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1 Rayne MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH for 142 years shining the light of God s love and grace 3900 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday Worship at 8:45 and 11 am February 7, 2018 We Welcome All! We warmly welcome all to worship on Sundays at 8:45 or 11 am and Sunday School at 9:45 am, to participate freely in the life of this community of faith and love, and to become a member of this congregation. Rayne welcomes and embraces all people regardless of race, class, gender, or sexual orientation with open hearts, open minds, and open doors! Jazz Sunday NEW ITEMS OF INTEREST* - Friday, February 9, 2 pm RECP Mardi Gras Parade - Wednesday, Febrary 21, 6 pm Lenten Study begins and SCL Wednesday night study resumes. - Saturday, February 24, 8 am - 4 pm Habitat for Humanity hosts Unity Build Reunion Day - Friday, March 23, 7-10 pm Brass Bash at the Howlin Wolf to benefit Luke s House Medical Clinic *Highlights new events added this week. Note what interests you and find the full details in this newsletter. One service at 10 am with the Mark Braud Band All are welcome! Welcome to Rayne! If you are interested in becoming part of the Rayne community, please contact Jay Hogewood at or jay@raynenola.org Ash Wednesday Services 7-8 am Ashes, Sanctuary 12 pm Service, Mt. Zion UMC 6 pm Service at Rayne with The Chancel Choir Directed by C. Leonard Raybon Marcus St. Julien, organist

2 Upcoming Events RECP Mardi Gras Parade - Friday, February 9, 2 pm Announcing ~ King Jonathan and Queen Flora of the Dalmatians Class Come one, come all! Jazz Service at 10 am with the Mark Braud Band One service for all - children, adults, teens, parade goers, jazz music lovers, visitors & members alike, King cake connoisseurs, krewe members and Mardi Gras aficionados! All are welcome! Stay for lunch after the service! Rayne 20/30 will sell hot dog lunches to raise money for the Crescent City Cafe expansion. Hot dog meals will be $8 including all the fixins, chips, and dessert. Support a great cause by buying a lunch & bringing a friend! Come enjoy the hottest local musicians and spirits, plus a wine pull and silent auction to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Luke s House Clinic. With your support, Luke's House Clinic provides 100% free medical care, eye exams, and glasses to the medically underserved and uninsured in our city. March 23, 7-10 pm, at the Howlin' Wolf Wrist bands will be needed to enter the building or circle drive while enjoying the parades after worship. Please purchase ($5 each for anyone age 5 and over) wrist bands for each person and plan to stay with your guests. Make plans to attend on Sunday, February 18, 6 pm Hosted by the UMM Romantic 7-Course Gourmet Dinner featuring foods from Spain Lively Spanish music Childcare provided Proceeds go to Crescent City Café & NOLA Wesley Lenten Study with Pastor Jay Wednesday, at 6-7 pm, in the Friendship Class (Room 108) This class will meditate and reflect on the last seven sayings of Jesus upon the cross on Wednesdays during Lent (February 21 & 28, March 7, 14, & 21). All are welcome to come and experience these powerful words that impact our lives! Tickets are $25 and will be for sale on February 11 after services. Deadline for ticket purchases: Wednesday, February 14. Sorry, no walk-ins or tickets sold on the day of the event.

