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This Weekend
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Friday, September 3, 2021
3:15 p.m. - Nominating Committee (zoom)
7:00 p.m. - Moponic
Saturday, September 4, 2021
8:00 a.m. - Iglesia Adventista Shalom
Sunday, September 5, 2021
9:15 a.m. - Open Circle Sunday School Class (zoom)
9:30 a.m. - Explorers Sunday School Class (zoom) Link HERE
11:00 a.m. - Worship Service (in person and zoom) Link HERE
12:00 p.m. Lunch Bunch after Worship Service (Springhill Cafe)
3:00 p.m. - Ministerio Internacional Manantial de Vida
Zoom Meeting Links and events are available
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This Sunday in Worship -- September 5, 2021 11:00 a.m.
The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
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"Dogs Will Take
What They Can Get"
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You can also connect with the online service manually at zoom.us/join
using the following meeting ID and password:
Meeting ID: 864 8287 2175
Password: 273770
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Report from the Re-Opening Task Force
Reopening Task Force Communications
for the week of August 8, 2021
A. The RRCC Reopening Task Force held its 15th meeting August 3, 2021 to discuss current Covid levels and to determine whether the current "Gathering Guidelines" for use of the church facility need to be modified. There was consensus that with Covid cases increasing and Austin-Travis County having moved into "Stage 5" guidelines, we need to conduct weekly communications to stay abreast of current changes and determine whether current practices need to be revised. Memo for the week of 8/8/21:
B. Government data/recommendations:
i. Local data 8/9: The 7 day hospitalization average for Austin-Travis County is 83 and for 8/9 is 74. The 7 day confirmed cases average is 383 and as of 8/9 is 445. The percentage testing positive is 14.5%
ii. CDC data: Masking is encouraged for all activities for both vaccinated and un-vaccinated
iii. RRCC "Gathering Guidelines": The task Force voted to modify current "Gathering Guidelines" to be in sync with changes made last week by the local health authorities. This should be in place as of the August Guiding Board meeting. The Task Force also had consensus to continue to provide "in person" worship, with all wearing masks.
C. The following remains in place until the Task Force and/or Guiding Board announces otherwise:
i. Sunday morning Worship Service (wearing masks)
ii. Use of the building by sister congregations (wearing masks)
iv. Use of the building by groups renting facilities (wearing masks)
D. Initial plans to open the building for Sunday School Classes effective August 22 are being postponed for the time being, as are any small group meetings. Decisions regarding church fellowship lunches and other gatherings in the building will be made on a week-to-week basis and communicated in the weekly church newsletter.
Members of the Task Force/Guiding Board and Ministries Council are encouraged to share suggestions and ideas to assist in improving the combined "zoom" and "in-person" worship experience as well as changes needed to meet the needs of the changing environment. Please communicate your individual ideas to any of these members, to help in providing the best possible worship experience:
Reopening Task Force:
Perry Mouser, Chair; Mildred Adair, Linda Glover, Jennifer Kienzle, Pam Knight, Amy Osteen, Tara Pollock, Randy Preston, Amy Tucker, Gary Tucker, Dan Knight (ex-officio), and Mitch Maxted (ex-officio)
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The Order of Worship for This Sunday
Sunday, September 5, 2021
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Worship Leader: Steve Osteen
Elders: Steve Osteen and Pam Knight
O R D E R O F W O R S H I P
- Prelude
- Praise Song: "Here I Am to Worship"
- Welcome and Announcements
- Passing of the Peace "Let There Be Peace on Earth"
- Call to Worship
- Invocation
- Congregational Hymn: #323 "Wonderful Words of Life"
- Joys & Concerns
- Pastoral Prayer and Lord's Prayer
- Gloria Patri
- Choir Anthem (video) "I Will Arise"
- Scripture: Mark 7:24-37
- Message: "Dogs Will Take What They Can Get"
- Hymn of Discipleship: #587 "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross"
- Offering Meditation
- Doxology
- Offering Prayer
- Invitation to Communion
- Words of Institution
- Communion Prayer
- Receiving the Loaf and the Cup
- Benediction
- Praise Song: "Whom Shall I Fear"
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This Sunday's Gospel Lesson
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Mark 27:24-37
(New Revised Standard Version)
From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs." But she answered him, "Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." Then he said to her, "For saying that, you may go-the demon has left your daughter." So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded beyond measure, saying, "He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
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RRCC Online Giving
Other ways to give are:
- use your bank's electronic bill pay system feature to have a check mailed directly from your bank to RRCC
- mail your check directly to RRCC.
Address your envelope to:
 Financial Secretary Round Rock Christian Church 22 Chalice Way Round Rock, TX 78665
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RRCC Email Addresses:
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info@rrdisciples.org (Molly)
rrcc-office@rrdisciples.org (Molly)
pastormitch@rrdisciples.org (Mitch)
bookkeeper@rrdisciples.org (Gary C.)
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Lunch Bunch
Everyone is invited to this week's Lunch Bunch gathering at Springhill Cafe after service....if you're worshiping in person or via zoom, all are invited! Text or call Tasha York (512-567-8770) for more information.
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Elders Meeting
The Elders will meet
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
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Prayer Updates
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Mary Acree -- in Assisted Living at Franklin Park (Teravista)
Rudy Camarillo -- son Bryan waiting to see a specialist regarding a neurological issue
Gwen Jackson -- friend and fellow Emeral Cottages resident Rick Hackett passed away
Bob and Irene Jenkins -- Bob's sister Janet undergoing cancer treatments
Judy Jocoy -- at home; new weekly chemo treatments begin on Wed.
Jim Kessler -- recuperating at home
Paul and Liz Maybaum -- Paul's sister-in-law Nancy is in a long-term rehab facility
Mary Murray - her step-grandson Griffin is dealing with some significant intestinal issuesrray -
Steve & Amy Osteen -- brother-in-law Mike Murphy has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer
Amy Tucker -- continues to recuperate following hip replacement
Garvid Wilson family -- prayers for wife Phyllis, and for daughters Terri, Kimberly, andTamara
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