Fellowship activities in past years have included: a weekly 'Bagel Fellowship' following worship, All-Church Rally Day meal each September, a Hay Ride, Christmas Caroling to Ingelside Presbyterian Home, All-Church Talent Show, Presbyterian Bingo, All-Church Retreat and our annual Strawberry Festival. Plus we have served a light dinner followed by a variety of classes for all ages on Wednesday evenings during the Lenten Season.

Let's all please be sure to introduce visitors during morning worship!  Simply introduce yourself, offering a warm welcome and ask if they would mind being introduced.

If you'd like to receive the Friday Afternoon E-mail each week, simply send the Church an E-mail requesting we add you to our list.  Our E-mail address is rivpres@msn.com and we hope to hear from you.  Please note that we do not share our E-mail list with anyone. The Friday Afternoon E-mail contains news of all of our activities for the weekend to follow.   We have 135+ on the list and would like to add you!

All are encouraged to invite a friend or neighbor to join us for worship.  WELCOME BASKETS for new residents are in the narthex of the Church every week.  People are responding to our invitations!

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Intergenerational Events

Fall 2008: Lake Artmesia Clean up

Winter 2009: Safe Haven

Upcoming:

Adult Service Trip to Clairvaux Farms in Elkton Maryland

Habitat for Humanity, PG

Community Forklift

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Thank you to our Pastoral Care Assistants who have been serving us so ably.  They have all received over 12 hours of training and feedback on their ministry has been most positive!  They are Becky Weir, Kate Beveridge, Barbara Estill, Marie Pichaske and Don Fink.  Anyone interested in taking part in this ministry may contact the pastor.

We record our Sunday morning worship service on CDs!  If you'd like a copy of any service, simply contact the Church Office and a CD of the worship service requested will be sent on to you.  The cost -- only to cover our actual expenses -- is $5.00 per CD.  We have also included copies of recent worship in our 'Welcome Baskets.' 

We have just placed a 'Parents Guide to the Sacraments' in our Church pews to help parents answer children's questions about the Sacraments.  Thanks to Carolyn Fink for her efforts!

The following is the second draft of our Church Mission Statement, following  discussion and revision by the Board of Deacons and our Session:

                                                                              "Spirited Ministry
                                                                                      for a
                                                                              Contemporary Age"

Riverdale Presbyterian Church is a vibrant community of worship and ministry that seeks to proclaim and practice the love of God, as found in Christ and in the presence of the Spirit!  We invite and strive to provide a warm welcome to people of varied religious viewpoints, cultural backgrounds and personal lifestyles.  We nurture children, youth and adults through a spirited ministry of Christian Education .  Innovative programs in music and drama add spirit to our Church and its surrounding neighborhood.  Our doors are open to the homeless, to community service groups and for activities that enrich quality of life.  Our ministry is performed by many volunteers, sustained by an energetic staff.  We seek to be strong in the teaching and compassion of Jesus Christ!

THANK YOU to Ellen Williams  for building this web page!