Joys and Concerns

IN MEMORIAM

 Patricia Beasley Holder

March 20, 2011

SYMPATHY

The Reveille family extends Christian love and sympathy to Dick Holder and family on the passing of his wife, Pat Holder.

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Art and music presentation for the season

Dennis King and Elizabeth Bell will present a program of mixed media in addition to music for the Lent and Easter season this Sunday, March 27 in the chapel and next Sunday, April 3 in room 211.  Please join them for either of the dates at 9:30 a.m.

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This week we continue our Lenten pilgrimage by considering what happens when we die. Is there a heaven? A hell? What does that mean?  At youth group on March 27, we will wrestle with the answers. 

Our schedule is

4:30 p.m. middle school youth group/high school choir

5:30 p.m. dinner ($3)

6:00 p.m. high school youth group/middle school choir.

Anyone still interested in attending Spl@sh, a youth group event at Shenandoah University on April 2, should let Dwayne know immediately. The group leaves at 7:00 a.m. and will return by 6:00 p.m.

On Wednesday mornings during Lent, a small group of youth is meeting at Einstein Brothers Bagels (Gayton Crossing location) at 7:00 a.m. for some study and discussion. Feel free to join the group.  

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Special offering for victims of Pacific disaster

To make a donation through the United Methodist Church to help with disaster relief for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, please make your check payable to Reveille UMC and note in the memo section "Pacific Emergency." One hundred percent of your donation will go to relief efforts; none will be used for administrative costs.

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Hospice and end-of-life care presentation

here Monday

On Monday, March 28, Dr. David Daniels, a physician and hospice volunteer, will speak to our Stephen Ministry group on hospice and end-of-life care. David is member of Reveille and was trained as a Stephen Minister in the fall of 2010.  Drawing on his vast experience, he will talk to us about the ways hospice offers spirituality, peace, comfort, and freedom from pain at the end of life.  His program will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the church parlor and should last about an hour. All are welcome to join us.  

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Lenten services continue this Wednesday

We continue our series of Lenten services at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel on Wednesday, March 30 with the Reverend Laughton Corr.

Reverend Corr retired in 1995 after serving 40 years in the Virginia Conference. After attending Ferrum College, Randolph-Macon and Duke Divinity School, where he received a masters of divinity degree, his first appointment was as the organizing minister at Skipwith Methodist Church. He also served churches in Danville, Stuart, Stuarts Draft, Alexandria, Front Royal, Virginia Beach, Vienna, and Springfield.

Reverend Corr was born and raised in the Highland Park area of Richmond and now lives in Mechanicsville. He and his wife Ruby have been married for 53 years and have two children - daughter Kelly and son Todd - as well as four grandchildren.

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Wonderful Wednesday

Before the Lenten service on March 30, please join us for our Wonderful Wednesday meal at 6:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. The menu will be barbecued pork chops, mashed potatoes, broccoli,yeast rolls, fruit, and dessert. Please make a reservation for the dinner by signing the friendship pad on Sunday morning, calling the church office, or clicking here by Monday, March 28 at 3:00 p.m. 

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UMW Sunday is April 3

Our annual celebration of the United Methodist Women (UMW) at Reveille gives us an opportunity to share the purpose and mission focus of the UMW with other church members. This year, our celebration will be on Sunday, April 3.

At our 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. worship services, Associate Pastor Abby Kocher will be preaching, and at The Point worship service at 9:30 a.m. our own Meghan Roth will give the message. Meghan currently is a student at Wesley Theological Seminary and is a certified candidate for the ordained ministry. Reveille has endorsed Meghan's call to ministry.

UMW members will be wearing name tags identifying their circle and the year they joined the UMW. Many of our women have over 40 years of service in this mission-driven group.

UMW members Betty Allen and Donna Fay Kessel will tell you about their roles in this unit through the mission moment at all three services. Many of our other members will greet you as you enter the worship space and will also participate in the serving of holy communion.

We look forward to this worship experience each year as we celebrate our focus of helping women and children through our work for local and global missions. 

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Order your Easter lilies now

If you would like to give a lily to be displayed in the sanctuary or at The Point on Easter Sunday, please print out an order form here or use a lavender form found in the sanctuary, chapel, fellowship hall, or church office.

