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Reveille United Methodist Church

4200 Cary Street Road, Richmond, Virginia 23221  

(804) 359-6041  www.reveilleumc.org

 

November 27, 2011 

 
In This Issue

Advent, Christmas, Epiphany

Worship

Help Feed the Homeless

Joys and Concerns

Newsletter Deadlines

Wonderful Wednesday

Decorating the Church for Advent

2012 Flower Calendar

Annual Charge Conference

Christmas Concert

Shop for Glorious Gifts

Youth Group News

Clementines for Swansboro

Order Poinsettias Now

Christmas Outreach Offering

Reveille Musicians in the Community

Cookies for Open House

Children's Sunday School in December

Weekday School Registration

"Advocate" Subscription Drive

Year-End Giving

District Leadership Training

Calendar

Staff


Please note that articles submitted for inclusion in Reveille publications are subject to editing.  

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Advent and Christmas 2011, and Epiphany 2012

 

You are invited to join in these opportunities for worship and fellowship:

 

 

Sunday, November 27 - First Sunday in Advent

8:30 a.m.

Early Morning Worship - Sanctuary*

9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship at The Point - Fellowship Hall*

11:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - Sanctuary*

 

 

Wednesday, November 30

6:00 p.m.

Wonderful Wednesday Dinner - Fellowship Hall

6:45 p.m.

Program: Making Advent Wreaths - Fellowship Hall*

 

 

Sunday, December 4 - Second Sunday in Advent

8:30 a.m.

Early Morning Worship with Holy Communion - Sanctuary*

9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship at The Point with Holy Communion -

Fellowship Hall*

10:30 a.m.

Glorious Gifts (continuing to 1:00 p.m.) - Fellowship Hall

11:00 a.m.

Morning Worship with Holy Communion - Sanctuary*

 

 

Monday, December 5

7:00 p.m.

Reveille Ringers and Ensemble in Concert at Covenant Woods

 

 

Wednesday, December 7

6:00 p.m.

Wonderful Wednesday Dinner - Fellowship Hall

 

 

Sunday, December 11 - Third Sunday in Advent

8:30 a.m.

Early Morning Worship - Sanctuary*

9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship at The Point - Fellowship Hall*

10:30 a.m.

Glorious Gifts (continuing to 1:00 p.m.) - Fellowship Hall

11:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - Sanctuary*

2:00 p.m.

Service of Remembrance - Sanctuary*

 

 

Wednesday, December 14

5:45 p.m.

Wonderful Wednesday Dinner - Fellowship Hall

6:30 p.m.

Program: Children's Choir Concert - Sanctuary*

 

 

Friday, December 16

7:30 p.m.

Chancel Choir Christmas Concert at Shady Grove United Methodist Church, Mechanicsville

 

 

Sunday, December 18 - Fourth Sunday in Advent

8:30 a.m.

Early Morning Worship - Sanctuary*

9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship at The Point - Fellowship Hall*

11:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - Sanctuary*

4:30 p.m.

Reveille Christmas Open House*

5:30 p.m.

Christmas Concert - Sanctuary*

 

 

Saturday, December 24 - Christmas Eve

4:00 p.m.

Family-Friendly Christmas Eve Service - Fellowship Hall

5:30 p.m.

Candlelight Service of Worship (Lessons and Carols) - Sanctuary*

7:30 p.m.

Christmas Eve Worship at The Point with Holy Communion - Fellowship Hall*

11:00 p.m.

Candlelight Service of Worship with Holy Communion - Sanctuary

 

 

Sunday, December 25 - First Sunday of Christmas

10:30 a.m.

Morning Worship - Sanctuary*

The Blessing of Toys

 

 

Sunday, January 1 - Epiphany Sunday

 

(No Early Worship Today)

9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship at The Point with Holy Communion -

Fellowship Hall*

11:00 a.m.

Morning Worship with Holy Communion - Sanctuary* 

 

 

Sunday, January 8 - Baptism of the Lord Sunday

8:30 a.m.

Early Morning Worship with Baptismal Renewal - Sanctuary*

9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship at The Point with Baptismal Renewal - Fellowship Hall*

11:00 a.m.

