Riverview Review 2023 - Flipbook - Page 24
KAREN VAN NIEKERK
CRAIG PENTY
I am a team leader for the Welcome and Parking
teams and swap between these roles on alternate
weekends. Serving has connected me to a
wonderful group of people and has made me feel
like I belong at Riverview.
It has deepened my relationships with our team
and the wider church community which provides
fellowship and encouragement to me.
Leading and serving are called out in Romans
12:4-8. I love serving and following Jesus’
example. Leading does not come naturally to
me and I don’t seek it but the Bible talks about
serving others as the only way to lead so I see
leading and serving as being intertwined.
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I joined the Welcome Team in March 2023. I love
to interact with people. I am looking forward
to seeing my team mates as we serve together
fortnightly. We pray for each other and the church
family, carry life burdens together and celebrate
answered prayers and blessings.
Steve preached a sermon this year where he
talked about how we need to take responsibility
to be adults in giving. I see giving as including
time serving in church (play my part of the bigger
picture of being a church).
I’ve also grown in my understanding that my value
is in Christ alone: not in performance, in people
pleasing or in trying to control my life apart from
Jesus. Jesus is the one who transforms our lives.
I know that nothing we do or don’t do removes us
from God’s Kingdom and God’s love.