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Theology Conference 2025: February 21-23, Featuring Rev. Nick Bullock. Topic: Redemption: Accomplished and Applied

Theology Conference 2025: February 21-23, Featuring Rev. Nick Bullock. Topic: Redemption: Accomplished and Applied

We are excited to announce that this year’s theology conference is scheduled for February 21-23 at River City Reformed. Our featured speaker is Rev. Nick Bullock from Christ Presbyterian Church (PCA) in New Braunfels, TX. Pastor Bullock is a native of Monticello, Mississippi. He holds degrees in Theology from Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi, and Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi and is currently a research student in Scottish Historical Theology with Edinburgh Theological Seminary, and the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Nick was ordained in the PCA Presbytery of the Mississippi Valley and served as Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church of Yazoo City, Mississippi before accepting the call to serve as a Missionary to Germany and Pastor of Covenant Fellowship Presbyterian Church in Stuttgart, Germany, where he and his family served for four years in church planting, and evangelism.

The topic of this year’s conference is Redemption: Accomplished and Applied. This year marks seventy years since the publication of John Murray’s famous book published under the same title and fifty years since Murray’s passing into glory. In that book, Professor Murray highlighted the glory of Christ in His Person and the sufficiency of His finished work, as well as how the Spirit of God applies the benefits of redemption to the people of God. We look forward to Rev. Bullock walking us through some of these same themes.

The schedule for our conference is as follows:

Friday, February 21: “But God,” Ephesians 2:1-5 (6 PM)

Saturday, February 22: “Raised Up in Him,” Ephesians 2:4-7 (10 AM with fellowship lunch to follow)

Sunday, February 23 Morning Worship Service Sermon: “By Grace Through Faith,” Ephesians 2:8-9 (9 AM, with coffee hour to follow at the Ritcheys’ house)

Sunday, February 23 Evening Worship Service Sermon: “His Workmanship,” Ephesians 2:10 (5:45 PM)

The conference is free and will be held at 9820 W Marhkam St in Little Rock (The sanctuary of Faith United Methodist Church). We hope you will join us, and even if River City is not your church home, you are welcome to attend as much of the conference as you are able. Contact us if you’d like more information. Even though it is free, we do ask that you register so we can plan accordingly. You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfboo3Ep5WifIXHY8vR4FcFd52ReSBPd3fcaTFn3nlCf2MG3g/viewform

Why Morning and Evening Worship Services?

Why Morning and Evening Worship Services?

In 2024, River City Reformed began having evening worship services in addition to morning services. A question may arise: why both morning and evening worship services?

We believe that Sunday is the Lord’s Day, and that we are to “call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the LORD honorable” (Isaiah 58:13). The Lord’s Day is a gift from God, and it is designed to be a blessing to us as we set aside the day to devote to the worship of God and to rest. It is an historic practice of the church to bookend the Lord’s Day with morning and evening worship services as this helps us to keep the day holy. We also see biblical precedent for the church gathering together morning and evening for worship (Psalm 92:1-2; Acts 20:7). Though it is not wrong to not have evening worship services, it is certainly a great help to the people of God in setting the day apart for its proper purposes to have both morning and evening services.

Another reason we hold morning and evening services is because we are a church committed to the ordinary means of grace. The ordinary means of grace (the Word, prayer and the sacraments) are central to the ministry at River City Reformed Church. As we gather together twice on the Lord’s Day, we get to hear the Word preached twice. If we are meeting most Sundays in the year for evening as well as morning services with only a few exceptions, that’s around 100 times we hear God’s Word preached instead of 52 times. This also means there are more prayers that we offer to the Lord, and as we take the Lord’s Supper one Sunday night a month, that’s twice as many times during the month that we get to take the Supper. If the Lord uses His Word to change people, and if the Lord is pleased to hear His people pray, and if the Lord is pleased to use the sacraments in the life of His people, then it is good for us to have more opportunities to be under the ordinary means of grace.