Morning Worship with Baptismal Renewal - Sanctuary*

 

* Child care provided


 

Worship

November 27, 2011

The First Sunday in Advent

 

8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Jim Noland

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-9

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon: "About That Day"

 

9:30 a.m. - The Point

Preacher: Rev. Abby Kocher

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11

Theme: A Thrill of Hope

 

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Help Feed the Homeless 

 

Friends of the Homeless 60%During the coffee fellowship time this Sunday, November 27, we will be preparing lunches, which will be delivered on Monday to the Friends of the Homeless feeding site at the Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. We encourage persons of all ages to help pack the bags and make sandwiches. If you would like to contribute food for the bag lunches, contact Jennifer Huneycutt here. This is a ministry sponsored by our older elementary children and their families.

 

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Joys and Concerns

 

IN MEMORIAM

Virginia Worley Talley

November 20, 2011

 

SYMPATHY

The Reveille family extends Christian love and sympathy to David Maloney and family on the passing of his father, Arthur Joseph Maloney, on November 16 in Buffalo, New York; and to Pat Talley and family on the passing of his wife, Ginny.

 

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Deadlines for Upcoming Issues of

The Reveille Window

 

December 11 issue (Deadline: Wednesday, November 30)

December 18 issue (Deadline: Wednesday, December 7)

December 25 issue (Deadline: Wednesday, December 14)

   This will be a combined issue for the weeks of Dec. 25 and Jan. 1

January 8 issue (Deadline: Wednesday, December 28)

January 15 issue (Deadline: Wednesday, January 4)


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Make an Advent Wreath at Wonderful Wednesday

November 30

 

The Advent wreath has become an important and visual reminder to all of us that each week as we light the candles in Sunday school classes, in worship, and in our homes we soon will be celebrating the birth of the Christ child.

 

The annual Advent wreath-making workshop will take place Wednesday, November 30, following the Wonderful Wednesday meal. It is a wonderful evening as families and friends create an Advent wreath to be used in their homes. There are special crafts for the children once they have completed their wreaths. The evening will conclude as a carol is sung and each Advent wreath is lit. Advent devotional booklets will be available for use at home.

 

The wreath kits, consisting of everything you need, will cost $10, and if you need only candles the cost will be $5. This is a popular event and we need to know how many supplies to order, so if you are planning to make an Advent wreath or you can provide fresh greenery, please contact Carol Uzzle here or 359-6041, ext. 117 by Monday, November 28. Child care for infants and toddlers will be available. 

 

Our fellowship meal will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a menu of hamburger steak topped with onion straws and mushroom gravy, French fries, succotash, roll, Boston cr�me pie, and fruit. The cost is $7 for adults, $3 for children ages 4 to 12, and free for anyone under 4. Reservations for dinner may be made by marking the fellowship pad in worship on Sunday, by calling the church office (359-6041) by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 27, or by registering online here (www.reveilleumc.org).

 

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Decorating for Advent

 

You are invited to join the Liturgical Arts Committee in preparing our church for the Hanging of the Greens 2season of Advent. Advent begins this Sunday, November 27, at which time we light the first candle on our Advent wreath. The following Saturday, December 3, at 9:00 a.m., we will gather in the sanctuary to put up all other decorations. There is a new 15 foot pre-lit Chrismon Tree to decorate, garlands and wreaths to hang, windows to decorate, and more. Although there is no official hanging of the greens service this year, all ages are encouraged to join in the fellowship and make the Committee's job lighter. Donuts, coffee and juice will be provided.

 

To enter the building on December 3, please use either the small door to the right of The Garth, which goes directly behind the sanctuary, or the double doors by the choir room (the doors closest to Reveille House).

 

For more information, please contact Margaret Hamilton here, or call 355-1908.

 

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2012 Flower Calendar Opens December 1

 

For those wishing to place flowers on the sanctuary altar on a Sunday, the calendar will open Thursday, December 1. You may call Cheryl Arrington at 359-6041, ext. 114 to sign-up on or after that date. In fairness to everyone, no reservations will be taken before December 1. Requests left on voice mail will be honored in the order in which they arrived, as will orders received during business hours. The cost for flowers is $33.

