This Week at The River Church Community 12/17/09
Dec 17, 2009
Announcements from Sunday December 13, 2009 Christmas Eve Party You’re invited to...The River’s 4th annual ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 12/09/2009
Dec 09, 2009
The Kimsey's good-bye party is this Sunday, December 13 after service! Please RSVP to if you can attend the party so ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 12/3/2009
Dec 03, 2009
"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 11/24/2009
Nov 24, 2009
Last week was full of interesting service events put on by people all throughout the church via Kindness San Jose. If ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 11/19/2009
Nov 18, 2009
November 19, 2009 “The church must regard waiting as the most creative of activities, since she apprehends ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 11/12/2009
Nov 12, 2009
Hello Everyone, Some happy family news this week: Rick and Nina (Choi) Greaves were married on September 6 in ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 11/05/09
Nov 03, 2009
Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 10/29/2009
Oct 27, 2009
“I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. I will glory in the LORD; let the ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 10/22/2009
Oct 20, 2009
“Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers [and sisters], you did it to ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 10/15/09
Oct 15, 2009
Dear River friends, At the end of last week’s communication, I made use of a musical metaphor to describe our ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 10/8/2009
Oct 08, 2009
Dear River friends, A phrase from Psalm 101 has been speaking to me in recent days . . . “I will sing of ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 09/24/2009
Sep 23, 2009
Hello All, Our first Vision Seminar is this Saturday and the Women's Ministry BBQ is this Sunday afternoon after ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 09/16/2009
Sep 16, 2009
Dear River friends, This past Sunday, we began a teaching series called “Stranger than Fiction.” ... More »
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This Week at the River Ministry Center 9/9/2009
Sep 09, 2009
Dear River friends, This time of year marks the many “beginnings.” College football’s first big ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 09/02/2009
Sep 02, 2009
Announcements from Sunday August 30, 2009 Travel Guide for Fall 2009 Go to www.the-river.org/travel-guide-2010/ to see a ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 8/28/2009
Aug 28, 2009
Hello Everyone, Riverfest Weekend 2009 was great! It felt like a luxury to be together for a weekend. Everyone ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 8/20/09
Aug 20, 2009
Dear River friends, Is there a word that’s more overused in Christian circles than koinonia (the Greek word for ... More »
Posted by Angela Aviles
This Week at The River Ministry Center 8/5/2009
Aug 05, 2009
Hello Everyone, Mark Phifer-Houseman's seminar on "Prayer in the Dark Night" was well received. If you missed it, or ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 07/29/2009
Jul 30, 2009
Dear River friends, I am very excited that our first all-church retreat is already at capacity (and am fervently hoping ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 07/17/2009
Jul 17, 2009
Dear River friends, As of this week, I am back from Sabbatical. My time of rest was an excellent gift from God. ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 07/08/2009
Jul 08, 2009
Hello River, I have quite the head cold. Thank God for Puffs Plus. Hope you had a good 4th! This week is Kindness ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 07/02/2009
Jul 02, 2009
[While Brad is on sabbatical, Mark Phifer-Houseman, our Pastor of Leadership Development will be sharing in this space from ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 6/18/09
Jun 18, 2009
[While Brad is away on his sabbatical, Mark Phifer-Houseman, our Pastor of Leadership Development will be sharing in this ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 6/10/2009
Jun 11, 2009
Hello River! The students are kicking off the summer with a beach party and lock-in this weekend! The men's book study ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 6/3/2009
Jun 04, 2009
Hello River, We are preparing for the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner this Sunday; Mark kick's off a new sermon series this ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 5/27/2009
May 27, 2009
Hello River, Jil, Krista-Dawn and Angela are putting the finishing touches on our family Pentecost service this Sunday. ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 5/20/2009
May 20, 2009
Hello River, Happy Wednesday. It's Brad's birthday today! Happy Birthday Brad. My birthday was this week ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 5/12/09
May 13, 2009
Hello River, We're looking forward to the Small Group Vision Retreat this weekend at Presentation Center. All of the ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 5/7/09
May 07, 2009
