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Sundays at 9:00 & 11:00 am

RiverbendChurch · Lawrence

A church for everyone in Lawrence, Kansas

There’s a seat saved for you.

Riverbend is a non-denominational church on the bend of the Kansas River. Whether you’ve been to church all your life or never at all, come as you are. The coffee is good, the kids’ rooms are safe and the questions are welcome.

Plan your visitListen to a sermon
  • Jeans welcome
  • Kids from birth to 5th grade
  • Step-free entrance
Illustration: Riverbend Church on a green hill beside a winding river at sunrise, with people walking down the path

SundaysCoffee’s on from 8:30

Kids’ check-in opens 8:40

This Sunday

Sunday

  • 9:00 amGathering · kids from birth to 5th grade
  • 11:00 amGathering · kids, plus ASL interpretation

Sundays at 9:00 and 11:00 am

Where

418 Riverside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66044

Free parking in the north lot and across the street at Riverside Elementary.

Plan your visitMap & parking

I’m new

New here? Three small steps, no pressure.

Everything about your first visit
  1. 1

    Tell us you’re coming

    Pick a Sunday and we’ll save you seats, get the kids’ check-in ready and have someone meet you at the welcome tent.

    Plan your visit
  2. 2

    Come as you are

    Seventy-five minutes of songs, a short prayer, a practical message and good coffee. Nobody will ask you to stand up or say anything.

    What to expect
  3. 3

    Find your people

    Church gets smaller when you join a group. Thirteen meet around Lawrence and online, on every night of the week.

    Find a group

Latest message

Latest message

Room at the Table

Open Table · Dana Okafor

Jesus tells a dinner host to invite the people who can never invite him back.

Notes & discussion questionsAll sermons

Coming up

What’s on at Riverbend

See the full calendar

Ministries

Something for every age and every season

Riverbend Kids

Birth to 5th grade, every Sunday at both gatherings. Secure check-in and trained, background-checked teams.

For families →

Youth

Grades 6–12 on Wednesday nights in the Loft: dinner, games, worship and small groups led by people who care.

For students →

Care & Pantry

Meals after a new baby or a hard diagnosis, grief and recovery groups, and the Riverbend Pantry every Saturday.

Get or give help →

Music & Arts

A band, a choir anyone can join and a Thursday open rehearsal. Bring your instrument, or just your voice.

Join the band →

Why we keep the door open

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
Hebrews 13:2, King James Version
On a Sunday
~650
Small groups
13
Pantry meals in 2025
9,400
By the river since
2011

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