This Week (Nov 23-29):

• Sunday, 4:30pm – Youth Group
• Sunday, 5pm – Focal Point, KidLife Club
• Monday, 7pm – Prayer Partners Online
• Tuesday, 7:30am – Men's Devotional Breakfast
• Tuesday, 9:30am – Women's Tuesday Bible Study (NOT meeting this week)
• Tuesday, 6:30pm – Pickleball
• Tuesday, 6:30pm – Ladies Book Club
• Tuesday, 6:30pm – Discovery Class Part 1

FYI:

• Annual Congregational Meeting: December 7 following service
• Christmas Eve Service: December 24 at 4pm
• Single Ladies' (and Men's) Lunch: Recognizing that single men enjoy good food and fellowship as much as we do, the Single Ladies invite their male counterparts to our annual Christmas dinner and game time. It will be held on December 6, 2025 at 1pm in the new downstairs fellowship hall. Please RSVP to Wilma Nelson by November 30. (616-690-4479)
• NKC Hope for the Holidays: Please bring items in by Sunday, December 14. The Christmas Tree with North Kent Connect tags is up and located in the Fellowship Lobby. Tags will have suggested items for each age group. Take some tags, purchase the items, and return them unwrapped to church by December 14. Thank you for helping NKC provide gifts for the children and teens of their clients this Christmas! If you prefer to shop online, you can purchase off their amazon wish list at this link.
• The Mindful Marriage Conference registration is open for the RRC congregation! This Biblically-based marriage event for couples is scheduled for May 1 & 2, 2026. This conference, presented by Ron & Nan Deal, is designed to inspire, educate, and encourage couples in all seasons of life (pre-marriage, marriage, and blended family marriage) toward greater intimacy and stability. Based on the Amazon #1 bestselling book, The Mindful Marriage: Create Your Best Relationship Through Understanding and Managing Yourself by Ron and Nan, and Dr. Terry & Sharon Hargrave. Early bird pricing through January 4 is $64.99 per couple. Click here for details.
• Special Benevolence Offering – Sunday, November 23: As followers of Christ, we are called to reflect His love by caring for those in need. To that end, we will be taking a special offering on Sunday, November 23, designated for our Benevolence Fund. This fund helps meet the many needs within our church family during challenging times. Please prayerfully consider how you can contribute to support those in need. If you feel led to support this special offering, please use the "Special Offering" pink envelopes and/or note "Special Offering" on your check or on-line giving. Thank you for your generosity and care for one another. – RRC Deacons
• Devotional: Copies of Caroline Cobb's book Advent for Exiles are available in the Fellowship Lobby with a suggested donation of $10.
• Kombucha Workshop: Join Kassidy VanderZwaag for a one-hour, hands-on kombucha workshop on Monday, December 15, from 7:00–8:00pm in the church kitchen (by the gym). Whether you’re brand-new or looking to refine your process, you’ll learn the essentials of brewing and caring for kombucha at home. Feel free to invite non-RRC friends as well! You can RSVP here or email tim.v@rockfordrc.org.
• A generous benefactor has offered our church a dollar-for-dollar match gift up to the amount of $100,000.00. At its meeting on November 12, our consistory accepted this gift and voted to use these monies, any new contributions, and the matching amounts to repay the outstanding loan from our recent renovation. We now have two great opportunities, first we have the opportunity to reduce our outstanding debt by $200,000.00 and secondly, we have the opportunity to step out in faith to increase our giving over and above our normal amounts and see what God will do. All contributions made to the Renovation/Expansion Fund for November, December, January and February will be counted as contributions toward this match. Please prayerfully consider what you can contribute so that we can fully meet the matching amount in as short a period as possible.