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    Grassroots Church

    5.0 (1 review)
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    5 months ago

    The people who go there are great! If you like a good group of people to play magic the gathering with for a life group give it a shot.

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    Riverside Community Church

    Riverside Community Church

    3.0(5 reviews)
    2.9 mi

    Really nice non-denominational Christian church on the shores of the Rock River. Was invited by my…read moregirlfriend to attend services. Everyone was very friendly, made you feel welcome. Was astonished at how many charity events/drives they have scheduled. Very tight knit group.

    This review has taken awhile to write, but I was recently talking to someone about weddings and…read moreremembered I wanted to review them. We were supposed to get married at Riverside on 10-17-15. We booked 9 months in advance and paid in full. My uncle was a member there and we had also met the paster, Bobby, through various family funerals and events. Everyone always spoke very highly of him. The church needed to meet with my fiancé and I to discuss details and a little about ourselves. We scheduled this meeting 6 months prior to our wedding. During this meeting, we discussed (as we had done when booking) our wedding plans and how we'd like to have a very close friend do part of our wedding (mainly the vows). We were told numerous times that it was our wedding and they had no problems with it. Fast forward to a month before the wedding. We were in contact with Bobby about the details of the wedding and how we'd like everything to go. All of a sudden, Bobby decided he had an issue with our friend doing the vows. We had planned this for almost 9 months and had our hearts set on it. The only reason we booked with them was because we were told it was okay. We were basically told that our friend could do a reading and that was it. Needless to say, my fiancé and I were pissed. After informing the church of this, we were basically told to take a hike and we'd be losing our $250 deposit. We had sent out invites and purchased decorations specific to this church. It was now 2 weeks before our wedding and we felt very uncomfortable with this church and felt that Bobby would somehow ruin our wedding if we chose to have the wedding there. He all but told us that he didn't want to marry us. We ate the deposit and cancelled when we found another church available willing to let our friend do vows. We were unable to use half of our decorations, and it caused a great deal of stress. The last thing we wanted to worry about two weeks before our big day was finding a new church. Because of this, we had to send out emergency notices letting everyone know about the change in venue. Two of our family members missed the wedding because they had moved and didn't get the update. After all this, I urge everyone to avoid this church. They're rude and unprofessional. Bobby is very pushy and the woman who handles weddings there was very standoffish and unwelcoming. Not very Christian-like if you ask me. My uncle has since left the church because of it. Stay far away from these guys and save yourself the stress if you're looking for a wedding venue. We ended up getting married at Fischer Chapel at Rockford University and we had a great wedding.

    Grassroots Church - churches - Updated July 2026

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