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Parents' Meeting - this Sunday, August 4
If you are the parent or guardian of a youth who will be entering 6th grade or higher this Fall, please attend a very important parents meeting with Pastor Joe.
Date: August 4
Time: noon
Location: Youth Room
This meeting is crucial for the future direction of Youth Ministry at RUCC.
Please plan to attend even if you anticipate that your youth’s participation will be sporadic in the coming year: we can still use your valuable input as we plan the coming year!
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Rev. Erin Beardemphl reflects on the Western Regional Youth Event
Sunday, August 5 ~ Holy Communion and Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Before I arrived, the youth of the church went on a very special trip to the Western Regional Youth Event, chaperoned by Rev. Erin Beardemphl and Kathy McCool (check name with Erin) of First Congregational UCC of San Bernardino. Worship this Sunday will have them share some of their experiences. The youth will provide worship leadership, including assisting with communion, and Erin will share some pictures and reflections from the event. I will be doing the children's circle, and we will have some special music from Richard Steffen.
The theme of the WRYE was "Love > Fear" or Love is greater than fear, and uses one of my favorite pieces of scripture: 1 John 4:16b-21, which tells us those who abide in love, abide in God, and God in them. It also tells us that loving God means loving our siblings in Christ, and we love one another because Christ first loved us. I hope you can join us!
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Concerns / Prayers:
- Janet Wilson’s great niece Amelia for immune health.
- Coralyn’s niece, Shannon.
- Prayers for the health of Judith Gregory, her son-in-law; granddaughter, Allyson, her husband and infant Paisley.
- Jayne and Tom Miller for Tom’s healing.
- For Jo Dierdorf whose brother John passed from life to Life
- We continue to hold in our prayers the victims of violence and oppression. We continue to pray for Ukraine and Gaza, and say a special prayer this week for the people of Venezuela, those displaced throughout the Americas and those living in Venezuela denied fair elections under the Maduro Regime.
Ongoing Concerns:
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Jerry Andrews
Johanna Ballard's brother
Andrew Barrow
Bill Buchanan
Denise Cain
Cousin of Rick Cruz
Janet Edwards' friends
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Sue Hammond
Mary Lou Haney
Beki Hill
Harriet Holt, Beki Hill's mother
Jules Rattray’s sister, Jenny
Amber McGuigan
Cynthia McGuigan
Tom Medlicott
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DonDon and Scott Mong
Floyd Orr
Carl Parish
Spencer, friend of Stacey Greene
Robert Silver
The Steffen family
Sforza family
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Summer Series 2024: Spiritual Steps for Everyone continues Saturday, August 3
"Spiritual Steps for Everyone: Exploring four of the famous twelve steps, while learning how to incorporate these transformational concepts into our daily lives.”
Dates: August 3, August 10
Time: 10 a.m.-noon
Food: Potluck Brunch. .
Where: Covenant Hall
Age range: All ages!
Schedule:
Aug. 3: Step Three invites us to let go of those things which are beyond our control, and to turn them over to the Power which is greater than ourselves.
Aug. 10: In Step Eleven we are invited to draw closer to the Power through prayer and meditation.
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Caring for Kin - Help Angel's Closet
During August, we will be collecting for Angel's Closet, an organization that collects clothes and hygiene items for middle school and high school youth in the Redlands area. Some of their most needed items include new toiletries (full-size containers), underwear, and socks as well as new or gently used clothing appropriate for teens.
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Are you missing something? - take a look at the Lost and Found box!
The Lost and Found box in Covenant Hall is filled to overflowing with a wide variety of items. Please stop by...maybe something there really belongs to you!
Special thanks to Fred Nicoloff for unpacking the box to make this photo possible, and for kindly putting everything back in the box afterward.
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Rev. Joe Wants to Meet with You!
Rev. Joe wants to meet as many people from the church as he can in these first few months. He's open to invitations to coffee, lunch, or dinner or other gatherings, but there's also an opportunity to set up a 30-minute "Welcome Meeting" with him online using this link: https://calendly.com/jdzarro/30min. This is an informal meeting with no agenda other than to get to know each other better. The meetings can be in Rev. Joe's office at the church, or online via teams (or other video chat). He's also willing to talk on the phone. If the times don't work, or you would like to make other arrangements (like a home visit), just email Rev. Joe at joe@redlandsucc.org or call the church office at 909.793.3520.
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Review RUCC on Facebook
We want to encourage visitors and increase our presence online with positive Facebook reviews. If you have a Facebook account, it’s not hard to leave a review:
- Open Facebook and go to the Redlands United Church of Christ page. This is our page visible to any Facebook user and the one someone new to the church will encounter. (RUCC has two Facebook pages. Do not go to the group page, RUCC Members and Friends.) If you cannot follow the link, use Facebook’s search feature and enter the name of our church.
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There is a row of tabs across the page. Click the “Reviews” tab.
- You will see, Do You Recommend Redlands United Church of Christ? with choices yes or no. Click yes to recommend RUCC to others.
- If you want your recommendation to be included in our page's rating, set the audience to Public. Recommendations that are shared publicly are the only ones that factor into our rating. What you write about the church will show up in Feed, on your profile, and in search results.
