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 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.
Sign up now for this wonderful opportunity for a retreat with Pastor Robb and Aubrey Barnes at the Prairie Retreat Center in Wheatland, Iowa on Friday, July 26-27. Take the time to get away to this wondrous, beautiful location that is about a 45 minute drive from Two Rivers Church. The retreat will begin at with registration between 5:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday and officially end at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, but participants can linger on the beautiful grounds if they so choose.
The retreat will include time for reflection, conversation, and spiritual growth. There will be time spent around a table with other friends, time spent in the beautiful grounds, time spent exploring your own creative nature. There will be room for self-reflection as well as group conversations. This is open to the wider community, but this is also a chance to grow closer to the men of Two Rivers.
The cost of the retreat is $100. This will include dinner on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, a journal, and supports the mission of the Prairie Retreat Center. The grounds of the retreat center include a unique “Cosmic Walk” through the prairie as a guided tour through 8 billion years of Creation. There is also a beautiful natural labyrinth, which Pastor Robb will teach you about during the retreat.
