Living It and Loving It Heats Up! How do we live a life of faith? How do we love as God invites us to?

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1 Warwick Weekly Weekly Newsletter - October 12, 2014 Living It and Loving It Heats Up! How do we live a life of faith? How do we love as God invites us to? We are half way through our study of the book of James and it has been pretty eye opening. This short book of the Bible has challenged us to walk the walk faithfully that is relevant for us today. This week, we will learn that life is about friendship with God, which includes both resisting evil and accepting God s direction. Next, we will deal with Money and Connections. Engage with us at WMUMC as we love and live our faith together. Children & Youth Next week, you should receive a card in the mail from WMUMC. Look for it! Pre-School Children s Fellowship: Coffee and Tea with the Pastors... Are you new to our When: Sundays at 5:45pm (please note new time) Where: First Grade Classroom (Rm 18) Who: All pre-school children are invited church or would like to know more? Then join the Pastors today at 10:10am in the Library so we can get to know each other better. Children s Fellowship: When: Sundays at 5:45pm Where: Fellowship Hall (Rm 11 & 12) Who: All kids K to 5th grade are welcome - bring a friend! See website for full Children s Fellowship schedule children-and-family/ or Contact Sharon Ellis at or cutygrgal@cox.net for more information. Final Performance of Harvey... Please join us today at 2pm for the matinee performance of Harvey by Mary Chase presented by the Living Word Drama Ministry. Tickets are just $10, concessions are provided by the Youth Ministry. All proceeds go to benefit missions locally and abroad. Youth Fellowship: When: Sundays at 5:45pm Where: Youth Room Who: Youth grades 6 and up are welcome - bring a friend! See website for full Youth Fellowship schedule or contact John Evans at youthweb@wmumc.org or Free Blood Pressure Checks... Our new HeaRT Team will now be doing blood pressure checks on the second Sunday of each month, beginning today, October 12th. You can stop by the Facility Manager s office outside the Celebration Center between 9:45 and 10:05 or the Library between 10:50 and 11:05.

2 WMUMC By The Numbers Attendance Last Sunday: 8:30 140; 9:00am 97; 11:15 87 Total Worship Attendance Sunday School Attendance Join Us On Saturday! What: Health Fair and Fall Festival When: NEXT SATURDAY - October 18th beginning at 2pm and Fall Festival beginning at 3pm Where: Celebration Center, Parking Lot and Fellowship Hall Joys and Concerns for Oct. 12, 2014 We pray for those in the hospital or care facility: * Fran Shaffer * Ginny Masters * Jane Guthrie * Kitty DeWees * Ruby Lusby * Marie Williams Please let the church office know if a loved one is in the hospital or in a care facility so the Pastors know and they can be included on the prayer list. We pray for those who are at home: * Elton Bennett * Paul & Jean Lowe * Jim Pimblett * Kathy Young * Edryn Long * Brenna Watkins * Jeff Cox * Beverly Mayeaux * Cindy Stevenson * Judy Claus * Jane Goetz * Christina Tanner * Jerry Murray * Walt Wilkerson * Cindy Skaggs * Chris Ployd * Sonny Wood * Shirley Crittendon * Jewel Stalnaker * Elsie Bevins * Susan Brendle *Ann Woodward * Beth Murray * Susan Crispens *Edie Moore * Briana Hopson * Raven Dodson Our annual Fall Festival will begin at 3pm with games, face-painting and other projects for the children, chili cook-off, our famous Cake Walk, and dinner. A musical program by 4 His Glory will end the evening. There will be door prizes. Please bring a friend, or two or three. Volunteer sign-up sheets and chili cook-off registration sheets are on the table outside the Fellowship Hall. All Those Who Are Deployed: Steve Parker, Drew Holt, Matthew Thompson, Josh Millner, Blair Pierce (Vernice Riley s son-in-law), Joshua Evans & Nick Williams. Narthex Flowers: Given to the glory of God by Susan and Wayne Brendle in honor their 14th wedding anniversary. New Members: Please welcome the Perez family Angel, Demaris, Keren and Josias who joined on 10/5/14 at the 9am service and Joyce Onesty who joins today at the 8:30am service. Baptism: Please celebrate with us as we baptize Laura Clark Jones at the 8:30am service today. The HeaRT Ministry is hosting its first Health Fair from 2pm to 4pm which will coincide with the Fall Festival. Activities will include: Blood pressure checks Fitness booth with Wii Senior Citizen health and resources NN Police Dept. education on cyber threats along with a K-9 unit NN Fire Dept. with fire truck & information on fire safety NN Sheriffs Office with Sheriff vehicle, information on Project Lifesaver, missing child ID kits, gang awareness Walgreens will be offering flu shots with insurance card, (otherwise a small charge) and other health information will be available Family Living booth advertising education on parenting, budgeting, meal planning Medication booth to answer questions about medications, safe handling, and discarding of expired/unused meds Hearing check booth by Hecker Hearing Homeopathic doctor onsite to advise people on natural remedies Chair massages available Come join us for these informative and fun events! Page 2

