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Reveille United Methodist Church

4200 Cary Street Road, Richmond, Virginia 23221  

(804) 359-6041    http://reveilleumc.org

 

December 2, 2012 

 
In This Issue

Parents' Mix and Mingle

Worship This Sunday

Service of Remembrance

Youth News

Christmas Caroling

Wonderful Wednesday Dinner

Glorious Gifts

Women's Shelter Gift Bag Drive

Children's Christmas PJ Party

Pair Trees to Benefit Swansboro

Coffee Fellowship Help Needed

Buy Groceries and Help Youth Missions

Christmas Music Opportunities

Music Specials in 2013

Reveille Weekday School

Joys and Concerns

Christmas Poinsettias

Support UMFS

2013 Flower Calendar Opens December 1

Photos Wanted

Virginia Advocate Subscription Drive

Angel Ministry

Newsletter Issues and Deadlines

Protect Your Valuables


Parents' Mix and MingleTop

This Sunday, December 2

 

Parents of children nursery age through fifth grade are invited to attend a Mix and Mingle this Sunday, December 2, 5:00-6:00 pm. Share ideas Come to the fellowship hall to meet Lori Epps, Director of Children's Ministries, and to help create a vision for the direction of our children's program. Lori wants to hear your hopes and dreams for our 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.

 

Worship

December 2, 2012

The First Sunday of Advent

 

8:30 and 11:00 am

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Jim Noland

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-16; Luke 21:25-36

Sermon: "Discerning the Promise"

 

9:30 am - The Point

Preachers: Rev. Katie B. Anthony and Rev. Stephen Coleman

Scripture: Luke 21:25-36

Theme: Christmas: A Time for Waiting


 

The Service of Remembrance:  

Help for the Holidays

 

Holidays can be difficult for those coping with grief and loss. On Sunday, December 9, our annual Service of Remembrance will be held at 3:00 pm in the chapel. We will remember our loved ones through the lighting of candles and the reading of names. We will sing hymns, pray, read scripture and have a short meditation to bring us hope, comfort and strength. As the French poet Paul Claudel said, "Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with his presence."

 

No matter what your grief or however long you have borne it, we invite you to join us.

 

Youth News

 

Friendships are hard and sometimes friends just can't get along. This Sunday night, December 2, our youth group will talk about friendships and ways to address the tensions and struggles that arise with our friends.

 Youth

Our schedule is normal:

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

 

On Sunday, December 9, the youth group will enjoy our annual Christmas party. The Bullock family will host this party at their home. Each youth should bring an inexpensive (around $5) wrapped, gender-neutral gift for a Thieves Christmas exchange. The party will begin at 5:30 pm, immediately after the combined youth choir rehearsal.

 

Parents: If you can help with transportation, please email Dwayne

 

 

Wonderful Wednesday Christmas Caroling

 

Carolers 2 On Wednesday, December 5 you are invited to go Christmas caroling at The Hermitage. We will leave following the Wonderful Wednesday dinner and head to The Hermitage, located at 1600 Westwood Avenue. We will carol from 7:00-7:30 pm and visit with the residents. Come and lift your voice in song to begin the Advent season.

 

 

Wonderful Wednesday Dinner

December 5

 

Before caroling at The Hermitage, join us for our weekly fellowship meal in the fellowship  hall at 6:00 pm. The menu will be chili, cilantro-lime chicken, rice pilaf, sauteeWonderful Wednesday 2d green beans with red peppers, corn muffins and chocolate silk pie.

  

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.

 

 

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. Shopping is already happening online at www.reveilleumc.org/gg and will continue until December 31. 

 Glorious Gifts logo 2012

Shop for Glorious Gifts in person in the welcome center from 9:00 - 11:30 am on Sundays, December 9 and December 16. Shopping lists are available in the sanctuary narthex, fellowship hall and church office.

 

The eight outreach ministries participating in Glorious Gifts 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. Below we highlight two of these organizations.

 

PRISON MINISTRY

Reveille's Prison Ministry Team formed a partnership with The Chesterfield Women's Detention and Diversion Center. Members of Reveille serve as mentors, purchase materials for classrooms and teach a 4-week series of Healthy Living classes each month. Currently, the inmates are involved in knitting classes. The hats, scarfs, and small blankets made are sent to area nursing homes for residents to enjoy.

 

SWANSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Reveille has a partnership with Swansboro Elementary School. It started with providing mentors to work one-to-one with students, as well as awarding camperships to students who want to attend camp at Westview-on-the-James for a week in the summer.

 

Swansboro is located in South Richmond and has an enrollment of 330 students, 90% of whom are "known" to social services due to their need for various helping services. Reveille member Laura Holdych is championing the effort for Reveille to take a more active role at Swansboro School. Volunteers from Reveille now serve as library helpers, guest readers, and classroom helpers. In addition, several Reveille families helped with the recent Swansboro Fall Festival.

