Easter Egg Hunt on the 15th of April!

Date: April 15th, 2017
Location: Toteff Park, Kalama, WA 98625
Time: 11:00am
Cost: FREE
Riverview is hosting it's annual Easter Egg hunt on April 15th. Admission is free so bring all your kids ages 0 through 10. There will be plenty of eggs, and there will be sections for each age group. The Easter bunny will be there too! So don't forget to bring your cameras to take pictures of him with your kids! A puppet show will also be put on for the kids to enjoy after all of the eggs are gathered. 
The egg hunt starts at 11:00am at Toteff park in Kamala, WA. 
Hope everyone can make it!



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Riverview's 8th Anniversary Dinner

Riverview's 8th Anniversary Dinner

     Riverview was founded in 2008, and our story is actually quite amazing. A group of people including our pastors Rob & Becky Neuschwander prayed over the Community Building, praying for God to make a way for them to be able to build a church in Kalama, WA. They had zero funds and nearly no where to begin. Fast forward eight years and we now own our own building, have been responsible for many mission trips to places such as Haiti, Uganda, and many parts of Europe. We have had a huge impact in the youth and children in our community. And have grown in many other ministries such as Thirst which is a worship night every third Friday of each month. We appreciated everyone who attended our celebratory dinner to honor our many pastors, staff, and the amazing volunteers.



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RiverKids Trip to the Zoo

 

Our Riverkids are going into the Pride Lands this month as they begin their February Series, Guard Your Heart (Prov. 4:23). To celebrate the end of their series, on the last Sunday in February, they will be taking a trip to the zoo! More details can be found below, and be sure to pick up a registration for your child(ren) at church this Sunday.

GUARD YOUR HEART-END OF SERIES PARTY 

TO THE ZOO (AGES 6-10)

Date: February 26th
Time: 1:00-5:00pm
Location: Departing and returning to the church parking lot
(6325 Old Pacific Hwy S, Kalama)
What to Bring: a sack lunch, water bottle, coat, close toed shoes.
Cost/Deadline: Cost is $12/child. Includes transportation, zoo admission, and a Riverkids T-Shirt. A filled out registration & $12 must be turned in for each child going by February 19th at church at the latest. After this date, children are still welcome to come but must come with a parent/guardian and pay their admission/parking.
Ages 2-5 & over 10
While children ages 2-5 and over 10 are welcome to come on our trip, we are not providing chaperones for this age. Parents and guardians are welcome to come, carpool with us, and pay their and their child’s admission but they are responsible for their child(ren). In this case, no registration is needed.

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Youth Conference

Youth Conference

The youth group will be going to Life Church in Walla Walla for a three day conference from March 2^nd-4^th. We have attended this conference for the past 3 years and it always has a huge impact on those that attend. "Reach" is the theme of the conference this year and it will be all about how to reach people for Jesus. Feel free to check out the schedule below to see what will be happening and please pray for all that are dedicating themselves to the trip. It will a busy three days as the youth make themselves available to hear from the Lord. Cost is $120. See Robbie or Karissa Neal to sign up!

- SCHEDULE -

Thursday:

5pm Registration opens
6:20-6:40pm Pre-service prayer
7pm Main Session #1

Friday:

9:30am pre-service prayer
10am Main Session #2
12/noon Lunch break
     (pizza served on site)
2pm Breakout #1
3pm short break
3:10pm Breakout #2
4pm dinner break (on your own)
6:30pm pre-service prayer
7pm Main Session #3

Saturday

9:30am pre-service prayer
10am Main Session #4
12/noon Conference Ends

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Ignite is BACK!

Ignite is BACK!

After an extended winter break the youth group is back to regular schedule. Last Wednesday we had about 45 teenagers packing out the sanctuary playing games, singing songs, and hearing one of our youth pastors, Matt Kmetz, preach about how Zacchaeus climbed a tree to get a chance to see Jesus pass by. It was a great first club of the new year and we are excited to see God move in the next generation. The youth group is planning there annual trip to a conference in Walla Walla. The trip is $120 per person (ages 12-18) and will be a 3 day trip from March 2^nd-4^th. For more details, contact Matt Kmetz or Zack Gonzales.

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Children's Classroom Shakeup

Children’s Classroom Shakeup

Entering the new year we decided to move around some of our classrooms. The nursery has moved from the north end of the portable into the church in the room closest to the front door. This will make it more convenient for mothers with young babies to go back and forth between their young ones and the service. The tree fort will still be used during the Wednesday night programming being provided during men’s and women’s bible study times. The 2-5 room will remain where it is across the hall from the bathrooms. The main room in the portable will be used for ages 6 through 10. Once our children turn 11 they will get to join youth pastors  Zack Gonzales and Matt Kmetz up front in the youth section. This will open up the room that used to be the nursery for a church office. Please bear with us as we work to make this transition as smooth and simple as possible for everyone involved. Feel free to introduce yourself to Kayla Palmer, our new children’s pastor, as she is working on improvements to the children’s ministry.

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Plowing On Through

Plowing On Through 

Our parking lot is plowed (with a big thanks to Greg Zilke)! Tired of being cooped up and ready to get back to all of the wonderful ministries at Riverview Community Church? Maybe you are like others and are ready to get back into the routine but aren’t sure how you will go about parking at the church. No need to worry about that now. All three of our main parking areas have been plowed, the sidewalks salted, and the deck cleared off. Snow isn’t going to stop us from meeting this week! Ignite, men’s bible study, women’s bible study, AA, and primetime will all be up and going this week. Our winter wonderland was fun but we can’t wait to get this show back on the road!

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