REMINDERS!
Lent and Holy Week 2021
Don't forget about our Lenten Calendar and Holy Week at Home Guide available on the Google Drive. If you are in need of a printed copy, please contact Sara in the Church Office. Additionally, Bishop Malone has invited clergy and laity in the East Ohio Annual Conference to join her in prayer and scripture with another Lenten Calendar. That calendar is also available in the google drive and can be downloaded from the Annual Conference Website here.
Google Drive Reminder
Rockport All Church Information and Financial Reports are accessible here. Current financials are now posted!
Strategic Planning Update:
We invite you to join us in daily prayer as we seek to discern God's direction for our future, setting a mission and vision that will help us live more fully into God's call. Our 8:00 prayer appears below and we invite you to join us in daily prayer at 8am, 8pm, or both with our Rockport UMC 8:00 Discernment Prayer. More than that, we know that prayer is powerful, even more so when done in community. Thanks to Lisa Kay, we will begin weekly prayer Thursdays at 7 via Zoom. Please see the box below for Zoom information!
We can never have enough prayer, so we are also looking for additional weekly prayer group leaders, for both zoom and those who wish to gather outside in the parking lot (masked and socially distanced). If you are interested in leading a weekly prayer gathering, please reply to this email and let me know what your preferred method, time, and day of the week.
Spaghetti Drive Thru Fundraiser
Check out the flyer below for information on the March 21, 2021 Spaghetti Drive Thru event and call to get your order in ASAP! DEADLINE TO ORDER IS TOMORROW, MARCH 19. We will again make deliveries to all homebound members. Those meals will be soup and bread this month. Each delivery and order will include a scripture, poem, and our prayers!
Zoom Worship
As of March 7, 2021, we have made the difficult choice to discontinue worship by Zoom. Worship will continue to be available via YouTube, Facebook, and on our website, www.rockportumc.org.
Parental Leave and Appointment Update
Rev. Laurie Bruce will serve as Rockport's interim pastor, from April 1, 2021-July 1, 2021 during Pastor Lorrin's parental leave. Rev. Bruce is excited to come and serve among you at Rockport and we look forward to her arrival and leading our Easter 10am Virtual Service on April 4th. Let us join our hearts in prayer for her and for Rockport as we anticipate this transition and welcome Rev. Bruce into our midst.
As of this moment in sending this, the Radzik family continues to await Baby Radzik's arrival. Rev. Radzik will continue to be the primary contact for Pastoral Care and will continue to attend meetings, etc., via zoom until Baby Radzik arrives. (Don't worry, the good news will be shared with you as soon as we hear, so we can all celebrate with them!) Once Baby Radzik makes his appearance, Pastor Lorrin will remain on staff, but will officially be on parental leave through the remainder of her appointment at Rockport UMC (June 30). Plans for emergency pastoral care between now and Rev. Bruce's arrival on April 1 are available in the Church Office.
At this time, Bishop Malone and the East Ohio Conference Cabinet has not yet made the appointment of Rockport's next appointed pastor. SPRC will continue to be in consultation with Rev. Dr. Steven Bailey, our District Superintendent, throughout this process and will continue to keep the congregation informed as we move forward. In the meantime, everyone is invited to be in prayer for Pastor Lorrin's family, Rockport UMC, the UMC of Macedonia, Pastor Russ Ham, the New Leaf United Methodist Church, Rev. Laurie Bruce, Rockport's interim pastor, and Rockport's next pastor as we move through this season of transition.
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