 

This is the first year for Swansboro to be a participant in Glorious Gifts. Our gifts will help provide supplies for the Swansboro teachers.

 

 

Women's Shelter Gift Bag Drive

December 2-19

 

Donations of travel-sized toiletries and new or gently-used jewelry, accessories, gloves Gift bags and scarves are needed to fill gift bags for women living in area shelters and detention centers. A marked box is in the welcome center for your donations and will remain until December 19. Plan to bring your family to Wonderful Wednesday on December 19 and stay after dinner to help load gift bags. Kids can enjoy a pajama party, watch a Christmas movie and do crafts.

 

If you can help or have any questions, please email Jennifer McCluskey or call her at 359-6041, ext. 121.

 

 
Children's Christmas PJ Party

 

Children of all ages are welcome to join us on Wednesday, December 19 following the Wonderful Wednesday dinner for a Christmas PJ Party. Come dressed in your Christmas pajamas and bring your pillow and blanket as we snuggle up to watch a Christmas movie together. First, we will make some Christmas crafts, as well as enjoy some Happy Birthday Jesus cake together. Join us as we celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

 

 

It's Time to Trim the Pair Trees

 

Help trim Reveille's pair trees with donations of pairs: pairs of warm socks, mittens, and The Pair Tree gloves, along with hats, undershirts, and underwear. These items will be distributed to the children of Swansboro.  

 

The pair trees are located near the weekday school office and in the welcome center. There also is a collection box for pair tree items in the fellowship hall.  

 

Please hang your donation on one of the trees or place it in the box by Sunday, December 23. If you have questions, please email Susan Creasey or call the church office at 359-6041, ext. 117.


 

Held Needed at Coffee Fellowship

 

Since being moved to the welcome center, coffee fellowship has been a big success. The nurture and congregational care committee very much appreciate all of those who have served as hosts and hostesses in the past six months.

  Coffee Fellowship

As we continue this fellowship in the next year, there is an opportunity for more to serve in this ministry. Snacks and coffee are provided by the church; we simply need folks to make coffee beginning at 9:00 am, serve light snacks at 10:30 and clean up afterwards. More detailed instructions are available upon request.

 

Coffee fellowship is an important hospitality ministry of our church and it is an opportunity for small groups, Sunday school classes or anyone to serve. Please email Evelyn Wilson or call the church office at 359-6041, ext. 115 if you have any questions or can help.

 

Your Grocery Shopping Supports Youth Missions

 

If the cha-ching of the supermarket cash register frustrates you each week, let your spending make a difference. Reveille's youth are offering Kroger Cares cards. These $5 gift cards function like debit cards. You purchase one for $5 from Reveille. Take it to the customer service desk at Kroger and add up to $500 to the card (using cash or a credit or debit card). Then use the card to purchase your groceries. Each time you recharge your card by adding more money, Reveille's youth mission fund gets 5% of the total - money that will support our youth mission trips. The more you spend, the more Reveille receives. It's a win-win situation.

 

Kroger Cares cards will be available in the welcome center during Glorious Gifts on December 9 and 16. In addition, you may purchase a card from Dwayne Stinson in the church office. If you have questions, please email Dwayne or call him at 359-6041, ext. 122.


 

Opportunities to Enjoy Christmas Music

 

To add inspiration and joy to your Christmas season, consider attending the following:

 

Reveille Ringers at UMFS: Monday, December 10 at 7:00 pm

UMFS (formerly United Methodist Family Services) is located at 3900 West Broad Street.

 

Swansboro Winter Concert: Tuesday, December 11 at 6:00 pm

Students of Swansboro Elementary School will sing in concert at the school, located at 3160 Midlothian Turnpike.

 

Reveille's Children's Choirs: Wednesday, December 12 at 6:30 pm

Our Elementary Choir, Primary Choir and Cherub Choir will present the Christmas musical, "Camel-lot," assisted by the Elementary and Primary Ringers in our sanctuary

 

Open House and Christmas Concert: Sunday, December 16

Open House begins at 4:30 pm in the welcome center, and the concert is at 5:30 pm in the sanctuary. The a cappella group, Impromptu, will sing at 5:00 pm in the chapel, and the Reveille Ringers and chancel choirs from Reveille and Shady Grove will offer the concert at 5:30 pm.

 

Christmas Eve at ReveilleChristmas music 2

4:30 pm - Family-friendly Service in the fellowship hall

5:30 pm - Lessons and Carols Candlelight Service led by Youth Choir, Elementary Choir and Primary Choir and Bells

7:30 pm - Christmas Eve at The Point featuring The Point children's choir

11:00 pm - Candlelight Service with Holy Communion featuring a cappella music by the college choir and friends in the sanctuary

 

For more information, email Cathy Armistead or call her at 359-6041, ext. 123.

