Our Pastors and Staff

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Lead Pastor

 

Sean Richmond
Lead Pastor

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Sean Richmond and His wife, Laura, grew up in Texas. But do not let their diminishing Texas accents fool you, their hearts and lives fully root themselves in New England. Moving here in 1998 with their first two children, Molly (15) and Annie(13), they immediately fell in love with the people, the geography and our New England sports teams. Thirteen years later, the Richmond family bustles with five fantastic children-Jonathan(11), Samuel(7) and Issaac (born in January 2011) added to the mix. The Richmonds prize family time together with singing, dancing, and lively conversation. Their home often fills with guests and laughter. They also celebrate the wonderful gift of salvation that God so lavishly grants us through Jesus Christ. As a result, they have been a part of starting churches here in the area and the nations for 13 years and look forward to a lifetime of extending God’s love and life to those who do and do not know Him. Serving presently as lead pastor of The River Church in Waltham and president and founder of Community of Faith International, Sean takes great delight in God being lifted up in New England and beyond. You might also catch him cycling around town and in the burbs or just walking a lonely trail in some local forest.


 

 

Staff

 

Johnny and Jenny Ames
Young Adults Ministry & Church Administration (Johnny)
Website Administration & Service Coordinator (Jenny)

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Although born in Norwood, MA, Johnny grew up in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire (West Africa). He received his B.A. from Taylor University in 2005 and is currently pursuing an Masters of Divinity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Johnny enjoys church history and feels called to church planting. In his free time, Johnny loves traveling with his wife, Jenny, listening to Jazz music, watching European soccer and swimming.

Jenny grew up in Penfield, NY. Besides volunteering at the church she currently works full time as a Technical Trainer where she develops and trains computer software. She enjoys working with computers as well as spending time with and learning from the awesome women at The River. She loves to ride her bike, spend time in the outdoors and travel with Johnny.

Johnny and Jenny married in the fall of 2010 and have 2 dogs (Ali and Lucy).

 

Keith and Tanya Fortier
Kids Ministry

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Keith and Tanya, with a child of their own on the way, love spending time with The River Kids. Keith, a school teacher at Park Street School downtown and Tanya, on staff at Children's Hospital, are passionately focused and intune with the children at our church. While investing in the children, they are most encouraged by the child-like and pure faith that these children exhibit in Jesus Christ. They believe that God wants to speak to each of them personally so that they can grow up knowing how much He loves them.

Keith and Tanya committed to starting The River in 2010 when Tanya took on and did a great job at most of the administrative tasks in setting up the church. After serving for a year, they followed God's call and transitioned to focusing wholeheartedly on the children.

 

 

Brendon and Sarah Joy Hollingsworth
CFTS Day School Coordinator

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When Brendon and Sarah Joy met at a missions conference, Brendon knew immediately he had found the woman of his dreams. Having grown up in Oklahoma he made the leap of faith to follow Sarah Joy to the big city of Boston. Sarah Joy grew up in Alaska and moved to Boston to the area to attend Boston College. The two of them, passionate about seeing the lost reached married the summer of 2010 and moved to Texas for a year. Recently they have joined back with us to lead our training school, love the people in Waltham and wait patiently for where God leads them. They are expecting their first child in October 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dan and Britt Lathrop
Youth Ministry

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Dan Lathrop was born in Providence, RI, but has been a true local since he moved to Waltham, MA when he was 1 year old. He loves this city and is so excited to be here working with the youth, since he too was once a youth here in Waltham. He worked at RTN Federal Credit Union in Waltham for 3 years and left during the summer of 2011 to follow God's call and fully invest in The River. He is currently going through CFTS. He enjoys spending time with friends, playing guitar, eating ice cream, laughing and being goofy. He is a little kid at heart and loves embracing how God made him.

Britt grew up in Connecticut but moved to the Boston area to attend Wheelock College. When Sean and Laura Richmond announced a God's plan to plant a church in Waltham, Britt was one of the first to wholeheartedly jump at the opportunity to love the people of Waltham. She enjoys spending time and laughing with her husband, eating ice cream and taking long walks on the beach.

Dan and Britt married in the fall of 2011.They are both excited to be a part of God's work here and are honored to invest in the lives of the next generation.


Dan Snape
Worship Ministry

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Dan was born and raised in Blackburn, England and moved to Boston in 1999 on a scholarship from Berklee College of Music. Trained through the Royal Schools of Music, Dan is a graduate of both Leeds College of Music in England and Berklee College of Music here in the US. Dan has been performing, teaching and writing as a professional musician for over 15 years winning several national awards in the UK. Dan and his wife Sarah began attending CFCF in 2006 and this led to a deeper commitment to make Jesus the center of their lives. In 2010 along with Richmonds and a core team from CFCF Dan and Sarah moved to help be part of establishing The River Church in Waltham. As Worship leader it is Dan's desire to lead The River into deeper intimacy with God's presence and to truly develop a worshipful heart.
Currently Dan is a student at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and is working towards his Masters of Divinity. Along with Jesus and music, Dan is also a life long student of the Martial Arts and holds three black belts in different styles including a 4th degree black belt in Karate.

 

 

 

Other Info

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Fax

617.783.3211
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Office & Mailing Address

17 Spruce St.
Waltham, MA 02453

 

 

 

WORSHIP SERVICES

When
10am Sunday Mornings

Where
Embassy Cinema
16 Pine Street
Waltham, MA 02453

Parking is located behind the theater when entering at Pine and Cooper Streets, just east off of Moody Street. Operated by the city of Waltham, parking is free on Sundays.