Riverwood Church

Riverwood Church A Jesus-centered community that invites people to love like Jesus loved and live like Jesus lived. A Jesus-centered community

Dynasties fall, champions are replaced, and empires collapse, but ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ.This week...
05/28/2026

Dynasties fall, champions are replaced, and empires collapse, but ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ.

This week, we conclude our ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต series in Philippians 2 as we reflects on the unshakable reign of Jesus Christ. ๐Ÿ‘‘

The Riverwood family has had the joy of a handful of players from the Wartburg baseball team coming on Sunday mornings for the past several weeks. But a

๐™’๐™๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™š?In this week's ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐Ÿค, we explore why the real death of Christ i...
05/21/2026

๐™’๐™๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™š?

In this week's ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐Ÿค, we explore why the real death of Christ is essential to the gospel, the resurrection, and our salvation. A sobering but hope-filled reflection on sin, humility, and the love of Jesus.

Death is a daily occurrence. According to the World Population Review, nearly 175,000 people die every day on planet Earth. That equates to over 7,200 deaths

๐™’๐™–๐™จ ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃโ€”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ?This week as we continue in our ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต series through Philippi...
05/14/2026

๐™’๐™–๐™จ ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃโ€”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ?

This week as we continue in our ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต series through Philippians 2, we'll uncover a breathtaking truth: ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต. Why does that matter? Because the humanity of Christ is essential to the gospel, the cross, and our salvation.

We had such a great crew on Saturday and all the garden beds look so good, but we have leftover mulch! So, if you are in...
05/13/2026

We had such a great crew on Saturday and all the garden beds look so good, but we have leftover mulch! So, if you are in need of mulch (and can't get any from the Waverly Yard Waste right now), help yourself to some from our leftover pile at Riverwood! We need our parking spaces back :-)

To celebrate our ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€, and ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ, weโ€™ll be serving them coffe...
05/10/2026

To celebrate our ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€, and ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ, weโ€™ll be serving them coffee from Get Roasted Coffee Company in Waverly โ€” ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช, ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ข!

If you're free this Saturday, May 9, come on down to Riverwood and help us move some mulch! We'll start at 10 AM; we'll ...
05/08/2026

If you're free this Saturday, May 9, come on down to Riverwood and help us move some mulch! We'll start at 10 AM; we'll bring the coffee and donuts, you bring the muscle! ๐Ÿ˜„ https://rvrwd.org/spruce-up

๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š.What if the path to j...
05/07/2026

๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š.

What if the path to joy isnโ€™t becoming more fullโ€ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ? Read our latest blog as we see a Savior who emptied Himselfโ€”not out of weakness, but out of humility, love, and trust in God.

Normally, humans prefer "full" over "empty." Maybe you are different than me, but I much prefer a full gas tank over an empty one, a full refrigerator over a

We've got a couple loads of mulch being delivered next week and would love to have many hands to make light work! Come g...
05/01/2026

We've got a couple loads of mulch being delivered next week and would love to have many hands to make light work! Come get your hands dirty with us helping make Riverwood grounds look welcoming!

Saturday, May 9 at 10:00AM - If you have them, bring gloves, your favorite weeding tool, shovel, rake, wagon/wheel barrow, large broom, etc. https://rvrwd.org/spruce-up

๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ? ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ? ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ? ๐˜–๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ? ๐Ÿค”In Philippians 2, the Apostle Paul ...
04/30/2026

๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ? ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ? ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ? ๐˜–๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ? ๐Ÿค”

In Philippians 2, the Apostle Paul gives one of the clearest pictures in all of Scripture of Jesus as fully God and fully man. This week, our ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿฏ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ weekly series explores how the early church wrestled with Christโ€™s identity, why it matters for the gospel, and what it means for us today.

One of the theological truths the early church wrestled with was the substance of Jesus. Was He human? Was He divine? Or maybe He was a bit of both?

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐™—๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ?This weekโ€™s ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต from Philippians 2 explores how the mind of Christ r...
04/23/2026

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐™—๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ?

This weekโ€™s ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต from Philippians 2 explores how the mind of Christ reshapes our everyday decisionsโ€”from the way we serve to the way we love.

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