Community Info & Links October 03 Saturday Japanese Garden Prayer
Pet Blessing A Blessing of Animals, in many congregations, witnesses to God's and the Church's love, care, and concern for creation. As we recognize our mutual interdependence with God's creatures, the Church's witness of stewardship of creation is strengthened.
The tradition of pet blessing originated from the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. This year Ravenswood Fellowship UMC has invited a Franciscan priest from St. Peter's in the Loop Church to share in our pet blessing.
Pastor Mori and the Franciscan Priest bless pets. Date and time: October 03 Saturday, 10:00 AM
Place: Hermitage side of Ravenwood Fellowship UMC
Bible Study
Pastor Mori is writing the Bible study lessons and a Leader's Guide on the Gospel of Luke and the loneliness. During the pandemic, we have been isolated and faced with an uncertain future. As we live with the crisis, people have lost the chance to form relationships with other people and we have been forced to deal with our own loneliness. The Bible lesson will focus on how the Bible teaches us to handle our loneliness. Last session- October 08 Thursday 7:00-8:00 PM Zoom online (Meeting ID: 767 300 8300) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7673008300
World Communion Sunday
October 04 Sunday is World Communion Sunday!
World Communion Sunday offers congregations a distinctive opportunity to experience Holy Communion in the context of the global community of faith. The first Sunday of October has become a time when Christians in every culture break bread and pour the cup to remember and affirm Christ as the Head of the Church. (www.globalministries.org)
Pumpkin Spice Cinema Club
Do you like movies? I love movies! If you like movies and pumpkin spice tea, please join the Ravenswood Fellowship Church Pumpkin Spice Cinema Club. From October 22 to November 19, we will have a cinema club with five movies through Zoom online.
Movies are a visual art form with story and characters and music: there are so many forms of art and so many ideas and perceptions that reflect our world! These five movies will allow us to talk about social justice issues such as racism, justice, and global warming. Also, we will talk about the love and beauty of relationships.
If you want to be on the panel to pick the movie and help me prepare questions, please join a "Preview," on Thursday, Oct 15, from 7:00 to 8:00. The link is here: (Meeting ID: 883 6694 3163)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88366943163 If you want to just come and enjoy with your popcorn, please log-in on the zoom links here: (Meeting ID: 883 6694 3163)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88366943163
Thursday, October 22 7:00-8:00 Movie To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Thursday, October 29 7:00-8:00 Movie Wonder (2017)
Thursday, November 05 7:00-8:00 Movie The Impossible (2012)
Thursday, November 12 7:00-8:00 Movie TBA
Thursday, November 19 7:00-8:00 Movie My Neighbor Totoro (1993) -TBA
2020 Church Conference
Save the date! The Church Conference season will look very different this year with most Conferences taking place through Zoom video conferencing. Ravenswood Fellowship UMC's Church Conference date is Sunday, November 15, at 12:00 PM. The SPRC meeting is at 11:30 AM. Click here to access the 2020 online forms for the committee chairs.
Laity Sunday
October 18 Sunday
Methodism has a long history celebrating and recognizing the ministry of the laity. It is important to say to the Ravenswood Fellowship family, "This church is your church." We always work together as a faith community and without lay leaders, we would not be called the church. In the early days of American Methodism, the laity served and maintained congregations between visits of the circuit riders. Today, laypeople are the front line of daily ministry at the workplace, in the home, and within the community. Laity Sunday is celebrated on the Third Sunday of October in the Methodist tradition. I want to invite you to an October 18th celebration of Laity Sunday to give thanks to our lay leaders. We will take the time to introduce our lay leaders and share their work. This year they have needed to work with two new pastors under the pandemic situation.
We need the whole Body of Christ as we seek to become a more vital congregation who makes disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!
Meeting Announcement
Advisory Council Meeting Sunday, October 04, after worship via Zoom. Finance Committee
Date and Time: TBA
Nomination Committee
Date and Time: TBA
Trustee Meeting
Date and Time: TBA
Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
October 12, from 1:00-2:30p CST The Northern Illinois Conference Anti-Racism Task Force and the Committee on Native American Ministries are jointly planning three events in the coming school year (2020-2021) in the fall, winter, and spring. This is part of the Task Force's Justice Generation initiative which involves United Methodist teens in a year-long service-learning/action journey promoting racial justice. The fall event is a virtual celebration of worship, learning, and discussion via Zoom in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, October 12, from 1:00-2:30p CST. UNITED METHODIST TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE WARMLY INVITED and can register for this event by clicking here.
After Covid-19 Updates. Read about the Phases for Re-Opening here. Is that document too long? Read the summary version here.
COVID-19 Assistance Program
-The Illinois Emergency Mortage Assistance Program.
This program will begin accepting applications on Monday, Aug.24, for those who meet the requirements. More Information is here
-ComEd's Customer-Assitance Package.
This program helps customers affect the pandemic with grants up to $500 to more flexible payment options. More information is here.
Links for Worship. - Join Zoom worship by going to this link at 10:30 AM on Sunday: https://zoom.us/j/806489040. Or call in at 1-312-626-6799 (Meeting ID: 806 489 040).
- Let's boost our worship! Please sign-up for Worship Bible Reader. October Worship Bible reader sign-up here. October Bible Scripture here
- Young People's Bible Study. Ages 12-18 are invited to join the Zoom discussion of Jesus stories at 9 AM on Sunday mornings. Join the Zoom call here (Meeting ID: 828 2305 3546, One-tap mobile+13126266799)
- Want prayer? During our Prayers of the People, we will read your prayer requests. Submit your prayer requests here.
- Download. Get your bulletin here.
- Having trouble? Try logging off and logging back on to Zoom during the video. Or simply log off and call in.
- Missed last week? Check out the Facebook Live video on our page here.
| 
No comments:
Post a Comment