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Rayne Weekly News
November 29, 2022
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We Welcome All!
We warmly welcome all to worship on Sundays at 8:45a & 11a (online & on-site) and to participate freely in the life of this community of faith and love, and to become a member of this congregation. Rayne welcomes and embraces all people regardless of race, class, gender, or sexual orientation with open hearts, open minds, and open doors!
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Services are at 8:45a and 11a in Rayne's Historic Sanctuary and on Facebook Live.
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Deck the Halls with Pizza! | |
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This Wednesday (TOMORROW!) at 5:30p
Extra hands are needed to prepare our spaces for the coming season.
Please come for pizza and lend a hand to hang wreaths, garland, lights and ornaments! The Rayne Sanctuary is absolutely gorgeous during
Advent and Christmas. Take part in preparing this beautiful space.
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Mission Market: This Sunday! | |
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Come one, come all!
For more information and to volunteer, please contact Rosemary Pic
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Calling All Casseroles!
For Mission Market, we are selling frozen casseroles. Consider doubling your favorite recipe. Eat one; share the other!
Bring your tasty work to church - this Sunday, Dec. 4 - where we will place it in the freezer for Mission Market!
For details, contact Susie
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Advent & Christmas Activities | |
Advent: Wed Evening Study | |
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The Complexity of Hope: Wednesdays, 6pm
Join us as we prepare for The First Advent in Palestine. The season of Advent comes from the Latin word "adventus," which means "coming." Together we will prepare for Christ's return to earth in the coming weeks:
Wed, Nov 30, 5:30p, "Deck the Halls" (decorating Rayne's sanctuary, pizza beforehand)
Weds, 6-7p, at the parsonage
Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, & 21
Childcare available upon request
RSVP: Jay
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Angel Tree: UM Children's Foster Care | |
Angel Tree Gifts are due NOW!
Gifts for children living at the Louisiana United Methodist Children's Home should be returned by Wednesday, November 30th!
If you can't make it, please contact Nancy to make other arrangements.
Contact Nancy
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Christmas Tea
Wed, Dec 21
10:30a
Epiphany House
RSVP Susie
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If you would like to donate the altar flower in memory or in honor of a loved one,
the 2023 calendar is wide open.
Please contact Susie with any questions or
to sign up for a particular Sunday.
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Pledges Continue!
What a great display of generosity: over 80 pledges for prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness! And $450,000 pledged so far!
Consider sharing your pledge here:
stewardship commitment
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Social Justice Sunday School:
Helping Food Pantry
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Help Us Help Rayne's Food Pantry
Please bring any or all of the items seen below. Now more than ever, our sharing and caring matters to our neighbors!
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Wilderness Class: New Topics | | |
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ADVENT STUDIES
Dec 4 - Dec 18
Sundays, 10a
Epiphany House, Sun Room
Join us for a deep dive to learn the meanings and symbols of the full Season of Advent. Lively interactive discussions. All are welcome!
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The School for Contemplative Living | |
For more information or to register for any of the classes, email SCL.
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Contemplative Life Group Begins
Wed, Nov 30
11:30a - 1p
The book, The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness, is by Gregory Boyle, author of Tattoos on the Heart.
All are invited to participate in this free study. To receive the zoom link, email the SCL.
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Contemplative Justice Group Begins
Mon, Dec 5
Noon - 1:30p
The book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us, is by the New York Times best-selling author, Cole Arthur Riley.
All are invited to participate in this free study. To receive the zoom link, email the SCL.
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Spring Planting
Sat, Dec 3
1-3p
Join us at Luke's House office at 2023 Simon Bolivar to help plant for spring! Of course, help weeding will also be needed! Bring work gloves, water, and a shovel or trowel if you have one. For more info, contact Wendy
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The Rayne Train
Each Wed, St. Charles entrance
@ 6:17a
Walkers and joggers: join a group from our church as we make tracks around Audubon Park! We will find just the right pace.
For more information: Jay
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We pray for healing for —
John DeCell, Jeff & Barbara Duke, Banks Duke (Jeff & Barbara's grandchild), Dione May (Niece of Mabel Thomas), Jim Jeter, Ray Cook, Martha Gatlin, Betty Gerstner, Richard Moore, Jane Sikes, Kevin Horne, Diane Peck, Judy Mastainich, Stephanie Stennett, Sandy Reed (Sister of Brenda Frey), Sue McLetchie, Andrew McLetchie, Skylar Boyle (Grandson of Cheryl and Jay Livingston), Carolyn Delle (Friend of Deborah Fagan), Babs Mollere, and Anne Sory (Mother of Sutton Hibbert and Rainer Sung).
We pray for comfort for —
Frank and Faye McStravick in the death of Frank's mother, Stella.
If you would like to share prayer requests, email them to Nancy Hopkins. Or mail a note to the church addressed with "Attention: Prayer Team." Please indicate if the request is public (shared in the newsletter) or private (supplied to the Intercessory Prayer Group).
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