Riverside shares communion together the last Sunday of every month.  Each communion Sunday a Riverside family prepares the communion bread from a recipe we have.  It is a fantastic way for your whole family to participate in preparing for our communion Sundays and we would love to put your family on the schedule.  If you are interested in baking the communion bread one month in 2012, let Pastor Dan (dteefey@rcovenant.org) and he will send you the recipe. 

You can pick up a free February prayer calendar at Riverside this Sunday! It may not solve all your scheduling struggles, but it can help you make time with your Father.  Take the calendar and put it on your fridge, with your Bible, by your bed, but not in the recycling bin!  Use it to prompt your prayers for your Riverside family and God’s people everywhere.  And if you can't wait until Sunday to get a copy, you can download one right now.  See the attached....

Official signup for the Riverside Guatemala trip begins Sunday, January 22.  Be a part of Riverside's Guatemala team and experience what God is doing to change lives around the world.  A Guatemalan family's life will be changed with a home.  Your life will be changed with a deeper understanding of God's love for the poor. 

Find inspiration here.

Find information and Q&A here.

Find leaders here.  Brian Russell, brian@russellteam.com.  Dan Teefey, dteefey@rcovenant.org.

Don't get rid of all of your pre-2012 clutter just yet!  The Riverside Guatemala Mission Team will be hosting a sale on February 24 and 25th and we will need your stuff.  If you are planning to get rid of some things, hold on to them just a little longer and we would love to sell them for you in February.  All proceeds from our sale will help to fund our trip to Guatemala in June.  More information will come in the upcoming weeks and we will let you know when we will start collecting donations. 

The Christmas Holiday is over and Children’s Ministry enjoyed our third Christmas Pageant. The kids did remarkably well. They had no trouble stepping into character as they retold the story of Jesus’ birth with some entertaining humor. We were all very proud of them. Thank you, parents, for working with the kids on lines and learning songs. A special thanks to Miss Dana, our fearless director, for all of her time and talent she graciously gave us. After the pageant, a large group went caroling in the neighborhood and then came back to church for Bruno’s pizza and birthday cake for Jesus. It was a fun evening and we hope God was honored in all we did.