MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH for 140 years shining the light of God s love and grace 3900 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115

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Rayne MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH for 140 years shining the light of God s love

am, to participate freely in the life of this community of faith and love, and to

Rayne welcomes and embraces all people regardless of race, class, gender, or sexual

Prayers, Presence, Gifts, Service Sunday Worship at 8:45 and 11 am December 15, 2016

the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.

Message by Callie Crawford, The Dawn of Redeeming Grace Eleanor Albrecht Heather

encouraged to contact calliewcrawford @gmail.

12/11/16 148 Pledges-to-date for 2017 Student Day Offering Member Emergency Fund 20,453

closes at 1 pm on December 30 or postmarked by December 31! Contribute Online at www.

Holy Communion at 8:45 am in the Historic Sanctuary with musicians Marcus St.

1 Rayne MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH for 140 years shining the light of God s love and grace 3900 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 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, Welcome to Rayne! Prayers, Presence, Gifts, Service Sunday Worship at 8:45 and 11 am December 15, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Advent Verses from Luke 1 and Matthew 1 And Mary said, Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word... When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him. Message by Callie Crawford, The Dawn of Redeeming Grace Eleanor Albrecht Heather Scwhartz Joining on December 11, 2016 Those wishing to become members of Rayne are encouraged to contact 2016 Operating Budget $1,063,545 Needed Weekly Weekly Average to Date Received 12/11/ Pledges-to-date for 2017 Student Day Offering Member Emergency Fund 20,453 16,979 23, , NOTE: All 2016 contributions must be in before the office closes at 1 pm on December 30 or postmarked by December 31! Contribute Online at or scan this QR Code to set up an account! Holy Communion at 8:45 am in the Historic Sanctuary with musicians Marcus St. Julien, Ebonee Davis, and Nathan Ward Worship at 11 am in the Historic Sanctuary with The Chancel Choir, C. Leonard Raybon, Director and Marcus St. Julien, Organist Christmas Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion 5 pm and 7 pm Christmas Day! A Birthday Celebration 8:45 and 11 am Meet St. Nicholas! A Blessing of the Toys! Cupcakes and Confetti! Children may come in their pajamas!

Opportunities for Service Text Giving is Here!

In the TO window type: 73256 2. In the Text Message window type: giverayne $25 (or any other amount) 3.

New Comfort Food Team Organizing for Service Team Tabasco!

Can you help? Contact 504-899-3431. Help NOLA Wesley, Our Campus Ministry Would you like to invest in the church's future?

The NOLA Wesley United Methodist Campus Ministry provides a safe, welcoming environment where Tulane and Loyola students are

We invite you to partner with us by providing a one-time donation at www.gofundme.

Filled bags may be returned on any Sunday during the holidays and placed under the Chrismon Tree.

org and opening the menu for Relief Supplies. Look for Those Nuts in the Fellowship Hall! gracielouisenutt.

thanks to all who donated homemade arts, crafts, jams, jellies, cakes, pies, and cookies to help raise funds for Luke s House,

And many thanks to Susie VanderKuy who directed this effort and all who shopped in the market.

Sunday morning, email nancy.hopkins@raynenola.

toothpaste, toothbrushes, as well as razors, reading glasses, and bandaids.

dignity and grace to those in need twice monthly. The next café will be Saturday, December 17, 8 am in the Fellowship Hall.

2 Opportunities for Service Text Giving is Here! Now you can support the many ministries of our community of faith by using your smart phone to text message your contribution. 1. In the TO window type: In the Text Message window type: giverayne $25 (or any other amount) 3. Follow the on-screen instructions for a one-time set up! Take a Leap of Faith and Make a 2017 Pledge! New Comfort Food Team Organizing for Service Team Tabasco! This team will cook meals to be served on 5th Tuesdays at The Open Table. Captain Robert Connolly will lead this Comfort Food Team. Can you help? Contact Help NOLA Wesley, Our Campus Ministry Would you like to invest in the church's future? College campuses are the front lines where the church's future is being determined. The NOLA Wesley United Methodist Campus Ministry provides a safe, welcoming environment where Tulane and Loyola students are empowered to dream and challenged to grow in their discipleship. We invite you to partner with us by providing a one-time donation at or becoming a monthly patron at Health Kits for Christmas All 200 zip-lock bags containing shopping lists for UMCOR Health Kits have been taken! Filled bags may be returned on any Sunday during the holidays and placed under the Chrismon Tree. For those who did not get a bag, you may still download a shopping list to fill a gallon-size zip-lock bag by going to and opening the menu for Relief Supplies. Look for Those Nuts in the Fellowship Hall! gracielouisenutt.com Facebook/GracieLouiseNutt Instagram/GracieLouiseNutt 10% of Those Nuts proceeds return to Rayne Christmas Mission Market Many thanks to all who donated homemade arts, crafts, jams, jellies, cakes, pies, and cookies to help raise funds for Luke s House, Crescent City Café, Comfort Food Teams Salt/ Pepper/Spice, The Open Table, The School for Contemplative Living, and NOLA Wesley! And many thanks to Susie VanderKuy who directed this effort and all who shopped in the market. We Welcome 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 Donation Station Currently needed at The Open Table are hotel-size amenities such as 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, December 17, 8 am in the Fellowship Hall. To donate or volunteer, go to Comfort Food Sunday, January 8, the Pepper Cook Team will be preparing a meal to be served on Tuesday, January 10, at The Open Table. To join the Salt, Pepper, or Spice 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, January 10, at 3 pm. Deliver a Poinsettia to a Homebound Member On Christmas Day, pick up a poinsettia from the altar and deliver it to one of our homebound members sometime during the following week. Call the church office at or carol.thiele@raynenola.org to let us know if you can help!

