WELCOME. Our Mission: We exist to make disciples who put God s love on display to our world.

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2 WELCOME Our Mission: We exist to make disciples who put God s love on display to our world. Our Vision is to see a people inspired by God s love and faithfully sharing that love with the world. WORSHIP: Love Received SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES 8:30 am & 10:15 am COMMUNION will be held May 3rd and June 7th RELATIONSHIPS: Love Shared The people of The River believe in participating in the life of a small group. We have many different groups meeting and caring for each other throughout the year. If you are interested in participating in ministry contact the church office. SERVICE: Love Given We believe that God has equipped each of us uniquely with gifts and abilities to serve others and to do so is an expression of gratitude to God for His gift to us in Jesus Christ. Our Ministries Check out our website for a complete list of ministries where you can find a place to connect. FOR MORE INFO, MAPS AND DIRECTIONS, VISIT

3 July Upcoming Events 1 Legacy Nights Summer: Tricycle Classic & Pancake Dinner 5:30 PM Fellowship Hall 5 Communion Sunday 8:30 & 10:15 AM 15 Legacy Nights Summer: Talent Show & Potluck 5:30 PM Fellowship Hall 18 Men s Breakfast 6:30 AM Fellowship Hall 19 Scones with Scott 11:30 AM The Study 29 Legacy Nights Summer: River Olympics & BBQ 5:30 PM Fellowship Hall August 2 Communion Sunday 8:30 & 10:15 AM 5 Marriage Conference Fundraiser 7:00 PM Fellowship Hall 9 Christian Education Fund Sign Up Following both morning services The Study 15 Men s Breakfast 6:30 AM Fellowship Hall 16 Scones with Scott 11:30 AM The Study 16 Christian Education Fund Sign Up Following both morning services The Study

4 RIVER MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT Hands of Mercy s mission is to strengthen the Body of Christ by disciplining families and individuals to love others in tangible way. This is accomplished through loft houses. A loft house is prefabricated in church parking lots in the US and assembled in Mexico in a day. Though not luxurious by any definition, a loft house gives some basic protection and shelter from the elements. A loft house is a 12 foot by 12 foot structure with 4 windows, a lockable door and a second story attic loft for sleeping that is reached by an interior stair system. The River is hosting two loft houses in January and assembling the house in Mexico in February. Compassion for people, Passion for Christ is HOM s motto. If you interested in participating, join us for an experience you will never forget? We look forward to hearing from you. Contact Jim or Chris Nydam if you would like to participate in the upcoming Hands of Mercy Trip or would like more information. OFFERING SCHEDULE: The people of The River believe in investing in outreach activities. One of the ways that we do this is by supporting both financially and prayerfully a number of different organizations, ministries and Christian groups. There will be two morning offerings each Sunday. The first one is for the General Fund. The schedule for the second offering is as follows: July 5- Benevolence July 12 Christian Education Fund (CEF) July 19- Missions July 26 El Sembrador August 2 Benevolence August 9 CEF August 16 Missions August 23- Loation CRC August 30 Hands of Mercy

