Upstream Archive
Upstream – February 13
Dear River Life, I’m just sitting here reflecting on all that happened as we gathered as the Body of Christ at River Life yesterday. There was abundance of provision and questions all wrapped together. I was reminded that when we gather for it all; all of what comes our way, we experience Jesus Christ through [...]
Upstream – February 7
Dear River Life, It’s good to be back home after a week at the Midwinter Conference for the Evangelical Covenant Church (our denominational ministerial conference) in Chicago. I was expecting a snow storm like last year but was surprised to find it warmer than here in Sacramento; that was last week. I guess they are [...]
Upstream – January 31
Greetings from Chicago where, when I got out of the airport last night, it was warmer than Sacramento! I kid you not! I am here at our denominational mid-winter conference. Bree was here over the weekend and I just spent some time with her as she was running to catch her flight back to Sacramento. [...]
Upstream – January 18
Dear River Life, As I sat down to type today, I was thinking how to start this weekly Upstream to you. It made me think about how the apostle Paul may have started an email. So I looked up and saw how he started Ephesians and I liked how he began his letter to his [...]
Upstream – January 3
I hope that your Christmas and New Year’s Eve were full of the love and grace of God expressed to you through God’s endless creativity…a family member, an expression of love/thankfulness, a quiet moment in the rush, a timely word read in Scripture, a glimpse out of the corner of your eye of the true [...]
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Family Swim
Every first Sunday of the month we will be doing something a bit different in worship. We are calling it Family Swim bec...
Joseph Offering
For our March Joseph offering we are going to give our new Youth Pastor, Bree Stairs, a place to live. We will be collec...
CHIC 2012
CHIC stands for Covenant High In Christ/. This is a denominational high school event that happens once each three years....
