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.