River Valley Church - Shakopee Campus — Attraction in Shakopee

Have been attending this church for roughly 2-3 months now. Each time I show up, I feel more and more uncomfortable. The info posted on the website about social distancing and mask usage does not seem to align with the reality of what you will see when you arrive, and it gets worse every week. We had to laugh at yesterday’s service when the campus pastor said “first timers come in strangers and leave family”. Not once have me and my family been approached. Even the process of signing my 3rd grader up for kid class seemed more of an inconvenience to them then making us feel welcomed. All in all, I’m a strong believer in Romans 13:1-5 and It’s taken me a long time to understand and respect that passage. But this is where the church, in my opinion, is separating itself from the word to do what they want to do and that’s scary to me. It also says something to me when you post on your website saying your staff with be masked and ask the congregation to follow suit. Staff aren’t wearing masks and the congregation is following suit! We are uncomfortable approaching anyone cause no ones wearing masks and we just want to get out. We feel judged cause no one approaches us making us feel like it’s because we are wearing masks. There is no right answer to this mixed feeling other then the word, and that brings me back...

I really can't leave a review about anything other than the music, because as a first-time visitor today when me and my family went, we left prior to the message being spoken. The music is so insanely loud it's inconceivable that a music director would let this pass... It doesn't sound good. The insane noise level of the music makes it impossible to focus on anything else, Christ or otherwise. The base is so heavy that it is literally a vibrating chairs and deep inside your chest. I actually pulled out a decibel meter on my phone and the peak registered about 95 decibels.... That's hearing damaging levels!! Other families with small children were prepared and had earmuffs for the kids, but why on Earth would I expect to need ear muffs when going to a church service? Insane. If you don't believe any of this review, go check it out for yourself. Btw I'm 31 yes old, so don't think this is some "ok...

I went here with my teacher I knew Jesus but was far from him and I was smoking mom hated it almost kicked me out and I went to church with my old middle school teach this random guy no one knew him came up to us said I’ll tell everyone something that God want to know about them so started off my teacher then my neighbor then was my turn he said God told him that was in bad spot and lost and broken and I should come back to the father I was so scared because was like Jesus was speaking through him he looking at me like wanted to say more but my teacher and neighbor was there he didn’t want spill it all but wow Jesus is a miracle and alway will be! Sum will say Jesus is a “P-t” but he is not he is alive and I seen it three times no I’m not pushing it away this...