As you prepare Your heart to worship God, please turn your
ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO vibrate. This will allow others to worship
uninterrupted. Thank you!
Gift of Togetherness
Welcome 8:30 am Mike Tolbert
11:00 am Bill Rawlings
Highland’s Ministry and Mission
Acolyte 8:30 Tara Lorentz
11:00 Tiffany Kibler
Chiming of the Hour Organist
Prelude Prelude in G Minor Bach
In these quiet moments, please pray for all those who have worshipped where
you now sit; pray for those who are sitting beside you; and pray for everyone God
wants you to invite to worship.
*Call to Worship Psalm 100 UMH 821
8:30 am Mike Tolbert
11:00 am Bill Rawlings
*Hymn 8:30 & 11 am Grace Greater than Our Sin UMH 365
Children’s Time 8:30 Rev. Darwood Rowan
11:00 Barbara Lewis
(Children will enjoy Kids Konnection, ages 3 through grade 2)
Gift of Giving
Offertory Prayer 8:30 am Mike Tolbert
11:00 am Bill Rawlings
Offering
Anthem 8:30 & 11 am Sanctuary Choir
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
*Doxology Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow UMH 94
Our giving to God is to be sacrificial.
“We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God
that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy
and their extreme poverty have overflowed
in a wealth of generosity on their part” (2 Cor. 8:1-2).
Gift of Learning
Scripture Isiah 40:28-31 OT 600
Pastor: The Word of God for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God. Amen.
Message Jesus Is The Restorer of Life
The Rev. Darwood Rowan
Gift of Praying
*Hymn 8:30 & 11 am Breathe on Me, Breath of God UMH 420
Invitation to Discipleship
Prayer 8:30 Rev. Mike Tolbert
11:00 Rev. Linwood Daniel
*Passing of the Peace
Sending Forth
*Hymn 8:30 & 11:00 am O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee UMH 430
*Benediction Rev. Darwood Rowan
*Postlude Organist
*Those able, please stand
UMH denotes United Methodist hymnal
Prayer Concerns: Betty Leighton and Lynn Evans, Southside
Regional Medical Center; Wendy Moore Fink,
Virginia Session, and Jewell Rose home.
The Velvin, Lorentz and Wilson families.
Sympathy: We express our condolences to the family of Willis
Harris, who lost his mother on February 2, 2017.
May God Comfort this family and her loved ones.
Calendar for this Week
February 12 – 18, 2017
Sunday 10:15 am Children’s Choir practice.
3:00 pm Mission Committee Meeting, Donald Colbert, Chair.
3:00 pm Blue Grass Band practice.
4:00 pm Adult Bells.
Monday: No Staff Meeting.
6:00 pm Prayer Service at Linda Coleman’s, 231 Bear Chase
Court, Colonial Heights.
6:30 pm Scouts will meet.
7:00 pm The Way at Dante’s Restaurant, Mike Tolbert,
Leader.
7:00 pm Pre-School Board meeting.
Tuesday: 1:00 pm Bible Study, Pastor Dorothy will lead.
7:00 pm Bible Study at Napoli Restaurant, Chester, Dorothy
Vincent will lead.
Wednesday: 5:30 pm Church and Community Supper. Preparing and
Serving are the America Heritage Girls.
6:00 pm Prayer Service and Children’s activities.
7:00 pm Sanctuary Choir rehearsal.
Thursday: 11 am Ann Douglas Guild will meet in the Fellowship Hall.
2 pm Filling Backpacks at Colonial Heights Food Pantry.
5:00 pm America Heritage Girls will meet in the Fellowship
Hall.
7:00 pm Board of Trustees & Finance Committee will meet
in Morning Star Classroom.
Friday: Mellissa Harrison’s Wedding – Sanctuary.
Volunteers Needed
Highland Church is in need of volunteers to help out with our children’s Sunday school classes and our Kid’s Konnection program. We currently have three Sunday school classes for children and one class for Kid’s connection. We are required to have two adults in each classroom every week. Currently, we are not meeting this requirement. Please step up and volunteer in order for our Children’s Sunday school and Kid’s Konnection classes to continue. You may volunteer for just one Sunday a month or as many as you are able. Your help is always welcome and appreciated.