 

 

Music Specials Coming in 2013

 

On January 15 we will celebrate Terrific Tuesday, in place of Wonderful Wednesday for just this one week. The Cornell University Glee Club is coming to Reveille to perform the final concert on their winter tour at 7:00 pm in our sanctuary.

 

This 45-voice all-male a cappella group was formed in the mid-1800's and has toured all over the world. In the early 1960's, they toured Asia and performed for 100 million people. This is a must-come opportunity: be sure to see this dynamic group live in our sanctuary!

 

Jesus Christ Superstar will be performed at Reveille in July 2013 by our youth choir and you. Please sign up here or email Cathy Armistead to be part of this monumental event! Rehearsals will begin January 6, on Sunday evenings, or Tuesday or Wednesday evenings. The cast already numbers 62; let's make it 62 more!

 

The Reveille Weekday School

A Nationally Accredited Early Childhood Program

 

REGISTER YOUR CHILD NOW    

The Weekday School is now processing applications for the 2013-2014 school year.  Members of Reveille Church are given first priority over new applicants if applications are received by December 31. Applications are available on the Weekday School's website, www.reveilleweekday.com.

 

The Toddler Program

  • 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 Preschool Program

  • Various selections for days/week
  • Junior Kindergarten program for children 5 years old prior to December 2012
  • 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, contact Elaine Kastelberg, Director, or Beverley Tilley, Administrative Assistant, at 359-4600.

 

Joys and Concerns

 

SYMPATHY

The Reveille family extends Christian love and sympathy to Dennis and Kay King on the passing of his father, Basil Roosevelt (B.R.) King, on November 21 in Covington, Virginia.

 

RECEIVED THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

November 25, 2012

 

Anya Luca Bhagchandani

Daughter of Trisha Krause and Sanjay Bhagchandani

 

Leah Jane Fluker

Daughter of Anita and T. R. Fluker

 

Harper Elisabeth Shelton

Daughter of Whitney and Shawn Shelton

 

NEW LIFE

Congratulations to the families of the following newborns:

 

Catherine Marie Freeman

Born November 14, 2012

Daughter of Ashley (Hackler) and Anthony Freeman

 

Evan MacLaren Kahl

Born November 23, 2012

Son of Allison and Jeremy Kahl


 

Order Christmas Poinsettias Now

 

poinsettia - smaller Poinsettias will grace our sanctuary, chapel and fellowship hall on Sunday, December 23, and this year the cost for each poinsettia, complete with a green pot cover, is $9.

 

To place a poinsettia in honor of or in memory of someone, please complete the order form (available in the sanctuary narthex, welcome center, fellowship hall and church office), combine it with payment and turn them in with your offering this Sunday or send them to the church office. The deadline is Wednesday, December 12.

 
Two Ways to Support UMFS

This Advent and Christmas season, Reveille is providing two opportunities to support UMFS (formerly known as United Methodist Family Services). First, you may make monetary donations to our Annual Christmas Outreach Offering, which will benefit UMFS as in years past. Donation forms are available in the sanctuary narthex, chapel, fellowship hall and church office. Complete a donation form and add your check or cash gift. If using a check, please make it payable to Reveille UMC and reference it "Christmas Outreach." Place the form and gift in the collection plate on Sunday or send it to the church office. Donations received by December 16 will be included in the listing of poinsettias and outreach offerings in a worship bulletin insert on December 23.

A second way to benefit UMFS is coming up. We have an opportunity to brighten a student's Christmas morning by providing gifts for him or her. Wish lists will hang from the UMFS Angel Tree in the fellowship hall beginning December 2. Bring unwrapped presents during the offering at The Point December 16 or drop them off in the marked box in the fellowship hall December 2 through 16.
 
UMFS, located just a few blocks from our church, touches the lives of 10,000 families and children throughout Virginia annually. Hundreds of children in Virginia are removed from their homes each year due to abuse and neglect. Given their experiences, many of these children need additional supervision, stability, and care. UMFS provides foster care and therapeutic treatment services to children and teens.  

UMFS has learned what it takes to bring a troubled teen back from the brink. We can help carry on their mission to "Touch a life. Create a future."

 

Donation forms for our annual Christmas Outreach Offering are available in the sanctuary narthex, welcome center, fellowship hall and church office. Donations received by December 16 will be included in the listing of poinsettias and outreach offerings in a worship bulletin insert on December 23.

 

 

2013 Flower Calendar Opens December 1

 

Altar flowers For those wishing to place flowers on the sanctuary altar or chapel altar on a Sunday, the 2013 flower 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.


 

Got Pictures?

 

Do you always have a camera handy for that special shot? If so, the Communications Committee wants to enlist your help in building our photo gallery. Especially needed are Photos group shots of Reveille members and friends of all ages engaged in the wide variety of ministries available to them - from musical groups, to service projects, to discipleship opportunities and everything in between.

