“I AM RICH” Sunday, February 23rd

February 21, 2014 by Pastor David Rathel

Dear RiverTown Family,

Have you ever wanted to be rich? What if you found our that you already were? This Sunday kicks-off a brand new message series called BE RICH. It’s not about pursuing wealth. The Bible teaches us in 1 Timothy 6:17-19 to be rich in what matters most so that we can give more and do more with the life God has given us.

This series of messages and even a book on the topic originally comes from Pastor Andy Stanley and North Point Community Church in Atlanta. But is has also been adapted and used by Pastor Craig Groschel of LifeChurch.tv as well as many other pastors and churches worldwide. Pastor Buddy Lamb, my mentor and friend, has seen God use these messages at Schomburg Rd. Baptist Church to powerfully change their member’s perspective on money and the way they live their lives.

This Sunday Pastor Buddy Lamb will be with us at RiverTown to help us get this new message series started off right. Pastor Buddy will share with us about the power of the understanding how rich you already are in his message titled: “I AM RICH!”

Last week’s valentines message to men, When A Man Loves A Woman, has been requested again and again. You can find it here in audio podcast version on our weekly sermon podcast: http://rivertownchurch.buzzsprout.com

Or, check out the full video of this message with all the baby dedications too on my YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/davidrathelchannel

Our HomeTeams are really going strong this semester. There’re is still room for you! www.rivertownchurch.com/home-teams

I will be there on Sunday front-and-center anxiously listening to Pastor Buddy’s message and ready to apply the principles of BE RICH to my life and family!

All For Jesus,

Pastor David Rathel.

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.

“I AM RICH” Sunday, February 23rd

About Pastor David Rathel

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