Good morning, Rainier Avenue Church! Here is the link for today's worship service: youtu.be/8cWV_-b-TOQ. Link will go live at 9:50am, hope to see you there!
If you're new to Rainier Avenue Church, we'd love to get to know each other! Sign up here and get details for a zoom lunch after church this Sunday: bit.ly/2RvMfe2
While many of us continue to grieve and process the mass shooting in Atlanta and our experience of racism, we acknowledge that the pain of these times weigh heavily on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. To support our brothers and sisters who identify as AAPI, RAC is hosting a Zoom call to create space for us to process these experiences together. It will be a safe space for Asian American brothers and sisters to check in and share with one another. David Leong, Billy Vo, and Pastor Van Manivanh will facilitate this time and all who identify as AAPI are invited to join. Please spread the word within our RAC community. This call is scheduled for this Sunday, April 18, 12:00 to 1:30pm. Click here to sign up and you will receive a zoom link on Sunday: bit.ly/2Qw4vGk
This is a big year for refugee resettlement in the USA. World Relief is preparing for more arrivals and can't do it without community here in the Seattle region. One way you can get involved right now is to participate in the World Relief Seattle Century Challenge as a bike rider (at any level!) or supporter. Every dollar raised is matched 2:1 and goes towards refugee resettlement. Contact Tim Kniffin to learn more about getting involved: bit.ly/3wPzZIp
So many people in the church are working toward the good of south Seattle, whether through your job, volunteering, watching out for your neighbors, advocating with city or school structures, and many other ways. If this describes you, RAC's CCDA team would love to help you connect with other likeminded people in the church! Over the next three months, we'll host three zoom calls where we'll watch and discuss a short video (about 10 min) from a CCDA speaker, and share with each other resources you'd like people to know or opportunities for people in the church to get involved responding to needs you know about. Sign up here -- first event is lunch time this Friday: bit.ly/3s5l4Gz.
Here's the link (bit.ly/3wIoHFW) for worship this morning! If you aren’t able to join us at 10am, this recording will remain here and we invite you to return to this link and watch our service at your earliest convenience. Welcome to worship with us this morning!
Let's celebrate Easter Sunday together! youtu.be/QVMIjTVpues We'll worship God through music and dance contributed by many of you in the congregation, and we'll remember how Christ's resurrection comes in the midst of a broken world, when we need Jesus the most. Even as we long for God's full restoration in our lives and our world, let's celebrate the ultimate power of Jesus' resurrection!
Glad to have RAC youth involved in planning today's demonstration in support of Asian Americans at Franklin High School! As we wait for Easter tomorrow, let's continue to mourn with those who are facing increased threats right now, and to call out the image of God in each of our neighbors.