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RUMPLE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WEEKLY SLATE AND STONE
April 21, 2024
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Looking Toward Sunday
April 19, 2024
Dear Rumple Family,
As I look toward Sunday, I am also enjoying these beautiful and unseasonably warm spring days. My car is increasingly covered in pollen which means more and more trees and plants are blooming. Pollen aside, I love this time of the year and the beauty of God’s creation that surrounds us in the High Country.
This Sunday is the closest Sunday to Earth Day so again this year the theme for our worship service will be Creation Care. I will focus my sermon on a text I have, honestly, not every studied or preached on before, in Mark 16. On Easter Sunday I preached about the “additional endings” in the Gospel of Mark and this text is a part of one of those endings that scholars believe was likely added on later. (We’ll talk a little bit more about that on Sunday too.) In this text, we read about Jesus commissioning his first disciples to go out. We know a more well known version of this same message from Matthew 28. In Mark 16:15 we read. “And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.” Here, Jesus invites his disciples to proclaim the Good News of God’s love and resurrection power not just to other people but to all of God’s creation! Together we’ll explore that call and what that can look like in each of our lives.
Members of Rumple’s active Creation Care Team will be helping to lead worship and Alex and Anne Bernhardt will offer a Minute for Mission from that team. As the prelude we will be blessed by a wonderful video, created a few years back, by Rumple member Jim Ruff. Jim is an incredible wildlife photographer and spent countless hours filming out in nature. When Jim was still living in the High Country, we would be blessed by his videos a few times a year. I went searching for one of his videos to share this Sunday. I promise you will be blessed and awed by it.
And last, but not least, we’ll get to enjoy the annual butterfly release- a beautiful symbol of Easter new life.
I continue to update my “sabbatical blog” which is more of an online journal of my reflections as I prepare for sabbatical. I will continue to add to this document while I am away. It will be a place where I reflect on all that I am experiencing on my sabbatical. This week’s entry is my attempt to explain who will be covering what while I am away.
Kathy's sabbatical blog 2024
I look forward to seeing you in person or online this Sunday as we continue to celebrate this joyous season of Easter.
Easter season blessings,
Kathy
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Pastor Kathy Beach will begin a three month sabbatical on Monday, April 29. She will return to Rumple on Monday, July 29. The congregation is invited to share in a sending liturgy in worship on April 28.
Kathy's office hours for the week of April 21 will be on Monday from 10-11 and Wednesday from 2-3 . If you need to schedule another time to meet with Kathy, please call or email her directly.
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Please keep in your prayers: Deatra Sellers on the death of her mother, Lucy on 4/16; mother; the family of Sandi Tinsley, upon her death on 4/5; Jim Ruff; Rene Cuthil, recovering after a hospital stay; Sam Reep; Molly Bowden; Megan, niece of Bob and Janet Stout; Confirmation class: Ellee Bishop, Sheridian Brasier, and Kate Rex; Walt and Mary Ann Baggstrom’s son’s father in law, Joe; Lou, friend of Debra and David Brenner; Celeste, friend of Bill and Janet Goodman; Mary Ann Baggstrom’s sister, Connie; Leslie Novilla’s brother, Denny; Sarah Settlemyer’s friend, Theresa; Bill Hall; Barbara Leon’s former pastor, Jackie; Linda Steen; Jean, Sherry Wilson’s mom; Cullie Tarleton; Walt Baggstrom’s brother, Bob; Linda Steen's sister in law, Dot; Charles Coley; Betty Coffey; Patti Curtis' mom, Sally; Marion Stadler; Sylvia Kiker; Lynn Henderson’s mother, Frances; Lucy Aldridge; Linda Jerger; Ruth George.
To send cards or condolences for Sandi Tinsley please mail them to her son,
Christopher Tarr
3180 N Deer Track Road
Tucson, AZ 85749
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Everyone is invited to come help celebrate the June arrival of Baby Boy Eaton-Ford!
To view Lindsey and Brandon's registry, click here.
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The annual Mother's Day Breakfast at Rumple is on Sunday, May 12th. Come enjoy a light breakfast and some wonderful fellowship from 10:00-10:45 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. You do not have to be a mother to attend. Everyone is welcome to come enjoy food, fellowship, and to give thanks for all mothers. | |
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Bair's Recital
Solo Piano Recital - Bair Shagdaron will play a solo piano recital featuring music of Bach and Liszt on Sunday, April 28th at 8:00 pm in Rosen Hall, Hayes School of Music, Appalachian State University. No admission charged.