Please join us for morning worship at 9 AM and evening worship at 5:45 PM.

Registration for River City Theology Conference on “Christ and His Benefits”, Featuring Rev. Sean Morris

Registration for River City Theology Conference on “Christ and His Benefits”, Featuring Rev. Sean Morris

The registration for the weekend Theology Conference at River City Reformed Church is available here. Though the conference is free, we do ask that you register so that we can have a better idea of who is coming, especially for the fellowship lunch on Saturday Feb. 24. 

We are excited to announce that on February 23-25, River City will be having its first ever weekend theology conference. Our featured speaker is Rev. Sean Morris. Rev. Morris serves as the Associate Pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Sean holds a Master of Divinity degree from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, a Master of Theology degree in Scottish Church History and Theology from the University of Glasgow, and is pursuing a Ph.D in Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also helped found the Blue Ridge Institute for Theological Education (BRITE), a presbytery-based theological training institution serving students throughout Appalachia and even around the world, at which he served as an instructor and academic dean. Sean and his wife Sarah have four children. 

The topic of this conference is “Christ and His Benefits.” The schedule for the conference is as follows:

Friday, February 23: Lesson 1–“The God-Man: Full of Kindness and Compassion” (6 PM)

Saturday, February 24: Lesson 2–“Second Adam, Obedient Son” (10 AM with fellowship lunch to follow)

Sunday, February 25: Morning Worship Service Sermon–“Risen King” (9 AM, with coffee hour to follow at the Ritcheys’ house)

Sunday February 25: Evening Worship Service Sermon–“Returning Judge” (6:15 PM) 

The conference is free and will be held at 9820 W Marhkam St in Little Rock (The sanctuary of Faith United Methodist Church). We hope you will join us, and even if River City is not your church home, you are welcome to attend as much of the conference as you are able. Contact us if you’d like more information. 

River City Theology Conference featuring Rev. Sean Morris on February 23-25. Topic: “Christ and His Benefits.”

River City Theology Conference featuring Rev. Sean Morris on February 23-25. Topic: “Christ and His Benefits.”

We are excited to announce that on February 23-25, River City will be having its first ever weekend theology conference. Our featured speaker is Rev. Sean Morris. Rev. Morris serves as the Associate Pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Sean holds a Master of Divinity degree from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, a Master of Theology degree in Scottish Church History and Theology from the University of Glasgow, and is pursuing a Ph.D in Systematic Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also helped found the Blue Ridge Institute for Theological Education (BRITE), a presbytery-based theological training institution serving students throughout Appalachia and even around the world, at which he served as an instructor and academic dean. Sean and his wife Sarah have four children. 

The topic of this conference is “Christ and His Benefits.” The schedule for the conference is as follows:

Friday, February 23: Lesson 1–“The God-Man: Full of Kindness and Compassion” (6 PM)

Saturday, February 24: Lesson 2–“Second Adam, Obedient Son” (10 AM with fellowship lunch to follow)

Sunday, February 25: Morning Worship Service Sermon–“Risen King” (9 AM, with coffee hour to follow at the Ritcheys’ house)

Sunday February 25: Evening Worship Service Sermon–“Returning Judge” (6:15 PM) 

The conference is free and will be held at 9820 W Marhkam St in Little Rock (The sanctuary of Faith United Methodist Church). We hope you will join us, and even if River City is not your church home, you are welcome to attend as much of the conference as you are able. Contact us if you’d like more information. 

The Dwelling of God Part 2

The Dwelling of God Part 2

This week at River City Reformed, we will continue to think through the furnishings of the Tabernacle as detailed in Exodus 26:1-27:19. The Tabernacle description teaches us much about the holiness of God and the hope of the Gospel.

Join us for worship this Lord’s Day at 9 AM at 9820 W Markham St. (the sanctuary of Faith United Methodist Church). For more information, click here, or contact us. You can also watch our service on YouTube with a link posted to our Facebook page.