Meet Kim!

Dove Mountain Church's first employee, after Pastor Allen, was Kim Ritt. Kim has been the office administrator since nearly the beginning of DMC. She's the lovely voice you get on the phone when you call the church, and the unseen hands behind the bulletin, the inserts, the announcements,and much, much more!

Like many others, Kim and Bob Ritt were attracted to Arizona by the warm weather. Both are native Michiganders, and actually met when Bob lived two doors down from Kim's parents' cabin. Shortly after Kim's daughter, Katie, became a westerner - first at Biola University in La Mirada, CA, and now in Colorado Springs, where she works for mission agency HCJB - Bob and Kim decided to forsake the "interminable gray skies" and snow for the sunny southern Arizona. Having been here since 2005, Kim loves to take advantage of the climate and scenery to hike and enjoy the animal and bird watching along the way.

In regard to her job as church administrator, Kim says "I love being a part of the ministry – of being able to serve the Lord in full-time work using my gift of administration. Allen always says that we are operating on the “gift/gap theory” at Dove Mtn. – we all have gifts and we all have gaps. This plays out constantly in the job and I never cease to be amazed and humbled by God’s generous provision through the gifts and talents of His people. Just when I am feeling stressed by one of my “gaps”, along comes a Dove Mountaineer with a specific gift that fits the gap. It’s been exciting, and sometimes difficult, being a part of a new church plant, but the benefit of being on staff from the beginning is the opportunity to watch the church grow and mature."

Kim says that Dove Mountaineers can assist her by attempting to take care of church business during her morning working hours at the church office [those not familiar with the office location and contact numbers can get them here]. "Because I’m isolated in my work, the need to be a plain old Dove Mountaineer on Sundays, and not Kim the Office Administrator, is really necessary for my sanity. Sunday is a day to worship and fellowship with my fellow Dove Mountaineers, and I really look forward to that time of connection."

At home Kim likes to read and do crosswords. Her current reading includes M. Beatty's Co-Dependent No More.

Our lovely office administrator first trusted Christ at age six and was baptized at age twelve. Her favorite scripture is Philippians 3:10, “That I might know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death.”

Thank you for your service to the Lord, Kim!