 

Requests for flowers to be placed in the new chapel will be taken at a later date, and an announcement of that starting date will be made in The Reveille Window and in the worship bulletin.

 

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Annual Charge Conference to Be Held November 30

 

This year's annual charge conference will be held on Wednesday, November 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the church parlor. In keeping with The Discipline of the United Methodist Church, this important meeting will be chaired by our senior pastor, Dr. Jim Noland, who was authorized to preside over the meeting by the Reverend Dr. Steve Jones, Richmond District Superintendent. 

 

The purposes of the annual charge conference are to review and celebrate our ministries in 2011, set the 2012 compensation for our clergy, and elect officers for 2012.  All may attend, but only members of the Church Council and the clergy may vote. 

 

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 Get ready to shop at Glorious Gifts

Online November 20 to December 16

In the fellowship hall on December 4 and 11

 

Glorious Gifts is an alternative marketplace where you can buy gifts of supplies or services for charitable organizations in honor of your friends and loved ones. These gifts will support eight of Reveille's outreach projects. You may shop at Glorious Gifts in the fellowship hall from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Sundays, Glorious Gifts logoDecember 4 and 11 or online now through December 16.

 

The eight outreach projects participating in Glorious Gifts this year are Friends of Barnabas (Honduras Medical Mission Trip), youth mission trips in the summer of 2012, CARITAS, Friends of the Homeless, Rebuilding Together, United Methodist Women prison ministry, Westview on the James camperships, and Stop Hunger Now. So far we have highlighted CARITAS, Stop Hunger Now, Friends of Barnabas Honduras Medical Mission Trip, and Westview Camperships. This week we highlight Friends of the Homeless and Rebuilding Together.

Friends of the Homeless

Richmond Friends of the Homeless is a private non-profit association devoted to making a difference in the lives of the less advantaged. It began over 20 years ago with one woman, Shawnee Hansen, serving lunch in south Richmond from the trunk of her car. Today, this organization serves over 1,500 meals each week at two locations, one south of Richmond and one downtown. In addition, food baskets and donated clothes, blankets and other necessities are distributed to those in need.  Groups from Reveille are involved with lunches twice a month. On the fourth Thursday, Reveille volunteers prepare and serve a hot lunch to over 180 guests at Mount Moriah Baptist Church in downtown Richmond. On the fourth Monday of each month, over 180 bag lunches packed by Reveille volunteers are distributed. Also, during the Christmas vacation from school, Reveille's Older Elementary Children and their parents host a meal.

 

Rebuilding Together of Richmond

Rebuilding Together is a national nonprofit with a network of more than 200 affiliates across the United States. Their mission is to preserve affordable housing by bringing volunteers and communities together to rehabilitate the homes of low-income homeowners. Each year, the last Saturday of April is Rebuilding Richmond Day. A neighborhood in Richmond with a large number of elderly, poor, and/or disabled residents is chosen. The team leaders meet with the owners before the work Saturday and make a list of needed repairs and they get the materials. On Rebuilding Day, dozens of volunteers, from youth to senior citizens, descend upon their assigned houses and put in a day of hard work to get all the repairs done. For the past two years, Reveille has had so many volunteers that we have been assigned two houses. In addition to having the chance to help fellow Richmonders, this day also gives Reveille's youth and adults a chance to work side by side. 

 

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Youth Group News 65%

This Sunday night, November 27, youth group will not meet. We will resume with our normal schedule next Sunday. 

 

Youth who are participating, or who plan to participate, in next summer's mission trips, whether Jeremiah Project, Habitat El Salvador, or the high school Eastern Shore Habitat trip, are required to assist with Glorious Gifts. You can sign up with Dwayne here or at youth group.

 

The annual ski retreat will take place at Wintergreen, January 13-15, 2012. We will stay at the Acorn Inn and spend Saturday skiing at Wintergreen. The weekend will include worship and study, as well. To register, please return a completed registration form and a check for the appropriate amount, made out to Reveille UMC, to Dwayne by December 11. The basic cost for rentals, lift tickets, food and housing is $165, but individual costs may vary. Details are on the form. You can find forms on the youth bulletin board next to room 202, or here. We will not accept late registrations.

