Happy 8 Years, Ridge Church family! This week, Pastor Trip continues his series "His Name Is John," which is all about Pride and Humility. Pastor Trip reminds us of how detrimental the sin of pride is to our lives and our relationships. When our hearts are full of pride, we can't indeed be the Church that Jesus has called us to be. Instead, we must genuinely humble ourselves, remembering that we play only a part in God's plan that is so much bigger than us. 

This week, Pastor Trip is kicking off a brand new series called "His Name Is John." We are so excited about what this series has in store for our church. If you ever miss a message, make sure to listen to the podcast or catch up on the Youtube channel or the Church Website. 

We hope this new series will encourage you in your faith, and we pray that it will bring about transformation in your life. 

This week Pastor Trip is wrapping up our series "Fringe Benefits," and he challenges us to think about what we really want. What do we really want in our lives, in our relationships with others, in our marriage, in our job, but most importantly, what do we want from our relationship with Jesus? Do we only seek Jesus for the 'benefits' and what we can get right now? Inevitably, that will never lead us to what we REALLY want. However, Jesus will reign for eternity, and He calls us to look beyond what we want now to see what God WANTS for our lives. 

In part 3 of Fringe Benefits, Pastor Leroy encourages us to think about the question, "how do we avoid getting lost in the fringe?" In our world and culture today, it is so easy to focus on how Jesus can benefit us right here and now and we lose site of our eternity. We forget about our greatest need - Jesus and how we must surrender ourselves to Him. Pastor Leroy spurrs us to take heart because the grace of God covers our multitude of sin so that we can freely enter into a right relationship with Him. We hope that this message will encourage you this week to repent and return to your Heavenly Father who loves you.