After hearing how diverse this church is I decided to attend several sermons. The band is very good although at times they do sing out of tune. The sermons are usually pointless conservative drivel. This is one of those churches where people are notorious for not practicing what they preach. The people are incredibly unfriendly to ethnic minorities and young liberals.
This is not a progressive or diverse church at all. The sermons are very biblical. They take the bible scripture literally. And the congregation has very poor social skills. They rarely socialize after church. And this church is not welcoming to younger aged people. Very rarely will you see Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, or young adults in this church. The majority of the time every single family that attends are cliquish and white Anglo. Riverbend church is very pretentious in their marketing and advertising. They mislead people into joining their highly conservative anti-progressive church in the guise of ""We welcome everybody"" facade.
There is an elderly man that supervises the Riverbend church gardens and he has come across as extremely rude and mean. One time he shouted at us and pointed a large stick at us. He shouted at us ""Do you know what this is"" and made a hostile facial expression. He did that as a family member and I strolled through their beautiful gardens. Other times he tried interrogating us with rude questions that were none of his concern. That man needs lessons in professionalism and customer service. It's also pretty clear that he is a racist loser. I noticed that he did not shout at the other guests in the gardens. If you have brown skin or you appear different then it's best that you do not attend this severely unprofessional church. The people are horrible. And the sermons are even worse. The only redeeming factor is the beautiful area and the hill country.
Pros: Beautiful scenery
Cons: rude employees, discrimination, and pretentious
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