When I say the name Thomas, what’s the first word that enters your mind? If you’re like most people, the word that is most associated with Thomas is ‘doubting.’ Doubting Thomas. The two words are so familiar in their pairing that even people who have little or no idea of what’s in the rest of the Bible know that Doubting Thomas refers to that disciple who wouldn’t believe that Jesus had been resurrected unless he was able to see him face to face and put his finger in the mark of the nails and his hand in his side. Read more →
April 19, 2020 – Worship Bulletins
While our worship in person at the church has been suspended for the time being, we are hoping that you can join us online through Facebook and YouTube. Log on Sunday Mornings at 10:00am and let’s praise God together. Read more →
April 12, 2020 – An Empty Easter
This is an Easter like no Easter that any of us have ever experienced. No time in modern history has there been a time like this when the vast majority of churches will be closed during the holiest day of the Christian year. Read more →
Supporting RPC – A note from our Board of Managers
How to financially support the Ministry of RPC during this season of gathering restrictions. Read more →
April 12, 2020 – Easter Sunday Service
While our worship in person at the church has been suspended for the time being, we are hoping that you can join us online through Facebook and YouTube. Log on Sunday Mornings at 10:00am and let’s praise God together. Read more →
April 10, 2020 – Good Friday Service
While our worship in person at the church has been suspended for the time being, we are hoping that you can join us online through Facebook and YouTube. Log on Sunday Mornings at 10:00am and let’s praise God together. Read more →
April, 5, 2020 – The Beginning of the End
It’s Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, the most important week of the Christian calendar. We call the text we just read, the triumphal entry. But it’s hardly that! I mean what’s so triumphal about riding to your death, to a crucifixion? What’s so great about being arrested, humiliated, betrayed, tortured and then hung on a cross to die, like a common criminal? Read more →
Online Donation Option now available!
Members, adherents and friends of RPC, given the restrictions on in-person gatherings, including worship services, during the CoVid-19 epidemic, some of you may not have been able to express your usual financial support of the ministry of our congregation. Read more →
April 5, 2020 – Worship Bulletin
We are in a season of unpredictability and uncertainty, a time when many of us will be feeling a distinct lack of control over issues that matter deeply to us. But remember we are called to be a people of hope, courage, patience and love, never more than now. Read more →
March 29, 2020 – Why wait until you’re dead to truly live!
Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life.Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” I’ve probably quoted this verse in almost every funeral I have ever officiated at. They are words of great comfort and great promise. Read more →