It is not too late to help Stop Hunger Now

Even if you haven't registered to help Stop Hunger Now this Sunday, October 16, you may still come at 4:00-5:00 p.m. or 6:00-7:00 p.m. as our Reveille family packages more than 11,000 meals to feed the world's most destitute and hungry. This will be a fun-filled family event for people of all ages and physical abilities.

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Be winter wise: Immunize!

IVNA (Instructive Visiting Nurse Association) will be at Reveille this Sunday, October 16, in the church parlor from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon to administer flu shots. The cost is $28. IVNA will bill Medicare for vaccinations to Medicare B beneficiaries. All proceeds from this program support IVNA's charity care for the community. 

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Every day, 16,000 children die from hunger and hunger-related diseases. Reveille is making one small step to stop hunger now by gathering as a congregation this Sunday, October 16, to package food for the organization Stop Hunger Now. The youth group will participate with other Reveille members in packaging food. Middle school and high school youth will combine for the 6:00 shift. If you have not done so, please sign up here.

Our schedule for the evening is

     4:30 p.m. Combined choir

     5:30 p.m. Dinner (pizza in room 200; $3)

     6:00 p.m. Stop Hunger Now packaging in the fellowship hall

Middle school youth: The middle school retreat at Eagle Eyrie is November 11-13. The theme for the weekend is "Words with Friends," which will focus on terms Christians use, like Kingdom of God, justice, faith and evangelism. Amanda Garber, one of JMU's campus ministers, will speak, and the Logan Jones Band will lead music. Amanda is an exceptionally-gifted pastor and a visionary leader. To register, please get a check for $115, payable to Reveille UMC, to Dwayne by October 17.

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Please join us for

an important stewardship presentation

Between October 16 and 23, you will have at least four opportunities to hear a presentation by the Stewardship Committee. The presentation provides helpful information related to Reveille's finances and the ministries that our pledges help support. Please see the list of opportunities below:

October 16

9:30 a.m., room 207

Homebuilders, Growing in Grace, The Gathering Small Group  

and Epiphany Small Group will meet together

October 19

6:45 p.m., fellowship hall

Following the Wonderful Wednesday dinner

October 23

9:30 a.m., room 104

Faith and Family will join Discovery

12:15 p.m., fellowship hall

The presentation will be shared at an after-church  

gathering over lunch in the fellowship hall. 

If you plan to attend the Wonderful Wednesday presentation on October 19

or the after-church gathering on October 23, please contact Anne Stratton

(359-6041, ext. 125) to allow for meal planning.

All are welcome to attend any of these sessions.

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Wonderful Wednesday

Preceding our Wonderful Wednesday program on Wednesday, October 19, (see stewardship presentation article above), please join us for our fellowship meal at 6:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. The menu will be chicken cordon bleu, rice, green beans, baguettes, and French apple pie. The cost of the meal will be $7 for adults and teens, $3 for children ages 4 to 12, and free for anyone under 4. Please make a reservation for dinner online here, by calling the church office by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 17, or by marking the Wonderful Wednesday box on the friendship pad during Sunday morning worship.

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Joys and Concerns

SYMPATHY

The Reveille family extends Christian love and sympathy to Linda Thornton and family on the passing of her uncle, Lee Scott Varner II, on September 10 in Albuquerque, New Mexico; to Trip Featherston and family on the passing of his father, Charles Aubrey Featherston, Jr., on October 3; and to Eleanor Elliott and family on the passing of her son, Robert Wayne Elliott, on October 11.

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Tuesday, October 18

11:00 a.m., Fellowship Hall

Covered Dish Luncheon - Main dish and drinks provided.

Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert.

Program: Big Oldies 107.3 radio personality, Tony Booth, returns with Radio During War. Tony will share his immense knowledge of rock and roll history, particularly on radio broadcasts during the Vietnam and Korean wars.

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Brown Bag Lunch Series: Efficient Abundance

Thursday, October 20

The second "Efficient Abundance" Brown Bag Lunch is this Thursday, October 20.

Jennifer McCluskey will lead this monthly meeting on the topic "Abundant Time"

in the fellowship hall from 12:20 to 1:20 p.m. To sign up, simply e-mail Carol Uzzle here or call 359-6041, ext. 117.

To request child care for children under age three, please contact Carol by noon on Monday, October 17. Children ages 3-6 may participate in Reveille Weekday School's "lunch bunch" program during this time. For your child to participate, please contact the Weekday School's Beverley Tilley at 359-4600.

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Help Feed the Homeless

A simple act of kindness: Prepare Bag Lunches

Will you take just a few minutes on Sunday, October 23, at 10:30 a.m. to join others in the fellowship hall to prepare bag lunches for Richmond's homeless? Each month, children, youth and adults pack 160 bag lunches for those in need. If you would like to contribute food, please contact Jennifer Huneycutt here. This is a ministry sponsored by the Reveille's older elementary children and their families. 

                     A Hot Meal FOR THE HOMELESS

Thursday, October 27 is Reveille's day to join with Richmond's Friends of the Homeless in serving a hot meal to the less fortunate. Our menu is roasted chicken, green beans, cheese and sour cream potato casserole and homemade desserts. If you can help by making a potato casserole or serving the meal, please sign up either in the Welcome Center or in the fellowship hall. Recipes are provided there.

