WEEKLY EMAIL from FIRST REFORMED UCC
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
SUNDAY IN-PERSON WORSHIP SERVICES BEGINNING AT 10:30AM
LIVESTREAMED ONLY ON OUR
YOUTUBE PAGE USING THIS LINK.
Service will be uploaded to view later onto our Facebook page HERE.
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROBERT RAY “BOB” SHAAK
The family will receive visitors at 1:00 in the church Fellowship Hall. A memorial service will begin at 2:00 in the Sanctuary followed by the Prayer of Committal and Inurnment in the Memorial Garden. Donations or Memorials may be made to Frist Reformed United Church of Christ or the donor’s choice.
A MESSAGE FROM REV. HORTON:
Dear Beloved Community,
Join us in worship this week for our final sermon in the series from the Book of James: A Faith That Works for Today and Tomorrow.
James is no nonsense and practical for today. Faith is not just what we profess, what we believe, or what we proclaim. Faith is not radically personal nor private. Faith is active…Faith is doing, caring for the weak and vulnerable, doing what Jesus commands, controlling our cravings, speaking gently, taming our tongues.
A faith that works for today and tomorrow calls us into community. We are in this life Together. Period. No matter if you are coming to the sanctuary or participating online. A Community of Faith prays for each other and with each other.
We will ask a Blessing for over 22 Prayer Shawls! This Prayer Shawl Ministry is one tangible way to truly live out our faith. Thanks to Harriette Murphy, Lena Johnson, and Geri Hill for creating such beautiful expressions of care!
One update in our Children’s Ministry for Sunday: Children’s Church will be for Pre-K thru 6th graders, led by Rev. Evan.
Hope to see you Sunday. Remember always, you are not alone.
Elizabeth
SERMON TITLE FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2021:
“A Faith that Works: You Are Not Alone”
Scripture: JAMES 5: 13-20
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE:
LITURGIST: Camille Morgan
SOUND TECH: Dave Fulton
DIGITAL MEDIA TECH: Jeremy Peterson
USHERS: Raeann Allred, James Gray, Alane Holste, Eddie Yates
ACOLYTE: Emma Hartle
BIBLE STEWARD: Jacob Hartle
CHILDREN’S WORSHIP: Jeremy & Keri Lovell
CELEBRATIONS
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS:
26th…Mark Smith…Cathy Whitley
27th…Rita Lohr
28th…Elliott Smith
30th…Kelly Greathouse
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS:
1st…Stacey Potts
2nd…Eugenia Holste…Adena Wall
OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES:
1st…John & Susie Smith
OCTOBER STAFF ANNIVERSARIES:
10-1-2015…Elizabeth Horton…June Grubb
10-1-2005…Steve McDonald
PLEASE PRAY FOR…
We extend Sympathy to and share Christian Hope with…
The family of Robert “Bob” Ray Shaak, who passed away on Friday, September 17. Visitation will be held at 1:00 this afternoon in the Fellowship Hall followed by a memorial service in the sanctuary. Inurnment will follow in the Memorial Garden Columbarium.
Beverly Sandifer, whose husband, Robert Miley Sandifer, passed away on July 12, 2021.
