When may comes around, one thing is my mind—Vacation Bible School. That’s right. The best of the summer time at ROSBC. This year, our Vacation Bible School is June 12-16 (6:00 PM-8:40 PM) 16. Our theme this year is Maker Fun Factory, and we will be looking at our God has created all of us for a purpose! With that being said, there are a couple of things I want all of you to keep in mind: Make sure to register your child at rosbc.org or fill out a registration form at the Conn

With the warmer weather come longer days and opportunities to be outdoors. As a kid growing up in the neighborhood, my friends and I would spend hours playing “hide and seek”. We had one rule: the property line was the boundary of the yard we were playing in. We could hide in the front, sides or back yards, but we couldn’t leave the yard. This made the game of hide and seek fair for everyone. As long as you stayed within the boundaries, with a limited number of hiding spaces,

We don’t often stop and think about what it took to be an Old Testament prophet. Often these messengers were tasked with delivering God’s pending judgments in the midst of trying circumstances, and rarely did they receive a friendly reception. The words they were to speak were not always what the people wanted to hear, and it took a special kind of boldness to do what they had to do. Take Jeremiah for instance. He is not referred to as the weeping prophet for nothing. His

Whenever the month of May comes around, the famous quote by Thomas Tusser comes to mind, “Sweet April showers do spring May flowers!” Is not that simple statement so true? As we look around at God’s creation, it seems as if May reveals our Creator’s skill most greatly. April brought the rain, but May brings the beautiful flowers! Another thing that May brings is the beginning of change and opportunity. Thus, whatever changes or opportunities you have this month, may you find

Last month we spent some time unpacking what it means to love our God with all our heart and soul, this month I want to continue that arc of thinking as we explore what it might mean to worship God with all of our mind and strength. The term “mind” might be construed to mean a number of things: our brain, our personality, our subconscious, etc. When Scripture uses the term, however, it generally is in reference to our intellect. Specifically, it points to our ability to pro

When it comes to memorizing scripture, the first verse that comes to most people’s minds is John 3:16. We all have been taught from childhood that John 3:16 is the Gospel in a nutshell. It would be safe to say that more people have memorized John 3:16 than any other scripture. Other than John 3:16, when it comes to scripture memorization, probably the second most quoted verse is “Jesus wept.” Of course, the people who cite this verse (including your pastor when I was a boy),