News from SBCRC

I had intended to write a series of four posts related to pastoral care.  I got two completed.  However it became clear that what was needed was something more formal, something which had the insights and approval of council.  There are two versions of “Pastoral Care at SBCRC,” a shorter and longer one.  This is [...]

According to the recent article in the Elkhart Truth,
Mark Roeda, pastor of SBCRC, and David Banga, director of worship and arts at the church and artistic director of Subkirke, conceived the idea of the venue last summer [in response to discussions revolving around] where the church was going in [...]

Staff Writer Ken Bradford wrote a pretty nice article on Subkirke for Sunday’s South Bend Tribune.
Sarah Sanders couldn’t believe it.
She’s been a huge fan of the Great Lake Swimmers.And there she was on a Thursday night in October, just minutes from her home in South Bend, in the third row for a Great Lake Swimmers [...]

Calvin College’s Student Activities Office  or SAO brings a number of bands to that campus.  In fact, Samantha Crain will be there the night before she plays here, and the Great Lake Swimmers will be here the day after they’re there.
As mentioned in an earlier post, Ken Heffner (pictured), Director of the SAO, was helpful [...]

THE BASIS.
In its discussion of evangelism, The Weather Report’s states, “We believe that God is calling us to think more strategically about our outreach to college students. Our church is uniquely gifted with resources for making the gospel a reality in the lives of graduates and undergraduates.” Subkirke is an attempt to fulfill this [...]

Many of you made commitments this Lent to either give something up or take something on.  At the meal following the service this week at Mosaic we would like to encourage you to talk to one another about how that’s going.  We’re not expecting that miracles have occurred as a result of, say, your commitment [...]