Welcome to Rayne! Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

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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 January 31, 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! NEW ITEMS OF INTEREST* Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Message by Marissa Teauseau Freed to Serve - Friday, February 9, 2 pm RECP Mardi Gras Parade - Saturday, February 24, 8 am - 4 pm Habitat for Humanity hosts Unity Build Reunion Day - Thursday, March 1, 7 pm Women of Rayne 20/30 meet for book study - 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. The Lord s Supper at 8:45am in the historic Sanctuary with musicians Marcus St. Julien, Piano, Randall Bunnell, and Ebonee Davis. Artist: Rembrandt The Lords s Supper at 11 am in the historic Sanctuary with the Chancel Choir conducted by C. Leonard Raybon and Marcus St. Julien, Organist. Welcome to Rayne! CONTINUES THIS WEEK! Ashley Ellison Bert Ellison joining on January 28, 2018 If you are interested in becoming part of the Rayne community, please contact Jay Hogewood at or jay@raynenola.org Winter Bible Study - The Heart of Our Faith What is the basis for our shared trust in Christ? What core realities do we consider most significant to our journey as disciples? Join Pastor Jay and Pastor Marissa for a time of scripture-study and discussion around the heartbeat of our faith in Jesus. Wednesday at 6 pm, January 31, Friendship Room #108

2 Upcoming Events Jazz Service at 10 am with the Mark Braud Band RECP Mardi Gras Parade - Friday, February 9, 2 pm Announcing ~ King Jonathan and Queen Flora of the Dalmatians Class Come one, come all! 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 23rd, 7-10 pm, at the Howlin' Wolf Prime Timers Luncheon Wednesday, January 31 At Noon in the Fellowship Hall Guest speaker is Chris Granger, Times-Picayune Photographer. RSVP $6 Members $7 Guests $1 goes to Luke s House 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 Tickets are $25 and will be for sale on February 4 & 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 or bring a meal to feed volunteers 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 Meets this Wednesday, January 31, 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 Meet with the community of Rayne men for fellowship and food as we study Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5. All men are welcome! Young Adult Bible Study Mondays from 6:30-8 pm Youth Room #219 Study: Pope Francis and Liberation Theology In this study you will learn how to read and experience God's word with a critical study of Luke through the lens of liberation theology, which emphasizes how Christ came to liberate the oppressed. We ll be learning about the history of the movement that started in Latin America, different methods used to interpret scriptural texts, The Pope, and our call to care for the earth and those who are affected by social, economic, and environmental injustices. Adrienne Ingram and Kelly Chervin are leading this study. Mardi Gras Parade Watch Party Saturday, February 3 Catch the afternoon parades beginning at 12 pm with the Krewes of Pontchartrain, Choctaw, and Freret. Meet us in the neutral ground at the corner of Amelia and St. Charles. Rayne 20/30 will provide fried chicken. Bring a camping chair and a snack to share. Bathrooms will be available See you on the route! 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 3 & 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 WEDNESDAY EVENING CLASS HOSTED BY SCL *Class will be held at Rayne s Epiphany House this week 6 pm with centering prayer at 5:30 All are welcome to join this class discussion of the Richard Rohr Conference which continues for the next 5 weeks. To view the sessions from the Rohr Conference, visit 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 continues the study of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller. The question of why God would allow pain and suffering in the world has vexed believers and nonbelievers for millennia. 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 Jan Bugg, Bonnie Catalanotto, Alicia Phelps, Michelle Mershon, Mr. Newman, Bee Norris, ReNae Kowaleski, Cecilia Hayward, Barbara Everett, family of Jeanne Napoli, 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. We Share the Sorrow Up Coming Meeting Monday, February 5, 6 pm Staff Parish Relations Committee Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 147:1-11 I Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39 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. of Carolyn Smith and her family mourning the loss of her sister, Glenda O Neal. We Share the Joy of Rick Hammontree over the fantastic report from the doctor! Thank You to the Manhattan Chamber Players for the great concert last Sunday! RAYNE YOUTH Find a connection with friends, faith, food, fun, and fellowship! Mardi Gras is next 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!!!!