3 Opportunities for Service The Rayne Food Pantry is BARE!!! The items needed are: canned meat (tuna fish, chicken, Vienna Sausages), canned vegetables, soup (not condensed), chili, stew, and single canned meals (Ravioli, Spaghettios, Beefaroni, etc.). Most of our neighbors seeking food do not have a way to prepare it. When possible, it is better to purchase cans with easy open tabs, pouches, cartons or bottles. Mardi Gras 2018 Parking, Circle Drive and Building passes are still available. Shaun with the days and number needed, shaun.darnall@raynenola.org Parking, Circle Drive, and Building passes for the following dates: Thursday, February 8 Friday, February 9 Saturday, February 10 Monday, February 12 Tuesday, February 13 Wrist bands $5 enter circle drive or building when open on Sunday & Tuesday Parking $25-50 depending on the day All proceeds go to the Rayne Youth Group to fund the 2018 Summer Mission Trip. Can you lend a hand to support the Rayne Youth Group???? Volunteer to work at the potties Friday 5-8pm, Saturday 11am-2pm, or Sunday 5-8pm By ing youthdirector@raynenola.org Always Needed at the Donation Station Hotel-sized amenities: soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotions, toothpaste, toothbrushes, as well as razors, reading glasses, and bandaids. Crescent City Café This young adult ministry, compelled by the love of Christ, serves a gourmet breakfast restaurant-style with dignity and grace to those in need twice monthly. The next café will be Saturday, February 17, 8 am, in the Fellowship Hall. To donate or volunteer, go to Comfort Food The Salt Team will prepare a meal in the kitchen after worship on Sunday, February 25, to be served on Tuesday, February 27, at The Open Table. To join the Salt, Pepper, Spice, or Tabasco Team, susie.vanderkuy@raynenola.org The Open Table Servers are welcome at the Open Table! If you would like to serve Comfort Food, join us at 2700 Louisiana Avenue on Tuesday, February 27, at 3 pm. The Intercessory Prayer Group This group meets each Tuesday at 1 pm in the Associate Pastor s office to pray for the concerns of our community of believers. All are welcome to join in prayer! Sunday Morning Volunteers Greeters, Ushers, Kitchen Crew If you are able and willing to help with any of these tasks on Sunday morning, nancy.hopkins@raynenola.org Children s Choir Resumes on Wednesday, February 21, at 6 pm, with Kid s Café at 5:30 pm, serving PB & J sandwiches! For more information, natalie.derham@raynenola.org

4 Opportunities for Spiritual Growth BIBLE, BREAKFAST, BEATITUDES Saturday, February 24 at 9 am Rayne's Epiphany House Beautiful God Life Young Adult Bible Study Mondays from 6:30-8 pm Youth Room #219 The Good and Beautiful Life Lenten Study The Good and The Good and Beautiful beginning on February 19. Contact Courtney Stuckwisch (cstuckwisch@gmail.com) to order a book. Hot Dogs for a Cause on Jazz Sunday Volunteer with us to cook and sell hot dog lunches to raise money for the Crescent City Cafe expansion. Hot dog meals will be $8 including all the fixins, chips, and dessert following the 10 am Jazz Sunday service. We'd love your support in buying a lunch, telling a friend, and/or volunteering in the kitchen. Contact Courtney Stuckwisch (cstuckwisch@gmail.com) to volunteer. Volunteer with YLC Recycles February 11 YLC Recycles will be debuting a new pilot program this year in partnership with the Arc of Greater New Orleans where we will be collecting plastic bottles and cups, aluminum cans and Mardi Gras beads to recycle. The YLC and Arc need 100 volunteers for each parade to be successful. Water, snacks, and clean restroom facilities will be provided. Please sign-up for one or more shifts. For more information: cstuckwisch@gmail.com Next Women's Study March 1 Meet with the community of Rayne men for fellowship and food as we study Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5. All men are welcome! WEDNESDAY EVENING CLASS HOSTED BY SCL *Class resumes on February 21 and will convene at Rayne s Epiphany House at 6 pm with centering prayer at 5:30 All are welcome to join this class discussion of the book Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman. SACRED YOGA ON THURSDAYS Sacred Yoga at 9:30 am, followed by Circle Trust at 10:30 am The Thursday morning groups will take place at Rayne s Epiphany House (3924 St. Charles Avenue). All friends and Rayne members are welcome! NEXT WORKSHOP: Saturday, February 24, 9 am - 3 pm Opening to God: Sandplay Retreat (cost $40) Munholland UMC, 1201 Metairie Road RSVP by Feb. 11 to janetd@munhollandumc.org For more information: william.thiele56@gmail.com MOMS BIBLE STUDY Thursday, February 15, 6:30 pm, Meeting at the Epiphany House Convene with other mothers on a monthly basis starting in For information please Holly Flora Meck at hflora@tulane.edu FAITHWORKS CLASS Sundays, 10 am, Meeting at the Epiphany House This class begins a study of Life Lessons: Books of 1 & 2 Peter by Max Lucado. Class will be led by attendees, including Dr. Bob Hopkins. This study is a great opportunity to learn about these lesser known books of the New Testament. All are welcome! GRATITUDE CLASS Sundays, 10 am, Meeting at the Epiphany House Real Love in an Angry World explores how to stick to your convictions without alienating people. Pastor and Author Rick Bezet shares how to speak the truth in love by spending time with Jesus, the one who did it best. GRACE CLASS & ONE IN THE SPIRIT CLASS Sundays, 10 am, Library, Room #107 All are welcome to meet with these classes for another Rohr study, Falling Upward - A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. WILDERNESS CLASS Sundays, 10 am, Friendship Room #108 This class continues a study, ON THE BRINK, and will deal with Christian values. As a person and as a society, when we have come to the point in a crisis where we have tried everything we know how to try and none of it works---when ON THE BRINK of something cataclysmic happening--- what do we do?

