July 19, 2021
Summer 2021 Service Time:
10:00 AM (ONE SERVICE ONLY) - Sanctuary & Livestream
Baby & Toddler Nursery Available at 10:00 AM
Wednesday Outdoor Communion Service - 7:00 AM.
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While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.” But to the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
-Matthew 12: 46-50
Mrs. Mayer played the piano for our children’s Sunday school class and accompanied the children’s choir. Her husband Ron coordinates my parents’ Sunday school class. Their daughter Maria married David Skipper and they helped as youth advisers for a year while I was a youth. When I was twelve, the Skippers were in a church supper club with my parents and brought their two-year-old Andy to dinner. I “babysat” him in the den while the adults had dinner together.
As Andy grew up, my mother and aunt taught him Sunday school. My mom brought his Confirmation Class to Atlanta to tour Columbia Seminary when I was a student and we talked about the call to ministry.
So we found out that Andy was in Roanoke for a three-year psychiatry rotation as part of his medical training at the University of Virginia. So we had him over for dinner last week. It was the witness of the Church that made that possible and the power of the risen Christ to intertwine families within the faith community. This is what we mean when we talk about being “brothers and sisters” to each other in the way Jesus understands family life.
Church isn’t a place we go to receive instruction and inspiration. It is the principal community to which we belong and a family we inherit in the waters of baptism.
I told someone later in the week, when I think about what I want to create as a pastor it is a community where, when my own children are young adults making their way in the world, someone who is currently a teenger at RCPC will find out when they’re in town and have them over for hamburgers on their back porch. Supporting and sustaining each other through the journey of life with grace and love- that’s all this is. When we love in this way we are doing the will of God.
Prayer:
O Lord,
May we remember that you have given us to one another in faith
To support
Encourage
Guide
And love.
Bind us to each other and to new people
With the grace we know in Jesus Christ
And so know what it means to walk in your way and in your will.
AMEN
-The Rev. Andrew C. Whaley, Head of Staff
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June 10 - August 26, 7:00 PM at Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church, and a live stream is available for all concerts on Facebook & YouTube.
August 5 - Brooke Tolley and Friends from Opera Roanoke
August 26 - "Heroic Music for Brass, Timpani, and Organ" featuring the Roanoke Chamber Brass & Mitchell R. Weisiger, Organ Grant Frederick, Guest Conductor, Minister of Music at Bonsack Baptist. Featuring the music of Karg-Elert, Gigout, J.S. Bach, and others.
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Red Sox Game
The fellowship committee is getting a group together for a Salem Red Sox game! The game is Friday, August 6 at 7:00 PM, tickets are $11. It’s also ‘Bark in the Park’ night, in which fans can bring their dog if they get a $5 ‘pooch pass.’ Signup online at tinyurl.com/RCPCSalemRedSox2021 or on a signup sheet in the Gathering Area. Contact Jeff Bossert if you have any questions: jbossert71@outlook.com
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Amazon Smile to Benefit the Rent Assistance Funds Distributed by PCC and RAM
Already shopping on Amazon? Why not have your purchases support RCPC's support of the rent assistance funds distributed by PCC and RAM at the same time! AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on your web browser and can be activated in the Amazon Shopping app for iOS and Android phones. When you shop AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection, and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your choice.
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RCPC Preschool Update
Our teaching staff is complete for our 2021-22 school year but we are still in need of a couple of amazing assistants! If you love children and are interested in a part-time job (hours are 8:45 AM -12:15 PM) please contact us at betsy@rcpres.org. If you already have a child enrolled at the preschool, you will also qualify for a staff discount on tuition!
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July 25 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 Church Discipline
August 1 Job Those Who Suffer Loss
August 8 Genesis 19:8 Lot and His Daughters
August 15 Joshua 8:24 Divine Genocide
August 22 John 10:14-16 Other Sheep
August 29 John 14:1-7 How We Come to God
September 5 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 Skydiving With Jesus
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Baby & Toddler Nursery - Volunteers Needed
We have re-opened our Baby and Toddler Nursery for the 10:00 AM worship services. Registration is no longer required. There are 4 spaces available in the Baby Nursery and 4 spaces available in the Toddler Nursery. We have two caregivers in each room. We have hired two Nursery Caregivers and are seeking to fill two more paid positions for our nursery. If you know someone who may be interested in this position, please let Leigh Sackett know - leigh@rcpres.org
We are also seeking one adult volunteer each Sunday to serve in our nursery. This is a wonderful way to honor the vows of baptism and get to know the young families and the littlest ones of our church.
Sign-up here to volunteer or you can contact Leigh Sackett. Once you have signed up, Leigh will contact you with any additional information you need to know about volunteering in the nursery. Thank you for your consideration in being a part of this ministry!
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Adult Small Groups Summer 2021 Announcement
Adult small groups will not be meeting in the months of July and Augus. Exceptions: Jennifer Bryant's small group who will continue to meet to participate in an independent book study, and David Dixon's small group who will continue to met on Tuesdays at 4:30 PM.
