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Throughout the year our focus has been on Life Groups as a place where faith meets life in personal ways. This summer we’re asking everyone to come together for a new GROWING opportunity as a church. On the 1st and 3rd Sunday nights of each month (June – August) we’ll gather together for a DVD series called “Convergence: Where Faith and Life Meet.”  It’s a great series that really looks at where the rubber hits the road in how issues [...]

This year we’ll be having our Annual Missions Fair on Sunday, May 20th during the morning service.  We’re very excited to welcome special guest speaker Vera Pendergraft, a recent graduate of Trevecca Nazarene University.  Vera is preparing to serve as a missionary in Bulgaria and will share with us about her experience in missions.

Also leading worship on that morning will be a group from Trevecca.

After the service we will be having a “lunch” with samples of food from all over [...]

Hey Real Life folks….if you are a college student/20 Something’s….head on over to Rich and Nina Hanson’s House, this Sunday, May 13th at 6:30 pm for Bible Study/Game Night! MERGE gathers together every other week….for some food, fellowship, Bible Study….and LOTS of fun together. Come Join Us! If you would like directions to the house, please contact Nina Hanson.

If you haven’t heard the latest baby news, Ashley has had her baby!!!

Boone Maddox Gernand arrived into the world on May 9th @ 12:50 pm weighing 6 lbs and 12 oz. and measuring 20″ long!

If you haven’t yet received the email invite to participate in showering Pastor Erik and the family from MealBaby.com, please check your Spam folder. If by chance if you missed the email invite and would like to participate, contact Becca Faulk.

Sarah Suits is gearing up and preparing for this summer’s VBS program.

There are LOTS of opportunity to give her and Real Life a hand….in volunteering to help with this year’s summer program.

Volunteers are needed in several areas.

If you would like to participate in teaching, coaching, assisting, or in providing some needed supplies this year, please contact Sarah Suits.

Sarah can be reached by email at: [email protected]

Be sure to mark subject as “VBS Summer Program”

Hey Real Life!

Our very own “LEAST OF THESE” worship band will be in  an OUTDOOR CONCERT!         Mark your calendar!

Come show your support to a great group of guys!

WHEN: Saturday, April 28th  TIME: Concert starts at 6:00 pm  WHERE: Midland Heights Baptist Church    ADDRESS: 2706 Midland Road, Shelbyville, TN

WHAT TO BRING: Lawn chair and/or blanket to sit on, Cooler, and friends!

Concessions will be sold by the church teen group also.  Watch for a flyer at church on [...]

Being a part of a growing church can be hard work at times.  Keeping up with new names and faces alone can be a full-time job!  Well we’re here to help with that.

We desperately want every person who comes to Real Life to feel like they’re family from the start.  Being called by your name on Sunday goes a long way towards that end.  So, we’ll do our best in keeping this online photo directory up to date with the [...]

It is our pleasure to be able to serve together with The Journey Home and others in the city of Murfreesboro on this year’s Community Garden.  Produce from the Garden goes into daily meals at TJH, foodboxes for the poor in our city & hopefully this year will support two full-time local jobs.

Sunday morning, April 29th, we enjoyed a great day of service after our morning worship.  We shared in a picnic together, then prepared soil, laid down weed barriers, [...]

At a very basic level, a church is a collection of people who have made a commitment to follow Jesus.  That’s not to say we always follow perfectly, but following Jesus with our whole lives is our goal.

In order to pattern our lives after Jesus’ life more closely, we’re going to be spending the next few months studying the life of Jesus.  Please join us on Sunday mornings as we journey through the life of Jesus together.

Continuing in the tradition of providing clean water for communities, our elementary children recently made “Valentines for Jesus” (crafts and coupon books) for sale to raise funds for a new well in Haiti.  Our kids teamed up with other Nazarene churches in East Tennessee and raised $155.50 to put towards the project.  Learn more about the Haiti Water Project by visiting www.haitiwaterproject.com.  Stay tuned for a total from the rest of the district coming soon!

We can recite them. We hang them on our walls and in our courtrooms. We use them as a measurement of our character. It is easy for us to go along knowing the Ten Commandments without ever taking the time to realize the great insight they possess for our lives.

But they are so much more than commands they are one of the foundations of the Christian faith, a centering force for God s people.
These ten words, ten statements, ten commandments allowed [...]

Ready for an exciting time of revitalization in your marriage?  This class is for you.  Jean Landphair will be leading this course on marriage.  Jean is a counselor from our church with a local practice here in Murfreesboro.  She has a special emphasis in Marriage & Family Counseling.  We’re excited to have the opportunity to have her lead this course this semester.

The message of Hold Me Tight is simple:  recognize and admit that you are emotionally attached to and dependent [...]

From Caren:

 Hello Real Life Family!

I am looking to fill a vacancy in Hospitality for this Sunday, December 4th. If you have a desire to want to assist in the ministry, I am looking for someone to bring in a tasty snack….to share with the rest of the church. We have had  a weekly volunteer out of state to be with family and I have received word that they will also be gone again this weekend. Without a volunteer, it [...]

Attention : ALL 20 Something’s/College Age Young Adults! 

MERGE has posted the NOVEMBER Calendar of Events!

MERGE gets together on the 2nd and 4th Sunday’s of every month. This month’s events are:

Sunday, November 13th :   “Bible Study/Game Night”                            @ The Hanson’s House. Time: 6:30 –  8:00 PM   Topic of discussion:  ”Grace” (See Nina Hanson for directions)

Sunday, November 27th : ”ACTIVITY NIGHT – MERGE Thanksgiving Dinner” Time: 5:00 – 7:00 [...]

This year for the Christmas season we are excited to be joining in the telling of the Christmas story through giving to others.  Whereas in past years we have dug wells & planted farms, this year we are choosing three projects.

We raised $1200 to buy groceries and other supplies for five families from Mitchell-Neilson Schools over Christmas break.
We raised over $800 towards Bead for Life – an organization that brings 3rd world custom jewelry to market, providing a means of [...]

Would you like to get the word out about how awesome our church family is? Write a recommendation on Facebook. Just go to our Real Life Community Church of the Nazarene page and look for the “Recommend This Place” box located inside the right hand column.

Did you know that you can stay up to date with what’s happening with our Youth Department? Log on to Facebook and search “Real Life Community Oasis Youth” or by: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_172388436111753

During the year 2010 our church leadership spent much of the year in prayerful, strategic planning to discern the next steps for Real Life.  Over the course of several months we felt the leadership of God calling us to set some clear goals for our church.  These goals became known as VISION 2020.

Over the next ten years, here are a few of the things we’re trying to accomplish:

Renewed emphasis on outreach and connecting people with God & others through our [...]

Sarah Suits is our elementary Children’s Pastor.  She is currently a student at Trevecca Nazarene University studying Religion with a focus in Youth Ministry and Psychology. Sarah grew up in Cleveland, TN attending Cleveland First Church of the Nazarene where she served in various positions of leadership during high school. She has a heart for ministry and enjoys ministering to our children each week in Real Kids.