Children and Their Safety Are Important at Chestnut Hill UMC

Stewardship Thought

Those of us who regard ourselves as radical in the church sometimes confine our concern regarding bringing people to the table to those who are the vulnerable and needy. We don't really look for the little person who climbs a tree to seek Jesus from a position of power and riches. We are likely to push that person to the back of the crowd or regard as not worthy of our attention. Jesus sees into the heart of everyone and no one is outside the table of welcome. God does not give up on the rich and powerful - they too can be transformed.

Children and Their Safety are Important at Chestnut Hill UMC

We rejoice that as a church we are able to offer carefully planned, age appropriate care and activities for our children and youth.

All children ages 4- 11 will be in Children’s Church.

Children 12 and above will stay in the sanctuary for worship.

Nursery is provided for infants and toddlers. The Nursery is located in Classroom 101 (exit through the right side door at the front of the sanctuary, pass through “the Commons,” gothrough the double doors to the Education Building and follow the hallway to the Nursery at the end of the hall on the left).

Chestnut Hill
United Methodist Church

Making disciples of Jesus Christ
for the transformation of the world.

You are welcome at Chestnut Hill UMC.

4660 Fort Avenue ~ Lynchburg, Virginia 24502

Church: 434-239-8423

Pastor’s Cell: 434-258-2934; Pastor’s Home: 434-319-5646

Email Pastor Liz:

~ on the web at chestnuthillumc.net

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Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church

10:30 a.m.~ October 30, 2016 ~ 24thSunday after Pentecost

We Gather to Worship God

We invite you to share in our ministry of Hospitality by registering your attendance
as the registration pad is passed to you. Please give us your name, address or email or phone. Thank you for silencing your cell phone as we gather to worship God.

Welcome and Ministry Announcements

Welcome in the name of Christ our Lord. Please register your attendance,
printing your name, address, phone, and email, when the pew pad is passed to you.

Thank you for silencing cell phones as we gather to worship God.

Invocation

Prelude The Acolytes enter with the light of Christ.

*Call to Worship

We come together today seeking the Lord in this house of worship.

We seek the Lord so that our lives might be touched and madewhole.

We seek the Lord, for in Christ we see that God first sought us.

We seek the Lord, because it is in Christ that we have true life.

Let us sing and give praise to God for the Christ, who is our Savior!

Blessed be the name of the Lord!

*Singing Our Faith #110“A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”

Morning Prayer

O Lord, You so freely gave of Yourself that we might receive salvation. Help us, O Lord, to freely give of ourselves that others might come to know about and receive Your salvation. In Christ we pray. Amen.

Prayer of Confession

Words of Assurance

Salvation came to Zacchaeus, a cheater and a thief. Today, salvation comes with us in the person of Jesus Christ, who forgives us and sets us free, that we may be transformed in holy love. Amen

Choral Anthem

Prayer for Illumination Dan Robertson

Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that, as the Scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.

Scripture LessonLuke 19:1-10Dan Robertson

The Word of God for the people of God.

Thanks be to God.

*Singing Our Faith #389“Freely, Freely”

The Good News“I Must Stay at Your House”

The Prayers of the People

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come,

Thywill be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thineis thekingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

The Giving of God’s Tithes and Our Gifts

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Offertory

*Doxology # 95 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all

Creatures herebelow;praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son,and HolyGhost. Amen.

*Singing Our Faith #577 “God of Grace and God of Glory”

*Blessing and Dismissal

*Postlude

We Scatter to Serve God & Neighbor

Welcome

We welcome to the pulpit this morning The Rev. George Riggins, III. He is an elder on the Virginia Conference. Pastor Liz is at home recuperating. For those who would like to send her a card, her address is: 147 Robinhood Place, Madison Heights, VA 24572.

Meals on Wheels

Monday, October 31~Linda Wright, Helen Snow

Tuesday, November 1~Dan Robertson, Judy Robertson

Wednesday, November 2~Frances Unruh, JoellaEdgreen

Thursday, November 3~Barbara LeFew, Buddy LeFew

Friday, November 4~Jane White, Betty Taylor

A CD of our CHUMC Music Program is Available

A CD featuring the music program of Chestnut Hill UMC is available as a gift to our visitors in worship. Please exit worship through the front of the sanctuary and The Commons and request your CD from a choir member.

Read Ahead from Pastor Liz

November 6, 2016: the Scriptures are Haggai 1:15b-2:9, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5,13-17 & Psalm 147. The sermon text is Luke 20:27-38 and the message is “Communication & Committment”.

