"GIG" Alert 02-10-2013

Week in WRAP

1. Friday Night Bible Study

This past Friday night, RSQAURED hosted our first Movie/Bible study night! We watched the movie Fireproof and had great discussion about love/relationships. We read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 which is one of my favorite descriptions of love from the bible:

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

After watching Fireproof, we talked about truly experiencing God's love. With Valentines day approaching, it is easy for us to forget that we have a Father up above who loves each of us unconditionally, no matter what our relationship status! Check out the attached picture of our group from Friday night

2. ELITE Pancake Dinner

Looking for plans this Tuesday evening?! Join the Elite Jazz Band and RSQAURED as we merge to perform at ST. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Peoria from 6:00 - 6:30PM. The pancake dinner will be served by the Men's Group from 5:00 - 7:00PM and a free offering will be taken for the dinner. Carnival Activities will be available from 5:30 - 7:30 PM and include games, balloon art, cake walk, a craft show and more! Please see the attached flyer for more information.

Here is a LINK for directions!

3. RSQAURED Culver's Night

At our two year anniversary, we revealed RSQAURED's new theme for this year, Shine Your Light! To support us in our mission to help others shine their own light, we would like to invite you to our Culver's Night on Tuesday, February 19th from 4:00 - 8:00PM. There will be delicious food, ice-cream (or should I say custard!), volunteers wearing BRIGHT lime green shirts, and live music! Come out for an amazing night of fellowship and share a meal among friends and family. It is because of you that RSQAURED is where we are today, thank you for your support! 

Have a wonderful Valentines Day everyone, and don't eat too many candy hearts :) 

-Tim

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Upcoming Events

ELITE Ensemble Pancake Dinner
Date: Tuesday, February 12th
Time: 5:00 - 7:30PM
Location: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Peoria (MAP)

RSQAURED Culver's Night
Date: Tuesday, February 19th
Time: 4:00 - 8:00PM
Location: Culver's, East Peoria (MAP)

Want to request a SAXOGRAM for that special event? Please visit our saxogram page HERE

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I shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost

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"GIG" Alert 02-03-2013

Week in WRAP

1. We have a question...

Having just celebrated our TWO year anniversary, we want to take the time to step back and reflect on our growing organization. During this time, the leadership team will be reading over our mission, vision, values, and purpose as a group. Before we begin this process, we wanted to first ask, what does RSQAURED mean to you? 

All responses are welcome, whether that be one sentence or two pages! Feel free to reply to this e-mail or to respond anonymously, visit our "Contact Us" page (LINK) and type anonymous in the name box. If you have already submitted a response, please disregard this message. I need to say that RSQAURED would not be where we are today if it were not for you, our members, member's parents, friends, family, strangers, and countless others. We truly value your feedback and look forward to reading all the responses. 

I hope you enjoyed those Superbowl commercials! After the Oreo advertisement I have to ask, Cream or Cookie? :) 

Have a great week everyone!  

-Tim

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Upcoming Events

ELITE Ensemble Pancake Dinner
Date: February 12th, 2013
Time: 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Peoria (MAP)

*More details to come next week

RSQAURED Culver's Night
Date: February 19th, 2013
Time: 4:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Culver's, East Peoria (MAP)

*More details to come next week

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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

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"GIG" Alert 01-27-2013

Week in WRAP

1. Visiting Adrianna

This past Thursday night I received a phone call around 9:00PM from an unknown number. Upon answering the call, I heard Adrianna's voice from the other end, calling from OSF Children's Hospital. She called to one, ask if I could pray for her and two, tell me that she missed me. 

Adrianna was admitted that Thursday with a temperature of 102.5 after receiving the flu shot earlier in the week. 100.5 is considered dangerous for her so I knew the situation was serious. After our talk on the phone, I sent out a prayer request on Facebook and began organizing an RSQAURED hospital visit. I have visited the children's hospital before, but never with 12 other people! I wanted to take all of them to Adrianna, but was not sure if the staff would allow such a large group due to the FLU restrictions. My plan was to "Face Time" the RSQAURED group from Adrianna's room while they were in the lobby, but God had a different plan. Instead, the hospital staff agreed to let Adrianna visit with us in the waiting room. 

