Weekly Announcements
Sunday School meets at Calvary UMC on Sunday, May 5 at 9:30 am
Worship at Calvary UMC on Sunday, May 5 at 11:00 am
Mother’s Day flower orders and payment are due Sunday, May 5
Food distribution is Monday, May 6 – volunteers needed beginning at 2:00 pm
Bible study at Calvary is Thursday, May 9 at 1:30 pm
Lectionary Readings for May 5
Acts 9:1-6(7-20)
Psalm 30
Revelation 5:11-14
John 21:1-9
UMC Special Offering This Sunday
Calvary and RUMC will participate in Native American Ministries Sunday on May 5. Offering envelopes will be provided for those who would like to contribute to a special offering. Funds received will nurture mission with Native Americans and provide scholarships for United Methodist Native American seminarians.
Mother’s Day Flowers—Deadline This Sunday
You can order a small bouquet of flowers to be placed on the altar on Sunday, May 12 to recognize a mother or other special woman in your life. A donation of $5.00 or more is requested per bouquet, and volunteers from Calvary will assemble the bouquets. Funds raised will go to support the Matthew 25:19 ministry which provides financial assistance for emergency needs in the community. An order form is attached to this email and can be printed out and brought to church on Sunday (or mailed to Calvary UMC, 304 East Trinity Avenue, Durham, NC 27701) with payment (Mother’s Day flowers on the memo line). Forms will also be available at church on Sunday. The deadline for orders is Sunday, May 5.
RUMC News
and Announcements
We are beginning to transition to a single announcement email format, which
will begin coming out on Wednesday each week.
Called the Wednesday Word, this format will contain the news of the
combined congregations of RUMC and Calvary UMC.
If you are not already receiving the Wednesday Word, please email
office@resurrection and ask to be added to the list. IMPORTANT – You must
request to be added –we will not automatically add email addresses, even if you
currently receive the weekly announcement email on Thursday.
May Food Distribution
The monthly food distribution for May will be on Monday, May 6. Volunteers are needed to sort the food (beginning at 2:00 pm), and the distribution begins at 3:00.
Bible Study at Calvary
Pastor Chris leads a Bible study at Calvary on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. The class begins at 1:30 and wraps up around 3:00 pm. You will find the study in Room 204 in the Education Building. Although the current group is all folks who are from Calvary, RUMC folks are welcome and encouraged to join in!
Third Sunday Lunch
Remember to put May 19 on your calendar and plan to eat lunch out following worship – location to be announced.
Prayer List
Please
continue to let Sandra Shepherd know of changes and updates to the prayer
list. RUMC prayer requests are being combined
with the Calvary list, and the list will be published in the Wednesday Word
each week. The current RUMC prayer list
is at the bottom of these email announcements.
Communion Servers Wanted
Volunteer
to help serve communion on Sunday mornings!
Contact Pastor Chris or Mark Hipps-Figgs.
Pray for our Church Family
Jackie MacHardy—Mary Frances Draper –Marianna Jaeger-Barbara Bean—Joan Pepper—Pauline Nelson
Pray for Our Extended Church Family
Mitch & Amanda Pepper (Joan Pepper’s nephew) --Joe Bullock (RUMC Preschool Teacher)—Jack Bass (Frances White’s brother)—Clarence McPhail (Esther & Gerelene’s brothers)—Githens students, faculty, & staff—James Lambert (April Travis’ Brother)—Project AGAPE/People of Nagorno-Karabakh—Eddie Fife (Patti Fife’s brother)—Mary Zigbuo—Kim Cosby (April Travis’ daughter)—Vickie Engleman (Marge Phil-lips’ daughter)—Erma Harsh (Susan Cafferty’s stepmother)
Those Serving in the Military
Jeremy Caquelin (New Mexico)