31 Day Spiritual and Fitness

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1 31 Day Spiritual and Fitness 216 Nor Main Street Suffolk, Virginia October 20, 2017 Challenge Coming Soon! The Prayer Team invites you to join us in January, 2018 for a 31 Day Spiritual and Fitness Challenge. The goal is to grow spiritually by reading our Bibles and strengening our prayer lives and to strengen our bodies rough exercise and/or walking. The invitation extends to one and all, from 10 to 100!! You will receive a January calendar wi each day s assigned scripture readings and boxes to check when you accomplish your goal for e day. At e end of e mon you will have read e book of Proverbs and all four gospels and we hope you will be able to see grow and success in all areas as well as new habits formed or improved. In addition, all ose who participate will be given a small token of recognition for your efforts. Stay tuned for more information..you know you want to do is!! Office...(757) Office Hours, 9:00-5:00 Monday - Friday Fax: (757) office@suffolkchristian.org Website Webmaster@suffolkchristian.org We are Committed to Mission Outreach and Community Ministry. Pastor...Rev. Michael D. Halley Choral Director Janet L. Rock Director of Children, You & Adult Ministries. Priscilla G. Bunch Church Secretary...Margaret N. Saunders Financial Secretary Dae R. Nixon Organist...Mary N. Huber Pianist Carmen B. Halley Handbell Choirmaster.....Sean C. Bilby Security Attendants Gary Williams, John Durham Nursery Worker Logan Masters Beginners.Julie McBride Webmaster.. Pat Hawn Audio/Visual Recorders...Jonaan Martin, Edie Matews, Tom Arur Schedule of Services Sunday School for all ages......sunday, 10:00 a.m. Early Worship Service Sunday, 8:45 a.m. Worship Service Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Child of God Choir..... Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Kings Ringers Handbells... Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Nursery Provided for Regular Worship Service / Nursery Provided for All Oer Services Holy Communion every First Sunday 216 N Main Street Suffolk VA October 20, 2017 Inside is issue: Calendar/Birdays Children s Events You Events Memorials Stewardship Volunteers Needed: FOOD PANTRY Are you looking for an opportunity to help your community? I have e opportunity for you! The SUFFOLK CHRISTIAN CHURCH Food Pantry is looking for volunteers. We give out bags of food to members of our community on e 2nd, 3rd, 4 and 5 Tuesday of e mon from 3pm to 5pm. If you would like to help distribute bags, please contact Stephanie Remy at If you would like to help BEHIND e scenes, we need help making e bags as well!! It s easy and you can make a few bags whenever you have e time. The directions will be on e wall in e Food Pantry down e hall from e Beginner Department and next to e Prayer Closet. Special points of Interest: If you have any questions at all, please let me know. Prayer Requests Non-Profit Org. U. S. Postage Paid Permit No. 33 Suffolk VA Our Vision: We Worship. We Disciple. We Serve. Submitted by Stephanie Remy Thanksgiving Dinner Return Service Requested Night Stay Operation Christmas Child 216 Nor Main Street Suffolk, VA Reformation 500: Hymn Sing Christmas Flowers Stewardship Sunday and Pledge Card We ank God for... Young at Heart Rocky Hock Playhouse Trip Angel Tree Men s 31 Autumn has arrived. There is a crispness in e air and e leaves are beginning to change from green to eir beautiful fall colors and en tumble to e ground. Crops are being harvested on e farms. It is at is time of e year at we give anks to God for all e ways at He has blessed each one of us. On Sunday, November 19, as a way of remembering and blessing our shut-ins, we are asking everyone to participate by bringing fruit to fill e fruit bags/ baskets at will be delivered to our church family who are shut-in or hospitalized. Some examples of fruit at will be needed to fill e bags are apples, oranges, bananas, grapefruit, pears and grapes. In addition to bringing fruit, please stop by e library on your way out from morning worship and pick up one or more fruit bags and deliver em to e shut-in whose name is on e bag. Your visits will mean so much to ose who are unable to come to church.