You may drop off a casserole (labeled for Friends of the Homeless and with your name) in the fellowship hall kitchen refrigerator before Thursday, or deliver a hot casserole on Thursday morning before 10:45 a.m. 

If you can provide a dessert, you need not sign up. Just drop it off, labeled for Friends of the Homeless and with your name, in the fellowship hall kitchen before 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, October 27. 

Meal servers will carpool from the church at approximately 11:00 and will return before 1:00.  You can also meet us at the site.

Child care can be arranged if you contact Carol Uzzle no later than Tuesday, October 25. Contact her here or by phone at 359-6041, ext. 117.

For more information about preparing food or serving the meal, please contact Joanna Tilley here or by phone at 556-5935.

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Christmas Concert singers sought

The Open House Christmas Concert will be Sunday, December 18 at 5:30 p.m. in our sanctuary. This concert will also be performed at Shady Grove United Methodist Church, Mechanicsville, on Friday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m.

We will offer Antonio Vivaldi's Magnificat, John Rutter's Joy to the World, Gustav Holst's Christmas Day, and several other anthems. If you would like to sing with us, please contact Cathy Armistead here or 359-6041, ext. 123. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings at 8:00 p.m. in the choir room. We would love to have you join us!

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Honduras Mission Trip Informational Meeting

October 30

If you feel that God is calling you to serve as a short-term missionary in Honduras, please consider this opportunity. There will be an informational meeting in the fellowship hall immediately following the 11:00 a.m. worship service on October 30 to discuss and answer questions about next summer's mission trip to Honduras. We are particularly in need of medical and Spanish-speaking volunteers. If you have questions in the meantime or are interested in going, please contact Stuart Blain here or by phone at 382-4420.

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Simplify your giving with EFT

Instead of dropping an envelope in the offering plate each Sunday, you may want to consider a simpler way to give to Reveille United Methodist Church - Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).

EFT allows your offering to be debited automatically from your bank account on a monthly basis. There is no cash to gather, no checks to write, and no envelopes to track down. EFT also is easier for church staff, since there are no deposit slips and no trips to the bank. It is even simpler than paying online through BillPay or a similar account, which still sends Reveille a check. 

You don't have to wait until you make or renew your pledge to begin using Electronic Funds Transfer; it can be arranged at any time of year. To complete an EFT authorization form or for more information, please contact Glynis Holcomb, Reveille's financial manager, here or by phone at 359-6041, ext. 118.

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Reveille basketball sign-up under way

Interested in playing church league basketball? The Reveille men's team is forming for the 2011-12 season. 

The Reveille men's basketball team participates in one of the competitive Henrico County recreational leagues. The 14-game regular season begins the week of November 7 and concludes with a playoff tournament in early March. Weekly games take place on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday nights at Byrd Middle School.

Players must be 18 or older and cannot be listed on a current high school or college team roster. Non-Henrico residents pay a $15 fee.

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Trophies won; wishes granted

Seven bodies race across the field, passing the 175-gram white disk from person to person.  The opposing team leaps to block the throw but fails. The Frisbee flies past the orange cones into waiting hands, which secure it tightly. Score!

On Sunday, October 2, forty-two youth represented Reveille in the 7^th Annual Welborne United Methodist Church Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. This tournament, sponsored by Welborne's youth ministry, has raised thousands of dollars through the years for cancer research and hunger relief, and this year, for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Reveille's participants donated nearly $800 towards the cause and brought home three trophies.

Our middle school team remained undefeated until a close loss to Mount Pisgah in the championship. Still they brought home the trophy for the "Spirit of the Game," the award for good sportsmanship, chosen by the opposing teams.

Reveille fielded two senior high teams, one of which won the high school "Spirit of the Game" with the highest rating possible - 5 out of 5. The second high school team, undefeated all day, won the high school tournament championship. 

Our youth brought home trophies, but more importantly, they showed others what it means to behave as Christ would. They raised money that will grant wishes to terminally ill children, and that is the greatest prize of all.

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Update on September's Piano Benefit Concerts

Thanks to all who were able to support the benefit concerts on September 24 and 25. The playing was magnificent and we have begun the new chapel piano fund. This new instrument will not only lead worship music for years to come, it will also be the primary instrument for weddings and memorial services in the chapel and will accompany future children's and youth musicals. If you are interested in helping to secure a quality worship instrument for the new chapel, please contact Cathy Armistead here or call 359-6041, ext. 123.

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Christmas Bazaar at The Hermitage

You can donate AND shop! 

The Hermitage will hold its annual Christmas bazaar on October 28 and 29 from 9:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.This event is a great time to do some holiday shopping and stock up on homemade baked goods. 

The Hermitage Guild is asking for donations for the bazaar - Christmas and gift items, gently-used clothing, books, furniture, etc.Why not clean out those closets and attic and donate items you no longer need but someone else may want?You can deliver your donated items to The Hermitage at 1600 Westwood Avenue or contact Mary Jane Walls, who will be glad to pick up items at your home. Contact her here or by phone at 355-4479.

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Calendar of Opportunities

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