Riverside’s semi-annual meeting will be held following the Sunday worship service on July 19th. At this meeting members will be voting to add two new members to the Leadership Team beginning in January 2010 and on a constituional amendment related to the Pastoral Relations Committee. The Nominating Committee has nominated Stephanie Stout and Rick Johnson for the Leadership Team, read below to find out a little bit more about them.

This upcoming Sunday, July 12, is our annual Riverside Family Picnic at Happy Hollow Park in West Lafayette.  The picnic will be immediately following the worship service in Shelter #1.  Meat and drinks will be provided, and several are signed up to bring salads, vegetables, and desserts. Even if you haven’t signed up to bring anything, it’s not too late to plan to come….just bring a food item to share with the group.  A free will offering will be collected at the picnic.

Last night shortly after midnight here in Lafayette (9PM in Portland, OR) Pastor Dan completed the ordination process by taking part in the Ordination and Commissioning Service at the Annual Meeting.  In case you didn’t get a change to watch it live, an archive is available below.

 

 

You can check out the Evangelical Covenant Church Annual Meeting live below.  Most of the activity happens in the afternoons and evening Pacific time (-3 hours from EST).

You can watch Pastor Dan’s ordination on Saturday night at 7pm PST (10pm EST).

Archives from the other sessions from the meeting are being posted at http://covchurch.org/am/2009/video-archive

This month, Pastor Dan and Dana Teefey participated in step six of his final ordination ceremonies and meetings in Portland, Oregon.  Having felt a call to vocational ministry and agreement with other Christian leaders, Dan began the pursuit of permanent credentials in the Evangelical Covenant Church.  This process has a significant time line including class work in seminary, multiple written papers and interviews on Dan’s theology as it relates to the Covenant church.  Dan’s experience in ministry work, as well as the years he has lead as Interim Pastor at Ravenswood Covenant Church and Senior Pastor at Riverside Covenant Church, have shaped his skills in the areas of preaching well, teaching well, and caring well.