Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist Church The Weekly Newsletter | | Message from Pastor Mori
Dear Ravenswood Fellowship family,
Have you ever had a difficult conversation?
This is the time to consider having a difficult conversation; I say "difficult" because we don't know the answer!
We will talk about Ravenswood Fellowship UMC. Our past and future, our history, and our plans. Also, we will talk about who we are and where we are now. Where do we want to go? We don't have the perfect answer now, but we will figure it out to plan for RFUMC.
And for that, we need your thoughts and opinions because you love this church more than anyone. We have a great consultant group to meet us and help us. Consultant Rev. Beth will be flying over from Portland, Oregon, and will meet us and lead the "difficult conversation" to find the answers for us!
If you have not yet signed up to meet her, please sign-up now. Link here
We will have three groups with the following meeting times. We have prepared virtual opportunities! So, if you cannot join in person, please join using Zoom!
Sunday Sep 19, 9:00-10:30 AM
Sunday Sep 19, 12:00-1:30 PM
Monday Sep 20, 10:00-11:30 AM
Also, she will attend worship with us to experience our service, so please participate in-person if you would like to meet her.
Thank you so much for your support and help with the RFUMC Deep Listening Day. I believe it is an excellent start to drawing the blueprint for where RFUMC might be five or ten years from now.
Blessings
MORI
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| Prayers for the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 | |
We remember, God of history and remembrance, we remember. We remember when the towers fell and the lives were lost; we remember the dust and the smoke, the despair, and the grief. We remember that sense of vulnerability and shock. We remember the numbness that overwhelmed us as we watched our screens for hours and hours, waiting for an explanation and understanding that never came. We remember. Read this prayer by Derek Weber from Discipleship Ministries. | |
RE-OPENING Team Survey
Thank you so much for your cooperation in following our safety guidelines!!
In this revised survey, we want to ask three more questions to improve safety during the recent spike in COVID-19 infections. This survey is anonymous. Take the survey- click here
Hurricane Ida Damage Includes UMC Churches!
After spending a week traveling through some of the hardest-hit areas in southeast Louisiana, which suffered extensive damage from Category 4 Hurricane Ida, NIC Disaster Coordinator Colin Monk and his team from First UMC in Morris are heading home. They spent much of the time coordinating relief efforts, delivering supplies, distributing hot meals and sharing a caring heart. Follow their daily updates at facebook.com/nicdisaster. If you are interested in helping in the relief efforts, connect with NIC Disaster Coordinator, Colin Monk at monks5@comcast.net or 815-603-9523.
As the storm moved toward the mid-Atlantic states causing devastating flooding, UMCOR continued to respond with more relief supplies and grants. Read more
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 States. 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!
Wellness Ministry
RFUMC Yoga Class  Instructor Gina Maria (to learn more about Vitality click here) The first Yoga class is this Saturday September 11.
As stated by Gina Maria: "My whole teaching consists of two words, 'meditation' and 'love.' Meditate so that you can feel immense silence, and love so that your life can become a song, a dance, a celebration."
If you cannot attend Yoga in person, Here is the Online class link!
Every week on Saturday, 08:45-10 AM CT https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87440845573
Young People Bible Study Fall Book
 Main question - We will talk about.... -
How do Jin, Danny, and the Monkey King try to fit in? What do they learn about acceptance? -
How does this book approach the theme of self-acceptance? Why are all the characters trying to be something they're not? -
How do the fantastical elements of the book reinforce the more realistic ones, and vice versa? -
Are some stories better-suited to prose than to comics? What sorts of narrative effects are possible in a graphic novel that might not work in another medium? (original resource -Here)
 Online Lay Servant Ministries course: Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts - (Oct. 4 - 15) Cost $75. Participants will interact via online discussions, journals, and videos throughout the two weeks. Participants are also expected to read the Discipleship Resources book, "Each One a Minister," by William J. Carter, and "Spirit Gifts," by Patricia Brown. Click here to register.
Upcoming Meetings
Thursday Sep 17 STAFF Meeting
11:00 AM Zoom + In Person
Sep 19-20 Deep Listening Day
Zoom + In Person
Pastor's Off Day
Aug 30- September- Every Tuesday
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 September 2021 Calendar Here Church Room Reservation Form (to request use of the common areas of the church Click Here
After Covid-19 Updates.
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.
- 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.
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