What's Happening at Reveille

Micah 6 This Sunday, May 15, the youth will explore this question at the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. services. Building on Micah 6:8, the service will focus on what it means to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. These two services will look a bit different, so be prepared, because justice, mercy, and humility have a way of dramatically changing the way we behave.

Collegiate senior Julia Greer will deliver the sermon, but the message will come through song and story, liturgy and art as well. Come wondering and leave knowing what it is that God expects of you.

Worship

May 15, 2011

8:30 and 11:00

Youth Sunday

Preacher: Julia Greer, senior at Collegiate School

Scripture: Micah 6:1-8

Sermon: "What the Lord Requires"

9:30 - The Point

Preacher: Rev. Abigail Kocher

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Theme: Day by Day

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In recognition of high school grads

In the 11:00 a.m. worship service this Sunday, May 15, we will recognize our graduating high school seniors. Many of these youth have grown up from baptism to high school within our church family, so we ask God's blessings on them as they step into the next stage of their lives.

Collegiate School:

Christopher Davis, Julia Greer, Trip Templeman

Deep Run High School/Henrico Center for the Fine Arts:

Ethan Shippee

Douglas Freeman High School:

Alex Blankenship, Will Jarrett

Hanover High School:

Rinat Thompson

Hermitage High School:

Amber Pierce

Hopewell High School:

Christal Pierce

Mills Godwin High School:

Peyton Fowlkes

Saint Catherine's School:

Kate Bassett, Madeline Lebar, Mary Stuart Nelsen

Thomas Jefferson High School:

James Wakefield

Trinity Episcopal School:

Ellen Hutter East, Grace Powell

Woodberry Forest School:

Lee Beauchamp

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Would you like to know more about Reveille Church?

Come to Reveille Today

Reveille Today is an opportunity for new members, those who are considering joining Reveille, or those who are just curious to get an overview of our church's worship and ministries in a relaxed class setting. Meeting in the Reveille House parlor (please note location change) the spring session will be held this Sunday, May 15, and the following Sunday, May 22, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Child care is available upon request. To register, please call 359-6041, ext. 114 or e-mail Cheryl Arrington.

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Youth Group News 65% This Sunday night, May 15, we hold the last youth group of the spring. The year will close with a picnic and an opportunity to say "goodbye" to our graduating seniors.
The schedule will be
4:30 p.m. Combined youth choir
5:30 p.m. Picnic/Combined youth group

High school students: The senior high retreat has been rescheduled for June 4-6. We will be tent camping on the Rappahannock River hosted by the Craven family. There will be opportunities to sail, kayak, swim, boat, play volleyball, fish and simply spend time with God together. The cost is $20 to offset food costs. Please e-mail Dwayne (dwayne@reveilleumc.org) by May 26 to sign up.

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Leisure Club 50%

Tuesday, May 17

Program and Covered Dish Luncheon

11:00 a.m., Fellowship Hall

Main dish and drinks provided.

Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert.

Program: Bill Young is returning to carry us back to the days of Old Virginny during the War Between the States. He will also regale us with true, light-hearted stories about his living in Richmond and the people and events that have instilled in him a love of his Southern heritage.

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Mission Benefit Concert to help UM Family Services

Each year, talented musicians and vocalists present the Mission Benefit Concert as a fundraiser for a worthy cause. The benefactor of this year's concert is United Methodist Family S

ervices (UMFS), which provides a network of services to at-risk children and families. You are invited to experience this concert on Sunday, May 22 at 7:00 p.m. in our sanctuary.

The Reveille Ringers and Reveille Ensemble will begin the program. Then forty-five voices will sing Maurice Durufle's Requiem accompanied by chamber orchestra, harp and organ, conducted by Dr. Charles Staples, Director of Music at Trinity United Methodist Church. Performances of this exquisite but difficult masterwork are rare; do not miss this opportunity.

Following the concert, you are invited to attend a reception in the fellowship hall catered by our own Tommy Threewitts.

Your donation will be much appreciated by United Methodist Family Services. You may donate online here or may pick up a donation form in the church office or narthex of the church.

