Sunday Notes

Pastor Austin’s weekly reflection on Sunday’s message and RPC Happenings. Click here… read more

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A Virtual Election of Elders and Deacons will be held August 9th immediately following the 10 AM Virtual Worship service. Our Congregational meeting will be held during the coffee hour and fellowship so just click on the Fellowship via Zoom link and join in our meeting. Link to Agenda is as follows: August_9 2020 Virtual Congregational meeting

Bible Study ~ Join us by Zoom video conference on Wednesdays
Thanks to technology there are still ways we can be together and see each other’s faces. On Wednesday at 11 AM, (we are currently on summer break and will resume 8/19) you are all invited to log on click this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89229213841  and you’ll be transported to our video call. Please be sure to click “Join with Video” and “Join with Audio” when the prompts come.

Let’s Walk” – RPC Summer Walking Group
Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. (July 2nd – August 27th)
This Summer at RPC we are going to take advantage of the warm weather by meeting up once a week to go for a walk. This will give us much needed time to connect, to share stories, to pray, and to simply observe God at work in our community.
This walking group is for all ages and all abilities. We’ll get some light exercise and enjoy each other’s company. Come join us every week or just as you’re able. Meet at RPC on Thursdays at 10 a.m. (July 2 – August 27th; on break 8/20)

RPC Summer Reads – Faith, Race, and Equality   This Summer at RPC we are having a conversation about our faith and its intersection with issues of race and reconciliation.
Pastor Austin leading a series of book groups and discussions in July and August. We will be reading, “The Very Good Gospel” by Lisa Sharon Harper and “I’m Still Here” by Austin Channing Brown. Each of these titles will offer challenging and important voices that will invite us to engage topics like equity, justice, racism, and faith.

Our next gathering will be on Wednesday, August 5th (from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.) discussing “The Very Good Gospel” by Lisa Sharon Harper, chapters 4-8.  On August 12th, we will begin discussing “I’m Still Here” by Austin Channing Brown. Pick up your book now online or through the library and jump into the discussion. All are welcome to join us…please rsvp by emailing office@redmondpres.org to indicate your plan to join us. If you have questions, please contact Pastor Austin.

Fellowship Coffee Hour via Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86829159388
After the online worship service, we are going to start gathering for online coffee hour. Just click the link and drop in to see some familiar faces and say hello. No agenda, just fun.

Thank you all for your support of our Food Box Program during ‘the summer of quarantine’. With your help we have been able to provide food for our neighbors in need 6 times! With each donation we have helped between 130 and 140 families! But our last donation fed 160 families! The need is growing.

We are not sure what nutrition plans will look like when the LWSD gets back to school, since they have now announced that they will be virtual for at least the fall. We want to be prepared to respond in any way we might be needed. The new link reflects our current finances. We spend the money you donate on our families, exclusively. Since we are an all-volunteer organization, we spend all of our donations feeding people.
Here is the link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/xaxbxx-feeding-redmond-school-kids-during-covid19?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 . You of course may still make your check payable to RPC and then just write on the memo line that it is for the Food Box Program.
We are hoping that you might consider donating once again.
Each time you donate, the money you give helps with food for the each month’s donation day. Any funds leftover will provide us with money to plan further into the school year.
If you have friends and family who are interested in donating, please share our link with them as well. The August donation day will take place on Thursday Aug. 13. Together we can make sure that all children have the nutrition they need to be successful. We are hoping that you might consider donating once again, to help us as we move into our August donation, and further into the school year. If you have friends and family who are interested in donating, please share our link with them as well.
Also, we have noticed that GoFund Me has added a tip section to their website. You are able to adjust that amount to make it more comfortable for you. Together we can make sure that all children have the nutrition they need to be successful.

Donate blood ~ If you are healthy and you are able to donate blood, this is an important need in the midst of this crisis. You can follow the link here Bloodworks Northwest .This is just one way some of us can help if we are able.

Please note that during this period of quarantine, events shown on the calendar are virtual. While Madrone School is holding classes the Boy Scouts are not meeting. Please limit entering the CE building while Madrone is in session, Monday thru Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM since they will need to take your temperature and record your entry into the building for tracing purposes per Covid 19 protocol. Only the collection and distribution (delivery) of food boxes for the above partnership program are taking place in the Fellowship Hall. The office is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9:30 am – 4 pm with an exception the week of August 10th.