Tuesday, March 19, 11:00 am

Fellowship Hall

Covered Dish Luncheon; main dish and drinks provided.

Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert.

 Program: Surprise!

American Youth Harp Ensemble Concert Here 

2013 Lent and Easter Offering

Our 2013 Lent and Easter offering will purchase Easter lilies to adorn all of our worship spaces on Easter Sunday, as well as benefit the One Great Hour of Sharing offering. A sufficient number of lilies needed to decorate for all of our Easter worship services will be purchased and the remaining money will be directed to One Great Hour of Sharing.

The One Great Hour of Sharing offering provides for the  administrative costs of United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) so that 100% of the donations you give to the special offerings for disaster relief will be used for relief efforts and not for administrative costs.

Donations to this offering may be in any amount and may be made in honor of or in memory of someone, if you wish. To have your donation acknowledged in the Easter (March 31) printout of these gifts, be sure to return your completed lavender order form with your check or cash no later than Sunday, March 24. The form and donation should be put in the offering plate or basket or sent to the church office. The form may be printed here or picked up in the narthex, welcome center, fellowship hall or church office.

Easter lilies may be removed from the fellowship hall following the 9:30 am service and from the remaining spaces following the 11:00 am worship service. The church will be closed on the Monday after Easter, and all remaining lilies will be discarded on Tuesday morning, April 2. If you wish to take a lily to a homebound member or for yourself, please take it with you on Easter Sunday.

Youth News

Each day every Reveille member passes homes, stores, and community service agencies. We see panhandlers on the street, children who get breakfast only if it's free at school, business people driving luxury cars who may feel empty and lonely despite their wealth.

Reveille's youth live in a city full of joy and full of hurt. As we discussed last week at youth group, we Christians should allow Christ's love to overflow in us to touch our family and friends, and then into the community around us. Every person each of us encounters should experience Christ's love when they relate to us. That is our theme for Sunday, March 17 at youth group.

The schedule for the evening is as follows:

     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 SMALL GROUPS: Beginning the week of March 17, Reveille's youth have an opportunity to deepen their faith beyond Sunday activities. Our youth ministry is offering a variety of small groups. If you are interested, please contact Dwayne Stinson or Ansley Higginbotham for more information. The schedule for the groups is as follows:

Middle School Girls: Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:00 pm, alternating between the home of Lori and John Salmon and the home of Tim and Wendi Black. Please contact Ansley with questions about location.

Middle School Boys: Wednesdays, 7:00 - 8:00 pm, in the youth center at Reveille

High School Girls: Wednesdays, 7:00 - 8:00 am, at Martins in the Village Shopping Center 

High School Boys: Mondays, 7:00 - 8:00 pm, in the youth center at Reveille

Reveille's UMW Palm Sunday Bake Sale

Sunday, March 24

9:00 am to 12 noon

Fellowship Hall, Main Hall to Sanctuary and Welcome Center

Do you have friends and family coming in town for Easter? Heading to the river or the beach and need something special to take for dessert? Never fear: the popular UMW (United Methodist Women) Palm Sunday Bake Sale is back again and will offer a wonderful variety of baked goods for you to share with your friends and family on this special holiday.

The UMW hosts two bake sales each year, and they are a main source of fundraising. This fundraising goes toward local charities the UMW has supported for many years, as well as to providing camperships to youth in the Swansboro Community to attend Westview On The James in the summer.

The UMW has four circles and many accomplished bakers, so there is sure to be something to please everyone! We need support from all the circles to make this a success again. If you love to bake and are not a circle member please feel free to donate something!

Items may be dropped off on Friday, March 22 in the fellowship hall kitchen between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm or brought with you to church on the Sunday, March 24. Please label all items dropped off early "Reveille UMW Bake Sale." How the items are wrapped and labeled sometimes makes all the difference!

The bake sale accepts both cash and checks. Plan to come and pick out the perfect thing to end your meal for Easter. The UMW thanks all its members in advance for their hard work putting this together. Let's see if together we can make this the most successful bake sale ever!

For more information on the bake sale or on how to get involved with the UMW, email Laura Holdych or call Jennifer McCluskey, Director of Adult Ministries, at 359-6041, ext. 121.

