January 3

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for January 3:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: The Wise Men Find Jesus: Jesus’ birth changed the world.

1st thru 3rd grade: Good News, Everyone!: God sent Jesus to be the Savior for the whole world.

4th thru 6th grade: The Greatest Gift: We need to give Jesus priority in our lives.

Youth: Story

College Class: in the Library

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: in the Prayer Chapel

Blankets + : 127 blankets

December 27, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.

Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for December 27:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: Simeon and Anna See Jesus: People recognize that Jesus is God's Son.

1st thru 3rd grade: Good News, Simeon! Good News, Anna! Jesus is the Savior that God promised to send.

4th thru 6th grade: Simeon and Anna Celebrate the Good News: Jesus is the Messiah that God promised.

Youth: Story

College Class: Brunch at 9:00 in Wesley Hall, then class led by Axel Brandt

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: at Panera Bread

Blankets + : 127 blankets

December 20, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.

Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15 am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for December 20:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: Jesus is Born: Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesus is special - He is God's only Son.

1st thru 3rd grade: Good New, Shepherds! We celebrate Jesus' birth at Christmas.

4th thru 6th grade: Simeon and Anna Celebrate the Good News: Jesus is the Messiah that God promised.

Youth: Advent

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: in the Prayer Chapel

Advent Film Series: Lunch & MEET JOHN DOE: Movie begins at 12:45 pm.

Blankets + : 124 blankets

December 13, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler Care is available at 9:15 am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for December 13:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: Joseph and the Angel: Jesus is a special baby.

1st thru 3rd grade: Good New, Joseph: Jesus is the Son of God.

4th thru 6th grade: Joseph Hears the Good News: Jesus is the Son of God.

Youth: Exile

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: at Panera Bread

Advent Film Series: Lunch & JOYEUX NOEL (MERRY CHRISTMAS): Movie begins at 12:45 pm.

Blankets + : 121 blankets

December 6, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15 am in Room 4.


Christian Education Overview for December 6:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: Mary and the Angel: Jesus is a special baby.

1st thru 3rd grade: Good News, Mary! Jesus is the Son of God.

4th thru 6th grade: Good News for Mary: Jesus is the Son of Go

Youth: Oppression

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: in the Prayer Chapel

Advent Film Series: Sloppy Joes & IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE: Movie begins at 12:45 pm.

Blankets + : 118 blankets

November 29, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15 am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for November 29:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: A Child Will Be Born: Isaiah told the people that a child would be born. The child would be the long-awaited-for Messiah. We know that Jesus is that Messiah.

1st thru 3rd grade: A Savior is Coming: God promised to send a Savior.

4th thru 6th grade: Isaiah's Prophesy: God promised to send a Savior.

Youth: Holiness

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: at Panera Bread

Advent Film Series: Lunch & WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND: Movie begins at 12:45 pm

Blankets + : 116 blankets

Go Green with RUMC's Blue Cloth Grocery Bags

GO GREEN! Rockport's cloth Grocery Bags make your shopping easier. Grocery bags are great Christmas gifts. These bags, Royal Blue with Rockport's logo, are perfect gifts for this holiday season. They hold 30lbs and therefore are sturdy enough to handle your Christmas turkey or ham. Buy more than one to carry home all the fixings! As well as handling groceries, nurses, teachers and crafters love to store their supplies in these bags. At $5.00 a bag, you can Go Green and also get Rockport's name out into the community. Look for the bags to be on sale in the hallway by the office or talk to Jo Brandt or Jeri Rudy.

November 22, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for November 22:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: Joshua: Joshua was brave because he knew God was with him. God is with us, too; and can help us be brave.

1st thru 3rd grade: And the Walls Fell: Nothing is impossible when God is on your side.

4th thru 6th grade: Joshua at Jericho: God gives us the courage to do what is right.

Youth: Consequences

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: in the Prayer Chapel

Sunday evening class at 7:00pm: The Seven Next Words of Christ by Shane Stanford: led by Dan Newman: The last class will be dinner and a brief worship or prayer time to summarize.

Blankets + : 113 blankets

November 15, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for November 15:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: The Sacred Tent: The Hebrew people worshiped God in a special tent. I can worship God at my church.

1st thru 3rd grade: A House for God: We can praise and worship God.

4th thru 6th grade: Building the Tabernacle: God is great and deserving of praise and worship.

