The River Church Community

Soon-to-be Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

Some great news:

1) The Gibson family was able to collect over 1600 books.  River families gave about 200-300, and K.C. Yatsko spread the word at her daughters’ school and collected hundreds more.  Amy was really encouraged about the quality of the books.

2) The bake sale raised $673!  I am excited about this because it covers the cost of shipping all of the books with some money left over for a Kidserve Fund.  I have wanted the kids to have an opportunity to give money away together, and this can seed that fund.  In fact, one child has even asked me to have a giving bucket for kids!  I sense the desire for generosity and want to fuel it.

A heads up about this coming All Church Family Service and the remaining services during Advent (the first three Sundays in December):

1)       No Kids’ Community this Sunday because we will all be together in the ballroom.  Please note that there will be limited childcare (12 spots) for kids 2 and under in the yellow room – first come, first served.

2)     We will be doing a huge service project this Sunday – stuffing 700 backpacks with school supplies for children in Tijuana.  This opportunity is a partnership effort of Six Seeds and The River Church Community.  At this point we need more people to help unload the boxes of stuffed backpacks after service at the Ministry Center.  Pizza provided for those with helping hands!  Please RSVP to me if you can help!

3)       The grade school kids will join the adults for worship in Advent.  Please sign in your child by 10:00am on those Sundays – the leaders will take the kids to the ballroom at that time.  If you arrive late, you can be in worship with your child/ren and then walk them over to sign them in at 10:15.