Two QC Pride events

Look for the Two Rivers Church tables at two Quad Cities Pride fests this June. We will have a table on May 31-June 1 at Schwiebert Park, Rock Island; and June 15 at Bass Street Landing, Moline. Our first Pride event was last year at Bass Street Landing, and everyone who participated shared what a …

Conversations around LGBTQ inclusion

The United Methodist Church is in a season of great upheaval. The start of the Global Methodist Church and the disaffiliation of hundreds of United Methodism congregations has left our denomination in a state of uncertainty. It was decided in an informal meeting on Pentecost Sunday 2022 that Two Rivers Church would undergo a series …

Pentecost discussion of LGBTQ inclusion

Pentecost is June 5. This is the day that we celebrate the “birth ofthe Church.” We commemorate the story in Acts when the Holy Spirit descends upon the disciples. They have an ecstatic religious experience. Peter declares to the gathering crowd, “I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will …