Our Mission: Connect > Grow> Go. Our Vision: Make Disciples Who Make Disciples through... ONE CHURCH... MULTIPLE LOCATIONS Downtown

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2 First-Time Guests Our doors are wide open... to people from all backgrounds, regardless of where they are on their spiritual journey. Our worship services present an opportunity to worship God and receive practical teaching from His Word, the Bible. So whether you re a committed Christian who wants to sink your roots of faith deeper, or a spiritual seeker who s just starting to ask questions about God, you can find a home here at River Valley. Please take advantage of the information in this brochure. If you would like more information about our church, please visit the Information Center in the main lobby or visit our website at Relax and enjoy the Worship Service as our guest, we realize the songs we sing may be unfamiliar, so participate as much as you feel comfortable. Later in our service we will be collecting an offering. Please do not feel any obligation to give. The offering is intended for those who consider River Valley their church home. If you would like prayer our Prayer Team is available in the front of the auditorium at the end of each Worship Service. Take advantage of this opportunity to receive prayer concerning any needs that you may have. Also, our Prayer Room is open during and after all services as a quiet place to pray alone. Please fill out the Welcome Card it is located in the chair-back in front of you. Feel free to fill out this card with your information, decisions, praises, or prayer requests and place it in the offering basket when it is passed. Our Mission: Connect > Grow> Go Connecting with Jesus Growing Together Going to Make Disciples Our Vision: Make Disciples Who Make Disciples through... Outreach Home Groups Ministries Worship Services ONE CHURCH... MULTIPLE LOCATIONS Downtown Worship Services Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 8:50, 10:10 & 11:30am New Hope 5961 New Hope Road Worship Service Sunday 10:30am Redwood 2193 Midway Avenue Worship Service Sunday 10:00am

3 A Night Of Help... and...hope A Fundraising Event designed to HELP the youth in our community, and reach out and give HOPE to the youth in our community and around the world. Date: Wednesday, October 7 Program Begins: 5:30-9:00 P.M. Dinner Served At: 6:30 P.M. Location: River Valley Church Downtown Campus, 7th & C Sts, Grants Pass Old Time Gospel Night Full Steak Dinner Live Entertainment This Is YOUR Opportunity To Make A Difference. Bring Your Appetite And Your Wallet. Invest In Memories That Will Last A LIFETIME! Tickets Available In The Lobby or The Church Office All Tickets: $20.00 each Youth Testimonies Silent & Live Auction For more details call: x100

4 River Valley Church presents our Fall Family Festivals! Two days and two locations from which to choose Free balloons, games, candy and more! FUN! FUN! FUN! Friday, October 30 5 to 8pm Redwood Campus (corner of Midway and Redwood Hwy.) Saturday, October 31 5 to 8pm Downtown Campus (between 6th & 7th and C & D Streets) For more information, please call Rosa at x127. Save the Date! Thursday, October 22 Friday, October 23 Saturday, October 24 Sowing Bountifully 2015 Pregnancy Care Center Gala 6:30-9pm Reserve your table or seats now! For more information call Jo Lisa, or gppregnancy.com Protest of Planned Parenthood Saturday, October 10 10:00 Noon in front of the Courthouse Wild Hope 4G God, Glory, Guts, and Guns Men s Advance Where: Kellogg Springs Camp When: November 6-8 Time: Event begins at 8pm, Friday Cost: $130 (includes lodging and meals Saturday and Sunday) Note: Fathers are encouraged to bring their sons if they are 16 or older. Flyers are available at the information center in the church lobby. Questions: Call Evan,

