2021 Sermon Series

Riverbank Reflections

A summer with Pastor Tim Rolen, drawing lessons from the rivers that run through Scripture.

May 30 to June 27, 2021 · Five-week series

Riverbank Reflections 2021 sermon series artwork at New Hope Community Church
About the series

Lessons from the rivers.

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season.
Psalm 1:3

Rivers run all the way through Scripture. A river flowed out of Eden. Israel crossed the Jordan into the promised land. Ezekiel watched water rise until it became a river no one could cross. Again and again, moving water marks the places where God meets his people.

In this summer series, Pastor Tim Rolen drew lessons from those rivers, on what keeps pulling us back to old patterns, what it looks like to live out our faith on an ordinary day, and what happens when we stop running and let ourselves be made new. The complete five-week series is gathered into a single video below.

May 30 to June 27, 2021 · Five-week series

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Prefer to watch start to finish? The complete five-week Riverbank Reflections series is compiled into a single video on our YouTube channel.

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Lessons from the Rivers in Scripture Replay

Week 1

Lessons from the Rivers in Scripture

Tim Rolen May 30, 2021

What keeps pulling you back to old patterns when you know better? Find out why rivers in scripture have something crucial to teach us about moving forward.

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Faith for an Ordinary Tuesday Replay

Week 2

Faith for an Ordinary Tuesday

Tim Rolen June 6, 2021

What would it look like to actually live out what you believe on a regular Tuesday afternoon? Find out how faith that stays locked in church on Sunday misses the whole point.

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Stop Waiting for the Perfect Moment Replay

Week 3

Stop Waiting for the Perfect Moment

Tim Rolen June 13, 2021

What would change in your life if you stopped waiting for the perfect moment to start? Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs happen when we simply begin, right where we are.

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Let Yourself Be Fixed Replay

Week 4 · Series finale

Let Yourself Be Fixed

Tim Rolen June 20, 2021

What would change if you stopped trying to fix everything and just let yourself be fixed instead? You might be surprised what happens when you finally put down the tools.

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More from 2021.

Riverbank Reflections was one of several series we walked through in 2021. Browse the rest of the year, or join us in person on a Sunday.