Riverside Church

August at Riverside

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:03:38 PDT

While things slow down around the church in August, the truth is, plans are in process and work continues. The pastor is working on a slate of bible study and reflection opportunities to present in the Fall after Labor Day. Weddings are taking place (congrats Blair and Norbert!), trustees are overseeing property, deacons are overseeing [...]

Summer time and the living is easy

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:41:29 PDT

August in Washington. It’s hot. The politicians finally leave and return to wherever they came from. People take vacations and we at Riverside resign ourselves to a less complicated schedule of things to do. No deacon or trustees meetings. No Koinonia lunch. Even bible study takes a break in August. That said, we do continue [...]

Wake up, wake up, wake…

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:31:04 PDT

We have all seen the movie or television show where someone is in a coma. Maybe the character was in a car accident or suffered a stroke. These shows can be quite intense as we empathize with the family surrounding the hospital bed of their loved one, waiting to see if they will ever talk [...]

Staging the Self in the Presence of God

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:56:52 PDT

Who am I? That’s a question all of us ask throughout out lives. It is a fundamental question, is it not? It’s right up there with Who are you? and Who are we? It is a question that also goes hand-in-hand with, Are we alone in the cosmos? If Shakespeare was right and all the [...]

To Give or Not To Give: Online Contributions Has Arrived!

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:36:54 PDT

The first summer of July is around the corner. This is a fluid time for church since many members will be on the road, taking vacations and a much needed respite from ordinary time and routines. But the church is still here and we are still at worship so…. *When you are in town and [...]

HVAC & The Ark of the Covenant: Pastoral Reflections

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:20:46 PDT

The challenges of air conditioning maintenance have got me thinking about the Ark of the Covenant. What challenges about HVAC (Heating Venting And Air Conditioning), you ask? The fact that our main unit has some bad switches that must be replaced so that for a few weeks now we have been trying to trouble shoot [...]

Deacons & Trustees Meeting June 26

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:57:35 PDT

Deacons and Trustees meet the fourth Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. Please keep your leaders in your prayers. Deacons always take time to pray for congregants so if you have a prayer concern, let your deacon know or the chair of deacons or pastor. If you do not know who your deacon is, [...]

Sit down, I’m trying to see the game!

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:03:34 PDT

Baseball is a beautiful game, if you can see through the throngs of people streaming in the aisle to and from the concession stands. “Did you come here to eat or watch baseball!?” is what I wanted to shout. I had taken Kirsten to her first major league game and my first trip to the [...]

Third Sunday Wave

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:33:29 PDT

Most of us have been in a stadium, auditorium or room when someone initiated the “human wave.” People stand up and raise their arms in synchronized fashion, kind of like synchronized swimming but not. The third Sunday at Riverside is like that. We have a lot of energy that moves through the congregation that ratchets [...]

Simple Gifts on a Sweltering Sunday

rsbc@riverside-dc.org (Riverside Church DC) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:17:26 PDT

I’m naming this past Sunday “Murphy’s Law Sunday.” Why? Because when I turned on the air conditioner for the sanctuary at about 7 am, it would not run past a minute or two. Forty minutes later, I still could not solve the problem. So I set up the Foster Room for worship. Many of you [...]