Riviera Church has been a member of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians since its inception in 1997. Cov Net is a national Presbyterian advocacy organization, made up of congregations and individuals who are committed to “a church as generous and just as God’s grace” and more particularly in these years, to the full inclusion of [...]
Saturday, April 17, 2010 Last year Riviera was a proud participant of AIDS Walk Miami, and this year we would like to participate once again. I have established a donation page where everyone can go to directly for donations. I set the goal a little higher this year, up to $700, rather than $500. Donations [...]
Sun. March 28: Palm Sunday (Bring palm fronds; children arrive early please) Thurs. April 1: “Maundy Thursday” Tenebre service at 7:30pm Friday, April 2: Good Friday, 7:30 p.m. sunset service in prayer garden Sunday, April 4: Easter services at 11 a.m. with Egg Hunt FOLLOWING Java Grounds Saturday, April 17: Visit our booth at Pride [...]
February 24, 2010 Laurie Kraus, Pastor Riviera Presbyterian Church 5275 Sunset Drive Miami, FL 33143 Dear Laurie, We had some very exciting news over the weekend, and I want to share it with you and the Riviera session and congregation. On Saturday, the Presbytery of John Knox (at the intersection of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota) [...]
I am a part of an exciting new committee at Riviera that will be focusing on LGBT outreach. One of the exciting things we are developing is our own section on Riviera’s web-site. If you have any photos of your family or yourself participating in church events such as , weddings, baptisms, oridinations,concerts etc, please [...]
From The Presbyterian Outlook: By a very close margin, San Francisco Presbytery voted yesterday (Nov. 10) to permit the ordination of Lisa Larges, a lesbian who has sought for more than 20 years to become a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) During a late-night meeting that Presbyterians followed coast-to-coast via Twitter, the presbytery voted [...]
Ordinary Time Earlier this summer (in late June) Michele Ready and I participated in the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in San Jose, California, representing Riviera Church as volunteers for the Covenant Network of Presbyterians (see RPC web site for links and info). One of the tasks I was privileged to accomplish was [...]
The Miami Herald’s Steve Rothaus has compiled a list of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) welcoming congregations in South Florida, and Riviera Church is on it. The article is here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2007/05/south_floridas_.html
Scripture: First John 3 & 4 By Gillian Kraus-Neale About 9 months ago, at the start of my senior year of high school, I received my very first assignment as a senior English student: write a college essay. Okay, so… how does one simply “write a college essay?” My teacher put it rather bluntly: “Write [...]