Pastors Travis and Melissa Watkins

We have been married for 18 years.  We have been blessed to serve in ministry our entire marriage.   We are blessed to have three wonderful children~Travis J. 13, and twin girls~Brooke & Brittany 11. Our house is never dull and always full of life!  We love being Dad and Mom.  We are raising a Mighty Man of God and Ladies of Faith! These babies know how to pray and believe that prayer changes things!

We began in ministry under our Pastor C.L. Morrison as his youth pastors.  We watched God move and change young peoples lives on a daily basis.  We then went to the inner city of St. Louis where we served as Associate Pastors for five years.

Then God moved us to a new season of our lives~We birthed Rivers Of Life Community Church in 2002 in Granite City, IL.  We are priviledged to be the pastors of such a loving and caring church as ROLCC.  We love serving God and people.  We desire to do all that God instructs us to do and reach as many for the LORD as we can in this community and around the world. 

For the past 7 years, We have been blessed with loving people that have helped us achieve the mission of the ministry~      "LOVING GOD AND HELPING PEOPLE". It is AMAZING and WONDERFUL to be Pastors at Rivers of Life!  God is doing GREAT THINGS!  Thank you Lord for letting us be a part of this wonderful vision right here in Granite City, IL.