Dave Clark

2009-07-20 0925hrs

Congrats my friend! Excited for you and your family. You will be in our prayers.

kristen Pannell

2009-07-20 0929hrs

Yay! What exciting news! Can’t wait to have you as a fellow staff member! Talk about full circle….we started at the same church & about 20 years later we end up there again! Can’t wait to have you & the family back in Bama!

Derek Draughon

2009-07-20 0929hrs

Awesome - Glad to have you back in state!

Justin Thorp

2009-07-20 0931hrs

Bro, congrats on the new gig. Excited for you, the family, and your new journey.

We need to catch up. When do you leave? We need to grab some lunch at Five Guys. I’m buying.

Atiba de Souza

2009-07-20 0935hrs

David,

You will be missed here in DC but at the same time it is always amazing to see how God can take us full circle. I have no doubt you will find amazing ways to revolutionize Church at the Highlands. Congrats to you and your family.

BTW. hows the fishing down there, I’m sorry we did not get to go up here.

Atiba.
http://www.twitter.com/atibadesouza

David Copeland

2009-07-20 0937hrs

I know this is very bittersweet. Washington is a tremendous place, and I know Pastor Mark has been a tremendous mentor. But as this next chapter unfolds in your lives the same Presence of God that led you both to DC now leads you home. Needless to say we are estatic! We get out kids back! I know that is selfish and this is not a book, but know Pam and I are very proud of you guys and we are proud that you are our son. Not son-in-law!

Joel Schmidgall

2009-07-20 0944hrs

I am mad at Alabama right now :)

We’re really going to miss you guys!!! Thanks for giving so much towards the NCC community. I pray the Lord would prepare your path and orchestrate this next season in your life!

Lindsey Appiah

2009-07-20 0957hrs

Truly excited for you, Russells! The Church of the Highlands is actually the church that provides spiritual covering for our church here in Nash so I know it’s an amazing place. They are blessed to be getting such an amazing family. Bonus is you are now closer to me and Amanda. Dixie anxiously awaits your return…sweet tea and BBQ all around ;-)

Heather Zempel

2009-07-20 1011hrs

I hate Alabama too!! No…wait…

I love Alabama!! Which is one of the many reasons I love you guys. Wow. It’s been so great having you guys around—people who understand good BBQ, sweet tea, college football, what hot weather really feels like, the importance of good ice in your glass, the superiority of the Cock of the Walk fried dill pickle, oh I could go on and on.

Thanks for being such a wonderful part of our lives and this team. We are thankful to have spent a season in your path and hope that our path takes us through Birmingham many times in the future. We love y’all!

Brian Bailey

2009-07-20 1013hrs

Congratulations David! I know how hard it must be to leave such a great church. Many blessings to you and your family on this new adventure!

Brad McMath

2009-07-20 1014hrs

David and Missy,
I just wanted to say thank you for being such a great source of encouragement during our stay here at NCC. We love and appreciate you guys so much and I know that the Lord will continue to use you in a massive way!
I’ll be reading the tweets from here on out so keep us posted with the brain waves of David Russell. Thanks again for everything - God bless…

Chris Jarrell

2009-07-20 1019hrs

DRuss, Missy, Andrew, and Baby Girl Russell thanks for being amazing teammates. Lora, Torin and I are going to miss you guys so much. We are going to miss the random food runs to Dixie Bones, Cracker Barrell, Five Guys and Moes. Torin is going to miss his buddy Andrew and the most awesome babysitter Miss Missy.

I am definitely going to miss a great friend and the web guy in the world. I am going to miss all of our conversations about internet, web related stuff which I really didn’t understand about 95% of the stuff that you said. But I sure felt smarter afterwards. :-)

You will be missed! I also know that God will truly bless you all in so many ways! Love you guys!

