Stop Hunger Now Returning in October

Reveille members of all ages will join together on Sunday, October 14 to help those in the world who are hungry. In this easy and rewarding multi-generational event, our Reveille family will form a human assembly line in the new youth area to package meals consisting of rice, dehydrated vegetables, and flavoring mix that includes 21 essential vitamins and minerals that can be easily shipped and stored for five years. This year we will package 20,000 meals, doubling what we have done in the past!

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Youth News

Sometimes people don't get along. We tend to spend our time with the people we feel closest to, often people like us, who share our interests. Yet Jesus calls us to love those who seem unlovable, to love the least, lost and most different from us, even to love our enemies. On Sunday, September 30, youth group will focus on how we can learn to love the unlovable.

Our schedule is

   4:30 pm - Middle school youth group/high school choir

   5:30 pm - Dinner ($3)

   6:00 pm - High school youth group/middle school choir

Next Sunday, October 7, youth group will not meet. We encourage all of you to come watch our four Reveille Frisbee teams play in the Ultimate Frisbee Tournament at Collegiate School's main campus.

Middle school youth: The fall middle school retreat at Eagle Eyrie (Lynchburg, VA) happens 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, for $120 to Dwayne by October 8.

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Environmental Stewardship Committee

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Wonderful Wednesday

The program on October 3 will be a presentation on this past summer's youth mission trips: The youth choir tour to the Outer Banks, Jeremiah Project teams to Winchester, Virginia and Romney, West Virginia, and Habitat for Humanity teams to Usulután, El Salvador and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.  

Before the program, join us for our weekly fellowship meal of spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, Caesar salad, and apple cobbler. The cost for the meal is $5 for adults and teens, $3 for children ages 4 to 12 and free for anyone under 4. Please make a reservation for dinner here, sign up on the friendship pad during Sunday worship or call the church office at 359-6041 by 3:00 pm on Monday. Click here for upcoming menus and programs for Wednesday night meals.

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Let's Go Golfing  

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King and Bruny Present Music  

and Needlework Program

October 14

On Sunday, October 14 the Wesleyan Fellowship and Covenant classes will join together in the chapel for a program led by Dennis King and Kevin Bruny. The program will begin immediately following the 8:30 am service. It will include varied music as well as a presentation about the artistry of Reveille's needlepoint works. The needlepoint has been a labor of love from many of our Reveille family and will be presented in detailed photographs in addition to the stories they have to tell. 

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Reveille Youth Play Frisbee, Grant Wishes

"I wish I could...." So many of us utter those words: "I wish I could tour Europe" or "go hang gliding" or "get an A on my next test." With enough time and money, we often fulfill those wishes. For some, though, time runs out before the opportunity arrives. That is when the Make-A-Wish Foundation steps in, granting wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.

On October 7, 50 of Reveille's youth will compete with youth from other churches in Welborne United Methodist Church's annual Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. All proceeds go to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Last year Reveille contributed nearly $800 to the event.

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Music Ministry Notes

There is still time to join one of Reveille's choirs, where you will work on inspirational music based on scripture. Chancel Choir (adults) not only leads music at our 11:00 am (traditional) service, but is also preparing for two Christmas concerts. We are currently working on a 20-minute masterwork by Cecilia McDowell (British composer, born in 1951), which is based on medieval Christmas chants.  

Primary Choir (children in first and second grades) and Cherub Choir (children age four through kindergarten) will be part of the children's choirs Christmas musical, Camel-lot, along with Elementary Choir (children in grades three through five), who will hold the principal speaking and solo parts.

Reveille's Youth Choirs (grades six through twelve) are currently working on music for Youth Choir JAM, with guest conductor, Mark Miller, and our BIG summer presentation, Jesus Christ Superstar, by Andrew Lloyd Weber, in which every one of YOU has the opportunity to be a part.

For more information on any of our choirs, please email Director of Music Ministries Cathy Armistead or Assistant Director of Music Ministries Tamara Nicely or call the church office, 359-6041, ext. 123. Please register children and youths for choirs here.

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Joys and Concerns

SYMPATHY

The Reveille family extends Christian love and sympathy to Susan Bolton and family on the recent passing of her father.

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Issues and Deadlines for The Reveille Window

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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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