Latest Sermons

LIFE AT NORTHPARK

Click the plus sign below any event graphic to get more information and links!

Stay up to date on all the events, resources, and outreach opportunities happening within the Northpark family by following us on social media, regularly checking our website, and joining our monthly email list!  Click the graphic above to view the latest Northpark eLINK.

Want to join our mailing list?  Check HERE.

Exciting things are happening as we move to our Wake Forest campus in January 2025! Check out the special message from Pastor Chris and additional info HERE!

River Bend Angel Tree 2024

The Northpark family has the incredible opportunity again this year to partner with our family at River Bend Middle School to serve students and families that need a little extra help this Christmas season.

***Select an Angel Tree Child from the tree in the NP Lobby BEFORE or AFTER service Sun, Nov 17***

(If you will not be at NP on 11/17 but would like to sponsor a child or family, please reach out to Stephanie at the email below)

For this outreach initiative, NP family members will have the opportunity beginning Sun, Nov 17, to select a child/family represented by an ornament on our Angel Tree in the NP lobby. Then throughout the next few weeks, you will be able to collect things like gift cards, grocery cards, clothing items (hats and gloves) and more!  All items should be turned back into the Northpark team by Sun, Dec 8.

Questions? Contact Stephanie Nobles at stephanie@northparkrdu.com

There’s brand new merch in Northpark’s online merch store! Check it out HERE.

T-shirts (kids & adults), long sleeves, crewnecks, hoodies, and even more to come!

Merch can be a great conversation starter for sharing your story or inviting others to join you for church, online or in person. And your order ships directly to you or the recipient of your choice!
Prices are set as close to production cost as possible, but any profits that are made from online merch sales between now and the end of the year will go toward Northpark’s 2024 mission efforts in our communities, Nicaragua, and around the world!

***July’s Men’s Breakfast will be on Wed, July 3 (instead of July 4 – Independence Day)***

Monthly Men’s Breakfast
7:00AM
First Watch – Triangle Town Center
(6320 Capital Blvd, Suite 130, Raleigh, NC)

Guys! Join the other men of Northpark on the first Thursday of each month for breakfast, encouragement, and a great time to connect with other guys in the church family. Friends, co-workers, etc are welcome too. All guys are welcome to join!

Questions? Contact Brian Smith (smith.brian1226@gmail.com) or Pastor Chris Sloan (chris@northparkrdu.com).

Mark your calendars for the cutest Christmas Program around!

The kids of Northpark will be gracing “big church” with their presence in part of the 10AM service on Sun, Dec 8. We can’t wait to share about the joy that comes from knowing Jesus came into the world for each of us!

PARENTS: Click HERE for more info about participating, practices/rehearsals, etc.

NP Ladies!

We can’t wait to celebrate the season with YOU and spend a couple of hours connecting this Christmas.

Join other NP ladies and friends Sunday, December 15, from 2:30-4:30PM at Northpark’s Community Campus – NP2 (4529 Purnell Rd, Wake Forest) for a fun event full of encouragement, cookies, friends, finger foods, hot chocolate and gifts!

During our gathering we will do a small gift exchange! Please bring with you either an ornament, candle, OR gift card (just one of those items) that cost $10 or less with you to the event (wrapped or in a small bag). Then we will play a fun game to make sure everyone goes home with a new treasure for the holidays!

Our Ladies Ministry team will be baking up a storm to create the cookie buffet, but if you love to bake and would like to contribute to this Christmas treat spread, you can sign up to do so when you RSVP here!

Grab your small gift, a few friends, and wear your favorite Christmas attire (this can be fancy, cozy, funny/punny, or simply classic) and join us on 12/15!

RSVP
HERE so we can plan well for you!

Get ready to celebrate the Christmas season with your Northpark family in a fun way on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22!  Be sure to get to The Bend a little early at 9:30AM for our church-wide Christmas Party happening before service.

There will be breakfast, coffee & hot chocolate, games, prizes & gifts, a Christmas cookies, and of course an awesome opportunity to hang out with your church family before we worship together. Don’t forget to wear your favorite festive attire! We’ll see you there!

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24
4:30PM
Northpark’s Community Campus | 4529 Purnell Rd, Wake Forest

Join your Northpark family for a very special Christmas Eve Service at our Community Campus in Wake Forest. This service will be family services with kids and adults worshipping together and will include candlelight & communion as we celebrate the Christmas season!

Join your Northpark family online (and NOT at River Bend/Wake Forest Property) that day at any of the places listed below:

Can’t join in at 10:00am?  Watch back any time on Facebook or Northpark’s Message Page!

