Weekly Announcements
Welcome to our Church

  • Monday

        7:30 pm AA

  • Tuesday

      6:00 pm Jr. Bell choir (will resume in September)

      7:00 pm Boy Scouts 

       7:15 pm  Adult Bell Choir (will resume practice in September)

  • Wednesday

      6:30 a.m., Men's Discussion Group 

        9:30 am, Women's Discussion Group 

        6:15 pm, Cub Scouts Wolf Den    September 15, 29

       8:00 pm, AA

  • Thursday

                  2:30 pm, Men's Health Group, second Thursday of month   (will resume September 9)  

  • Friday   

        7:00 pm, Cub Scout Pack Meeting (October 22, November 19, April 8)

  • Saturday

       8:00 pm, AA

  • Sunday

      8:00 am, Early  Service

       9:00 am, Sunday School (Will resume on September 12)

       10:15 am, Family Worship

       11:30 am, Choir Practice ( Will resume on September 12)

 

 

    

Sunday, September 12

*Communion

*Sunday School begins at 9:00 in the Fellowship Hall for all ages

*Commissioning of our teaching staff at the 10:15 service and

3rd graders receive their Bibles during Children’s Time

*Make a donation to the Barb Simmons Scholarship fund

on Rally Day and receive a Richfield UCC pencil

*Sign up with the WPM Board to:

1) Set-up/clean-up coffee hour

2) Donate coffee hour baked goods/snacks

3) Greet at 10:15 service

*Join the choir—practice begins on the 12th

*Join the Bell Choir—practice begins in September 

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 Vacation Bible School  June 14-17

Our VBS mission project this year was to raise $60 to buy an Earth Basket 

of trees and honeybees through Heifer International.

To do this, we had a daily offering collection.  It was a boy versus girl contest where

together the kids donated 44 pounds of pennies, nickels, dimes 

and quarters!  They raised $266 to help others.  

A big part of our VBS program was about recycling, and our challenge was

to bring in a recycle item each day.  We filled 6 recycle bins in 

four days.  Great job kids!

 

  

               

             

                                   

   

 

             

                      

                                                                                                               

     

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                                                                                   Outreach Ministry 

We have several outreach mission projects occurring for you to participate in.

Maria: We continue to support Maria, a 7 year old from Colombia, South America 

with our donations to Children International.  A collection container is in the back

of the sanctuary for your donations.

This summer, we will again have a table in the Fellowship Hall on Sunday

mornings to place your extra garden produce so that others may enjoy summer's 

harvest and help raise money for Maria's sponsorship.   Look for our new picture of 

Maria and you can look through a notebook of Maria's letters and copies of our letters 

to her, as well as a list of gifts she and her family have received

through our sponsorship.

 

Warm Up America:  

Once again we are participating in the Warm Up America blanket project with our 2010 blankets

going to Harvest Home and Pine Valley Care Center.  We collected over 300 knit or crocheted rectangles

and joined them during the month of May.   Nineteen blankets were completed. 

Thank you to all who participated with this project.

 

September School Supply Collection

The City Mission, located on Carnegie Ave. has requested our help in collecting school supplies 

for the children in the poorest neighborhoods of Cleveland. 

Laura's House alone houses 30-50 children and teens and anticipates 50-60 more over the coming months. 

Supplies needed include: folders, notebooks, note paper, pens, rulers, pencils, erasers, crayons, chalk, 

scissors, and glue, backpacks, gently used children's shoes or gift cards for new shoes, or school uniforms. 

You may find more detailed information about this project at http://www.thecitymission.org/school-supplies-drive. 

There will be a box in the social hall to accept donations through September. 

Let's do what we can to give these at risk children the tools needed to boost their educational potential! 

Thanks for once again helping in this way.

 

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                                                 Youth Group- 2010

 

 

September 5: Greet and host coffee hour

September 26: Youth group meeting at 11:30

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Boards & Council

September 13, 2010

Boards meet at 7:00 pm

Council meets at 8:15


 (Meetings are held the second Monday of each Month)

 

                                                                                                            

Gathering Room Gallery Exhibit       

KATHLEEN KRAUS

Kathleen’s artwork will be featured in the Gathering Room Gallery through September 30.

