River Valley Community Church exists to glorify God and transform people
through the work of the Holy Spirit into fully developing followers of Jesus
Christ.
through the work of the Holy Spirit into fully developing followers of Jesus
Christ.
Here are some of our weekly events:
 | Women's and Men's Connections groups | |
| Life Groups | |
| Weekly Café' Style Worship | |
We believe that the hope of the world is the local church and we are committed to
connecting people to God and to one another.
As God invites all into a relationship with His Son Jesus Christ, all are welcomed into
our community: those seeking to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ; and
those desiring more information about the Christian life.
We meet weekly for café-style worship celebrations, but we believe that spiritual
formation and the Christian lifestyle reaches far beyond Sunday mornings. That's
why we connect with one another through Life groups, and participate in a variety
of adult and youth connections.
Our prayer is for you to grow close to God. If we can serve you, please feel free to
call on us.
connecting people to God and to one another.
As God invites all into a relationship with His Son Jesus Christ, all are welcomed into
our community: those seeking to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ; and
those desiring more information about the Christian life.
We meet weekly for café-style worship celebrations, but we believe that spiritual
formation and the Christian lifestyle reaches far beyond Sunday mornings. That's
why we connect with one another through Life groups, and participate in a variety
of adult and youth connections.
Our prayer is for you to grow close to God. If we can serve you, please feel free to
call on us.
Welcome to River Valley Community Church!
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River Valley Community Church
Meeting Place: 1655 Bowman Drive, Aurora IL
Sunday Celebration Time: 10:00 a.m.
Office Phone: 630-907-2992
Sunday Celebration Time: 10:00 a.m.
Office Phone: 630-907-2992
In an answer to the devastation that is happening in Haiti, River Valley is
sending monetary support to Love a Child, Inc. This is a non-profit Christian
Humanitarian Organization and also a Private Voluntary Organization. This
organization is Feed My Starving Children’s biggest partner, distributing over
12 million meals last year.
Bobby and Sherry Burnette, founders, live in Haiti at the Love a Child
Orphanage. They are working to spread the word of God and show the love of
Jesus by example, as they minister to the poorest of the poor in Haiti. Their
outreach programs include 14 Love a Child schools, where they educate and
feed over 5,000 children each day, and food distribution programs that feed
thousands of Haitian families. They also have opened the Jesus Healing
Center, an onsite medical clinic. With the help of their partners, they
establish churches in villages, hold remote medical clinics and oversee many
other projects to benefit the poor in Haiti.
You can check them out at their website www.loveachild.com. If you would
like to support this organization as they bring food and medical help to their
Haitian neighbors, you can go directly to their website or you can donate to
River Valley (write Love a Child in the memo) and we will include it with our
donation.
On the Love a Child website you can see daily updates. Please keep these
people in your prayers.
| Earthquake Relief |
A Note From Pastor Andy
I am an average baseball fan – I enjoy going to Wrigley to watch a game but I think the game has become boring and
New York Yankees were ahead of the Boston Red Sox three games to zero. The Red Sox made one of the most
amazing come backs in the history of sports and won the next four games and the series. They then swept the World
Series four games to zero. I don't know what made me happier – that the Red Sox finally won or that the mighty
Yankees got beaten. I tend to think it was the fact that the Yankees lost.
The American sport's fan loves the underdog. We love it when a team that is not expected to win comes from behind
and wins the championship. We love it when there is a reversal of fortune. I am sure that more people will be rooting
for the Saints than the Colts, just because this will be the first Superbowl for the Saints.
We look in the Bible and we see the same kind of reversal. What is high is brought low. What is low is brought high.
What is proud is humbled. What is out is in. What is in is out. But that is because the standards and values of the
Kingdom are completely different than the standards and values of the world. For instance, it was David – the shepherd
boy – who was picked as Israel's king and not his older and stronger brothers. It was Jacob, the quiet man who liked
staying by the tents, not Esau, the skillful hunter, who was chosen by God to receive the birthright. It was Mary chosen
to give birth to Jesus, not one of a thousand other women that came from better circumstances.
Human beings tend to evaluate themselves by various standards. And when they feel they have been short changed
according to those standards they begin to rebel against their lot in life, sex, age, height, and wealth are just a few areas
that people wish were different. The problem is when we are fighting with our lot in life we are not cooperating with
God in this life. And it is hard for God to use and bless a person that is constantly fighting with Him.
What should we do? Should we rebel against our station in life? Should we become bitter and jealous? No, we should
accept from God the circumstances over which we have no control and rejoice in God’s blessings.
The teaching of Jesus was simply that life’s deepest needs can be met only by Him—and that He desires to provide
even the practical needs of food, clothing, and shelter. He longs to care for us and to provide for us if we will “seek
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” This Sunday we will continue
our study in the book of James, by looking at Chapter 1 verses 9-11.
I am an average baseball fan – I enjoy going to Wrigley to watch a game but I think the game has become boring and
New York Yankees were ahead of the Boston Red Sox three games to zero. The Red Sox made one of the most
amazing come backs in the history of sports and won the next four games and the series. They then swept the World
Series four games to zero. I don't know what made me happier – that the Red Sox finally won or that the mighty
Yankees got beaten. I tend to think it was the fact that the Yankees lost.
The American sport's fan loves the underdog. We love it when a team that is not expected to win comes from behind
and wins the championship. We love it when there is a reversal of fortune. I am sure that more people will be rooting
for the Saints than the Colts, just because this will be the first Superbowl for the Saints.
We look in the Bible and we see the same kind of reversal. What is high is brought low. What is low is brought high.
What is proud is humbled. What is out is in. What is in is out. But that is because the standards and values of the
Kingdom are completely different than the standards and values of the world. For instance, it was David – the shepherd
boy – who was picked as Israel's king and not his older and stronger brothers. It was Jacob, the quiet man who liked
staying by the tents, not Esau, the skillful hunter, who was chosen by God to receive the birthright. It was Mary chosen
to give birth to Jesus, not one of a thousand other women that came from better circumstances.
Human beings tend to evaluate themselves by various standards. And when they feel they have been short changed
according to those standards they begin to rebel against their lot in life, sex, age, height, and wealth are just a few areas
that people wish were different. The problem is when we are fighting with our lot in life we are not cooperating with
God in this life. And it is hard for God to use and bless a person that is constantly fighting with Him.
What should we do? Should we rebel against our station in life? Should we become bitter and jealous? No, we should
accept from God the circumstances over which we have no control and rejoice in God’s blessings.
The teaching of Jesus was simply that life’s deepest needs can be met only by Him—and that He desires to provide
even the practical needs of food, clothing, and shelter. He longs to care for us and to provide for us if we will “seek
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” This Sunday we will continue
our study in the book of James, by looking at Chapter 1 verses 9-11.