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).

Read Ahead

March 26, 2017: Fourth Sunday in Lent. The Scriptures are 1 Samuel 16:1-3, Ephesians 5:8-14 & Psalm 95. The sermon text is John 9:1-41 and the message is “Nit-picker or Picnicker?”

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

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. ~ March 19, 2017 ~ Third Sunday in Lent

Welcome! Join us in worshiping 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

Let all who know and love the Lord gather this day and worship.

But some are not like we are. Is God's house open also to them?

In Christ there is no Gentile or Jew, only those who love the Lord.

But some are not like us. Can they know Christ as we do?

Give praise to the Lord God above, for all who love Christ are as one.

Blessed be the name of the Lord!

*Singing Our Faith # 127 “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”

Morning Prayer

O God, in Your infinite wisdom You have opened Your house to all peoples in every land who have come to love and serve Christ. Help us, God, to share the Gospel wherever we go. In Christ we pray. Amen.

Choral Anthem

Children’s Moments

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.

Prayer for Illumination Frances Unruh

God, source of all light, by your Word you give light to the soul. Pour out on us the spirit of wisdom and understanding that our hearts and minds may be opened. Amen.

Old Testament Lesson Exodus 17:1-7 (CEB) Frances Unruh

Gospel Lesson John 4:5-42 Frances Unruh

The Word of God for the people of God.

Thanks be to God.

*Singing Our Faith # 2071 “Jesus, Name above All Names”

The Good News “Jiggling Wires”

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 # 298 “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”

*Blessing and Dismissal

*Postlude

We Scatter to Serve God & Neighbor

In Memoriam

Joseph Horsley Wills

January 31, 1932 – March 10, 2017

Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church extends Christian love and sympathy to the family of Joseph H. Wills and especially to his daughters, Wanda, Barbara, and Sandra.

**This Week’s Calendar**

Sunday, 3/19 / 4:00 p.m. / Kingdom Kids @ Fort Hill UMC
Monday, 3/20 / 10:30 a.m. / Lenten Study
Tuesday, 3/21 / 10:00 a.m. / Prayer Group
6:30 p.m. / Executive Committee meeting
7:00 p.m. / Girl Scouts
Wednesday, 3/22 / 11:00 a.m. / Top of the Hill
Bring a sandwich. Drinks and dessert provided.
7:00 p.m. / Choir

** Looking Ahead on the Calendar **

Sunday, 3/26 / One Great Hour of Sharing Offering
UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) receives no apportionment dollars, the disaster-relief agency relies on this special offering to pay for all of its administrative costs. This allows 100% of donations given for specific appeals to go directly to those relief efforts. Support One Great Hour of Sharing to insure that UMCOR can continue to respond immediately and effectively to help victims of emergencies around the world.
Saturday, 4/15 / 10:30 a.m. / Annual Easter Egg Hunt
We need volunteers and donations of candy to fill Easter Eggs. Contact Jody Underwood for more information.

In the Grocery Cart This Month

Donations for MARCH: “Toilet Paper; Quart and Gallon Zip Lock Bags; Pancake Mix and Syrup; Canned Fruits and Vegetables”. 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**
Home: John Williams, Lisa Redford, J. Owen Stinnette, Becky Spangler, Margaret Hicks, Louise Woody, Gene & Connie Harris, Phyllis Caldwell, Cliff & Betty Taylor, Braelyn Underwood, Arthur Snodgrass, Edith Barley, Thelma Hamilton, Heather Stanzini, Greyson Glass, Al & Pat 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, Shayh, Alice Lovelace, Edna Wyatt, William Hicks, Vernelle Roupe, Jeanette Almond, Asa Fredell, Violet Ellis, Tucker Cole, Rhonda Wilkerson, Joseph Johnson, Lloyd Smith, Chestnut Hill UMC, Military & Families
Lynchburg General: Helen Snow
Saint Lukes University Health Network (Bethlehem, PA): Beverly Franklin
The Elms of Lynchburg: Frances Callaham
Guggenheimer Health & Rehab: June Crickenberger
Lynchburg Health & Rehab: Johnnie Kinzer
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.

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.