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RISE AGAINST HUNGER
When Service IS the SERVICE
On Sunday, May 19th, all three worship services will combine and SERVICE will
become the service as we pack meals to eradicate world hunger through the organization Rise Against Hunger. As a ten year old young disciple in the church told me, “this is one of my most favoritist things we do as a church!”
As you may know, Rise Against Hunger (RAH) is an international hunger relief organization that distributes food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable, mobilizing the necessary resources to end hunger by 2030.
Why? Because 821 million people across the world do not receive enough nutrition to lead an active and healthy life. Because Jesus says, “when you feed people in my name it is as if you are giving that food to me” (Matthew 25). Last year in 2018, 430,000 volunteers lent their hands to end world hunger through RAH. Thus 794,700 people were impacted by the RAH meals and additional aid.
The event and ministry will begin at 9am on May 19th and then we will share
lunch together. This event has a job and role for everyone regardless of age, mobility, and skill set. We will need people to set up, packers, sealers, bag weighers, runners, labelers and event clean-uppers. If you are unsure as to what these roles involve-come and find out! Our aim is to package 25,000 meals during the event. We first as a church engaged with Rise Against Hunger (formerly known as Stop Hunger Now) in 2009 and have since packed 190,000 meals and this year our goal is to cross the 200,000 meal mark! Last year, the 30,000 meals we packed (we signed on for 25,000 but they had a need for packaging an additional 5,000) went to a Haiti missions organization.
This is a fun, engaging, and powerful way to live out the resurrection power of Jesus that literally feeds and nourishes people. Thank you also to everyone who practiced a form of fasting throughout the season of Lent and put that money in their mason jar and commended it to God’s purposes on Easter Sunday. Thanks to your giving in the name of Christ the jars raised approximately $1,550.00 to fund the $25,000 meals at .29 cents a meal. We hope to see you ALL there on May the 19th! Oh, and bring a side dish or dessert to share with your church family for lunch.
Feeding and nourishing, because that is what the Church does,
Pastor Darcey
Inside this issue:
Worship Series,
Rise Against
Hunger
2
Small Groups,
Birthdays
3
Youth
Children
4
5
Women’s Ministry,
Missions
6
7
Graduate Sunday
Open Arms
Christian Preschool
8
May 2019
Connections
May/June Upper
Room Devotionals
are available in the
Narthex, the History
Corner, and the
Welcome Center.
Worship Series: Next Steps
May 5 Next Steps: Stepping into Awareness Luke 24:13-35
May 12 Next Steps: Stepping into Peace John 20:19-23
May 19 RISE AGAINST HUNGER
May 26 Next Steps: Stepping into Forgiveness John 21:15-19
June 2 Next Steps: Connecting the Dots Luke 24:36-50
Page 2 Connections
MEAL PACKAGING AND WORSHIP
SUNDAY May 19, 2019
One Service plus Service Project
Dress Casually
Bring a salad, side dish or dessert to share
9:00 Breakfast and Organizing
9:45 Worship Begins
10:00 Instructions from Rise Against Hunger Staff
10:15 Meal Packaging
Covered Dish Lunch to follow
Page 3 May 2018
SUNDAY MORNING 9:30
(Room 211) Good News
(Room 202) Contemporary Christian
(Room 106) Preschool (3 years & fully potty trained until they start kindergarten)
(Room 109) Early Elementary (K-2nd grade)
(Room 105) Older Elementary (3rd-5th grade)
(Youth Basement) Youth (6th-12th grade)
SMALL GROUPS
May Birthdays
May 1 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 Jane Gresham Morey Brady Davis Messer Grayson Clarke Teddie Lawrence Jane Boaz Caroline Davis Addie Kemp Tom York Anthony Franklin
May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 13 John Simmers Ansel Eastman Carter Hayes Virginia Patterson Olivia Moum Charles Messer Will Conner Griffin Gayne
May 14 May 15 May 16 May 18 May 19 Steffanie Jeffrey Pres Purdum Missy Markey Jim Banta Phil Brennan Gene Lyon Noah Benson Ernie Weston
May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 Nancy Kuehl Leo Dunn Bess Traylor Dot Patrick Ethan Benson Stephanie Reed-Wriston Joan Brennan May 26 May 29 May 30 Laura Talley Trenton Bone Elizabeth Buchholz Perkins Smith Ella Garnett
Page 4 Connections
Looking back at April:
Mark your calendars! Here is what’s coming up for our youth!
SUNDAY NIGHT YOUTH May 5th, 19th, and 26th @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm – Come join us for dinner, games, and a time of discipleship!
CONFIRMATION CLASS May 5th, 19th, and 26th @ 3:45pm – 5:00pm – Confirmation class meets!
May 4th Church Yard Sale Saturday 8am-2pm – Our annual yard sale is coming up and we need our youth’s help! A large portion of the money we raise goes to our youth budget, so please come out and help as able!
