Volume 45
August 2019
Number 8
GRAND DAY OF SERVICE Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 8:00 AM The first annual Day of Service is a day set aside by the churches in the Grandin Road area to partner together to make a positive impact on our community and those in need. We encourage all of our congregants to reach out and lend a helping hand through the various community service projects. We want to be visible and purposeful in the Grandin Road area. The day will begin at 8:00 AM with fellowship and commissioning breakfast in the RCPC Fellowship Hall. After breakfast, members from Christ Lutheran Church, Heights Community Church, Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church, Raleigh Court United Methodist Church, and St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church will depart for various projects at the respective churches or sites across the community. Signups and final details will be available in upcoming Sunday bulletins and the This Week @ RCPC emails.
THE TRAVERS CLASSIC Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 10:00 AM 3033 Dover Drive, Roanoke—Home to The Travers Classic and the famous Dover Hills Disc Golf Course Entrance fee: $20 donation (cash or check) or 20 cans of food (ideal foods: canned fruit, beans, tuna, and peanut butter.) All proceeds benefit the RCPC Hunger Mission Backpack program for the children at Lincoln Terrance and Hurt Park Elementary Schools. The Travers Classic is a disc golf event, played rain or shine. Lunch is provided! Bring friends and family to cheer you on. There is a family round at 11:30 AM, a great way to get the kids involved. If you are unable to attend there are still ways to support this event by sponsoring a hole ($100), or providing your time or food to help make this event a great success. More information available online at traversclassic.com.
BIG IDEAS OF CHRISTIANITY Our world is full of stories. These stories invite our participation and shape our decision-making. Some stories tell us that consumption and acquiring will make us whole. Other stories tell us that power fulfills. Still other stories keep us trapped in depression and self-doubt. To be human is to be a creature of narrative. It is why we are drawn to movies and plays, literature and history. What does it look like, then, to live in the Christian story? This program year we invite you to enter that story more fully as we explore the Big Ideas of Christianity. Each week in worship we will look deeply into a major theme of our faith and consider how that shapes our daily living. Paired with worship, our Adult Small Groups will be reading through Christian Doctrine by Shirley Guthrie, supplementing and expanding these conversations beyond our sanctuary and into our living rooms and workplaces. There will also be occasional Theology Reading Groups on Sunday morning to dive into some of the major texts of our Reformed Faith. Our Big Ideas of Christianity kicks off on Rally Day, September 8. More information will be coming soon. Come and live this story with us and in our world!
ADULT SMALL GROUPS Many of our Adult Small Group participants have continued to journey through the Year of the Bible these past summer months. Beginning in the fall, all of our Small Groups will resume and dive into the study of the Big Ideas of Christianity using the book Christian Doctrine by Shirley Guthrie as a guide, as well as reflecting on the Sunday sermons and scripture. We will be adding some new small groups in the fall, plus we have space for newcomers in some of our existing small groups, sign ups will begin Sunday, August 18! Our Small Groups’ study of the Big Ideas of Christianity will begin the week of September 15.
