Messiah Messenger. District Training Day. Saturday, January 19 th Details to Register inside! January 2019 Volume 23, Issue 1

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1 Messiah United Methodist Church 408 Dominion Commons Way Chesapeake, VA Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors, the People of the United Methodist Church Messiah Messenger January 2019 Volume 23, Issue 1 District Training Day Saturday, January 19 th Details to Register inside!

2 NOTES FROM THE PASTOR Happy New Year to each of you and to your families. I hope you had a wonderful time with family and friends over the holiday season. I am sure that many of you have made New Year s resolutions and have vowed to keep them throughout the year. Have you made any resolutions regarding your spiritual growth? Have you put it in your calendar or planner to pray for 5, 10, 15 minutes or more each day? Have you made a resolution to meet Bishop Lewis challenge to read the Bible this year? To find out more go to Have you made a resolution that you will continue to tithe to Messiah or at least move toward tithing in 2019? That is a tough question for me to ask especially as you prepare to receive your credit card bills with all of your Christmas purchases, but I feel it is a very important one. We did not conduct a stewardship campaign in November last year, and that was intentional. My preference is really to hold a stewardship campaign in January as we begin the new year. Over the last three weeks of January we will do just that. During our messages those weeks, we will discuss; God s basic plan of economy and hopefully discover the foundational principle of stewardship, that what we have comes from God and should return to God because it is God at work behind the scenes to enable us to give, and what should motivate you and I as Christians to give. At the conclusion of the last week, we will have an opportunity to make our commitments for I hope that you will not be turned off, but rather tuned into the topic of giving. Grace and Peace, Pastor Bob United Methodist Women Missions without Money = If you were walking down the street and saw a dime on the ground would you stoop down and pick it up? I don't know about you, but I would. Well a dime, ten cents, is exactly what each of the Box Tops for Education is worth to schools. Twice a year schools submit the Box Tops and then receive a check for the total number of boxtops submitted multiplied by $0.10. The schools can then use that money as they see fit. We have been collecting Box Tops for Georgetown Primary School in the past and will continue to do so. But this year let's set a goal of collecting one hundred or more Box Tops each month so that we can give the Georgetown the equivalent of $120 this year. We will begin counting and totaling our Box Tops submission in August. Don't throw them away, clip them and bring them to church and place them in the drawer in the cabinet in the narthex. Postage Stamps for UMCOR (United Methodist Council on Relief) Save your canceled postage stamps. The stamps are sold to a stamp collector and the proceeds are distributed through UMCOR. Stamps should be trimmed to a border no closer than ¼ inch around the outside edge. Do not peel the stamps from the envelope. Place them in the collection box in the narthex.

3 LIVE BIG in January: Children s Church B.I.G IDEA: We believe that as Jesus grew, he learned more about God and what God wanted him to do. BIBLE VERSE: And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor. Luke 2:52 BIBLE THEME: JESUS IS GOD S SON Jan 6 Lesson 1: Jesus in the Temple Children will connect with the biblical story of the boy Jesus in the Temple. Activities: Bible story, p.80, In God s House Bible Verse: Luke 2:52. Complete p81 I Can grow with God, cube Activities: Bible Story: A time of Testing, pg 104 Choose Which One, pg 105 Bible Riddles, pg. 106 What Is Tempting, pg. 107 Closing Worship Jan 27 Lesson 4: Jesus in the Synagogue Children will connect with the biblical story of Jesus in the synagogue. Activities: Bible story: Fulfilled Today, pg 116 Review Bible verse: Luke 2:52 Jesus in the Synagogue, pg 116 (color) How would Jesus Respond to This Situation? Make Scrolls Closing Worship p. 81, Where do You Like to Go? Closing Worship Jan 13 Lesson 2: Jesus is Baptized Children will connect with the biblical story of Jesus baptism. Activities: Read bible story, Jesus Baptism p92 Review Bible Verse; Luke 2:52 with student Bibles Exploring Baptism, pg. 95 Put the Story in Order, pg. 93 Closing Worship: Draw a picture of three or four things God wants you to do. Jan 20 Lesson 3: Jesus Makes a Choice Children will connect with the biblical story of Jesus in the desert and how he was faced with Donna Denette 1/1 Kaitlyn Sipavicious 1/3 Phyllis Abeshaheen 1/4 Jim Farley 1/6 Nathan Conwell 1/7 David Lawrence 1/9 Haley Riddle 1/9 Debbie White 1/9 Judy Ferguson 1/10 Crissy Howell 1/12 Ethan Harrison 1/13 Nick Gionis 1/15 Kerry Gionis 1/25 choices whether or not not to obey God.

