Hey family, In the midst of all that we are dealing with and struggling through, how we can we help each other stay strong and committed to Jesus? As we continue in our Lenten series leading up to Easter, this week we’ll learn about intercessionary prayer--praying deeply and purposefully on behalf of other people. Join us Saturday or Sunday to find out more about what that means and how it works. (Don't forget, Daylight Savings Time begins Saturday night--set your clocks forward one hour.) Each ...
Mar 07, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Hey family, in this season of Lent we have been asked to look within and surrender our plans, thoughts, and feelings to God. This week we’ll embrace what repentance is—and what it is not. Having a conscious contact with God and living in daily repentance will lead to greater intimacy with Him. Each week we will be using a devotional study to help in understanding our topic. Here is a link to the seven-week devotional. Those who attend service at RHOW at 10 am Sunday will receive it as a printout...
Mar 07, 2021•41 min
Hey Family, we are starting a 40-day journey leading up to Easter that will bring us into deeper intimacy with God. This is what is known as the season of Lent. This Sunday, Pastor Gus will lead us in talking about how to focus more on Him. What is distracting you from better listening to and following Jesus? Each week we will be using a devotional study to help in looking at our topic. Here is a link to the seven-week devotional. Those who attend service at RHOW at 10 am Sunday will receive it ...
Feb 21, 2021•45 min
Hey Family, I have a very special announcement and invitation for you! We are starting a few minutes early this Saturday as we go live on the RHOW Brooklyn page. Please share with your friends and family to join us here on FB Live and on Zoom this Saturday, February 13 at 5:55 pm. After the announcement, we’ll finish up our short series on a piece of scripture that I find incredibly important. Last week we talked about throwing away false gods. But how do we do that? That’s what we’ll talk about...
Feb 14, 2021•47 min
Next Step Community Church
Feb 07, 2021•54 min
Hey family, that's a cute picture on top of this newsletter, isn't it? But did you ever stuff your face with a yummy-looking cake--only to end up totally sick later? This week in our series "Beat That Attitude" we'll be talking about how our appetite for the wrong things can leave us feeling empty and dissatisfied. God has a better plan. Join us as Pastor Zac continues to walk us through Jesus' Sermon on the Mount--and in fact, we encourage you to read Matthew Chapters 5-7 to receive the full po...
Jan 24, 2021•40 min
Hey family, we're in a new series called "Beat That Attitude." Our starting point is Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, in which he explains that new attitudes come from a surrendered, changed heart. Are you clinging to an attitude that is keeping you from experiencing God's blessing? Join us as Pastor Zac speaks Saturday at 6 p.m. (RHOW-Brooklyn Facebook live or via Zoom, 472 778 7718, password 0825). Or, we'll see you at 11 a.m. on Sunday at 360 Schermerhorn, where we are observing ALL safety precaut...
Jan 17, 2021•39 min
Join us this week as Pastor Gus leads us in looking at the sayings of Jesus that address our toxic attitudes that do not yield Kingdom of Heaven results. I look forward to seeing you online Saturday at 6 or live at 360 Schermerhorn at 11 a.m. Sunday, January 10. --Edwin How to make your tithes and offerings: * By check, send to Recovery House of Worship, 360 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn 11217. * By Zelle, use email RHOWBK.org@gmail.com. * Via our website, RHOWBK.org, click on the GIVING tab at the...
Jan 10, 2021•52 min
Next Step Community Church
Jan 03, 2021•41 min
Hey family, we are in the second week of our Advent series, as we approach the beautiful day of Christmas 2020. We are so grateful that God sent his Son, that he might save everyone who seeks him. This week we’ll reflect on Christmas and how some people turn away from the beauty and the wonder of the incarnation, while others embrace it wholeheartedly. Why not bring a friend to join us at 360 Schermerhorn? As you know, we are observing safe social distancing, taking temperatures, handing out mas...
Dec 13, 2020•41 min
Hey Family, we have never needed hope more than we need it in this season. For many of us, 2020 has been a year of loss, pain, disappointment, and confusion. It's into this world that the infant Christ is born--and he offers himself as a consolation to all our hurts. Come this Sunday as we celebrate Communion as a church family and talk about the baby Jesus, who would give us hope even in a year like 2020. --Edwin
Dec 06, 2020•40 min
Hey Family: Wow, we were blessed by the number of people who came to us for Thanksgiving yesterday! Our volunteers handed out almost 400 plates of food--turkey, stuffing, pie and much more--to a long, long line of grateful recipients. God was watching over us all. We have been in a series that has reminded us about those times when life happens when the unexpected causes a pause between a promise made and a promise fulfilled. In The Land Between, we have learned that in those times, a response i...
Nov 29, 2020•57 min
Hey Family: When problems come, when things get hard, when we fail or fall, the urge to isolate can be so strong. This, on top of a culture that tells us to always focus on ourselves, can often lead us into more trouble. God’s heart is that we not face life's difficulties alone but instead lean into and pursue community. Join us Sunday as we continue our series The Land Between: Finding God in Difficult Transitions and learn together about the need for and the blessing of community. You can hear...
Nov 22, 2020•35 min
Hey Family, we've been learning how to navigate the place we call The Land Between. That confusing place between where we were and where we hope to be. This Sunday Pastor Gus will talk about how our emotions may cloud our worship, causing us to forget how God provides for us in the land between our old life and our new. Join us this Sunday as we look at an emotion that can paralyze us and how we can overcome it.
Nov 18, 2020•40 min
Hey Family: In the midst of a divided country, fears about finances and health, trouble in relationships and at work, how can we find peace? As we continue our series The Land Between: Finding Hope in Difficult Transitions, we come back to Numbers 11:1-17. Together, we'll see that if we're going to learn deeply valuable lessons in the here and now, we need to come back to our senses. So this week we'll learn that in trouble and waiting, God often wants to re-orient and refine our hearing.
