Read Ahead
For June 11, 2017 ~ Trinity Sunday ~ Holy Communion. The Scripture is Acts 2:1-21. This is the seventh week in our sermon series on the Fruits of the Spirit. The sermon text is Galatians 5:22B-26 Philippians 2:8 and the message is “Gentleness”.
Samaritan Offering
Your gift supports the Samaritan Program, a benevolent fund which provides financial assistance to residents who have outlived their monetary resources and, through no fault of their own, can no longer afford the full cost of their care. Samaritan Offering gifts will be received until Father’s Day, June 18th. It may be designated to any of our VUMH communities. Undesignated gifts will be used where the need is greatest. Envelopes are placed in the Commons.
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.
Today, children ages 4 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,” go through the double doors to the Education Building and follow the hallway to the Nursery at the end of the hall on the left).
DIRECTORY OF CHESTNUT HILL UMC
Sharma Lewis / Richmond Area Resident BishopScott 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
Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church
10:30 a.m. ~ June 4, 2017 ~ Pentecost Sunday
Welcome and Ministry Announcements
Welcome in the name of Christ our Lord.
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
Let us come together and celebrate the presence of the Holy Spirit!
For when we have been weak, the Holy Spirit has sustained us.
When we have journeyed in Christ's name, the Spirit has guided us.
When we were sick or in harm's way, the Spirit of the Lord was with us.
When we have sought understanding and wisdom, God's Spirit led us.
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
*Singing Our Faith # 545 “The Church’s One Foundation”
Prayer for Illumination Jody Underwood
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.
New Testament Lesson Jody Underwood
Acts 2:1-21 (NRSV)
The Word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
Gospel Group
“The River Creek Band”
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 here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
The Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will 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 thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
*Singing Our Faith # 555 “Forward Through the Ages”
*Blessing and Dismissal
*Postlude
We Scatter to Serve
God & Neighbor
**This Week’s Calendar**
Sunday, 6/4 / 10:30 a.m. / Worship featuring a special Gospel Musical service by the River Creek Band.Monday, 6/5 / 10:30 a.m. / Creed Bible Study
Wednesday, 6/7 / 7:00 p.m. / Choir
** Looking Ahead on the Calendar **
6/11 / 10:30 a.m. / Worship ~ Holy Communion**Virginia Annual Conference
Offering to be received.
6/16-6/18 / Virginia Annual Conference
Hampton, VA
Theme: “A New Thing”
6/19-6/23 / 5:00 p.m. / Vacation Bible School
We need volunteers for
Registration and Music.
We also need helpers for Arts
and Crafts, Playtime, and Crew
Leaders AND we need those
juice boxes!! Contact Jody
Underwood for questions!!
In the Grocery Cart This Month
Donations for JUNE: “Baked Beans, Pork-n-Beans, Toilet Paper, Toothpaste, and Deodorant”. This will assist people through Park View Community Mission. Please place donations in the grocery cart, located in the Commons.
**In Our Thoughts and Prayers**
Johnnie Kinzer, Shirley Johnson, Charles Moore, Jeanette Cyrus, Robbie Perrow, Georgia Mason, Rev. Michael Southall-Vess, Fario Stanzini, Rev. Liz Ecklund, Beverly Franklin, June Crickenberger, John Williams, Lisa Redford, Becky Spangler, Margaret Hicks, Louise Woody, Gene & Connie Harris, Cliff & Betty Taylor, Braelyn Underwood, Arthur Snodgrass, Al & Pat Wood, Bob & Kitty Boswell, Barbara Dunlop, Hylton & Sylvia Glass, Chris Balderson, Carl Hardwick, Helen Fleck, Ken Wood, Doris Finch, Victor Barrow, Susan Tedder, Milton Sowell, Shayh, Alice Lovelace, Edna Wyatt, William Hicks, Vernelle Roupe, Jeanette Almond, Asa Fredell, Violet Ellis, Tucker Cole, Rhonda Wilkerson, Joseph Johnson, Chestnut Hill UMC, Military & Families
Lynchburg General: Kyle Cyrus
Lynchburg Health and Rehab: Lloyd Smith
Guggenheimer Skilled Care: Thelma Hamilton
The Elms of Lynchburg: 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.