Welcome!

Worship at 10 a.m.

We are seeking help! Please stay following worship on Sunday, Jan. 6 to help take down Advent and Christmas decorations.

Bingo

Join for Bingo on Friday Jan. 12 at 6 p.m. There will be a baked potato bar (free will offering) and you need to bring a white elephant gift. That is a gift or item you received but didn’t want or can’t use. Wrap it so the person receiving it doesn’t have a clue what it is. When you get a Bingo you choose a gift and unwrap it. The next Bingo winner can steal the unwrapped gift or choose to open another.  At the end of the night everyone could feasibly go home with something. Carolyn Hendel and Theresa George have offered to MC. Kathy Jo will take care of food. 

Congregational Meeting Information and Breakfast

Budget Discussions on Jan. 14 and 21

Prior to the Congregational Meeting, Henry Sabia-Tanis, our chair of Finance will lead us in informal budget discussions after church on Sunday Jan. 14 and 21.

Breakfast on Jan. 28

Additionally, you are invited to join us for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28 (Congregational Meeting). Please come for a pancake breakfast!

Congregational Meeting

Our annual congregational budget meeting will be held after church on Sunday, Jan. 28. This year presents special challenges as we will not be receiving PPP loans and our income was over-estimated for last year. Since the congregation responded with great generosity in donations for the roof, less was donated for ‘undesignated’ funds that would have contributed to the budget.

Online Giving & Matching donations

If you haven't done so, sign up for online giving! Here is a great opportunity to give within the end of the year. An anonymous matching grant up to $10,000 is being dedicated for donations gifted to the capital campaign (great year-end tax donation opportunity or in memory of a loved one).

Six Weeks of Centering Prayer: Be Still and Know that I Am God

Join us for a six-week introduction to the ancient, Christian meditation practice called Centering Prayer, on Saturdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m.. We will meet in the prayer room (to the left of sanctuary doors) January 6 - February 10. Developed into four simple steps by Father Thomas Keating and Contemplative Outreach and practiced daily by people all over the world, Centering Prayer offers a way to deepen faith by sitting still in the awareness of the Beloved. Come learn and practice with us! After these six weeks, if you wish to continue meeting, the group will decide together how and when to practice. Questions? Reach out to Kris Gifford (kristinlea.gifford@gmail.com or 651-717-8802.

Pilgrim Guild

Pilgrim Guild will meet at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 9 in Heritage Hall. Our pianist, Carolyn Rock will accompany us as we sing Christmas carols and continue celebrating the holiday season! Join us!

Out to Lunch Bunch

Join the Out to Lunch Bunch, (which is composed of everyone who’d like to come) for lunch at Lynde’s Restaurant, 209 Co. Rd. 81, Osseo. We meet Jan. 16, the third Tuesday of each month, at noon. Let Kathy know if you’d like to come!

Loose Change Offering

The Loose Change offering for December will support Northern Plains Reservation Aid (http://www.nativepartnership.org select Programs, select NPRA). They provide food, water, health products and emergency relief services for Native American elders, families and children living in need on reservations in the Northern Plains. To donate, drop your coins into the offering plate; place coins, bills, or checks into the designated bucket at worship during December, or mail or drop off a check at church. Please make the checks out to RPUCC and put “Loose Change-NPRA” in the memo field. Thank you for your support.

Sign up for Coffee Hour

We need your help! We love to build community, and one of the ways we do so is by having coffee hour. Please sign up to help make coffee, provide treats, and assist with set up and clean up. For more information, contact Kathy Jo at kjogaus@msn.com.

Bible Study

Join on Tuesday at 10 a.m.

You are welcome to join in person or via Zoom!

People with Special Concerns

Regular weekly announcements

Donate to Prism or Northpoint: The need for food continues to rise each month. Please consider a recurring monthly financial donation to PRISM to support our continued efforts to feed our neighbors. https://www.prismmpls.org/ or https://www.northpointhealth.org/donate

Contribute to RPUCC: Give online at rpucc.org. (No one in the church office is allowed to make any changes or corrections to the online giving of a member of RPUCC. ACI Online Giving, the company we use for online contributions, maintains a secure website for all giving information. If you ever have any questions about using this service, please call 1.800.348.2886, x4.)