River of Life Church
Where we are
The River of Live Christian Centre, Dumfries Station, Lovers Walk, Dumfries DG1 1LU.
Charity Number SCO 19962
Contacts
Senior Pastor: Mark Smith
Associate Pastor: Duke Miller
Phone 01387 264646
Email info@riveroflife.org.uk
Website www.riveroflife.org.uk
Regular times of worship
Every Sunday morning: 10:30am Family Service
2nd Sunday each month: 6pm Night Church
Our mission and ministry
The River of Life Church is committed to bringing Jesus Christ to the people of Dumfries. We are a contemporary Church, bringing the good news of Jesus’ love, healing and forgiveness in a way that people can understand and interact with. We love to step outside the walls of the Church building to make an impact in a real way to people’s lives. Church should be fun and engaging and we do all we can to make that the case, focusing on life-issues and applying God’s Word to everyday challenges, dilemmas and decisions. The River of Life Church is affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance, and part of the Hillsong Network.
Activities
Sunday Church services form the pillar of our Church activities, but by no means does it stop there! There are loads of things for people to get involved with: Life Groups meet at different locations (usually homes), at different times throughout the week, to cater for a wide variety of needs; Alpha courses run several times a year, as an introduction to the Christian Faith; people can enrol for Hillsong’s Faithworks Extension College, which we run at River of Life, comprising one night a week studying the Bible, with a teacher and notes. A Hillsong diploma is awarded to successful students.
We also run a busy independent Christian School, providing a full education for 4-18 year olds. The local town centre Christian bookshop and coffee shop, Kings, is a ministry of the River of Life Church, providing a place to meet, Christian resources and employment. There’s a Children’s outreach, Kidz Xtreme, which we run in Lincluden Communit Centre every fortnight and vibrant youth event takes place in the River of Life Centre every Thursday night.
History
The River of Life Church began in the Pastor’s home as a small prayer group in 1987, developing into a Church in 1988. We’ve always been keen to be proactive in building people and doing things which reach out to the community. The wide range of Church ministries and activities which have developed are the outworking of that vision.