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Redefining my relationship with Social Media and Email (it’s not you, it’s me)
Facebook, Email, and I have an awkward relationship I love... ...connecting with people I have known for a long time. ...keeping up with people from Riverview. ...saying "Happy Birthday!" to 4000+ people a year on Facebook. ...receiving hundreds of bacon related messages. ...answering theological questions from my sermons. On the other hand, it's hard for me ...
Dispersing for Jesus
Instead of teaching at Riv this past weekend, I had the opportunity to be taught. Pastor James Granger took the reins at the Holt Venue and REO Town Director Justin Detmers preached at our MSU Venue. As I listened to James teach, I was struck again and again by this verse: Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the ...
Riverview’s REO Town Venue
For over a year, Riverview has had a dream to start a new venue in the city of Lansing. As we looked around the city, we began to concentrate our search on the corridor from Old Town (on the north side) to REO Town (on the south side). It didn't take very long for us to realize where the best fit was and we started looking in earnest in REO Town. We already ...
Riverview’s MSU Venue
When people ask about the name "Riverview Church," I often joke, "we don't have a river or a view, but we are a church so we have that going for us." The truth is, we used to have a view of a river because we were planted on the banks of the Red Cedar on the campus of Michigan State University (you can learn more about those early days here). Our theme verse ...
Lansing Venue Update
I have been incredibly encouraged with the outpouring of support we have received regarding our planned Lansing Venue. Each time we talk about it during weekend services, I get a line of Lansing residents meeting me in the lobby afterward with business cards, offers of help, and stories about friends and family they want to bring to the new location. Here are a few things you can be praying for...
Gospel Ambition for Lansing
It was great to finally get back to preaching at Riv this past weekend, especially since we spent our time talking about having a Gospel Ambition with our lives and our church. The text we focused on was this: I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation... (Romans 15:20) It's ...
Check out the all new RivChurch.com
It's been a long time coming, but we have finally refreshed Riverview's website (RivChurch.com). The new site is responsive in design (meaning it should work on all of your devices) and should give you easier access to whatever you are looking for. We were planning on running it through a bunch of beta tests and doing a whole bunch of spell checking and ...
What I Learned From My Social Media Fast
I'm back Each July, I unplug from Social Media, email, and much of the Internet for the month of July. Each August, I have different feelings about my little fast. This year is no different. Here are some random thoughts rolling around my brain. The detox from Social Media was harder than ever this year. The first week and a half, I wanted to tweet or ...
Foster Park Ministry
Each Monday Evening throughout the summer, Riverview partners with Crossroads Church to reach kids who live in the Foster Park area of Lansing. If you enjoy working with kids, consider helping out with this thing. You'll have a great time sharing Jesus as you chat in discussion groups, ruin your jeans playing flag football, get sticky doing crafts, or get your ...
Staying Put
Every once in awhile, someone will ask me how long I have been a pastor at Riverview. The answer is I have been a pastor here for 12 years and I have been a member for 20ish. The response I often get is "wow" or "whoa." People aren't used to a pastor staying in one church for that long. Then I tell them about Paul DenHerder and Steve Sommerlot. They helped ...