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Songs That Inspire Concert

We will celebrate the Resurrection with a special concert performed by friends of Two Rivers Church on Sunday, April 16 at 2:00 p.m. This concert will take place in the afternoon, a few hours after our regular church service, allowing people have lunch and return with a friend for this amazing afternoon of music.

Each artist has chosen special “Songs that Inspire,” for their performance. There will be a variety of musical styles, instruments, and performances of voice, piano, and horn. Performers will be both amateurs and professionals, but all will be sincere in their love of music and God. “Songs that Inspire” promises to be a wonderful afternoon of music and joy.

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Concert series

Two Rivers United Methodist Church is going to host the 26th Lenten Concert Series. The lineup is an exciting mix of classical, jazz, blues, and folk music. These concerts are perfect for a lunch-hour break, starting shortly after noon, and ending before 1:00. These are all Wednesday afternoons, starting February 21.

Lenten Concerts 2018

2/21 Bret Dale and the RME Travelers

2/28. Rock Island High School Jazz Band

3/7 Rockridge Madrigal and Show Choir

3/14 Rob Leveridge, Music for Peacemaking and the Common Good

3/21 Craig Irvin , American Baritone

3/28 Edgar Crockett and Dave Holcomb, Jazzmen

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Beatles Sunday


Beatles Sunday

 

On July 23, Two Rivers United Methodist Church will present a special day of worship featuring music from The Beatles. Members of the Quad Cities’ own “Generations Band” will help lead the church in worship with classic Beatles songs such as “Help,” and “All You Need is Love.” The service will be built much like a regular worship service, but all the music will be provided by the band in an acoustic style. Pastor Robb McCoy, a long time Beatles fan, will share a message of love, hope, and peace.

The day will be a fun time of worship, and is a great chance to invite people to experience a new kind of worship service. According to Pastor Robb, “This is further evidence that we are willing to have a little fun, and try something new in worship.” The service will begin at 9:30 as usual, and people are encouraged to invite others to this special experience.

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Wednesday Night Live

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Wednesday Nights are Live at Two Rivers Church. Starting with a shared dinner at 5:30, activities for kids, youth, and adults flow during the rest of the night. The Bell Choir is open to anyone agge 13 and over. The weekly rehearsals are preparation for monthly musical offerings in worship. Usually the Bell Choir provides the prelude music in worship once a month. At the same time, kids and youth are invited to a combined time of games and activities, usually using the BB-8 Sphero robots. These fun and interactive robots provide a host of games and challenges, encouraging kids and youth to built, create, and experiment with the spheros. In addition to the MakerSpace Games, kids and youth will do other activities like learning African praise songs, art projects, and praise dance. All of these activities end just before 7:00, so there is time to do the next set of activities.

At 7:00, the kids from K-6 go to Kids Club while the Junior High and High School students go to TRY (Two Rivers Youth). The kids work together through a chapter of the Pockets kids devotional and then play games together. The youth work through a week of the Devozine youth devotional.

At 7:30, the Choir begins rehearsal. The choir is directed by Mark Swessinger, and provides a beautiful anthem each Sunday in worship. No level of expertise in singing is required. All are welcome to come and be a part of this vital ministry of the church.

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Roots, Music, and Faith

Roots

As the summer gives way to autumn, Two Rivers Church will host several special guest musicians as a part of a new worship series called “Roots: The Good News of celebration, struggle, truth-telling, and American roots music.”

Local Blues legend Ellis Kell will join us in worship on August 21. The blues are widely considered to be the root of most American music. With origins in the call and response songs of slave fields, the blues have been  a source of expression and hope for generations.

On August 28, members of the Quartermoon Tin Snips will share their bluegrass style with a mix of classic gospel bluegrass tunes.

On September 4, Edgar Crocket will be a part of Jazz Sunday, which has become a Two Rivers tradition over the past few years.

September 11 will feature the return of the Sanctuary Choir and the beginning of a new season of Sunday school.

On September 18, we will go back to the deepest roots of our music and faith with Richard Bruxvoort Colligan, who marries the Psalms with modern folk melodies.