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The River: Downstream

by The River Community Church

Welcome to our Podcast! The River Community Church is pleased to present a new way to engage with us, especially for those of you who can't always make it to our services. Each week we will publish a recording of the past Sunday's message, along with any announcements to keep you in the know as you take us on the go!

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Episodes

  1. Formed Together | The Foundations of Intergenerational Worship

    Recorded August 16th, 2026 Our children's ministry director Andrea asks the question: what happens when we stop thinking of children as the future church and recognize them as full participants in the church today?

  2. All Church Meeting | Facility, Denomination, and Succession

    Recorded June 28, 2026 with Executive This week members of our executive are sharing updates regarding our facility search, our relationship with Towards Canada, and our succession planning for Pastor Dale. After each of their presentations there was a Q&A about the 3 topics.

  3. Moving Forward | Helping Without Hurting 6

    Recorded June 21, 2026 with Pastor Dale Melenberg This week we're wrapping up everything we've learned to move forward in sharing God's light and working with communities to support and encourage their gifts that can empower communities.

  4. Fostering Change | Helping Without Hurting 5

    Recorded June 14, 2026 with Pastor Dale Melenberg This week we are talking about what it means to walk with someone into their gifts and into a place of empowerment, and why it is so important to listen. A desire for change must come from within.

  5. Joining God's Work | Helping Without Hurting 4

    Recorded June 7, 2026 with Pastor Dale Melenberg This week we are actually reflecting on how we can join in God's work, be stewards of the resources we've been given (not just the material ones) and most importantly, listen and engage in the communities we want to help. You can find the video...

  6. Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough | Helping Without Hurting 3

    Recorded May 31, 2026 with Pastor Dale Melenberg This week we are learning why North American individualism is a bad fit for meeting the needs of those in poverty, especially when we don't consider what those needs are in the first place. Now we reflect on what it means to help without hurting.…

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  7. The Relationships of Poverty | Helping without Hurting 2

    Recorded May 17th with Pastor Dale Melenberg You can find the video referenced in this episode here. Why do relationships with ourselves, God, creation, and community play such an integral role in our worldview?

  8. Redefining Poverty | Helping without Hurting

    Recorded May 10th with Pastor Dale Melenberg The video referenced in this episode can be found here. This week we are learning what it means to be in poverty

  9. The Communion Table

    Recorded May 3rd with Pastor Dale This week we're coming back to the table, what does it mean to engage with this sacrament? And what memories does communion invoke in you?

  10. Who's Story Is This Anyways? | Ruth

    Recorded April 26th with Pastor Dale The story of Naomi (Ruth?) is coming to a close, how does a family redeemer change life for both these women?

  11. Counterpoints | Who's Story Is This Anyways?

    April 19th, 2026 with Pastor Dale This week the decision of Naomi to become Mara, and how Ruth becomes the joy, and the harmony to her story.

  12. Who's Story is This Anyways? | Ruth

    April 12th with Pastor Dale Tracing the story through the Book of Ruth we find two stories intersecting, interwoven, and interpreting each other’s story.; Ruth’s and Naomi. Three sermons will identify the arcs of their story and how each character plays out their role in the relationship...

  13. Good Friday Service | Easter 2026

    Join us on the darkest day, when God sent His own begotten Son to sacrifice himself for our sins, that we might live forever in heaven.

  14. A Public Collision of Kingdoms | Upside Down Kingdom | LENT

    As we enter the streets of Jerusalem hailing the coming of Jesus, we are gathering to reflect on Jesus' time in the desert. What did resisting temptations actually teach us? What does it mean to choose God's kingdom over earthly rulings time and time again.

  15. Glory Without the Cross | Upside Down Kingdoms | Lent

    The world tells us that we should be pushing for success at any cost, making sacrifices of our time with family, labour, and health to ultimately be satisfied. But Jesus knows that all the riches in the world do not compare to the splendour of God's kingdom. How do we become servants of the…

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  16. Protection Without Surrender | Upside Down Kingdom | LENT

    We are sometimes tempted to use faith as insurance, to protect ourselves from vulnerability in our every day lives. Faith should be our source of comfort, how do we avoid the temptation of manipulating our relationship with God to avoid anxiety?

  17. Bread without Trust | LENT

    There's an appeal to independence that can pull us into a sense of false security. As we follow Jesus into the desert we are confronted with his security in the Father. Join us this week as we learn what it means to trust God, and how that plays out in our lives.

  18. Upside Down Kingdom | LENT

    This week we're venturing into the desert with Jesus for 40 days. The Lenten season gives us an opportunity to reflect, so join us as we begin the journey to Easter.

  19. Today's Young Rich Rulers | Fr. Joash P. Thomas

    This week we are learning from Fr. Joash P. Thomas, author of Justice of Jesus about our modern rulers, and the ways that need for Justice is everywhere.

  20. Sharing Resources | BLESS

    As we wrap up our BLESS series, one of the most important parts of loving out into the world is brought to light. Sharing our Resources.

  21. Eat with Friends and Strangers | BLESS

    A shorter episode this week as we gather around the communion table, and break bread with friends and strangers.

  22. Speak Encouragement | BLESS

    This week we're looking at the importance of words, and what it means to speak out God's love into the world.

  23. Learn to Follow Jesus | BLESS

    This week we are putting into practice the habits that we use to follow Jesus, and walk in his footsteps.

