WS Update: Happenings on the Horizon
Mommy & Me Pilates Saturday, August 17 from 9 to 11 am Mommies of toddlers of RWS, come spend a morning in play with your kiddos in the W83 loft without the chasing around. Julia Lemetais Elie, a local UWS based certified Pilates instructor, will lead a group of moms and their toddlers through a…
WS Update: One Invite Can Change Everything
20s & 30s Game Night Mix up your midweek! Looking to grow in your faith and socialize? Join us for an evening of board games, cards, beverages, and banter with new friends. Newbies and competitive spirits are welcome! We’ll meet in Room 406 of the W83 Ministry Center. Upcoming Events Get Involved RWS job opening: Director…
WS Update: Connect With Others!
West Side Youth Fall Lake Champion Retreat Friday, September 27 to Sunday, September 29 This three-day retreat will be a fun time of friendship making and faith building for High School and Middle School students. This retreat cannot happen without a team of adults to help run the camp all weekend. The Lake Champion Work…
WS Update: Stories of Jesus | Parables
Starting on Sunday, our new summer sermon series is based on the Parables of Jesus. These short, intense stories of God’s kingdom show us much about how Jesus views the world. Parables like these are a literary genre unique to Jesus, and they are meant to simultaneously reveal and hide the truth. Revealed to those…
WS Update: Chasing
As the classic hymnist writes, “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it // prone to leave the God I love; // here’s my heart; O take and seal it; // seal it for thy courts above.” For those who have strayed from the truth or fallen into destructive patterns, hope remains for them to be…
WS Update: Healing Prayer
Next Sunday, we will focus on James 5:13-18 that explains the historic role of healing prayer in the church. James calls the elders of the church to pray for the sick by faith, anointing them with oil. We will talk about the role of prayer, the struggles of waiting for answers, and the disappointments when…
WS Update: He Gives More Grace
Sometimes the hardest thing for a Christian to do is to simply submit to God. It’s easier to know more about him, pray, serve, trust, and even ask for forgiveness. Our pride, whether it’s about independence or control, is a barrier to a relationship with him. To humbly put our will under his will, however,…
WSUpdate: Why We Fight
James gets to the heart of our conflicts by pointing us to our desires. James 4:1 says, “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” (NIV). The word desires in that phrase is literally a hyper-desire, an inordinate longing for something that goes beyond what it…
WS Update
A new pastor! Our church community approved Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi as the new Senior Pastor of Redeemer West Side. He and his family will settle in around September 1 as we kick off a new ministry year. We’re grateful to God for a speedy process of calling a pastor to our congregation. We’re also grateful…
WS Update
Our words our powerful, able to create joy or damage. Yet James 3:8 tells us that no human being can tame the tongue. We are unable to completely control our emotions and even the best of us let out ugly words along with the good. We often say what we don’t want to say, but…