05.12.13 Jesus and His Mother

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Monday, May 13
7:00 pm Work and Spirit Support Group

Tuesday, May 14
9:00 am Bell Choir
10:30 am Bible Study

Thursday, May 16
7:30 pm Choir

Saturday, May 18
9:30 am Saturday Breakfast

Sunday, May 19 – Pentecost Sunday
9:30 am Choir
10:00 am Worship, Birthday Sunday (see below)
10:15 am Time for the Younger Church (see below)
11:00 am Fellowship
11:15 am Membership/Fellowship Committee

Tuesday, May 21
9:00 am Bell Choir
10:30 am Bible Study
7:00 pm Joint Session and Deacons Meeting

Wednesday, May 22 – LOG Deadline

Thursday, May 23
7:30 pm Choir

Sunday, May 26 – Trinity Sunday
9:15 am Choir
10:00 am Worship
10:15 am Time for the Younger Church (see below)
11:00 am Fellowship
11:15 am Prayer Group

Monday, May 27 – Memorial Day Observed
Church office closed

Tuesday, May 28
9:00 am Bell Choir
10:30 am Bible Study

Thursday, May 30– LOG Mailing
7:30 pm Choir

Holy Communion
Holy Communion is offered the first Sunday of the month unless otherwise indicated.

Time for the Younger Church/Sunday School/Youth Group
Sunday school begins at 10:15 am after the “Time for the Younger Church” portion of the worship service. Children leave to their own playroom, where they enjoy a story, prayer, related activity and play. They bring home a handout that summarizing the story they heard with discussion ideas for parents. At special times during the year, the youth meet during worship to develop a skit that is performed during worship.

Birthday Sunday
On the third Sunday of each month, Redwoods offers a birthday blessing to those in worship who have a birthday during the month. In addition, those who have indicated their birthday to the church office (924-4832 or office@redwoodspres.org) are offered a birthday blessing in the monthly bulletin, the LOG, and here on the church website.

Please wish a Happy Birthday on May 2 – Georgene Gmahling, 4 – Marilyn Paulson and 7 – Patrick Little (’95).

Fellowship
Each Sunday after the 10 am worship service, a group gathers in Fellowship Hall for coffee, tea and light refreshments. The church also regularly celebrates special events in the life of the church at this time.

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Choir
During the fall, winter and spring months, the choir practices before Sunday worship at 9:15 am and on 7:30 on Thursdays. (In the summer, the choir practices only on Sundays before worship.) If you like to sing, you are warmly welcomed to join the choir and sing some wonderful music. For more information, contact Redwoods Music Director Barbara Bacon-Shaw.

Bell Choir
The bell choir practices at 9:00 on Tuesdays all year round. If you are interested in the bell choir, please contact Redwoods Music Director Barbara Bacon-Shaw.

Bible Study
Bible Study meets weekly at 10:30 am on Tuesdays during the fall, winter and spring months and takes its sabbatical in the summer. The group uses Horizon study guides and warmly welcomes new members. Please feel free to come to any Bible Study meeting in the fall or if you would like more information, please contact the Rev. Cornel Barnett.

Saturday Breakfast
The Saturday Breakfast offers a half hour potluck breakfast and socializing at 9:30 am on the third Saturday of the month before an educational program at 10 am. All newcomers are warmly welcomed. For more information about the group or its upcoming programs, please contact Chair Debbie Lundberg.

Mill Street
On the second Sunday of each month year-round, Redwoods offers a meal to the 50 residents of the Mill Street Center, a homeless shelter in San Rafael. A signup sheet in Fellowship Hall indicates contributions needed, including milk, juice, fruit, canned goods, other staples and casseroles. The Mill Street residents are very grateful for the support. Please give as generously as you are able.

Spirit and Work Support Group
The Spirit and Work Support Group meets the second Monday of the month from 7-8 pm in the church library. In a confidential and supportive environment, church members and friends share about such topics as job changes, collegial relationships, time management, balancing work and home life and how faith and spirituality support work, and they offer prayers for each other in between meetings. For more information, contact The Rev. Cornel Barnett.

Session, Deacons and Committees
Meetings of church governing bodies—officers and committees—are open to members of the congregation. Here is a list of upcoming governing body meetings:

The Facilities Committee (Clay Wiens) will next meet on the call of the chair.

