Youth News

Sometimes we are so distracted by all our commitments and obligations that we fail to stop and give thanks. As Thanksgiving approaches, our youth group will take some time to reflect on the blessings God has given us and how we use them. This Sunday evening, November 18, we are giving thanks.

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

Youth group will not meet on Sunday, November 25. Happy Thanksgiving!

High school students: the fall high school retreat at Eagle Eyrie is November 30 - December 1. The band is StereoReel and the speaker is Rachel Held Evans, author of A Year of Biblical Womanhood. The cost for the weekend is $120, payable to Reveille UMC by November 15.

We Gather Together

West End Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Service

This Tuesday, November 20, 7:00 p.m.

     6006 Three Chopt Road, 23226

      Preacher: Rabbi Gary Creditor

      Offering will benefit Feedmore

Feedmore was formed by the Central Virginia Food Bank, Meals on Wheels Serving Central Virginia, and the Community Kitchen. The combined services cover 31 counties and 5 cities in Central Virginia working to alleviate hunger in our area.

Poinsettia and Christmas Outreach Offering

Order Forms Available Now

POINSETTIAS will grace our sanctuary, chapel and fellowship hall on Sunday, December 23. To place a poinsettia in honor of or in memory of someone, please complete an order form, enclose payment and turn them in with your offering during Sunday worship or send them to the church office. Order forms are available in the sanctuary narthex, welcome center, fellowship hall and church office.  

The cost for each flower is $9, and the deadline is Wednesday, December 12.  

Please note that the early and firm deadline is necessary because

our supplier is a wholesaler and their deadline is early.

Donation forms for our annual CHRISTMAS OUTREACH OFFERING are now available in the sanctuary narthex, welcome center, fellowship hall and church office. The beneficiary of this year's missions offering will be United Methodist Family Services (UMFS), which provides various types of support for troubled children and families. Donations received by December 16 will be included in the listing of poinsettias and outreach offerings on December 23.

Meets this Tuesday, November 20

11:00 am in the fellowship hall 

Covered dish luncheon; main dish and drinks provided.

Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert.

Program: Bob Layton will entertain and enlighten us with information about the lesser- known monuments in the Richmond area.

No Wonderful Wednesday this Week

There will be no Wonderful Wednesday on November 21, Thanksgiving Eve.

Wonderful Wednesday will resume on November 28. Our menu for that day will be roasted baked chicken, green beans with red potatoes, rolls, tossed salad and freshly-baked cookies. Our program for November 28 is Advent wreath making.

Advent Wreath Workshop

November 28, 6:45 pm

The annual Advent Wreath Workshop will follow our Wonderful Wednesday fellowship dinner on November 28. Plan to join us as we begin the Advent season by making this wonderful symbol of the season.

The Advent wreath, four candles on a wreath made of evergreens, is shaped in a perfect circle to symbolize the eternity of God. We light a purple candle for week one to represent the prophets who renew our faith and remind us of what may be. We light the second purple candle for week two as a symbol of the shepherds, agents of the gospel and redeemers of the world. Week three we light a pink candle to represent Mary, mother of God, bearer of the Way. On week four of Advent, we light the fourth candle, purple in color, to symbolize Joseph, who knocks at the door, ready to take his place among royalty. Finally, on Christmas Eve, we light the center white Christ candle for the child-King, the infant-Redeemer, the lowly-Lord. And now we know: He is born and nothing will ever be the same!

Your family can make an Advent wreath to use at home this holiday season. The cost will be $10 for a complete kit and $5 for just candles. Please bring fresh greenery to share to adorn the wreaths. Some greens will be available at the workshop as well. So that we can make sure to have sufficient supplies, please let us know you if you need a wreath, candles, or both by emailing Lori Epps or by calling her at 359-6041, ext. 117.

We will also have craft opportunities available for our children to enjoy after they have helped put together the family Advent wreath.

Shop for Glorious Gifts

Online or in Person  

Glorious Gifts is an alternative marketplace where one may "buy" gifts in honor of friends and loved ones. These gifts will support eight of Reveille's outreach ministries. You will be able to shop for Glorious Gifts in the welcome center from 9:00-11:30 am on Sundays, December 9 and December 16, and online shopping is available here until December 31. 

The eight outreach ministries participating this year are Friends of Barnabas (Honduras Medical Mission Trip in July, 2013), CARITAS (Congregations Around Richmond Involved To Assure Shelter), Friends of the Homeless, Rebuilding Together of Richmond, United Methodist Women Prison Ministry, Westview on the James Camperships, Stop Hunger Now, and Swansboro Elementary School. Last week we highlighted CARITAS and Stop Hunger Now. This week we highlight two more organizations.

Friends of Barnabas Foundation

Through partnership with the Friends of Barnabas Foundation, the Reveille congregation will coordinate and equip a team of volunteers to provide medical, dental, eye and preventive care to the impoverished people of the rural mountain of Honduras, Central America. Mary Kay Jarrett and Al Rogers will lead the team from Reveille July 13-21, 2013. Teams travel to the most remote villages where there is no electricity or clean water. With their simple work, lives are saved every day. Evangelism occurs daily as they share Christ's love through touch, prayer and service. Hearts, souls and life journeys are transformed by the opportunity to serve.

Westview on the James Camperships

Help Feed the Homeless

Reveille supports the Friends of the Homeless feeding program by providing 160 bag lunches each month. We get the privilege of helping pack bag lunches for this  organization on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, November 25, 10:30 - 11:00 am during coffee fellowship time. This will take place in the welcome center. Please join us as we give thanks for our brothers and sisters-in-Christ, whom we support through our prayers and our gifts.

