This morning marks a pivotal point in our study of the Book of Exodus. The people of God arrive at Mount Sinai where they will spend eleven months at the foot of this mountain. The rest of the Book of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers up until chapter 10 all take place during this time period.
This summer at Riviera we are studying the book of Exodus. Being the first Sunday in July, I am now realizing just how LOOOOONG this book is and how hard it is for us to get a full sense of its totality in just a few months. In the past few weeks, the Israelites escaped
Because I did not think it was appropriate for me, as your pastor, to use the phrase ‘pissing contest’ in a sermon, I looked the phrase up on line in the urban dictionaries which suggested I say ‘a competition between rivals to determine superiority, predominance, or leadership’ or ….that I use the phrase ‘pissing match’…..
June 9, 2019 Genesis 3 and 4 A Story of God’s Love for God’s People: The Call and Commissioning of Moses The Rev. Martha M. Shiverick Riviera Presbyterian Church We left Moses last Sunday as a young adult safely living with his wife’s family in Midian. My guess is that he thought he had been
June 2, 2019 Several years ago we spent the summer studying the first book of the Bible, the Book of Genesis. So, for this summer, I was so pleased when in the competitive voting that took place as we decided what part of the Bible we would spend this summer focusing on, the Book of
Elder Meditation–Michele Ready For those of you who don’t know me– I have been a member of Rivera since 1994 and an elder since 1999. I have served in many capacities, for many years. Then for a complicated set of reasons, I took a break from almost all of it, and now I am returning
Matthew 1: 18-25 ‘An Ode to Joseph – The Perfect Spouse and Parent’ Last Advent I ordered skits for our Riviera Thespians to use in what I refer to as our ‘reverse nativity pageants’. Some of you might remember the wonderful job done by Barbara Overton, Allison Anderson, and Ellen Anderson in their roles as
(As I begin this sermon, I must recognize what has happened this Easter to our Christian brothers and sisters worshipping on this Easter morning in Sri Lanka. My heart is heavy for the more than two hundred people killed by bombs in the churches and hotels. Just as three years ago, I stood here and
Imagine you have just learned that your great Uncle Festus has left you an inheritance and you are invited to come to his attorney’s office with the other family members as his last will and testament is read…. And you got there and the attorney starts reading the will and says that there are a
Sunday, March 17, 2019 Matthew 5:4 ‘Blessed are Those Who Mourn, for They Shall be Comforted’ The Rev. Martha M. Shiverick During these Sundays of Lent, as we prepare for Easter with what we refer to as our Lenten disciplines, we will be journeying through the part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount found in