On Tuesday, January 20th, 2015, Riverside hosted an actNOW awareness event on human trafficking and online child sexual abuse. It was impactful and eye-opening. Out of all of the impactful statistics I heard, nothing was as impactful to me as the one without a number: "Human trafficking is in our town". It's as simple as that. No matter how isolated you think your town is ...

At Riverside, we found this article from Brian McCormack of Verge Network to be a good read. We hope you enjoy it and take advantage of the opportunities Halloween presents to us to share the love of Jesus to our neighbors! Living on mission can seem daunting. Sadly, we live in a culture where the idea of knocking on your neighbors door and having a conversation sounds...

In the next 10 weeks, we will be in our summer, blockbuster sermon series on the book of Exodus. We hope you join us at Riverside Community Church for a powerful series of messages revealing Jesus Christ in the Old Testament from the book of Exodus....

We all like to have an example to strive for in our lives. As Christians, the people of the Bible are like windows into our souls, and they can resonate with us. Jesus is our perfect goal, but God also gives us other examples that point to Jesus to encourage us along the way. One of those examples is Caleb. In Gods redemptive plan, the Book of Joshua encompasses the nation...

Day 2 in Brazil...

What is your treasure and would you give it up for eternal life? Would you give it up to follow Jesus? Peter, James, and John made a good living as they shared in a small fishing business. Matthew enjoyed the spoils of a career as a tax collector. But when Jesus came calling, there was something so intriguing about him that they gave it all up and followed him. God has a p...