Youth News

Dwayne Stinson

Youth Group ends for the 2012-13 school year on May 12. That evening we will celebrate the year with a closing picnic, and we will say goodbye to our graduating seniors.

The schedule for the evening is as follows:

     4:30 pm - Combined choir

     5:30 pm - Closing picnic and farewell to graduates

Save the date! Our final youth lock-in of the year will be May 31, 8:00 pm - 8:00 am. More details will be available at youth group and in the next Window.

Let Us Know about Your College Graduates

On Sunday, May 19, Reveille will celebrate all who have graduated from high school, college, or graduate school this year. Please email Jennifer McCluskey to share the name of your proud graduate!

Samaritan Offering Starts This Sunday

Gifts to the Samaritan Fund, which are received from Mother's Day, May 12, through Father's Day, June 16, provide financial assistance for residents of the Virginia United Methodist Homes who have outlived their monetary resources. No Samaritan funds are used for operational, capital or administrative costs. Your gifts are totally for the residents' care.

Hear Great Music, Support Swansboro

Love music? Want to help support Swansboro Elementary School? Do both by  enjoying a night of musical variety sponsored by Elizabeth Bell and featuring musicians and singers from the Richmond community. Selections will range from classical, to jazz, to modern pieces and will showcase the talent of many performers, including some Reveille members.

Concert proceeds will go toward Swansboro's Dancing Classrooms program, which teaches ballroom dancing to students as a vehicle for learning manners and respect. The concert will be at 7:30 pm on Friday, May 17, in the Reveille sanctuary. A dessert reception will follow. If you would like to support Dancing Classrooms, see Reveille musicians perform, or just hear some great music, we hope to see you there!

- Elizabeth Bell

Messiah: Part III!

Cathy Armistead

Are you a fan of George Frideric Handel's Messiah? If so, you will want to be in   attendance at Reveille's annual Mission Benefit Concert on Sunday, May 19 at 7:00 pm, in the church sanctuary! You will also hear Ralph Vaughn Williams's Five Mystical Songs, accompanied by strings and Dr. Charles Staples, on our Steinway concert grand piano. The combined chancel choirs of Shady Grove United Methodist Church, Mechanicsville, and Reveille will offer these choral masterworks, with solos by Robert Phanord, II, Carrie Armistead, Reginald Potts, IV, Kara Wiseman, Craig Smith and Ken Krause. Bryan Greer, Director of Music at Shady Grove, and Cathy Armistead, Director of Music at Reveille, will conduct.

The evening of music will begin with selections, both sacred and popular, by the Reveille Ringers. A catered reception in the fellowship hall will follow the concert. Child care is available for children age three and under.

Confirmation Class Produces New Members

Dwayne Stinson

In September 2012, 22 of Reveille's 8^th graders began a journey. Since their opening retreat, those youth have studied the history of the church and of the Methodist movement. They have studied the Bible, learned how to spell "prevenient grace" (and hopefully, have learned what it means as well). They have served others, attended worship at other churches and learned about the means of grace and the flow of the church year. Their nine- month journey takes a new turn on May 19, when 21 youth will make the commitment to accept Christ as their personal savior and to make Reveille their church home. They will hold the same membership status as adult members, with all the rights and responsibilities that come with membership.

Please keep these youth in your prayers as they prepare to begin the next phase of their journey of faith, this time as Reveille members: Kelly Baxter, Caroline Bell, Molly Black, John Bullock, Bailey Butler, Sid Caravati, Anna Lyle Collett, Oliver Creasey, Liddy Custer, Mariah Diederich, Caroline Ennis, Hannah Epps, Jackson Fuller, Dameon Hite, Mary Kern, Abigail Killius, Adair Logue, Meredith Neurohr, Kate Oelkers, Libby O'Neill, and Matt Salmon.

Reveille Today Graduates to Join May 19

Along with the large class of confirmands listed above, the following people will unite with the Reveille family as professing members on May 19: Lou Adams, James and Kelly Beazley, Lee and Allison Bridges, Roburt and Samantha Kickler, Brian and Rebekah Wrenn.  

Support Swansboro Clean Up Day

On Saturday, May 18, from 9:00 am-12:00 pm, bring your muscles and a willing  spirit for a three-hour cleanup of the Swansboro area. Reveille members will join together with local residents to help clean up the neighborhood. City trash trucks will help the working teams pick up large and small items. If you would prefer to work in the Swansboro Elementary School community garden, master gardener Nan Sweet welcomes you.