Opportunities for Spiritual Growth Winter Wednesdays Classes for Adults and Music for Children 6-7 pm Classes 5:30 pm Kids Café I Guardian 1 session on Wednesday, January 11 This outreach

Create a Vision Board Led by Tiki McIntyre For those who would like to identify a new direction, to recover a sense of purpose and direction, or to resurrect buried dreams for the future, this

Participants will need to bring magazines, scissors, glue sticks, felt-tipped markers, and a foam/cork/or cardboard poster-size board. To find out more, go to www.makewisechoices.

Participants are asked to bring a hand held pencil sharpener and order the text: $10 The People Called Methodist Led by Max Zehner and Amanda Price What are the distinctive characteristics of the

A Lenten Devotional Writing Workshop Led by Callie Crawford Enter into a process of study, reflection, and writing through which you may be inspired to make a contribution to the devotional guide we

A Lenten Daily Devotional By members of the Community of Faith at Rayne You are invited to submit a meditation on a scripture lesson of your choice to be published in a book of 40 Lenten devotions

3 Opportunities for Spiritual Growth Winter Wednesdays Classes for Adults and Music for Children 6-7 pm Classes 5:30 pm Kids Café I Guardian 1 session on Wednesday, January 11 This outreach presentation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will help parents teach their children to be smart about online safety and stay safe from online predators. Adults only. Create a Vision Board Led by Tiki McIntyre For those who would like to identify a new direction, to recover a sense of purpose and direction, or to resurrect buried dreams for the future, this workshop will help you to create a visual reminder of your hopes and dreams. Participants will need to bring magazines, scissors, glue sticks, felt-tipped markers, and a foam/cork/or cardboard poster-size board. To find out more, go to Whatever is Lovely: Color Your Way to Peace Led by Debby Hyman Discover this simple way to find serenity in a stressful world. Experiment with adult coloring as a prayerful path to inner peace. Participants are asked to bring a hand held pencil sharpener and order the text: $10 The People Called Methodist Led by Max Zehner and Amanda Price What are the distinctive characteristics of the people called Methodist? A Lenten Devotional Writing Workshop Led by Callie Crawford Enter into a process of study, reflection, and writing through which you may be inspired to make a contribution to the devotional guide we hope to publish this Lent. A Lenten Daily Devotional By members of the Community of Faith at Rayne You are invited to submit a meditation on a scripture lesson of your choice to be published in a book of 40 Lenten devotions composed by members of our community of faith. Each meditation should be words long accompanied by verses of scripture followed by a 1-sentence prayer and ed to Carolyn Smith at carolynvsmith@gmail.com My Darling A World-War II Scrapbook compiled by Carole Cotton Winn Book Sale and Signing Sunday, December 18 Noon, Fellowship Hall An Advent Retreat Sponsored by the School for Contemplative Living This Saturday, December 17 9 am-1 pm. Munholland United Methodist Church 120l Old Metairie Road Led by Sr. Janet Franklin and Rev. Janet Davis Be in community with us as we use contemplative practices to explore the themes of birth and transformation. Suggested donation: $30 Brunch included RSVP to Rev. Janet at (504) today.

Sundays 5-7 pm Youth Fellowship 5-6:30 pm Women s Covenant Group Each Week At Rayne Mondays 10 am Staff Meeting 5:30 pm Centering

Intercessory Prayer Group 3 pm Open Table 5:30-8 pm Luke s House Free Clinic 6:30 pm Covenant Group Wednesdays 6 pm Children s Choir

Sacred Yoga Parker UMC 6:30-9 pm Luke s House Free Clinic 7 pm Al-Anon/AA Meetings Saturday Let Us Pray Youth Counselors, Children s

the many individuals who pitched in to help, and, most of all, our Baby Jesus(es): Colin Batenga, Oona Easton, and Campbell Casanova,

to The Chancel Choir, Leonard, Marcus, and members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra for Sunday s gorgeous presentation of

Brenda Frey, Ruth Hammond, Carolyn Smith, Clayton Sanford, Jeremy Rasler, Barbara Everett, Elaine Gwin, Edward Picard, Winnie Veals,

Nelson, Sandra and James Herring, Dan Sikes, Phyllis Funches, The Kaynor Family, Lois Wilcox, Denise Trahant, Maria Santana, Amber

We Share the Joy of Rosalie and Fred Young in the birth of their granddaughter, Ivy Grace, born on December 12, 2016. Congratulations!

