Riverside is going to San Raimundo, Guatemala to build a home from June 3-9, 2012.  We want you to go!  Riverside has partnered with Casas por Cristo to build an 18’ by 22’ home with three interior rooms and one exterior room.  77% of Guatemalans live in poverty and many of the families we will serve live off of less than $10 a week.  The house we build will not only meet a family’s immediate needs, but will become an evangelistic tool for Guatemalan pastors who are sharing the Gospel in San Raimundo.  No prior building experience is necessary to change a family’s life forever.  We would like you to consider attending a Riverside Guatemala Trip Information Session following the worship services at 12pm on Sunday, November 20.  Lunch and childcare will be provided.

Next summer Riverside will be taking a trip to Guatemala to build a house for an impoverished family.  Please prayerfully consider joining with us for this amazing opportunity to serve the poor in the name of Jesus.  We will mix and pour a concrete slab, frame walls, hang drywall, install the electrical, set windows, and finish a roof all in less than a week!  No prior construction experience is required and there are jobs for everyone regardless of your skill level.  Seventy-seven percent of Guatemalans live in poverty and many of the families live off of less than $10 a week.  The trip cost is approximately $1500 which includes travel, food, lodging, and a passport (if you don’t already have one).  If you have questions please contact Dan Teefey at dteefey@rcovenant.org

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Depart Sunday, June 12th and return Saturday, June 18th.  Cost is ~$1500 which covers building materials, airfare, transportation, food, and lodging.  Team members will raise support or pay out of pocket or a combination of both.  Passports, immunizations, and food while in transit are not included.  Everyone must have a passport.  This is a work trip and we will spend the week building a house for an impoverished family across the border from Del Rio, TX.  Don’t pass up this chance to serve those in need and help address world poverty. 

Email Todd Burkholder at tburkholder@rcovenant.org if would like more information or would like to sign up to go.  You can also check out this site: http://www.casasporcristo.org/

Friday, February 4, 7-9 pm, at Purdue’s Loeb Playhouse.   Dr. Habermas will present, ‘Resurrection Evidence that Changed a Generation of Scholars’.  If you are a believer who longs to explore the intellectual side of faith, a skeptic challenging the apostles’ claims, merely curious…or if you know someone who is- invite them and join us for a thought-provoking evening!

Saturday, February 5, Events throughout the day, at Covenant Church.  This symposium will press deeper into the challenges of a thinking Christian.  Seminars include, Doubt and the Silence of God, Ancient Extra-biblical Evidence, The Relationship Between Biblical Faith & the Scientific Method…and lots more! CHILDCARE IS AVAILABLE (e-mail Emily Umulis)!
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(This event is co-sponsored by Riverside, Covenant Church, Faculty Commons, InterVarsity…and other churches and organizations.)

Evangelical Covenant Church in Lafayette is taking a mission trip to Haiti this spring.  Trip dates are  March 25th- April 2nd and cost ~$1500.  Cost covers airfare, translators, food, lodging, and transportation while in Haiti.  ECC has been working in Haiti long-term through building programs, VBS, leadership training, medical services, women’s ministry, clean water projects, while also collaborating with schools and also working to develop innovative sources of self-support for the Haitians.  Trip destination and specific location is still being determined.  Don’t pass up this chance to partner with ECC and serve God together in Haiti.  If you have questions, email Todd Burkholder at tburkholder@rcovenant.org or contact the Riverside office at 765.463.4600.