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Calling all college-age young adults to action

HELPING OTHERS On Saturdays, May 21, June 4, and June 11, college-age young adults are invited to participate in a Habitat for Humanity mission project - repairing a home for a mother with two children.

SHARING A MEAL Following the 11:00 a.m. worship service on Sunday, May 22, young adults will meet in Reveille House to go out for brunch at a restaurant of their choice.

If you would like to participate in the mission project or have questions, please e-mail Lynsey Thompson or Amy Donald.

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Will you help feed the homeless?

BAG LUNCHES - MAY 22

Mark your calendar to help prepare bag lunches and make sandwiches on Sunday, May 22, at 10:30 a.m. in the fellowship hall. The 160 bag lunches will be distributed at lunchtime on Monday at the Richmond Friends of the Homeless feeding site at Greater Friends of the Homeless 60%

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. The families of our third through fifth graders sponsor this ministry providing the food each month. If you would like to help provide food, please e-mail Jennifer Huneycutt.

HOT MEAL - MAY 26

Please sign up this week to prepare a potato casserole or help serve our monthly hot meal for Friends of the Homeless. As one of Reveille's ongoing outreach ministries, it is a wonderful opportunity for service to the needy in our area. Sign-up sheets are located at the welcome center and in the fellowship hall. Recipes are provided, and the cooked casseroles should be delivered to Reveille by 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 26. We also need several volunteers to make homemade cookies or dessert bars. We usually feed around 160 guests. Servers are needed from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. For more information or to volunteer to help, please e-mail Mary Jane Walls or call her at 355-4479.

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Help us recognize college

and professional school graduates

Graduation marks an important moment in the lives of students and their families. Is there a college or professional school graduate in your family this spring? Are you celebrating your own graduation? We would like to share your family's joy with the church family. Please e-mail Carol Uzzle, Minister for Teaching and Learning, or call her at 359-6041, ext. 117. Please provide the name of the graduate, school and degree, and future plans.

Names of those graduating from college or professional programs will be published in a June issue of The Window.

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A Fifth Sunday Opportunity

The Widow's Offering (Mark 12:41-44)... A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny.

How many of us often have a few extra bills or coins in our wallets or purses? The fifth Sunday of the month is an extra Sunday to do something extraordinary with your extra bills and coins. On each fifth Sunday of the month, beginning with May 29, you are invited to add $1, $5, or $10 to your normal giving in the offering plate. Let's see how powerful these gifts can be.

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Annual Conference Offering will help many

The Virginia Annual Conference hopes to raise $200,000 from churches throughout the Conference to be presented at its annual meeting June 15-19 in Roanoke. This offering will be shared by four recipients, receiving $50,000 each.

The Annual Conference offering reflects mission needs in some of the poorest annual conferences in the Methodist Church in Brazil. We continue to support what our sister bishop, Bishop Nhanala, and her leaders have decided are priorities for our partnership with Mozambique. Here in Virginia, we will be lifting up two district-centered ministries, the Agape Christian Children's Community Center, Inc., on the Eastern Shore district, and Grace Ministries Shalom Zone in the Roanoke District. The recipients are as follows:

Leadership Development/Living Water in Mozambique supports lay and clergy in leadership development and also supports the Living Well Society in its ministry of drilling new wells.

The Shade & Fresh Water Project was developed by the Brazil United Methodist Church to keep children off the streets and away from gangs and drugs by providing afterschool center, resources, and materials.

Agape Christian Children's Community Center Inc. on the Eastern Shore of Virginia supports the small rural ethnic minority community of Horntown to provide a healthy nurturing environment for at-risk children.

Shalom Zone: Grace Ministries in the Roanoke District ministers to the disenfran-chised of downtown Roanoke with an emphasis on the recovering community, the immigrant community and marginalized people.

Please give generously and make your contribution by designating your check or marking your envelope Annual Conference Offering.

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Honduras Medical/Dental Team 7 is getting ready

By Al Rogers

As we gather papers and passports, update our vaccines, get physical exams and register with the embassy, among other checklist items, July's Honduras medical team Mission trip 15%