YTH Trip: Winterfest 2025
March 7-9, 2025
Pigeon Forge, TN
Middle & High School Students

YTH! Join in on this incredible trip to Pigeon Forge, TN for Winterfest 2025! It’s a weekend full or worship, fun, friends, and connections with God and others that will last a lifetime!

Payments will be made in installments leading up to March.
Installment #1: $80.00 – Due by December 15, 2024
Installment #2: $60.00 – Due by January 05, 2025
Installment #3: $60.00 – Due by February 02, 2025
(Totaled payments will cover conference ticket, hotel stay, and fuel/transportation to and from TN. Additional payment information coming soon!)

***If your student is interested in attending, and the cost presents an issue, do not let this stand in your way! We have options to help! Let us know in your registration response which is confidential.)

Register HERE today!

Questions? Contact Pastor Chris at chris@northparkrdu.com

New or new-ish to Northpark?
Been here a while, and you’re ready to get more involved/see what’s next?
Do you have questions about:

  • Life Groups
  • Baptism
  • Serving/Volunteering
  • Community Outreach, etc

NEXT STEPS is for YOU! Our Next Steps gathering happens on the LAST Sunday of each month, and is specifically for anyone wanting to know more about Northpark as a whole, our mission, how you can use your gifts and passions to serve God as part of NP and in your every day life, and more!

This time together will be casual and fun, and also extremely informative and helpful. And of course there will be snacks!

If you’d like to be a part of an upcoming Next Steps gathering, RSVP HERE so we can prepare well for you!

And if you have questions before the last Sunday of the month, you can always stop by the Next Steps table in the lobby on Sunday mornings at River Bend.

Church Center is our online and smartphone portal for the Northpark Church family. With Church Center, we have a place to connect to one another through our online directory, sign up for events/opportunities, give online, and register for Groups, view resources for personal growth, and more!

Church Center can be accessed through either our web portal or through the mobile app. Click the graphic above for more information and FAQs about the app and directory.

Again in 2024, we are honored to partner with our friends Than & Megan Graffam at Hope Project International in Nicaragua! Hope Project International supports the work of a local church ministry in Nicaragua. Through their ministry, children are fed, homes are built, education is made possible, and life skills are taught. They are doing a fantastic job of implementing a process to help their community and not just give them a handout. We are going to support the work that they are already doing – not to help them find a better way or to help them improve their systems, We trust in the systems created by the people who live in this community day in and day out and the strategic plans working to bring about aid and life change. The results are evident and we are thankful for their hard work and dedication!

To sign up for the 2024 Nicaragua Mission Trip OR to request more info, see below!

– – – – – – –

TRIP DETAILS

Dates: October 20-26, 2024
Cost: $1000 + Airfare Estimated to be around $1000 (we’ll purchase your ticket with the group on your behalf)

*Travelers must have a valid passport that does not expire before March 2025.
**Travelers must be 16 years of age before Oct 20, 2024.

Interest meeting date, payment deadlines, and other info coming soon!

TRIP PAYMENTS

Should be made to Northpark Church through THIS LINK.

SIGN UP

Interested? Please complete a trip application HERE.

WANT MORE INFO?

Contact Pastor Chris Sloan at chris@northparkrdu.com.

NORTHPARK KIDS
(Birth – 5th Grade)
Sundays @10:00am

We love the kids at Northpark and are committed to providing safe, fun, and age-appropriate environments for them to learn and grow in their relationship with Jesus. Every Sunday morning we offer three different environments for Northpark Kids (Nursery, Pre-K, and K-5), staffed with dedicated & trained volunteers, all ready to meet your kiddo(s) and help point them to Jesus!

Check out our NORTHPARK KIDS PAGE here!

Questions? Let us know! admin@northparkrdu.com

NORTHPARK STUDENTS
(6-12th Grade)

YTH Nights are back and in action for our Northpark Students (6-12 Grade) and we could not be more excited. These gatherings are for students and their friends to experience intentional Bible Study and life application, connect with others and build strong relationships, have fun, and of course, eat food!

Click HERE for upcoming dates & locations!

412 is the Young Adult (Ages 18-30) Ministry of Northpark Church

This group meets biweekly, once a month for connection and Bible study at a local venue, coffee shop or member’s home, and once at our community campus, NP2, for a time of worship.

Join in on all that is happening and bring a friend (or two) along as well! Click HERE or the graphic above for info on upcoming dates and locations for all 412 gatherings.

