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As I continue to prepare for a potential ordination next year, I’m doing lots of reading, scripture memory and study. Over the past several months, I’ve been listening to and reading a biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 – 1945) by Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. Bonhoeffer was a German pastor executed by Hitler just before the end of WWII, whose writings, … Read More

The Red Brick Church celebrating the tenth anniversary of Pastor Chris Brauns as our Pastor.

Sunday, April 19, The Red Brick Church is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Pastor Chris Brauns as our pastor. We celebrate God’s grace to the church and the Brauns through these years of laboring together for the sake of the gospel. We have normal services at 9:00 and 10:30, where Chip Bernhard, one of Chris’s former pastors, will be speaking. There … Read More

Click here for the April 2015 Newsletter

Good Friday Service – April 3 7pm @ Valley Covenant Church Easter Sunday – April 5 7am Worship Service 8am Breakfast 9am Worship Service This week, consider spending time as a family reviewing the events of holy week. Pastor Chris has a helpful post What Happened During Holy Week? If you’re looking for ideas about how to celebrate as a … Read More

*Edit: See pictures from the activity here: http://on.fb.me/18OkhBd Sunday evening, March 15 @ 6-9pm, Junior and Senior High youth are invited to the church for a larger-than-life game of CLUE, where they will travel around the building in small groups collecting clues to solve the mystery. Each teen is asked to bring a flashlight and $5 to help cover the cost of … Read More

Sunday, March 8, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Pastor Chris will have an informal meeting at the church with anyone who wants to attend. It will be a time to talk about everything from theology to a parking lot. When I was a youth pastor I encouraged what I called “s” events. “S” stood for small, simple, and spontaneous. I told … Read More

Watch the below video to hear the challenge we’re giving our men at the Red Brick Church. Our men are meeting again on March 5 at 7:00 PM. If you can’t make the meeting, you can watch the video we will be watching together. Our next meeting is on March 19 at 7:00 PM in the adult classroom. If you … Read More

Click here for the March Newsletter 2015                                                                             

We had a great day of quizzing with 4 other area churches and ALL of our Red Brick kids did wonderfully! The kids were encouraged the night before at our final quiz practice that regardless of the outcome of their answers on quiz day–right or wrong–they could know that ultimately every answer of scripture they held up that day is right … Read More