A History of the RO4C

"Reaching Out for Christ" has always been our name, and it has always been our focus, though as a service, we've done a lot of growing in our short little life.

The R04C started as a conceptual 'church within a church' back in the spring of 2004, with weekly meetings and team-building based out of St. Paul's UMC in Leonardtown, MD. We first opened our doors as a Saturday night service on September 11, 2004, based around a relatively traditional church model with more upbeat music. About a year and a half later the service moved to Sunday nights, and many other changes have come along the way. The current RO4C, while akin in spirit to our first Saturday night roots, looks very different physically and programmatically, for we have learned a few lessons in our years (and we continue to learn). We're not a traditionally modeled church, we're an experiential, (dare I say) emergent service, interested in real, true, & biblical faith, not simply religion. We do small groups for we see great value in community, silent refection for faith is personal, corporate worship for faith is to be shared, experiential elements for faith is real, and the list goes on. We started this with the goal of "Reaching Out for Christ". We've come to realize that 'reaching out' means that you actually have to DO SOMETHING, and as Christians, we have a responsibility to live out our faith.

That's a little about us. Come and tell us about you.