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 and 11 am

April 20, 2017

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!

Welcome to Rayne! Prayers, Presence, Gifts, Service

2017 Operating Budget

$1,080,442

Needed Weekly 20,778 Weekly Average to Date 16,823 Received 4/16/17 19,121 154 Pledges-to-date for 2017 695,127

Contribute Online at www.raynenola.org

or scan this QR Code to set up an account.

Use your smart phone to open your own account with the church

for making contributions and viewing your giving record.

Those wishing to become members of Rayne

are encouraged to contact

one of our pastors: calliewcrawford@gmail.com max.zehner@raynenola.org

E A S T E R T I D E

A Celebration of Creation

Verses from

Genesis 1 and 2 “And the Lord God

planted a garden…”

John 19:40-42 “Now there was a garden

in the place where he was crucified…”

Revelation 22:1-5 “...and the leaves of the tree are for

the healing of the nations.”

Message by

Callie Winn Crawford, Amanda Price,

and Max Zehner

“Get Your Hands Dirty”

The Lord’s Supper 8:45 am

in the Historic Sanctuary with musicians

Marcus St. Julien, Piano Ebonee Davis and

Nathan Ward, Soloists

Traditional Worship 11 am

in the Historic Sanctuary with The Chancel Choir

conducted by C. Leonard Raybon

and Marcus St. Julien, Organist

The Greening of the Cross

The Rayne Caring for Creation Committee

We welcome friends from the

Sugar Roots Farm, whose mission is to foster

compassion and physical wellness in New Orleans through farm-to-fork education,

and to make a positive impact on the environment using a sustainable, free-range working farm model.

We thank the Spice Team for healthy and homemade treats for this special day!

Frances Adelaide Casey baptized on

Easter Sunday April 16, 2017

United Methodist Men Plan Workday Save the Date: Saturday, June 10 Watch the newsletter for details as the men firm up plans to spend a Saturday morning with a “Honey Do” List of odd jobs and repairs around the church!

__________________________________________ 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, May 6, 8 am, in the Fellowship Hall. To donate or volunteer, go to www.crescentcitycafe.com _________________________________________________

Comfort Food Sunday, April 23, the Salt Team will be preparing a meal to be served on Tuesday, April 25, at The Open Table. To join the Salt, Pepper, Spice, or Tabasco Team, email 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, April 25, at 3 pm.

_________________________________________ 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, email nancy.hopkins@raynenola.org

_________________________________________ On Any Given Friday

Each Friday, volunteers gather to assemble the cookie trays, replenish children’s activity bags, and prepare the sanctuary for worship—refreshing the pencils, offering envelopes, and registration pads. Lend a hand! Stop by on any Friday at 10 am.

_________________________________________ Prayer Shawl Ministry Bring your latest project, patterns, yarn, ideas, and a friend to our next gathering on Sunday, May 21, 4 pm, in the Senior Pastor’s Study.

Opportunities for Service

Join Team Tabasco!

This team will cook meals to be served at The Open Table on the months having a 5th Tuesday. Captain Robert Connolly will lead this Comfort Food Team. Can you help? Contact 504-899-3431.

We can help Melody and Alberta Pate rebuild their flooded home and business

by supporting “Those Nuts” at gracielouisenutt.com Facebook/GracieLouiseNutt

Instagram/GracieLouiseNutt 10% of “Those Nuts” proceeds return to Rayne!

Lay Servant Ministry Training April 21-22

First Grace United Methodist Church If you would like to be trained as a Lay Servant,

you are invited to begin training. For information and registration, contact

Joann Taylor 504-394-4253 or Glory S. Davis 985-986-9764.

GIVE TO: Rayne Early Childhood Program

Luke’s House

MARK YOUR

CALENDAR! MAY 2, 2017

“Godly Play” You Can Help Rayne Provide this Innovative and

Exciting New Curriculum for Our Children

The Godly Play approach helps children to explore their faith through story, to learn the language of our faith, and to enhance their spiritual experience though wonder and play. Based on Montessori principles and developed using a spiral curriculum, the Godly Play method serves children through childhood and beyond. Each Godly Play Bible story comes in a box with beautifully crafted manipulatives which the story teller slowly unwraps and employs as s/he tells the story and invites wonder, engagement, and understanding.

If you would like to purchase a story for our growing Godly Play library, contact Children’s Ministry Director, Natalie Derham at 504-899-3431 or natalie.derham@raynenola.org

May 2nd

Opportunities for Spiritual Growth

Luncheon and Program Wednesday, April 26

Noon Fellowship Hall

RSVP: 504-899-3431

Guest Speaker: Mike Strecker

Mike is a local stand-up comic

and author of

The Young Comic’s Guide To Telling Jokes.

2017 Vacation Bible School

Although registration for this year’s VBS is full,

we are maintaining a waiting list. Too, we welcome all volunteers—

in the kitchen, with the crafts, in the classroom,

on the playground, lend a hand! Contact natalie.derham@raynenola.org

Women’s Group: The Gifts of Imperfection - April 23

Brené Brown helps us to let go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embrace who we are. Join us as we go through an

interactive eCourse based on The Gifts of Imperfection featuring videos, creative activities, and discussions.

This group meets the third Sunday of every month, 7-8:30 pm.

Men's Group: How God Makes Men - April 23 The men's group will be reading and discussing the book, How

God Makes Men: Ten Epic Stories. The book draws on ten giants of the Bible from Abraham and Moses to David, Paul and others, to present a composite of principles of how God guides our lives.