May 5th Conversation about Special General Conference – Come join us as we talk through the events of our recent General Conference and its various decisions. Pastor Darcey, Alex Lee, and Jeni Benson will be present to facilitate discussion and give the youth an opportunity to voice their thoughts and ask questions. We are a church that values the voice of our young people!
May 11th Shalom Farms Saturday 9am-12pm – We are in need of 5-10 volunteers to go to Shalom Farms and get their hands dirty in dirt! We had a wonderful time last year and are excited to do it once again!
SUMMER MISSION TRIP June 23rd-29th, 2019 – Summer Mission Trip at Passport Missions in Danville, VA! Please contact Alex for more information.
Grace and peace, Alex Lee
YOUTH - REVOLVE
Alex Lee Contact Information:
Phone: (919) 623-6405
Email: [email protected]
The youth were asked to build a fort during a Sunday School lesson, and Matthew,
Christopher, Ethan, and Jack didn’t hold back!
For one of our Sunday Night Youth events, we learned what it means to work together and learn about each other’s various strengths and talents. Here are some youth living into that by building a spaghetti tower together!
Save the Date:
VBS - June 17th-21st
Volunteers are needed each night to help with dinner and help the children with
crafts in the marketplace.
Nursery Professionally-staffed Nursery is offered in room for infants, toddlers and preschoolers for all three service times (8:30, 9:30, 11:00) and Sunday evenings (September - May 2019) from 5-7 pm.
Sunday School Classes
Preschool-potty trained 3, 4 and 5-year-olds 9:30 am in room 108. Led by Penny Condrey, Tracy Wood, Carrie Francisco, Meg Walunas, Meg Eastman, Alana Ritenour, Alicia Moosally, and Elizabeth Buchholz. Kindergarten - 2nd Grade 9:30 am in room 107. Led by Jaimey Honea, Lara Malbon, Kim Cosby, and Megan Gilliland. 3rd-5th Grade 9:30 am in room 109. Led by John Honea & Robin Ely.
YOUR CHILDREN ARE WELCOME AT ALL OUR WORSHIP SERVICES! Please attend worship with your children, grandchildren, and guests! Worship attendance is very important, even at a young age, for spiritual development. We are ALL created for worship! Worship bags, Storybook Bibles, and activity binders are available at all three services.
If you feel like you need somewhere quieter to worship during the 11 am service, the Cuddle Room is available in the back of the sanctuary with a live feed of the service and activities for your child. Please see an usher if you have any trouble finding these things.
Important Dates
M+M will be back September 8th
Dinner is served from 5-5:30pm. From 5:30-6:15 K-2 will be in the choir room with Joy Price. 3-5 will be in room 109 for missions with Danielle Rinker. At 6:15 K-2 will come down to missions and 3-5 will finish up the night in the choir room.
5 and under are always welcome in the nursery.
Page 5 CHILDREN’S MINISTRY May 2018
Page 6 Connections Women’s Ministry
Yard Sale - May 4
The Annual Yard Sale is Saturday, May 4, 8:00 AM-Noon. Items for sale will include: clothes, accessories, linens, kitchen/household goods, toys, books, furniture, sporting goods, bake sale, much, much more.
Paper/plastic bags are needed for the cashier tables.
Help set up Monday-Friday (April 29-May 3). Help at the yard sale. Come and shop.
Proceeds are used for missions projects.
To volunteer or for more information, contact: Melinda Sledd (804-363-8513, [email protected]).
Women's Prayer Breakfast - May 9 The monthly Women's Prayer Breakfast will meet at 8:30 on Thursday, May 9, at First Watch, 11721 West Broad Street, in The Shoppes at Westgate (between Panera Bread and Jos. A. Bank). No reservation needed—just come on out and join the group—bring a friend.
Frances Allen/Alice Weed Circle - May 14 The Frances Allen/Alice Weed Circle, led by Pearcy Flippen and Jane Bren will meet in the Activity Room at 10:00 AM on May 14 (Tuesday). The meeting includes a salad and dessert lunch for the Circle and for church/OACP staff. Plan to attend, and bring a salad or dessert. All women are welcome. (NOTE: The Circle does not meet in the summer. The next meeting will be on September 10.)
Book Club Starting - June 24 A new book club is starting in June. It will meet the 4th Monday evening of each month. Details for June’s meeting are:
Hostess: Ann York Location: Ann’s home, 2800 Chancel Lane, Henrico 23233 Date: June 24 (Monday) Time: 7:00 PM Book Title: Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
Available at the library and Costco
UMFS Plant Sale and Campus Tours
Thank you River Roaders for your UMFS donations of flower pots & saucers and glass terrarium containers. We received a big “THANK YOU!!” from the Horticulture teacher for our two timely deliveries to their campus greenhouse last month.
The students have been busy with transplanting and also creating varieties of dish gardens in preparation for their upcoming annual plant sale in May. The sale will be at the greenhouse on the 3900 West Broad Street campus on Wednesday, May 8th and Thursday, May 9th 8:30AM-3:00PM. Come and meet some of the hard working student gardeners while finding some beautiful plants to take home or perhaps even use for Mother’s Day gifts!