4 SPECIAL THANKS! To everyone who helped fill the "Warming Tree." Items were donated to Georgetown Primary, Portlock Primary, Crestwood Middle and Wesley Community Center. Save the Dates On September 26, 2017, Bishop Lewis, Tom Berlin, and Martha Stokes participated in a Q & A on the upcoming general Conference. This month, we will take some time on three Mondays, January 7, 14, and 21 to view the archived event and discuss what we heard. We will meet at 7:00 p.m. at the church and should not meet for more than 1 hour each of the three weeks. Tom Berlin and Martha Stokes are both delegates to General Conference, Tom as a member of the clergy and Martha as a member of the laity. Each night we will watch a portion of the event and then have a time for discussion. If you plan to attend please Pastor Bob at bobrobinson@vaumc.org Greeters Serving for the month of January Acolytes 1/6 Bev Parrish Remington Burroughs 1/13 Jan Lawrence TBD 1/20 Shell Riddle Rile e Schaefer 1/27 Nan Tarbell Ellie Centric Scripture Readers -Tentative 1/6 Terry Lumber 1/13 Tunisia Matthews 1/20 Phyllis Abeshaheen 1/27 Glenn McGrath Children s Activities (9:50-10:50) Counters-TBD K-2 Teacher(s) / 3rd 5 th 1/6 Phyllis Lewter Shell Riddle/Kerri Cartwright 1/13 Annette Kellum Kerry Gionis/Linda Forbes 1/20 Katlyn Gates Jan Lawrence/Brenda Schaefer 1/27 Ed West Sabrina Bender/Steve Centric Communion Servers 1/6 We are collecting food items to fill shopping bags which are given out to the families who come to the church seeking food gift cards. This food will be given out in lieu of cards during those times the stock of gift cards is depleted. Below is a list of food to bring: (2 lb) Bags of rice Vienna Sausages (4.5 oz cans) (16 oz) Box of saltine crackers Applesauce (24 oz jar) Green beans (small or large) Cans Spaghetti or Pasta (2 lb box) jar) To Helen McGrath for trimming and pine strawing our flower beds. Spaghetti sauce (24 oz can or plastic jar) Chunk chicken (12.5 oz) Peanut Butter (18 oz plastic Tuesday Morning Bible Study We will meet on Tuesday, January 15 to discuss Chapter 9 - "I'm Not the Person I Used To Be." Hope to see everyone at Panera Bread!

5 COMING SOON! Valentine Dinner and Entertainment Sunday, February 10 th More details to come! District Training Day will be Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Community UMC in Virginia Beach. The theme for the day will be "Engaging the Community." Rev. Dr. Jacqui King from Discipleship Ministries will be the plenary speaker and will be offering two workshops. The cost for the day will $20 to cover speaker fees, materials, and lunch. The Rev. Dr. Jacqui King, an Elder of The United Methodist Church, ordained in the Texas Annual Conference, will be the plenary speaker and a workshop presenter. Known as a pioneer for connecting technology and faith community building by launching an online experience in Currently, she serves in Nashville, TN as the Director, Leadership for Congregational Vitality at Discipleship Ministries equipping leaders to lead effectively. She develops leadership resources for local congregations, engages network groups in new processes to implement core strategies, teaches clergy / laity in community development, designs and promotes online learning through webinars. She believes that education can create avenues for all to become empowered to live into their callings from the Lord. Messiah Preschool will begin registration for the School Year for all current Messiah students, Alumni, and Messiah Church Families on Monday, January 7th. Registration for all NEW families will begin Tuesday, January 22nd. We are ~ currently ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ scheduling ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ tours ~ ~ ~ of ~ our ~ ~ preschool. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please tell your neighbors and friends about our wonderful preschool, our quality curriculum and our loving, nurturing staff! CHURCH-WIDE BIRTHDAY PARTY!! February 24, 2019 Come join us! More details to come! A list of workshops and registration information can be found at

6 JANUARY 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 New Year s Day Epiphany Sunday 11:00 Worship Communion 7 8 Bible Study-10:00 Panera Group Therapy 3:00 6: Human Trafficking Awareness Day Baptism of the Lord 11:00 Worship Get Smart Meal GBUMC Council Mtg-Time to be determined District Training Day 20 Human Relations Day 21 Martin Luther King Jr. s Birthday :00 Worship Preschool Closed in observation of MLK Day 27 Ecumenical Sunday 11:00 Worship 28 Preschool Closed CPS Teacher Workday 29 Preschool Closed CPS Teacher Workday 30 31