REAL TIME // RVTLS

With the world living in isolation, hundreds of thousands of individuals being infected by CoVid-19 and over 100,000 deaths, it seems like the perfect time to be diving in the Word to see what God’s Word says about HEALING!!!!

This week Joel & Julia sit down and discuss the current climate with COVID-19 and their response. 

Convoy of Hope is a faith-based, nonprofit organisation with a driving passion to feed the world through children’s feeding initiatives, community outreaches, and disaster response. This week Joel A'Bell has a chat with Ryan Grabill from Convoy of Hope on responding well in times of disaster and what has been happening with the Bush Fires across Australia. 

"Use what's in your hand to fulfil what's in your heart." This week Joel & Julia talk to Nathan & Jaynie Johnson, creators of the artwork and visual design at Revitalise.

When building a team what sort of people do you look for? This week Julia puts Joel on the hot seat asking him on the nuts and bolts of Team Building and Leadership. 

A pastor shared her story of addiction plus pink elephants in Arkansas!  This week the podcast is a little different as Joel & Julia share from USA about living in freedom with no shame!

What happened this week at a town in outback Australia called, "Come By Chance." Plus this week Joel & Julia share thoughts on why we don't have to reinvent the wheel and how partnerships can make a difference. 

"We underestimated the power of bump in and bump out and how that forges relationship. Now we don't have that anymore..." This week our Lead Pastors Joel & Julia explain why the focus is on building community and practical things we are doing.  

"This is our issue and we have got to do something about it." This week Joel & Julia share their heart on helping farmers and the role and importance of partnerships. Plus exciting update on moving into our new hub. 

How do you keep making sure in a big crowd context that community remains a priority? Joel & Julia share their heart and ideas on turning a crowd into a community. Plus this week some exciting news for this next season in RVTLS. 

How do you take on the new? Sometimes it is easy to settle and not do new things. This week our Lead Pastors Joel & Julia discuss new vs old seasons plus update on journey so far!

Is there space for collaboration in a start up? This week Joel & Julia discuss collaboration and grass roots leadership plus the reality of Spiritual battles.  

What happens when life gets full and you find yourself feeling stretched? This week our Lead Pastors Joel & Julia A'Bell share some helpful tips on how to navigate this season. 

So did starting two services work out? This week our Lead Pastors, Joel & Julia update outcome on going to two services this last weekend. Plus they share another layer of their heart to do something in outback Australia from their recent trip to Broken Hill. 

How do you create some space when in the middle of church plant? This week Joel & Julia share on new venue and the special Mother's Day service, starting a leaders connect. Plus this Sunday we start first double service. 

How do you define community? This week our Lead Pastors, Joel & Julia share from country Queensland their encounter with some farmers in country QLD and the desperate need. Plus their heart for community, to genuinely love people.   

Facing the natural obstacles when it comes to church planting. This week Joel & Julia share updates and practical things their focus is on at this stage, plus Easter highlights.    

"Religion makes it all about the sacrifice we have to do to please God, but there is nothing we can do to please God because God is Love." Our first Easter Service at RVTLS. our Lead Pastor Joel A’Bell, shares a message on the meaning of Easter, "Because He Loves Us"! 

What does a 'kingdom' approach to other churches look and feel like? This week our lead pastors, Joel and Julia A'bell, talk through some of the facility challenges we've been having and how unity, love and 'kingdom' made a way.

Week 8 at our RVTLS Service on Sunday our Lead Pastor, Joel A’Bell, continues his series, Wake Up The Neighbourhood! #wakeuptheneighbourhood is about what is happening in us when God sits on the invisible throne of our lives!     

What happens when God’s people are fully empowered to minister one to another? This week Joel and Julia A’Bell chat to Michael & Kirstin Geerling from New Life Chapel in Albury–Wodonga about the healthy and unhealthy expectations of pastoring a local church.

People don’t care what it’s called, they just want community and connection. This week Joel and Julia A’Bell talk about the significance of small beginnings and what it means to take shame ‘off’ people. 

What’s most important isn't a mistake free experience, it's God in our midst. This week our Lead Pastors, Joel and Julia A'Bell, talk through how we are developing a groundswell for launch.

This is the first ever message preached at the first ever RVTLS service. Our Lead Pastor, Joel A’Bell, talks about how God sees something when we see nothing, God needs nothing to do something and we must embrace nothing when we’re waiting for something.

Something spiritual needs to take place on the inside when we gather. Joel and Julia encourage us this week to not get so worried about ‘perfect’ when the greater prize is 'hearts knitted together' in authentic community.

It's a mixed bag this week. Joel and Julia talk about everything from 'defining success' to the backend of pioneering (buildings, policies, database, insurance, communications) and our very first start up party!

Things of the Spirit can't be organised into being, they must be born. Joel and Julia talk this week about how our church is being birthed in miracles.

Names determine nature so what we call something is really important. Joel and Julia kick things off by talking about how they captured their vision and values in a name.