cfreturn variable is not recognized when outputing content

I have a page that i wish to display total invoices paid to a particular contractor. This Page is Runnign CF9. I'm using a CFC page to write my queries and a action page to display the output via a search box from a search page. Whenever i input the invoice id, coldfusion throws the error: Variable RECENT_INVOICE is undefined"  Am i missing something? my syntax is written below:

<!---CFC PAGE--->

<cfcomponent>

<cffunction name="getinvoice" access="public" returntype="query">

<cfquery name="recent_invoice" datasource="w9">

SELECT invoice.*, project.*, bid.*, CONCAT(w9.w9fname,' ', w9.w9lname,'  ', w9.w9businessname) AS Contractor, w9.*

FROM invoice, project, bid, w9

WHERE invid = #form.invid#

AND INVOICE.invcontractor = W9.w9ID

AND INVOICE.invproject = PROJECT.proID

AND INVOICE.invproject = BID.bidproject

AND INVOICE.invcontractor = BID.bidcontractor

</cfquery>

<cfreturn recent_invoice>

    </cffunction>

</cfcomponent>

<!---Display page that show the invoked query--->

<cfinvoke

  component="invoice.componets.test"

  method="getinvoice"

  returnvariable="recent_invoice">

<!--- CFC Query --->

</cfinvoke>

<!---OUTPUT Items Below--->

<cfoutput>#recent_invoice.invdate# - #recent_invoice.invjob1# - #recent_invoice.invamt1#</cfoutput>