Farm, the Sunday and Tuesday Women s Covenant Groups, the Children s Team, Youth Group and 9 am STAIR Tutoring Announcements Meetings

sales on Sunday mornings, we will no longer be accepting donations of used books.

All are invited to hear David Billings, author of Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life

Worship Leaders Altar Guild Nancy and Bob Hopkins, Jan Jeter Head Ushers Bob Moffett, Gary Kennan, Doug Comeaux Head Greeters Mable

4 Sundays 5-7 pm Youth Fellowship 5-6:30 pm Women s Covenant Group Each Week At Rayne Mondays 10 am Staff Meeting 5:30 pm Centering Prayer 6 pm Ministry Meetings 6:30 pm Rayne 20/30 for Young Adults 6:30 pm AA Meeting Tuesdays Noon Brown Bag Covenant Group 1 pm Intercessory Prayer Group 3 pm Open Table 5:30-8 pm Luke s House Free Clinic 6:30 pm Covenant Group Wednesdays 6 pm Children s Choir seasonal 6 pm Wednesday Classes 7 pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Overeaters Anonymous Thursdays 9:30 am Mom s Bible Study 9:30 am Sacred Yoga Parker UMC 6:30-9 pm Luke s House Free Clinic 7 pm Al-Anon/AA Meetings Saturday Let Us Pray Youth Counselors, Children s Choir, Chancel Choir Ensemble, Wilderness Class, Gratitude Class, Spice Team, Craft Leaders, Set Designers, Decorators, Rayne Staff, the many individuals who pitched in to help, and, most of all, our Baby Jesus(es): Colin Batenga, Oona Easton, and Campbell Casanova, without whom we could not have Gone to Bethlehem to See at Sunday s Live Nativity! to The Chancel Choir, Leonard, Marcus, and members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra for Sunday s gorgeous presentation of Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols! Brenda Frey, Ruth Hammond, Carolyn Smith, Clayton Sanford, Jeremy Rasler, Barbara Everett, Elaine Gwin, Edward Picard, Winnie Veals, Mike Center, The Kitchen Family, Laura Coatney, Sarah Backstrom, Kelsey Way, Kesha Harry, Lisa Bailey, Ashley Landry, Chaunteil Nelson, Sandra and James Herring, Dan Sikes, Phyllis Funches, The Kaynor Family, Lois Wilcox, Denise Trahant, Maria Santana, Amber Spicer, Eleanor Slate, Bryan Slate and the residents and staff of Grace House. We Share the Joy of Rosalie and Fred Young in the birth of their granddaughter, Ivy Grace, born on December 12, Congratulations! Thank You to Sharessa Garland, Tegan Garland, Jude Pritchard-Rooney, Owen, Oliver, Trombone Shorty, Hens 1 and 2, and the Sugar Roots Farm, the Sunday and Tuesday Women s Covenant Groups, the Children s Team, Youth Group and 9 am STAIR Tutoring Announcements Meetings Coming Up Monday December 19 6 pm Board of Trustees A Little Library Book Signing at Parker UMC Because we will no longer have book sales on Sunday mornings, we will no longer be accepting donations of used books. However, we will soon be placing a Little Library (for free books) at the Pitt Street entrance. All are invited to hear David Billings, author of Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life on Friday, December 16, 6:30 pm, Parker UMC, 1130 Nashville Avenue. Worship Leaders Altar Guild Nancy and Bob Hopkins, Jan Jeter Head Ushers Bob Moffett, Gary Kennan, Doug Comeaux Head Greeters Mable Thomas, Susie VanderKuy, Barbara Clark, Carol Thiele Sound System Steve Panacek, Randy Rivero, Razz Hunter Fourth Sunday in Advent Isaiah 7:10-16 Psalm 80:1-7, Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 outh Youth s Christma ty r a P This part y ha ended w it! fight snowball This Sunday, December pm Pizza-n-Pajamas Christmas Edition! Bring your comfy Christmas PJ s to change after church. Stay for pizza and a favorite Christmas movie! For information contact shaun.darnall@raynenola.org

5 Come to Bethlehem and See!

Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany A Celebration of the Lord s Supper

Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany A Celebration of the Lord s Supper Rayne MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH for 141 years shining the light of God s love and grace 3900 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115 504-899-3431 www.raynenola.org Sunday Worship at 8:45