A little shaving cream never hurt anyone. Youth group kicks off this Sunday, September 9 with an assortment of outdoor activities, from shaving cream relays to water balloon volleyball and "Minute To Win It" competitions. All 6-12^th graders are welcome to come and join the fun. We will gather at 5:30 pm for dinner outside immediately following youth choir. Games begin after dinner.

Youth in grades 6-12: The annual Welborne Ultimate Frisbee Tournament takes place at Collegiate School on October 7. Last year 41 youth from Reveille played on our three teams, raising $785 for Stop Hunger Now. The tournament includes a middle school league and a high school league. To play please get a check for $25, made payable to Reveille UMC, to Dwayne by September 23. Feel free to invite friends!

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Rev. Carol Uzzle Retires

Sunday, September 30

Join us in expressing appreciation to Rev. Carol Tignor Uzzle, Minister for Teaching and Learning, at a reception in her honor on Sunday, September 30, in the welcome center immediately following the 11:00 am worship service. As previously announced, Carol is retiring September 30 after almost 14 years of service at Reveille. Her well-earned retirement comes after a 43-year career in ministry with United Methodist churches in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Carol will be presenting Bibles to third graders September 30 as Reveille celebrates Christian Education Sunday at the 11:00 a.m. worship service.

We plan to present Carol with a gift at the reception. If you would like to contribute, please provide a check by Sunday, September 23 payable to Reveille UMC, and note "Uzzle gift." In addition, there will is a memory box in the welcome center where you can place a card or personal note. Thank you for your support.

Reveille is the community of faith that nurtured Carol as a child and youth and where as a third grader she was confirmed. Focusing on discipleship ministries, Carol has shared her faith with Reveille's youngest children and the oldest members, calling them each by name. As a deacon, she has connected our congregation with the world and provided opportunities for children and adults to reach out to others in acts of compassion and caring. She has worked with leaders, recruited participants, ministered to those in need, and communicated the Church's hope. Carol has been a blessing to Reveille, serving with love and devotion. We have grown spiritually through her service, and we are thankful for what she has given us, our families, our church, and our community. We wish her well in retirement and pray God's blessings upon her and her family as she continues to answer God's call to serve Him and His purpose.

Carol Hampton

Chair, Staff-Parish Relations Committee

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 Music Ministry Kickoff Dates

This is a season for new beginnings! We have a brand new choir room and a new Assistant Director of Music Ministries, so there is no better time for you to be involved in Reveille's Music Ministry. Here are choir kickoff dates:

• Sunday, September 9: Youth Handbell Choir, 4:00 pm - Sanctuary
• Sunday, September 9: Youth Choir (combined), 4:30 pm - Choir room
• Monday, September 10: Reveille Ringers, 7:00 pm - Sanctuary
• Sunday, September 16: Cherub Choir, 5:00 pm - Room 104
• Sunday, September 16: Primary Choir, 5:00 pm - Room 207
• Sunday, September 16: Elementary Ringers, 5:00 pm - Sanctuary
• Sunday, September 16: Children's Choir parent meeting, 5:00 pm - Chapel
• Sunday, September 16: Elementary Choir, 5:30 pm - Chapel
• Sunday, September 16: Primary Ringers, 5:45 pm - Sanctuary
• Sunday, September 23: Youth Instrumental Ensemble, 7:00 pm - Sanctuary

Music Ministry HIGHLIGHTS for Fall:

• Sunday, September 9: Youth Choir will begin working on Jesus Christ, Superstar, by meeting drama director, Katherine Baugher, and visual arts director, Ryan Gallagher.
• Saturday, September 22, 10:30 am: Chancel Choir will sing John Rutter's Gloria for installation of our new bishop, the Reverend Dr. Young Jin Cho.
• Sunday, September 23, 10:30 am: Chancel Choir, Youth Choir and CrossPoint will sing for Reveille Day worship, during which we will dedicate our new space.
• Sunday, October 21, 11:00 am: All children's choirs will sing together under the direction of new Assistant Director of Music Ministries, Tamara Nicely. Both children's handbell choirs will also ring.
• Friday and Saturday, November 9 and 10, 7:00 pm - 9:00 am: TheElementary Choir will have their first lock-in, where they will not only have fun but also work on their Christmas musical.
• Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17: Youth Choir JAM will feature Mark Miller as guest director.
• Sunday, November 25: Wendy Malamphy will direct a combined children's choirfor five Sundays, culminating in special music at The Point Christmas Eve service at 7:30 pm. This choir will be for children of Point worshippers and will meet immediately following The Point worship service.
• Wednesday, December 12, 6:30 pm: All children's choirs will present a Christmas musical, "Camel-lot,"in the chapel, preceded by dinner at Wonderful Wednesday.
• Sunday, December 16, 4:30/5:30 pm, Reveille's Annual Open House/Christmas Concert featuring Cecilia McDowell's "Christus natus est," accompanied by a chamber orchestra
• Monday, December 24, 5:30 pm: Youth Choir, Elementary Choir and Primary Choir will lead music for Reveille's annual candlelight lessons and carols Christmas Eve service in the sanctuary.