Youth: Holiness

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: at Panera Bread

Sunday evening class at 7:00pm: The Seven Next Words of Christ by Shane Stanford: led by Dan Newman: Seventh Word

Blankets + : 105 blankets

Prayer Shawl Ministry - New Meeting Time

The Prayer Shawl Ministry is now meeting

on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am in the Parlor.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

November 8, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for November 8:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: God's Laws: God gave the Ten Commandments to the pople to show them how to live. I can obey God and follow the Commandments.

1st thru 3rd grade: God Gives the Law: God's laws help us live together.

4th thru 6th grade: The Ten Commandments: God's laws help us live together.

Youth: Covenant

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: in the Prayer Chapel

Sunday evening class at 7:00pm: The Seven Next Words of Christ by Shane Stanford: led by Dan Newman: Sixth Word

Blankets + : 102 blankets

Four Advent Films Coming to Rockport

Mr. Massaro will be sharing four films from his Christmas collection with us this Advent Season. Lunch and babysitting will be provided.

November 29, 12:45 pm: WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND (1961 – 99 minutes)
A young farm girl (Haley Mills), living in North Country, England, discovers during the Christmas Holidays, a fugitive murderer (Alan Bates) who has taken refuge in the family barn. She and her brother and sister come to believe he is Jesus Christ. This story of childhood innocence, written by Mills’ mother, illustrates well a statement from Mother Teresa. When told by her admirers that the spirit of Christ lived in her, she replied, “No. Rather, I try to see the spirit of Christ in every human being I meet.”

December 6, 12:45 pm: IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947 – 115 minutes)
It’s not Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL but a wonderful Holiday tale, nevertheless, of a multimillionaire “Scrooge” (Charlie Ruggles) who finds his common humanity once again by being forced, by his demanding daughter (Gale Storm), to live with his fellow-suffering human beings. A bit over-long, this film is still a great joy to experience as it resolutely unfolds.

December 13, 12:45 pm: JOYEUX NOEL (MERRY CHRISTMAS) (2006 – 116 minutes) Here is a film dramatizing what truly happened in 1914 when on a World War I battlefield Scottish, French and German troops declared a Christmas Eve truce and abandoned the trenches for one night to band together in brotherhood, sing together and forget about the brutalities of war. The film’s closing scenes, where our Anglican bishop bawls out and tries to humiliate the Scottish chaplain for his common human impulses, shows clearly why John Wesley left that religious institution. This is the film that makes you proud to be a Methodist! This film is rated PG-13 for war-violence and is not suitable for children.

December 20, 12:45 pm: MEET JOHN DOE (1941 – 123 minutes)
America was in the grip of the Great Depression, over 12 million citizens unemployed, when Frank Capra made his greatest film. Ballplayer Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper) is fed his lines by a woman reporter (Barbara Stanwyck) which starts a movement of universal, Christ-like brotherhood that ends unemployment. The Pontius Pilates of our day destroy it, and the story reaches its climax on the last floor of a skyscraper on Christmas Eve. What the Stanwyck-character has to say about Jesus in the film’s final minutes will bring tears to the eyes of any listener. This is one of the 10 great films of Cinema history.

--- David Massaro

Everlasting Light Advent Workshop

Light is all around us, waiting to be seen.

The lights on the houses and Christmas trees make us feel better than any other time of the year. The light from the twinkling stars overflow our minds with God’s awesome wonder. The smell of spices from the burning candles reminds us of times spent in the warm love of Grandma’s kitchen during the holidays. Carols abundant with images of lights, stars, candles, and love float through the winter air this time of year. And, a star’s light leads the world to the birthplace of the Baby Jesus. All of this light reminds us that we, too, are the light of the world as Jesus taught us to be.

Please join in this year’s Advent Workshop: Everlasting Light. All ages are welcome to share their light with the world on Saturday, December 5th from Noon to 1:30 p.m. A sign up sheet will be posted on the Christian Education bulletin board outside the church office.

“…yet in thy dark streets shineth, the Everlasting Light, the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee, tonight.”

Light is in us, waiting to be shared with everyone.

Prayer Shawl Ministry Meeting Time Change

Instead of meeting on Monday afternoon,

the Prayer Shawl Ministry will be meeting on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am in the Parlor

New members are always welcome.

November 1, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for November 1:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: 1st thru 3rd grade: Food and Water: God gave the Hebrew people what they needed. God gives us what we need.

1st thru 3rd grade: In the Wilderness: God provides what we need.

4th thru 6th grade: God Provides: God provides what we need.

Youth: Manna

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: at Panera Bread

Sunday evening class at 7:00pm: The Seven Next Words of Christ by Shane Stanford: led by Dan Newman: Fifth Word

Blankets + : 97 blankets

October 25, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for October 25th:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: Escaping From Egypt: God took care of the Hebrew people and led them out of Egypt. God will take care of me. I will follow God.

