Leading Like Christ

by Hope Schatzmann I am sure you have had your fair share of experience with leaders in your own life, some of which you may have preferred more or less than others. Take a moment to consider, what is it about certain people that cause you to trust and follow their leading? What special characteristics...

Group Health Check-Up

by Clayton Aker I admit, on trips, I tend not to like maps. I believe I have a great sense of direction until I get lost. And at that time, you would think I would open up my phone to get an exact location to show me the way to my destination, but no, I...

Integrating 3-Circle Training in Your Small Group

By Stan Rogers At Rush Creek, our mission is to help people far from God become contagious followers of Jesus. Pastor Marty has challenged us to have a FORERUNNER mindset to accomplish this objective. One of the principles of a FOURERUNNER is to help people FIND Jesus Christ. One of the best ways to achieve...

Keeping Your Group on Mission

by Stan Rogers Small group leaders have such an important role in discipleship at Rush Creek. Not only do leaders create opportunities for groups to meet for fellowship, prayer, and have conversations around God’s Word; they lead the way to a growing relationship with Christ. The discipleship model used at Rush Creek is patterned after...

Group Life Dictionary

For this blog, our team wanted to send out a list of terms that you may hear from time to time at Rush Creek when we talk on biblical community. We know different terms can mean different things to people when there is a lack of clarity. So, as you read through these terms and...

The Good Shepherd of the Soul

By Hope Schatzmann As a forerunner of the faith at Rush Creek, you have been entrusted to care for the people in the group you lead. Because of this, it is imperative for you to continually seek and receive God’s perfect care for you. This allows you to be a reflection of the Good Shepherd...

The Theology of Unity

By Barry Parker Where can we find unity? Before writing my thoughts, I must share that I feel an overwhelming sense of inadequacy in approaching this subject. The topic of unity is so vast and so deeply interwoven into the fabric of the Bible that trying to write a short blog about unity seems trite....

Disagreeing Well

By Clayton Aker If we are honest, most of us are poor at resolving conflict.  There can be many reasons: family origin, broken trust, self-preservation, and even wrong beliefs about peacemaking. Jesus proclaimed, "Blessed are the peacemakers," and we can wrongly assume that means we become people-pleasers who ensures no one gets upset. Instead of...

Let Us Gather

I cannot help but wonder if this season of life has changed, or at least brought to the surface, how many of us view our corporate gatherings.

What We’re Reading: All Things New

The message John Eldredge seeks to convey in his book is that the restoration of all things produces hope in the depths of the human heart.