  24. Eat with Friends and Strangers | BLESS

    What are the things that we do to enhance our relationship with God and live out the teachings that Jesus shared during his time on earth. This week we're learning about hospitality as we eat with friends and strangers.

  25. Jesus the Way

    How has Jesus being the Way been interpreted across time and denominations?

  26. The Light of Life | Darkness then Light

    As we venture out into the world with light in our hearts, we are called to welcome others. That light is able to illuminate the darkness. What are ways that we overcome the darkness around us through our actions as a community? Our flashlight activity this week had us reflect light around the…

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  27. Even the Darkness is Not Dark | Darkness then Light

    When we see darkness as an opportunity to build trust with God, our relationship with Him is developed guided by His influence in our lives. How do we place that trust in God as we walk in our valleys of darkness?

  28. On Them Light Has Shone | Darkness then Light

    We are called to share God's light with the world, and many Christ followers are better than each of us alone. How does community help us spread the light of Christ to illuminate the darkness, and what are some ways that we build that community?

  29. Light Dawns in the Darkness | Darkness Then Light | Advent 2025

    Light does not eliminate the darkness completely, just as there cannot be darkness without light. But light does illuminate what already resides in the darkness and allows us to see it in a new perspective. How do we use light to illuminate truth?

  30. Undoing the Past | Joseph

    How does Joseph reconcile with his brothers and how is that reflected in the way we are to act with those around us.

  31. Pharaoh's Dreams | Joseph

    Joseph is tasked with interpreting dreams, what does this mean for his relationship with the Pharaoh and with God? How do we bear God's image to the world.

  32. God's Presence | Joseph

    This week we have a guest pastor walking us through the next segment of the Joseph story and what it means that God walks through the valleys with us.

  33. Living Out | Hospitality

    This week we're learning from each other on how we learn and experience hospitality in our every day lives. Thank you to everyone who shared a story with us.

  34. Jesus' Perspective | Hospitality

    Zacchaeus' trajectory from being ostracized to belonging is explored again from Jesus' perspective. The environment of hospitality is once at the heart of Zacchaeus' transformation. Luke 19:1-10

  35. Zacchaeus' Perspective | Hospitality

    Hospitality … Jesus style! We continue our theme of hospitality for the month of October, and this Sunday we witness how Jesus interacts with a true son of Abraham. Luke 19:1-9

  36. Hospitality

    A shorter episode this week as we share in fellowship at the table together while kicking off our Hospitality Series

  37. Where Are We Going? | Church At the Table

    How many of us think about how we are shaped by the places we go and the interactions we have? This week we explore how a story from Acts 19 might have something to teach us about being open to God’s purpose in sending us from one place to another.

  38. We Respond | Church At The Table

    We gather to learn the fourfold movement in our worship services. Gather - Word - Respond - Sent. We will focus on our listening ability to enable us to Respond better to what the Lord is saying to us.

  39. God Speaks | Church at the Table

    God speaks. God’s Word. The Word becomes flesh. How do we hear the word? How do we interact with the word?

  40. The Bible: Sense or Sensibility? | You Asked For It!

    This week we're looking at the bible, and how much we trust in it's accuracy when there are so many variations.

  41. The Kingdom of Heaven Is... | You Asked For It!

    What is the kingdom of God and where do we find it?

  42. The Contemporary Testimonies? | You Asked For It!

    What are the contemporary testimonies and what differentiates them from a creed or a confession?

  43. Unanswered Prayers? | Paul Jensen | You Asked For It?

    Why are there unanswered prayers when scripture tells us so often that if we simply ask, and trust in God that our prayers will be answered?

  44. What Can Apartheid Tell Us? w/ Pastor Roy Berkenbosch | You Asked For It!

    This week we are exploring the Belhar confession, the legacy of apartheid in South Africa, what can we learn from it?

  45. What Are The Creeds? | You Asked For It! | Paul Jensen

    This week we are learning about 3 creeds, and using their foundations to write our own creed with Paul Jensen.

  46. Sakehitok Ikwa Wecihitok | Love One Another, Help One Another | Guest Pastor Harold Roscher

    Guest Pastor Harold Roscher teaches us about what it means to love one another through Genesis 11 and Romans 12.

  47. What I Have | The Eighth Day

    Our last installment of the 8th Day series has us pondering our own generosity. But is it what you are thinking? Or is it something else? Acts 3:1-10

  48. Fellowship | The Eighth Day

    Acts 2 tells the beginning of the church that was born on Pentecost. A new beginning for an ancient people… just as it was foretold, prophesied, and expected! Come, join the throng! Thank you to Kaleb Brasee for his piano instrumentals.

  49. Pentecost | The Eighth Day

    The story of Jesus continues 50 days after resurrection. And like the Israelites who celebrated the harvest in the promised land 50 days after each Passover, so now the new Israel celebrates the harvest at Pentecost. Discover the significance of the Holy Spirit on the lives of believers in that...

  50. Ascension | The Eighth Day

    What does it mean to be a witness? What does it look like? Can we even do it? Acts 1:1-10

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Welcome to our Podcast! The River Community Church is pleased to present a new way to engage with us, especially for those of you who can't always make it to our services. Each week we will publish a recording of the past Sunday's message, along with any announcements to keep you in the know as you take us on the go!

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