Here are some of the things beyond worship that we do at RVUMC. Some are fund-raisers; all are FUN and open to all in the community. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented us from doing all of them in 2020; we resumed some, with COVID constraints, in 2021. Stay tuned as we adjust to changing conditions as we do even more in 2023!
Events at RVUMC
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SECOND SUNDAY SUPPERS
On the second Sunday of each month (except for June, July and August) RVUMC has served dinner free to anyone who wants to come. Members of the church offer a potluck meal. Dining is family-style. Somehow, it all works out.
In January 2023 we moved to an earlier time, at least for the winter
February 12 was chili.
March 12 was corned beef.
April 9, Easter, will be ham and ??? at 1:30
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Souper bowl chili sale
On "Super Bowl" Sunday RVUMC has sold "to go" chili donated by our own cooks and local restaurants. There's something for everyone--mild, medium, hot; meatless, vegan.
All proceeds go to youth missions, locally, regionally, and internationally. For 2023 this was on Sunday Feb. 12 (AFTER the 2 pm supper!)
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cookie sales
Several times a year, our gifted bakers express their creativity by bringing their favorite treats to RVUMC for our internationally beloved cookies-by-the-pound sales.
For Christmas 2022, we returned to our "you point, we pack" selections by-the-pound. Sale was planned for ONE DAY ONLY: Friday Dec. 16 3-7...though we also opened Saturday from 9-11, as Friday's weather was repulsive.
We will not be having a pre-Easter sale in 2023; we will direct our energies to the cantata the day before Easter, and bake for the Garden Tea & Plant Sale in early May.
We still have some District cookbooks, and a selection of fair trade items from Equal Exchange (teas, coffees, chocolate, spices, and olive oil).
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cantatas
At Easter and Christmas, the choir and community members have shared great joy in presenting a cantata. Since indoor choirs are known to create "super-spreader" conditions for the pandemic COVID-19 virus, we pressed the metaphorical Pause button in '20 & '21; rehearsals for Christmas 2022 for vaccinated parts singers began Saturday Oct. 29th. The public presentation of "Lead Me Back to Bethlehem", including instrumentalists, was Saturday December 17th at 2 pm. It was FREE. We hope you were there! Easter 2023's will be Saturday April 8, the day before Easter. Rehearsals for "Come, Touch the Robe" are 10 am Saturdays.
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car show
Our 2019 Car Show attracted participants from as far away as Saratoga and cars from as long ago as 1930s. While the pandemic put a freeze on it in '20 & '21, we were delighted to have another great show on June 18, 2022. We even pushed the timeline back as far as 1929!
SAVE Saturday JUNE 17 in 2023!