Ramona United Methodist Church » prayer http://www.ramonaumc.org Open Doors, Open Hearts, Open Minds — At Hwy. 67 & Dye Road Near the Fire Station Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:55:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Join RUMC for the Holy Saturday/Easter Eve Vigil Fire http://www.ramonaumc.org/2010/03/27/join-rumc-for-the-holy-saturdayeaster-eve-vigil-fire/ http://www.ramonaumc.org/2010/03/27/join-rumc-for-the-holy-saturdayeaster-eve-vigil-fire/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:31:18 +0000 admin http://www.ramonaumc.org/?p=607 At 6:30 p.m. Easter Eve, Saturday, April 3, a few yards southeast of the Hwy. 67/Highland Valley Road/Dye Road intersection, we gather for a soup potluck and brief worship. If you can, bring a favorite soup to share – homemade or a can of Campbell’s are fine.  We light the Vigil Fire at 7:30 p.m. and take turns tending it to keep the fire burning throughout the night. We’ll contemplate the celebration of the resurrection.

His followers watched Jesus as He prayed on the Mount of Olives, as He was betrayed, as He was judged by those unworthy to judge Him, and as He died on the cross.  Unlike those followers, we know what Easter morning brings.  We know that the stone has been rolled away.  So we can wait in great anticipation, in peace and in joy.  We know that Easter morning will resound with the shouts of “He Is Alive!”

If you like, sign-up for a shift around the fire.  Make sure it burns brightly through the night as a testimony to our anticipation. Bring your campers, bring your chairs, or just pull up a log to sit around the fire.  Come for half an hour or all night.

And celebrate with us as the sun rises and we use the flame from the Vigil Fire to light our candles and our way to the Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m.!

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]]> http://www.ramonaumc.org/2010/03/27/join-rumc-for-the-holy-saturdayeaster-eve-vigil-fire/feed/ 0 RUMC Response to Haiti Quake http://www.ramonaumc.org/2010/01/13/rumc-response-to-haiti-quake/ http://www.ramonaumc.org/2010/01/13/rumc-response-to-haiti-quake/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:36:05 +0000 Scott http://www.ramonaumc.org/?p=564 You are by now probably painfully aware of the devastation caused by the 7.0 earthquake on the island nation of Haiti. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere and hundreds of thousands of people are now feared dead, many buried alive under rubble and debris. The Ramona United Methodist Church is collecting a special designated offering for the Haitian people. It is our hope that you will go above and beyond in your giving to help those who have always had so little and now have even less. Thank you for your continued support. We urge you to keep the people of Haiti and those on the front lines of the rescue efforts in your thoughts and prayers.

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