FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Message from Pastor Mori 

Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist Church The Weekly Newsletter    Message from Pastor Mori Dear Ravenswood Fellowship family,   The start of the new school year is an exciting and delightful time for many of us. I read an article that said the end of August is often the beginning of anxiety for some parents. Especially, today when the COVID-19 rate is rocketing high again and variant versions of the virus are breaking out, some schools and universities are open for in-person study while others remain online or hybrid.   So, if you are a parent who is experiencing a little extra stress at the beginning of a new school year, you are not alone. In fact, your feeling is more common than you may think! According to a survey from Kiddie Academy -an educational childcare center, when all members of the family are polled, 63 percent said that the hardest time was the first day of school.  We live with a lot of unknowns, and we want our students to be healthy and happy. So, what can we do? We can pray to God. Pray for student's safety and their school years, we can pray for the strength, courage, and hope. So, this week, we plan a time for pray for student and their family. This week, Deaconess Catherine Inserra will join us and pray to God. She will deliver the sermon and update us on her ministry at Kids Above All. After worship, we will gather outside of church building on Hermitage to have a Backpack Blessing Prayer.  I hope many students join us for the Backpack Blessing prayer and celebrate the new school year and explore what it means to be a blessing to others during this hard time in our world! Also, I deeply thank you everyone who sending school supply donations for the Kids Above All "Backpack Drive" ministry. We received twice the donations compared to last year!! We will give our donations to Catherine after the blessing.  Thank you so much!  Blessings MORI  Give on PayPal    Community Info & Links                 RFUMC Backpack Blessing       The Backpack blessing will take place here at church on Sunday August 29, After worship service.         RFUMC Deep Listening Day                                            CONSULTANT MEETING WITH Rev. Beth Estock   We will have time to listen to your voice about the Ravenswood Fellowship life and find the best way to grow up together and become an even more beautiful community.                                       Ravenswood Fellowship UMC Deep Listening Day Schedule.                            Please choose one of the following group (Sign-Up)                                                            Group A  Sunday  Sep 19  9:00 – 10:30 AM Main Topic :  What is our story? What can we discover about the values that inform our story? What is the next chapter to our story?                                                            Group B  Sunday  Sep 19  12:00-  1:30  PM Main Topic : What do you think that we do best?  Things like our wonderful fellowship, music, family and relationships, gardening, social justice, food. How can we take what we do best and what we love and share it?                              Group C  Monday Sep  20 10:00 -11:30  AM Main Topic : 3.If our sanctuary is safe and inclusive, how may we challenge ourselves and our community to practice our mission for social justice  and the words of Jesus. Rev. Beth Estock coaches churches all over the united State. She grew up in the Midwest, began her patrol work in the Bible Belt, and then moved to the Pacific Northwest two decades ago. She is an ordained pastor in The United Methodist Church, a contemplative, cultural architect, and futurist. She and her husband, Jeff, and two daughters live in Portland, Oregon.   Please register to join at sign-up link here or call to the Church office 773-561-2610. If you have any questions about The Early Adopter Consultant Program at the Ravenswood Fellowship UMC, please let us know!         RFUMC Second Rainbow Sunday                                                                             Second Rainbow Sunday - Sep 05 2021  During the months of August through November, we will be celebrating Rainbow Sundays when we will invite guest preachers from the LGBTQ+ community to give us their messages of inclusiveness and welcome.On Sep 5th Sundaywe will listen sermon from Rev. Andi Voinovich.                                                                       Well-being Ministry                                       RFUMC Yoga Class Open                                                                 Yoga classes start on September 11 Saturday  8:45-10:00 AM (Every Saturday)   Fee per person $12 (More information: Church Office 773-561-2610)                       Instructor Gina Maria  (to learn more about Vitality, click here.) Gina is a therapeutic yoga instructor by vocation. Over the past 20+ years she's had classical training and learned therapeutic techniques studying with excellent, widely regarded professionals in the field. From her combined training and experience, she has forged a style designed to restore pain-free movement with manual neuromuscular facilitation and maintain optimal function with sequences based upon solid biomechanical principles. She also holds academic degrees in Literature and History.                                                         Standing with Haiti Amid Quake and Storm United Methodists are reaching out with their prayers and pocketbooks as Haiti deals with a devastating earthquake and torrential rains from Tropical Storm Grace. The United Methodist Committee on Relief is collecting donations, and churches are working with partners in the country to provide relief. Read the latest from United Methodist News Service. Read story Click to give to UMCOR International Disaster Response                                                                   September sign-up for Worship Readers                                Sign up here to volunteer as a worship reader during September.  Here is the sermon series and scripture information. Thanks for your assistance!                                                                                    Pastor's Off Day                                          Aug 30- September                                             Every Tuesday                                                                                Upcoming Meetings                                                Re-Opening Commitee Meeting                                       Thu Sep 02 7:00 PM Zoom Online                                                                                Sermon by Phone service                                               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!                                                                                  RFUMC Building Ministry                  Ravenswood Fellowship UMC  Aug 2021 Calendar 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. Chicago is currently in Phase 5. Click here to view phase 5 recommendations. Chicago Reopen guidelines Here Cook County Depart of Public Health Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CCDPH                                              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. September Scriptures and sermon titles are 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. 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