Nov 08, 2020•42 min
ey Family, do you ever feel like you're standing in a place like this? No idea where you are, how you got there, which way to go? We all come to this place that we will be referring to as The Land Between. It can happen suddenly or gradually. It can be a place where our faith can thrive--or come to die. Join us as we continue our new series at Recovery House of Worship-Brooklyn, about finding God in difficult transitions.
Nov 01, 2020•46 min
Hey Family, we're starting a brand-new series this weekend called The Land Between. God has made us a wonderful promise of eternal life. But sometimes it feels like an eternity before we'll ever get there! He's forgiven all our sins--but we still struggle with shame and the issues of our past. He promises us a new, eternal life--but right now our bodies are aging, breaking down, getting sick. Waiting is hard. How do we exist in this place called The Land Between? We hope to see you in person at ...
Oct 25, 2020•42 min
Hey family, this has been a wild series that we've gotten a lot of feedback from. It's amazing how God has been helping us to say 'NO MORE BS'--No More Besetting Sins. This is our last week in this series, and you don't want to miss the final word on how to escape from those sins that keep coming back, year after year. We hope to see you in person at 360 Schermerhorn on Sunday! It's a safe, sterile environment where we put your health first by taking temperatures, wearing masks, and observing so...
Oct 18, 2020•44 min
Hey Family, I'm so grateful that you've been able to join us for our series on how to deal with recurring sins, the ones that can make our lives a misery year after year, no matter how sorry we are. The point of the series is to get free of those besetting sins once and for all--and as a matter of fact to really make a point, we've changed the name of the series from "Besetting Sins" to "No More BS!" It's been wonderful to see the response of those who are hearing God's word and really asking Hi...
Oct 11, 2020•42 min
What the heck are you waiting for? Come already! The church building is open and it’s nicely clean and sanitized. We take temperatures at the door and give out masks and hand sanitizer. We miss you and hope to see you on Sunday at 10 a.m. as we continue in our brand-new series called Besetting Sins. We’re talking about how besetting sins have a way of not only interrupting our lives but causing sadness and destruction—and how we need a strategy to overcome them. We’re now in our 5th week in this...
Oct 04, 2020•39 min
Hello family, I love our church. When we get together on Sunday to worship Jesus, the gathering creates a beauty that can't be duplicated or replaced. We've started a brand-new series called "Besetting Sins," talking about those behaviors that make us fall again and again and leave us crying in sadness and frustration. In our series, we've been discussing the strategy for how to defeat these sins. In week 1 we gave a layout of the series, on week 2 we talked about how to AVOID whatever situation...
Sep 27, 2020•35 min
Hey Family, we’re in a series called Besetting Sins, addressing those recurring temptations that have overcome us throughout the years. The series is meant to provide us a strategy for combatting that kind of sin. Last week we learned the first step: AVOID the triggers, the stumbling blocks—those things that might seem fine on the surface but always lead us back to our longtime sins. This week we’re going to add step two of our strategy. It involves one of the most powerful words in our vocabula...
Sep 20, 2020•42 min
Next Step Community Church
Sep 13, 2020•51 min
Next Step Community Church
Sep 09, 2020•37 min
Hey Family, Take out a dollar bill and look at it. Every day we see signs that say "In God We Trust." But when it comes right down to it, do we really do that when life turns unpredictable? Join us this week as Pastor Gus talks about the life of Biblical persons--some who trusted in God and some who did not. We look forward to seeing you Sunday at 10 am. Bring a friend who has questions about how God works in our lives. --Edwin
Mar 15, 2020•37 min
Hey Family, Do you ever feel like you're wandering around in a fog? That there are too many decisions in your life and you just aren't sure how to make the right ones? This Sunday we welcome guest pastor Drew Jackson of Hope Church, who's going to talk about how we will always be on the right path if we are following Christ as his disciples. And what exactly does that involve? Find out on Sunday at 10 am for this powerful message. IMPORTANT! This Sunday marks the start of Daylight Savings Time. ...
Mar 08, 2020•46 min
Hey Family, The apostle Paul was the original church planter. With the power given to him by Jesus, he traveled from country to country and brought thousands of people to Christ where no one had ever heard his name. This week we'll learn what Paul's secret was, and how *we* can grow from being people gathered at a meeting inside a building once a week to a community that cares for each other and reflects love to our neighbors. Join me as Pastor Zac speaks this Sunday at 10 a.m. I look forward to...
Mar 01, 2020•38 min
Hey Family, Several years ago, we came up with how we wanted to describe RHOW's mission. This is how we explain it to anyone who asks: We exist to SHARE the good news of Jesus Christ; HELP hurting people at the point of their need, and EQUIP all to reach others for Christ. In these three ways, we show the love of Christ to all who come to our doors, and we also take his love out to the world. This Sunday we welcome Pastor Tyler Stanton from Trinity Grace Church, who will be speaking to us on eva...
Feb 27, 2020•38 min
Hey Family, Join us this Sunday as Pastor Gus leads us along the winding road to Jericho and helps us discover a lesson of charity and transformation. I look forward to seeing you at 10 a.m.
Feb 13, 2020•50 min
Hey Family, Everybody feels ashamed at some point. Maybe we betray a loved one, or let down a friend who badly needs our help. Maybe we tell a major lie to cover up for ourselves, or cheat on a bill. Shame can be painful and hold us back from fully embracing the love of God and His call on our lives. But Jesus' power is greater than the shame that holds us down. This Sunday we will be talking about God’s power to transform our shame into our glory. Please join me in welcoming our guest speaker, ...
Feb 09, 2020•44 min
