Slate and Stone

December 29, 2024

The Rumple staff would like to wish everyone

in the Rumple family a Happy New Year!

End of year gifts

Rumple will receive gifts for the 2024 calendar year through Tuesday, December 31st. Any gift received or postmarked by that date will be counted as a gift in 2024. You may give online, drop a gift by the church office (including the locked box outside the Rumple House, or mail a gift to the church.) Together we continue to serve God and neighbor through Rumple's cornerstones of Worship, Education, Mission, and Community. Thank you for your continued generosity.

Please keep in your prayers:

Bill Cuthill on the death of his wife, Rene, on 12/18; Miriam Newton, hospitalized at Watauga Medical Center; Janet Goodman, recovering after hospital stay; Patti Curtis, recovering from foot surgery and a fall on 12/23; Marilyn Reep, recovering from knee surgery; Kent Leonard; Linda Steen, recovering from a third surgery; Grace Lloyd’s father, Stephen, recovering from surgery on 12/19; Bonnie McLamb; Lucy Aldridge; Dave Henry’s mother-in-law, Jean; Mack Gaddy; David Baskin; All who are facing loss and displacement due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton; Debbie Brenner’s friend, Arlene; Pete Groothuis; David Hardage; Pat and Charles Coley; Mark, friend to many at Rumple; Cullie Tarleton; Teresa Lentz; Jim Ruff; Sam Reep; Mary Ann Baggstrom’s sister, Connie; Sarah Settlemyer’s friend, Theresa; Barbara Leon’s former pastor, Jackie; Sherry Wilson’s mom, Jean; Walt Baggstrom’s brother, Bob; Sylvia Kiker.

Funeral for Rene Cuthill will be on January 14th at 2:00p.m. at Winter Park Presbyterian Church in Winter Park, Florida.

Stewardship Update

Rumple is on the threshold of a wonderful new year in mission and ministry. Thank you to the 80 families who have made a financial pledge to Rumple for 2025, totaling over $550,000. As Rumple's mission and ministries expand and increase, so does our annual budget. You can make a confidential pledge through this google form, mail in your pledge card to the church office, or email to Sarah Parker. If you need assistance, please contact Sarah.

Office Hours for the Holidays

The Church Office will be closed on January 1st for New Year's Day.

Click here to view the church calendar.

Kathy Beach is away on vacation through Tuesday, December 31. If you have a pastoral care concern please contact Parish Associate Pastor Dave Henry or elder Annie Tarbutton.

Join Rumple for Sunday morning worship, December 29 at 11 a.m.

Service will be in the sanctuary, or you may watch live at 11 a.m. on our webpage or YouTube channel. Childcare is available for the service. Bulletins are available on the church website.

Each Sunday our worship service is livestreamed. Cold, flu, and covid seasons are upon us, so if you are feeling under the weather, we encourage you to stay home and worship online for the health and safety of others. Find all previous online worship services on YouTube.

Parking is at a premium in Blowing Rock! In order to be sure there is plenty of space for visitors and guests, and while construction is going on, please consider driving only one vehicle per household to Rumple each Sunday. Thank you!

Winter Weather Announcements will be communicated on Sunday mornings via text through Breeze, email, and the church website. If you're unsure on Sunday morning about worship cancellations, please check those places. Also, if you have not opted in to texts through Breeze, please do so or call the office to get help enrolling.

Spend Less, Give More Advent Challenge update

As a part of Advent Reimagined, we were all invited to spend less and give more this Advent and Christmas. The Missions Committee invited us all to consider a gift to Rumple's Hurricane Helene Recovery Fund as a part of our "giving more" this year. We will announce the total amount of money raised during the Advent challenge next week in the first Slate and Stone of the new year!

Blowing Rock Cares in the Watauga Democrat

The Watauga Democrat published an article on the Blowing Rock Cares update made possible with the grant from the Cannon Foundation. You can read the article here.