Get Glorious Gifts!

As an alternative to giving cologne to your child's teacher, who can't wear it because of the allergic student in her class, or yet another plaid shirt to your grandpa, please consider giving Glorious Gifts. An alternative gift-giving program, Glorious Gifts provides an opportunity for you to help support our outreach projects by making a donation to one of these organizations. In return, you will receive a card to send to the person whose name it was given in honor of.  For instance, in honor of Grandpa, you could "give" nails and some 2 x 4's to Rebuilding Together. Grandpa will receive a card notifying him of the gift given in his honor, and he won't have to pretend that he really needs another shirt. Meanwhile, Rebuilding Together will receive the building supplies so much needed.

Glorious Gifts will be at Reveille again this Sunday, December 12, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall or you can make your purchases online at www.reveilleumc.org through Friday, December 17.

Christmas poinsettia order deadline is

this Sunday, December 12

To order a poinsettia for either the sanctuary or The Point for Sunday December 19, your order must be received by this Sunday, December 12. Order forms are available in the narthex, church hallway, fellowship hall and church office, as well as at www.reveilleumc.org. The pink order forms are for the sanctuary and the green forms are for The Point.

Christmas mission offering for UMFS

The beneficiary of our 2010 Christmas mission offering is United Methodist Family Services (UMFS), which provides many services to at-risk children and families.  Offerings received by this Sunday, December 12, will be noted in the printout in the December 19 worship bulletin. Offerings received afterward will be gladly accepted but not noted in the bulletin.

Merry Christmas!  Our last youth group of 2010 is Sunday, December 12. We will have our traditional youth group Christmas party at the Logues' home (4103 Sulgrave Road).  Please bring a gender-neutral, wrapped gift that costs around $5, and definitely no more than $10.  Do not label it in any way. We will have a thieves' Christmas exchange in which people "steal" gifts. 

The schedule for the evening is:

     4:30 p.m. Combined choir

     5:30 p.m. Head to the party

     7:30 p.m. Pick-up at the Logues'

We are only $160 short of our commitment for Tatiana and Jose this year.  Your support makes sure they have not just a merry Christmas, but a better life.  Bring your donations. 

Come ski at Wintergreen!  Our annual ski retreat is January 28-30 at Wintergreen Resort.  The cost for the weekend is $160 for food, housing, and skiing all day Saturday.  The deadline to register is December 10.  I will accept registrations I have received by Sunday, December 12 but no later.  Please contact me (dwayne@reveilleumc.org) if you have questions or need a registration form.

- Dwayne

At Wonderful Wednesday this week

Children's Christmas concert and YWCA benefit meal

Reveille's children's music ministry will present a Christmas concert on Wednesday, December 15 in the sanctuary at 6:30 p.m.  Participating choirs are cherub choir, primary ringers, primary choir, elementary ringers and elementary choir.  The program includes sacred Christmas carols, followed by fun Christmas music, presented by all choirs.  Narration, authored by our own Susan Farmer, will be provided by elementary choir members.  Please say a huge Thank You to choir directors, assistants and accompanists: Wendy Malamphy and Susan Thompson, Martha Hodges and Lili Boyd, Kaarina Jobe, Lori Salmon and Leigh Brabrand, Susan Farmer and Susan Bullock.

Before the concert, please join us for dinner.  The menu consists of chicken cordon bleu, hot dogs, dinner rolls, buttered pasta, salad/carrots, green beans, desserts.  The dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. for children and song leaders and approximately 5:45 p.m. for all others.  The cost of the meal is $6 for adults, $3 for children ages 4 to 12 and free for anyone under four.  Proceeds from the meal will be given to the YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter.  Please make a reservation for dinner by signing the friendship pad on Sunday morning or by calling the church office before 3:00 p.m. on Monday December 13. 

Sharing the Love of Christ campaign continues

The Sharing the Love of Christ stewardship campaign for Reveille's 2011 operating budget has passed the 50 percent mark as we move toward our goal of 400 pledges. Thanks to everyone who has participated already and has helped get the campaign off to a good start.

