Sixth Sunday of Easter

Message from Pastor Mori 

Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist Church The Weekly Newsletter    Message from Pastor Mori Dear RFUMC Family Greetings in Christ! Mother's Day is when we share with our mothers how they are amazing and how much we love and appreciate them.  For me, it seems hard to believe, but this is the second Mother's Day during the ongoing pandemic. I remember that all the mothers worldwide have truly been some of those on the "front line," of providing encouragement and support to their families.  We want to be sure that we take an extra special approach to Mother's Day this year! We here at Ravenswood Fellowship want to express our appreciation for our mothers and so during tour worship Jean and Kiyoko will lead our Mother's Day liturgy prayer and pray for the mothers, daughters, and sons of the world.  So might say that "it's just what a Mom does who loves her family," but we know that the hours of sacrifice and extra labor have been tiring. Yet, you do it because of your amazing love for those God has entrusted to your care. The words "thank you" seem so small in light of all our moms have done, but we will do our best to make that "thank you" as special as possible. Blessings in Christ,  Happy Mother's Day !!  Pastor Mori    Give on PayPal    Community Info & Links      This Sunday is Mother's Day.  We would like to wish a happy Mother's Day to all.  Kiyo and Jean Fujiu will lead in a Mother's Day prayer this Sunday during worship service.  Thanks to Kiyo and Jean! We will have our first in-person worship service on May 23rd at 10:30 am.  This will take place in the garden.  We will keep the capacity size to 20 people.  Face masks are required.  If you are interested in attending in person, please sign-up using the link here. If you are unable to attend, we will still have our worship online as well, using our Zoom link.       Justice Generation Virtual Concert                                                     Kimiko and Eriko Darcy will present a fundraising virtual concert to advocate anti-racism.  The concert will take place on Saturday May 15th  6:30 - 7:15 pm.  Please click here to view the concert.  To learn more about Eriko and Kimiko, and what they have been doing, click here for Eriko's bio, and here for Kimiko's bio.. The Justice Generation organization is a United Methodist Church (Northern Illinois conference) anti-racism high school youth group. Kimiko is active in this group. The group shares experiences and opinions on social justice and racial issues. To learn more about this organization, click here.  The proceeds of the concert will be distributed to various charitable organizations which promote social justice. To support this concert, please send checks to the church, payable to Ravenswood Fellowship UMC.  If you would like to make a donation using paypal, please click here.  (Please designate any donation "Darcy concert")                      Each Memorial Day, the Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago (JMAS) holds a service at Montrose Cemetery, 5400 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL.  This year the Memorial Day service will be a virtual service.  Pastor Mori will speak as a representative of the Christian community. The service will be on Monday May 31 at 11:00 am.  To view the service, click here.                                                                    Hello from Jane Ogasawara                                         I visited Jane last Thursday. Because her facility shut-down to prevent the spread of COVID-19, I needed to change our plan several times. Finally, we met! I showed her the Ravenswood Fellowship Sunday worship video and several pictures. She was thrilled to see our members' faces and asked to me say hello.She is doing very well and still enjoys craft classes twice a week. I could not wait to meet her again!                                             Happy Mother's Day Jane!                                                      May 02 AAPI Rally Media Coverage                                 Chicago Tribune here   FOX 32 : Group and Faith Leaders Rally Against Asian Attacks    NBC 5 : Uptown faith community rallies against anti-Asian hate WGN : Uptown faith community rallies against uptick in anti-Asian hate WGN :Uptown faith community rallies against uptick in anti-Asian hate   ABC 7 : Stand Against Hate - Uptown protest calls for stop to racist violence                          Weekly Sermon Phone Service  773-219-0861 If you do not have computer access or cannot access our Sunday worship service through a smart phone, we now have a sermon by phone service, which is available at any time! The phone number is (773) 219-0861.  You can listen to a recent version of Pastor Mori's Sunday sermon and it's free!                                                                              Ravenswood Fellowship UMC May 2021 - Calendar  Click Here    Church Room Reservation Form (to request use of the common areas of the church Click Here        After Covid-19 Updates.    Read about the Phases for Re-Opening here. Is that document too long? Read the summary version here. Illinois: State-by-State COVID-19 Guidance                                         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 service Bible reader Sign-Up 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. 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