As many of you have noticed, these past few weeks the Sunday congregation has been seated facing the east windows, in a semi circular arrangement. We moved into this configuration in mid February, to mark the season of Lent. Lent is a solemn season, in which our focus turns inward, and, often, the directness of [...]
Steve Padilla for the past several years has been doing the Time with the Children Sermon on a regular basis. Steve is in need of volunteers to take over this important part of the worship service at Riviera. Steve is going to be working on the weekends and will not be available. Please contact Laurie, [...]
In the history of the Church, the 4th Sunday in Lent (like the 3rd Sunday in Advent) is a day appointed for the “lightening” of the solemnity of the Lenten season. To that end, the color of the hangings on pulpit and lectern is “lightened” from a deep, somber purple to a more hopeful rose [...]
You too can have a piece of Riviera history in your home. If you would like a panel of the stain glass windows that were in the sanctuary please contact the church office 305-666-8586. You can make a financial donation for the old stain glass panel that will grace your home or the home of [...]
We’re entering the ninth month of worshipping in Fellowship Hall, and the recent arrival of the new chairs for the sanctuary indicates that we can all start praying for timely completion of the renovation project so we can move the chairs to where they belong. Good progress is being made. We now have a level [...]
One of the mission programs that we support at RPC is the TGHI Coconut Grove Girl’s Group. The group is a youth prevention intervention program that provides counseling, education and socialization for at-risk teenage girls. The group meets once a month to discuss issues such as self esteem, positive peer relationships, conflict resolution, teen pregnancy [...]