Please make careful note that there are changes this year:

• The cost for lilies has decreased to $7.00
• The firm deadline for completed order forms with check or cash is Wednesday, April 13.

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Lent and Easter outreach offering

 Our 2011 Lenten outreach offering will be shared between two worthy causes. It will provide much-needed funding for Richmond Friends of the Homeless, the feeding program Reveille supports, and also for the One Great Hour of Sharing offering.

Each month, Reveille members participate in the preparation of cheesy potato casseroles and also serve a hot meal to those less fortunate who gather at the Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church feeding site. This worthy program nearly ended late last year due to a lack of funding.

The One Great Hour of Sharing offering provides for the administrative costs of United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) so that 100% of the donations you give to special offerings for disaster relief (such as for the recent disaster in the Pacific) will be used just for relief efforts and not for administrative costs.

Donations to this offering may be in any amount. If you would like to have your donation acknowledged in the Easter printout of these gifts, be sure to complete a yellow order form found in the sanctuary, chapel, fellowship hall, or church office or print one here and return it with your check or cash no later than Wednesday, April 13.

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Celebrate Easter!

This month during Sunday school the focus of our children's classes will be on the stories of Holy Week from the Garden of Gethsemane to Easter Sunday morning.  Several of the lessons for our 4^th and 5^th graders explore the Easter story at a deeper level.  These are noted by the title of the lesson and the scripture for the morning. 

April 3

Jesus Prays in the Garden   

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus (4^th and 5^th graders)

Matthew 26:36-46; John 18:1-14

April 10

Peter Denies Jesus   

John 18:15-18, 25-27; Matthew 26:69-75

The Trial (4^th and 5^th graders)

Matthew 27:11-31, John 18:28-19:16

April 17

Hosanna!

John 12:12-19

The Crucifixion and Burial of Jesus (4^th and 5^th graders)

John 19:17-42

April 24

Jesus Lives

John 20:1-18

Reveille's Parent Supplement Packet for Milestones for a Growing Faith contains a chart entitled Growing into Easter from the book Sharing the Easter Faith with Children by Carolyn C. Brown. This can be found on page 25 of the supplement.  The chart notes the Easter message understood by children at each stage of development beginning with infants.  Also included on the chart are significant Bible stories, key Easter words and meaningful activities for Lent and Easter. If you do not have a copy of the parent resource or the Milestones, please e-mail Rev. Carol Uzzle, Minister for Teaching and Learning or call her at 359-6041, ext. 117.

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Care packages for college students to be made

Many of us can remember the joy and excitement of receiving care packages when we were in college. Spring finals are right around the corner for many of Reveille's students. With the help of our congregation, the college ministry team would like to put together care packages for every Reveille college student as a reminder of the care and support of our church. Please stop by the bulletin board across from the choir room or check out the display board in the fellowship hall for more information and to see what you can contribute.  

Be sure to bring contributions to church by Sunday, April 17 and place them in the  container labeled "College Care Packages" in the fellowship hall or in the alcove across from the choir room.  If you would like to help assemble care packages or if you have questions, please contact Amy Donald at 741-5355.

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The Big Apple or Bust! Auction

Wednesday, April 27

Fellowship Hall

SCHEDULE

Silent Auction Bidding - 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Dinner starts at 6:00 p.m.

Entertainment - 6:30 p.m.

Live Auction starts at 6:45 p.m.

Please join the Reveille youth group and youth choir as we serve dinner at Wonderful Wednesday and hold our highly acclaimed less-frequent-than-annual dessert auction. This year's auction will include a bevy of delicious desserts as well as household services and other entries from our middle and high school youth.The auction will benefit our July youth mission trip to New York City by helping with transportation and food costs. Seventy-two people are signed up for what we expect will be a transformative trip to the Big Apple. 

The mission trip will include our music mission - performances of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" by Reveille youth at churches in Wilmington, Delaware and in Manhattan - as well as our mission work with Youth Service Opportunities Project serving homeless programs throughout the city. Much more information will follow in future issues of the Window.

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Volunteers needed for outreach project

Rebuilding Together of Richmond

April 30

For the 18^th consecutive year Reveille is a sponsor in this program. We need at least 50 volunteers, so please consider giving your time to this worthwhile outreach project.

