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Reveille United Methodist Church

4200 Cary Street Road, Richmond, Virginia 23221  

(804) 359-6041  www.reveilleumc.org

 

August 14, 2011 

 
In This Issue

Hear from Youth Mission Team this Sunday

Power Outage Expected

August Book Review

Help Feed the Homeless

Alpha Starts Soon

Disciple Bible Study Registration Begins

VBS and Day Camp Revisited

Softball Team Ends Regular Season

Special Gifts

Attendance and Stewardship Report

Calendar


TopYouth team will share mission experience this Sunday

 

In worship on Sunday August 14, our youth will share a taste of their mission trip to New York City.  The theme for the day is "Amazing Joseph."  We will hear from youth mission team members at each service as they share their experiences serving the homeless in New York. The music in all three worship services will feature select songs from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat musical, which the youth choir performed during their New York trip. We look forward to celebrating the ways that Reveille's youth have grown in faith through their summer mission trip. 

 

8:30, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m. Services

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-7

2 Corinthians 4:8-17

Genesis 45:1-15

Sermon: "When Life is the Pits"

 

Church building power outage expected later this month

 

Meetings and activities

As our construction project proceeds, it will be necessary to shut off power to the church for a few days. As of the posting of this newsletter, the outage is expected to occur during the week of August 22. Updates may come more quickly than our newsletters and worship bulletins are published, so for meetings scheduled for August 22 - 26, you may wish to view our website calendar at www.reveilleumc.org, or call the church office after August 15 for the latest news regarding where your activity will be held. We do not expect Sunday services to be affected.

 

FOOD IN REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS

Individuals or groups that have food, drinks, or condiments stored in any of the refrigerators or freezers in the church kitchen or in room 200 are asked to remove everything by August 17. 

 

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August book review to be held at Cedarfield

 

Due to a power outage in the church building, which may occur during the week of August 22, our last book review of this summer will move to Cedarfield. Join us at Cedarfield's club house on Wednesday, August 24, at 10:30 a.m. for refreshments. The book review will begin at 11:00 a.m.

 

Author Jasmin Darznik will talk about her book, The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life, in which she tells a story she did not know until in her mid-twenties when she discovered a photograph of her mother, as a bride of 13, standing by a man that was not Jasmin's father. What follows is an incredible journey for Jasmin and her mother as they learn from each other over tea and through storytelling.

 

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Upcoming Window Issues and Deadline Dates

 

As fall approaches, we anticipate more information coming into the office to be shared with the congregation through our weekly newsletter. To facilitate the exchange of information in a timely manner and to notify you of two early deadlines, following is a listing of upcoming issue dates and deadlines:

 

Issue

Deadline

August 28

Wednesday, August 17

September 4

Friday, August 19

September 11

Wednesday, August 31

September 18

Wednesday, September 7

September 25

Wednesday, September 14

October 2

Friday, September 16

October 9

Wednesday, September 28


We look forward to receiving your newsletter articles.  For more information, please call Cheryl Arrington at 359-6041, ext. 114.

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Help Feed the Homeless

 

Bag lunches to be prepared August 21

 Friends of the Homeless

Bag lunches for Richmond Friends of the Homeless will be prepared on Sunday, August 21, at 10:30 a.m. in the fellowship hall.  Each bag lunch contains a sandwich, bag of chips, applesauce, a boxed drink, and a dessert.

 

This ministry is sponsored by our older elementary children and their families. If you would like to contribute a portion of the food, please e-mail Jennifer Huneycutt. Mark your calendar and plan to help pack the lunches. 

 

HOT MEAL TO BE SERVED AUGUST 25

 

Richmond's homeless population needs us on Thursday, August 25, when we serve a hot meal of roasted chicken, cheesy potato casserole, green beans and dessert. You can help by providing one of the casseroles. The recipe, with drop-off instructions, can be picked up from the sign-up board near the welcome center or in the fellowship hall.

 

You can also help by being one of the servers at Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church for an hour or two. You can meet us at Reveille at 10:45 a.m. and carpool or meet us at the site. For more information, please e-mail Kay Craven or call her at 270-0686.   

  

If needed, child care is available while serving the meal; please e-mail Carol Uzzle or call her at 359-6041 ext. 117 to request it.

 

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Alpha is for seekers and explorers

 

Alpha is a 10-week course designed for those who want learn more about the Christian faith or anyone who wants to explore what Christianity really means. Each evening begins with a meal, followed by praise and worship music and a talk on Christian basics followed by small group discussion. A day retreat is part of the Alpha course and will occur on a Saturday at the midpoint of the study. We hope you will sign up to participate and also will invite those who are new to the faith or who are seeking to come to a better understanding of what it means to be a Christian. 

