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Bishop, Ordained Pastor, Radical Inclusionist, Social justice activist, Digital Creator of Beyond The Gatekeepers ™ a weekly broadcast discussing current events through a theological and justice informed lens, bridging the gap between church and community.
- Schedule of the Evening: Soaking Prayer: 9:00–10:00 PM Praise & Worship: 10:00–10:30 PM Watch Night Worship: 10:30 PM Book your social rate for Social Rate Discount (www.marriott.com/events/start...)
- TONIGHT on Beyond The Gatekeepers We are diving deep into the pulse of our world, politics, faith, justice, and everything in between. Wednesday, Nov 5 8PM (ET) Watch live: linktr.ee/watchbeyondthegatekeepers Come ready to think, question, and imagine a just future, together.
- This Wednesday, October 15th @ 8PM (ET)! This week’s guest is Brandan Robertson, discussing his new book: Queer & Christian: Reclaiming Our Bible, Our Faith, and Our Place at the Table.
- Grace upon grace! 🙌🏾 Join us as we celebrate Bishop Vanessa M. Brown’s 55th Birthday — October 19th | 12:30 PM | The Riverside Church, NYC 🔥 Featuring The Sons of Thunder: Pastor Charles Watterson & Rev. Lucien Washington Come rejoice in 55 years of grace, purpose, and becoming! 💜
- Join us with Rev. Dr. Stephanie M. Crumpton, Associate Professor of Practical Theology at McCormick Theological Seminary and author of We Gon’ Be Alright. Wednesday, October 1 8 PM (ET) Watch Live: linktr.ee/watchbeyondthegatekeepers
- Join us Wednesday, September 24th at 8pm ET for a powerful conversation: “Over My Head: The Power of Ancestral Music to Future the Black Church” Featuring Rev. Lisa M. Allen-McLaurin, Ph.D. Professor of Worship, Music, and Spirituality – MTSO 📺 Watch live: linktr.ee/watchbeyondthegatekeepers
- I am honored to be the guest preacher for Unity Fellowship Church of Baltimore’s 25th Anniversary Worship Service I look forward to celebrating with my dear colleagues Elder Dr. Jamie Washington (Sr. Pastor) and Rev. Carla Johnson (Asst. Pastor) as we honor this milestone of faith and community.
- Join us THIS SUNDAY, August 24, 2025 at 11AM (ET) for our Summer Virtual Worship Series! 🎤 We are blessed to welcome Pastor Charles L. A. Watterson as our guest preacher! Come expecting a powerful Word, vibrant worship, and community connection.
- Family, I am honored to share that I will be the guest speaker at Unity Fellowship Church of Christ, NYC for their Male-Identified Worship Service on Sunday, August 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM (EST) 521 West 126th Street, New York, NY 10027 ALL ARE WELCOME!
- Rivers of Living Water Ministries NY | NJ invites you to our Summer Virtual Worship Series 🌞 📅 Sunday, August 10, 2025 🕚 11:00 AM EST – Online Only 🎤 Preacher: Pastor Susan Webley 📍 Watch LIVE on: 📲 Facebook & YouTube – @RiversNYNJUCC
- Sunday, May 25 at 11:00AM (ONLINE ONLY) We close out Mental Health Awareness Month with a powerful and prophetic word from Minister in Training Nala Simone Toussaint! Join us online only at 11AM on Facebook + YouTube @RiversNYNUCC
- “We still believe. So we show up.” — Bishop Vanessa M. Brown Join Bishop Vanessa M. Brown in Atlanta for TFAM’s 25th Holy Convocation for a time of liberation, radical inclusion, and community power. We Still Believe! Don’t miss this moment. Register today at www.tfamconference.org
- Join us Wednesday, May 14 at 8PM ET / 5PM PT on Beyond The Gatekeepers as we welcome Rev. Dr. Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones, Assistant Professor at Boston College and author of Immaculate Misconceptions: A Black Mariology. Watch live: linktr.ee/watchbeyondt...
- Early Bird registration for TFAM Convocation 2025 has been extended through May 18th! Whether you are TFAM to the core or newly connected to the Fellowship, there is a place for you at this table. Lock in your spot (and your savings!) now at www.tfamconference.org #tfamturns25
- This Wednesday | April 30 | we are in conversation with Dr. Judith Weisenfeld, author of Black Religion in the Madhouse. Her groundbreaking book explores how Black religious lives were criminalized and pathologized in psychiatric institutions after slavery and how Black people resisted.
- We still believe in prayer, where we commune with the Divine and find strength for the journey. We still believe in worship, where freedom breaks loose and joy is our protest. We still believe in healing, not just for one, but for all of us, together. www.tfamconference.org #tfamturning25
- Join us on April 9 at 8PM ET for a powerful conversation with Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes, author of Underworld Work, as we explore Black Atlantic religion in Jim Crow New Orleans. Hosted by Bishop Vanessa M. Brown and Bishop Yvette A. Flunder Streaming Live: linktr.ee/watchbeyondthegatekeepers
- ✨ Join Us for a Joyous Celebration,18 years of faith, community, and pastoral leadership! 🗓 TODAY! Sunday, April 6, 2025 ⏰ 12:30 PM 📍 The Riverside Church 🔥 Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Danielle Buhuro Come worship with us as we honor God’s faithfulness and the journey of our ministry!