Rebuilding Together of Richmond will be held on Saturday, April 30 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  If you are interested and willing to participate, please sign up. You need not be a skilled worker to help. Your support of this important ministry allows Reveille to continue to meet the growing need for help of our elderly, low-income or disabled neighbors. To register, look for volunteer sign-up sheets on the bulletin board across from the choir room, register online, call R.C. Hall (690-5263) or e-mail him. 

We have been assigned two houses this year in the Peter Paul neighborhood of Richmond.   The owner of one of the houses is 65 years old and her grandson lives with her.  She has not had heat for three years and has used her 35-year-old gas stove and space heaters to heat her house. She has also been without hot water for over a year. Fortunately, these problems have been resolved; however, there is still much work to do. Some of our projects in this house include replacing doors, windows and locks, reglazing windows, painting inside and out, repairing gutters, building a tool shed, replacing the kitchen stove and installing new floor tile in the kitchen. 

The second house will require somewhat less work. The owner is 78 years old and lives alone. Projects in this house include installing new railings on the front porch, replacing floor tile and underlayment in two bathrooms, replacing doors and making repairs, replacing a ceiling fan, anchoring the railing in the back, and some painting and mulching.

If you have questions or comments, please call R. C. Hall at 690-5263.

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Special Gifts

Building Fund

In memory of Ercil Casey

Bob Downs and Carol Hampton

Reveille House Fund

In memory of Mary Helen Smith

Mary Lou White Circle

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Calendar of Opportunities 

Sunday, March 27

8:30 am     Worship* (Chapel)

9:30 am     Sunday School for All Ages (Education Building)

9:30 am     Worship at The Point (Fellowship Hall)

9:30 am     The Gathering Small Group* (Reveille House Dining Room)

9:30 am     Covenant Class SS (Chapel)

9:30 am     Epiphany Small Group* (Room 206)

10:30 am   Coffee Fellowship (Fellowship Hall)

11:00 am   Worship* (Sanctuary)

11:15 am   KUC - Kids Under Construction (Church Parlor)

3:00 pm     Joseph Rehearsal (Choir Room)

4:30 pm     High School Youth Choir (Choir Room)

4:30 pm     Middle School Youth Group (Room 200)

5:00 pm     Primary Choir Rehearsal (Room 104)

5:00 pm     Cherub Choir Rehearsal (Room 105)

5:00 pm     EGR Small Group* (Reveille House Parlor)

5:00 pm     Elementary Ringers (Sanctuary)

5:30 pm     Elementary Choir Rehearsal (Room 211)

5:30 pm     Sunday Night Dinner (Fellowship Hall)

5:45 pm     Primary Ringers (Sanctuary)

6:00 pm     Middle School Youth Choir (Choir Room)

6:00 pm     High School Youth Group (Room 200)

Monday, March 28

7:00 am     Men's Prayer Breakfast (Fellowship Hall)

12:30 pm   Prayer Ministry (Chapel)

6:15 pm     Reveille Ensemble (Sanctuary)

7:00 pm     Reveille Ringers (Sanctuary)

7:00 pm     Stephen Ministry (Church Parlor)

Tuesday, March 29

9:30 am     Staff Meeting (Reveille House Dining Room)

12:30 pm   Prayer Ministry (Chapel)

5:30 pm     Alpha Leaders (Reveille House Parlor)

6:00 pm     Alpha (Fellowship Hall)

7:00 pm     Duruflé Rehearsal (Choir Room)

7:30 pm     Scout Troop 444 (Room 211)

Wednesday, March 30

9:30 am     Seekers Small Group* (Church Parlor)

12:15 pm   Midday Worship (Chancel)

12:30 pm   Prayer Ministry (Chapel)

6:00 pm     Wonderful Wednesday* (Fellowship Hall)

7:00 pm     Lenten Service (Chapel)

Thursday, March 31

12:30 pm   Prayer Ministry (Chapel)

7:00 pm     Chancel Choir Rehearsal* (Choir Room)

7:30 pm     CrossPoint Rehearsal* (Fellowship Hall)

Friday, April 1

12:30 pm   Prayer Ministry (Chapel)

* Child care provided

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