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“Don’t Hold Back – S.T.A.R.T. 2014!” Sunday January 5th, 9:30 & 11:00 Services

January 3, 2014 by Pastor David Rathel

Dont Hold Back

Don’t Hold Back! Message Series, January & February 2014

Do you feel that success in some areas of life is out of your reach? Whether it’s your health, finances, relationships, or spiritual walk. It’s possible to come to the place in life where you only feel comfortable doing what you’re already good at. Without realizing it, you’re holding back areas of your life by idolizing what you do well.

In January Pastor David will challenge us to make breakthroughs physically financially, relationally, and spiritually. Get ready to break out of the rut.  [divider]

S.T.A.R.T. 2014 – January 5th

A match is small, weak, and easily broken.  But it is powerful – or even dangerous – when used by the right hands!  Place your 2014 potential, like a match, in God’s hands this Sunday.  This message is a match of motivation for your 2014 fire-starting potential.  Get ready for His hand to strike your life on fire so you can burn and set ablaze the world you live in!

“The Lord says, `Forget about what has happened before. Do not think about the past. [Instead] look at the new thing I am going to do.’”  Isaiah 43:18-19 (NCV) 

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About Pastor David Rathel

My wife, Melanie, and I moved back to Columbus with our two week old little girl, Hannah, after finishing Graduate School in Fort Worth, Texas in 2001. RiverTown Church was born in a movie theater on September 9th that same year with a vision to be “a church for people who don’t go to church” here in our hometown. God has blessed us since then with a great location on Schomburg Rd. near my old neighborhood and High School. New people are coming to RiverTown all the time and discovering that God can “transform their lives into the likeness of Jesus Christ” through a church family where you can Believe, Belong, and Become!

From our first prayer meetings in a living room in nearby Phenix City, to our preview services and grand opening the Hollywood Connection movie theater, and finally to our current property and buildings on Schomburg Rd. God has led us all the way.

My wife and I both grew up here, so we know the people and love it here. Melanie keeps me going! We’ve been through all the good, the bad, and the ugly of life and have found that everything is sweeter together. You’ll never find us at a church event on a Friday night. We’ve had date night on Fridays since my first day as a Pastor. We met while working together in a Franklin Graham evangelistic crusade here in Columbus in 1996. Our second child is named Graham for that very reason! Our first child, Hannah, was born in Forth Worth just before we finished Seminary in 2001. Two weeks after she was born in Fort Worth, we were on the road back to Columbus to knock on doors and start RiverTown. She and the church will always be the same age!

On this blog, you'll be the first to know what God is teaching me and teaching through me to our church family. We'll laugh together and sometimes cry together. Most of all, you'll be challenged to take your next step in following Jesus Christ.

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