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RiverTown Building Makeover “BIG REVEAL” Sunday, November 23

November 20, 2014 by Pastor David Rathel

RiverTown Building Makeover “BIG REVEAL”  Sunday, November 23

Dear RiverTown Friends And Family,

There has been a lot of excitement building lately about the “Big Reveal” this Sunday Morning! God gave us a blessing in the form of a wall in our worship center that was damaged and needed replacing. Out of this came a lot of prayer and a desire to re-focus our hearts and minds on the only reason for His church to exist – to REVEAL CHRIST!

The focus of these plans have been to lift up the CROSS of JESUS in our city, to access the power of PRAYER, and to open up a greater DOOR to the Gospel. Starting this Sunday, you’ll be able to see our plans for how all three of these priorities will be built into our facilities makeover.  

Our hope is that this BUILDING REVEAL is a CHRIST REVEAL!

We are already more than half of the way to our end of year financial goal to make this new vision possible. An incredibly generous donor has offered to MATCH the next $5,000 given. If you prayerfully decide to give now, your donation will effectively be doubled!  That will bring us all the way to $35,000.  

It has been inspiring to see how God has moved on the hearts of His people to give, even out of their need, because they have a personal stake in His Church.  Maybe this Sunday we’ll make it all the way to our first goal of $40,000.

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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