The men's group will meet from 7:30-8:45 pm at NOLA Brewing Tap Room.

New Study Begins on Monday, April 24 Crazy Love, based on the best-selling book by Francis Chan.

What should our response be to a God that loves us unconditionally? In Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless

God, Chan argues the antidote to religious complacency is not working harder at a list of do's and don'ts — it's falling in love

with God. And once you encounter His love, as Francis describes it, you will never be the same. It may be hard to picture what

loving God with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength looks like. Join us for a 10-week book- and DVD-based study of this

best-seller (over 2 million copies sold!) to learn about loving God radically in a modern world.

Rayne 20/30 meets in the Youth Room #219 on Mondays from 6:30-8 pm.

For more information: cstuckwisch@gmail.com

Caring for Creation Invites All

Caring for the Coast A Combined Sunday School Session Sunday, April 23 9:45 am, Fellowship Hall Speaker: Helen Rose Patterson, Outreach Coordinator with RESTORE the Mississippi River Delta

What’s happening in coastal restoration? 2017 brings us a new Coastal Master Plan

and more details about the future of our coast. Learn about what’s in the plan and

how you can support restoration efforts.

Wisdom Jesus Beginning on Wednesday, April 19, the School for Contemplative Living will begin a study of Cynthia Bourgeault’s Wisdom Jesus. This class, led by SCL Director, William Thiele, meets at 6-7 pm on Wednesdays and is open to all.

Those who are unable to come on Wednesdays may join the same study led by Nancy Field on Wednesdays, 12-1 pm at Advent House. For details: wwwthescl.net

Upcoming Workshops

Saturday, April 22, 9 am-1 pm "Cultivating Self-Compassion," with Lara Naughton

Saturday, May 20, 9 am-1 pm "Contemplative Practice," with Fr. Ephrem Arcement

For details, visit www.thescl.net

The Bible and the Believer This new book study begins on April 30

in the One in the Spirit Class Sundays, 9:45 am, in the Library

Open to All!

Can the Bible be approached both as sacred scripture and as a historical and literary text?

For many people, it must be one or the other. How can we read the Bible both ways?

The Bible and the Believer brings together three distinguished biblical scholars--one Jewish, one Catholic, and one

Protestant--to illustrate how to read the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament critically and religiously.

Methodist Summer Camp Camp Istrouma

Greenwell Springs, LA Grades 2-12

To register call 225-261-2089

or go to www.campistrouma.com

Worship Leaders

Altar Guild Nancy and Bob Hopkins, Jan Jeter

Head Ushers Bob Moffett, Gary Kennan, Doug Comeaux and Richard Moore

Head Greeters Mable Thomas, Carol Thiele, Barbara Clark, Elisabeth Rietvelt and

Susie VanderKuy Sound System Justin “Razz” Hunter

Sundays 5-7 pm Youth Fellowship

5-6:30 pm Women’s Covenant Group

Mondays 10 am Staff Meeting

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 9 am STAIR Tutoring

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Meetings Coming Up Monday, April 24, 6 pm Stewardship Committee

Monday, May 1, 6 pm

Staff-Parish Relations Committee

Let Us Pray

—Mary Herbert, Kim Hough, Peggy Parr, Gary Kennan, Brenda Frey, Stephanie Stennett, Jan Bugg, Dorothy Brown, Brent Ramirez, Rick Hammontree, James Lott, Sharessa Garland, Richard Russell, Neil Viles, Stephanie Sonnier, Mary Ann Frazier, Jean Willoughby, Catherine Thiele, Sarah Biles, Leona McCoy, Kourtney Gabik, Jillian Parkhurst, Andrew McLetchie, Margie Mielke, Laura Coatney, Dan Sikes, Susan Savage, Kimm Moore, Trudi Stafford, Elaine Minojosa, Eleanor Slate, Bryan Slate, John Charles, and the residents and staff of Grace House.

We Share the Sorrow —of Andy Quinn and all who mourn the death of his father, Charles Quinn.

We Share the Joy

—of Jan and Mark Bugg honored by Touro for the many hours they have contributed as volunteer chaplains. —of Cameron and Pierce Adams, big brother Hays, and proud grandparents Libby and Mark, in the birth of Tate Campbell Adams on April 17, 2017!

Thank You

—to Robert Connolly for the baby Bay Tree now planted in our Pitt Street “Edible Garden”; —to all who participated in our special Lent and Easter Services; —to Carolyn Smith and all who contributed to our daily Lenten devotionals; —to all those who delivered Easter lilies to our homebound members!

Announcements

OUth

Recycle Your Mardi Gras Beads Last Chance! Bring your Mardi Gras beads to the bin outside the church kitchen or directly to the Strive Center, 1139 Napoleon Avenue.

Caring for the Coast Make plans to be here this Sunday, April 23, at 9:45 am in the Fellowship Hall for a power point program by Helen Rose Patterson of RESTORE about the new Coastal Master Plan.

Find a connection with friends faith, food, fun, and fellowship!

Sunday, April 23, 12 - 2 pm

All youth and chaperones going on the 2017 Mission

Trip should be present in the Library to complete forms with the notaries. Please

bring your health insurance card.

Lunch will be provided.

Many thanks to the

Easter Bunny’s assistants for

hiding eggs! It was a beautiful day

to be in the park. Nice work, team!

EASTERTIDE

Acts 2:14, 22-32 Psalm 16

1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31