5:05 Vespers

Once a month we gather for the 5:05 p.m. Vespers, a night of music, scripture, art, poetry, and communion. It is a night of community and reflection, centered on Song, Word, and Table. Each week we strive to create space for our community to experience the love of God and the work of the Holy Spirit.

Riverfront is an inclusive ecumenical space with roots in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the United Methodist traditions. Many within our community are seeking a place to explore their faith while healing from past hurts within the church. We seek to be a place where all are welcome, and questions are celebrated.

Winter Schedule:

Special Gatherings:

December 8- 5:05 pm Walk along Wilmington Riverfront & Dinner to follow

December 24- 5 pm Christmas Eve Service at Grace UMC

5:05 Vespers at Delaware Contemporary

December 22- Sharon Sable Trio
January 19
February 16
March 16

Where to find us?

5:05 Vespers:

Delaware Contemporary Museum:

200 S Madison St, Wilmington, DE 19801

We recently started gathering at the Delaware Contemporary and we love it. There is something incredibly special to worship surrounded by art. We are excited to incorporate the visual arts in our worship alongside the music, scripture, and poetry. There is a large free parking lot, so don't worry, you will be able to find a spot!

Our Office:

Grace UMC: 900 N Washington St., Wilm DE 19801

Grace UMC is a great partner of Riverfront Ministries. This is where you can find us during the week. Grace is also the home of the first location of the Wilmington Kitchen Collective.

Think & Drink Book & Bible Study:

Chancery Market: 1313 Market St., Wilm DE 19801

Free parking in the garage below the Chancery after 5:30 p.m. The Chancery is a fun food-hall for us to gather and study together each week.

Statement of beliefs:

We believe our Creator calls us to creative worship that communicates to people here and now, engaging all of the senses and speaking into human experience.

We believe Jesus welcomes and celebrates all as part of the sacred community. We believe we encounter the Risen Christ in our neighbors and strangers at the margins of faith and society.

We welcome all people into the life of this community, and celebrate and give thanks for our diversity of race, ethnicity, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical and mental ability, faith background, economic status, appearance, marital condition, political persuasion, education, and life experience.

We believe our Sustainer, the Spirit, nourishes our souls with the Word, and sends us out to serve.

We believe the Church is wherever two or three are gathered by the Spirit in God's Name. For us the Church is at the Riverfront Pavilion, the Delaware Contemporary, in various restaurants throughout the city, in the Kitchen Collective and Cafe at Grace Church, and anywhere the community gathers.

We commit to imaginative collaboration in serving God’s people with bold love, open to questions and exploration, as Christ has served the church.