Thank you to everyone who volunteers in our church to help accomplish the mission and ministry God has called us to here at Riviera Presbyterian Church. We would like to share with you some of the names of people who do the work and ministry of this Church. This is only a portion of the [...]
I was having a conversation with one of the church’s young adults the other day, who told me sometimes she wished for high school days again—not because high school was all that great, but because the summers were. Now, summer vacations don’t stretch endlessly on in an alluring haze of warm days and long, relaxing [...]
The 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Child Care Center here at Riviera was a HUGE success. On Sunday, May 16, over 150 children, parents, alumni, and church members met in the Riviera sanctuary at 11 am to attend a special worship service, which featured a vocal performance by Gillian Kraus-Neale (graduate of The Child Care [...]
By Pastor Laurie Ann Kraus For the past couple of months, it has been my privilege and a real joy to meet with five exceptional people who are in conversations about church membership with the community here at RPC. The conversations have been unusually rich, as the group’s participants have explored the wide diversity of [...]
By Shannon Youngs As plans proceed for the 219th General Assembly (July 3-10), specific attention is being given to how to increase and strengthen the spiritual aspect of the meeting. Here are some examples: Bible study. Even before the commissioners and advisory delegates arrive in Minneapolis, they and everyone across the denomination will have available [...]
You are probably aware that I am a former participant and current board member of DOOR-Miami, a local mission service (volunteer) organization in the South Florida area. I am writing to ask for your assistance in spreading the word about some volunteer and job opportunities with DOOR this summer. We are looking for temporary summer [...]
Holy Week and Easter In the last story told by the gospel of John before Jesus’ passion, a family dinner celebration bears undertones of conflict and a sense of impending doom. The supper is in honor of the resurrection of Lazarus, Mary and Martha’s brother. Jesus had raised him from death, and one whom they [...]
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 [...]
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Allison Anderson: Photography Karen Deilke: Tropical Painting Lauren Greenberg: Jewelry Jeff Larson: Photo/Digital Lynne Latham: Photography Kay Levine: Watercolors Deon Mandelstam: Glass, Ceramics Fariba Ostovary: Ceramics Bettyann Pober: Painting, Cards Sara Preston: Photography Lexi Segré: LexiJewelry Kathy Stults: Glass Art Alicia Saffe & Marcia Ibanez: Kay-Mia Jewelry Note: List subject to change Celebrating [...]
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 [...]