1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Sunday, March 31, 2024

Happy Easter!

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 (No Sunday School classes Easter Sunday ) 

 CUC Attendance

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Members        83

Zoom               1

 Total              84

Prayer Requests

Katherine Simons had a second cardiac procedure placing 2 stents on Thursday.   Pray for her full recovery.

Linda Cantrell and her familyas they recover from injuries from car accident.

Joyce Michno Pray for a continued good recovery following recent fall

Doug Tatom for relief of back pain which was not much helped by epidural

Ongoing prayers

Shirley May for relief of back pain

Edna Smith at the Phoenix at Milton

(Please help keep your weekly CUC newsletter editor updated as to prayers needed for our fellow CUC members and their families.)

Please pray for needs expressed and unexpressed for CUC members, and for friends and relatives of CUC class members who are facing illnesses, loss of loved ones, and important decisions to be made

Birthdays

Nancy Wistrand Mar 31
Tom Knight Apr  1
Pat Stamps Apr  1
Dave Roberts Apr  4
Gannett Backus Apr  4   
 
Anniversary: Ron & Pat Peterson married on 3/31/1962 in Birmingham, AL, 62 years!  

Holy Week Schedule
Good Friday Service: Seven Last Words, 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary Building.
  Easter Sunday: Sunday, March 31.
  Sunrise at 6:30 a.m. on The Commons
  Contemporary worship at 9 a.m. in the Sanctuary
  Traditional Worship at 11:15 a.m. in the Sanctuary
  Chapel Roswell at 11:15 a.m. in the Chapel Building
        Brunch to follow the 11:15 a.m. services in the Fellowship Hall.

Jacob’s RUMC Hospitality Updates

We have certainly been very active this week around the RUMC Campus! It was wonderful to see so many people here on campus Wednesday night! We Served close to 400 total meals inside and outside in under 2 hours! It could be a slower week next week with Spring Break, but our Tuesday Lunches will be back this week and will be in the Dining Room to accommodate the Must Pantry being pushed to Tuesday with the Easter Holiday.

We are looking forward to seeing you at our Wednesday Night Supper this coming Wednesday, April 3! This week we will be Serving Chicken and Dumplings, Herb Rice Pilaf, Broccoli and Carrot Medley, Honey-Butter Biscuit, Tomato Basil Soup, Featured Salad Bar, Carrot Cake and Assorted Cookies!! Supper will be served in the Fellowship Hall from 5:00 pm – 6:45 pm. ($5.00 for Soup and Salad Bar). You can order ahead online at the link below or you can just arrive during serving hours and enjoy! We can also box up family meals “to go”, but please order these by Tuesday Night if possible so that we know how many to plan for. You can also still pre-order frozen meals online to pick up Monday- Thursday from 9 am – 3 pm., or just stop by the kitchen during those hours to pick up any frozen meals we have in stock.

You can always find menus and register online by visiting the RUMC website here:

 https://www.rumc.com/widgets/event-details/?id=27148  (Wednesday Night Supper)

Our Tuesday Community and Fellowship Lunches will resume on April 2!! This week we will be in the Dining Room and will be Serving Chicken Pot Pie Garden Salad, Buttered Yeast Roll, Cookie,! $8.00 per Meal Dine-in Available from 11:30 am – 1:15 pm

Frozen Meals $7 (3 for $20), Irish Beef Stew w/ Rice Pilaf (GF),Smoked Gouda Mac and Cheese, Shepherd’s Pie. Frozen Soup $3 (4 pints for $10)-Beef and Cabbage Soup (GF), Potato and Ham Chowder (GF), Hearty Beef and Vegetable Soup (GF) Frozen Meals are always available for Purchase: https://www.rumc.com/widgets/event-details/?id=27095 (Tuesday Lunch and Frozen Meals).

RUMC is pleased to be able to welcome you all to Easter Brunch following the 11:15 services on Easter Day! Brunch will be Served in the Fellowship Hall starting at 12:00 PM. We will have plenty of seating available in the Fellowship Hall, Dining Room, and Trinity Café, as well as outside seating available on the commons and Fellowship Hall Parking lot. No Reservations or pre-orders are required. Suggested Donations of $5 per guest at the door are appreciated! We hope to see you all here! Menu: Sausage Egg and Cheese Casserole, Maple French Toast Casserole,  Roasted Potatoes w/ Peppers and Onion, Bacon, Buttered Biscuits w/ Assorted Butter and Jelly, Fresh Fruit Salad, Orange Juice, Coffee

Looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday, but if you can’t make it, we hope you have a very Happy Easter Holiday!

Must  Neighborhood Pantry

 RUMC again serves  our  neighborhood on  Tuesday , April 7.  This  ministry provides  food to 250 families  every  1st Monday  of the month (This  month it is  on Tuesday) Volunteers  are  needed Our next MUST Mobile Pantry on Mimosa is Tuesday, April 2nd.Here’s how you can help…

Volunteer! We have several volunteer shifts throughout the day.

Donate! We need 200+ jugs of laundry detergent (larger size) and 200+ packages of feminine hygiene products (pads more popular than tampons) each month. If you would like to donate these items, drop them off at the RUMC Fellowship Hall on Pantry Day any time before 4:00 PM.

Additionally, we also need volunteers to shop for us. If you are willing to shop for us in bulk, we will reimburse you!  We also need $$! We use monetary donations to buy laundry detergent, tortillas, protein, feminine hygiene products and more each month. To donate online, go to www.rumc.com and choose About/Giving/Give Online. After you click on “Give Online,” there’s a drop-down menu that says: “Tithes and Offerings.” Pull-down that menu to “MUST Neighborhood Pantry” and donate there. You can also drop-off monetary donations in the RUMC front office. Just write “MUST Pantry” on the check or envelope to ensure it gets to us.

For more  information contact Scotty Brewington  scotty@marketjet.com

Charis Gallery

Don’t forget to take time to visit the Charis Gallery to see The Artists of RUMC (especially the artists of CUC) on display through April 7.

Neighborhood Care Groups

Don’t forget to make a call or a text or visit this week to someone in your CUC Neighborhood Care Group!

Support for Our Missions:

Continue to save those flip tops for Ronald McDonald Houses and bring them in to CUC for Nancy Wright

Continue to contribute support to Murphy Harpst using AmazonSmile.

Also register at Publix.com with Murphy Harpst School as the one to receive a portion of your receipts at Publix and Kroger.

Calendar

April 6- Homestretch Run the River Road Race

April 21-  Sounds  of the  Spirit  Concert

Ed. Note: If you have a prayer request or an announcement to be included in the CUC Friday email to the CUC members, please forward it to suewaite@bellsouth.net by Thursday evening. There are many announcements that come from RUMC weekly. If you feel any specifically should be included in this CUC newsletter please let Sue know.

Use the CUC internet site c-u-c.com for further information, the CUC calendar, and past lessons and newsletter.