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Social Networking is something that almost everyone is doing or involved in. Even ROLs Pastor Emeritus, Dr. Bill Calderwood is on facebook.Many of you are aware of my attempt to redeem facebook & Twitter by posting status updates and tweets focused on the Gospel of Jesus...

"Our God is mighty to save by allowing us to kill him"

Instead of making surface level New Years resolutions motivated by self-hatred, low self esteem and condemnation, I want to plan for growth. The kind of growth that we all want to see in our lives (to know Christ deeper) will not happen by accident, but through intentionally positioning ourselves to receive His Grace through planning. I want to give 6 areas that your plan...

On January 4th ROL's future becomes our present and with it comes a rare opportunity for you as our up and coming leaders (elders, staff, lay pastors and ministry leaders) and essential parts of the Body today to sow into this future...

A couple of weeks ago in a Greenhouse teaching session on prayer, I somehow ended up on a side rant concerning insecurity. The end result of that rant was me yelling (of course), “Insecurities are officially banned from Rooted!"....

This summer as you can see from the schedule on the news and events page we will only be gathering in a large group twice a month. But this does not mean that there is no Rooted on these off Wednesdays. This summer we are introducing Rooted SMALL GROUPS...

I have a feeling that this will be an on going series through the next few years with us always taking time to touch on important elements of our ecclesiology. (Don't forget that word!) I just wanted to ensure that this last point was written so that....

Some may wonder why we are pushing this so hard and in all honesty it's not an easy soapbox to be on. This is not a popular stance or topic but as a servant and leader in the church I do not have the luxury of being popular. To care for my momentary comfort by not touching on tough issues would mean that I care more about...

One of ROL and Rooted's distinctives is our commitment to a strong ecclesiology. We live in an age where many Christians are walking away from Biblical models of Church and saying things like, "I love Jesus I just hate the church...

This past Sunday Pr. Todd taught John 2:12-18 on Jesus' home base of Capernaum. I truly believe that this teaching is going to play an important role in our future vision and calling as a church to University and College students, young adults and young married couples from all over the world...

Easter is actually one of the busiest times of my year but easily the most rewarding. As a church we spend a lot of time meditating, worshipping, and preaching the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus and there is nothing I would rather put my time and energy towards..

Welcome to the New Rooted Young Adults Website! Our generation has been given a gift that is changing the world, as we know it. It puts China in our backyard and your best friend accessible anywhere, anytime with just a couple clicks of a mouse or a few swift moves of your opposable thumbs on your cell phone! With Facebook and Blackberrys we can communicate, learn, and be entertained in an instant with nothing to stand in our way except for slow loading (ie. My home turtle speed wireless) and ...