DIRECTORY OF CHESTNUT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Sharma Lewis / Richmond Area Resident Bishop
Scott Davis / Lynchburg District Superintendent
Liz Ecklund / Minister
Vernie Barrow / Minister Emeritus
Monica Campbell / Administrative Assistant
Will Sperrazza / Director of Music Ministry
Judy Martin / Bookkeeper
Elaine Clarke / Lay Leader
Jody Underwood / Lay Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Chris Glass / Lay Youth Ministry Coordinator

**This Week’s Calendar**

Monday, 10/31 / 5:30 p.m. / Trunk-or-Treat @ CHUMC Parking Lot
We need decorated cars, candy, and your presence so we can show the LOVE of Christ.
Tuesday, 11/1 / 9:00 a.m. / Prayer Breakfast
7:00 p.m. / Girl Scouts
Wednesday, 11/2 / 2:00 p.m. / Park View Missions Dinner
Be at CHUMC to prepare dinner.
Thursday, 11/3 / 6:15 p.m. / Bell Choir
7:00 p.m. / Choir

** Looking Ahead on the Calendar **

Sunday, 11/6 / All Saints Day Observed
Monday, 11/7 / 6:15 p.m. / Finance Committee
7:00 p.m. / Administrative Council
Wednesday, 11/9 / 10:00 a.m. / Merry Martha’s
We will meet at the home of Judy Robertson. We will have our World Thank Offering and program. Bring items for gift basket.
Sunday, 11/13 / 3:00 p.m. / Annual Charge Conference @ Mead Memorial
UMC (The Lynchburg Central Cluster)
Make plans to attend this once-a-year meeting and find out what your church has done in the past year and hear about what other churches in our cluster are doing.

Mission & Ministry Opportunities

In the Grocery Cart This Month

Donations in October: “Canned Meats, Canned Fruit, Diapers (sizes 5 & 6),

Toilet Paper”.Donations in November: “Peanut Butter, Macaroni Dinners (Kraft Mac and Cheese), Canned Meats, Cereals, and Toilet Paper”. This will assist people through Park View Community Mission.Please place donations in the grocery cart, located in the Commons.

Churches for Urban Ministries Fruit Sale ~ Today is the Deadline!

You will have the option this year to buy a box of fruit and donate it to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Order forms areavailable from the church office and placed in the Commons.

Operation Christmas Child

We are collecting now for Operation Christmas Child. All items must be SMALL so they can fit in the shoe boxes. We need toys, school supplies, books, bibles, wash cloths, combs, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc. Remember to keep all items small and place in the plastic tub provided in the Commons. Donations need to be in by Sunday, November 6th.

Special Charge Conference Offering to be Received TODAY!
This year, our church will receive a special Charge Conference offering. The Food for Families at Park View Mission is building a ramp to help cut down the number of volunteers needed to unpack heavy pallets of food being delivered. They received a very generous grant to cover the cost, but unfortunately with unforeseen expenses they are $5,700.00 short and have no way to cover the cost. The Lynchburg Central Cluster has agreed to make this our mission offering for Charge Conference. It is a large sum but we believe if each church is willing to give, sacrificially we can meet our goal.Please mark your check and pew envelope “Special Charge Conference offering-Park View Food for Families”

2016 Salvation Army Kettle Campaign

We will be ringing the kettle on Saturday, November 5th, and Saturday, November 12th. For those that would like to volunteer for an hour (or more), contact Frances Unruh at 237-1185 for an appointment time.

**In Our Thoughts and Prayers**
Home: Rev. Liz Ecklund, Joe Wills, Margaret Hicks, Louise Woody, Gene & Connie Harris, Phyllis Caldwell, Cliff Taylor, Betty Wilkins, Braelyn Underwood, Arthur Snodgrass, Edith Barley, Thelma Hamilton, Beverly Franklin,Pat Wood,Heather Stanzini (420 Stafford St., Lynchburg, VA 24501), Greyson Glass, Al Wood, Bob & Kitty Boswell, Barbara Dunlop, Hylton & Sylvia Glass, Kyle & Jeanette Cyrus, Chris Balderson, Carl Hardwick, Helen Fleck, Shirley Johnson, Ken Wood,Doris Finch,Judy Johns, Victor Barrow,Susan Tedder, Charles Moore, Milton Sowell, Rhonda Dunn, Shayh,Alice Lovelace, Edna Wyatt, William Hicks, VernelleRoupe,Jeanette Almond,AsaFredell, Violet Ellis,Tucker Cole, Rhonda Wilkerson, Joseph Johnson, Lloyd Smith, Lloyd Smith, Jr., Chestnut Hill UMC, Military & Families
Lynchburg General: Virginia “Ginger” Roberts, Johnnie Kinzer
Lynchburg Health & Rehab.:Frances Callaham
Runk & Pratt at Liberty Ridge: Rose Morris
Heritage Green, Daybreak: Delma Scott
Runk & Pratt of Forest: Emily Morris, Shirley Wood
Oakwood Manor (Bedford):Robert Bennett
Please join the clergy of the Lynchburg Downtown Cluster in a covenant to pray for God’s blessing on the mission and ministry of our United Methodist Churches and local mission and ministry endeavors – Peakland, Centenary, Christ Community Fellowship/Fairview, Court Street/Marsh Memorial, Fort Hill, Chestnut Hill, Forest Road, Jackson Street, Heritage, Boonsboro, Mead Memorial, Cove, Park View Community Mission (PVCM), the Society of St. Andrew, the Henry Fork Service Center, and The Garden of Hope (Washington, D.C.)

**If you know of changes that need to be made to the prayer concerns, please contact Monica in the church office.