Ladies Christmas Dinner Coming Soon!

Our ladies Christmas Dinner is our highest attended women's event every year. Ladies enjoy a delicious meal served by our volunteer gentleman waiters, share in a yummy dessert, have excellent entertainment, and get to shop in our ladies store. Ladies can buy tickets for $12 from Karen Hauser. Tickets do sell out, so be sure to jump on purchasing your ticket! Our ladies dinner is Saturday, December 10th at 4:30pm.
Also, a tradition for our ladies dinner is our ladies store. We have it open for one night only and there's always lots of great items. We run 100% off donations. Ladies donate items between now and Dec. 9th. On December 10th at the ladies Christmas dinner, ladies shop the store.
 All of the proceeds from dinner and the ladies store go towards providing scholarships for this years women's retreat!

 

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Guest Speaker at Riverview

Guest Speaker at Riverview

This past Sunday, we had a special guest come and speak at Riverview Community Church. We were blessed by Pastor Bo Melin as we got insights into his ministry in Haiti. It was also very exciting to learn a little about the past of our senior pastors, Rob and Becky Neuschwander. Bo Melin was their senior pastor as Rob and Becky broke onto the scene of youth ministry over 30 years ago. It was a morning full of three wonderful shepherds attempting to out-bless the others. It was a special moment for all and we look forward to when we have the opportunity to invite Pastor Bo back in the future. It was an inspiring morning that resulted in the congregation coming forward for prayer with an emphasis on getting a second wind in our walk with the Lord. Our church seems to continue to develop relations with Haiti in multiple ways as we have sent a missions team there, currently sponsor over 20 children in Jacmel, and have a special connection with Pastor Bo’s ministry there. It will be quite interesting to see how God continues to knit this church together with our brothers and sisters in Haiti. 

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Production Ministry

We are excited about all of our new sound, lighting, and projection equipment. Day by day more of our new gear is arriving and getting implemented. With all of this "newness" hitting the stage we could use some help. We are looking for a few people who would be interested in getting trained to run the sound board, the light board, and the PowerPoint to fill in on Sundays and/or Friday nights at Thirst. We have a small, wonderful team that is very skilled in this area but we are looking to expand this team. If this an area that you would like to grow in and have the time to dedicate to learning a new skill, contact Robbie Neal. He would be happy to talk to you about what the role could look like and how you can fit in to this wonderful area of production ministry.

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Operation Christmas Child

 Operation Christmas Child

It is collection week for OCC. Bring your prepared box to church this Sunday to provide a gift for a child that might not otherwise get a Christmas present year. On top of that you will be helping spread Jesus to kids in communities across the world. Here are the steps to getting your gift ready to go!

Step 1 to packing your shoebox is, you've probably guessed this one, get a shoebox. You can grab an actual shoebox or can buy a plastic Rubbermaid that's shoebox sized (usually available at the Dollar Tree or Walmart) . You can wrap your shoebox if you choose but make sure you wrap the lid and the box separately, meaning you can still open the shoebox after its wrapped.

Step 2 is to decide which gender and age group you would like to pack a box for. Download this Box Label, cut out either the boy or girl label, check the box next to the age you're packing your box for, and tape it to the top of your shoebox.

Step 3 is the fun part, filling the box. There are the toys that every child will love to play with and immediately be excited about. You can also pack things to meet practical needs, such as: rope, silverware, toothbrushes, combs, clothes, warm socks, mittens, and hats, school supplies, etc. Some bigger items can always be condensed as well if you pack them carefully. For example you could include a sports ball if it's deflated and has a pump enclosed. For more ideas on what to pack in your box Click Here.

Step 4 is covering your shipping cost. You can give your $7 online and track where your box goes by Clicking Here. You could instead put a $7 check written to "Samaritan's Purse" with "OCC" on the memo line in an envelope in your shoe box on top of your goodies.

Step 5 is to pray over your box, pray for the country that your box is going to, pray for the family the box will impact, and pray for the child that receives your box.
The last step is to bring your box to church on Sunday, November 23rd so we can get it to a drop-off facility.










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Ignite Youth Still Going Strong

This past fall, Zack Gonzales and Matt Kmetz took on the position of Youth Pastor's leading the teens grades 6-12 in music, games, fun, and the teaching of Jesus in a loving, relevant way.
With approximately 40 teens packing into the church each week, we're excited to say Ignite is still thriving and the teens in this community are getting reached for Jesus! This past week, Zack spoke on Matthew 9:27-31. He taught about how Jesus is our ultimate healer challenging the teens at the end of the night with the question, "Do you believe that Jesus can heal you" following the previous weeks question, "If Jesus reached out his hand and would touch/heal one thing in your life, what would you want it to be?"

Ignite Youth is on break for Thanksgiving week but will return on November 30th. If you know a 6th-12th grader that needs to get plugged in to a group of people in the same stage of life as them in a place where it's safe to be themselves, invite them to check out one of our clubs! Ignite takes place on Wednesday Nights at Riverview, 6325 Old Pacific Hwy S, Kalama, from 7:32-8:45pm-balcony opens for pre-club hang out at 6:30pm.

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Our First Holiday Event Was A Blast!

Ladies Cookie & Craft Night was a blast. Women enjoyed listening to Christmas music, hanging out with one another, eating cookies, and making candle crafts. This was the first of our many Christmas events here at RiverView, we hope you will join us for all of our upcoming parties as we lead into the holiday season! To view our calendar and events, you can click here.

Prime Time Explosion

 Prime Time Explosion

The Prime Time group is hopping! More and more seniors are pouring into the church each Thursday morning at 11:15. It is a great time of fellowship, worship, meaningful lessons, and small group breakouts. The Prime Time group has a potluck lunch together following the program every week. There is a retreat coming up February 2^nd through 4th for this group at Christian Renewal Center (CRC). The cost is $120 a person (ages 50 and up). See Karen Hauser for details or to make payment for the camp. If you are 50 years old or older you do not want to miss this event. We are believing in faith that God has great things planned for the older generations at this retreat!

Prime Time Retreat is on the Calendar!

If you're age 50+, make sure you get your $120 turned in & sign up with Karen Hauser for our Prime Time Retreat. We'll be going to the Christian Renewal Center in Silverton Oregon for delicious meals, awesome devotional times, and, as anytime we gather, crazy fun! Reserve the dates, February 2nd-4th in your calendar and we look forward to seeing you there!

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Exciting Changes Are Coming!

This week marks the beginning of an overhaul of the sound and light production at the church. Be looking for big changes as speakers are swapped out, microphones are upgraded, lights are installed and so much more. Music is a huge part of what we do both in our Sunday celebration meetings as well as weekly activities such as Thirst. It is the church's goal to make the sound production and worship atmosphere as inviting as possible for people who might be stepping into a church for the first time ever. This will be a huge upgrade for the church and we hope you are as excited as we are!

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