We welcome GleNn and NanCarrol Holmes and Lorene Stewart.

We are honored to announce the appointment of Dana Massopust as Associate Pastor of Children's Ministry at RCC! Pray for her regularly as she teaches our children.

Happy new year church. Make 2004 the year for "Realizing your dreams!"

We are celebrating this months birthdays within the church. Congratulations to:

• Joan Stanley (1/16)
• Caleb Gibbs (1/17)

We bid adios to Steve Davis as he heads for medical school in Costa Rica! His address is in the foyer so drop him a line from time to time.

We are seeking the Lord for his replacement to help out in: children's ministry, church cleaning, grounds-keeping, security, and modeling servanthood. Applicants are being solicited from Bethany College.

How we thank the Lord for the improvement in the church finances throughout 2003! This is a tremendous help, as we week to be faithful to the Lord's call in bless our valleys with the Good news of Jesus Christ ... the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8).

Pray for missionaries Dennis & Jon Julienne Peters, one of our families our church helps support, as they labor for the Lord among the people of Japan. Pray especially for Sister Perters' health.

November birthdays

• Randy Shatto (11/10)
• David Moore (11/21)
• David Short (11/23)
• Robbie McKeever (11/27)

Potluck turkey dinner after the morning service on 11/16. A precious time of remembering the goodness of God in Thanksgiving.

September birthdays:

• Char Short (9/2)
• Kristi Tennesen (9/5)
• Chuck Moore Jr. (9/13)
• Leonard Smith (9/14)
• Ruby Esterline (9/17)
• Keith Brinley (9/20)
• Michael McMahon (9/26)

Thanks for your increasing faithfulness in GIVING! Please contrinue to remember our church finances in prayer. This is a continuing concern, as we seek to be faithful to the Lord's call to bless our valleys, with the Good News of Jesus Christ ... the same yesterday, today, and forever.