First Sunday in Lent

Message from Pastor Mori 

Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist Church The Weekly Newsletter    Message from Pastor Mori Dear RFUMC Family When was the last time you sat quietly do nothing?    Many of American are more comfortable with staying busy because if seems like we are making progress and being productive.    However, we know that busyness does not guarantee fruitfulness. Also, in the busyness, we may easily harm our spiritual wellbeing if we lose room for God.   Contemplative prayer is one way forward to make a room for being with God.    In the book "Being with God," A.J. Sherrill explains that in contemplative prayer both God and the person play a part: "our part is consent, surrender, and stillness. God's part is meeting us in that posture. And there is nothing and no one to fear in completive prayer. We simply tune the frequency of our hearts (and mind and bodies) to God who never stops loving us."    We experience a variety of issues and problems every day. Whatever the size of the problems, usually the problem isn't on God's end. Most of time, it is lies with me. So I am running and seeking to find the way to resolve and at the end, I feel overwhelmed and tired by the problems and forget the one who was with me the entire time – God.    We forget that being is stronger than doing because if we are doing without being we end up weary, anxious, and tired.  I hope that RFUMC family can join the daily morning Lenten prayer and experience contemplative prayer. (Zoom Online Link- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89205361750)    As a first step I want to invite you to:   Slow down Pay attention  Be still  Be loved.    Blessings   MORI      Give on PayPal   Community Info & Links                                                                                                                                         Lenten Daily Prayer                                       Mon - Friday Every Morning 8:00 AM                                                                                                                                        Please join us during the season of Lent, for a daily prayer group.  It is a wonderful way to begin the day!  If you would like to be a scripture reader during the morning prayer, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0449A9AE2AABFB6-lent4   Here is the Zoom link to join the Daily Lent Prayer group:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89205361750   Night Ministry and Ravenswood Fellowship UMC March 6 Sunday  Our next date to serve with the Night Ministry is Sunday March 6th.  Please stay, if you are able, after worship service and help prepare sandwich suppers to be served with the Night Ministry.  If you have any free time prior to that Sunday and would like to assist with shopping for food or packaging items, please let the church office know.  We appreciate all volunteers!                                                       Lenten Worship Series                                                          Roll Down Justice                                                                                      Spaghetti Dinner Saturday March 26th.  Spaghetti Dinner      We will be offering curb-side pick-up only.  $15/meal or $50 for a family meal (feeds 4). Vegetarian option available.  We will take pre-orders only!   To place an order online, please click here.  If you are able to volunteer to help with the Spaghetti dinner, please contact the church office.  We appreciate any and all assistance. Spring Church Office Hours Beginning in March, we will resume regular church office hours as follows: Monday: Office closed Tuesday:  9:30-2:30 pm Wednesday:  9:30-2:30 pm Thursday:  9:30-2:30 pm Friday:  9:30-2:30 pm   Upcoming Meetings Early Adopter Meeting with Rev. Beth TBA                  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 March 2022 Calendar click Here Church Room Reservation Form (to request use of the common areas of the church) Click 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 service Bible reader Sign-Up here. March and April 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.    Give on PayPal Our mailing address is: 4511 North Hermitage Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 Contact us at: ravfelumc@yahoo.com (773) 561-2610 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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