blank_page Hello River, We've been preparing for the Small Group retreat, hashing out goals and themes for MY10, and having ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 04/29/2009
Apr 29, 2009
Greetings River! This is Donna Miles final week as The River's receptionist and office manager. Thank you Donna for ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 4/2/2009
Apr 02, 2009
Dear friends, By now, you have likely received information about lay-offs affecting our staff team (link to article). ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center - 3/18/2009
Mar 18, 2009
“On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him ... More »
Posted by Angela Aviles
This Week at The River Ministry Center 3/11/2009
Mar 12, 2009
Dear River friends, As we journey together through the gospel of John, it is my hope that we fall in love with Jesus in a ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 3/1/2009
Mar 04, 2009
FROM BRAD: Dear River friends, It felt a little strange, but I did it. I planted the seeds of wild flowers in an ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 2/25/2009
Feb 25, 2009
Dear River friends, In our staff prayer gathering yesterday, we had a wonderful time praying for you – that God would ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 2/10/2009
Feb 10, 2009
Dear River friends, I shared in my message Sunday that generosity is an “aspirational” value in the Wong ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 11/18/2008
Nov 18, 2008
Hello Everyone, In random news - I made the recent happy discovery of Asian frozen-dinners at Ranch 99. Not only do they ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 11/11/2008
Nov 11, 2008
Hello Everyone! Well, the results are in - Daylight Savings Time "all the time" wins 8-0. So write to your congressperson ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 10/29/2008
Oct 29, 2008
Hello Everyone! We had a nice vacation in sunny Cambria, California. Here's a nice picture of Anna and I from ... More »
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This week at The River Ministry Center - 10/21/08
Oct 21, 2008
Hello blog readers, Dave Kwok is vacationing in Cambria so this is Angela Aviles writing the weekly River staff blog post. In ... More »
Posted by Angela Aviles
This Week at The River Ministry Center 10/14/2008
Oct 14, 2008
Hello Everyone, The students had a lock-in this past weekend. All had fun and the Ministry Center is still intact. Tony ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 10/7/08
Oct 07, 2008
Hello! Tonight is our monthly all-church Intercessory Prayer Meeting - 7pm at The River Ministry Center. Men - a reminder that ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 9/29/2008
Sep 30, 2008
Hello Everyone! First some local color - Al Chiang and Jason Fung helped me build my first homemade guitar doodad. We had ... More »
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This Week at The RIver Ministry Center 9/23/2008
Sep 23, 2008
Hello River! Brad, Angela, and Krista-Dawn continue to work hard on the worship series. We had a rich discussion on staff ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 9/17/2008
Sep 17, 2008
Hello Everyone, We had a great lunch with over thirty San Jose State students this past Sunday. Krista-Dawn introduced them to ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 9/9/08
Sep 09, 2008
Hello Everyone! Hope your fall and school is off to a good start! Here at The Ministry Center we are focused on getting ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 8/27/2008
Aug 27, 2008
Hello Everyone! Hope the end of summer is treating you well. Mixed for me. I got pretty sick, but my daughter Anna ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 8/18/2008
Aug 18, 2008
Hello River People! Hopefully many of you were able to join us for dinner yesterday! If you didn't, you missed a ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 8/12/08
Aug 13, 2008
Hello Reef! Hope you are having a great week. I got to see Joe Bonamassa at the San Jose Jazz Festival for $10. ... More »
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This Week at The River Ministry Center 8/5/08
Aug 05, 2008
Hello Everyone! Welcome to August. I hope you're squeezing every once of enjoyment from the waning days of summer. Work ... More »
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This Week at the Ministry Center 7/29/08
Jul 29, 2008
Hello River People! Hope you are enjoying mid-summer! It has continued to be subdued here at the Ministry Center as ... More »
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7/22/08 This Week at The Ministry Center
Jul 22, 2008
Mike & Pat Valentine graciously introduced me to this yesterday. Yum yum. Thanks Mike and Pat! I've also ... More »
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This Week at The MInistry Center 7/15/2008
Jul 15, 2008
I've been a blogging machine. Here's one more to add to the queue. . . This has been an eventful week at The River. ... More »
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This Week at The Ministry Center
Jul 08, 2008
Hello Everyone! Hooray for my first official River Staff blog post. I'm hoping to post weekly on happenings here at The ... More »
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