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 www.rivervalleycc.org. 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 Connect 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 Life 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 541-450-2586 Worship Service Sunday 10:30am Redwood 2193 Midway Avenue Worship Service Sunday 10:00am
Lecrae/Switchfoot Concert Saturday, June 18 4:00-11:30pm Concert is 7:00pm Amphitheater Medford Join the RVC Super Group and ride the Shuttle Bus. It only costs $28 per person! Since all seating is General Admission, be prepared to sit on the lawn by bringing chairs/blankets. You can also bring food and drinks in small coolers. Tickets will be handed out at 4pm during checkin at the bus. We will leave from the church parking lot at 4:30pm. For more information, call Carrie Jubas @ x102. 98 seats remaining. Electric Joy Dance Team Auditions! Dance auditions are for girls age 9-12. This is a dance ministry team that aims to be a light, through dance, to the young children who attend Calico Street. Along with weekly practices, we will be having a short Bible study together. No matter your experience, if you love to dance and you love Jesus, we want to see YOU there! Please come in comfortable clothes and a smile! Date and time for auditions will be announced soon. They will be held in the River Valley Downtown Calico Street room. Shine_4_him@hotmail.com
Class is Tuesday, June 21 September 6 6:00-8:00pm River Valley Downtown Room E-107 Cost: $45 Anna s Ministry Anna s is a ministry for all single ladies 55 and over. Come out and join us for food, fun, and fellowship. We will be meeting Thursday, May 12, at 11:30am in the church parking lot for car-pooling to the Teapot on Wheels in Gold Hill for lunch. This will be our last meeting until September 8. For more information, please call Ruth Durham at 541-660-6953. Golf Tournament RVC will be holding our 16th annual Golf Tournament on Friday, June 10. You can form your own team or be assigned to a team. Start thinking about it now. Registration table will be available in the Downtown church lobby beginning May 7/8 through June 4/5. Registration forms are also available during the week in the Downtown church office. For more information, please contact Art Conger at 541-761-9451. 1-to-1 Care Giving Spring Classes Topic for these classes is Extra Ordinary Women. These classes are a continuation of the 1-to-1 training. They occur Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30pm in room E--107, Downtown campus. You can audit classes at any time. Classes are running through June 21. Questions? Please contact Sandy Saunders at 541-218-6618 after 6pm. Topics for classes in May are: Week 9, May 10: No More! Standing Against and Healing Spousal Abuse & Unity in the Church: With One Heart Week 10, May 17: Make Yours a Great Marriage! & Female Sexuality and Satisfaction Week 11, May 24: Spiritual Intimacy: Embracing the Heart of God in Marriage & Beyond Betrayal Week 12, May 31: Talk, Touch, and Tenderness in Marriage & A Marriage without Regret 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, 541-218-4990. ACT-Southern Oregon Abolish Child Trafficking meets the Third Monday of each month 7:00-9:00pm at River Valley Church Downtown in room O-103. If you have any questions, please call Steve Raycraft, 541-621-2538. 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 541-479-0715. River Valley Preschool & Child Care Center We provide a Christian environment where children are encouraged to grow and develop. Learning takes place as each child explores his environment both individually and in groups. Individual differences in growth rates and styles of learning are respected. For more information, call NJ Kimball, Director, 541-476-1758.
Our next Baptism is May 14/15 at all services May 14/15. If you desire to be baptized, when time for baptism is announced, please proceed to the Prayer Room for further direction. Children (up to 5th grade) who wish to be baptized and have not spoken to the Children s Director, Allison Bolen, concerning baptism, need to contact her at 541-476- 7761 x127 to set up an appointment. Our Next Coffee with the Pastor is May 28/29. This is an informal gathering where you can meet some of our pastors and church leaders. We share about River Valley, get more familiar with you, answer questions, and talk about how to get connected. There are four time options, each one immediately following each worship service. All are welcome! Saturday, May 28: 6:10-6:45pm (Room E-107) Sunday, May 29: 9:55-10:30pm (Room E-107) 11:15-11:50pm (Room E-107) 12:35-1:10pm (Room E-107) 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 or office, or visit rivervalleycc.org and look under Ministries and then Children s Ministry for a complete schedule of Saturday/ Sunday classes. Questions? Interested in volunteering? Call or email Allison Bolen, 541-476-7761 x127 (voicemail) or abolen@rivervalleycc.org 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, 541-476-7761 x130 (voicemail). CAD (High School Grades 9-12) Meets Wednesday, 7:00-9:00pm at The Point, 290 NE C St. Questions? Call Roger Haberman, 541-476-7761 x130 (voicemail)
Women s Bible Study Starting in June, Kathy Charles will be leading a 7-week study called, The Armor of God, by Priscilla Shiver. Men s Breakfast is the last Saturday of every month at 8:00am. Contact Mike Carson for any questions you may have, 541-660-4700. 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. Girlz Nite Out this month will be at Michelle Carson s house, 1519 SE Portola Drive, on May 27 at 6pm. Food Theme: Soup, Salad, and Sundaes. Questions? Please call Christina Sullivan, 541-669-7764. Life 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 Life 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, 541-669-7764. Prayer Ministry If you have a prayer request for the RV Redwood prayer chain, OR if you would like to join the prayer chain or want more info regarding this ministry, please contact Lynn Matti at 541-476-8483 or lmatti@live.com American Heritage Girls is a Christ-centered, character-building program for girls 5-18. Our mission is to build women of integrity through service to God, family, community and country. Questions? Call Karrie Hovis at 541-951-3135. Trail Life USA is a Christian adventure, character, and leadership program for young men. Questions? Call Jeff Pelson, 541-218-8669. 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, 541-476-8483. Children s Ministry Classes are provided for children, birth through 5th grade, during our worship service. Questions, please contact Ashley Lucas, 541-660-4019.
