The River’s Mission
Two things the River provides with FAITH as the integral anchor and the #1 Guiding Principle:
#1 Guiding Principle
Right from the founding of The River, there have been two significant focal points that were foundational to The River’s #1 Guiding Principle of keeping faith at the center of everything (and a third added a few years later). Here are the three focal points followed by a Slide Show for each (after the River Aspirations & Core Values).
- Large Cross above all
- Top center of the wall
- River Community Mural in the midst of everything
- Painted by The River community themselves
- A main focal point added in August 2009
- Please read the one page Story Behind It just before Focal Point 3 slide show
- Large Blackboard in the midst of everything
- With the two founding Scriptures plus a changing weekly Scripture
- See if you see a pattern in the Weekly Scriptures. Watch their slide show at bottom of this page!
River Aspirations
All 5 Core Values
Focal Point 1 Slide Show
To start the Slide Show Tap/Click the PLAY button (bottom of the starting photo*):
Focal Point 2 Background Story
Rays of light poured from the holes in outstretched hands emerging from a flowing river—
bringing to mind how the same Jesus that was nailed through his hands to the cross to die for our sins
is there in the midst of The River.
[from the background story prepared by The River staff and posted on the wall next to the mural* – click to zoom in on it]
Slide Show (Focal Point 2)
To start the Slide Show Tap/Click the PLAY button (bottom of the starting photo*):
Focal Point 3 First Slide Show
To start the Slide Show Tap/Click the PLAY button (bottom of the starting photo*):
Final Slide Show (Focal Point 3)
Do you see a pattern in these weekly Scriptures since 2023?
To start the Slide Show Tap/Click the PLAY button (bottom of the starting photo*):
In addition to those three main focal points, The River was a major focal point for seven years of working on the Handwritten Bible … and was the first public display of it when all six volumes were completed*:
*Photos taken by Len Lindsay or from The River’s social media. The River’s Mission, Guiding Principle, Core Values are from this River webpage; the Aspirations are from this River webpage.
The Word at The River 