5 Baptism will be October 10/11. Please call Carrie, x102 for information or if you wish to be baptized. Caring for People God s Way classes are going on weekly until December 22. They occur Tuesdays from 6:00-8:30pm in room E-102, RVC Downtown campus. You can audit classes at any time. Topics for the classes in October Unit 2: Faith and Life are: October 6: The Effective People Helper and Bringing People into God s Presence October 13: How to Help People Change and Heart Matters: Repentance and Godly Sorrow October 20: Forgiveness: Letting Go of the Past and Pain and The Spiritual Disciplines in Counseling Questions? Call Sandy Saunders, Please call after 6pm. W.H.O. (Women Hanging Out) Potluck the second Friday of the month 5:00-9:00pm, in room P-105 (The Point building at the corner of 8th & C Streets. An evening of games, fellowship and food. Bring a dish to share. Questions? Call Bonnie Feist, Act-Southern Oregon Abolish Child Trafficking Meetings Third Sunday of each month, 11:30am 12:30 pm, RVC Downtown room O-103. Third Monday of each month 7:00-8:00pm at Club NW Conference Center. Sex Trafficking Awareness Class is at 6:30pm. Questions? Call Steve Raycraft, Anna s Ministry is a ministry for all single ladies 55. Come out and join us for food, fun, and fellowship. We will be meeting Thursday, October 8 at 11:30am in room O-101 (next to the church office). For information and locations of meetings, please call Ruth Durham at Heart and Hand meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month in room E-101, located downstairs in the Education Wing, RVC Downtown. Please join us! For more information about Heart and Hand, please call Dodie Strobel at If you have any used candles you do not need, Heart and Hand would love to have them. Just bring them by the church office during the week. They use the candles to make fire starters. Children To find out about our Children s Ministry, please pick up a Children's Ministry brochure at the Information Center in the church lobby, office or visit rivervalleycc.org and look under Ministries and then Children s Ministry for a complete schedule of Saturday/Sunday classes. Midway (Mid-High Grades 6-8 ) Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm. Mid-Mornings, Sunday, 8:50-10:00am. Meet at The Point, 290 NE C St. Questions? Call Dan Horst, x130 (voic ). CAD (High School Grades 9-12) Meets Wednesday, 7:00-9:00pm at The Point, 290 NE C St. Questions? Call Roger Haberman, x130 (voic ) Loaves and Fishes is the First Weekend of Each Month Our Loaves and Fishes cart will be in the church lobby the first weekend of the month to receive food and supplies for the ROC (Reaching Our Community). Love Offering contribution is designated to Lifeline Ministries and is used for those who have encountered financial difficulties. Your contribution, over and above your regular giving, is greatly appreciated. A blue Love Offering envelope is included in the program for your convenience. Thank you!

6 Marriage Emphasis Join us at River Valley New Hope for a special marriage series (Oct 4 Dec 13). This 12- week journey will include teaching at the Sunday 10:30am service along with optional discussion/participation at Home Groups throughout the week. All are welcome: married and singles, and each week is a standalone topic, so anyone can attend on any Sunday even if they start late or can t go to the entire series. Men s Breakfast is the last Saturday of every month at 8:00am. Contact Mike Carson for any questions you may have, Potluck Please join us the first Sunday of every month for a potluck following the service. This is a great way to get better acquainted with one another. Girlz Night Out meets the last Friday of every month. For more information, please call Christina Sullivan, Home Groups Get connected in a Home Group where you grow in Christ, stay accountable and build relationships. Fill out a welcome card and check the box Home Groups. Children s Ministry classes are provided for children, birth through 5th grade, during our worship service. If you have any questions, please contact Christina Sullivan, Redwood Campus Fall Family Festival will be Friday, October 30, 5-8pm Come and enjoy an evening of Fun! Fun! Fun! There will be free balloons, games, candy and more! American Heritage Girls is a Christ-centered, character-building program for girls Our mission is to build women of integrity through service to God, family, community and country. Questions? Call Karrie Hovis, Trail Life USA is a Christian adventure, character, and leadership program for young men. Questions? Call Karrie Hovis, Lambs (Ladies AM Bible Study) An ongoing class where we strive to go through the entire Bible over time. This is a weekly class on Thursdays, 9:30-11:30a. No registration is needed. Questions? Call Lynn Matti, Children s Ministry Classes are provided for children, birth through 5th grade, during our worship service. If you have any questions, please contact Karrie Hovis,

