Seventh Sunday of Pentecost

Message from Pastor Mori 

Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist Church The Weekly Newsletter    Message from Pastor Mori     Dear RFUMC family   This is the first rummage sale of my life! So when the rummage sale committee announced the 2022 Ravenswood Rummage sale, my first of response was "worry."   Yes, I was worried because we are still threatened by Covid-19 variations so I expected that no one would provide us with donations. I didn't know how we could fill RFUMC's giant gym and rummage room. We had gigantic empty rooms….and I thought, "how will we fill them."  But the rummage sale committee said, "Don't worry about the donations." Honesty, I could not give up my doubt: however, an amazing thing happened the very next day: we started to receive donations, and then the same thing happened on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and as the time passed, I learned that we receive donations not only from Church members, but also from neighbors.    People keep bringing things to sell: some young girl donated her doll set, a man brought clothes that no longer fit. I don't know how they learned about the RFUMC rummage sale! But what I know is the empty gym filled out with all of clothes and shoes and accessories and the rummage room is filled with household goods and decorations.    As I opened the church door for another donor who had never been in the church but wanted to help us, I learned the power of community.    Also, I want to deeply thank the rummage sale committee: Lisa, Teddie, Marlynne, Cheryl, BJ, Donna, Tammy, Betty, Sarah, John, Julane and Yuko…and the young adult group who helped to move furniture and hangers!    Last week, I met this group everyday as they came to work at the rummage sale. I want to say thank you to all the volunteers who are our good friends and to all the different churches they came to RFUMC to help us.    I met a lot of good people who really care about the community through the preparations for the rummage sale and I praise God for their ministry!!    Thank you!    Blessings MORI                                                          Monday                                   Thursday                                                        Monday                                 Thursday                                   Give on PayPal      Community Info & Links                 Rummage Sale           The Rummage sale will take place on Saturday October 1 from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm and a pre-sale will take place on Friday September 30th from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm.  Admission to the pre-sale will be $5. (Cash Only) If you are able to help run the sale on either or both days, please contact Lisa Sloan or Marlynne Nishimura.  We are in need of people to help run the sale.   Please join us for in-person worship as we celebrate Homecoming Sunday with our friends from the Indo-Pak congregation. It will be a nice time to catch up and worship together as we remember our treasured moments of sharing our church building and church family. Help for Immigrant Families Arriving from Texas  More than 750 asylum seekers from Central and South America have now arrived on buses sent from Texas since Aug. 31 and more are expected, according to the city of Chicago. In collaboration with local, state, and federal agencies, the city of Chicago is taking action to welcome and ensure these migrants have access to shelter, food, and other resource Several churches across the conference in each district are serving as donation collection sites to be convenient, centralized locations in order to bring the items to the city. For the list of locations, contacts, drop-off instructions and other ways to help, click here.       Scripture Reader Sign-ups                         Would you like to participate in worship service by being a scripture reader?  If so, please sign up by clicking HERE Thanks for assisting in worship!     Coffee Hour Sign-ups                       We have begun to have a light coffee hour following worship service on the first and third Sunday's each month.  If you would like to sign up for a coffee hour (bring a light snack and serve beverages) please sign up by clicking here                                                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 August 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. August 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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