Ladies Studies Starting Up Again

We're kicking off our ladies studies at the church this Friday (5/1) with a Craft Night! All ladies asked to bring Elmer's Glue and Scissors with them as we make kitchen magnets together. Ladies studies will then resume the following week (5/7). All women, college age and older, are welcome to join in as Becky Neuschwander and Denise Burck lead on Thursday Evenings at 6:30pm.

Church Choir

 Choir is starting back up again in a couple weeks and everyone-stage presence or not, trained vocal abilities or not, is welcome to join in! Past choir members have shared that it's not necessarily the singing that keeps them coming back. It's the word that Anja shares with them, it's the loving group of people around them, it's the goofiness and laid-back

atmosphere of rehearsals on Sunday night.
The church choir performed on Christmas Eve and Easter this year and is gearing up to start practicing for their next church performance. Practices are every Sunday evening from 6:30-7:30 at RiverView Community Church (6325 Old Pacific Hwy S, Kalama) starting May 17th. Everyone ages 13 and up is welcome. Come and check it out!

Need a Babysitter or Your Lawn Mowed?

As we're getting ready for summer, the youth group is packed with capable, hardworking teenagers trying to raise money for Ignite Summer Camp and the Haiti Missions Trip...some teens are trying to raise funds for both. If you have an unruly yard, a weed infested flower bed, a garage that looks like it was hit by a hurricane, a coat of white paint on your house that's looking a little yellow, a need for a date night out without the kids, or some other project that needs done that you just haven't had the time to get to - consider hiring the job out to a team of teens. Contact Youth Pastor's, Robbie & Karissa Neal, at kalamariverview@gmail.com, to arrange work.

Summer Fun!

The weather is turning, flowers are blooming,...it's almost summer! Summer means celebrations, retreats, camps, potlucks, bonfires, and all those awesome get togethers that happen when it stays light longer and you can count on sun. Our church calendar has some fun activities on our summer calendar that should make their way onto your calendar..

May 1st at 7:00pm at RiverView Church, women college age and older invited to our Ladies Craft Night.We'll be making refrigerator magnets and we're asking each crafter to bring with them a bottle of Elmer's glue and a pair of scissors.

June 12th and 13th from 8:00am-3:00pm, at RiverView Church, the Youth missions team will be hosting a garage sale to raise funds for their trip to Haiti. They're asking for any donations you have to contribute to be dropped off at the church the week of June 4th-June 11th (we cannot take anything before or after these dates as we have no place to store it).

July 20th-23rd is our Youth Group, Ignite's, Summer Camp. Open to teenagers who are currently in the 6th-11th grade, it will be 4-days filled with all you can eat meals, hilarious skit crews, water kick ball, swimming at Dugan Falls, Clubs, Cabin Times, Surprise activities, and more! Cost has been cut in half this year - down to $125, due by Wednesday, May 27th.

Sunday, July 26th at 4:00pm, we'll have our annual Church Family Potluck Picnic at Pastor's Rob & Becky Neuschwander's farm. Please bring a dish to share!

August 14th-16th is our annual Women's Retreat at the Christian Renewal Center. Cost is $120. Talk to Denise Burck or Becky Neuschwander for details or to sign up!






September 18th-20th is our annual Men's Retreat at the Christian Renewal Center. Cost is $120. Talk to Nathan Burck for details or to sign up!

Prayer and Worship Night

What an awesome time of Spirit led worship and prayer! Approximately 20 people arrived to the church and spent about an hour and a half just worshiping God and relaxing in his presence.

Amphitheater Concert Fundraising 2015

The Kalama area has an awesome fundraising opportunity open to it this summer. The Clark County Amphitheater hosts concerts every summer and has food and drink "Ovation Stations" all around the theater. We have the opportunity to provide volunteers for each concert to serve customers, cook food, and open and clean the stand. There are ten concerts this summer and in past years each volunteer has made an average of $100/concert.
The non-profit this is running through is called "Kalama Kids" so this fundraising opportunity is available to anyone raising money for something to benefit kids ages 0-18 in the community: that can be school clothes, state sport trips, uniforms for teams, senior class trips, mission trips, youth groups, etc. If you’re not sure if something would qualify, you can always ask! You also must have a valid food handlers card and liquor license.
There will be a mandatory meeting for all volunteers on Thursday, April 30th at 6:30pm at RiverView Community Church, where you will need to bring with you a copy of your liquor license and food handlers card. A food handlers card can be printed immediately after taking their short online class however the liquor licenses take 4-6 weeks to receive so be sure to apply for that ASAP.
As of right now, what any interested volunteers need to do is sign up for what concerts they're interested in working. The concert schedule is below. If you are interested, please email kalamariverview@gmail.com with each concert date you’d like to work, followed by your first name, last name, best contact email, and what you are raising funds for. We need 15 people to work each concert and slots for each concert will be on a first come, first served basis.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Karissa Neal (kalamariverview@gmail.com). She's heading up organizing volunteers this year, is really excited that our area has the opportunity to participate in this fundraiser, and is looking forward to possibly getting to work with you this summer!

Event	Event Date
Def Leppard 2015	Thu, Sep 17, 2015 7:00 PM
Tim McGraw 2015	Sat, Sep 05, 2015 7:00 PM
Kid Rock 2015	Fri, Sep 04, 2015 6:45 PM
Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa 2015	Sat, Aug 01, 2015 7:00 PM
Aerosmith 2015	Tue, Jul 28, 2015 7:30 PM
Train 2015	Fri, Jul 24, 2015 7:00 PM
Zac Brown Band 2015	Sun, Jul 12, 2015 7:00 PM
Van Halen 2015	Sat, Jun 27, 2015 7:30 PM
Nickelback 2015	Fri, Jun 19, 2015 7:30 PM
Lana Del Rey 2015	Fri, May 22, 2015 7:30 PM

Link for liquor license application: www.washingtonalcoholtraining.com/index.aspx
Link for health card application:www.foodworkercard.wa.gov

It's Spring Break!

With everyone running a million directions, mid-week ministries are on break for this week. Only exception being Prime Time as they're just too awesome to avoid meeting together for a week. Normal meetings will resume starting April 13th.

Kalama Community Easter Egg Hunt 2015

About 150 children ages 3-13 crowded in, anxiously awaiting the siren signaling the beginning of their quest. Age areas were taped off for Preschool-Kindergarten, 1st-2nd grade, and 3rd-5th. The moment the first note of the megaphone sounded...they were off. The 4 golden prize eggs were hard sought after but overall there were plenty of eggs to fill every child's basket.
After the event, families stuck around for up to an hour so their kids could play in the park and hang out with the Easter Bunny.
Mark your calendar for our 2016 Easter Egg Hunt, we're looking forward to it!