Tom Corcoran

2009-07-20 1033hrs

Though we never met I’ve enjoyed your “tweets” - I’ve been a great advocate of NCC for some time (even though I don’t attend there) - I’m an advocate because of the folks there that show Jesus is about relationships. I look forward to your new “tweets” at your new home - the “Church” isn’t NCC - it’s us :)

Lindsey Podguski

2009-07-20 1039hrs

So sad to see you go, but thrilled to hear how the Lord is working in your lives! It will be an amazing adventure for your entire family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of transition!

Jeremy Sexton

2009-07-20 1120hrs

Really excited for this next step in you guys’ lives, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say that this one hurts. It’s been so great serving with you at NCC. I’ve been thoroughly appreciative of the hospitality you and Missy have extended towards me from my internship oh so many summers ago, to my time here in DC; you guys have been awesome. It’s really bittersweet to see you go.

However, when I think of all the unfound geocaches that await you in Birmingham, I know it will all be worth it!

Love you all and will be praying for you on this next stage of your journey.

Josh Oswald

2009-07-20 1342hrs

Alabama. FTW.

Bill Sheeler

2009-07-20 1409hrs

David

Congratulations. Our prayers will be with you and your family on your journey. I pray that all goes well for you. It’s really no further to Alabama then it is to DC when it comes to the Internet.

Stephen Elliot

2009-07-20 1710hrs

Not really sure where to begin…

Perhaps the best understatement I can muster right now is that my life is richer because you have been a part of it.

You guys will be missed! ...so very much.

J.C. Jennings

2009-07-20 1718hrs

Congrats on the new position! Loosing all my contacts at NCC to other churches!!! Oh well, if we don’t meet up here sometime on Earth, I’ll catch ya on the flipside!

Randy and Janet Bartlett

2009-07-20 2124hrs

We are the Bartletts and own the Cock of the Walk in Auburn, AL. We are also members of Church of the Highlands in Auburn. Heather, thanks for the shout out about Cock of the Walk. To the Russells welcome back to the south and to Church of the Highlands. When you are in Auburn come see us and we will treat you to some fried dill pickles and catfish. War Eagle.

Jenn Hudson

2009-07-20 2221hrs

I’m soo thrilled to have my brother, Missy, Andrew and new niece coming back to sweet HOME Alabama! I will love, love love having you guys nearby, watching your kids grow up and teaching them how to say “Aunt Jenn” before they say anything else. :) lol. However, i must say, living vicariously through you all these years has enriched my life, tremendously—AND, i will truly miss my D.C. hookup! guess, Georgetown will have to just move on without my visits. *sniff, sniff* :) Getting to visit you and Missy in your ever-so-swanky, yes, (welcome back to Alabama) swanky home in D.C. - those were precious times —- wait, this is supposed to be about you, not me…right. o-kay. :) I love you!!! and I am proud of the amazing journey that God is unfolding in your lives.

Joshua Nemecek

2009-07-20 2231hrs

Hmmm . . . you guys actually won’t be too far away. We can meet up at the Atlanta IKEA to cheaply furnish all our new much larger (and cheaper) houses. :)

Jayson Whelpley

2009-07-21 0211hrs

Dang. All the GTown location pastors leaving us. When do you depart? Hopefully after we get back. Or will you pull a Dave Clark and make the announcement and leave while we’re out of town?

Dolan

2009-07-21 1014hrs

Dave, glad to hear you guys are moving closer to home. Contact me when you guys get settled. I’d love to see you and have lunch. We lift your family in prayer as you make this transition.

Glenda McMath

2009-07-21 1021hrs

David & Missy
You guys are amazing and will be greatly missed at NCC. You have been such an asset to their team…from all of the MANY hats that you wear (and with excellence I might add)...to the way you are PERSONABLE…a great ministry gift to have!

Our friendship with you has been a blessing this year. May God richly bless your future and enable you to accomplish all He has designed you for!

Much love
Glenda McMath

Dan Hampton

2009-07-21 1516hrs

Gonna miss you guys!! Been awesome working and serving along side you. Looking forward to seeing how God uses you in AL.

Andrew Mitry

2009-07-21 2251hrs

You will be missed! Praying for you and your family.

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