 

These photos may be used in Reveille's print or electronic publications, including our website. Please confine your photos of anyone under 18 years of age to group shots only. Anyone over the age of 18 may be photographed individually.

 

If you already have a collection you would like to share (taken within the current year), please email them to [email protected]. Gmail can receive attachments up to 25MB. If you have a camera phone, take a picture and email it to us instantly!

 

What in the World is the  

United Methodist Church Doing?

 

Be informed: subscribe to the Virginia United Methodist Advocate, the award-winning full-color conference news magazine. Each issue of the Advocate focuses on an important area within the church and features commentary and articles from conference clergy and laity. Get Conference news, world and national news, local church news, Conference events, outreach opportunities, clergy news and the bishop's viewpoint. You can select to receive the Advocate in print, online or both at these very low prices:

 

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Online issues only - $10/year

 

Subscription forms are located in the narthex, welcome center, fellowship hall and in the church office. This subscription drive continues through December 16. If you have questions, please email Cheryl Arrington or call 359-6041, ext. 114.


 

Angel Ministry is Here for You

 

Pregnancies don't always go as planned. Sometimes they don't even happen at all. You Angel Ministry 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.


 

Issues and Deadlines for The Reveille Window

 

Issue

Deadline

Dec. 16

Wednesday, Dec. 5

Dec. 23

Wednesday, Dec. 12

No December 30 issue

Jan. 6

Wednesday, Dec. 26

Jan. 13

Wednesday, Jan. 2

Jan. 20

Wednesday, Jan. 9

Jan. 27

Wednesday, Jan. 16


 

Protect Your Valuables

 

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.


 
Calendar of Opportunities

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2

8:30 AM

Worship

Chapel

9:30 AM

Epiphany Small Group*

Room 206

9:30 AM

Sunday School for All Ages

Education Building

9:30 AM

Worship at The Point*

Fellowship Hall

10:30AM

Coffee Fellowship

Welcome Center

10:45AM

The Point Children's Choir

Fellowship Hall

11:00AM

Worship*

Sanctuary

2:00 PM

Richmond District UM Women

Church Parlor

4:00 PM

Youth Handbell Choir

Sanctuary

4:30 PM

Elementary Carillons

Sanctuary

4:30 PM

High School Youth Choir

Choir Room

4:30 PM

Middle School Youth Group

Youth Rec Center

5:00 PM

Cherub Choir

Children's Library

5:00 PM

Elementary Vespers

Sanctuary

5:00 PM

Primary Choir

Room 104

5:00 PM

Christian Believer*

Room 211

5:00 PM

Immersion Study: Romans*

Room 210

5:00 PM

Journey 101: Loving God*

Room 209

5:00 PM

Parents' Mix and Mingle

Fellowship Hall

5:30 PM

Elementary Choir

Chapel

5:30 PM

Sunday Night Supper

Fellowship Hall

5:45 PM

Primary Ringers

Sanctuary

6:00 PM

High School Youth Group

Youth Rec Center

6:00 PM

Middle School Youth Choir

Choir Room

7:00 PM

Youth Instrumental Ensemble

Sanctuary

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3

7:00 AM

Men's Prayer Breakfast

Fellowship Hall

12:30PM

Prayer Ministry

Chapel

1:00 PM

Program Staff

RH Dining Room

7:00 PM

Reveille Ringers

Sanctuary

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4

9:30 AM

Staff Meeting

RH Dining Room

10:30AM

UMW General Meeting

Fellowship Hall

12:30PM

Prayer Ministry

Chapel

7:00 PM

Staff-Parish Relations Committee

RH Dining Room

7:30 PM

Scout Troop 444

Youth Rec Center

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5

9:30 AM

Women of Spirit*

Room 210

12:15PM

Midweek Worship

Sanctuary

12:30PM

Prayer Ministry

Chapel

6:00 PM

Wonderful Wednesday

Fellowship Hall

6:45 PM

Outreach Committee

RH Dining Room

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6

9:30 AM

Seekers Class

Room 209

12:30PM

Prayer Ministry

Chapel

6:30 PM

Mothers' Small Group

Youth Senior High Room

6:30 PM

Stewardship Committee

RH Dining Room

7:00 PM

Chancel Choir Practice*

Choir Room

7:00 PM

LAA (Life After Alpha) Small Group

Room 206

7:30 PM

CrossPoint Rehearsal

Room 104

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7

12:30PM

Prayer Ministry

Chapel

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8

9:00 AM

Liturgical Arts Committee

Sanctuary, Narthex, Chapel


*Child care provided


 

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

Darius Stokes, Custodian

Elaine Kastelberg, Director of Weekday School

Beverley Tilley, Weekday School Administrative Assistant