In July 2013 Reveille's Youth Choir and community singers will present Andrew Lloyd Weber's Jesus Christ, Superstar. Please contact Cathy Armistead  if you are interested in being a part of this monumental experience.

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A Special Safety Request to Parents

In an article about Promotion Sunday in last week's newsletter (The Reveille Window) parents were asked to do some specific things that would benefit their children in Sunday school, from being on time each week to praying for the teachers and children.

I want to share with you an ongoing concern I have had and ask your help: Please do not leave your children unattended while in the building. You know me well enough to know that I love your children and that I would never want anything harmful to happen to them, so this request grows out of that love.

According to our Child Protection Policy, we have put many measures in place to assure the safety of our children and youth once they are in our care. Please go with your children to their classrooms and pick them up afterwards. If discussion is lively in your adult class designate one parent to gather up the children and bring them back to your location.

With the new addition we have added six outside doors to the existing 27 doors. That adds up to 33 doors through which persons can exit with at least 7-8 ways off the property once outside. Let me stress that we have not had harm done to a child on Sundays, but that does not mean that could never happen.

You know, I know your children and keep an eye out for them, but inside I shudder when I see children leaving worship without an adult to go to the restroom or leave the fellowship hall to go alone to the main level. There is not much I can do during worship, but more than once I have left a meeting to be sure your children are safe.

Come October you won't have this set of eyes watching out for your children, and it takes new staff a while to know you and your family. Please think safety first here at Reveille just as you do in other places where you take your sons and daughters.

Carol Uzzle

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Joys and Concerns

BIRTHS

• Ella Margaret Roberts, daughter of Steven and Danielle Roberts, born August 24, 2012
• Ella Catherine Bullock, daughter of Gerald and Tammy Bullock, born August 27, 2012
• Caroline Rebecca Kocher, daughter of the Rev. Abby Kocher and the Rev. Craig Kocher, born August 30, 2012

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Each Sunday, all who attend worship at any of our three services are asked to fill out a page in the friendship pad. Attendance is entered into our database, and changes and notes recorded on your sheet are forwarded to the appropriate staff person. It would be very helpful if you could do a few things to help us expedite the processing and use of this information:

• Please print.
• If you have children and you let one of them fill out the sheet for you, please check behind him/her to make sure that the writing is legible.
• Whether an adult or child fills out the form, please be sure that your last name is on the sheet. While most staff members know your last name just by seeing the first names of your family members, the volunteers who input attendance into the database may not.
• If you put your last name first, please insert a comma before you include the first name or names.
• Please list the first name of all persons attending and not just your last name.

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Moving In, Moving On

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Are You A Good Golfer?

Let your golfing do some good. The Jeremiah Project LINK: (www.jeremiahproject.org) is a middle school mission organization. Since 2008 Reveille has had a tradition of sending teams. This summer alone 47 Reveille youth and adults built wheelchair ramps, repaired porches and steps, and painted for the needy and elderly in Winchester, Virginia and Romney, West Virginia.

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Local Arts for Little Hearts Benefit Concert

The Friends of Barnabas Foundation with their PROJECT LITTLE HEARTS is hosting the Local Arts for Little Hearts Benefit Concert at University of Richmond's Modlin Center on Sunday, September 16 at 4:00 p.m.  This evening of music will showcase a performance by singing virtuosos Anne O'Byrne, soprano, and Tracey Welborn, tenor, with renowned pianist Charles Staples and will feature popular arias and duets. Tickets are $36 and are available through the Modlin Center box office, 289-8980 or online at www.modlin.richmond.edu. All ticket proceeds benefit PROJECT LITTLE HEARTS and will help fund the cardiac surgery team that will travel to Honduras in late September to perform 25 life-giving, open-heart surgeries and 40 heart catheterizations on under-served children.

Provided by The Friends of Barnabas Foundation (http://fobf.org)

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Staff

Jim Noland, Senior Pastor

Katie B. Anthony, Associate Pastor

Stephen Coleman, Associate Pastor

Carol Uzzle, Minister for Teaching and Learning

Cathy Armistead, Director of Music Ministries

Tamara Nicely, Assistant Director of Music Ministries

Dwayne Stinson, Director of Youth Ministries

Kaarina Jobe, Worship and Music Leader for The Point

Anne Stratton, Administrative Manager

Cheryl Arrington, Pastoral and Congregational Care Secretary

Bill Wright, Facilities Manager

Glynis Holcomb, Financial Manager

Thomas Goodall, Custodian

Ty Jefferson, Custodian

Elaine Kastelberg, Director of Weekday School

Beverley Tilley, Weekday School Administrative Assistant

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