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View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week 16 in our series on the Book of Mark! We come to our final chapter and we come to the resurrection of Jesus. This week we will of course be in Mark 16, but we will also see that God is a God of resurrection throughout all of the Bible, not only in the story of the resurrection of Jesus. Study notes by Will Buschmann. PDF Version Index…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week 15 of our series in the Book of Mark. This week we arrive at the Passion portion of Passion week. We will see Jesus end up on Pilate’s doorstep for a judgment that even Pilate does not want to give. We will follow Jesus as he walk through mockery and suffering at the hands of the Romans. Then we will meditate on the fact that the…

View Previous Weeks Welcome back to week 14 in our series from the book of Mark, “The Mission of Jesus.” This week, our focus will turn to chapter 14 of the Gospel of Mark, in which the narrative arc of Jesus’ life begins a steep descent down the road of suffering. In these verses, Jesus will be anointed by a most unlikely character (a “sinful” woman), recline at table to…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to what would be Week 14 in our series in the Book of Mark, but it’s not! We are pressing pause on Mark this week because we have the distinct pleasure of hearing from Bishop C.E. Glover at Church on Sunday. Bishop Glover is the Senior Pastor of Mount Bethel Ministries and we are excited to have him back with us at Rio! This week our focus is…

View Previous Weeks Welcome to Week 13 in  our series from the gospel of Mark and to Mark chapter 13 where we continue to see the mission of Jesus unfold before us. This week’s chapter contains the Olivet Discourse, so named because Jesus taught his disciples on the Mount of Olives. It is primarily concerned with the future. Tribulation is coming, said Jesus, so don’t let…