Well this is the third week of our experimental liquid worship where we start at 10am with half an hour which includes songs, a theme time, prayer and then an opportunity to choose what to participate in from a reflective exercise, a creative activity or contributing to a conversation about the...

Well our first Sunday of fluid worship has been and gone! So what did you think? For me it was challenging on lots of different levels- for me the first part of the gathering was great. I really enjoyed when people chose to either be involved in a conversation, in a a craft activity or to simply...

Well over the last month we have spent some time celebrating our 10th birthday as a congregation! We had Fred Drummond, Marc Bircham and Peter Neilson come to preach and they certainly stimulated, challenged and encouraged. On Sunday 3oth May it was back to me preaching, but what a fabulous day we...

The Leadership Team spent a considerable amount of time earleir this year thinking about possible changes to the shape of worship during June, July and August. We eventually decided to embrace something we are calling "Come & Go" worship. The "come & go" nature of these gatherings will be...

Money@Riverside is a new initiative of the congregation.This new community service aims to help people handle their money well.  Central to this, the Money@Riverside team will be offering people practical support to draw up a realistic budget, whatever their situation. To find out what we are...

Throughout the month of May we are going to be holding 3 special Sunday morning gatherings to mark our 10th birthday. The first of these is on the 9th May when Fred Drummond who was Riverside Church's first minister will be joining us, on the 16th May Marc Bircham, a long standing friend of the...

There will be a congregational meeting after the morning gathering time on Sunday 18th April. This will be a time when we will be thinking about some big changes to the life of Riverside, in particular our move towards "full-status" and also the new shape of worship for the months of June, July and...

During the month of May we will be celebrating our 10th birthday. We are looking forward to welcoming Fred Drummond on the 9th May, Marc Bircham on the 16th May and then Peter Neilson on the 23rd of May to help us mark this important point in our life as a congregation. On the 30th we will be...

This year we are holding a special gathering time. We will meet at 11am for half an hour in our building, before heading off on a walk of witness through our community, singing and declaring that Jesus is alive. At 11:45 we will return to the building for an opportunity to roll our eggs and enjoy...

Over the last few weeks we have been enjoying the contributions of a variety of different people in worship. For two weeks the praise band led and then today we had the eco-group encourage us to think about strewardship of God's creation. For me it has been fantastic and I look forward to further...