R Street Community Church

Miles is having too much fun,  so we are calling it a Snow Day tomorrow -  which means  NO SERVICE.
Stay home, stay safe and be warm!

See you on February 7 for worship, and more family talks over a Brown Bag lunch following the service.

Blessings,
Mark, Greg and Jerusalem

Join in as we explore & experience Advent 2009 – InCarNatiOn together…

Gather: Saturday Night, December 19 – R Street Gal’s Christmas Party & Ornament Exchange. 6PM @ the home of Sarah Steppach.

Sunday Morning, December 20 – Sunday Worship, exploring Peace Incarnate @ 10:15

Thursday Night, December 24, 8PM – Christmas Eve Service

Saturday – Our 2nd Annual Holiday Open House/Craft Fair.

9-5, @ R Street.

Stop by to shop, rest your feet, enjoy free coffee and cookies and support local and international missions!!

Sunday – 2nd Annual Advent Event for kids of ALL ages!

Join us for a Brown Bag Lunch following the service, then join us as begin to prepare for the Season of Advent with crafts, events and acts of service for kids of all ages. We hope you will join us and spend some quality R St. family time together, laughing, eating and celebrating the impending arrival of the Holiday Season!

at R Street, we informally practice the philosophy, that “the church that eats together, stays together” and for that reason we hosting monthly “Gatherings” – church-family meals hosted in various homes.  This Sunday you will have the opportunity to join in one of these meals and to get to know some of your R Street family members better.

This Sunday:

Gathering @ The Currey’s

What for? To celebrate Adam and Bethany Peterson’s recent wedding & to celebrate just being a church family

What time?

4:30 p.m.  (We’re starting early as Mark has to get his beauty rest you know!)

What can you bring? Thanks for asking!

The Curreys will be providing  1 large pot of mild chili, one pot of potato soup, paper plates, bowls, utensils, cups.

Sunday Night Gatherings -  This Sunday, October 4, 5PM @ The Graham’s Home, Bring your own meat to grill and 1 side item to share and come and get to know someone new a little better.For more info contact Lori @ lorifgraham@hotmail.com –

R Street Gal’s Book Group – Monday nights, beginning October 5, 7PM
1st Meeting at Linda Edwards home
Feel free to bring a tasty snack to share if you want. We will be reading and discussing the book This Beautiful Mess by Rick McKinley. For more info contact Linda  at mce62856@sbcglobal.net

 
An Evening with Don Miller – Author Don Miller (who has lots of fans @ R Street)  is coming to Little Rock on October 6 @ 7PM. Tickets are available for sale online. Those who want to carpool need to meet at R St. by 6:15 that night.

The Bed Project – Thursday Nights @ 7PM

Visit The Bed Project’s site to learn more about current needs, projects, field trip and more…

Discipleship Group – Friday Nights, beginning October 9, 7PM A Discussion of Genesis @ the home of Sheryl & James Pachosa, led by Kirk Kimball. For more info Contact Sheryl @  spachosa@comcast.com

WRITING WORKSHOP THIS SATURDAY

Join us this Saturday from 10 AM till 2 PM as Greg will be facilitating a writing workshop for R Street. We have been focusing on Redemption this month, and we would like to hear/ read your story. This is the first time Greg has combined what he does as a writing teacher/ consultant with church life, and he is very excited about it. Mark, Jerusalem, and Greg have talked about ways to respond to all of the writers/ artists/ creative types in our midst, and have many ideas for the future. This is just the first of many opportunities on the horizon.

Please do not be intimidated by the idea of a writing workshop. The purpose of this type of workshop is to make something that might be intimidating very simple and easy. Greg promises to walk you through a process that will be enjoyable and rewarding.

Molly McCaskill has graciously offered her home for our workshop (actually, it’s her parent’s home). Her address is 16 Pointe Clear Drive. Here is a link to a mapquest map.

We’ll have donuts, bagels, and coffe. Hope you can make it!

Sermons Back Online

Thanks to Adam Peterson and the rest of our tech team we are in the process of uploading our “R” series of sermons online. Visit our “Listening” page to find and download recent messages. And check back regularly as more will be added soon!

The Bed Project now has a website where you can stay connected & learn more!

Visit them @ http://bedproject.wordpress.com and see what is new.

I hear another field trip is coming up…

Wednesday night is once again upon us, and we wanted to remind you of some opportunities going on in our community:

The Sweet Justice series continues this evening at Second Baptist Church downtown (5:45pm).  Chris Ellis will be discussing the Millennium Developmen Goals and global poverty issues.  The presentation will last about an hour, followed by dessert and advocacy/interaction time.

The Movies in the Park feature tonight is Shrek the Third, so grab a blanket, grab family and friends, grab a snack and head down to the Riverfront!  The show starts at sundown (around 8:30pm), but we recommend getting there by 7:30pm to find a spot, find each other, or meet some new people from the community.

Thanks to everyone who was able to come and meet with the Edwards and Lloyds and learn more about their story &  The Bed Project.

For those of you who were not able to make it, here is a little more info on what The Bed Project is about….

 The Bed Project strives to be a loving community.  We want to learn about love through the messy business of trying to love one another.  We intend to cross paths with and show love to the needy as a way of connecting with and channeling God’s exceptional love and mercy.  We desire to strengthen the stability and self-sufficiency of needy families by developing relationships with them, providing beds, and meeting other basic needs as appropriate.

The Bed Project strives to be a transformational community.  We want to learn to be the kind of people that can show exceptional love and mercy and speak words of life and light to families oppressed by poverty.

This week you can jump in with both hands, and help with the following project:

The Bed Project will be meeting at the Edwards’s house at 7:00 PM on Thursday night, June 18^th (14404 Cecil Dr., west Little Rock; 868-4202)

On Thursday night, we will start building two sets of bunk beds for LuWuanna’s children.  LuWanna is a widow with three children.  Their family lives in poverty and recently lost most of their belongings in a house fire.  Those that do not want to use power tools will meet to strategize around the non-building parts of the Bed Project.  To pull this off, we need our multiple gifts and talents.  R Street can do this – How hard can it be?