The Finance Committee (Tani Girton) will next meet on the call of the chair.

The Membership/Fellowship Committee (Nancy Rademacher) will next meet at 11:15 am, Sunday, May 19.

The Deacons (Polly Gorder) will next meet at 7 pm, Tuesday, May 21, jointly with Session and as the Deacons Board following the joint meeting.

The Session (Ani Lelea) will next meet at 7 pm, Tuesday, May 21 jointly with the Deacons and as Session following the joint meeting.

The Mission Outreach Committee (Debbie Lundberg) will next meet at 11:15 am on Sunday, June 2.

The Worship/Christian Education Committee (Melissa Gill) will next meet at 11:15 am, Sunday, June 9.

If you would like more information about a group, or would like to sit in on a meeting, please contact the group chair indicated in parenthesis.

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Saturday Breakfast – May 18
On May 18, our Saturday Breakfast will feature long-time member, James Holmes, with a program on historic Larkspur. A well-known expert on the subject, James has offered walking tours of Larkspur. The light potluck breakfast begins at 9:30 am with the program from 10-11 am. Please mark your calendars and join us to learn more about our charming town.

Concert – May 18-19
The 100-voice Marin Oratorio will perform Judas Maccabaeus by George Frideric Handel, 8 pm, May 18 and 3 pm, May 19 at the College of Marin Dunn Theatre. By donation (suggested $20, $15 students, seniors, alumni). See www.marinoratorio.org.

Contemplative Prayer – through May with May 26 meeting
Redwoods is excited to offer its members and friends an opportunity to participate in “Exploring Contemplative Prayer,” a monthly online exploration of Christian prayer practices along with an optional monthly meeting to be facilitated by Rev. Dr. Cornel Barnett immediately following the worship service on the last Sunday of the month. The online link and passwords for the prayer practices have been emailed to all Redwoods members and friends. This and all monthly lessons may be used and/or downloaded at any time before June 2013. Members without email may request that a monthly hard copy be made available to them by contacting Rev. Barnett or the church office. The next meeting of fellow travelers will be on May 26 at 11:15 am. Rev. Barnett encourages all members and friends to participate in this wonderful program.

Supper with a Missionary on May 29!
Please join us at 6:30 pm, Wednesday, May 29 to hear Kristi Van Nostran, a PCUSA missionary working with Joining Hands Against Hunger in El Salvador. A light soup supper will precede her program. Visitors are welcome!

Bible Study on Tuesdays
Join the lively and enjoyable discussions of the Bible Study group which meets Tuesdays at 10:30 am in the Library. The current topic is focused on the New Testament letters of Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians and what they say about the personality of Jesus.

Spiritual Direction – ongoing
Join a women’s group seeking to become more aware of the movement of Spirit through readings, contemplative music, prayer, silence and the sharing. A weekly series facilitated by Spiritual Director, Debbie Dybsky, MA, DASD, is held at 1-2:30 pm, at the Interfaith Counseling Center, 15 Austin Ave., San Anselmo, on the San Francisco Theological Seminary campus. Donations gratefully accepted. To register, contact Debbie at 578-8128 or dymuir@aol.com. (NOTE: group will not meet May 17 or 24)

Photographs Needed
Do you like to take photos? Redwoods would like to update its website with new photos of church activities. If you would be interested in taking photos during a few church activities or if you have one or more photos of recent church activities that you would let us use for the website, please contact the Rev. Cornel Barnett or office administrator Mari Robinson at 924-4832 or office@redwoodspres.org.

Spiritual Direction
Interested in spiritual practices like meditation and contemplation and how they can help you? See The Rev. Cornel Barnett’s new and updated “Spiritual Practices” at on this site for easy-to-follow and step-by-step directions for practice. Please also feel free to speak to The Rev. Barnett personally about guidance for your spiritual practices.

Marin Food Bank
Redwoods sponsors a Marin Food Bank barrel in Fellowship Hall that is used to collect nonperishable food items for distribution to the hungry in Marin. Thank you to church members for your continuing contributions to the barrel and thank you to members of the community who donate to the Marin Food Bank through the Redwoods barrel. Also, the Marin Food Bank continues to need donations of brown paper bags. The bags are used to distribute the food donations. You may leave brown paper bags in the barrel or in the Redwoods kitchen.

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