If you cannot attend in person, services are available on Facebook Live at 10 a.m on Sundays.
Recordings of previous messages are on the TEACHINGS page.
Our small groups are meeting in small groups (thus the name).
Men's Prayer is on Zoom.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theriochurch/
The Rio Church - Westside Campus- https://www.facebook.com/groups/181600608562475/
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Youth group
Friday nights at 7 at 155 McCutcheon
Youth group is for kids from 12 years old through high school. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Fiesta (Potluck, worship, and communion)
Thursday, March 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Rio church building
(Also: May 18, July 13, Sept 21, Nov 16)
Fiestas are a great opportunity to worship together as a church family through praise, prayer, and communion. We also love to glorify God by telling one another what He has been doing in our lives. Before our upcoming Fiesta, please take a few minutes to see if God would put anything on your heart to share—a verse that has been meaningful, an answer to prayer, or a way that God is at work in your life.
** A-M Main Dish; N-Z Side dish & a dessert (Please bring enough to serve 10.) **
Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. NIV
Men of God
Saturday, March 25, 8 a.m. at 155 McCutcheon (Also: Mar 25, Apr 29, May 27, June 24)
Years ago, I (Steve) came across this verse: [The Sovereign LORD declared,] “I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.” (Eze. 22:30) I thought, how sad, that no man was willing to be God’s man. I certainly don’t claim to be more of that man than any man alive at that time. That would seem to be thinking a bit too highly of myself. Yet I desire to be that man. Like Isaiah, I want to say, “Here I am. Send me!” I want God to use my life. I don’t know exactly what that looks like, but I know that I’m not much on my own. God has made us a body and a family. We need each other. My desire is that we would be committed to one another and be devoted to meeting regularly and spurring one another on. Men, let’s join together at men’s prayer and at MOG. I need you, Men, and we need one another!
Lunch after church
Sunday, April 2nd (Also: May 7, June 4, July 2)
Every month we have lunch together after church. This allows people to stay for a few extra minutes since they are going to eat anyway. It is very hard to develop meaningful relationships in our busy society, so we would like to foster relationship building in any way we can. Please hang out, enjoy some lunch, and meet someone new! Everyone is welcome!
WOW Discipleship Time (Women of the Word)
Saturday, April 8th – 8:30 a.m. at a location TBA
Every other month, the women of the Rio meet for their discipleship meeting. We cover topics that specifically relate to women as we walk in faith and follow our Lord. If you come to the Rio, this meeting is for you! Join us on a Saturday morning for a time when we get together and process all that God calls us to in His Word.
The WOW Discipleship Time is rich opportunity to hear from some of women of the church and how they have experienced life in ministry, marriage, and the ups and downs of following the Lord. It will be an encouraging and building time! All the ladies are welcome and encouraged to participate!
Small Group Leader meeting
Monday, April 10th, 7 p.m., Location TBA
(Also: June 12, Aug 14)
Over 50ish Lunch
Sunday, April 16th, 12:15ish at Jason’s Deli
(Also: May 21, June 18, July 16)
We are going to meet at Jason’s Deli (7410 Remcon Circle) with the agenda of hanging out and having some great fellowship. If you can remember phones with chords and rotary dials, playing with lawn darts, and typewriters, this lunch is for you. We hope you can make it (no longevity joke intended)!
Rio Youth Night at the Ballpark
Friday, May 5th
All Rio youth are invited! We'll meet at 5:30 at the church and drive there together. The game starts at 6:30. $10 covers admission and food. Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Steve N or David M.
WOW (Women of the Word) Meet-up Fellowship
Saturday, May 13th
For our WOW meetup, we'd like to invite you to join us as we mix things up in an attempt to get to know others in the church, build friendships, and support each other. On a given Saturday (generally the 2nd) of every other month, we are going to set aside a time for those who wish to participate to meet with one other lady drawn at random. The two of you can make plans together to do what feels comfortable to you: perhaps go out for coffee at an outdoor location, have breakfast or lunch together, or go for a walk, etc. If you would like to participate, please email Holly and then she will draw the names from a hat and let you know who you've been paired with so you can make plans together. We hope it is a fun and easy way to get to know one other person in our church better.
Faithcamp / DTC 2023
July 19-23, 2023
Registration is NOW open for our first all-M28 Alliance Faithcamp/DTC conference! This long-awaited event will take place at beautiful Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. Faithcamp is for everyone — meaningful worship, powerful teachings, and organized activities for people of all ages! While it’s designed for your entire family, there will also be a separate (yet coinciding) DTC teen track available. With the entire ASU campus pretty much to ourselves, it’s the perfect setting to hang out, make new friends, and enjoy old ones. M28 churches from across the country will be participating.
Register today at faithcamp23.com, where you will find necessary and exciting details (including FAQs) about what you can expect during our time together. Consider making this your family vacation – you won’t be disappointed!
Church Camp Out 2023
Friday, Aug 18, 2023
We are going to have an awesome church camp-out at Black Bear Group Campground near Cloudcroft. We’ll fellowship over a potluck dinner on Friday night at 6 and have some s’mores. The other meals are on your own. The cost is $15/family. We had to reserve a minimum of two nights, so we also have Thursday night reserved. Feel free to head up early if you’d like an extra night of camping.
Directions: From Cloudcroft, turn south onto NM130. Continue for 1 mile and turn left (east) onto Forest Road 24B (just across the road from the Deerhead Campground entrance). The entrance will be on your right-hand side.
Eddie Smith and Wycliff
Several months ago, we had a visiting missionary at church. His name is Eddie Smith and he and his wife, Jen, have been a part of our family of churches for many years. They were recently a part of the Desert’s End church in Phoenix. Eddie is a very smart guy who also has a passion for biblical doctrine. Accordingly, he is well suited to be a translation consultant with Wycliffe Bible Translators. As a person who is proficient in Hebrew and Greek, he will be working closely with translators to ensure that a new Bible translation is completed with clarity and faithfulness. He doesn’t yet know what mission field he will be assigned, but should find out in the next few months. We would love for people to partner with the Smiths by helping them financially and/or being committed members of their prayer team. Please join them in their work of getting the Bible to people who desperately need it. The link to their official Wycliffe page is: https://www.wycliffe.org/partner/smiths. You can learn more about what they’re doing at: https://thesojourn.co/wycliffe/
Parking
To bless our neighboring businesses, please don't park north of the handicapped-parking spots.
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