7 Outreach (local & global) Paul & Virginia Tanner Tanzania The Tanners moved to Mchinga, Tanzania at the beginning of the summer. Paul was the Logistics Director and was responsible for setting up housing and transportation for each new team for TIMO. They have recently joined Paul s brother in a new ministry still under AIM, but called KT or Kilimo Timilifu (Holistic Farming). Tanzanian churches have struggled to send their own missionaries to reach the remaining unreached people groups of Tanzania, especially the Muslim coast one of the most marginalized and impoverished areas of Tanzania. When missionaries and pastors enter this location, they are often ostracized and exploited as they have no relevant role in Muslim culture. The very label of missionary, pastor or church worker builds walls, not bridges, despite good intentions. Additionally, national missionaries have struggled to secure a quality education for their children when they are sent to this under-developed location. KT will implement a holistic approach to farming whereby the farmer recognizes that a personal relationship with the Creator of soil and seed is vital to successful harvest from the soil and of the hearts of men. KT will work in community and will train on site up to 12 Tanzanian intern families per year from various evangelical churches/missions. The interns will be empowered to provide for themselves and enter these traditionally closed coastal areas with a role that can bridge the barriers of Islam, combat poverty, and create opportunities to effectively share the gospel. The result will be Jesus-loving Tanzanians living as self-supporting church planters as they use their skill as farmers and trainers to bless the communities they enter. Home Group Spotlight The Woolard/ Heinitz Group John and Sally Woolard, and John and Ellen Heinitz lead a group together on Friday nights at 7pm. They meet in various homes throughout the NW area of town. Sally says, Our goal as a home group is to share life together and to live intentionally for the Savior. To get connected to a Home Group and dive into fellowship, call Carrie Jubas: (541) x102. Cave Junction Home Group Beginning Wednesday, October 14, 6:30-8:00pm, at the home of Frank and April Wells, 281 Merlot Drive. Call Carrie with any questions, x102. Come and enter in!

8 Where to Get Connected Visit us anytime online at riveryvalleycc.org for a more detailed look at ministries we offer. Staff Contact Info Call: plus extension Home Groups/Starting Point... Carrie Jubas x102 Administration... Michael Bahn x104 Facilities/Maintenance... Brian Lucas x128 Finances (church)... Michelle Rutherford x108 Baptism... Carrie Jubas x102 Campus Pastors Downtown...Mark Goens, Lead Pastor x114 New Hope... Sean Sullivan Redwood... Doug Higuera Celebrate Recovery (habits hurts & hang-ups)... Scott Zurhellen Children... Rosa Galli x127 Green Acres (0-4 years)... Melanie Shaw x122 Calico Street (K-3d grade)... Rosa Galli x127 Kids 4 Christ (4th-5th grade)... Lynn Kremer x123 Counseling... Kathi Brown x115 Pastoral Counseling... Kathi Brown x Lay Counseling... Kathi Brown x115 Professional Staff Counselors... Florence Nikas Carl Reimer Dusti Stark Growth Classes... Chuck Kostrna x118 Lifeline (benevolence)... Harriet Harris, Jim Savard, Kathy Savard, Pat Biencourt x106 Marriage (mentoring classes)... Kathi Brown x115 Media (video & radio)... Steve Daggett Men... Chuck Kostrna x118 Outreach (local & global)... Duane Stark x119 Administration Assistant... Sheryl McCarty x120 Parenting... Chuck Kostrna x118 Preschool & Child Care Center (weekly child development)... NJ Kimball x133 or Students... Roger Haberman x130 (voic ) Mid-High (6th-7th grade)... Dan Horst x130 (voic ) High School... Roger Haberman x130 (voic ) Teaching/North Valley/Worship... Tyler Goens x130 (voic ) Young Adults... Tim Sorenson x130 (voic ) Women... Diana Hecht x105 Worship... Michael Bahn x104 Visitation/Hospital/Crisis... David Mathis x107 (for crisis after office hours, please call the church for an on-call pastor) Reception...Carolyn Fixsen x Charmaine Coatney x101 Church Elders Michael Bahn Chet Bolen Jim Brumbach Tom Criswell Mark Goens Lary Harris Chuck Kostrna David Mathis Jeremy Nugent Larry Schwein Duane Stark Marty Steiner Brian Taylor Carl Wilson Scott Zurhellen To reach a church elder visit rivervalleycc.org/elders and look under their profile.