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Invited!

A co-ed, potluck baby shower for Jacob & Rachel Giaquinto, with children welcome.

Please RSVP, by Saturday, October 3, your planned attendance: Contact Sierra Giaquinto at 860-881-1083.

Please sign up to bring a dish for this Saturday evening potluck event in Riverbend's Fellowship Hall ... click here.

Jacob & Rachel are gift-registered on Amazon (click here).

Honoring America's Work Force

— HOLIDAY HISTORY —

Contrary to its name, Labor Day is not a work day. For many, it is just the opposite—a day off from work, school, etc. It has been established as a day of recognition for the contributions that working people have made to society.

Labor Day is always the first Monday of September. That date has no traditional significance, other than maybe it comes halfway between Independence Day and Thanksgiving.

For many years, proponents had sought for a special honoring of the American worker. But it wasn't considered until Peter J. McGuire, president of the Carpenters Brotherhood, made an eloquent appeal in 1882 before the Central Labor Union of New York. Later that year—on Tuesday, Sept. 5—a Labor Day Parade happened in New York City. Turnout was overwhelming.

Making it a national holiday was proposed in 1884 by the Federation of Organized Trades & Labor Unions, but Congress did nothing. So, several states started doing their own thing, with Oregon the first state to make it a legal holiday in 1887. After 30 states had done their own celebrations, Congress passed a bill in 1894, and President Grover Cleveland signed it into law.

The spiritual significance of Labor Day? The Bible states several times that the Lord rewards a diligent worker.

NOTE: The church office is closed today (Labor Day) in honor of all hard workers.

More than 70 workers in Riverbend's Children's Ministry participated in the recent Kids Volunteer Appreciation Lunch in Fellowship Hall. Thanks to Children's Director Hope Hargrave (organizer of the event), her support team and Pastors Aaron Johnsen (pictured above) and Josh Brown for their support.

Men's Breakfast —

• To hear Pastor Aaron Johnsen's September 4 message to Riverbend men, click on the graphic >>>

Guest Preacher —

• Hernan Sierra of Honduras, one of the pastor-missionaries our church helps support, will be preaching at Riverbend on Sunday, September 20.

'Good Soil' Scholarship Fund —

• Former Riverbenders Mitch & Sarah Adams have developed a non-profit organization to provide, through donations, scholarships to help students with their Christ-centered educational expenses. Some 67 students have applied thus far, including five who are tied to Riverbend. To find out more or to donate to "Good Soil," click here.

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Sundays

9:00 a.m. — Bible Fellowship Groups

10:30 a.m. — Morning Worship

Wednesdays

6:15 p.m. — Mid-Week Worship



Other Regular Weekly Activities

Sundays

Praise Team warm-up, Stage, 8 am

Men's Prayer Time, Fellowship Hall, 8:30 am

Nursery (age 4-under), Children's Wing, 8:45 am

Mondays 

Men's Basketball, Worship Center, 6:30 pm

Wednesdays

Scripture Memory Team (Middle & High School Girls), Room 706B, 5 pm

Student Bible Study, Youth Center, 5:30 pm

Nursery opens (birth to pre-K), Children's Wing, 6 pm

Songs & Seeds (Kids), Children's Wing, 6:15 pm

Praise Team Rehearsal, Stage, 7:30 pm

Thursdays

Morning Worship at Avanté Skilled Nursing Center, 10 am

SEPTEMBER

OFFICE

Regular church office hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

PHONES

Church Office: (386) 672-1821

Riverbend Academy (PreK-12): (386) 615-0986