1st thru 3rd grade: Through The Sea: We can depend on God.

4th thru 6th grade: Escape From Egypt: We can trust God to help us in good times and in bad.

Youth: Deliverance

Adult Bible Study: in Parlor

Christians and the World: in Prayer Chapel

Sunday evening class at 7:00pm: The Seven Next Words of Christ by Shane Stanford: led by Dan Newman: Fourth Word

Blankets + : 89 blankets

Christian Education Wish List

We are asking the congregation if they would be willing to donate a few items to help us with this year's Advent Workshop.

old hot pots used candles plastic lids baby food jars soup cans foil
glitter glue tea lights used crayons 3/8" ribbon 1/4" ribbon

Thank you for your help.

Thanksgiving College Sunday School Class

Thanksgiving College Sunday School Class on November 29th in the Library.

Come join Axel Brandt for some fellowship and discussion.

Where is the 4th thru 6th Grade Sunday School class?

Where is the 4th thru 6th Grade Sunday School class?

They have moved. You will now find them in Wesley Hall.

October 18, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for October 11th:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: Let My People Go! God helped the Hebrew people in difficult times. God helps us in difficult times.

1st thru 3rd grade: Let My People Go! God never asks me to do more than God will help me do.

4th thru 6th grade: Let My People Go! God helps us do whatever God wants us to do.

Youth: Forgive

Adult Bible Study: in Parlor

Christians and the World: at Panera Bread

Sunday evening class at 7:00pm: The Seven Next Words of Christ by Shane Stanford: led by Dan Newman: guest leader is Ann: Third Word

Blankets + : 87 blankets

October 11, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15 am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for October 11th:

3 year old thru Kindergarten: Moses Sees a Burning Bush: God can speak to us in many ways.

1st thru 3rd grade: Take Off Your Shoes!: God is with us in all that we do.

4th thru 6th grade: Moses and the Burning Bush: God calls us to do important things.

Youth: Family

Adult Bible Study: in the Parlor

Christians and the World: in the Prayer Chapel

Sunday evening class at 7:00pm: The Seven Next Words of Christ by Shane Stanford: led by Dan Newman: Second Word

Blankets + : 82 blankets

Join the Journey Class

Are you interested in reading ahead? Come to Join the Journey in the Parlor on Wednesday mornings from 10 to 11:00. This class explores the Lectionary for the week and gets you ready for Pastor Gordon's Sunday sermon.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Do you knit or crochet? If not, would you like to learn? Join us on Monday afternoons in the Parlor from 1:30 to 2:45 pm. We knit, crochet, chat and laugh. We are Rockport's Prayer Shawl Ministry. If you are not familiar with Prayer Shawls, they are shawls or blankets, knit or crocheted and blessed when finished. Rockport then wraps the finished shawls in tissue paper and gives them away. Shawls are given in celebration or as comfort. Please join us!

The Seven Next Words of Christ

The Seven Next Words of Christ by Shane Stanford is a Sunday evening study led by Dan Newman. The class meets in the Parlor from 7 to 8:00 pm from September 27th through November 22nd, omitting October 18th. Fun, food and fellowship will be provided each week as well as dinner on November 22nd! Books are available.

October 4th, 2009

Sunday School meets from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Infant/Toddler care is available at 9:15am in Room 4.

Christian Education Overview for October 4th:


3 year old thru Kindergarten class: Baby in a Basket: Babies are important to families.

1st thru 3rd grade: A Baby in a Basket: God gives us people who love us and watch over us.

4th thru 6th grade: Moses: The Early Years: God cares about us.

Youth: Chosen

Adult Bible Study:

Christians and the World: at Panera Bread

Sunday evening class at 7:00pm: The Seven Next Words of Christ by Shane Stanford: led by Dan Newman: First Word

Blankets +: 80 blankets

Christian Education Mission Project

Christian Education Mission Project... Vacation Bible School kicked-off this year's mission project. We will be supporting Church World Service's Blankets+ program. When disaster strikes, blankets are often needed, blankets and much more: tents, food, emergency supplies. Blankets+ provides blankets and other desperately needed resources. The blankets are available in both winter (grey) and summer (orange) weights. If you are curious, we have a sample of each. The cost of a blanket is only $5. Please help us help CWS respond to those in need with the warmth of God's love with a blanket. I will keep you informed of the number of blankets that can be purchased with the offerings that have been given.


As of 9/27/2009: Christian Education Mission: 80 blankets for Church World Service Blankets+