 

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Clementines for Swansboro

 

Swansboro Elementary School hopes to give every child a clementine fruit as part of a Christmas holiday treat. We need enough clementines for 350 students - approximately 20 boxes of clementines. If you would like to be part of this special gift for Swansboro students, please bring a box of clementines to the church between December 11 and 15. The fruit will be distributed at a school-wide assembly on December 16. If you would like to attend the assembly and help distribute the fruit to students between 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., your help is welcome. 

 

Bring your box of clementines to Sunday school on December 11 or put it in the wagon near the elevator at the red carpet. For more information, please contact Abby Kocher here or call 359-6041, ext. 111. 
 

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Order Poinsettias Now

 

Poinsettias will grace our sanctuary and fellowship hall on Sunday, December 18. To place a poinsettia in honor of or in memory of someone, please complete the order form here, as well as in the sanctuary narthex, fellowship hall, and church office. The cost for each flower is $9, and the deadline to order is Sunday, December 11
 

 

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Christmas Outreach Offering

 

Donation forms for our annual Christmas Outreach Offering are available here, as well as in the sanctuary narthex, fellowship hall, and church office. The beneficiary of this year's outreach offering is United Methodist Family Services, which provides various types of support for troubled children and families. Donations received by December 11 will be included in the bulletin listing of poinsettias and outreach offerings on December 18. 

 

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Reveille in the Community

 

The Reveille Ringers and Reveille Ensemble will be ambassadors of Christmas cheer. They will give a concert at Covenant Woods, located in Mechanicsville, on Monday, December 5 at 7:00 p.m. Both groups will play arrangements of familiar Christmas carols, and new to Reveille Ringers' repertoire is "A Charlie Brown Christmas," featuring the beautiful carol, "Christmastime Is Here." Join us at Covenant Woods or you may choose to wait until our Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the Reveille sanctuary, where you will hear some of these pieces.

 

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Do you enjoy baking cookies? 

 

Some families have a Thanksgiving tradition of beginning Christmas holiday preparations by baking their first batches of cookies. Whether or not this is your family tradition, please consider making an extra batch or two of your favorite cookies for the Reveille Open House on December 18. If you would like to contribute cookies, please contact Carol Uzzle here or call 359-6041, ext. 117. 

 

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Children's Sunday School Lessons for December

 

December begins the winter quarter in Sunday school. This month the children's lessons focus on the theme Hope Is Born. Throughout the month the children will be exploring different parts of the story of Jesus' birth. The sequence of the story will differ slightly at different age levels. The Bible stories will come from the first and second chapters of Luke. Parents will receive an e-mail outlining the scriptures used each week for their child's class. If you are not receiving the monthly parent e-mail or have questions, please contact Carol Uzzle here or call 359-6041, ext. 17.

 

No Sunday SchoolOn Christmas Day, which is a Sunday this year, there will be no Sunday school. A family-friendly worship service will be held at 10:30 a.m., and children are invited to bring their favorite new toy to be blessed.

 

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Weekday School Registration

A Nationally Accredited Early Childhood Program

 

The Weekday School will begin processing applications for the 2012-2013 school year in December. Members of Reveille church are given first priority over new applicants if applications are received by December 31.Applications can be found on the website here.

 

Our Toddler Program: New Options!

  • One or two-day schedule for children 12 - 18 months of age.
  • Two or three day schedule for children 18 - 30 months of age.

The toddler day is now from 9:00 a.m. - noon. We welcome parent volunteers in the classroom; however, it is no longer a requirement.

School photo 11-27-11
Luke and Caroline role play "Little Miss Muffet" 

  

Our Preschool Program:

  • Various selections for days/week
  • Qualified, loving staff
  • Developmental curriculum enhanced by parent input (Ages and Stages Screening and conferences) and on-going teacher observations and assessment
  • Before- and after-school options
  • After-school enrichment opportunities
For more information, please call the Reveille Weekday School at 359-4600. 

