Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend. Don't forget to turn your clocks forward one hour before you go to sleep Saturday night.

You are invited to attend an Ash Wednesday worship service tonight at 7 PM. We will serve lasagna and salad from 5:45-6:30 PM. Donations will be accepted for dinner. Please let us know to expect you by emailing Dana Sutton at dana@rivercommunity.org.

The aim of the Ash Wednesday worship service is threefold: to meditate on our mortality, sinfulness, and need of a savior; to renew our commitment to daily repentance in the Lenten season and in all of life; and to remember with confidence and gratitude that Christ has conquered death and sin.

Childcare will be provided for Infants - PreK during the worship service.

This past Sunday, Georgia Small spoke to the congregation about her involvement with the Kairos prison ministry and invited us to be a part of it. Be sure to read Georgia's talk if you missed it on Sunday so you too can be part of this powerful ministry to inmates at St. Gabriel and Angola.

Sponsored by River Church South (Gonzales), River Community Church, and First Presbyterian Church (Baton Rouge)

This is a fellowship event for these three congregations and their friends. Golfers are encouraged to bring and pay for at least one, or as many as three, guests, who do not attend their church. It is possible to just register for yourself, but hopefully, most registrations will be for two, three or four players. The point is to invite friends to a fellowship event in a Christian setting. The tournament is followed by a barbeque dinner at the "Lakes" pavilion.

Pelican Point Country Club, The "Lakes" Course

Shotgun start at 1 PM (arrive by 12:30)

$70/golfer (Includes tournament cost and dinner)

 

Registration starts soon. Contact Mark Paxton for more info: mjpaxton55@gmail.com

Please remember to keep Randy and Janet Adams in your prayer. Read their March prayer letter to know their specific prayer needs and praises.

The River Community Church Creativity Group is planning a special Lenten Art Exhibit for the church. Lent is a season of fasting, self denial, and penitence. The Lenten season art exhibit is symbolized by fasting from exuberant arts, the denial of color, and the more serious sense of sorrow for our sins. It will have only black and white original art works -- photos, paintings, drawings, 3-D art objects such as beading, pottery, carving, etc.. We hope that this will inspire many of you to create something special to display in this exhibit. 

Take in for the exhibit will start Sunday, March 13 and end Wednesday, March 16. The exhibit will hang from then until Easter at which time we would like to hang a very colorful "God's Beautiful Creations" exhibit. All are welcome to bring original art for that exhibit any time before Easter Sunday, April 24.

Two entries max/per person, wire backed, ready to hang art works or 3-D. This exhibit is open to all ages. Contact Jeanie Liehe @ einaej22@yahoo.com or 673-5484 for more information.

Bev Chaussy will take pictures at church on March 20 & 27, and May 15 & 22 for our online church directory. You may also send us a picture if you already have one. Please send your pictures along with the info you want to appear in the directory (name, address, home phone, work phone, cell phone, e-mail address) to directory@rivercommunity.org. 

(If you know how to resize your picture, please use these specs:

 

.JPG and .GIF file types are supported. Image files are limited to 30KB in size. Size image to 1.5 in. width, 1 in. height. Set resolution to 200 pixels/in. This will yield an image that is 300 x 200 pixels.

 

If this is all Greek to you, then just send the picture as is.)

The Walk to Emmaus is a 72-hour experience of Christian spiritual renewal and formation. You will enjoy three busy days singing, learning, laughing, praying, worshiping, and participating in small groups. The weekend is held at Broadmoor Methodist and you must be sponsored to attend. Some of the people who are available to sponsor Emmaus participants are Johnny Thorning, Frank and Lin Loughran, Don and Debbie Ipson, Kean Day, Wendy Hebert, Anne Vicknair, and Jim Demand.

Please contact Bill Liehe (einaej22@yahoo.com or 673-5484) for more info about the Emmaus weekend. Information is also available at www.lcwe.org.

Middle school students, save June 20-24 for The Edge Conference in Lookout Mountain, GA. Cost: $265 + transportation. 

High school students, save July 10-16 for Appalachia Impact 2011. Cost: $400 + transportation. 

You will be receiving more information from Katie Hartzog soon. Scholarships are available. Please let Katie know if you have a financial need.