ministries.
Small Groups
At RIO we have adopted a great strategy for reaching lost people and then continuing to disciple them through small groups. Our small groups have a three-fold focus: relationships, evangelism, and raising leaders. Through meeting with people once a week for one hour, we work toward these goals. We have discovered that this small group ministry is a living organism that is in constant transition.
We invite you to become a part of one of our small groups. Click here to download the weekly cell lesson. Click here to view our directory.
Nursery
The nursery at RIO 180 is an exciting fun-filled time for our little ones. Infants, birth - 18 months, experience their own special time of praise and worship.
During this time the teacher helps them interact with the praise and worship music and singing by the young children.
Toddlers, 19 months - 3 years old, also have their own worship time as well as a bible lesson and snack time.
It is so awesome to see the youngest children in our church begin to take part in, and enjoy worshipping our Heavenly Father and to learn about His love for all of us.
Children's Church
180 Children's Church is for kids ages 4years to 5 th grade. The services are upbeat and lots of fun always learning about Jesus and what worship is all about. We want our kids at RIO 180 to feel freedom in their warship. In our services we have puppets, praise and worship, games, we teach about offerings, a message from the Word of God, and an altar service.
Once kids get into the 4 th grade, we let them take on some responsibility of being a worker. They can be praise leaders, help with sign in, or even be a friend to some of the younger kids. Our motto is, "Love'em like Jesus". That is what we want these kids to learn is that we should love people like Jesus would.
Once a month the kids are treated to a fun day with inflatable games, slushies, cotton candy, and popcorn. The drama and mime team will be starting back up soon. The kids have a lot going on in their lives, so much more than you probably had to deal with. So they need to be reached while they are young and teach them to serve others. We all must be servants and when the kids see us serving; what an example! Join us on Sunday mornings at 11am!
RIO 180 Youth Ministry
Imagine if you will, for a moment, what the next 50 years of American history will look like. Will we be a nation that stands on truth and justice? Will we be a nation that leads the world with honor and confidence? Or will we be a nation plagued by corruption and moral disease? It is safe to say that there is one deciding factor in determining the direction of our nation, and quite possibly the world. In the next twenty years, your teenagers will fill the offices of our nation’s government. They will patrol the streets as your local law enforcement. They will teach in classrooms and auditoriums across the nation, and they will fill the factories as employers. In the next twenty years, our youth of today will determine the direction of this great nation.
At RIO 180, we have one goal and one vision for our youth. Our goal is this: to bring the youth of this generation to surrender at the foot of the cross. I firmly believe that God has set into motion a plan to redeem and revive our nation. I am fully confident that this plan is to raise up an army of youth now that will lead our nation into revival in the years to come.
Our goal in this plan, is to create a safe and trusting environment for your youth to worship and learn the word of God effectively, so that they can carry the gospel on the streets, in their schools, and one day to the entire nation.
The future of this great nation is ours to do with it, as we please. Let’s train its future leaders to live at the foot of the cross.
Youth Pastor,
Dot Hood
Worship
At 180, we believe that a mighty move of God is always marked by a life-giving, free flow of worship, and that is what we are experiencing here every week.
Through a dynamic, cutting edge, modern sound, mixed with the unchanging spirit of the sovereign Lord that has reigned for all of time, we weekly press into the inner courts of our Lord. Our purpose in worship is first and foremost to glorify our Lord and King, and secondly to usher people into His presence so that they can experience his life-giving river.
There is a freedom that is unexplainable that flows within during our worship, and prepares the way for God's presence to work on our hearts for the entire service.
Led by Pastor Nick Russell, our praise team is anointed and passionate about jumping in what we like to call "The River" of worship. So we invite you to join us as we experience the power of God through ministering to His spirit by song, and worship of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Marriage 101
After every wedding comes a marriage. When you buy the marriage license at the courthouse they don't give you an instruction manual. They simply take your money and hand you a license. A surprising number of those couples represented by licenses purchased end up at the divorce counter not long afterwards. Christians have an instruction manual. It is called the Bible.
The things that seemed so simple when fantasizing about how great it will be to live together every single day for the rest of our lives suddenly become much more complex when we have to live it out. Did you understand that when he said, "I don't do laundry" that he meant I don't do laundry? Sometimes, he doesn't even make it to the hamper with his dirty clothes? Or maybe when she said, "I'm still learning how to cook," you didn't realize that dinner would be different than you were used to at Mama's house. The list includes anything that we personally don't like or what we didn't expect in our happily ever after.
Are you living up to your spouse's happily ever after dreams? Whatever you desire that others would do to and for you, even so do also to and for them, for this [sums up] the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12 (Amplified) . This is an example of the principle of sowing and reaping. Guess what, this same principle covers marriage relationships.
Please join us on Sunday mornings at 10am in our Marriage 101 Class.
Audio/Visual
Audio Visual at RIO 180 is more than graphics, computers and lights; it is a Ministry. This ministry could make the difference for a lost soul sitting in their chair with white knuckles. It could be the visual the Holy Ghost uses to urge that individual to the altar to ask God to deliver them.
Boys and Girls Club Wednesday
Wednesday nights are focused on ministering to each aspect of our families. Boys need men to mentor them and teach them the Word of God and to lead them into a growing relationship with Jesus. In the same way, girls need women also. Wednesday is a special day when boys are with boys and they do "boy" stuff. Girls are with girls and do "girl" stuff. From 4yrs old to 5 th grade all boys and girls are welcome to come and learn the Word of God.
