Community Info & Links Christmas Eve Worship Service RFUMC Christmas Eve Service In-Person and Zoom Online Friday December 24 3:00 PM Advent Book & Prayer Group Christmas Potluck Luncheon Sunday December 19th following worship service. (picture- original resource : https://www.florisumc.org/event/xroads-christmas-potluck/) Please join us for our Christmas worship service (10:30 am) and our annual Christmas Potluck Luncheon directly following service. Bring your favorite dish to share. All food donations are welcome! We will feast on all the delicious food. If you would be willing to volunteer to be a server or on the set-up/clean-up crew, please let the church office staff know. We appreciate all donations and all volunteers. Here is sign - up link for potluck. Order your Christmas Poinsettia! We are taking orders for poinsettias. ($15) They will be delivered to the church on December 17th and will adorn the altar in the sanctuary during the Christmas week. Many thanks to Marlynne Nishimura for taking on the task of securing the orders and handling the delivery from the florist. To place your order, please click here, or contact the church office at (773) 561-2610. The deadline to order will be Dec 15. Discussion Series Explores What it Means to be United Methodist Tuesdays through Dec. 21 "Tuesdays at the Table: Should I stay? Or should I go?" is a new discussion series for United Methodists, presented by the Connectional Table (CT) in cooperation with general agencies and contributors. Weekly segments will explore topics aimed at helping viewers better understand their faith, their church and themselves. The sessions will premiere every Tuesday at 10:00 am CT on Facebook, and will also be available for later viewing at UMC.org/ComeToTheTable and the UMC YouTube channel. For details, click here. Put your Holiday Spirit into action by stepping up to support Kids Above All's Holiday Gift Drive 2021. You can help make the holidays joyful and bright for all the children they serve in a variety of ways, including sponsoring children, volunteering in their toy room Dec 1-13, and/or ordering online to help stock their pop-up toy store. If you would like to help, contact Deaconess Catherine Inserra at 847-224-2870 or cinserra@kidsaboveall.org. Emergency Rental Assistance Program Applications for the next round of Emergency Rental Assistance Program will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 6 for households that experienced a financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including a loss of income or increased expenses such as a reduction of work hours, unemployment or time taken off to care for oneself or loved ones who were ill or vulnerable to COVID-19. Tenants and landlords may apply online at Chicago.gov/RentHelp through 11:59 p.m. on December 18. In-Home Vaccinations Available In-home vaccination is available to all Chicago households, with anyone age 5 and up is eligible to receive a vaccine. Up to 10 people can be vaccinated at a time, so Chicagoans can invite family, friends, or neighbors to their home to be vaccinated together. Appointments are available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. To make an appointment for in-home vaccination, call (312) 746-4835 or register at Chicago.gov/AtHome. Paid Research Opportunity for Chicago Parents If you have a child aged 5-11, the Chicago Department of Public Health would like to ask you to participate in a virtual focus group! Qualified individuals who complete a full 90-minute online discussion session will earn $50. You just need access to the internet on a selected day in December via computer. Focus groups will be hosted in English and Spanish and will take place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the week of December 13. We look forward to hearing your thoughts. If you would like to participate, click HERE and please share this with the other Chicago parents or guardians. If you have questions about the research, please email healthychicago@cityofchicago.org. We have made a few changes to the church Leadership List as it was in 2020. If you would like to verify which committees you may be part of, please click here. Please let Pastor Mori if you see any errors. Upcoming Meetings Trustee Committee Meeting Sun Dec 05 11:30 AM Advent Book/ Prayer Group Thu Dec 09 7:00 PM 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 Dec 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. December 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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