Don't Miss This! 

September 23

This year, Reveille Day will be particularly exciting because this is the day we will consecrate our wonderful new addition. As usual we will have a combined service at 10:30 am in the sanctuary. Music will be provided by CrossPoint, the Chancel Choir and the Youth Choir. This worship service will be followed by a catered lunch on the grounds, and while there will be no charge for the meal, donations will be gratefully accepted. There will be fun and food for all ages, so dress casually and be a part of this special day in the life of our church.

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Local Arts for Little Hearts Benefit Concert

This Sunday 

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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Tuesday, September 18

11:00 am, Fellowship Hall

Active seniors: Leisure Club resumes this Tuesday! Bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share at our covered dish luncheon on the 18th. The main dish and drinks will be provided. For our program, Bill Young will present his impression of Patrick Henry.

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Holy Land Trip Preview and

Wonderful Wednesday Supper

Wonderful Wednesday has begun with good food and fellowship for all ages. On Wednesday, September 19, Jim Noland will present a program on his upcoming trip to the Holy Land, which is scheduled for February 17-26, 2013. The theme is "Pathways Through the Bible," and it is still possible to join this customized guided tour that will make the Bible come alive. Along with Jim and the Rev. Laughton Corr, the group will be led by the Rev. Dr. Steve Rettenmeyer of the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies. Come learn how you can be part of this faith-building experience.  

Before the program, join us for dinner at 6:00 pm in the fellowship hall. The menu will be chicken stir fry, jasmine rice, tossed salad, rolls, assorted cookies and brownies. The cost is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children ages 4 -12 and free for anyone under 4. Make your dinner reservation here , mark the bottom of the friendship pad on Sunday (see related article elsewhere in this issue), or call the church office at 359-6041 by 3:00 pm on Monday, September 17.

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Learn More about Reveille at Reveille Today

Reveille Today was designed by our lay leaders to meet the needs of people inquiring about membership or who have recently joined the Reveille family. Participants in this fall's Reveille Today class will have an opportunity to join on Sunday, October 14. The next Reveille Today session begins Sunday, September 23 and will continue September 30, and October 7, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Reveille House parlor. Child care will be provided. Please register with Cheryl Arrington here  or by calling 359-6041, ext. 114.

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September means the start of school, hours of homework, daily sports practices, music rehearsals, after school jobs, and church commitments. It piles up. The pressure builds-so many people demand so much from us. At youth group on Sunday night, September 16, we will talk about stress, where God is when we feel stressed, and how we can find some relief.

All 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, payable to Reveille UMC, to Dwayne by September 23. Feel free to invite friends!

Middle school youth: the fall middle school retreat at Eagle Eyrie, in Lynchburg, VA, is November 9-11. The band this fall is StereoReel. The retreat includes worship, small groups, and free time with hundreds of other middle schoolers from across Virginia. To register, please get at check made out to Reveille UMC to Dwayne by October 8.

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A Hand Up, Not a Handout

by Ellie Manspile, 11^th grade

On August 5th, the senior high youth traveled to the Eastern Shore of Virginia to work with an organization called Habitat for Humanity. Habitat is dedicated to providing  houses to families in need, yet financially able to maintain a mortgage payment. The houses are built purely with volunteer labor from groups and churches like ours, and their mortgage covers only the cost of materials.

When Reveille showed up to the work site on Monday morning, our assigned house already had the frame and most of the dry wall in place. Our job was to finish mudding and to dry-wall the bathroom. We quickly learned how tedious and time-consuming mudding can be, because you apply a coat of joint compound, wait for it to dry, sand it, and repeat the process day after day. However, this did not detract from the rewarding experience of witnessing a house as it became a home. Work site leaders Greg, Lindsey, and Walter knew how to make every job fun and exciting. We were even able to paint the inside at the end of the week.

During our stay in the Eastern Shore, Habitat opened a home improvement thrift store named ReStore. Throughout the week, some of us set up and organized the store, which was a blast! A few even got to participate in the opening day celebration. A few members of our team even worked on a second Habitat home, installing door locks and a few final details.

Everyone was reminded of the meaning of the trip on Thursday evening when Franktown UMC hosted a dinner with the family planning to move in. Meeting the families reinforced how fortunate we all are and the true satisfaction one gets from volunteer work.