Thursday night, I told Adrianna that I would be coming to visit Friday, but never mentioned bringing RSQAURED. On top of that, Friday morning Rashel Hariford contacted Adrianna's teacher, Mrs. Watson, and asked if her class could make cards for us to take to Adrianna. She said they could so that night, we went to the hospital 12 people, 12 smiles, and 25 cards strong. We surprised Adrianna in the waiting room and then sat down as a group, taking turns to read each card one by one to her. By the look on her face, I think we made her night :) Please see the attached collage picture! For more photos, visit our Facebook HERE

2. Culver's Fundraiser

After a successful bake sale in 2012, we have been busy brainstorming ideas for our first Fundraiser of 2013. After a few weeks of pondering different restaurants, we finally decided to pursue a Culver's night! What better place to have a fundraiser, right?! Culvers is where RSQAURED was founded and is one of our favorite places for dinner, fellowship, and ice-cream (or should I say custard!). We submitted our form to host a fundraiser and should hear back from them this week. We will keep you posted as the event plans continue to unfold. 

Be safe in the crazy weather this week! As of right now, weather.com calls for a high of 60 Tuesday and a low of 1 Thursday. Only Illinois would bring us a 60 degree temperature change :) 

Have a SUPER fantastic week everyone! 

-Tim

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Upcoming Events

No FRIDAY night event currently planned. 

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"He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has." - Henry Ward Beecher

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"GIG" Alert 01-20-2013

Week in WRAP

Two years in the making and RSQAURED continues to change the world, one tune at a time! 

Thank you to EVERYONE who came out to join us Friday night! We had our largest group to date at the Christian Center, largest group of musicians, and we took up the entire middle section of Culvers! In February of 2011, the first picture of Noah and I was taken at Culvers. Never would we have dreamed that in two years, we would have a group of 29 people taking up the entire corner of the restaurant for a picture (check out the attached photo!). God has blessed us in so many ways, and we are eager to see what He has in store for RSQAURED's future. 

With 2013 here, we are ready to rock and roll with some new ideas. The first is our NEW t-shirt design! Please check out the attached picture of it on our cake (which was delicious)! The shirts will still be lime green with our symbols and lightning bolt on the back, but the front design will change. Please take the time to check out our t-shirt PAGE and watch the YouTube video that helped inspire the design. On that page is also a description of why we have a group t-shirt and pass them out for free. 

Within these next few weeks, we hope to plan a fundraiser that will help kick-start some exciting new ideas! So much has been happening lately, and I cannot wait to share with you how God continues to surprise and bless this group! 

Until then, have a so GOOD you can HARDLY stand it week!

-Tim

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Events

Adrianna's Birthday!
Date: January 20th, 2013
Happy 8th Birthday from RSQAURED!!! :) 

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -Martin Luther King Jr

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"GIG" Alert 01/13/2013

Week in WRAP: January 13th, 2013

A few weeks have passed since the last RSQUARED "GIG" Alert! School finals and the holidays took over, but we are back in action and have some amazing stories to share with you!

1. RSQAURED 2 Year Anniversary! 

Two years and one day ago on January 14th, 2011 RSQAURED was founded! It is hard to believe that everything started with Noah and I "randomly" playing our saxophones at Culver's in East Peoria. With an attitude to change the world one tune at a time, we did our best to make things "right" and continued to spread our passion for music. Within a few months we expanded to the Christian Center and were inviting our friends. By the end of the year, we had a few saxograms under our belt, hosted our first fundraiser, and have not stopped moving forward since! God has blessed us in so, so many ways and we want to celebrate this Friday, January 18th with a "classic" RSQAURED night. We will be going to the Christian Center for bowling then to Culver's after for ice-cream. The invitation is open to everyone!! In addition, we have a surprise for all in attendance...that evening we will be unveiling the NEW RSQAURED t-shirt design on a custom cake, yes I said cake! So even if you do not like bowling, come for a slice of delicious cake!

2. Christmas Caroling

On December 21st, RSQAURED held our end of the year Christmas Celebration. We had over 20 people join us for a night of fresh hot-chocolate, apples to apples, the "cups" game, homemade chili and cookies, and most importantly an RSQAURED first...Christmas Caroling! Bundled up in winter jackets, hats, gloves, (hand warmers for the lucky ones), we went from house to house spreading the Christmas Spirit! 

*See the attached picture of our group at a neighbor's house! 

3. The Website

If you have not visited the RSQAURED website lately, you need to make a visit. Our graphic designer, Tyler Neyens, has been hard at work updating the pages and making our site one-of-a-kind! I would especially recommend the history page. With the two year anniversary tomorrow, you can look back all the way to January 14th, 2011 and watch how we have evolved!

LINK: RSQAURED History Page

Have a SUPER fantastic week everyone and we hope to see you Friday!!!

Tim

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Upcoming Events

1. TWO Year Anniversary Celebration
Date: January 18th, 2013
Time: 6:00PM-10:00PM
Location: Meet at EPCHS, then we will leave for the Christian Center. After the Christian Center, we will conclude the night with cake at Culvers! 

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If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. - Milton Berle

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