Worship Service Times

9:00 AM - Chapel | 11:00 AM - Sanctuary & Livestream

10:00 AM - Sunday school

Baby & Toddler Nursery is available

7:00 AM Wednesday Communion Service

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 - STATED SESSION MEETING

Come! Let us raise a joyful song to the Lord,

a shout of triumph to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving,

and sing him songs of triumph.

For the Lord is a great God,

A great King over all gods;

The farthest places of the earth are in his hands, 

And the folds of the hills are his;

the sea is his, he made it;

the dry land fashioned by his hands.

-Psalm 95, 1-5

Fifty-nine years ago, this evening (27 Sept), my mother was in labor with me. I arrived in this world at 9:42 pm. My mother was my Rock of salvation. I am the middle of five children. She and my father raised us in the Presbyterian Church by starting with that foundation. They started us off early and never looked back. I picked the month of October to submit my devotional because it is the anniversary month of my mother’s death. My Rock was gone and even almost a year later it still feels like yesterday. My sister has taken over as our Rock, even with five children of her own she has managed to keep her four brothers in line. She keeps building on the foundation that mom and dad started. 

In 1 Timothy 5, Paul describes the church as people dedicated to doing whatever it takes to reach out and help others. As the church, we have a responsibility to serve and help others in need. Too often, we see a need and wait for the pastor or someone on staff to take responsibility. But that’s not the way church works. Caring for each other as well as those outside of the church is the quickest way to see Jesus change lives. When everything around us seems to be shifting and changing, we can always cling firmly to the rock which does not move and remains the same. The Lord, like a rock, is the only one who provides stability and immutability in our lives. Solid-rock faith is faith in the Solid Rock. The storms will come, but our foundation will stand firm when built in Him. (Jon Dyer)

Raleigh Court Presbyterian (RCPC) is my Rock. Stella, Jordan and I came to RCPC four and half years ago and like my parents, we have never looked back.  

Let us pray - God of power and might, God of mercy and grace, you are indeed my rock. In you, I find protection. In you I find salvation. How thankful I am, dear Lord, for your strength, and that you make your strength available to me. When I am weak, you are mighty. When I am afraid, you are my comfort. When I am exposed, you keep me safe. Yet you are so much more than a rock, Lord. You are alive. You are aflame. You are passionate. You are loving.  You are kind. Help me, O God, to let the images of you in Scripture expand my knowledge and experience of you. May I be continually stretched by your Word to know you more fully and truly. All praise be to you, O God, my rock and my deliverer! Amen. (The High Calling)

-Mac Snead, Deacon

Hospitality Committee Update- Sunday Morning Greeters

The RCPC Hospitality Committee is seeking friendly folks to serve as greeters for Sunday School this fall. Greeters will arrive at church at 9:45 AM and will stand at the door from the parking lot to help visitors locate Sunday School classrooms. For more information and to sign up for a Sunday, visit the link below.

Greeter Sign-Up

Fellowship Committee Update- Dinner Volunteers

Our Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinners are back! These dinners happen because of our wonderful volunteers. Thank you so much for considering helping out. It's always a fun night! Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. If you can serve in more than one slot each week, that's great. (Ex: Set up and Serve or Clean Up) If you sign up then realize you can't make it, please try to switch with someone. If that doesn't work, contact Dawn at 540 312-8505. Note that the time is one hour earlier than usual on December 14 and that our Thanksgiving Meal will be on Sunday, November 20. Thank you!

Volunteer Sign-Up

History Committee Update

“Built On The Rock” Brings to mind a solid sturdy foundation. Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church has that solid foundation. Over the last several years the RCPC History committee members have devoted countless hours to documenting that foundation anchored in the history of this church and its people, The project is now nearing completion and will be available online at a date to be announced soon. So, to learn more about what makes Raleigh Court Presbyterian such a foundation watch for notifications both here and in The Herald.

Fall Festival - October 23

Join us for the return of our Fall Festival on Sunday, October 23 at 5:30 PM in the RCPC parking lot to support our Preschool. There will be dinner, games and Trunk-or- Treating, and raffle baskets. Consider decorating a trunk or donating candy for those who do make a trunk. Sign up to decorate a trunk in the Gathering Area or at the link below. A candy donation box will be in the Gathering Area later this month. Contact Julie Satterwhite at julie@rpces.org with any questions.

