Open your hearts and share your time, treasure, and talent
that we might make a better place for all
This is an exciting time to be a member of Rockville United Church! As we start a new chapter in our history, we have the opportunity to reflect on the Stewardship theme of “Renewal”.
Many aspects of RUC are undergoing a renewal: a new pastor, new flooring in the Sunday School classrooms, a new church administrator, and hopefully soon, a new Director of Christian Education. Yet renewal can also be found in the things that stay the same: a renewal of the sense of family that makes RUC so special is a prime example.
The 2012 budget contains many budget items aimed at supporting this sense of renewal at RUC, including the salary for a DCE, items to renew the buildings and ground that encompass our campus, and funds to renew our commitments to mission.
We hope this narrative budget helps to clarify what our needs as a church are for the next year. We look forward to this part of RUC’s history.
With respect,
The Stewardship Committee
When I was asked to present this testimonial, I agreed and then began to doubt my ability to deliver on my promise. I asked myself, “How can I relate to renewal, much less speak about it?” What also caused me to have reservations was the stigma I had placed on the concept of stewardship. I had always perceived stewardship to be just a few months when there was talk at church about time, talent and treasures. I’ll be honest…..at times I resented that I was being asked to make these commitments. “Wow”, I thought. This is
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An Event in the Early Life of RUC
Lee and Ken F.
For a variety of reasons (that is another longer story), in 1967 Faith United Church of Christ and St. Andrews Presbyterian Church began to worship together. Their two pastors, Donald Maccallum, and Wiley Prugh, respectively worked together to forge a larger congregation that could have one minister focus on pastoral ministry, and the other developing and building a community ministry.
