Summer Recap

Our first Summer at Riverview has been a wild one. In May our Music Minister Charles Collins retired (it was expected), and we had a great retirement reception for he and Linda in our Fellowship Hall. The best part of the evening was when close to 100 former and current Youth Choir Members came to Riverview to surprise Charles with an encore performance of three of their favorite songs.

In June Dustie and I went to Falls Creek, and my mom came and stayed with they boys for that week. Also in June Riverview called Susan Pisarra to be our new Director of Childhood Ministries, and somewhere in that mix Victor Mendoza also started as our Associate Pastor for Adult Ministries. Not to mention on the Friday of Falls Creek we made a quick trip back to Bixby for David and Ruth's wedding. David is our Interim Music Minister, who, Lord willing will lose the title interim in the next few weeks.

In July Susan started on a Sunday, and we held VBS the following week. Dustie's mom and niece were here from Alabama for 3 weeks during that time, and the week after they left we left town for a week going to Grand Lake, and Ponca City for a short getaway. And then, school started the week following our return.

As of today (August 21st, 2008) - The building project is almost completed, and it will be very helpful as we are making lots of plans for going to Multiple Sunday Schools and Worship Services in January of '09. Sadly enough though we are now praying for God to send us a great Youth Minister. Mike Keahbone has been called to a church in OKC. We will miss him greatly, but we know God has a plan for him and for RBC. No worries.

Dustie is working 3 days a week at OSU Medical Center, Nolan and Mason both ride the bus to School, and OB is going to Pre-School 2 days a week at a local church. In fact...I need to leave to take him here in a few minutes.

Thought I would simply catch you up on the Summer excitement. Hopefully I'll get back into a groove, and can do some more writing this Fall and Winter.

Keep us in your prayers. We need it.

aj