North Church STL

10/08/2021

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Please see the message below from Rik:

After prayer and seeking the direction of the Lord, I have decided to step away from North Church. The decision was difficult to make. North Church has been such a large part of my life and the life of my family since we started in March of 2007 and also going back to August of 2005 when we started building the core team.

There are a few unknowns about what is next.

For me and my family… We will be taking a break from pastoring for a season. Perhaps that will be for a month and perhaps that break will be for several months. But, I am confident in my call to be a pastor in some form. God created my life to shepherd people toward Jesus. It is foundational to who I am. I have said many times that the most dangerous thing a follower of Jesus can do is to ignore what God has called you to do.

The upcoming season is a season of rest, but I will pastor again in some capacity. Part of my resting season will be examining where my passions and giftings can serve the Church and how the modern Church can best accomplish the mission the Christ has given her.

Rik’s last Sunday at North Church will be October 17th. Since you are reading this, it is highly likely that Rik and North Church have impacted your life. Feel free to reach out to Rik to let him know how loved and appreciated he is.

Our plan is to hold our normal Sunday worship gatherings with Rik preaching on both October 10 and on October 17. We are not sure what this will mean for North Church after that, but there is a group of us that is willing to explore what it might look like to rebirth a church from the existing relationships. The only things we are sure of are the desire to continue pursuing God together and our desire to creatively explore what church could look like.

Please be praying for Rik, his family, and for North Church.

Thank you,

North Church Elders

09/26/2021

There will no live stream today. Let this verse be your guide today and know that through Jesus you have received and are receviing grace upon grace.

John 1:16. For from his fullness we hacve received grace upon grace.

07/11/2021

Hosea 6:3 Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.

06/13/2021

Starting a new series at our new location tomorrow morning at 10:00. Address is 3859 Fee Fee Road. See you there.

06/06/2021

A reminder: North Church is changing locations. We begin meeting at 3859 Fee Fee Road, the St. Louis Metro office, at 10:00. This morning we are going to have a hot breakfast together. There will be no live stream today. Come see us. We will save some bacon for you!

04/02/2021

Hope is coming.

03/14/2021

Hey NC family, we are gathering to pray this morning at 10:10 followed by our normal worship gathering at 10:40. Join us for both.

03/07/2021

Gather with us today at 10:40 at 121 Williams BLVD. Take time to enjoy this glorious day and start it with gathering with a church family and then go be outside and enjoy the gifts God has given.

02/16/2021

A bit late, but here is our virtual service from last Sunday.

Rik teaches from Acts 2:42-47.

02/14/2021

Tomorrow morning is going to be COLD. There is also the threat of snow moving in, although that is not expected to start until after noon. We're watching the timing of this storm and we expect to go on with our service as normal, but we wanted to remind you of the streaming options we have.

We will be streaming the service live starting at 10:40 on both Instagram Live and Facebook Live. We'll also post a recording of our service to YouTube that should be up not long after our service is over.

All of this to say, we love you and hope that you are able to join us tomorrow for worship, either in person or online.

Thanks!

North Church Elders