Come Hear Guest Preachers  

at the Lenten Worship Service

Throughout Lent, guest preachers from the Richmond District will share a Lenten message during the Wednesday Lent worship services held in the chapel following the Wonderful Wednesday dinner. The service will start at 7:00 pm.

Following is the remaining schedule for the Wednesday Lenten Worship Services:

March 13 - Reverend Lee Sheaffer

Children are Invited to  

Journey to Jerusalem on Wednesdays

Throughout Lent, children pre-K through grade 5 are invited to journey toward Jerusalem and walk in Jesus' footsteps. Come join us on Wednesday nights during Lent. We will meet in the fellowship hall beginning at 6:45 pm and go until 7:30 pm. To participate, please email Lori Epps, Director of Children's Ministries, or call her at 359-6041, ext. 117.

Wonderful Wednesday Dinner

March 20

Before the Lenten Service at 7:00 pm, join us for our fellowship meal at 6:00 pm in the fellowship hall. The menu will be chicken breast topped with fresh tomato, feta  and olives, Greek salad, green beans, wild rice, rolls and carrot cake. 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, ext. 115 by 3:00 pm on Monday.

Holy Week 2013

The most powerful period of the Christian year is approaching. It is the week we call Holy.

The week is preceded by special events on Saturday, March 23. These include an Easter egg hunt at 10:30 am for our young children and a concert at 3:00 pm by the American Youth Harp Ensemble, Virginia Choristers and the St. Bridget Catholic Church Boy and Girl Choirs.

Holy Week begins on The Sunday of Palms and Passion, March 24. The Rev. Dr. Jim Noland will preach at the 8:30 and 11:00 am services. His sermon is titled, "Darkness at Noon." The Rev. Stephen Coleman will preach at The Point, our 9:30 am service. His sermon theme is Attitude Adjustment.

Our Wonderful Wednesday meal will be moved to Thursday, March 28. It will precede our Maundy Thursday service, which begins at 7:00 pm. This service will recall how the Lord washed the feet of his disciples.  

At 7:00 pm on March 29, our Good Friday Tenebrae service will recall Christ's sacrifice on the Cross in a powerful and dramatic way.

On Easter Sunday, March 31, we will celebrate the joy of the Resurrection. Easter will begin with a sunrise service in the chapel at 6:30 am. This service will include Holy Communion. At 8:30 and 11 am, the Rev. Dr. Jim Noland will preach "The Last Enemy." The Rev. Katie B. Anthony will preach at The Point at 9:30 am. Her sermon theme is Extending the Table.

Small Group Study begins Sunday, April 14:

Serving God and Serving Our Neighbors

Sundays at 5:00 pm

Education Building, Room 209

April 14 - May 19

As we prepare for a Summer of Service, this small group study is for anyone interested in discerning where God is calling us to help our neighbors and our world through ministries such as the Swansboro community, CARITAS, Rebuilding Together, and Stop Hunger Now, as well as discover what else God has in mind for Reveille and for us as individuals.  

To register for this study, click here. For questions, email Jennifer McCluskey or call 359-6041, ext. 121.

Easter Sunday Alert

for Children's and Youth Sunday School

There will be no children's or youth Sunday school on Easter Sunday, March 31. We will resume our regular schedule on April 7.

Easter Egg Hunt & Mission

Join us on Saturday, March 23 from 10:30 am - 12:00 noon, rain or shine, for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. This year we will have several hands-on mission activities for families to participate in as well. We will meet in the fellowship hall to begin our time together. Don't forget to bring your Easter egg basket for the hunt and a snack to share. Please sign up here.

Read the Children's Parent Link Newsletter

If you are interested in the children's ministries newsletter, click here.

Reveille Welcomes Co-Champions for

Friends of the Homeless Bag Lunch Ministry

Please note a correction announcing the names of the co-champions for Friends of the Homeless. Richard Bishop was announced as Randy Bishop in the previous Reveille Window. So, please welcome Richard Bishop and Connie Wright as our new co-champions of this ministry.