- Write your recommendation of at least 25 characters. When you are done, click the button labelled Post and you are done.
If you are using a mobile device this QR code, viewed with your camera, will provide a link to the Reviews page for RUCC.
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Book Group - next meeting is August 4
The RUCC Book Group selection for the next meeting is The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, and the presenter will be Janet Chandler. The group will meet after church on Sunday, August 4, at noon in the Founders Room.
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Sunday School Extravaganza August 11
Don’t miss all the excitement here at RUCC for kids in grades 12 and under!
During worship:
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Blessing of the Backpacks! Bring your backpack to the front of the church where Pastor Joe will give it a blessing for a fantastic new School Year!
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Bible Sunday! Our tradition at RUCC is to give storybook bibles to kids when they enter Kindergarten, and full-size bibles when they enter 3rd Grade. This year we have four kids receiving full-size bibles!
During Sunday School:
- After the Children’s Circle, follow Miss Susi to Covenant Hall for big fun as we kick off our new Sunday School year!
Important Parents Meeting After fellowship:
- Meet at Noon in the Founders Room
- Sign important paperwork—Medical Information and Permission Slips
- Overview of our current Safe Church policy
- Overview of our plans for the Sunday School program in 2024-2025
- This is your chance to meet the RUCC Education leadership—we welcome your input and your questions.
- Childcare is available in the Nursery and the Kids’ Zone classroom adjacent to Covenant Hall.
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Racial Justice reflection of the week
Children with a family history of incarceration are more likely to be diagnosed with physical and mental health conditions than other kids.
“We will continue to have health care disparities and lead the world with poor health outcomes if we continue to lead in incarceration,” said Samantha Boch.
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/07/28/prison-children-parents-mental-health/
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From the Environmental Justice Team
Let’s say you’re buying a plane ticket online, and you see a popup offering to sell you a carbon offset, which is basically a promise to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas in, or going into, the atmosphere. Maybe you’d be paying someone to protect a threatened forest or supporting a clean energy company. Sounds good, right? It would be an opportunity to reduce the impact of your purchase on climate change. Unfortunately, according to Barbara Haya, director of the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, “Most offsets don't represent what they claim.” According to research, most carbon offsets overestimate their impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, some have no effect at all.
Because most consumers aren’t in a position to judge the legitimacy of the carbon offsets being sold to them, Haya has this advice: “I would say if you were offered offset credits when you buy a plane ticket or whatever, don't buy that credit. If you're going to spend money, spend money on reducing your own emissions. And then if you want to do more than that, donate to a [climate] organization.”
Source: “If you get an offer to buy a carbon offset, experts say this is what you should know,” Julia Simon, NPR, 7/25/24: https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/g-s1-8136/carbon-offsets-plane-purchase-climate-change-california
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UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
- Aug 2 - 7 p.m. Women's AA meeting
- Aug. 3 - 10 a.m. - Summer Series, week 3
- Aug. 4 - Noon - Book Group meeting
- Aug. 4 - Noon - Parents' Meeting (see article above)
- Aug. 5 - 4 p.m. - Church Growth Area meeting
- Aug. 6 - 11 a.m. - Munch and Muse
- Aug. 9 - 7 p.m. Women's AA meeting
- Aug 10 - 10 a.m. - Summer Series, Week 4
The church calendar is found at redlandsucc.org
Click on "calendar" in the red banner near the top of the page
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Sunday, August 4
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9:20 a.m. - Seekers resume meeting
- 9:30 a.m. - Kids' Zone
- 10:30 a.m. - Worship service
- 11:30: a.m. - Fellowship/coffee hour
- 12:00 p.m. - Book Group
- 12:00 p.m. - Parents' meeting for youth 6th grade and higher (see article above)
Monday, August 5
- 4:00 p.m. - Church Growth meeting
- 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study
Tuesday, August 6
- 11:00 a.m. - Munch and Muse
Wednesday, August 7
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Thursday, August 8
Friday, August 9
Saturday, August 10
- 10 a.m. to noon - Summer Series concludes
Sunday, August 11
- 9:20 a.m. - Seekers
- 9:30 a.m. - Kids' Zone
- 10:30 a.m. - Worship Service
- 11:30 a.m. - Fellowship/Coffee hour
- Sunday Shool Extravaganza - begins during the 10:30 a.m. service and continues with a noon parents' meeting in the Founders' Room (see article above)
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RUCC Staff
Senior Pastor: Rev. Joe Zarro
Music Director: David Wells
Associate Music Director: Sophia Ohanian
Children's Education Director: Susi Jacobsen
Director of Youth Ministries: Vacant
Office and Property Manager: Veronica Bermudez
Child Care: Caitlin Walsh
Website: www.redlandsucc.org
Phone: 909-793-3520
Staff and Other Emails
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pastor@redlandsucc.org
musicdirector@redlandsucc.org
childrenseducation@redlandsucc.org
youth@redlandsucc.org
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office@redlandsucc.org
weddings@redlandsucc.org
theview@redlandsucc.org,
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