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Congrats to our graduating college students | |
Hannah Popham (soprano) is a second year Master of Vocal Performance student studying with Dr. Tyler Young. She received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Piedmont University. Her performance credits include supporting roles in Dido and Aeneas and Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music. She is hoping to open her own private voice studio, focusing on providing music to everyone no matter their economic status and work with her local social services office to help her community. | |  |
Jacob Greene has enjoyed being part of our worship team helping with streaming and sound. He is graduating next month from Appalachian State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management. Jacob will be moving back to his hometown of Kernersville, NC where he will work in the field of utility construction for KRG Utility Inc. He would like to thank everyone for their kind support and especially for their prayers during a recent hospital stay. He is grateful to have the opportunity to use his interests in technology to serve Christ and the church here at Rumple Presbyterian. | | |
Summer Salt Shakers and Lunch Bunch
"Salt Shakers” is a dinner group that meets monthly, June thru October, to enjoy a meal and fellowship at a member’s home. Other members will bring a side dish to share. "Lunch Bunch" is a group that joins for lunch one time a month at a local restaurant. This gathering will be very informal but a wonderful way to greet old friends and to make new ones and best of all, nothing is required of you but to show up. More information will follow once we receive the sign-up sheets. Sign up through May 12th. Participants will be assigned to a group and will be contacted by your group leader in late May. Click here to sign up. | | |
Congregational Care Card Day will be on Tuesday, April 23rd at 10:30. We would love to have you join us for fun and stimulating card games, good food, and fellowship. We meet the last Tuesday of each month with Betty Womack as our “card instructor!” A delicious lunch is provided and the cost is $8 per person. Please RSVP by Sunday April 21st to Annie Tarbutton at 770-301-4127. We need a good count for card table set up and food! | | |
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Creation Care Sunday will be this
Sunday, April 21.
Earth Care Congregation Recertification Rumple has again been recertified as a PC(USA) Earth Care Congregation. This annual certification acknowledges our congregation's commitment to integrate environmental practices and thinking into our worship, education, facilities, and outreach.
If you're interested in joining Rumple's Creation Care committee or learning more about our work, please reach out to any of our members: Misty Mayfield and Hope Squires (co-chairs), Anne and Alex Bernhardt, Stephanie Hankins, Shirley Harris, Mary Hutchens, Kim Kincaid, Judy Lilly, Mike Mayfield, and Missy Rankin.
Holy Hike on Earth Day
Join us for our next hike this Monday, April 22 at 1:30 p.m. We'll meet at Bass Lake and take the Maze around to the Apple Barn and then back down to the lake for a total of 3.8 miles. We hope you'll join us for this celebration of Earth Day.
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Rise Against Hunger Update Awesome news! Meals packaged at our Rise Against Hunger 2023 Experience have shipped.
At this moment, meals we packaged are headed to Burundi!
Located in the Rift Valley in East Africa, Burundi faces poverty and high levels of food insecurity. Since the country gained independence, internal conflict has impacted agricultural production, an important source of livelihood for many. Refugees and returning displaced Burundians depend on food assistance, yet available resources have become scarce. The Global Hunger Index, which assesses food insecurity based on indicators that measure undernourishment and undernutrition, estimates that Burundi has an “alarming” level of hunger. Save the date for this years event on November 11th.
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VBS REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church and St. Mary
of the Hills have partnered once again to offer Vacation Bible School to rising Kindergarteners thru 5th grade. This year, our VBS theme is “Hometown Nazareth,” where kids explore Jesus’ hometown and get a taste of what life was like in Nazareth in Biblical times. They’ll also be fascinated and engaged by stories of Mary. There’ll be fun and games, Nazareth market shops, and more.
VBS will be held at St. Mary of the Hills Monday through Thursday, June 17-20. It’ll begin at 9 am and end at noon Monday through Wednesday and will be held from 9 am to 1 pm on Thursday. Transportation assistance will be available for children who might need to go to daycare or somewhere similar after VBS each day. Just let us know what you need, and we’ll do our best to help make VBS an option for your child.
Fill out the form here to register your child(ren). If you have any questions, reach out to Lindsey Eaton, Rumple’s Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries or Lindsey Herring, St. Mary’s Director of Christian Formation.
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Please join us in celebrating our only Senior Youth, Wyn Vickrey! We will recognize Wyn during Youth Sunday on May 5th, and we invite you to help us celebrate him with special gifts from the congregation! We have a laundry basket at Rumple House for you to drop off cards, gift cards, dorm supplies, or anything you want to share with Wyn. We will also bring the basket into the sanctuary on Sundays to make it easier to drop off gifts. We will present it to him on May 5th. Thank you for helping us congratulate Wyn and make him feel loved by his Rumple Church family.
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Save the Date: Visiting Scholar, Brennan Breed, May 5 at 9:30 via zoom in person. Dr. Brennan Breed's topic will be "Our Biblical Covenant: How do we fulfill our obligations and connections to others in the international communities experiencing agony and misery".
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JOIN RUMPLE FOR Sunday morning worship April 21st at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary or live on our webpage or YouTube channel. Bulletins are available on the church website.
Know that each Sunday our worship service is livestreamed. If you are feeling under the weather, you are encouraged to stay home and worship online for the health and safety of others.
All previous online worship services can be found on YouTube.
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Confirmation Sunday
On Sunday, April 28th, we will confirm three of our youth during the service. There will be a small reception after the service to welcome the new confirmands as members of the church. | | |
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Youth Sunday
Rumple Youth will be leading the service on May 5th. They've worked diligently to prepare for this, so please come show your support! We will also recognize our only senior youth, Wyn Vickrey. This is a special day for our youth, so come join in the fun!
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