Riverbend

Welcome to Riverbend Friends Church Online!

Since you’ve come this far, consider going just a little bit further and stopping by for a visit in the real world! If you do, we promise from the moment you arrive, to the moment you leave, you’ll have the opportunity to join with others on their spiritual journey. Our desire is to help you experience God in a new way!

Riverbend is a church where you can come as you are on the inside or on the outside. There are no perfect people here, no unwritten dress code, no politics and nobody will look down their nose at you. Together we search for a mysterious God that we can really know and who wants to be known by us. We offer a relaxed environment, dedicated to helping people on a journey get closer to God every Sunday at 11:00am

Things you can expect on a typical Sunday:

• A Good Cup of Coffee
• An easy-going atmosphere
• People in jeans or shorts, a suit, and everything in between.
• Authentic Worship and Dynamic Teaching
• River Kids – A Safe, Creative, and Nurturing Environment for kids ages PreK-5.

Excuse the Dust!

The electronic dust is flying as we redesign our website.

There is key information missing, (like the calendar), that is being updated for the new site. Please feel give us a call if you need any information during the transition.

Things should be back to a new normal shortly!

Thanks
Riverbend Staff

Christmas Eve Service, 5:30p, December 24, 2011

This Series:

O holy night, it came upon a midnight clear, let the earth rejoice. Away in the manager, what child is this?

These snippets from favorite Christmas carols offer more than familiar warm fuzzies. They are more then just the sound track to the season.

Joins us during this Christmas as we look at the story of expectation, hope, and truth found in the scriptures behind our favorite carols.

Christmas Eve

We change things up for our Christmas Eve Gathering!

As you arrive at the River, you see the flickering of luminaries lining the drive. Beginning at 5:00p you’ll be greeted with the warmth of cookies, hot cocoa, friends, and family. At 5:30p we will gather for a special time of songs, scripture, and a few surprises, ending in a beautiful candlelight moment of worship.

You’ll want to make time for this wonderful time of celebration!

Christmas Gathering, December 25, 2011

This Series:

O holy night, it came upon a midnight clear, let the earth rejoice. Away in the manager, what child is this?

These snippets from favorite Christmas carols offer more than familiar warm fuzzies. They are more then just the sound track to the season.

Joins us during this Christmas as we look at the story of expectation, hope, and truth found in the scriptures behind our favorite carols.

Christmas Day

We wrap up our “Carols” series, and Christmas Day marks the “end” of Advent, and the Christmas shopping season. But in reality, Christ’s birth was just the beginning of the rest of the Story!

This year, with Christmas Day falling on a Sunday, there’s no better way to rejoice in the birth of the Messiah than to gather in worship!

What's In The Bible?

The following message is only for the brave . . . . ready . . . set . . . look at your calendar. Notice the month. It is December.

Shocking, I know! 2012 is only days away, right?. Who knew? It seems like it was summer last week!

2011 was full of changes and transitions. Good ones, hard ones, happy and sad ones. Yet, at the end of the year, we can look back and see how God was leading, and has been good to us throughout the year.

Since God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, we know 2012 promises to be a great year also. We’re especially pumped for Riverbend 2012!

Throughout the year we are trusting God will give fruit to the hard work of the last several years ing planning and planting Riverbend Friends Church. The coming year is going to be an awesome ride!

One of the first changes that I’m excited about is River Kids. River Kids is our kids ministry for ages Pre-K thru 5th grade. In January River Kids will move into their brand new ministry space, with brand new programming called “What’s in the Bible?”.

The new ministry space is being renovated into a kid-friendly learning and ministry space as I write this. It is being designed and decorated to engage kids so they can hear, understand, and respond to God. It’s going to be so cool!

We’re excited about “What’s in the Bible?” Developed by the creator of Veggie Tales, this material walks kids through the Bible book by book. The material is intelligent and solid while communicating in a way that children can easily understand. And it is fun in the process! It’s an awesome program.

Stay tuned. There’s more to come.

See you @ The River!