I am a multi-media artist who enjoys traveling and expressing my experiences and adventures through my artwork and photography. 

My travels have been worldwide and include stories that have been part of the scenes and topics for presentations to groups.

I have a B,S. in Education from Miami University in the field of Art Education and a M.F.A. from University of Akron.

Archaeology is another interest, as I have been an illustrator for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Department of Interior 

specializing in reconstruction of the sites as they were in their time period. This has included large scale exhibit murals for the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. 

The artwork represents areas of the world from Ohio sites, Ethiopia, Belize, New Mexico, Colorado and Israel.

I have been an Art Teacher for over 40 years in Parma, Cloverleaf, and Medina City schools including courses in art for adult education. 

Two years ago I retired from teaching in the field I loved.

Mural illustration is an on-going area of my artwork...many historical murals for exhibits, homes, restaurants, and schools.

My work is in private collections, museum archives, public places, and I specialize in commissions.

I have been inducted in Who's Who as an artist and teacher and a past president of Medina County Art League, 

Rocky River Jr. Women's League, and a member of numerous organizations and civic groups.

   

                                                                                           

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                                                      Book  Club

The Book Club selection for September is 

A Mercy  by Toni Morrison.

Book Club will meet at 7:00 pm , Monday, September 27, 

in the Gathering Room.

Our RUCC Book Club has been meeting for eleven years now and 

new members are always welcomed.

                       

 

                                                                                                                                                           

     Sunday School Has a Class For You  

  Church school will begins at 9:00 am., with all meeting in the Fellowship Hall before 

heading for our different age-level classrooms.  

   We will all meet in the Fellowship Hall with Rev. Ray before separating into age-level classes. 

 

                                                            

           Christmas 2009                    Sunday school nativity and Joyful Noise Band Concert

      

    

                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                   Ushers for September

                      Gordon Brown             Dave Johnson

                       Bud Snow                 Dave Hakos

                                       

                       September Lay Reader:

                                        Bob Ehlers

                                                                                         

              Men's Discussion Group 

                             6:30 a.m.

         Wednesday Mornings in The Gathering Room

Light refreshments and a weekly topic to discuss is the usual agenda.

Women's Discussion Group 

9:30 a.m.

Wednesday Mornings
in The Gathering Room

We take turns coming up with a topic that deals with our lives

and our faith.  Sometimes just one word, like friendship, creates 

ideas to share.  We don't prepare coffee or bake, 

we just arrive and converse.  

We meet from 9:30 am until 10:30 am every Wednesday. 

All are welcome.

                                                                                                                                                                                        

Bell Choir

New members are welcomed.  No music experience is necessary; we are kind and have lots of patience.

Adult Bell Choir Practice: Tuesday, 7:15 pm

Children's Bell Choir Practice: 4th grade and up will meet on Tuesday from 6:15-7:00 am.

Sharon is interested in starting a beginning class for adults.  Contact the church office if you are interested.

                                                                                                                                            

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;

Courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next.

Amen

-Reinhold Niebuhr

                                                                                                                                                                             

 

            Keep them in your prayers        

Rev. Ray

Lynne Johnson

Bob Lehman

Kenny Carpenter

Mike Cromleigh

 

  Jessica Fast

and 

Michael Fast

former RUCC pastor, 

Gary Arndt

Joe Uher      

Bonnie              Jones            

    

 

 

 

    

  

Virginia Ebersole

           will be Friday, September 10 at 7:00pm.

   

Our Shut-Ins

Donna Monegan

Dorothy Buettner

Marian Davidson

Jean Schmidt

Elizabeth Swarnick

 

 

 

The unemployed of our country and our community

 

 

The Gulf Coast

Pfc. Vance Jisa

Commanding Sgt. Major Darrell A. Weenink

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