How convenient it must be to lay your own narrowness and smallness off on God, to accept no responsibility for the niggardly nature of your own soul. Vines’ video is a welcome, overdue and eloquent rebuke of the moral and intellectual laziness of throwing rocks, then hiding inside Scripture. It is a reminder, too.
Riviera Presbyterian Church, a proud participant of Miami Beach Gay Pride 2012 is seeking volunteers to come join us be a part of this great festive event. You can volunteer with our church or be a volunteer for Miami Beach Gay Pride as we work together to make this event a great success. Come be a [...]
By Allison A Anderson During the first week of November I had the opportunity to attend the Covenant Network conference at First Presbyterian church in Durham, NC with Danny and Laurie. Having never attended a conference such I was glad when they said unto me: as this, I knew it would be special. Covenant Network, [...]
December 1,2011, World AIDS Day (WAD), is a day of awareness and action in the struggle to eradicate AIDS. The theme this year is Getting to Zero and our dream is ZERO new infections, Zero discrimination, and Zero AIDS-related deaths. We must continue to be sacred activists against a deadly epidemic that still infects 2.7 [...]
The May Presbytery meeting was interesting, to say the least! Lots of standing votes, discussion, and variety of opinion. Also had a lot of new things happening. Our new Moderator, Dr. Gwendolyn Magby, was installed and ably moderated the meeting with the help of the members of Presbytery and a wireless communication connected to the [...]
My dear Riviera Family and friends, Ten years ago, begrudgingly, I walked through the doors of Riviera Presbyterian Church and was transformed by the graceful and powerful witness of Riviera’s people and Pastor, Laurie Kraus. Shortly after, I became a faithful member in the Presbyterian church USA; A miracle within itself. God opened my eyes [...]
A Pastoral Letter for Riviera Presbyterian, Miami from the Rev. Dr. Laurie A. Kraus And clerk of session, Michele Ready May 10, 2011 Dear Riviera family of faith, This evening, the Presbytery of Twin Cities became the 87th presbytery of the PCUSA to adopt Amendment 10-A into the Book of Order, making it church law. [...]
My dear Riviera Family and friends, Ten years ago, begrudgingly, I walked trough the doors of Riviera Presbyterian Church and was transformed by the graceful and powerful witness of Riviera’s people and Pastor, Laurie Kraus. Shortly after, I became a faithful member In the Presbyterian Church USA; A miracle within itself. God opened my eyes [...]
Below is a link to the website that has information regarding the voting on 10A. There are other cool links and stories in this page as well. If you click on the link for the Presbytery vote count you will be taken to the spreadsheet with all the voting information. If I’m not mistaken,there are [...]
