Ministry Partnerships

The River participates with God in our neighborhood through community partnerships. We recognize that joining with God's mission in our communities is slow work, but we believe that through partnerships, we can best participate with how God is bringing about restoration for our neighbors and communties.

Feeding Fifty

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One meal makes a difference, and everyone is welcome at the table!

Feeding Fifty is a community initiative to meet people where they are and provide two basic needs, food and friendship. What better way to connect than around the dinner table.

In October 2020, The River's chapter of Feeding Fifty began with the goal of sharing 50 meals with community members. This monthly meal has grown to sharing well over 50 meals per month with people from all over our community.

Spirit of Hope: Men's Shelter

Spirit of Hope provides safe emergency shelter for men who are homeless in Walworth County between November and April. Spirit of Hope has been providing assistance for 15 years during the 6 months of Winter and over the last six Shelter years 356 men were assisted for a total of 12,446 bed nights, 3,549 meals served and 37,856 volunteer hours utilized.

Members from The River has been a host or a co-host many times throughout the organization's history.  Members have served on the Spirit of Hope board, have provided meals, and have stayed overnight with the guys at the shelter.