Welcome! We’re glad you’re here. We know what it can be like to check out a new place for the first time. Relax and enjoy; you’re among friends. Here’s what you can expect at RCA:
GETTING HERE…
Directions:
Parking:
Should be pretty easy! We share the parking lot with our neighbors during weekdays, but on Sunday we will have almost the entire parking lot to ourselves. Help yourself to a spot near the front door.
Inside the building:
Expect to be warmly greeted by some of our church family. We’re a pretty straightforward group: there are no annexes, upstairs, downstairs, separate wings or alternate auditoriums. You won’t need a map or a trail of bread crumbs to find your way back to your car. Our worship center is straight down the hall directly in front of you.
The little ones:
If you have babies or children under four years old, you can drop them off in the Rivertots room before you enter the worship center. Rivertots is located immediately to your right as you enter our foyer. Just look for the sign; you can’t miss it. (But if you do, just ask the smiling people by the door.) The Rivertots workers will take good care of your kids so you can relax and enjoy what God is doing in the adult worship service.
A RUNDOWN OF SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP…
Worship:
We like to start by singing some songs to God together from a heart of worship. Feel free to sing or just sit back and enjoy the music.
The kiddos:
If you have children under 4 years of age, we have a fun and safe environment for them in our RiverTots space. The RiverTots area is located just to the right of our main auditorium as you enter the main entrance. Our warm and loving RiverTots staff will help you check your children in and be ready to help your children have a great experience while you are in our worship gathering.
If you have children from age four to fourth grade, they get to come into the worship center with you for the first twenty minutes or so and enjoy the singing and worship along with the adults. After the last song, they’ll be dismissed to our RiverKidz ministry.
Our RiverKidz team of adults will be waiting at the back of the worship center to escort your kids to the RiverKidz room, where they’ll have lots of fun learning about God and interacting through fun crafts and activities. The RiverKidz room is off the main hall to your left as you first come in the main entrance.
The message:
Next, one of our pastors will share an engaging message from the word of God. Click here for more on our philosophy of preaching. After that, we might share some announcements about some of the opportunities and events that are coming up at RCA. Then we’re done.
And that’s about it.
After the service, you can pick up your kids at the RiverTots and RiverKidz rooms. Don’t forget to hang around and meet our pastors and some of our wonderful church family. Who knows, you may just begin to be able see yourself becoming part of what God is doing at RCA! You’ll be so glad you came. We can’t wait to meet you!
