Worship Service Times

9:00 AM - Chapel

10:00 AM - Sunday School

11:00 AM - Sanctuary & Livestream

Baby & Toddler Nursery is available during both services

Podcast April Raleigh Court Herald 2024 RCPC Year in Review

Church Office Hours

Monday-Thursday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Friday 8:30 AM-1:00 PM

Today's devotional is a part of our Lenten Devotional booklet and can be found online at rcpres.org/blog.

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Fellowship Dinners - Maundy Thursday, April 17

The Dinner menu is inspired by the foods found during a Passover Seder Dinner. Appropriate take-home containers should be brought if you cannot eat in the Fellowship Hall, and we ask that you sign up in the Gathering Area or online at rcpres.org/dinner if you plan to attend. Suggested $25 per family or $8 per person donation.

Takeout Meals: In our efforts to become an Earth Care Church, the Fellowship Committee asks you to please bring your own container if you would like a takeout meal on Wednesday nights. We thank you for your help with this.

Volunteers are always needed to help with various tasks including set-up, clean-up, serving, check-in,

and transporting leftovers to RAM House. Details and dates at the link below.

Graduate Sunday: May 4

We’ll celebrate all the graduates within our church family during worship on May 4. Please submit a picture of your graduate with their name and where they are graduating from to julie@rcpres.org by April 20 so we can celebrate them. If you’re a high schooler who is graduating, we’ll celebrate with you during the 11:00 AM worship service on May 4 and again at Youth Group that evening with our traditional Senior Send Off.

Easter Flowers

If you would like to dedicate Easter Flowers in honor or memory of someone special, please fill out the envelope in the pew rack with name(s) for dedication along with a check, with "Easter Flowers” noted in the memo. Place the envelope in the offering plate. The deadline to order is April 13. A list will be included in the bulletin on Easter Day, April 20. Cost per dedication is $13. You can also complete the form online below.

Mother's Day Breakfast Volunteers

RCPC is hosting a Mother's Day Breakfast on Sunday May 11 at 9:30 am after a shortened early service and before the 11:00 am Music Ministry Sunday Service. We are looking for "a few good men" to help as we don't want mothers to work this event. Heather will cook, and disposable/compostable tableware will be used because of the short time frame and large group. We need help with setting tables on Saturday, May 10 at 2:00 pm, serving food on Sunday morning, and cleaning up afterwards. Contact Dawn Long at bdljlong@cox.net if you have any questions. Sign up to volunteer below.

Spend an evening with author David Zahl as he introduces his latest book, "The Big Relief: The Urgency of Grace for a Worn-Out World."

Tuesday, April 29 at 6:45 PM at Second Presbyterian Church, Roanoke

On Tuesday, April 29 at 6:45 p.m., join author David Zahl as he explores the beauty and depth of God’s grace afresh. He will outline how grace provides deep relief from the accelerating demands that characterize so much of modern life. Throughout the evening, David will draw on personal stories, cultural examples, and the witness of Scripture to bring this message to life. Just don’t forget to bring your sense of humor!

The book launch will take place in the sanctuary of Second Presbyterian Church, located at 214 Mountain Ave, SW, Roanoke, VA 24016. Admission is free; all are welcome. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

About the Author | David Zahl is the founder and director of Mockingbird Ministries, editor-in-chief of the Mockingbird blog site, and co-host of both The Mockingcast and The Brothers Zahl podcasts. He and his family live in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he also serves on the staff of Christ Episcopal Church. Zahl is the author of "Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What To Do About It" and "Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)." His next book, "The Big Relief: The Urgency of Grace for a Worn-Out World" comes out in April 2025 from Brazos Press. His writing has been featured in The Washington Post, Christianity Today, and The Guardian, among other venues. Learn more at www.spres.org/book-launch/.

Sermon Series: The Original Tortured Poets

Lent is a time to evaluate our faithfulness, our love, and our commitment to the God who saves. The Prophets of Israel and Judah show us a dogged loyalty to God in the midst of political, social, and religious unrest and disunity. They speak God’s judgment when all is well. They declare God’s hope when all is lost. Their hearts are uniquely tuned to the eternal song of God, which is the power poets possess in every time. They speak, and we do well to listen. So long before Taylor Swift’s, “The Tortured Poets Department,” there were Amos, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah and others living out their identity as the tortured poets speaking for God.

April 20—Easter—Wildest Dreams—Ezekiel & Luke 24:1-12

Mission Partner Support 

Each month, we designate all cash and coin to one of our local mission partners. For the month of April, we are supporting Habitat for Humanity. You can place your money in the offering plate or make an online gift here, noting that it is for Mission and making a note for Habitat for Humanity in the text box. As of April 6, we have collected $620.96 for Habitat for Humanity.

House of Bread

House of Bread will be selling baked goods at Black Dog Salvage on Wednesday, April 16, from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM. Swing by and meet the bakers, stock up on Maple Coconut Granola, and pick up some Chocolate Chip Cookies or Spinach Feta Scones. Thanks for your support!

Sudanese/South Sudanese Mission Group

Mohammed and Tarteel are so grateful for the donations give to them for their apartment! We were not able to deliver a donated sofa for lack of man/woman power. Another sofa with volunteers is needed. They would also like a juicer or blender and a small freezer.

Thank you! Sudanese/South Sudanese Mission Support Group,

Camilla Cabaniss, Kathleen Carroll, Fred Hoffman, Janet Miller, Marty Saviers, Sandra Whitt (sandrarcpc@yahoo.com, 540-330-3451)

Hunger Mission Volunteers

With two months left on the school year calendar, we need food packers for the month of May. We pack food in the gathering area each Thursday from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM. We are packing 92 bags of food each week to feed children for the weekend. Our hour together is both rewarding and a fun time of fellowship. If you have questions, reach out to Paula Derbyshire at 540.309.8816 or use the sign-up link below.

Prayer Requests

Susan Ard, Ginger Barbour (friend of Elise Hansard), Marvin & Roena Barbre, Dawn Blakeman, Jackie Blakeman, Mayuen Chice, Collie Family (friends of Paul Kessel), Beverly Day and family (friend of Camilla and Johnsey Cabaniss), Cameron & Susie Hutto, Susan Lindstrom, Megan Mallare (friend of Kathy Grove), Melissa Martin (friend of Lisa Boylan), Rusty McCown, Louise Morris, Kathy Overholser (friend of Bill & Susan Honeycutt), Steve Pottinger (Bob & India Atkinson’s son-in-law), Amy Starr Redwine, Robin Scott, Pat Wade, and all caregivers.

Our sincere thoughts and prayers are with Roberta Bigler's family following her passing on Thursday, April 10.

(Prayers request as of Friday, April 11. Names in bold indicate an addition to the prayer list this week.)

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR GROUPS

• Preschool: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Centering Prayer at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church: Monday, 10:00 AM
• Cub Scouts: Monday, 6:30 PM
• BSA Troop 2: Monday, 7:00 PM
• Roanoke Valley Choral Society, Monday, 7:00 PM
• AA-Primary Purpose: Tuesday & Thursday, 10:30 AM
• AA-Seeds of Hope: Tuesday, 5:30 PM
• Tai Chi: Tuesday & Thursday, 5:30 PM
• Hip Sober Chicks: Thursday, 6:30 PM
• Al-Anon: Friday, 11:45 AM

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Send submissions for The Herald and This Week @ RCPC to Julie Satterwhite 

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