5 Sundays 5-7 pm Youth Fellowship 5-6:30 pm Women s Covenant Group Each Week At Rayne Mondays 1 pm Staff Meeting 6 pm Ministry Meetings 6:30 pm Rayne 20/30 for Young Adults 6:30 pm AA Meeting Tuesdays 12 pm Brown Bag Covenant Group 1 pm Intercessory Prayer Group 3 pm Open Table 5:30 pm Luke s House Medical Clinic 6:30 pm Covenant Group Wednesdays 6 pm Children s Choir (seasonal) 6 pm Wednesday Classes (seasonal) 7 pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Overeaters Anonymous Thursdays 9:30 am Sacred Yoga 6:30 pm Luke s House Medical Clinic 7 pm Al-Anon/AA Meetings Saturday 9 am STAIR Tutoring Announcements Hearing Assists Many hearing assists are missing and we need them. If you are in possession of one, please return it to the table in the back of the Sanctuary. Thank you! Gluten-Free Communion Elements Those who are on gluten-free diets may request gluten-free elements at any station each time we celebrate the Lord s Supper. Rayne Pledge Report 201 Pledges for Pledges for , ,127 Contribute to Rayne: Online at Use your smart phone to open your own account with the church for making contributions and viewing your giving record or text giverayne to Let Us Pray for Elizabeth Rietvelt s Father, Barbara Clark, Chloe Brown, Emma Ryan, Mirtha Blanco, Jan Bugg, Bonnie Catalanotto, Alicia Phelps, Michelle Mershon, Mr. Newman, Bee Norris, ReNae Kowaleski, Cecilia Hayward, Bryan Slate, Judy Mastainich, George Mastainich, Denise Frederick, Greta Bugg, Mina and Ernest O Bannon, Wayne McConnell, Samantha and Eric Sawa, Lisa Settles Father, Aubrey DeRobertis, George Caldwell, Fred Young, Robert Connolly, Dan Sikes, Thaïs St. Julien, Andrew McLetchie, Laura Coatney, and Denise Trahant. Upcoming Meetings Thursday, February 15, 6 pm Caring for Creation Committee Monday, February 19, 6 pm Board of Trustees Transfiguration Sunday 2 Kings 2:1-12 Psalm 50:1-6 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 Do you have an announcement for an event, class, or study happening at Rayne???? Send an with the information to each of the following addresses: carol.thiele@raynenola.org shaun.darnall@raynenola.org susie.vanderkuy@raynenola.org Please note that the deadline is Tuesdays at 9 am for broadcast in the same week. Thank You Rayne 20/30 for organizing our Jazz Sunday lunch and raising funds for wonderful missions in our community. All the amazing Mardi Gras volunteers for staffing the potties and supplying food it takes a team and we have the best! RAYNE YOUTH Find a connection with friends, faith, food, fun, and fellowship! Mardi Gras is THIS week! Remember to sign up for shifts. Each hour worked goes toward the cost of your 2018 Summer Mission Trip. Mardi Gras Potties will be open February Youth will not meet on Sundays, February 4, 11 & 18. See you at the potties! HEYYYY! Throw me sumthin, Mista!!!!