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“New Year, New Hope” Message From Mrs. Janice Debice, Sunday December 29, One Worship Service 10AM

December 28, 2013 by Pastor David Rathel

“New Year, New Hope”

Message From Mrs. Janice Debice.

Sunday December 29, One Worship Service 10AM

Janice DeBiceMrs. Janice Debice is a – once in a lifetime – kind of friend! As a committed member of Cascade Hills Church, Janice has shared her love for Christ and stories of serving Him many times over the years at RiverTown. She has been a friend of my family all of my life. Her family lived near my grandparents when I was a child and I learned so much from time spent on her porch listening to what Jesus had been doing through her. She and her precious late husband Raymond raised their family in our community alongside me and all my friends in church and in school. Nothing compares to really knowing someone and seeing their walk with Christ grow closer and closer every year. 

There has never been a time in my life that I wasn’t sure that “Mrs. Janice” was out there somewhere in our city trying to lead someone to be born again in Christ! She shares the Gospel and her love for Christ one-on-one more than all the pastors I know in our city, including me! I can’t wait for this Sunday to be renewed in my fire for the Gospel and living for Christ as she shares God’s word, her experiences, and injects us all with hilarity and hope for a new year. I praise God for this opportunity to hear from one of God’s choice servants. You will love meeting her! 

Our Christmas services at RiverTown this year were some of the most joyful and spirit-filled celebrations of the birth of Christ I have ever been a part of. Our Christmas Eve service was packed. The addition of the band “Moore” in concert was truly a gift from God. I pray that you and your family received the gift of putting Christ first in Christmas whether you were here with us or traveling to be with loved ones. We are all ONE family in Christ! 

All For Jesus, Pastor David Rathel

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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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