OUR MEMBERS: Janette Neal (recovering from surgery at home),Lee Bouchard, Jeff Hutchens
AT HOME AND IN CARE FACILITIES: Peggy Bates, Sherry Bonner (Brookdale, Rm. 208), Ruth Essick, Pattie Everhart, Vogen Everhart (Brookdale, Room 102), Lib & Jimbo Hinkle, Marguerite Leonard, Deanna Michael, Bob Shaak, Lib Sink, Carolyn Spivey, Adena Wall
OUR FRIENDS: *Connie Leggette (friend of Renee White),Ashley Thomason (Ron & Heidi Hutcheson’s daughter-in-law), Cheri Yates (Eddie Yates’ stepmother), Steve Ketner, Martha Moore, Rev. Dr. Ray Howell III (Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington), Marc Frye (son of the late Doris Frye)
CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINISTRIES:
YOUTH MINISTRIES
SUNDAYS at 6:00PM: Youth Group (West’s home)
WEDNESDAYS at 6:30PM: Youth Study (Youth Room)
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR YOUTH STUDY HERE
CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES
SUNDAYS at 10:30AM Children’s Church (Theater Room)
Sign up to Volunteer for Children’s Church HERE
WEDNESDAYS at 6:30PM: Children’s Fun & Activities (Fellowship Hall)
SING UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR CHILDREN’S FUN & ACTIVITIES HERE
WEEKLY CALENDAR
9:30AM
Bible Study: In-Person (Parlor) & via Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89026528333?pwd=QzRrR0hocHJMN1hQazZXUGN5dWJnUT09
Meeting ID: 890 2652 8333 Passcode: Bible One tap mobile: +13017158592, 89026528333# US
Dave & Glenyce Fulton, facilitators (James 5: 13-20, Mark 9: 38-50)
10:30AM
Worship Service In-Person and Livestreamed Online (YOUTUBE)
Children’s Church (Theater Room)
6:00PM
Youth Group (West’s home)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
12:00PM
2CFAR via Zoom
7:00PM
Book Study Group via Zoom:
“Strangers No More” Join us using the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84691635471?pwd=WnJHblBaK1pZamRRc29GMjFKU3ZQZz09#success
Meeting ID: 846 9163 5471 Passcode: Faith One tap mobile +13017158592,84691635471# US
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
6:30PM
Choir Practice (Chapel Annex)
Youth Group (Youth Room)
Children’s Fun & Activities (Fellowship Hall)
THURSDAY, September 23:
4-6:00PM
Clothes Closet Workday
SATURDAY, September 25
12:30PM
Saturday Carry-Out Lunch Ministry
SUNDAY, September 26:
9:30AM
Bible Study: In-Person (Parlor) & via Zoom
Eulene Shepherd (Facilitator)
(Job 1:1;2:1-10, Mark 10:2-16)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89026528333?pwd=QzRrR0hocHJMN1hQazZXUGN5dWJnUT09
Meeting ID: 890 2652 8333 Passcode: Bible One tap mobile: +13017158592, 89026528333# US
10:30AM
Worship Service In-Person and Livestreamed Online (YOUTUBE)
Children’s Church (Theater Room)
6:00PM
Youth Group (West’s home)
BOOK STUDY CONTINUES THROUGH SEPTEMBER
Continuing on Tuesdays, join us for our study of “See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love” by Valarie Kaur. We will continue to meet via ZOOM using THIS LINK. Meeting ID: 846 9163 5471 Passcode: Faith
One tap mobile +13017158592, 84691635471# US (Washington DC)
CHARLES ENGLAND ELEMENTARY BACKPACK PROGRAM
As part of our church’s Community Outreach Program, we continue our partnership with Charles England Elementary School to help it meet the needs of their students for the 2021-22 School Year. They continue to need food for their “BACKPACK PROGRAM.” Please consider helping with any donations listed below for this program, or you may make monetary donations by check to First Reformed UCC with CEES Backpack Program in the memo line or you may contribute online at the church’s website.
ITEMS NEEDED:
Juice boxes Applesauce cups Breakfast bars Ramen noodles
Cheese crackers Spaghetti-Os Chicken Noodle Soup Canned vegetables
NEIGHBORS IN NEED SPECIAL MISSION OFFERING…OCTOBER 3
NEIGHBORS IN NEED (NIN) IS A SPECIAL MISSION OFFERING OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST THAT SUPPORTS MINISTRIES OF JUSTICE AND COMPASSION IN THE UNITED STATES. In 2021, Neighbors in Need “Unfailing Love” offering is focused on supporting organizations and projects that are serving homeless and immigrant neighbors or communities. We will collect this offering on Sunday, October 3, World Communion Sunday. You may give online HERE or anytime at https://www.ucc.org/giving/donate-now/
MONTHLY PFLAG MEETINGS
Every 3rd Thursday, PFLAG meetings will be held in the church Fellowship Hall. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 21st 16th at 6:30PM. For more info, you may contact confidentially: 646-221-2442 or pflaglexingtonnc@gmail.com