River Corner Church
River Corner Church is a growing church community of everyday people who gather to worship God, follow Jesus, and serve through life together. We gather on Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM to worship and experience God, study the scriptures, journey through life together, and to partner with the Holy Spirit. It is our hope that you will gather with our simple community of Jesus followers. Come as you are—just be yourself.
Episodes
This sermon explores Luke 8:40–50, the story of Jesus, Jairus, and the woman who reached out in faith while waiting for healing. In this passage, we see how Jesus responds to interruption, models encouragement, and invites trust in moments of delay and uncertainty. This message reflects on faith, waiting on God, and how the Lord’s Prayer-shaped life calls us to encourage one another toward Jesus (Hebrews 10:24). If you are struggli...
On January 4, Pastor Jeff McLain opened River Corner Church’s 2026 theme, A Year of Encouragement, by teaching from Hebrews 10:24–25. This message frames encouragement not as affirmation that avoids tension, but as faithful community life that engages friction in ways that lead to love, perseverance, and good works.
In this sermon, Pastor Jeff explores how biblical encouragement differs from cultural encouragement. Rooted ...
In this Advent Week 4 message, Pastor Jeff McLain concludes the series A Journey With the Shepherds by exploring Luke 2:19–20 and the theme of God’s love going forth. Focusing on Mary’s faithful treasuring and the shepherds’ joyful return to ordinary life, this sermon reflects on how encountering Jesus transforms us and sends us back into the places we live, work, worship, and play.
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On December 21, Pastor Jeff McLain continued our Advent series, Journey with the Shepherds, with Week 3: “God Is for Us (Joy Has Come)”, exploring joy not as a fleeting emotion but as a rooted reality flowing from God’s favor.
In a world where joy is often chased, manufactured, or lost as quickly as it’s found, the Christmas story offers a deeper truth. Joy emerges not when life becomes easier, but when we discover that God is truly...
On December 7, Pastor Jeff McLain kicked off our Advent series, "God Has Come (Hope Has Returned)," exploring the true, lasting hope of the Christmas season.
In a world longing for light, we often chase temporary fixes—like the beautiful, fleeting glow of holiday lights. But the Advent story invites us into a deeper reality: God breaking into human history to bring a permanent light that transforms us.
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Discover how the storms in your life can become the resistance you need to grow your faith, just like the mighty albatross uses wind to soar. Join Pastor Jeff McLain as he explores Mark 4:35-41 on November 30th, 2025, revealing that every storm is a holy work designed to deepen your dependence on Jesus and reveal His complete authority.
In this sermon, "The Holy Work of Storms," Pastor Jeff McLain of River Corner Church of...
In this message, missionary Menuka Tamang shares her life, calling, and work in the field. She speaks about the challenges of cross-cultural ministry, the faithfulness of God, and the ways the gospel is meeting real needs in her community. Recorded at River Corner Church, her story invites us to pray, support, and participate in God’s mission with humility and hope.
In this message from River Corner Church, Pastor Jeff McLain explores Matthew 28:16–20 and the eighth of our eight church commitments—a commitment to grow as disciples and invest in others as disciplemakers.
Drawing from the Great Commission and the rabbinic apprenticeship model of Jesus, Jeff reflects on what it means to be a community that not only learns the ways, words, and works of Jesus, but intentionally passes them on. Like ...
In this message from River Corner Church, Pastor Jeff McLain explores Romans 12:9–21 and the seventh of our eight church commitments—a commitment to live honorably and remain accountable to one another.
Drawing from Michael Youssef’s The Prayer That God Answers, Jeff reflects on what it means to be a community “bought by the blood of Christ” and bound together through mutual encouragement, accountability, and prayerful support.
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In this message from River Corner Church, Pastor Jeff McLain explores Colossians 4:2–6 and the sixth of our eight church commitments—faithful participation in God’s mission. The church doesn’t exist merely to gather, but to be shaped and sent. Worship together forms hearts for everyday faithfulness in the places we live, work, and play.
Jeff reminds us that Paul’s words to the church in Colossae call believers to prayer, perception,...
In this message from River Corner Church, Pastor Jeff McLain explores Hebrews 10:19–25 and the fifth of our eight church commitments—presence and participation through regular gathering. Church isn’t about control, counting, or convincing; it’s about diatribō—letting Christ wear off on us as we regularly gather in community and are formed together for God’s kingdom.
Jeff reminds us that when we meet, we practice our eschatolog...
On October 19 at River Corner Church, Pastor Jeff McLain continued our “8 Commitments” series with “The Church We Build Together,” drawn from Colossians 3:1–17.
In this message, Pastor Jeff reminded us that the church isn’t something we attend—it’s something we build together. Drawing from Paul’s vision in Colossians, we were challenged to invest who we are—our time, gifts, and hearts—into the church’s worship, community, ...
On October 12, at River Corner Church, Pastor Jeff continued our “8 Commitments” series with “Committed to A Shared Statement of Faith,” drawn from 1 Timothy 4:1–16.
In this message, Pastor Jeff McLain reminded us that good doctrine keeps us anchored when the waves of culture crash against us. Drawing from Paul’s words to Timothy, we were challenged to “train ourselves to be godly,” recognizing that faith, like fitness, requires pra...
On October 5, at River Corner Church, Pastor Jeff continued our "8 Commitments" series with "A Local Community of Trust and Commitment" from Philippians 2.
In examining Philippians 2, we see how Paul calls the church to a shared humility and unity modeled after Christ Himself. Pastor Jeff reminded us that trust is the foundation of all meaningful relationships and that membership at River Corner Church is not abo...
On September 28, we began our 8 Commitments series by exploring the first: following Jesus wholeheartedly and personally in community.
On September 28, River Corner Church launched our new sermon series, 8 Commitments. In this first message, Pastor Jeff McLain explores what it means to follow Jesus wholeheartedly and personally. Drawing from Ephesians 4 and other passages, he reminds us that discipleship is never meant to be lived i...
On September 15, Pastor Jeff McLain spoke at River Corner Church on Right Here, Right Now from 1 Corinthians 7:15–24. In this message, Jeff reminded us that faithfulness to Christ doesn’t require a bigger stage, a different role, or a new situation. Instead, Paul’s command to the Corinthians — and to all the churches — is to live as believers right here, right now, in the circumstances God has already assigned to us.
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On September 7, 2025, at River Corner Church, Kevin Bradford began by drawing from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, noting that towers symbolize both safety and authority but can also represent false strongholds. He connected this imagery to Psalm 91, where God is described as a tower of refuge, a place of protection and peace for those who dwell in Him
The sermon unpacked how Psalm 91 promises God’s covering, yet Christians s...
On August 24, Pastor Jeff McLain looked at Mark 5:1-20 at River Corner Church, and explored how this story calls us to trust Jesus when He asks us to step where we wouldn't usually.
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River Corner Church is a growing church community of everyday people who gather to worship God, follow Jesus, and journey through life together.
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On August 17, Pastor Jeff McLain shared a message from Luke 10:38–42, exploring the story of Mary and Martha through the lens of expectancy. In this sermon, we learn what it means to welcome Jesus, sit at Jesus' feet, and choose the one thing that matters most. Discover how to live with expectancy by keeping presence over performance, prayer over anxiety, and the main thing the main thing.
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On August 10, 2025, guest speaker Kevin Bradford shares a powerful message at River Corner Church from Deuteronomy 30:11–20 and Romans 8:1–17. In this sermon, “Choose Life,” Kevin unpacks God’s invitation to embrace life through obedience, the Spirit’s leading, and the freedom we have in Christ.
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River Corner Church is a small, Jesus-centered community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, committed to living o...
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