we use that freedom to take things into our own hands. We return to the works that chained us down, and attempt to pull us up by our own bootstraps.
In Galatians 5, Paul Highlights the dangers of doing just that. The church is called to instead Walk by the Spirit, and He will bring out His fruit.
We have a choice. Shall we walk on our own, with the weight of the law on our shoulders; or walk in the Spirit, in freedom.
SERVICE TIME UPDATE – 5PM STARTING AUGUST 14th!
Thanks for your responses to the service time change survey.
As mentioned last Sunday’s service, the survey showed most were in favor of changing our gathering time from 11:15 AM to the late afternoon, or evening.
So we’re moving forward in faith.
Starting August 14th, 5PM will be our new worship service time. Our location will remain at Emanuel Lutheran (324 College Ave).
While no time works perfectly for everyone, 5PM was the most popular time on the survey.
We like how a 5PM service allows folks to finish the weekend and enter the week with worship. We like how it will allow some folks who work on Sundays to worship. We like the idea of dinners after church together. We like how it’s not too late in the evening and not too early. We like that’s a little bit different.
I know for some this is deeply disappointing. These sorts of changes can be hard and disruptive for families. I am so sorry. I totally get it and I would be glad to connect with you around your concerns.
But we believe there’s also great opportunity in this challenge. God is at work and active and will use our availability to him (even at 5pm!) to reach others with his relentless love.
To be sure, Radiant’s impact won’t be linked to having the best or ideal worship service time or space but rather whether or not God’s presence is with us. That’s our prayer.
We will continue to worship at 11:15 AM on July 24th, July 31, and August 7th.
Starting August 14th, we’ll be at the same ELC campus but at 5PM!
Friends, I am excited for the adventure ahead.
Single A baseball in the summer! Does it get better? Yes, it does. A ballgame with friends from Radiant. Mark your calendar for Friday, July 29th 7:05 PM first pitch. Tickets are just $7 each. Sign up by emailing radcovevents@gmail.com or at the welcome table at Radiant on Sunday morning. Reserve by Wed. 7/27.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN MODESTO
This is a great event for getting to know your neighbors! We encourage you to attend your neighborhood’s Night Out event or even host one!
Residents in neighborhoods throughout Modesto and across the nation are asked to lock their doors, turn on outside lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors. Many neighborhoods throughout Modesto will be hosting a variety of special events such as block parties, cookouts, ice cream socials, potlucks and games.
Modesto’s National Night Out celebration will be held on August 2nd, 2022 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. For more information or to register as a host, click here:
https://www.modestogov.com/295/National-Night-Out
PSWC WOMEN’S RETREAT AT MISSION SPRINGS 9/30-10/2/2022
Registration for our denomination’s regional Women’s Retreat is now open. Join other women in beautiful Scotts Valley, CA for a weekend where you can rediscover the power and beauty of God’s rescuing love, rekindle your joy for God’s gift of rest and reignite your hope in God’s promise to reign. More information can be found here. Space is limited. Early bird discount by 8/15.
BAND APP
One way to connect at Radiant is to join our BAND APP group. Think of this as a sort of Radiant message board — our own little Facebook/ Craigslist space. People can extend invites, share about needs and resources. Please join us!
Grace and peace!
Zach
zach@radcov.org
209-497-3710
www.radcov.org