- Good Morning Rivers Family , Friends & Community gentle reminder, prayer begins at 8am. Please join in, for it is our prayers together that help us to remain steadfast and unified during these turbulent times. us02web.zoom.us/j/8367312467...
- Y’Mannas Helping Hands, in conjunction with Rivers of Living Water, presents: ✨ The Real How Money Works ✨ 🔹 Topic: Financial Literacy 🔹 Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025 🔹 Time: 7:00 PM EST 🔹 Location: Zoom ✅ Register Online: tinyurl.com/money-works
- ⏰Wednesdays at 8 PM (ET) / 5 PM (PT) 🔗 Watch live: linktr.ee/watchbeyondt... This week, we welcome Loki Mulholland, Founder & Executive Director of The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation, to discuss his book Get Back to the Counter: Seven Lessons from Civil Rights Icon Joan Trumpauer Muholland.
- Join us Monday, March 24, 2025, at 7:00 PM for a time of healing, renewal, and restoration led by Pastor Yunus Coldman, a Reiki Master Teacher. 📍 Online Only via Zoom 🆔 Meeting ID: 662 885 5524 (Please inbox for passcode) 💫 Join us and invite someone in need of healing.
- Join us in Brooklyn at Trinity Lutheran to support our presiding prelate, Bishop Yvette A. Flunder! Service begins at 11 am (ET). Trinity Lutheran 411 46th Street Brooklyn, NY 11220 Can't make it in person? Tune in on Facebook only at @riversnjnyucc.
- 📢 Y’Mannas Helping Hands, in conjunction with Rivers of Living Water, presents: ✨ The Real How Money Works ✨ 🔹 Topic: Financial Literacy 🔹 Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025 🔹 Time: 7:00 PM EST 🔹 Location: Zoom ✅ Register Online: tinyurl.com/money-works
- This week, we welcome Rev. Dr. Marilyn Patricia Turner-Triplett, author of Justice for Rizpah’s Children: Radical Responses to Childhood Poverty. We’ll discuss the urgent realities of childhood poverty and how faith communities can respond with justice and action.
- Join Us for a Joyous Celebration! Rivers of Living Water Ministries is celebrating 18 years of faith, community, and pastoral leadership! 🗓Sunday, April 6, 2025 ⏰12:30 PM Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave, NYC Theme: Living Into Completion : Transforming, Connecting, Thriving (Philippians 1:6)
- Join us for Beyond The Gatekeepers! 📅 March 12 ⏰ 8 PM (ET) | 5 PM (PT) 🎥 Watch live: linktr.ee/watchbeyondt... Tomorrow night we welcome the Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey as she engages with us in a powerful conversation on her brilliantly executed sermon, The Presenting Problem.
- We are in person this Sunday at 12:30pm. We will serve Communion.
- Tonight, we are sitting down with the brilliant Dr. Renita Weems to unpack her powerful sermon, Where Are the Smiths?, and what it reveals about our current moment. Dr. Weems will share her groundbreaking journey as the first Black woman OT scholar and what it means for the future of ministry.
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! This year, we celebrate 25 years of radical inclusivity, faith, and staying power. Through every joy and challenge, we have danced in hope, protested for justice, loved fiercely, and believed relentlessly. Register now at www.tfamconference.org #WESTILLBELIEVE
- Beyond The Gatekeepers™ with Dr. Renita Weems: “Where Are the Smiths?” Black Women, Ministry, and the Church Today Next week, we are sitting down with the brilliant Dr. Renita Weems to unpack her powerful sermon, Where Are the Smiths?, and what it reveals about our current moment.
- 📅 Wednesday, February 26 ⏰ 8 PM ET | 5 PM PT 🔗 Watch live: linktr.ee/watchbeyondt...
- ✨ C.A.R.E. stands for: 🎉 Celebration – Honoring accomplishments, gifts, and talents. 🌿 Ancestral Heritage – Reflecting on wisdom from our ancestors. 🤝 Resources – Connecting you with tangible social service support. 📚 Education – Learning strategies & interventions to navigate life’s challenges.
- Money, Lies & Religion: The Movement to Destroy American Democracy Join us on Beyond The Gatekeepers™ as we uncover the dangerous intersection of money, politics, and religion. Christian nationalism, fueled by wealthy donors, is threatening democracy as we know it.
- God help!
- Join Us Online for Sunday Worship at Rivers of Living Water Ministries! February 16, 2025 at 11 AM EST Online Worship Service Let us worship together and be inspired by the word brought to us by Rev. Dr. Charles L.A. Watterson. Watch Live on Facebook & YouTube Rivers NY NJ UCC
- Tonight at 8pm live on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram join us for a conversation on BTG with Andrew Krinks, author of White Property, Black Trespass. Andrew will dive into the critical intersections of race, land, and power, unpacking the histories that continue to shape our communities.
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- Join Us Online for Sunday Worship at Rivers of Living Water Ministries! We will be having Communion Virtually, please prepare your own elements. February 2, 2025 at 11 AM EST Online Worship Service join us @riversnynjucc on FB & YouTube
