Dear Riversiders,
This Sunday, as we do annually, we will celebrate All Saints Sunday. This year, we will honor by name all those members of ours who have gone to be with the Lord and entered the Church Triumphant. Our choir will chant the names of these saints, and we will give thanks once again for their lives and the many ways their discipleship at Riverside has built up our church into what it is today. It is important for all of us to remember that many among us continue to grieve the loss of their loved ones, even months and years after they have died. At the time of death, we often rally around the family of the deceased, but a few weeks later, after the memorial service, the world hurries on but families continue to mourn.
Join me in prayer for all those among us for whom grief is a constant companion, those for whom loneliness is thick and sorrow heavy. Reach out in concern for one another, and offer a gentle reminder to each other that we are never alone. Even as we grieve, let us take heart in the words of our faith:
“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, says the Spirit.
They rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
Grace and peace,
Brian
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Worship Information
Rev. Dr. Brian Lays
9:30 - 10:15 am
Sunday School
10:30 am Worship
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Participate in RPC's Public Community Prayer Wall |
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RPC is launching a public community virtual prayer wall (see image above) in order to give members and the larger community the opportunity to pray for each other. To access the prayer wall in order to pray through the prayer requests, go to
or scan the QR code
If you would like to submit a prayer request, double click anywhere on the prayer wall and write your prayer. Submitted prayers will appear pending approval.
Prayer requests will be displayed using the projectors on Sunday mornings prior to
worship for members to pray through while waiting for worship to start.
Previous methods of submitting prayer requests to the church are still in place.
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Join us Sunday & Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm on Zoom
Beginning November 14
This brief (15-minute), lay-led service of prayers, psalms, and scripture at the close of day has been part of Christian worship since the sixth century. Light some candles, check-in with your fellow RPC members, and worship together in this ancient form at the beginning of and halfway through your week. Look for the Zoom link next week.
Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping;
that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.
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Update: Allowing Alcohol for Specific Events on Campus
The Session approved the policy allowing very limited use of alcohol when on the church and day school campuses.....
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2022 Stewardship Update
As of November 2, 2021:
$699,014.31 with 126 pledges
For 2021, our final numbers were 195 pledges for $1,039,000. This year, our goal is a 5% increase. We are aiming to raise a total of $1,090,950. We are ahead of where we were this time last year and are excited to see more pledges come in.
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Praying through COVID
As our local COVID numbers continue to decrease, we give thanks for God’s presence, protection and guidance. However, COVID continues to be in our headlines. In addition to praying for healing for those who are sick, let’s keep in our prayers our health care providers, first responders, teachers, nursing home and assisted living personnel, and child care workers. In all things, we rely on God’s steadfast love and on each other.
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COVID Update: Masks at RPC
The number of new COVID cases being identified each week has been steadily decreasing. Likewise, the percentage of positive tests continues to be low. Starting on Sunday, October 31st, we strongly encourage anyone who is not vaccinated to continue to wear a mask when indoors on the RPC campus. Those who are immunocompromised or live with a vulnerable person may also choose to continue to wear a mask. As of 10/31, we are not asking fully vaccinated persons to wear masks
indoors when on the RPC campus.
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COVID 19 Vaccine Information
Most Florida residents are eligible to receive any COVID-19 vaccine as prescribed by the
Food and Drug Administration. The Pfizer vaccine is authorized for persons age 12 and up. The Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are authorized for persons age 18 and up. The Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are all available in our area.
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PRAYER AND CARE
Remember those needing our prayers:
Sympathy
To John and Saundra Howard, Sarah and Thomas Cotchaleovitch, family and friends on the death of his mother, Adelle Bagnal Howard, October 22, 2021.
Prayer & Care
Noah Althuis, Kay Armstrong, Sarah Bayley, Roberta Birch, William Boree, Maria and Charles Fuentes, Jennifer Jones (Jennifer Branch's mother), The Busch Family (RPDS), Jack Calhoun, Mary Cousar, Judy Davidson, Faith Erath, Robert Flynn, Brian Galbraith, Madelyne Gillis (Ken Mixon's mother-in-law), Tina Goedtke, Wade Hampton, John Hartman, Ginger Heard (Hilary Shipp's mother), Doug Hutchins (Denise Brennan's father), Robert Littell, Jack & Jane Lockwood, Kathy & Joe Lopez, Christine Rosenbloom Lyons, Joe Meux, Paul Morgan (brother of Phyllis Brinkley), Tony Morrow, John Ormand (Lisa Taylor's brother), Blake Owens (son-in-law of Judy Wingate), Janell Palmer, Michael Perry, Mersida Porcic, Bill Schilling, Art Small, Carolyn Smith, Mildred Taylor, Suzanne Tomlinson, Don & Lois Ward
Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Rehab or Long Term Care (at home or at a facility):
Shirley Ballowe, Liz Dean (friend of John Ragsdale), Margie de Bauernfeind, Jack Hazard, Betsy Langston, Myra Pattishall, Dannette Robinson, Ruth Wrenshall
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