Sunday School Classes:
One Room School House, 3 to 7 year olds….9:30-10:30 AM
One Room School House, 8 to 11 year olds….9:30-10:30AM
Youth Group, 12 to 14 year olds….9:30-10:30AM
Kid’s Konnection, 3 to 7 year olds….11:00-12:00pm
Thank You
Suzette Reynolds
Have you signed up to supply a bouquet of flowers for the altar?
We have several openings. The cost is $25.00 for one arrangement or $30.00 for two arrangements. You may put them in honor or memory of a loved one or just because. Thanks for your consideration and support!
Audit Time
The Audit team is requesting all Circles, Sunday School Classes and groups within the church that have bank accounts, the records for 2016 need to be audited. We need Bank statements for December 2015 and all 2016 and January 2017; all records of Receipts and Disbursements. Please give to Betty Leighton, Pat Wilson or Edwina Tucker, as soon as possible.
Thank you,
The Audit Committee
Highland Softball Brunswick Stew
The Highland softball team is doing a Brunswick Stew on Saturday, February 25, 2017. The cost is $7.00 per quart. Please see Linda Coleman or Kevin Payne to sign up for stew. There is also a sign-up sheet outside the Pastor’s office on the bulletin board. Stew will be available for pick up in the Fellowship Hall on February 25, 2017 from 4 pm to 5 pm. All
Stew is done on a pre-sale bases (no walk up sales), and always sells out. So order early.
Firefighters Sunday
Firefighter Sunday, February 26 Highland UMC will honor our firefighters during our 11 am worship services. If you know any firefighters, please invite them to attend and to stand in honor of all those who serve our community. A time of fellowship and refreshments to follow the service.
Movie Night
Free Movie Night: On Sunday February 26, at 6pm, Highland UMC will be hosting a free movie night. We will be showing the film War Room, a Christian movie about aseemingly perfect family that looks to fix their problems with the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman. Kids will be watching the movie Inside Out a movie about a young girl who moves andher emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school. Free popcorn, candy, and drinks foreveryone. Please invite friends and family to come out to the movies.
Thank You
Words cannot express my appreciation for the wonderful love that HUMC has shown my mother over the years. We had her for 98 plus years and she enjoyed life to the fullest. Mom loved her Church and her church family. We appreciate the love that she received from each of you. The visits, calls, cards, and many other acts of kindness meant so much. What a witness you exhibited? Thank you, May God bless Highland United Methodist Church.
~ Richard and Dianna Jackson
We would like to thank everyone for all the cards, phone calls and especially the prayers and support shown to our familyduring our time of bereavement of Jessica. You will never know how much we
appreciate everything that has been done for us. A special thank you to Pastor Dorothy and Pastor Mike, theBereavement committee and the Morning Star Class.
~ Larry and Pat
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers, visits, cards, food, flowers, texts, and calls during this most difficult time in our lives. A very special thank you to Pastor Dorothy, Mom and Dad, Kathy and Marty, Buck and Betty Leighton, Charles and Margaret Carper, and Bill and Marie Wilson for being so supportive the night the accident occurred. The love and support from our church family and the community has been so unbelievable. We know we have difficult times ahead but with God, our family, and our friends with us we will manage to move forward with our lives. Jessica was a true angel that God put here on earth to spread her love for God and one another. Now she is in heaven watching over us. Again, we can’t thank you enough for your love and support. May God be with you!
~ David and Cindy Lorentz, Brittany and Tara
Altar Flowers
The lovely flowers on the altar today are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Jessica Lorentz-Velvin, by The Velvin and Lorentz families.
Pastors
Rev. Dr. Dorothy McNeer O’Quinn, Senior Pastor
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Rev. Mike Tolbert, Associate Pastor
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Rev. Linwood Daniel, Visitation Pastor
Musicians
Susanna Carson Tolbert, Music Director
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Linda Morris, Handbell Conductor
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Matt Via, Praise Leader
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Linda Kibler, Children’s Music Director
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Highland United Methodist ChurchLoving God; Loving Neighbor
January 29, 2017
11:00 am Worship in the Fellowship Hall
125 East Westover Avenue
Colonial Heights, VA 23834
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