3 Volunteer Needed: The Lampstand Service is seeking a Travel to PA: November 5th to the person for our church AVL Team skilled in the use of MAC computers and Powerpoint to help with service visual preparation and during the worship service. This requires arriving at the church by 8am to assist the AVL Team. Part of the role of this position is in coordinating and preparing slide presentations using programs available to the church. We have someone helping in this area now, but we are looking for additional help to share the responsibility on a schedule. There is assistance available to train someone, but good computer and presentation skills are desired. If you would like to know more about this current need, please speak to Pastor Gina or her at: pastorgina@wmumc.org 7th - 2 night, 3 day trip to Lancaster, PA for Moses and another play. $362 per person includes transportation, 2 nights accommodations, tickets to 2 plays, 2 dinners, 2 breakfasts and admittance to any other attractions planned for the trip. There are 4 to 6 spots still available. Please call Ginny Spangler for more details or call Jeannine Stump at to reserve your spot. District Vital Congregations Training: Saturday, Play in Fredericksburg: Upcoming trip to Riverside Classes available on: * Stewardship: Nurturing a Generous Spirit in Building Vital Congregations! * Discipleship: Introduction to Healing Prayer Walking with Christ: Learning from the Wesleys * Evangelism: Evangelism-The Great Commission in the 21st Century * Worship: Outreach to the Overlooked Vital Worship=Vital Congregations * Missions: Small, Medium, Large Churches-We are All Called to Mission Help the Youth Celebrate Socktober... November 8, St. Luke s UMC, Yorktown. Session I 10:30 to 11:30am and Session II 11:30am to 12:30pm All classes are 1 hour long, please register for one class in each session or call Bible Study on the Book of James: Covenant Sunday School Class is studying the Book of James which will parallel the current sermon series in our worship services. This study will allow for deeper discussion on how to apply what we hear in worship to our daily lives. We will be using the book Life Lessons Book of James by Max Lucado. Come and join us! Tuesday Is Craft Day: The craft group now meets every Tuesday from 9:30am to 2:30pm in the Fellowship Hall until the week before the Cookie Walk/Bazaar on December 6th. Feel free to join the group at any time to help out with the craft projects. If you plan to stay for lunch, please bring a dish to share. Theatre in Fredericksburg to see It s a Wonderful Life, December 9th. Price is $65 per person and includes lunch, the play, transportation and all gratuities. More details coming soon or contact Norma McCartney at or Ginny Spangler at The youth have chosen to participate in Socktober, an effort to raise awareness of the homeless in our midst and to collect new pairs of socks for the month of October. They will not only collect socks, but other personal hygiene items and will then package them up and provide to our PORT visitors. Please help our youth by donating a pair of new socks and hygiene products and drop them in the box outside the youth room. Youth Potato Bar: Join the youth next Sunday, October 19th, in the Fellowship Hall from 12pm to 2pm and enjoy fresh-cooked baked potatoes with all the fixin s. All proceeds go to support youth missions. The next potato bars will be: November 23rd and January 18th. Respite Care Ministry Meeting: There will be a meeting on Monday, October 20th at 10:00am in Room 10. If you are a member of the Respite Care Ministry or would like to know more about the ministry, please plan to attend the meeting so we can address the present and future needs of this important church ministry. If you have questions or would like to know more, contact Sandy Haynes at United Methodist Men: will meet on Tuesday, October 14th at 6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. A Newport News Master Gardeners Representative will present a program on gardening. All men and ladies are invited to join us for dinner and meeting. If you plan to attend, please call Gene Osborne at (h) or (c). Warwick Memorial UMC 38 Hoopes Road, Newport News, VA Ph Page 3