5 Sunday, July 12 UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS LEGACY NIGHTS TALENT SHOW AND POTLUCK is happening this Wednesday, July 15th at 5:30 pm. Come out for a night of entertainment and fun! Please bring a dish according to your last name as follows- A-H: Salad, I-P: Main Dish/Casserole, Q-Z: Dessert. MEN S BREAKFAST will be held this Saturday, June 18th at 6:30 am. All men are invited to come and enjoy breakfast and a testimony. ALL LADIES ARE INVITED TO A BRIDAL SHOWER for Shalynn Van Dam on Monday, July 20th at 7:00 pm in The River House. Shalynn is registered at Crate & Barrel, ZGallery, and Macy s. ALL LADIES ARE INVITED TO A BRIDAL SHOWER for Christian Becerril (Jones) on Monday, August 3rd at 7:00 pm in The River House. Christina is registered at Kohl's and Bed, Bath, and Beyond. BOOK CLUB will meet at Sandy Walls home on July 23rd at 1:00 pm. The group is reading Gray Mountain by John Grisham. Anyone is welcome to join. LADIES NIGHT OUT All Ladies are invited to a Paint & Sip party at Le Fleur de Lis Gift & Home store in downtown Redlands. Come and get your creative juices flowing on the evening of Monday, August 10. From 6:30 9:00 pm. A trained artist will walk us through a step-by-step process of completing our first masterpiece. Enjoy wonderful ice cold lemonade, ice tea or soda. Class fee is $40 and all the materials are included. Come 30 minutes before the class and look around the store. A 15% discount will be given on all purchases made that night. Sign up at the info table in the foyer. Questions? Debbie in the church office. DiscipleForward is all about learning how our church can better get and keep adults growing in Christ! Our presenter is Rev. Dr. Mike Johnson of Ascending Leaders; Dr. Johnson is a Faith Formation Catalyzer, Classis Central Plains congregational coach, and emeritus professor at Fuller Seminary. Join us here at The River on Thursday, August 13, from 8:30 to 11:45 am. Any and all are invited to participate in this interactive workshop! Register online at Eventbrite.com before July 31 and receive early bird rates! (DiscipleForward is presented in collaboration with Faith Formation Ministries.) THE RIVER IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR A FULL-TIME YOUTH DIRECTOR. The Youth Diector search team is requesting interested persons to provide a 2-3 minute personal introduction video as well as a resume. For more info, contact nickinthout@gmail.com. DONATIONS TO THE RIVER can now be made through Text Giving. This convenient method of giving to God s kingdom work simply involves texting The River SMS phone number, , and entering the amount of your gift. Your first donation will include initial setup. All donations go to the General Fund, at this time.

6 NEXT SUNDAY VOLUNTEERS NURSERY VOLUNTEERS Bev Hix, Sarah Schenkel, Alex Hix, Janine Nielsen, Hannah Nielsen, Carynna Shinski, Kimberly Kirk, Margie Thalmayer COOKIE TIME Annamae Holzhauser, Patty Wagner, Theora Whitman, Debra Vander Kooy PRAYERS & PRAISE Please keep Joy Berkompas in your prayers as she had surgery last Friday. Pray that she will have a safe recovery, and that she will not be in too much pain. John and Priscilla Gonzalez would like to thank everyone for the prayers, cards, and calls after Johns surgery. They felt so loved coming back to all the cards, and appreciate the support from the church community during his recovery. To contact the Care Ministry Team, call Walt and Joyce DeBlauw at Please contact a pastor at with pastoral care needs.

7 PASTOR SCOTT S SERMON NOTES {RE} creation Rejoice John 2:1-12 My love/hate relationship with weddings. A. Without Christ s intervention, the joy of the celebration is about to end. A word about weddings of the day. At risk here is the of the bridegroom s family and the opportunity for with others for something good (a marriage). There are also the new to think about. Without Christ revealing his true this doesn t end well. There is also the question of Christ s first to his mother. Why didn t he to? B. Without Christ s presence, the joy of our celebrations can quickly end. For us, this passage is partially about the, but also about Christ s. Do we welcome Christ into our and into the fun parts of our lives. What do you and I most look to? What are our fun things in life? Do we Christ into them? Can we? If Christ shows up, how does he those times? Often, we can our fun from Christ s because we just wanna have a good time. What happens in Vegas C. Because of Christ s presence, the celebration gets even better. A word about the wine. Because Christ makes his known, the continues. And even more, it s better and greater than it was before. Christ s brings things! Christ waits to act because he wants to do the of his father. And the father says! This also something important. D. When we welcome Christ s presence, out celebrations are even better. Perhaps we need to ask questions of ourselves in how we have fun.

8 As we are willing to Christ into our fun and, what gets changed will result in something, because it looks more and more like. We also foreshadow what is to come when we live out what we will know for. Finally, when Christ is present He can actually people (vs. 11). July 4 celebrations past.