Our Intern Program continued in 1994 and our second intern was Seminarian Carol Sipes. Our young people came home winners at the Synod Bible Bowl for the second year ina row. In 1995 our third and final Intern was Seminarian Michelle Nickodemus, as the program was discontinued by the Synod. New linoleum was purchased by the Sunday School and installed in the two downstairs bathrooms. Following the installation of new drains in our basement, new linoleum was installed in the kitchen. The name of our church was changed by a majority vote of the congregation in 1996 to Christ Rupp Evangelical Lutheran Church. This was done for consistency, our history and to preserve the name Rupp for our future. In 1997 additional lighting was installed in the church and upstairs Sunday School area, the parking lot was tarred and chipped and landscaping was done around the front of the church through a Work Project grant from Aid Association for Lutherans. The George McVay family placed a sleigh bench in the narthex in memory of Blanche Bargerstock. Pastor James Neal resigned from our church in October, 1998 and Pastor Vaughn Taylor became our full- Interim Pastor until June, 2000, when Pastor William haefer was called to be our Pastor. During this period of ime, a donation was given to the church by the Kinnard tate in memory of Ray and Mildred Kinnard for the chase of a public address system. Helen Marasco and —15—