Randolph Heights Presbyterian Church http://www.randolphheights.org A place to Belong, Believe, Become... Tue, 18 May 2010 18:37:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Announcing a New Neighborhood Partnership for RHPC http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=377 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=377#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 18:37:34 +0000 eleta http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=377 The Session of Randolph Heights Presbyterian is excited to announce a new community partnership for the common good. At our May 4th meeting, we voted unanimously to approve a lease agreement with the Mis Amigos Spanish-Immersion Preschool (www.misamigospreschool.com).
 
Mis Amigos is a successful, professional Spanish language immersion preschool that has been serving families in the West Metro (Hopkins) for 10 years. They have been looking for space to open a second location in Saint Paul over the past year, and we’re excited that they have found a home in our building. They come to us highly recommended, and we believe this will be a great new partnership for RHPC. In our recent past, Randolph Heights has housed similar programs for young children – a Montessori school in the 1980s, and then Child-Haven daycare in the early 1990s. We believe it fits with our mission to be a community-building partner in the neighborhood and is an act of good stewardship for a part of our building that is currently only used on Sundays.

Mis Amigos plans to have a few weeks this summer of “camps” and then will begin operating a Monday to Friday morning preschool in September 2010. Their focus is on children ages 33 months to 5 years old.

]]> http://www.randolphheights.org/?feed=rss2&p=377 0 Christ is Risen Indeed! http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=371 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=371#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:32:52 +0000 matt http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=371 On Easter Sunday 2010 at Randolph Heights, we took part in an old Easter tradition, the “flowering of the cross,” which dates back to at least the 6th century. On the way into worship, the congregation was handed cut flowers and as we sang together songs of the Resurrection, the flowers were placed on the cross. What a beautiful way to demonstrate together the new life that emerges at Easter from the darkness of Good Friday. Christ is risen indeed!

]]> http://www.randolphheights.org/?feed=rss2&p=371 0 Holy Week at RHPC http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=360 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=360#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:58:57 +0000 eleta http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=360

Palm/Passion Sunday, March 28th 10:30am
Enter the holy drama of Christ’s journey to the cross – with a palm procession, a multi-voice reading of the Passion from Luke’s Gospel, the carrying of the cross, special musical offerings and images from the history of Christian Art.

Maundy Thursday Dinner & Worship, April 1st 6:30pm
A worship service at the dinner table. Come ready to eat soup and bread, as we gather with Jesus and his disciples on the night he was betrayed.

Good Friday – “Walking the Way of the Cross”
Friday, April 2nd Open Hours 11am-1pm and 5-8pm
The Church will be open for a quiet, prayerful, multi-sensory journey through the events of Good Friday. Drop by and go through at your own pace. Stations will be set up that invite us into reflection and prayer on the passion of Christ.

Easter Sunday, April 4th 10:30am
We gather to celebrate the joy and wonder of Easter, as we flower the cross, a living symbol of Christ’s Resurrection!

]]> http://www.randolphheights.org/?feed=rss2&p=360 0 The Cross of Christ: A Lenten Series http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=349 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=349#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:31:32 +0000 admin http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=349 Lent is a time for reflection.  If you find that the pace of daily life pushes time for reflective thought into the background, this season presents an opportunity.

On three Thursday evenings this Lent, Pastor Matt will present a series of talks reflecting on the meaning of the cross for people who desire to  live the Christian life.

Please join us in the parlor at 7:00 PM on March 4th, 11th, and 18th.

]]> http://www.randolphheights.org/?feed=rss2&p=349 0 You are Welcome http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=339 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=339#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:00:09 +0000 matt http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=339 “Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in God.” That’s how Augustine, who was a bishop in the church about 1500 years ago, put it. We gather together because we’re hungry — hungry to connect with God in song and prayer, hungry to hear God’s word to us, hungry to connect with one another.

Take a couple minutes to explore the site and find out about who we are and what it is that we’re trying to do. As we enter this new year, it would be good to have you stop by some Sunday morning. Hope to see you soon. You are very welcome.

]]> http://www.randolphheights.org/?feed=rss2&p=339 0 Christmas Eve Worship at Randolph Heights http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=330 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=330#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:20:13 +0000 eleta http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=330 UPDATE….DEC 24 at 1:15pm…In spite of the snow, we’re still planning to be open for business tonight! Hope to see you there!

Christmas Eve Worship
Thursday, December 24th.
Musical prelude starts at 4:30 p.m.
Worship with Communion at 5:00 p.m.
Bring the entire family and come early for good seats!

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]]> http://www.randolphheights.org/?feed=rss2&p=330 0 Advent Beginnings http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=321 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=321#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:08:05 +0000 matt http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=321 The past Sunday began our journey of Advent at Randolph Heights. We began this year with a beautiful hymn by the American poet Richard Wilbur called “A Stable Lamp is Lighted.” Here are the words for your reflection:

A stable lamp is lighted
Whose glow shall wake the sky
The stars shall bend their voices
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
And straw like gold will shine
A barn shall harbour heaven
A stall become a shrine

This child through David’s city
Will ride in triumph by
The palm shall strew its branches
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
Though heavy, dull and dumb
And lie within the roadway
To pave the Kingdom come

Yet He shall be forsaken
And yielded up to die
The sky shall groan and darken
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
For thorny hearts of men
God’s blood upon the spearhead
God’s love refused again

But now as at the ending
The low is lifted high
The stars will bend their voices
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
In praises of the child
By whose descent among us
The worlds are reconciled

]]> http://www.randolphheights.org/?feed=rss2&p=321 0 Come Join Us for Thanksgiving! http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=318 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=318#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:39:08 +0000 matt http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=318 All are welcome to join us for our annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner – Thanksgiving Day, November 26th at Noon. For the last 7 years, Randolph Heights has opened its doors for this gathering. It would be great if you could RSVP if you’re planning on being there – call the church office (651-698-3889) or email Eleta. Also, if you’re interested in lending a hand with food or washing a few dishes, let us know that too. Hope to see you there.

]]> http://www.randolphheights.org/?feed=rss2&p=318 0 Thanksgiving Every Day http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=309 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=309#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:52:12 +0000 matt http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=309 thanksgiving dinner Thanksgiving. Not only is it an annual November feast that we gather together with family and friends for, it’s part and parcel of what it means to be a Christian. To give thanks to God. To notice the things in our lives that are given to us.

But giving thanks isn’t always easy. Of course, we’re quite good at taking things for granted. It takes some focus to stop, notice, and give thanks. You have to slow yourself down a bit. Our little 11-month old little boy forces me to slow down – and notice things like the falling leaves and the joyful little bouncing he does when he hears a familiar song. What helps you to slow down and give thanks?

As we prepare to give thanks this November, I encourage you to find one new way to make gratitude an everyday part of your life.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Matt Robbins-Ghormley

Pastor, Randolph Heights Presbyterian Church

]]> http://www.randolphheights.org/?feed=rss2&p=309 0 Happy 500th, John Calvin! http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=300 http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=300#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:27:04 +0000 matt http://www.randolphheights.org/?p=300 calvinportrait

Join us for a birthday party like you’ve never been to before, complete with a special guest doing a reading from the original Latin version of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, the viewing of a new film on John Calvin’s Life and Legacy, and conversation together over birthday cake about how this 16th century theologian and pastor this might matter to us at RHPC. This next Faith Matters event will take place on Reformation Sunday evening, October 25th from 6:00-7:30pm.

Faith Matters is a series of forums on topics that matter to our Christian lives.

**NEW**  To get yourself ready for Sunday night, test  your Calvin knowledge by taking the Calvin Quiz!

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