Weekly Bulletin

Even with everything going on with the move, we're still planning on assisting with the Run Stillwater races again this year.  The first one, the Stillwater Half Marathon, is coming up May 23!  It's easy, it's outreach, and we think it's even more important with the new location and all.  Because we're just across the river, we're still planning on being a presence in the Stillwater area like we have.  A couple of the race's courses cross the river anyway, and one actually begins practically at our new front door!  It'll be a great opportunity to get more word out about our new home.  Pastor Peter is in charge.  Contact him or the church office for more details, and to volunteer.  It IS a fundraiser, too, so you'll earn fund to apply to events, or whatever church ministry you would like!  Dates of all the races this season are on the church calendar.

Our Men of Valor Men's Breakfast is this Saturday, May 9 @8am at RVCC-Lake Elmo.  We'd love for you to join "the guys" for a good breakfast, and some excellent connection, fellowship, and discipleship.  You know...MAN stuff!  Look for a sign-up at the Info Center, or CLICK HERE for our handy-dandy online sign-up!

Brian Essary will be back in the area at our fellow RVFM church Rivers of Living Water in Maplewood!  He's teaching his Miracle Lifestyle University the second week of June.  Contact Pastor Johnny or click their name to go to the ROLW website for more information.

Download our RVCC church app from your app store today!  There's all sorts of features, and we're tweaking it to make it even more helpful as a way to stay connected.  Service video is streamed there as well as on our YouTube channel.  There are groups for communicating and chatting with others in the RVCC family, and much more!  Search for "RVCC Lake Elmo" or CLICK HERE.  

One of our top goals as a church is always to help you keep up on (or get into) a daily Bible reading habit.  We started a new daily reading program January 1.  It is available on our app, so it's seriously easy to follow along!
Open the app on your device, click "Bible" on the bottom menu.
From the Bible portion of the app, click "Plan" to take you to the daily readings!
Get into the daily habit now, even if it's not our particular program! We want you to get the WORD in YOU! Contact the church office if you have questions.

We are always accepting diaper and wipes donations for Options for Women-St. Croix Valley. As a church we're not anti-abortion but PRO-LIFE, and try to back that up by helping out mothers who choose life for their child. This is an easy way to do that. Organizationally we support Options with a monthly monetary donation, but diapers are one item they always need to help support the mothers relying on their services. Whenever you are shopping and pick some up, drop them off with Pastor Greg the next time you come to RVCC and he will make sure they get to OFW.
As you can see above, they are looking for some volunteers.  Get in touch with them if you are available to help.

If you would like to connect with one of our Elders for any reason during the week, contact the church office and we'll get you in touch!

Podcast listeners can listen to audio from our Sunday morning services on several platforms. Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Audible. Search for, "River Valley Christian Church Lake Elmo MN" on your preferred podcast app, then subscribe and listen anywhere, any time, however you like to listen!
We also have an RVFM Podcast gathering messages from our affiliated churches in one spot. The feed for that one has recently changed!  CLICK HERE if you use Spotify, and CLICK HERE if you're an Apple Podcast person!  If you have trouble with any of these contact Pastor Greg in the church office and he'll try to help you sort it out.

Here is a summary of groups and classes we have going on currently during the week. Most of these are included on the Church Calendar.

Our CREW Young Adult group gets together on Mondays at 6:30pm. Contact the church office or talk to Pastor Peter for more information.

Our Freedom Group meets on Monday evenings at 7pm. It is a Bible-based chemical dependency group coordinated by our Elders Wayne & Patrice B. Contact the church office for more information.

Healing Hearts meets first and third Tuesdays at 6pm at our Elder Cathy D's home office in River Falls, WI. It is a confidential group for ladies 18+ who have been betrayed in a relationship. You are welcome at any time to jump in and join.
Know it's the enemy who would want to keep you isolated. This group is here to listen, love, pray, and stand with you.
If you have questions about the group please contact the church office, or Cathy directly!

Tuesdays at 6pm Linda B teaches a study on the Gospel of John. If you have questions about the group, please contact the church office.

If you've got time during the week you can always join us for prayer! We have a group that prays Wednesday mornings starting at 10am in room W2. It goes for about an hour.  Everyone is welcome to come in and pray!

Our Wednesday night adult classes have wound up for the season.  Yes, this is a little earlier than usual, but we're using Wednesday nights to work toward our upcoming relocation, and hope many of you can be available to assist. 

More and more is being packed, moved out and dismantled every day, but especially on Wednesday evenings.  Come join the. . .fun!

Our Saplings Elementary Age class and Vessels Youth Group are finished for this season.  We usually wrap things up for the year so everyone can enjoy summer vacations, etc.  This year it doesn't help that we're packing away all the stuff they use for class, anyway...so those classes will restart in the fall in our new location!

Our White Bear Lake/Mahtomedi area small group meets on Thursday evenings from 6:30-8pm. Please contact the church office to get connected for more information!

The Bridge is all about connecting people and building community by bridging life stages and interest groups within the church. We’re a fun and active group that loves spending time together through outdoor games, shared meals, and meaningful fellowship. Whether you're new to the church or have been around for a while, The Bridge offers a welcoming space, hosted by Jeremy and Joy S at their beautiful home in River Falls. Meeting every Fridays at 5:30-8:30pm.  1st & 3rd Fridays will be social/fun/games/etc., 2nd & 4th Fridays will be a Bible study.  
Questions about directions can be directed towards Jeremy or Joy, or contact the church office.

"Walking in Your Authority" meets from 6-8pm on the second Fridays of each month at our elders Dennis and Cathy D's home in River Falls, WI. Knowing your authority allows you to fulfill the call God has on your life to do great exploits! Talk to Dennis, Cathy, or the church office for directions and details.

Our next Men of Valor Men's Breakfast is Saturday, May 9 @8am at RVCC-Lake Elmo.  We'd love for you to join "the guys" for a good breakfast, and some excellent connection, fellowship, and discipleship.  You know...MAN stuff!  Look for a sign-up at the Info Center, or CLICK HERE for our handy-dandy online sign-up!

We have some dedicated young people who are committed to heading up this pre-service prayer time and cover our Sunday mornings with prayer.  Join them Sundays at 9am in classroom W1!

All sorts of ministries around the church are looking for volunteers. Our Hospitality Ministry, which includes the Greeter, Usher, Info Table, and Cookie Ministries is looking to include more volunteers. If you are interested, talk to Pastor Peter, or contact the church office.

Our Children's Ministry is looking for some volunteers, too. What an incredible opportunity to advance the Kingdom by helping bring them up in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord." Talk to Pastor Shiloh or contact the church office about this, too! A background check is required to work with our Children's Ministry.

If you would like to donate to RVCC and it's ministries, etc. you can mail or drop off a check at the church office, or give online now from right here on this page:

OBLIGATORY LEGAL NOTICE OF RELEASE OF RVCC, ITS SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND LICENSEES FROM ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER OF ANY NATURE! We live-stream and record our service, so your presence here constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded, and for RVCC to use the recording without compensation in any and all media for as long as it exists. No, we're not anticipating making a boatload of money off of an image of the back of your head, or you worshipping with your hands in the air...but we figured it would be a good idea to let you know you could end up on our livestream, social media, etc.
IF you would rather opt out of having your image posted online, please contact the church office and let us know.