What You Missed This Weekend at River City

Everything worth carrying with you from Sunday: the sermon, the moments that mattered, what is coming up, and simple ways to keep going this week.

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Sunday Recap

What Happened This Weekend

This weekend, River City wrapped up Jonah with a clear look at Jonah 4 and the uncomfortable grace of God. Rob showed how Jonah’s anger over Nineveh’s repentance exposed a heart that knew God was compassionate but did not want that compassion extended to people he despised. As the service moved through singing, Scripture, prayer, and preaching, the central thread was God’s mercy: mercy for people who run, mercy for people who repent, and mercy that reaches into the places we most want to hide. Rob pointed us beyond Jonah to Jesus, the better and faithful prophet, whose heart is full of compassion for sinners like us. The big takeaway was simple and searching: if God has met us with undeserved grace, then that grace should begin reshaping the way we see and love other people too.

What's Happening at River City

What You Need to Know

Ask Anything begins next week

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Beginning next week

Summer Hangout on August 16

River City’s next Summer Hangout is Sunday, August 16, right after the service. We’ll share pizza and spend time together as a church family.

Come hang out after service for pizza and time together.

August 16, 2026 • Immediately after service • Brad’s house

City Mercy

Needs met through our church family

Through CarePortal, River City had the opportunity to meet these practical needs in our community.

Need met

Supporting children’s wellbeing

River City responded to a CarePortal request centered on the wellbeing and safety of 3 children.

Need met

Strengthening a local family

River City responded through CarePortal to a request focused on strengthening a biological family, serving 5 children.

Learn about CarePortal

City Groups Guide

Take Sunday into the week

Read this week's discussion guide, talk through the sermon, and keep the conversation going together.

Open This Week's Guide

Worship

Songs We Sang

His Mercy Is MoreMatt Boswell and Matt Papa
Oh How I Need You (Find You)David Leonard, Leslie Jordan, Stu Garrard, and Paul Mabury
No Doubt About ItAndrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Kyle Briskin, and Martin Cash
Come Thou FountChad Gardner and Robert Robinson
CloserBrandon Lake

From The Room

Moments Worth Remembering

River City finished its series through Jonah in chapter 4.
Rob connected Jonah’s story to defining moments that mark a believer’s life.
The sermon leaned hard into God’s compassion toward both strugglers and outsiders.

Sermon

Sermon in a Sentence

Jonah 4

From Jonah 4, Rob showed us that God’s compassionate character confronts our anger, prejudice, and resistance to grace, and invites us to receive Christ’s compassion so deeply that we begin to show practical kindness even to outsiders and enemies.

Preached by Rob Berkheiser

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