 

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What in the World is the Church Doing?

 

Be informed: subscribe to the Virginia Advocate, the award-winning full-color conference news magazine. You'll get 12 months for $15, 24 months for $25 (save $5), or 36 months for $36 (save $9).  Subscription forms are located in the main church hallway and in the church office.  This subscription campaign continues through December 16.  If you have questions, please contact Cheryl Arrington here or 359-6041, ext. 114. 

 

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Year-End Giving

 

Are you planning to make donations to Reveille in late December that you plan to claim on your 2011 income tax return?  If the answer is yes, following is important information you need to know.

 

Donations must be delivered or mailed and postmarked on or by December 31, 2011 in order to claim a charitable contribution deduction for 2011. Checks that are placed in the church offering during the first worship service in 2012 will not qualify for a charitable contribution deduction in 2011, even if the check is predated to 2011 or was actually written in 2011. However, checks that are written, mailed, and postmarked in 2011 will be deductible in 2011 though they are not received by Reveille until 2012.  If you have questions, please call Glynis Holcomb at 359-6041, ext. 118.

 

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District Conference and Leadership Training Event

Sunday, January 8

1:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Trinity UMC

903 Forest Avenue

 

Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. David McAllister-Wilson

Funding Ministry in Tough Financial Times

 

Breakout sessions and workshops will cover areas such as Staff-Parish Relations, Finance, Worship, Trustees, Stewardship, Youth, Communications and more. For more information, please click here. To register, please contact Cheryl Arrington here or call 359-6041, ext. 114.

 

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Calendar of Opportunities 

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27

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*

Reveille House DR

9:30 AM

Worship at The Point*

Fellowship Hall

10:30 AM

Coffee Fellowship

Fellowship Hall

10:30 AM

Friends of the Homeless Bag Lunches

Fellowship Hall

11:00 AM

Worship*

Sanctuary

5:00 PM

Immersion Bible Study

Room 210

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28

7:00 AM

Men's Prayer Breakfast

Fellowship Hall

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

6:15 PM

Reveille Ensemble

Sanctuary

7:00 PM

Reveille Ringers

Sanctuary

7:00 PM

Stephen Ministry

Room 210

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 

9:30 AM

Staff Meeting

Reveille House DR

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

7:30 PM

Scout Troop 444

Fellowship Hall

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30

9:30 AM

Women of Spirit Bible Study*

Room 210

12:15 PM

Midweek Worship

Sanctuary

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

6:00 PM

Wonderful Wednesday

Fellowship Hall

6:45 PM

Believing God*

Room 209

7:30 PM

Church Council and Annual Charge Conference

Church Parlor

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

9:30 AM

Seekers Small Group

Room 209

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

6:30 PM

Stewardship Committee

Reveille House Dining Room

7:00 PM

Mothers Small Group

Reveille House Parlor

7:00 PM

Chancel Choir Rehearsal*

Choir Room

7:30 PM

CrossPoint Rehearsal

Room 104

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

12:30 PM

Prayer Ministry

Adult Library

5:00 PM

High School Retreat

Eagle Eyrie

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3

9:00 AM

Liturgical Arts Committee

Sanctuary

 

 

 

 * Child care provided              DR = Dining Room 


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 Staff

 

James R. Noland, Senior Pastor

Abigail W. Kocher, Associate Pastor

Stephen A. Coleman, Associate Pastor

Carol T. Uzzle, Minister for Teaching and Learning

Cathleen V. Armistead, Director of Music

Dwayne H. Stinson, Director of Youth Ministries

Kaarina Jobe, Worship and Music Leader for The Point

Anne W. Stratton, Administrative Manager

Cheryl L. Arrington, Pastoral and Congregational Care Sec.

William F. Wright, Facilities Manager

Glynis M. Holcomb, Financial Administrator

Thomas Goodall, Custodian

Elaine B. Kastelberg, Director of Weekday School

Beverley F. Tilley, Weekday School Administrative Assistant

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Charlene P. Kammerer, Bishop-Richmond Area

R. Kern Eutsler, Bishop-in-Residence

Steven R. Jones, District Superintendent

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