 

Alpha will begin on Thursday, September 9 at 6:00 p.m. and continue through November 17.There is no charge for Alpha; however, a donation is suggested to cover the cost of the meal.  Child care will be provided.  Register online at www.reveilleumc.org after August 11. 

 

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Disciple Bible Study

 

If you are seeking a disciplined reading of the Bible, perhaps Disciple Bible Studies are for you.The weekly class sessions meet for two hours for 32 to 34 weeks.  Each class begins with a video presentation on a subject related to that week's text followed by Bible study and discussion. Class members commit to daily preparation, weekly attendance, and full participation in class discussions. The studies are transformational, not just informational, as participants grow in their understanding of what it means to be a disciple grounded in the Word of God.

 

Disciple 1: Becoming Disciples through Bible Study. This 34-week course is an overview of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. This is the ideal core study to increase personal competence, confidence, and love for God's Word. In this course, students will read and discuss over 70% of the Bible. Participants can expect to spend 30-45 minutes daily for reading and class preparation. The cost of the student manual is $35. This class begins on September 11 at 5:00 p.m.

 

Disciple 4: Under the Tree of Life is a 32-week course which offers in-depth study into scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament portion includes books such as Ruth, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Lamentations, and Daniel. The New Testament portion includes the Gospel of John, John 1, 2, 3, James, Jude and Revelation.

 

There is an emphasis on worship in this study, and present through the whole study is the sense of living toward completion - toward the climax of the message and promise pictured in Revelation. Up to 30 minutes of daily study and preparation can be expected. The cost of the student manual is $35. This class begins on September 11 at 5:00 p.m. Child care will be provided. Register online at www.reveilleumc.org after August 11. 

 

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Looking back at Day Camp 2011

Do All the Good You Can

 

During the week of July 25, Reveille's 40 day campers took to heart John Wesley's challenge to do all the good you can.  In spite of record high temperatures, the campers gleaned tomatoes through Society of St. Andrew, worked to restore the Swansboro Elementary garden, explored Shalom Farms at Westview-on-the-James, prepared and served a hot meal at two Richmond Friends of the Homeless sites, visited in the homes of Reveille members, and filled goodie bags for those attending All God's Children Camp. In addition, they collected many bags of books to be distributed by Richmond Friends of the Homeless, as well as hand sanitizer and tissues for Swansboro Elementary students. Their daily offerings for Nothing But Nets (through UMCOR) totaled $201, which will provide 20 mosquito nets to the poor in malaria-plagued areas of Africa. The week's focus on outreach was enhanced through Bible study, song, crafts, and witness by various Reveille members and staff.  In order to gaining a better understanding of homelessness, 10 day campers, 8 youth and 4 adults tried sleeping outside at Reveille in shelters they constructed from cardboard and duct tape. 

 

It was an enriching and transformative week for all, and it could not have succeeded without the help of many. In addition to the campers themselves, the following gave generously of their time and talents:  Cathy Armistead; Skip Bottom; Billie and Gene Brooks; Gerald Bullock; Susan Bullock; Betty Caplan; Stephen Coleman; David, Kirby and Susan Collett; Jamie, Kay, Mason, and Brian Craven; David Daniels; Donna Davis; Karen Davis; Toree Davis; Jean Donaldson; Susan Farmer; Pat Gladin; Thomas Goodall; Betsy Guy; Alva Haley; Sarah Hayes; Creighton Hite; Glynis Holcomb; Carlos Izaguire; Dwight Johnson; Abby Kocher; Cal Kuester; Tiffany Lange; Carol Anne Lea; Glenda Lewis; Daniel Malamphy; Ginnie and Bob McEachearn; Sandy and Cooper Michalik; Lisa and Carter Mitchell; John Moerner; Jim Noland; Sherry Oelkers; David Overman; Carrie and Reggie Potts; Tiffany Powers; Allie Putnam; Debra Powell-Roberts; Hazel and PC Shields; Mary Simmons; Lynne, Rachel, and Ryan Smith; Ellie, Jay and Walker Speer; Jeanne Putnam Stallings; Dwayne Stinson; Anne Stratton; Mary Sue Swann; Hannah, Keith, Luke, Rinat and Slopan Thompson; Joe and Linda Fisher Thornton; Carol Uzzle; Shannon Weis; Sarah Whitmore; Beth Wright; and Reveille's facilities manager, Bill Wright. 