4 When: Next Sunday, October 19, 2014 Registration: 1:15 p.m.; Walk: 2:00 p.m. Where: North Riverside Baptist Church 311 Selden Road, Newport News, VA This past year, caring people in some 2,000 U.S. communities joined together in 1,434 CROP Hunger Walks and other events to support the work of Church World Service. They raised $13.4 million to help end hunger around the world. One quarter of the Newport News/Peninsula CROP Walk funds raised this year will be distributed to THRIVE Peninsula, Inc. and The Virginia Peninsula Foodbank to help fight hunger and malnutrition locally. Let us rally to sponsor THRIVE Board Director and recently retired Methodist Pastor Charles Chuck Root who will be walking for this worthy cause. Taxdeductible donations via cash, credit card or check (made payable to CWS/ CROP) may be made online at or by contacting Maria , ext. 5. Churches, organizations and individuals interested in walking may also register and acquire Walk materials online and/or by calling THRIVE. Thanks for not just talking the talk, but for walking the walk ending hunger one step at a time! Operation Christmas Child: Our annual campaign starts next Sunday, October 19th! You can participate in this ministry by filling an empty shoebox with small Christmas gifts - toys, school supplies, health items, etc., and bringing it to church on our Dedication Sunday, November 16th. These boxes are shipped around the world to bring Christmas joy and the story of Christ s love to underprivileged children. Additional information and empty shoeboxes will be available for you to pick up starting next week. Don t forget - Cook Books are still available for sale in the church office. $10 each Make great gifts! (Christmas is coming!!!!) This Week at WMUMC Today 8:30 and 11:15 Sanctuary Worship 9am Lampstand Worship 10:10am Sunday School 10:10am Coffee With the Pastors (Library) 2pm Drama Performance - Harvey 4:30 Laudamus Te Ringers Rehearsal 5pm Youth Choir Rehearsal 5pm Dog Obedience Training 5:30pm & 8pm AA (Rm 20) 5:30pm Financial Peace University (Rm 10) 5:45pm Youth Fellowship 5:45pm Children s Fellowship 5:45pm Pre-K Children s Fellowship (Rm 18) Monday am PAA 6pm Disciple 1 Bible Study (Library) 6:00pm New Testament Bible Study (Rm 28) 6:00pm AAU Basketball 6:30pm Scouts 6:30pm Grief Support Group (Parlor) 7:30pm Praise Choir Tuesday :30am Intercessory Prayer Gathering (Parlor) 10am PAA 9:30am Craft Workshop (FH) 3:45pm Confirmation Class (FH) 6:30pm United Methodist Men (FH) 7pm Men s Fraternity (FH) 7:30 Gloria Dei Ringers Rehearsal Wednesday :00am TOPS (Rm 10) 2pm After School Open Gym 4:15pm Cherub Choir 4:45pm Junior Choir 5:25pm Jubilate Ringers 7pm Lampstand Band Rehearsal 7:30pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal Thursday :30am Sewing Group (Rm 10) 10am PAA Friday pm Spanish Bible Study (Rm 20) Saturday am Special Olympics Soccer 9:30am ECMS Parent Workshop (Rm 21) 2pm Health Fair 3pm Fall Festival 6pm AA (Rm 20) For complete calendar, please visit the website at Contact Jim King at or facility@wmumc.org for room availability and reservations. Deadline for Warwick Weekly submissions is Wednesday at 12 noon. Page 4

5 WMUMC Staff Contacts: WMUMC Leadership Team: Rev. Bert Cloud, Co-Pastor Urgent: Team Leader: David Ellis Rev. Gina Anderson-Cloud, Co-Pastor Urgent: Zena Myall, Administrative Assistant Office: Jim King, Facilities Manager Page Williams, Director of Sanctuary Music Ministry Area: Worship Team: Linda Carrithers Lampstand and Linda McLawhorn Sanctuary Connect Team: Peggy Langille Serve Team: Carlos Liceaga Evangelize Team: Kerry Blazek Lay Leader for Ministry Team: Kay Fries Here are some prayers to use this week Household Prayer: Morning Gracious and loving God, thank you for this day. Strengthen my resolve to love and show mercy throughout the day. Lead my feet to your holy dwelling place, and guide the work I have to do for today. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Household Prayer: Evening Merciful God, thank you for keeping me in the safety of your arms and for new mercies and the glory you showed through the day. Keep my family and me through the night. I thank and praise you! In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Susan Brendle, Music Assistant Kerri Hardwick, Lampstand Music Director vocalvirtuosity@yahoo.com Edie Moore, Nursery Coordinator moore_edie@msn.com Henry Daggs, Custodian Administrative Area: Finance Team: Nolan Reid ngreid@verizon.net Trustee Team: Kevin Moorehead birdhill@cox.net SPRC Team: Blair Gloss bgloss@cox.net Lay Leader for Admin Team: Fred Townsend dftowns@cox.net Want to make a difference in the lives of others? Then join our Intercessory Prayer Team this fall on Tuesday mornings from 6:30am to 7:15am in the church parlor, across from the pastors office, for prayers for our church family, community and the world. Just drop in, and come as you can. APPORTIONMENTS.... This section of the bulletin will introduce you to the various apportionments that WMUMC supports. Apportionments are a means for our congregation to contribute to the global ministry needs of our church. This Week: Church Extension and Development Fund The Church Extension & Development Fund (CEF) supports the Church Development Team with 65% of the amount received to support New Faith Communities in assistance for the first three years of inception. CEF