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Help Feed the Homeless

Bag Lunches

On Sunday, September 23, 160 bag lunches will be prepared during the Sunday school hour for Friends of the Homeless to distribute to hungry Richmonders. Each lunch contains a sandwich, boxed drink, package of chips, individually-packaged fruit and a dessert. This ministry is sponsored by our third, fourth and fifth graders and their families, who provide the food. Contributions of lunch foods are always welcome, as are oversized brown lunch bags and plastic sandwich bags. If you would like to contribute  please contact Carol Uzzle, Minister for Teaching and Learning, here  or by phone at  359-6041, ext. 117 to learn what is needed this month.

In October the lunch preparation will take place during the coffee hour in the welcome center. Folks of all ages are invited to help on October 21.

HOT MEAL

On Thursday, September 27, Reveille members will be blessed to be able to serve a hot meal of roasted chicken, cheesy potato casserole, green beans and dessert to some of Richmond's homeless population. There are several ways in which you can help:

• 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 elevators on the red carpet 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 11:00 am and carpool or meet us at the site. If needed, child care is available while serving the meal, please email Carol Uzzle or call 359-6041, ext. 117.
• You may also provide gallon-size plastic bag, plastic Tupperware-like containers (used containers are fine) and 55-gallon trash bags. If you would like to donate any of these items, please bring them to the collection area by the elevators (on the red carpet).
• For more information, please contact Kay Craven or call the church office, 359-6041, ext. 111. 

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REMINDER:

Reception Honoring the Rev. Carol T. Uzzle,

Minister for Teaching and Learning

Sunday, September 30

Following 11:00 am Worship Service

In the Welcome Center

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Join the Reveille Garden Committee

Learn interesting gardening tips plus meet interesting people. We meet on Monday at 9:30 am for about two hours at which time we work in the historical gardens around the Reveille House. It is a diverse group, guys and gals, with all levels of gardening knowledge, and the possibility of learning new gardening skills is unlimited. We only work during the months of April through the first of November. We welcome you to just visit us on Monday and find out what we are all about. Call the church office at 359-6041, ext. 114 to volunteer.

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Using the Friendship Pad

to Make a Wonderful Wednesday Dinner Reservation

A simple way to register for our weekly Wonderful Wednesday dinner is to mark the friendship pad on Sunday while you are attending a worship service. At the bottom of both the MEMBER sign-in sheets (white) and VISITOR sign-in sheets (yellow) you will see the following:

□ I/We will attend Wonderful Wednesday Supper.

# of adults_______________

# of children age 4-12 _____

All you have to do is place a check mark or an X in the box and then fill in the number of adults (any one age 13 or above), and the number of children ages 4-12 on the appropriate lines. You need not give us the number of children under 4 because there is no charge for them.

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Friendship Pads:  

Your Help is Requested

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 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.

Your help with this will be much appreciated.

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Music Ministry Kickoff Continues

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 the remaining choir kickoff dates for this month:

• 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:

• 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 underthe 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: The Elementary 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 MarkMiller 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 aChristmas 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 PrimaryChoir 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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Moving In, Moving On

As our college and university students begin their fall semester, please remember to update Reveille with their school mailing address (regular mail and email, please). Our church tries to stay in touch with students with notes and care packages. Please send freshmen addresses to Dwayne Stinson  and college or graduate school addresses to Carol Uzzle.

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Joys and Concerns

IN MEMORIAM

Lucille Moss Sanderson

September 5, 2012

WEDDING BELLS RANG

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Issues and Deadlines for The Reveille Window

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Interfaith Council of Greater Richmond Presents

International Day of Peace - Richmond 2012

"Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future"

Hosted by Unity of Richmond

800 Blanton Avenue

•  Prayers for Peace from World Faiths
• Peace Pole Dedication
• Dances of Universal Peace
• Food Drive Collection for FeedMore (Central Virginia Food Bank, Meals on Wheels ServingCentral Virginia, and the Community Kitchen)
• Peace Picnic

 WHEN

Friday, September 21, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

WHERE

Unity of Richmond

800 Blanton Avenue, Richmond, VA 23221

CONTACT INFO

Phone: 938-0206, 909-7860

Email: interfaith_council@live.com

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Special Gifts

Congregational Care Fund

In memory of Alice Miles

Mrs. Ethel Sketchley

In memory of Edward Tyree Chappell, Sr.

New Building Furnishings

In memory of Alice Miles

Mrs. Glynis Holcomb

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Calendar of Opportunities

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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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