Two Rivers Church

Month: January 2025

  • Worship to honor MLK and Pan-Methodism

    To honor the life and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Two Rivers Church is invited to be a part of an important weekend of worship and learning at Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church (1201 13th Street, Moline).

    On Sunday, January 19, there will be a Pan-Methodist worship service from 3:00-4:30 p.m. The service will feature keynote preacher Reverend Dr. James Pernell and participation from leadership and members from United Methodist Churches and African Methodist Episcopal Churches. The Pan-Methodist Commission is an effort to connect churches with historical roots to John Wesley, especially the United Methodist Church and denominations that are historically African-American.

    The worship service will include some discussion about Richard Allen, the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Allen founded the first independent, autonomous, and predominantly Black denomination after being discriminated against in his Methodist Church in Philadelphia in 1794.

  • Braver Angels Workshop

    To honor the life and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Two Rivers Church is invited to be a part of an important weekend of worship and learning at Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church (1201 13th Street, Moline). On Saturday, January 18, there will be another Braver Angels workshop. This workshop is called “Politics and the Family.”

    The “Family and Politics” workshop will be on Saturday from 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Family relationships are becoming casualties of our toxic political environment. Family members are having nasty political arguments, avoiding each other, or even cutting off lifetime relationships. If you want to preserve important family bonds while still being true to your values and political beliefs, this workshop will offer you:
    ● Insight into why family differences over politics are uniquely challenging
    ● Recognition of common roles that family members play in political conversations (for
    example, the Gladiator, the Defender, and the Sniper).
    ● Strategies and skills for handling family political differences in a constructive way
    Although the focus is on family relationships, you can use learnings in this workshop with any friend, colleague, or loved one. You’ll laugh and have some fun in this workshop—it won’t be all serious. After all, we all come from quirky families.

    CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

    Families and Politics