also supports the Common Table Special and Sustaining Program Grants with 10% of the amount received to provide financial grants to outreach ministries throughout the Virginia Conference. The remaining 25% of the amount received is returned to the Districts to support their Church Extension and Board of Missions. The effort to raise funds for new churches and church expansion has a long history in the Virginia Conference. In the mid-1950's the churches of the Conference began paying a Church Extension Tithe. This provided the primary Conference-level funding for church extension for over twenty years. The Annual Conference Session of 1981 approved an apportionment of $450,000 for Church Extension and the Ministry in the Black Community and approved a name change from the Church Budget Tithe for Church Extension to the current title of Church Extension and Development Fund. The apportionment was raised to $600,000 in Also, beginning in 1982 a New Church Development Sunday offering was received in April of each year with a goal of $400,000. This offering continued through 1987 before it was discontinued at the onset of the Revealing Christ Campaign. In 1987, the combination of the Church Extension and Development Fund and the New Church Development Sunday raised a total of $816,514. From 1988 to 1991, approximately $12M was raised for a variety of church extension programs through the Revealing Christ Campaign. The All Things New Financial Campaign was approved by the 2009 Annual Conference to provide financial support to begin 250 new faith communities over the next 30 years. Funds from this campaign will provide support for leadership of new faith communities that exceed the funding provided by the Church Extension and Development Fund. The 231st Annual Conference Members voted that proceeds from the Church Extension and Development Fund Apportionment go to the Annual Conference Church Extension Fund to be dispersed according to the guidelines of the Church Development Team as approved by the Common Table. The 10% currently going to Ethnic Local Church Concern Grants would be moved to the conference Mission and Ministry Apportionment. The 25% currently being returned to the districts will no longer be apportioned at the Conference level. These changes will go into effect January 1, Page 5

6 Previous weeks copies of the Warwick Weekly are available on our website wmumc.org and in the Church Office. If you missed a week, please stop by and pick one up. Deadline for articles for Warwick Weekly is Wednesday at 12noon. A Prayer for Humility Mark Patterson 8:30am Mighty God and gentle Lamb, Lord of all creation How we long to know you, how we strive to serve you, Help us now to love you even more. Give us humble hearts to praise you And listening ears to hear your voice, Willing hands to serve you, thankful spirits to rejoice. Lord of all, we adore you, and we bring this prayer before you: Create in us humble hearts. When our thoughts turn proud, remind us of the grace you freely give. When we lose our way, Lord, find us, draw us close to you again. Give us humble hearts to praise you and listening ears to hear your voice, willing hands to serve you, thankful spirits to rejoice. Lord of all, we adore you, and we bring this prayer before you: Create in us humble hearts. Amen. Amen. Amen Choristers Guild CCLI #68805 I Give My Life Shafferman 8:30am Take my life and let it be a gift of service all for Thee. Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise. I give my life to serve Thee, Lord; I give my all forever more. I give my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my love; my Lord I pour at Thy feet its treasure store. Take myself and I will be ever, only, all for Thee. I give my love to Thee, my Lord; I give my heart, its treasure store. I give myself, Lord, let me be ever, only all for Thee. Take my voice and let me sing a sacred song, a melody filled with messages from Thee, A song of love for Christ, my King. Just As I Am Bradbury 11:15am Just as I am, without one plea but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidd st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, O Lamb of God, I come. Just as I am, and waiting not, to rid my soul of one dark blot, to thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, Lamb of God, Lamb of God, I come. Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind; sight, riches, healing of the mind, all that I need in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, Lamb of God, I come! Just as I am, thou wilt receive, wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve; because thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, O Lamb of God, I come. O Lamb of God, I come Hope Publishing. CCLI #68805 I give my voice, my Lord, and sing a sacred song, a melody filled with messages from thee, a song of love for Christ, my King, a song of love for Christ my King Hal Leonard Corp. CCLI #68805 Page 6