Yesterday, by way of ballot vote, we affirmed Kurt Ingram as the new RCC pastor to be. I would like to encourage you to pray, not only for RCC during this season of transition, but also for the Ingram’s as Kurt, Carol, Elijah and Gracie prepare to leave their current residence in Pennsylvania and come home to Bellingham and RCC. Pray for the church Kurt is presently serving at as they seek a new youth pastor, pray for the students Kurt’s been ministering to, that they release Kurt and bless him as he leaves. Also pray for the Ingram’s to find housing here, specifically in the Roosevelt neighborhood and within the Roosevelt School District.

I also want to thank you all for sticking with us during these past few months of hard decision making. It’s been a challenging, even painful process for everyone involved but we, as a board, feel that this direction we’re headed with Kurt is one led by the Lord.

I look forward to seeing ya’ll on Sunday.

Oh, for those of you inspired yesterday, watch this: 

Annual Meeting

On Tue. the 27th from 6:30-8ish we’ll have our annual meeting. This is a pot-luck that will have some worship, sharing/passing our budget for 10/11 fiscal year, and a discussion around the pastoral search process. This is at RCC.

Congratulations to Abe and Vale Bates!

This morning at 5am they delivered Aven Lily Bates, weighing 6lbs 7.5 oz and 19 and 1/4” in length.

Service Project Sunday This Week

Projects include:

· Building a playground kit at Bryce and Theya Akre’s. Tools to bring would be cordless drills, drill bits, wrenches, sockets, screw drivers, rubber mallet.

· Yard work at Rhonda Gray’s house. This is a yard/spring cleaning so bring the usual yard tools, minus a lawn mower. Think weeding, prun ing, trimming, gutter cleaning.

· Evergreen Rehab Center—this adult care facility is a blessing to visit and worship with the residents. This is a great option for those with real small kiddos.

· Sue Mattix will lead a spall group of folks in weeding and tending to our own RCC facility. The garden beds could use some TLC and this will bless our Hispanic hosts.

As usual, we’ll meet at RCC at 9:30 and by 10 be off to the service of your choosing. Then, at around noon-ish, the children led by Janice Haskell will provide a soup and bread lunch for us as their service project. So come out, bring a friend, practice part of being In, For, and With the community, and ultimately enjoy each others company and worshipping the Lord in the process.

A really cool piece of news.

Ok, basically, RCC has owned some lighting and sound equipment for years that has gone unused. So, I’ve negotiated a deal with BAAY (Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth) that will bless fami lies of kids at RCC. We’re going to trade our equipment to BAAY in exchange for four 4month scholarships to their preschool of the arts and scholarships for kids to be in their theatre produc­tions—2 a year per kid for 2 years. This is over $6,000 dollars in value. If you think you may be interested, check out their 6-8 year old production of “The Wizard of Oz” this weekend for free—just RSVP via e-mail with me and I’ll have free tickets for you at will-call. The show times are Fri. at 6pm and Sat. at 2pm and 6pm and the show is about 35min. long. I’ll talk more about how this deal will work for you at our annual meeting, but until then, check out www.artspreschool.com for more info.