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River City welcomes Andy Kim as our guest worship leader tomorrow – he’ll be sharing a Korean-American style of worship as our closing event for Asian-American Heritage Month 2013. We are so excited for Andy to lead us in an extended worship service… see you there!
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The following words were shared during my personal testimony for AAHM at River City Community Church (Chicago) on Sunday May 5th, 2013. Some of the sentences have been edited for clarity, but the content remains the same. Please feel free to contact me with your feedback. I’d love to connect with you. (@themarktao / http://www.facebook.com/marktao) [...]
ContinueGood Friday & Easter Sunday are coming fast, and we hope you can join us for our special gatherings as we observe each of these momentous events. Here are the details: Good Friday Service When: Friday, March 29th @ 7 pm Where: Church Offices // 2124 N Milwaukee What: We will have a guided time [...]
ContinueHello River City! Every couple of months we do our best to offer a midweek Bible study series to augment the great work that is already happening in the community groups across RC3. I am going to lead this next CBS, and the topic is going to be “Mission.” The Bible says that every Christ [...]
ContinueHi friends, I’m Puerto Rican. That means as I’ve traced my lineage that I’m a mix of multiple streams of culture and ethnicity. Bill Smiljanic referred us to an article on Google groups that states there are lots of ways to maneuver with our identities in our society. At times, I’ve felt like a chameleon. It’s interesting how Wikipedia defines the ability of [...]
ContinueThis Sunday, March 3rd, we will launch a new 3 week series entitled “The Lies of Lent.” As many of you know, Lent is the span of time in the church calendar that starts with Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday commemorates the beginning of Jesus’ 40-day fasting and temptation in the desert, [...]
ContinueBlack History month is upon us and generally I approach this month with a heavy heart. Knowing I will inevitably have to revisit the ancient fraternal twins of our history- the barbaric and dehumanizing atrocities perpetrated by my native land, paired with the heroic and victorious perseverance of my people. Every year in February [...]
ContinueWe have some great events this month that will help you learn, grow, and connect to our shared history. The Documentary, “Slavery By Another Name” is up next. Be sure to participate!
ContinueHappy New Year’s River City! We hope that your holidays were filled with memorable moments of joy. This Sunday we are going to kick off 2013 with a series entitled “Vital Signs.” Nobody wants to live a life of mediocrity, drifting from one day to the next. We want to be connected to God in [...]
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After a long day of ESL graduation and preparation for La Posada, I arrived late to headquarters, stressed and worried, only to realize I’d forgotten the necessary chord for my slideshow. As Jon and I sped through a conversation regarding who would teach the traditional peregrinos song in the absence of a music leader, we decided he’d teach both groups while I frantically rushed home. Running [...]
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If you attend River City, you’ve probably heard Daniel talk about the needs of west Humboldt Park and our church’s desire to partner with Cameron Elementary School. I love the vision the church has for west Humboldt Park, specifically for Cameron, so I met with Ann Healing to find ways to get involved. One month [...]
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“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1.14) Hello River City! We have fully entered the season of Advent, which connects us to our fellow brothers and sisters of faith [...]
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River City Community Church had a great run at the New Life Church building at 1665 N Mozart. It’s hard to believe we were there for over 6 years! As Ivan Gonzalez, one of the River City elders, prayed over the transition on our last Sunday there, he used it as a time to remember [...]
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There is a passage of Scripture that has impacted my faith journey as an adult more than any other, and I am going to do a series of blog posts on it this week. Upon first glance it might seem a surprising contender to be the most influential, but my hope is that you will [...]
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And here is one choice that our Father wants us to understand as Christians – and I believe this is the choice of our age: Do we want to be brave or safe? Gently, lovingly, our heavenly Father wants us to know that we simply can’t be both.” –Gary Haugen, Founder of International Justice Mission, [...]
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Many of you have already heard the exciting news that River City is going to have a new home next summer at 3707 W Grand, which is located in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood. It will be a hybrid community development center/church, and we are incredibly excited about what this is going to represent for [...]
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It was January 27, 1956. Dr. King was in his home, wrestling with God. He was experiencing what some of the old mystics used to call the “dark night of the soul.” It was only 13 months earlier – in December 1955, that Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama for refusing to give up her seat [...]
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Yesterday I had the joy of meeting Philip and Janet Yancey for the first time. Janet was an absolute delight – filled with joy and overflowing with encouragement. And Philip Yancey has written over 20 books, and many of them have had a tremendous impact on my understanding of Jesus and of the Christian faith. [...]
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A quick thought from some devotional reading this morning: I was studying the passage where Jesus sends the 72 disciples out onto their first mission. “After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The [...]
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