 

Many Reveille folks donated cardboard, funds and other items and prayed for our campers, counselors and ministry throughout the week. In addition, outreach opportunities for day campers were made possible by the following: Jacqueline Paris-Pugh, Society of St. Andrew and Red Rake Farm; Sandra Stanley of All God's Children Camp; Cheryl Johnson, Mrs. Sweet, and others from Swansboro Elementary School; Dominic Barrett and Steve Miles of Shalom Farm; and Shawnee and Camille Hanson of Richmond Friends of the Homeless.  Thanks to all!


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Reveille softball team ends regular season

with solid play

 

On August 2, Reveille played its final two regular season softball games. The first game was against Richmond Ford, a team with only one loss. With the solid pitching of Bobby Bell and some amazing running catches in left field by Kevin Young, Reveille stayed in the game, allowing Richmond Ford to take only a slim 2-0 lead after two innings.

 

In the top of the third, Andrew Minarik sparked the offense with a line drive triple to left center.  Patsy Buelow followed with an RBI single.  Shane Anderegg and Bell also contributed RBI singles of their own to give Reveille a 3-2 lead. 

 

After Richmond Ford regained the lead 4-3, Reveille followed with another rally behind the clutch hitting of Irvin Smith, Anderegg and Young.  With Reveille ahead 6-4, the stage was set for the exciting last inning.  Bell's triple and Smith's RBI groundout gave Reveille a 7-4 lead as Richmond Ford came to plate with one last chance to pull out a victory. They quickly scored three runs to tie the game.  Reveille preserved the tie for a moment when Bell tagged a runner at home plate for the first out.  With runners still on base, Young dodged a telephone pole in left field to snag a fly ball for the second out. Anderegg ended the game and sealed the 7-7 tie by catching a routine infield fly at short.   

 

In the second game, Reveille could not maintain its momentum against the Free Agents.  Andrew Minarik's RBI double scoring Steve Knockemus proved to be their only run of the game.  Dave Craven and Elizabeth Berry tried to spark the offense with some solid line drive hits but Reveille lost 9-1. With the regular season finished, Reveille looks to finish strong with the season ending tournament. 


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Special Gifts

 

Building Fund

In memory of Gene Little

Susanne P. Baker

Anne W. Stratton

Kemper and Maxine Kiger

Mrs. Patricia Gladin

Keith and Nancy Wiley

Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Beck

Mrs. Peggy Burgess

 

UMCOR

In memory of Gene Little

Kenneth and Evelyn Johnson

 

Congregational Care Fund

In memory of Sally Penick

Mrs. Patricia Gladin

 

Scholarship Fund

In memory of Sally Penick

Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Beck

 

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Attendance and Stewardship Report

July 31, 2011

 

Worship Attendance......................................................................... 440

Sunday School Attendance................................................................ 132

Projected Collections for 2011.................................................. $1,268,574

Amount Received July 31, 2011................................................ $      8,400

Amount Received Through July 31, 2011.................................... $   588,248


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Calendar of Opportunities


SUNDAY, AUGUST 14

8:30 AM

Worship*

Sanctuary

 

9:30 AM

Epiphany Small Group*

Room 206

 

9:30 AM

Sunday school for all ages

Education Building

 

9:30 AM

The Gathering Small Group*

RH Dining Room

 

9:30 AM

Worship at The Point*

Fellowship Hall

 

10:30 AM

Coffee Fellowship

Fellowship Hall

 

11:00 AM

Worship*

Sanctuary

 

5:00 PM

Journey 101: Loving God

Room 207

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 15

7:00 AM

Men's Prayer Breakfast

Fellowship Hall

 

9:30 AM

Garden Committee

Garden

 

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

 

7:00 PM

Lay Leadership

RH Dining Room

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16

9:30 AM

Staff Meeting

RH Dining Room

 

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

 

7:00 PM

Staff-Parish Relations Committee

RH Parlor

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17

12:15 PM

Midday Worship

Sanctuary

 

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18

7:30 AM

Church Council Planning Group

RH Dining Room

 

12:15 PM

Trustees

RH Dining Room

 

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

 

7:00 PM

Mothers Small Group

RH Parlor

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

 

 

 

 

 

 * Child care provided                  RH = Reveille House

 


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For more information, call the church office at (804) 359-6041.
Reveille is online at www.reveilleumc.org.