On December 23, we also will pack bag lunches, 10:30-11:00 am in the welcome center.

Items needed for lunches each month are 16 loaves of bread, 160 slices of cheese (not individually wrapped kind), 160 bags of individual chips, 160 fruit cups, 160 individually wrapped/bagged desserts and 160 boxed drinks. If you would like to donate any of these items for the November or December bag lunches please email Lori Epps or call her at 359-6041, ext. 117.

Children's Choir for The Point

2013 Flower Calendar Opens December 1

For those wishing to place flowers on the sanctuary altar or chapel altar on a Sunday, the calendar will open Saturday, December 1. You may call Cheryl Arrington at 359-6041, ext. 114 to sign-up on or after that date. 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 sanctuary or chapel flowers is $35.

In fairness to everyone, no reservations will be taken before December 1.

Mix and Mingle for Parents of Young Children 

All parents of children nursery age through fifth grade are invited to attend a Mix and Mingle on Sunday, December 2, 5:00-6:00 pm. Join us in the fellowship hall to meet Lori Epps, Director of Children's Ministries and help create a vision for the direction of our children's program. Lori wants to hear your hopes and dreams for the children. If you have ideas on how to make our programs even better, please plan to attend. This will be an informal time of fellowship and discussion. Let's look towards the future and continue to create opportunities for our children to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ and one another.

Childcare Employment Opportunities

Reveille is currently seeking one or two additional childcare workers.  We provide child care during Sunday morning worship services and Sunday school from 8:15 am - 12:30 pm every Sunday. We also provide child care throughout the week for Bible studies, meetings and various programs, both during morning and evening hours. Days of the week and times vary. 

Children's Sunday School Teachers Needed

Teaching children's Sunday school is a wonderful opportunity to share your faith, build relationships, and teach children about the love of Jesus Christ. Several opportunities are currently available for adults to offer this guidance and love:

Pre-Kindergarten

Two adults are needed to join the teaching team of Jennifer Rosen and Rebecca Oing beginning in December. You should expect to teach at least twice a month.

4^th Grade

Two adults are needed to join the teaching team of Chandler Klevana and Beth Paul. They teach every other Sunday, so typically, your commitment would be two times a month. We need someone to teach December 23 and then every other week beginning March 3 and continuingthrough May 26.  

5^th Grade

At least one or two adults are needed to take turns being Carolyn Neuhror's second adult in this classroom to satisfy our Child Protection Policy. We have several Sundays available in November and December, as well as all of the Sundays in February, March, April, and May.  

Angel Ministry

Pregnancies don't always go as planned. Sometimes they don't even happen at all. You are not alone. Angel ministers, women who have had pregnancy-related problems in their own past, are ready to provide a caring presence for those who are currently struggling with this difficult time in their lives. For more information, please email Rev. Katie B. Anthony or call her at 359-6041, ext. 111.

Annual Charge Conference to Be Held November 28

This year's annual charge conference will be held on Wednesday, November 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the welcome center. In keeping with The Discipline of the United Methodist Church, this important meeting will be chaired by the Reverend Dr. Steve Jones, Richmond District Superintendent.

The purposes of the annual charge conference are to review and celebrate our ministries in 2012, set the 2013 compensation for our clergy, and elect officers for 2013. All members may attend, but voting is restricted to Church Council members and clergy who have their charge conference membership with Reveille.

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Joys and Concerns

IN MEMORIAM

 Agnes Hudgins Flournoy

November 7, 2012

James W. Fowler

November 11, 2012

SYMPATHY

The Reveille family extends Christian love and sympathy to Bob Downs and family on the passing of his father, Robert W. Downs, Sr., on November 7; to Sheila Oliva and family on the passing of her mother, Agnes Flournoy; and to the family and friends of Jim Fowler.

 RECEIVED THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Hayes Thompson Crone, son of Ty and Kate Crone

Andersen James Young, son of Kevin and Cate Young

October 21, 2012

Swansboro Fall Festival - A Great Success!

More than 60 Reveille adults and children attended the Swansboro Fall Festival on Saturday, November 3 and assisted with the bake sale, cake walk and popcorn machine and sales. Some helped out with face painting and the cotton candy machine, as the PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) was short staffed on their own volunteers. More than $825 was raised for the Swansboro PTA by Reveille-sponsored events, doubling what the school raised on its own.

A special thank you goes to the many church and Weekday School volunteers that participated either in person, by baking homemade goodies or by providing cakes. Special thanks to Sarah Gentry for coordinating and manning the cake walk all day and to the Thompson family for donating the popcorn machine and popcorn.

This is truly an example of our church and preschool coming together to support a local outreach project, making a huge difference in what Swansboro will be able to do in the coming year with these additional funds, and in personally interacting with the wonderful staff, teachers and children that make up Swansboro Elementary School. Pictures will be posted on the Swansboro bulletin board soon. This board is located above the water fountains across from the stairway leading from the main hallway of the education building to the second floor.

Issues and Deadlines for The Reveille Window

Adopt an Attitude of Gratitude

Be Wise; Don't be a Victim

Please do not leave valuables in your car or unattended in the church buildings at any time. Be sure to report to the church office any theft that occurs on church property.

Staff

Jim Noland, Senior Pastor

Katie B. Anthony, Associate Pastor

Stephen Coleman, Associate Pastor

Cathy Armistead, Director of Music Ministries

Tamara Nicely, Assistant Director of Music Ministries

Lori Epps, Director of Children's Ministries

Jennifer McCluskey, Director of Adult 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

Dee Stokes, Custodian 

Elaine Kastelberg, Director of Weekday School