We gather in Asbury Parlor to share a meal together, then watch a documentary and share discussion afterwards. Most nights will last from 6:00-8:00. The documentaries we watch will cover subjects like public housing, mental health, mass incarceration, and LGBTQ inclusion. This will be an engaging night of education that inspires action.
On March 16, the incredible duo of Jacob and Katie Eckeberger, otherwise known as My Anchor Holds, will be in worship with us. This is the thrid visit from this acoustic worship team from Minneapolis. Katie’s voice will knock your socks off. Jacob’s musicianship with the guitar and harmonizing is sublime. The two will create a worship experience that will be moving and memorable.
Young adults – age 18-25 – are invited to the McCoy family home for an evening of food, discussion, and games. Sunday, March 2 at 5:00 p.m. we wil serve a baked potato bar with lots of fixings. After dinner, we will play a few games and have fun getting to know each other. The Tuesday afternoon group at Augustana will continue to meet at 4:00 p.m. in the reading room of the Geology building. All young adults – college students or not – are invited to the Sunday Dinner Club.
The Community Caring Conference and the NAACP are hosting three community forums. Each will be Thursday evenings from 6:00-7:30 at the Watts-Midtown Branch of the Rock Island Public Library. The forums are invitations for people to talk about how recent Federal policies will affect our community. Each of the three forums will focus on different topics.
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.
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.
