Thoughts of Josh Dryer

Hey Everyone! We are excited to present the name, logo, and mission of our new church plant in Dubuque, Iowa: River City Church. Check out the logo and videopresentation describing what we are about. Also, here's a link to the pdf of the slide show just in case the video doesn't work for you: River City Church: What We're About

I have begun to read Thom and Jess Rainers’ book The Millennials: Connecting to America’s Largest Generation and while all of the book has been interesting to this point, one particular stat made me laugh. On p. 44 Jess writes, “The two most common forms of communication for Millennials are talking and texting on a cell phone. This explains why most Millennials say their cell phone is vital…The most accessible way to reach a Millennial is by text.” I am on the outside edge of the Millennial generation but like to consider myself one because it makes me feel more trendy and youthful but there are definitely some big differences between me and Millennials. These differences became very evident for me at a meeting about a year ago. I was meeting with a group of Millennials for a strategy planning session for a new worship service we were starting at our church. The worship service was being designed to reach the Millennial generation and thus we valued the opinions of this group of peo