Lori Epps, Director of Children's Ministry

Sign-up for UMFS Potluck

March 25, 6:00 pm

3900 W. Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230

During this Lent, attendees of The Point have challenged each other to "Connect with Neighbor" by spending time with a group of students they help support through the year, the students of UMFS (formerly known as United Methodist Family Services). On February 25, more than 70 Reveille folks and UMFS residents joined together in the welcome center for a night of food and fellowship. The fried chicken was hot, the bingo was competitive, and the laughter was contagious.

UMFS has invited Reveille to have another potluck, but at their location on Monday, March 25 at 6:00 pm. It was earlier announced that this meal would only be for adults; however, a room now has been reserved for Reveille children during the potluck. (Please note this is a UMFS policy).

Reflection on Connecting with God and Neighbor

I am a person who truly loves the joy that Easter brings! If I am honest with myself, I also have to admit that I have a hard time with the solitude of the Lenten season. Beginning with the darkness of Ash Wednesday and the following 40 days of Lent, we are challenged to reflect and repent. Growing up in the Methodist church, I can remember attending Ash Wednesday services every year with my family. I also remember pondering each year, "What will I have to give up this year?" It was always a time of resenting having to give up chocolate, soda, French fries, or a television show. It wasn't until my adulthood that I began to grasp the connection with giving something up and the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross for me. In truly beginning to reflect on Jesus' sacrifice, I began to better appreciate this season of reflection and repentance. I was able to worship more fully, reflect on scripture more often, and really give thanks for the many blessings I have by serving. I do believe it is important to give up something during Lent in order to appreciate that Easter is coming. However, in recent years, I have enjoyed taking something on. This is why I have really appreciated Reveille's Lenten Challenge to Connect with God and Connect with Neighbors. I have been able to journey down this path to prepare my heart and mind for the joy that is coming with Easter Sunday. Starting conversations with my Reveille family during the Fellowship Challenge times, eating with children, youth, and adults at the UMFS potluck, serving lunch at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church for Friends of the Homeless, and reading to a 3^rd grade class at Swansboro Elementary on Dr. Seuss Day are some of the paths that I have taken this Lenten season. I am so very blessed to have been able to connect with neighbor and to more fully connect with God through these experiences. Easter is coming my friends, and along with it the responsibility to respond with JOY! May God bless your journey this Lent and may you be ready to celebrate Easter morning by reflecting on the path you took this year.

Lori Epps, Director of Children's Ministries

Have you taken the 2013 Lenten Challenge to "Connect with God" through spiritual disciples and "Connect with Neighbor" through time and prayers? What was your experience? What impact has it had on your faith? Reveille staff will be sharing their experiences through The Window over the next few months and they invite you to join them. Submit your reflection to Katie B. Anthony. For more information on the 2013 Lenten Challenge, see the purple "Path to Serve" brochure found in the welcome center or narthex.

Joys and Concerns

SYMPATHY

The Reveille family extends Christian love and sympathy to Burrell and John Stultz on the passing of their daughter, Lisa Moore, on March 11.

Summer Sunday School

Recruitment for Children's Ministries

School's out for the summer. But, not Sunday School at Reveille UMC. The children at Reveille are eager to learn from their church family this summer. For the 13 weeks of summer, beginning Sunday, June 2 and running through Sunday, August 25, we will thank our teachers who teach the entire school year with a well-deserved summer break. Please prayerfully consider volunteering to help teach for one Sunday this summer. We will combine the following classes: 2's/3's/Pre-K, grades K and 1, grades 2-5. We need two teachers for each class each week. Curriculum is provided for the younger ages from 2-year-olds through first grade. Grades 2 - 5 will be focusing on "Connecting with God, Connecting with Neighbor." These grades will hear from members of our congregation of all ages who are willing to share about their faith journey, a mission trip that had an impact on their life, or what a difference Reveille has made in their life. We invite every member to prayerfully consider where they can serve. Please let Lori Epps, Director of Children's Ministries know where you would like to serve.

Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper

Note of Appreciation

Issues and Deadlines for The Reveille Window

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

Glynis Holcomb, Financial Manager

Thomas Goodall, Custodian

Darius Stokes, Custodian

Elaine Kastelberg, Director of Weekday School