For each message series, we try to provide additional insight and resources to help you dive deeper outside of Sunday mornings. Take a look at this page any time for books, songs, podcasts, RightNow Media series, apps, and more for Northpark sermon series of past and present.

Want to find a way to get plugged in, serve in some way, meet new people, use your gifts, and live out your passion? We want to help make that happen! One way to do that is by being a part of the Northpark Dream Team. This Dream Team is made up of every person at Northpark that volunteers and serves in some way, either on Sunday mornings, for special events, in the community and more!

If you are interested in receiving more information about volunteering in a certain are of ministry, being added to one of our monthly team rotations, or if you simply have questions, let us know by clicking HERE and filling out this quick form!

Life-change happens in the context of meaningful relationships!  At Northpark, we truly believe we are better together.  We are all made for community and we’re all in need of healthy accountability. These small group Bible studies help develop meaningful relationships between us and God and us and others, all while growing deeper in knowledge and truth in God’s Word. Get all the info about Groups (online and in-person) and Seasonal Classes, and how to find one for you by clicking the graphic above!

Have you or your child have made a decision to follow Jesus, or decided to rededicate your life to Him? Are you  ready to take the next step with Water Baptism? We want to celebrate with you!

If you or your child are interested in participating in water baptism at Northpark sometime soon, let us know by completing the form HERE!

A member of our team will reach out to you within 24-48 hours to discuss additional details and potential dates.

(*If you are interested in baptism, but would like more information or would like to talk with a member of our Pastoral Team first, you can let us know that as well at admin@northparkrdu.com! We are here to help!)

Child Dedication at Northpark is an incredibly special (and absolutely adorable!) event wherein we come alongside families and commit to the Christian nurture of and Godly example to their young children. (Typically Birth-Age 5)

These dedications are held as part of our Sunday morning worship services, and registered families are asked to join Pastor Chris on the stage as we pray specifically over each precious child and their parents/guardians.

Interested in participating in a Child Dedication service at Northpark? 

Let us know by completing the form HERE!


A member of our Northpark Kids team will contact you soon to confirm and to provide additional information. We can’t wait to celebrate with you and your family!

Northpark Church exists to help build life-long followers of Jesus. We are so excited about your decision to begin living life with Jesus at the center of it all. We want to celebrate with you, and help you figure out what your next step may look like – it can look different for everyone!

Please us know HERE so we can send you an email with resources and information to help you grow in your faith.

We are praying for and with you and we are cheering you on!

Do you or someone you know have a need for which you’d like prayer? Or do you have a praise or something exciting that you want to celebrate and give thanks? Let us know! Click HERE or on the graphic above to submit your prayer request to our leaders. We want to celebrate with and also pray with and for you!

Northpark exists to help build life-long followers of Jesus, and one of the ways we do that is by pastoring our cities and meeting needs in our communities.

While we have ideas and resources as a staff, we would love to hear from YOU – our Northpark family! If you have an idea for a service project or community outreach event that we might could possibly participate in or take on, please fill out the form below to let us know!

Click HERE for the SERVICE PROJECT IDEAS FORM!

This could be partnering or volunteering with a local organization, helping a community member who is elderly or unable to complete a task such as yard work, building a ramp, etc., meeting tangible needs of a single parent, the list goes on!

Your input and voice matter and we are thankful to have a church family that seeks out ways to serve! We will prayerfully consider all ideas and take on projects based on timing, availability, resources, and the leading of the Holy Spirit!

One of our goals for 2022 is to put more resources in the hands of the Northpark family as we continue our journey as life-long followers of Jesus. It’s our prayer that these resources in their various forms create opportunities to learn more about Christ and His character, who He has created you to be, and how to apply all that you’ve learned to every aspect of your life!

ONE great resource that we are excited to offer beginning this month is RightNow Media! A quick and simple way to describe it would be Netflix but for Bible study resources. Within RNM, there are currently more than 20,000 discipleship, devotion, and Bible study resources for the Northpark family – kids, youth, and adults!  This is available to anyone at Northpark and in your family for free.  You can access videos, lessons, quick studies and long term ones, and more – any time of day. 

Simply click HERE or the graphic above to create your free account and then begin exploring and growing your relationship with God like never before!

The Northpark family meets in person weekly at River Bend Middle School (5601 Wallace Martin Way, Raleigh, NC) AND in the current season of coronavirus/COVID-19, we are gathering together ONLINE every Sunday at 10:00am at NorthparkRDU.com and on Facebook.

We can’t wait to connect with YOU there!

FOLLOW US ON ONLINE

STAY CONNECTED