ART, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! IS COMING THIS WEEKEND

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO HELP IN ANY CAPACITY. YOU WILL BE GETTING OR HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A CALL OR TEXT TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR.

If you still want to help, we will not turn you away! You can volunteer to

• Set up the show today, October 12 and tomorrow, Friday, October 13, including setting up pop-up canopies, helping with lighting and decorating, assisting artists in setting up their booths.
• Make cookies for Friday night.
• Serve cookies, appetizers, and punch Friday night.
• Provide Show Support by providing brief breaks for artists during the show, monitoring doors, eating area or cashier line, checking the bathrooms for supplies, being a runner to pick up purchased art from the artists’ booths.
• Take-down when the show is over at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

 Contact Pam Dunn, pamdunn23@gmail.com or (909) 963-8305.

You can also help us advertise the Art Show. Please “like” us on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/artforheavenssake

Every time you “like,” comment on and/or “share” the Art Show posts, potential guests and community members are introduced to our annual art festival.

Even if you can’t help out, be sure to see what the talented fine artists, crafters, and musicians have in store for you. You don’t want to miss it! 

Art Show Hours

Friday, Oct. 13, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 15, 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

A message for Art Show Sunday

Sunday, October 14 - Art Show Sunday ~ "Sojourners Quilt"

A sojourner is a person who resides temporarily in a place. 

We are all sojourners here on earth as we are, in essence, just passing through. We are each also a part of something larger than ourselves. The choices we make during our time here have a ripple effect that extends far beyond our immediate circle which makes us a vital part of a greater whole. 

On this Art Show Sunday, RUCC member Lynn Hanna will tell the story behind the creation of her Sojourner Quilt, a tribute to both Native Americans and those in this church who have come before us.  

Sunday's Scripture:

Proverbs 1: 2 - 6

From the Environmental Justice Team

“On Wednesday, Pope Francis issued an urgent new plea for climate action, a 7,000-word document that makes the case with precise scientific detail and a level of moral outrage that is too uncommon among other leaders of powerful institutions. …

Francis laments a broken and inequitable global political system that, despite years of negotiations and agreements, has failed to curb this existential threat. He takes aim at rich, high-polluting countries, including the United States, for an ‘irresponsible lifestyle’ and an outsize role in causing suffering in poor countries that are responsible for a ‘minimal portion of historic emissions.’ He quotes bishops from the Amazon basin and Africa who decry humanity’s ‘attacks on nature’ and call climate change ‘a tragic and striking example of structural sin.’ …

We need more spiritual leaders to step up and make clear what a moral failing it is for politicians to continue a fossil-fuel-based system that harms us all and consigns future generations to grave suffering. Religious leaders of all creeds should spread the word that our planet’s fate rests in humanity’s hands.”

Quoted from: “Pope Francis is right. World leaders have a moral imperative to abandon fossil fuels.” Los Angeles Times editorial, 10/8/23. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-08/la-pope-francis-climate-change

Racial Justice reflection of the week

The United States is failing at a fundamental mission — keeping people alive.

This phenomenon is exacerbated by the country’s economic, political and racial divides. America is increasingly a country of haves and have-nots, measured not just by bank accounts and property values but also by vital signs and grave markers. Dying prematurely has become the most telling measure of the nation’s growing inequality.

The pandemic amplified a racial gap in life expectancy that had been narrowing in recent decades. In 2021, life expectancy for Native Americans was 65 years; for Black Americans, 71; for White Americans, 76; for Hispanic Americans, 78; and for Asian Americans, 84.

Source: https://apple.news/ARmTXefoJTciLTMaIwUY0Hg

Stand with Israel vigil - Thursday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m.

There will be a "stand with Israel vigil" at Congregation Emanu El, 1495 Ford Street, Redlands on Thursday, October 12 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Quarterly gathering on Sunday, October 22

Are you having trouble deciding what to do with the "Time and Talent portion of your Covenant? Here's your chance to hear a brief presentation from each of the areas. This may help you decide where your interests and talents can be of real service to RUCC!

The gathering will occur in Covenant Hall, and you'll have a chance to get some food before we begin! There may be other brief reports as well. Please attend and learn the latest news about what's happening at your church.

Youth Group and the Christmas Pageant

The RUCC Youth Group has already begun preparing for this year’s Christmas Pageant! For those who don’t know, there is a longstanding tradition at RUCC for the Youth Group to take the lead in developing the annual Christmas pageant.

This year’s production looks to be as fun (and funny!) as ever. It will be performed during worship on December 10. If you haven’t yet contacted Andrea Morics about your child having a part in the play, please send an email to admorics@mac.com. We will have roles for all ages Grade 12 and under.

Book Group News

The RUCC Book Group’s November selection is Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. The group will meet to discuss the book on Sunday, November 5, after church at noon, in the Founders Room. Kathie Blakley will lead the discussion.

“Estrangement and reconciliation in an Italian-American family: Ann Napolitano's new novel, "Hello Beautiful," is about loving each other just as we are.“ (NPR’s Scott Simon)

“An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic, "Little Women," "Hello Beautiful" is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.” (Amazon Review)

UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER

• October 13-15 - Art, for Heaven's Sake!
• October 22 - Quarterly Gathering - see article above.
• October 28 - "Trunk or Treat" at RUCC
• October 29 - All Saints Sunday
• November 5 - Daylight Savings Time ends -- "Fall back" Saturday night!
• November 5 - COVENANT SUNDAY - Please have your completed Covenant ready to turn in on or before Nov. 5
• November 5 - Book Group meets after church. See article above.
• November 11 - Mentone UCC Gospel Concert
• November 12 - Pet Blessing Sunday
• November 12 - Wider Ministries quarterly meeting
• November 12 - Worship Committee
• November 19 - Annual Community Thanksgiving service at Trinity Episcopal Church



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