Trunk-or-Treat Sign-Up

Generosity Campaign – Celebration Sunday, October 16

Join us on October 16 for Celebration Sunday! This is the final Sunday of our "Built on the Rock" series and our Commitment Sunday when we turn in our financial pledges for the 2023 year. Please be sure to bring your pledge card that Sunday (or turn it in beforehand) and plan to stay after the 11:00 worship service for a congregational lunch. This is a day to celebrate God's faithfulness, and we have invited representatives from area mission partners to be in attendance, both those supported through our annual budget and through the generous gifts of the RCPC endowment. We hope you will eat with us and learn more about how we are partners in our community to bring hope, healing, and reconciliation to our city.

College Care Package Items

The Youth are planning on sending college care packages to our 18 current youth in undergrad on October 9. In order to fill boxes with things that will bring smiles to their faces, we need your help! Drop off mostly flat items in the labeled box in the Gathering Area on either Sunday, October 2 or Sunday, October 9. Suggested list of items to donate:

• Generic or personalized Hand written note of encouragement
• Notecards
• Stamps
• Hot cocoa packets
• Small bags of goldfish
• Microwaveable popcorn
• Ramen noodles
• Packs of gum
• Hard candy
• Silly putty
• Tooth brushes
• Tooth paste
• Pens
• Individual packs of cookies
• Small hand sanitizer
• Chapstick
• Sudoku books
• Sharpie markers
• Deck of cards
• Bouncy balls
• Glow stick bracelets
• Fuzzy socks
• Face masks
• Pack of flossers

House of Bread

House of Bread has begun its fall session with a large number of students and we are in need of a couple more mentors. The only qualification to serve as a mentor is a willingness to engage in a relationship with one of our students and the time commitment is one hour per week from now until Thanksgiving. Mentors set a meeting time with their student so scheduling is flexible. For more information, contact Lisa Goad (houseofbreadroanoke@gmail.com).

Pump-A-Pint Fall Blood Drive - Tuesday, October 4 from 1:30 PM-6:00 PM

Many thanks to those who have already scheduled an appointment! If you have any questions or want to schedule an appointment please call Lillian Alexander at 540-632-8921 or email at alexanderlj@yahoo.com. You may also schedule online at REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG or by calling 1-800-RED-CROS (733-2767). Your continued support of this vital mission is appreciated!

Sudanese Mission Update

This is Salwa, who we have helped replace the things stolen from her home. At last, something good to celebrate! Salwa Abdallah, 31, clutches a certificate celebrating her U.S. citizenship during a naturalization celebration in council chambers. Abdallah who came to the United States from Sudan said she has lived in Roanoke for seven years. "I am excited, I want to vote, now I can do," she said about the right she gained once becoming a citizen.  Katie Hedrick, community inclusion and language access coordinator with Roanoke, at right, passed out the certificates. 

HEATHER ROUSSEAU, The Roanoke Times

Hello everyone thank you for helping me with everything I appreciate you thank you so much God bless you and I love you so much. - Salwa

Prayer Requests

Dawn Blakeman, Donn Branch, Brendan Brown (Kathy and Les Brown's grandson), The Cook Family, Courtney and Ken Cronin, Debbie Graves, Billy Grove, Norma Hall, Skip Hastings, Dick Kepley, Susan Lindstrom, Lauren & Lee Lonness and their son Barrett (Cheryl & Chuck Gilliland's daughter and family), Joe McCrobie, Ramona Simmons, Nancy Smith (Alan Smith’s mother), Roger Tims, Jill Wood, and all caregivers.

Our sincere thoughts and prayers are with Tweetie Lyon’s family on her passing on September 25.

Our sincere thoughts and prayers are with Don Aldridge on the passing of his sister, Kaye Woodard.

(Prayers request as of Friday, September 30. Names in bold indicate an addition to the prayer list this week.)

The Herald - Deadline for Articles: 10th of each month

This Week @ RCPC - Deadline for Articles: Wednesday of each week

Send submissions for The Herald and This Week @ RCPC to Julie Satterwhite 

Video Board in the Gathering Area - Send Information to Carole Banks

Pictorial directory available online.