Pastor's Blog

Here is a video clip from Tuesday when I was asked to give the invocation prayer for our County government board meeting. I tried to model the principles of 1 Timothy 2:1-4 which we use to pray for our governing bodies at times in our church, with thanksgiving and the gospel in mind. It was good for me to be with those serving our communities and to interact with them a bi...

Throughout the week I was thinking through some tough parenting things, and also watching others go through similar struggles, and I realized that we make life much harder than it needs to be. How? Why would we, why would I do that? Life is already hard enough. You see it was made harder, because I wasn't reaching out. I was choosing to stay in my struggle alone. Here I a...

Compassion for Congo is a ministry for the care and support of churches and orphans in Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubumbashi area. It was a ministry of Community Bible Church (CBC) Placerville until August 1, 2023 when the CBC elders voted to make it a ministry of Riverbend Church, under the oversight of the Compassion for Congo board. The board members are Riverben...

A couple weeks ago as we began our sermon series on the Ten Commandments we introduced this song that introduces God's Law in a very helpful way. It was written in 1863 by Matthias Lioy and does a good job bringing Old Testament and New Testament and Law and Gospel together: TheLawofGodisGoodandWise [sang to tune ofBeforetheThrone ofGodAbove] 1.ThelawofGodisgoodandwi...

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"God makes all things beautiful in his time" Ecclesiastes 3:11 King Solomon, the Bible states, was the wisest king on Earth. He wrote in Ecclesiastes that all man's work (or toil) is meaningless (Ecclesiastes 1:2-3). But God sent us Jesus and through Jesus and His word He is redeeming our lives and is making us into a royal priesthood, making us another home, so there...

Grow! A Transformed Life Spring is here! The trees are blossoming and my four year old is excitedly picking me beautiful wildflower "presents", as he calls them. I sit in awe of our wonderful God who made the seasons. Seasons which come and go, ever-changing, much like our lives. Yet He remains the same and is ever-faithful. And just like each season features various plan...

Prayers from Church History The Apostles' Creed (2nd Century AD) I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried. The third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into ...

Have you ever been loved well by another brother or sister in Christ? My guess is that all of us can say yes. For me that would be a resounding yes! As I look back, it has been one of the main things that Christ has used in my life to encourage me, to grow me, and to show His love towards me. This has shown itself in many ways. One example from my life is my friend Soph...

TESTIMONY OF PASTOR DIDIER KIBUNDJI MUKOTSHI I was born in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in May 25, 1969. I am married to Annie Mukotshi and we have 7 children (3 girls and 4 boys). Both my parents were Catholics. I left the family in 1990 at the age of 21 to Lusaka in Zambia with the intention to continue my trip to UK as it was ...