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School Supplies for the West End Center
West End Center for Youth is a non-profit organization located at the corner of Patterson Ave and 13th Street. The Center serves about 85 children in the West End area of Roanoke and beyond providing after-school care with homework tutoring and other opportunities to enrich their lives. RCPC has had a relationship supporting the endeavors of the center since its beginning. We have provided socks and underwear at Christmas, tutors to help with homework, school supplies and our Endowment Board helped the center to purchase minibusses to be able to transport the children to activities around the valley and most recently granted a large gift toward the bathroom/kitchen renovation. The West End Center Friends Mission Group would like to encourage you to participate in the July School Supplies Drive. There is a display set up in the Gathering Area with a complete list of the supplies needed. When a child has the materials needed to begin the school day he/she feels more confident and prepared to engage in the lessons. All supplies need to be brought to the church or West End Center by Sunday, July 25, in order for individual bags to be prepared for each child that will be specific to their school and grade. You may also send in a donation for school supplies. Use our online giving option or mail a check to the church. Be sure to mark in the note: WEC School Supplies. You can sponsor a child with what is requested by their teacher for about $50. This is also a perfect time to consider serving as a homework tutor at the center for the school year. A homework tutor sits with a child and helps the child focus to complete his/her assignments, and coaches the children in reading, learning math facts or studying for a test. It is helpful for the center to have mature tutors who come on a regular basis. Even one afternoon a week or month is very helpful on a regular basis. If you would like more information about tutoring or would like to sign up, please visit our table in the Gathering Area or call Susan Kessler (540-312-2331). We also welcome anyone who would like to be a part of the West End Center Friends Mission Group! Learn more and sign up at our table in the Gathering Area!
Most Needed Items:
Hand sanitizer pump bottles (8oz)
Clorox or similar disinfecting wipes
Highlighters - thin and wide
Plastic pencil boxes
Crayola markers thin and wide
Tissue boxes
Elmer’s glue sticks
Children’s Fiskar brand scissors
Colored pencils
Zippered pencil pouches
Plastic pocket folders with and without brads
Your help is also needed on Monday, August 9 and Tuesday, August 10 to sort and bag the school supplies in our Fellowship Hall. If you are available from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM either morning or even for one hour, please let Susan Kessler know or sign up at the table in the Gathering Area. Thank you!!
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RCPC Flower Guild
The RCPC Flower Guild offers to arrange flowers in memory or in honor of a loved one. If you would like to honor a birthday, anniversary or other special occasion on a specific Sunday, please contact Anne Currin at
anne@rcpres.org or call the church at 540 343-5541. The cost is $80, which is for two arrangements placed in the chancel of the sanctuary.
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JUNE BIRTHDAYS
July 19-25
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20 Cassy Ammen
21 Frankie Doyle
22 Elizabeth Jones
23 Tim Ritz
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24 Dawn Blakeman
Sebastian Danyi
Cora Goad
David Moorman
25 Kurt Guelzow
Sophie Heddleston
Mary MacGibbon
Carol Webster
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The Herald
The Herald is a monthly newsletter that comes in your mailbox the first of each month. The deadline for articles is the 15th of each month to appear in the next month's newsletter.
This Week @ RCPC
The This Week @ RCPC is published every Monday morning via email. This publication is for weekly activities at RCPC. If you would like to receive this email please contact Julie Satterwhite at julie@rcpres.org or call the church office at 540-343-5541 x 107. The deadline for the This Week is noon on Wednesday prior to the Monday publication. Video Board in the Gathering Area
Have an upcoming event? Pictures from a recent event? Want to get information displayed on the video board in the Gathering Area? Please send the information to Carole Banks at pixiebowls@gmail.com
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Prayer Requests
Marie Brown, Alice Cabaniss, Pat Davis, Rachel Erb Birch, Brendan Brown (Kathy and Les Brown's grandson), Gail Cordes, Dawn Blakeman, Mary Frances Donnelly, Sue and Jerry Garrett, Bill Gordge, Mary Hampton, James Harrison, Susan Lindstrom, Helen Lovelace, Roger Lovern, Joe Lynch, Susan Moore, Bob Nelson, Jennifer Owen-O'Quill, Lois Pollash, Marion Raney, Bryan Tims, and all caregivers.
Our sincere thoughts and prayers are extend to Carolyn Hornick
on the passing of her brother, Gordon Bernard.
(Prayers request as of Friday, July 9. Names in bold indicate an addition to the prayer list this week.)
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Dear members of the Presbyterian women’s group, the meal train, the prayer group, as well as anyone else that has held us in their individual prayers,
It is difficult to find adequate words by which to thank all of you. Your love and kindness
showered upon us these last several weeks have meant the world to us. Since we have no family living nearby, it has really been a significant help to us. Please know that your actions have made a positive difference in our lives.
With love,
The Blakeman family,
Dawn, Christopher,and Jackie
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Monday, July 19
10:00 AM - Monday Morning Prayer Group
5:30 PM - Stewardship & Finance
7:00 PM - NO Administrative/Personnel
7:00 PM - Session
Tuesday, July 20
10:30 AM - Primary Purpose: AA
4:15 PM - Worship & Music
4:30 PM - Small Group: Dixon
5:30 PM - Endowment Board
5:30 PM - Tai Chi
8:00 PM - Small Group: Bryant
Wednesday, July 21
7:00 AM - Communion Outdoor Worship
10:00 AM - God Alive – Fifth Graders
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Thursday, July 22
10:00 AM - Centering Prayer @ St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church
10:30 AM - Primary Purpose: AA
5:30 PM - Tai Chi
6:30 PM - Hip Sober Chicks
Friday, July 23
Saturday, July 24
9:00 AM - Scout Regatta
10:00 AM - Living the Word @ Mrs. Leigh’s
Sunday, July 25
10:00 AM - Worship
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1837 Grandin Road SW, Roanoke, Virginia 24015 540.343.5541 |
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