Outreach (local & global) Uganda Between July 9, and 25, River Valley will have a team in Uganda, attending to the many needs of our orphans and students. Some will be in Koboko, where our National Director, Camille Hadlock, resides...others will be visiting over six rescue units and SonShine Christian High School, (R.V.C. s high school outside Iganga, Uganda) If you sponsor one of our 1200 orphans, please write them a letter of greeting and encouragement and we ll hand deliver them for you. Please turn the letters into the church office with their name and rescue unit on the outside of the envelope. They will greatly treasure it. And please...keep this team in your prayers. Peru We have a team of eleven traveling to Iquitos, Peru from July 29- August 12. Peru is very open to the Gospel. They also require high school and university students to speak English. This makes it very easy to teach English as a second language, which the team will be doing. They will also be working with drug addicts, ex-cons and convicts in prisons, evangelizing and discipling. They will visit schools and government facilities, giving access to share the Gospel with many. They will hold eye glass clinics, and perform street skits/dramas for the general public. Please pray for their funding to come in. Pray for health and safety. Life Group Spotlight Tim & Rachel Sorenson Young Adult Group The Young Adults group has been meeting on Thursdays at 7pm for the last 6 years. The Sorensons do everything they think a young adult needs or wants in a Life Group: socializing, worship, discussion and guy only/ girl only prayer groups. Last June, they participated in Serve GP by painting at North Valley High School. Tim says, We enjoy coming together and worshiping a God that loves us unconditionally! To get connected in a Life Group call Carrie Jubas: (541) 476-7761 x102 Sorenson Group at NVHS for Serve Grants Pass
Where to Get Connected Visit us anytime online at riveryvalleycc.org for a more detailed look at ministries we offer. Staff Contact Info Call: 541-476-7761 plus extension Life Groups/Connecting 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 541-450-2586 Redwood... Doug Higuera 541-660-3202 Celebrate Recovery (habits, hurts & hang-ups)... Scott Zurhellen 541-218-8481 Children (Downtown)... Allison Bolen x127 Green Acres (0-4 years)... Melanie Shaw x122 Calico Street (K-3rd grade)... Allison Bolen x127 Kids 4 Christ (4th-5th grade)... Lynn Kremer x123 Counseling & Support Groups... Kathi Brown x115 Lay & Pastoral Counseling... Kathi Brown x115 Relationship Classes... Kathi Brown x115 Professional Staff Counselors... Florence Nikas 541-450-8960... Carl Reimer 541-659-8000... Dusti Stark 541-295-2486 Life Classes... Chuck Kostrna x118 Lifeline (benevolence)... Life Line Team x106 Marriage (mentoring classes)... Kathi Brown x115 Media (video & radio)... Steve Daggett 541-295-2199... Natalie Goens x141 Men... Chuck Kostrna x118 Outreach (local & global)... Duane Stark x119 Administrative Assistant... Sheryl McCarty x120 Parenting... Chuck Kostrna x118 Preschool & Child Care Center (weekly child development)... NJ Kimball x133 or 541-476-1758 Students... Roger Haberman x130 (voicemail) Mid-High (6th-8th grade)... Dan Horst x130 (voicemail) High School... Roger Haberman x130 (voicemail) Teaching/North Valley/Worship... Tyler Goens x130 (voicemail) Young Adults... Tim Sorenson x130 (voicemail) Women... Diana Hecht x105 Worship... Michael Bahn x104 Adult Visitation/Hospital/Crisis... David Mathis x107 (for crisis after office hours, please call the church for an on-call pastor) Reception...Carolyn Fixsen x100... Charmaine Coatney x101... Laurie Higuera (Redwood Campus) 541-601-7798 Church Elders Michael Bahn Chet Bolen Jim Brumbach Tom Criswell Mark Goens Lary Harris Chuck Kostrna David Mathis Jeremy Nugent Larry Schwein Duane Stark Brian Taylor Carl Wilson Scott Zurhellen