If you have not yet turned in your pledge card, there's still time! You can place your pledge card in the offering plate at any Sunday worship service, mail it in or drop it by the church office. If possible, please consider making your pledge by December 31. Pledge cards are available at The Point, in the chapel and sanctuary and the church office (call 359-6041 to have a card mailed to your home).

Remember, the primary goal of the Sharing the Love of Christ campaign is to broaden Reveille's financial base and involve everyone in supporting the church's outstanding ministries, outreach projects, educational classes, children and youth programs, and much more. The operating budget funds all of Reveille's activities and day-to-day efforts - and our pledges are the key component of the operating budget.  

For more information about pledging and stewardship at Reveille, log on to www.reveilleumc.org.

Sharing the Love of Christ campaign update:

Pledges goal: 400

Pledges received through December 5:  242 (226 adult, 16 youth/children)

A Reveille Christmas

Come and bring family and friends to Reveille's annual open house and Christmas concert on Sunday, December 19. Open house will begin at 4:30 p.m. and the Christmas concert at 5:30 p.m. 

OPEN HOUSE will be in Historic Reveille House, where you will find beautiful décor and seasonal hors d'oeuvres, with harp music by Elizabeth Ayers Berry in the parlor.  Walk over to the sanctuary at 5:30 p.m. and enjoy a CHRISTMAS CONCERT offered by Reveille's music ministry.  Participating choirs include the Reveille Ringers, Reveille Handbell Ensemble, our 60-voice youth choir and the a cappella ensemble.  Our featured masterwork is Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols presented by our chancel choir, soloist Kevin C. Boteler, and a chamber orchestra.  The evening will be capped off with combined choirs and congregation singing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah.  Please bring your score from home, if you have one.  Come and be touched by the One True Spirit of Christmas!  

Cookies needed for Reveille Open House on December 19

If you would like to contribute homemade cookies for the open house on December 19, please contact Carol Uzzle at 359-6041 ext 117 or discipleship@reveilleumc.org.  Cookies should be brought to the church on the morning of the 19^th.

New playground equipment coming soon

We are happy to announce that the weekday school will install new playground equipment December 13-15. A large sandbox has been added to the three-year-old playground as well.

There has been a great deal of research on playground design. Children need to have many opportunities to connect to nature given the limited opportunities to wander in the woods and engage in imaginative play. We want to provide equipment that encourages children to use their imagination and think creatively. Play is very important for young children. 

We have included musical instruments on all three playgrounds. The large train on the three-year-old playground will offer opportunities for dramatic play, climbing, sliding, balance, and strength development.

EFT: An easy way to give

There's an easier way to give to Reveille Church - Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), which allows your offering to be debited automatically from your bank account on a monthly basis.

There are no checks to write, no cash to gather, no envelopes to locate. EFT also is easier for church staff, since there are no deposit slips and no trips to the bank. It's even simpler than paying through your online BillPay account, which still sends Reveille a check. 

Reveille currently is in the midst of the Sharing the Love of Christ stewardship campaign, but you don't have to make a new pledge to take advantage of Electronic Funds Transfer. EFT payments can be initiated at any time.

To complete an EFT authorization form or for more information, please contact Reveille Financial Manager Glynis Holcomb at 359-6041, ext. 118 or finances@reveilleumc.org.    

Special Gifts

Reveille House Fund

In memory of Mary Helen Smith

Dr. & Mrs. Robert P. Black

Herbert and Charlotte Edge

Antoinette W. Roades and Robert E. Lee Scouten

Mary and Hugh White

Wilmuth T. White

Mrs. Robert Woods

Nell and Howard Cobb

John and Jane Fain

Robert and Mary Brydon

Mr. and Mrs. Hill Wellford

Sally W. Guerry

Mr. and Mrs. C. Lewis Casey

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lowe

Wesleyan Fellowship Class

Attendance and Stewardship Report

November 28, 2010

Worship Attendance.............................................................. 420

Sunday School Attendance.................................................... 188

Projected Collections for 2010...................................... $1,252,884

Amount Received November 28, 2010........................... $       5,250

Amount Received Through November 28, 2010............... $   902,990