We will meet at the Swansboro Elementary School, located at 3160 Midlothian Turnpike, at 8:45 am. Please wear old clothes and bring strong gloves, water and a snack.

This would be a great father/older son opportunity. To sign up, go to the Summer of Service registration here. For questions, email Sheelagh Davis.

Friends of the Homeless Hot Meal - May 23

The people we serve on the fourth Thursdays of each month are so very appreciative. If you have helped in the past, please accept a big thank you. The ministry is ongoing, so we need your help again. If this outreach opportunity is new to you, we would love for you to join us.  Please sign up on the board in the welcome center if you would like to prepare a potato casserole or help serve the hot meal at Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church on May 23. For more information, email Mary Jane Walls.

- Mary Jane Walls

Sign up for Habitat for Humanity

Join us during our summer of service!  Beginning in July, Reveille will sponsor and build a new home with Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity for a family in the greater Swansboro community.

We need your help! Sign up today to let us know you are interested in volunteering this summer. While you need to be 16 or older to help build the home, we need volunteers to help with other tasks as well. Sign up to help here or visit our Habitat table in the welcome center on Sunday.  

If you have any questions, please email co-champions Abby Baker and Heather MacIver.

Tuesday, May 21, 11:00 am

Fellowship Hall

COVERED DISH LUNCHEON

Main dish and drinks provided;please bring your  

 favorite side dish or dessert.

PROGRAM

Gene Cox, from WRIC-TV8, will be our special guest and speaker.

Acolytes and Crucifers: Contact Your Coordinator

with Summer Schedule Changes

If you are a chapel acolyte, sanctuary acolyte, or a crucifer (or the parent of one), please let your schedule coordinator know BY MAY 15 of any changes in your availability to serve from June through September. We will prepare new schedules soon after that date, so we need to hear from you now.

Typically, graduating high school seniors will not be called upon to serve during the summer; however, if you are available during the summer and would still like to serve, please let us know.

Chapel acolytes are in the third grade and up and serve at the 8:30 am service. Sanctuary acolytes are in the sixth grade and up. Crucifers are those 8^th grade and up, male and female, who have served at least one year as a sanctuary acolyte and feel comfortable carrying the processional cross. Sanctuary acolytes and crucifers serve at the 11:00 service.

Please note that it is not assumed that when a chapel acolyte finishes fifth grade he/she will become a sanctuary acolyte; we must be notified of that desire or we will assume that service in the chapel will continue.

All who serve as acolytes and crucifers are greatly appreciated. We extend our thanks to them and to their families for participating in this ministry.

Cheryl Arrington, 8:30 coordinator           Brenda Humphreys, 11:00 coordinator

pastoralsecretary@reveilleumc.org           brendahumphreys@verizon.net 

359-6041, ext. 114

"Summer Fun" Save the Dates for Reveille Families

This summer, let's get together and have some fun! More information will come soon, but please save the following dates:

JUNE 19

Ice Cream Social and Game Night following a special Wonderful Wednesday dinner

JULY 24

Potluck dinner with our CARITAS guests and then a movie on the lawn

AUGUST 21

COMING SOON:

Reveille's 49th Year of Summer Book Reviews

Save these dates:

June 26, July 24, and August 28

Refreshments at 10:30 am in the welcome center

Book review at 11:00 am in the chapel

Books and authors to be announced later

Child care provided

Don't miss out on this fabulous event!

- Library Committee

Vacation Bible School Wishes

In addition to seeking volunteers for our week-long Vacation Bible School, (please visit 2013.cokesburyvbs.com/reveilleumc to volunteer) we have several wishes for supplies. We are looking for a black top hat, large circus animals for decoration (for example, a big stuffed elephant), carnival games, a large snow cone machine, a large cotton candy machine, and a dunk tank.  If anyone has a connection with a rental company or can donate any of these items for the week of July 29-August 2, please email Jennifer Rosen or call Lori Epps in the church office at 359-6041, ext. 117.

Issues and Deadlines for The Reveille Window

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

Glynis Holcomb, Financial Manager

Ken Case, Facilities Manager

Lisa Adams, Administrative Assistant 

Cheryl Arrington, Pastoral and Congregational Care Secretary

Thomas Goodall, Custodian

Darius Stokes, Custodian

Elaine Kastelberg, Director of Weekday School

Beverley Tilley, Weekday School Administrative Assistant