Want to learn more about UMFS? Sign up for the next monthly campus tour with Jill Gaynor ([email protected], 804.254.9463) scheduled for May 21st 5:30-7:00PM. Thanks so much for your support!
1869-2019
May 2018 Page 7 MISSIONS
Thank you church family for your Easter offerings! We thank God for you, and we thank God for the work He has given us to do together.
Good Job, Rebuilding Together People!
Thank you Randy Reaves for coordinating all our wonderful volunteers on Saturday, April 27. A huge thank you to our House Captains Steve King, and Tony and Jean Barnette for your great preparation and direction of the home repairs. Thank you to Women in Ministry for providing food that held us together. We thank the Lord for Ms. Owens and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice who owned the homes where we worked, for the opportunity to be a part of this healing, nationwide event in our own city, and all the blessings of the day.
AlterNatives will be at River Road on Sunday MAY 5
AlterNatives in Carytown is a non-profit business established by the Highland Support Project in 1993 for the purpose of developing markets for weavings of Highland Maya Women widowed by political violence in Guatemala. Our own Guadalupe and Ben Blevins founded HSP and we are so happy to have them bring their store to our Welcome Center. Thank you Ben and Lupe and family for your work in the world.
Orientation/Information Meeting Sunday May 5 at 5 pm Hurricane Recovery Mission Trip to Florida July 21-27
We still have room for YOU! Come to the meeting; the deadline to sign up is May 15. RRUMC will help rebuild homes in the St. Pete/Clearwater/Tampa Bay area destroyed by Hurricane Irma in 2017. Email Jim Banta at [email protected] OR sign up in the Welcome Center OR sign up on SignUpGenius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b4facae2caaf94-july.
Volunteer Day at Shalom Farms is Saturday, May 11, 9-12 noon
Working at our great big United Methodist garden is great for individuals and families. Email Jim Banta at [email protected] if you can go!
Rise Against Hunger is Sunday May 19
We need everybody! RAH is one of our congregation’s most popular mission event when we assemble 25,000 highly nutritious meals for people in this world who are starving. It is also a time of great fellowship because we need everyone's help, young and old. RAH is in place of our three services and starts at 9:00. Come to the Welcome Center for breakfast provided by the Missions Committee, wear casual clothes, and bring a covered side dish for lunch.
Kits for Conference May 19 – June 16
The Virginia Annual Conference meets June 20-22, 2019 in Roanoke VA. Every year, pastors bring UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) kits, assembled by their congregation, that are distributed all over the world to help sustain people when a disaster strikes. We aim to send off Pastor Darcey with as many hygiene and school kits as possible. See our Welcome Center display starting May 19th that will give you all the information you need, including sample kits. This is a great project for individuals, small groups and families! Monetary donations to pay for distribution costs are as important and checks should be made to River Road UMC with the memo “UMCOR Relief”. Turn in kits by Sunday June 16th. For more info, contact Karen Carter at [email protected] or 347-2440.
Micah Initiative
Mary York and our Micah Initiative volunteers are very busy this time of year with Career Day (April 26), Teacher Appreciation Day (May 8th), and 5th Grade Graduation Ceremony (June 13). We are so thankful for all they do to help the students and teachers at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School. If you are interested in going to the City-Wide Celebration Luncheon on May 9, register at www.micahrva.org or email [email protected] by May 2nd.
WE COLLECT FOOD EVERY SUNDAY FOR GINTER PARK UMC FOOD PANTRY. Thank you for every donation.
Contact Ellen Reaves at [email protected] or 804-229-4277 for more info.
8800 River Road
Henrico VA 23229
Phone: 804-740-7061
Fax: 804-740-3367
Preschool: 754-0227
We’re on the web at
www.riverroadumc.org
May 2019
Open Arms Christian Preschool
We are all excited to bring on the beautiful weather in May! This month our Preschool will be honoring our mothers and all the wonderful females in the children’s lives with a Mother’s Day Tea. This is an annual event that we host in each classroom and invite our mothers (and female figures) to attend that morning. The children have been practicing and preparing for this exciting event! Our last day of Preschool (before Camp Open Arms begins for the summer) is Thursday, May 23rd. On Friday, May 24th we will celebrate our Pre-K graduates and host a family picnic afterwards. Everyone is invited to join in the fun that morning (picnic starts around 10:30am) with games & good food to end the Preschool year and kick off our summer camp!
Our fall Preschool program is filling up quickly, if you have any friends or family that are interested in securing spots we have openings starting in the summer or fall. Please have them contact the Preschool Director, Nora Hamlet, at 754-0027 or visit our website at www.openarmschristianpreschool.org.
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June 2019
Connections are due
May 21, 2018.
GRADUATE SUNDAY
We will be hosting a reception for our graduates on Sunday, June 2 from
10:30am-11am. If you have names of high school, college, and graduate
program graduates who are part of River Road UMC, please send their
name, school they are graduating from, if High school graduate, where
they are going to college, if college graduate, please include their degree,
to Eva at [email protected] by May 24!