2 My Dear Friends, I like e mon of November, don't you? For one ing, Veterans Day is celebrated on e 11 of e mon, and at is always a special day for me. But e main reason I like November is Thanksgiving Day. What a great holiday! And not only because of all e good food! Thanksgiving is an American holiday celebration in which everyone can find a way to participate. No matter e religious belief (or none at all), no matter e enic background, no matter e socio-economic status... everyone can give anks. The Bible says, in 1 Chronicles 16:24, "Oh, give anks to e Lord, for he is good; His love and his kindness go on forever." So, let's make November an entire mon of giving anks. And at e end of e mon we all will be asked to widen at spirit of anksgiving in making a commitment to e strong future of our church (one of e top ings on my "anks list"!). God bless you all, Circle News Michael Pastor s Column Rev. Michael D. Halley Pastor The Afternoon Circle will meet on Monday, November 6, at 1 pm in e Saints Alive Center. The devotional leader will be Shirley Talbert. If you would like to be a part of e Afternoon Circle, please join em at day for a time of devotion and fellowship. For more information, contact Jane Marie Dailey, circle leader, at The Evening Circle will meet on Tuesday night, November 13, at 7 pm in e Saints Alive Center. They are continuing eir study of e book Dancing in e Rain led by Beverly McGahee. If you would like to be a part of e Evening Circle, join em at night. For more information, contact Elaine Abernay, circle leader, at Night Stay is right around e corner! Mark your calendars for e weeks of January 31 February 7 and March Cheryl Griffin will be posting e sign up schedule soon! The Care and Concern Committee had a reorganization meeting on Monday, September 18, 2017 at church. The Committee will now work as a Team wi Facilitators heading e separate groups. The Co-Facilitators of e Care and Concern Team are Elaine Abernay and Claudia Salmon. Phone Facilitator for e Call Ministry is Irvin Salmon; Card Facilitator is Kim Parr; and Funeral Reception Co-Facilitators are Bobbie Chapman and Wanda Thorsen. Three new groups have been formed wiin Care and Concern and one is at of Spiritual Resource Leaders, and ey are Beverly McGahee and Shirley Talbert. Church members may have a special need or request for prayer or just need to talk wi someone and is group will help wi at. Anoer group is for Nursing Home Residents and Amy and Jennifer Hott are e Facilitators for is, and e last group is for minor home repairs in which a church member may need assistance wi a minor repair in eir home. Beverly McGahee and Evelyn Jones are working on a sign-up sheet where members can sign up to be responsible for one week of being a contact Person for Care and Concern. They hope to have a new person for each of e 52 weeks in a year so e Contact Person would be responsible for only one week in a year s time. The Team decided to resume e weekly meals to our shut-ins. There is a Contact Me Anytime list to help as needed and if you would like to add your name to is, please contact a Facilitator. As always, is Ministry is always looking for new members, and if you feel led to assist wi is worwhile ministry in any capacity or would just like furer information about Care and Concern, please contact any one of our Facilitators or members. Your prayers are appreciated for is reorganized Care and Concern Team. Submitted by Elaine Abernay & Claudia Salmon Co-Facilitators Prayer Concerns Kasey Banton... Jim Hancock... Jene Rountree... Peggy Hemphill... Mary Jane & Forrest Caey... Michael Reid... Sara Heuberger... Bonnie McCrary... Bobby Johnson... Wanda & Bryan Cadwell... Eddie Hawn... Jenny Smi... Jimmy & Becky Bradshaw... Kaleen Wilson... Nita Wyatt... Debbie Spivey... Steve Redd... Rita Redfern... Janine Joyner... Kitty & Earl Martin... Our Church Family... Unspoken Requests... Website Requests Our Missionaries Joyce & Jim White, Scripture Memory Mountain Mission, Emmalena, Kentucky; Supply & Multiply, Haiti (Christine & Chris Surber, & Meredi Barnhill) Our College Students Meghan Babb, Louisiana State University; Rebecca Bangley, Radford University; Alex Banton, Tidewater Community College; Kasey Banton, Tidewater Community College; Abigail Bilby, George Mason University; Courtney Buchanan, Riverside School of Heal Sciences; Christine Comer, Norwestern University; Neal Davis, Old Dominion University; Thomas Edwards, Tidewater Community College; Olivia Elliott, University of Sou Carolina; Shannon Griffin, Sou University; Caitlyn Hannah, Virginia Tech; Katelyn Herek, Tidewater Community College; Ashley Heuberger, Lynchburg College; Heaer Heuberger, Tidewater Community College; Jacob Holland, Ferrum College; Bryce Jones, Paul D. Camp Community College; William Keyt, University of Virginia; Shae Masters, Paul D. Camp Community College; Diana McBride, Liberty University; Connor Munn, Longwood University; Scott Munn, University of Mary Washington; Simon Munn, James Madison University; Kaylor Nash, Radford University; Michaela Noel, Tidewater Community College; Sarah Rhodes, Tidewater Community College; Will Rhodes, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Blair Ritter, James Madison University; Jennifer Saunders, James Madison University; Hunter Simpkins, The College and Career Academy at Pruden; Grace Smi, Belmont University; Nicholas Smi, Elon University - studying in London; Emma Wyatt, Virginia Commonweal University Extended Family & Friends Prayer Concerns Burwell Riddick (broer of Emily King)... Nadeem Kokhar (seminarian friend of Gary Munn)...Faom O Flaherty (friend of Eddie Hawn)... Jo Anna Bates (sister of Betty Johnson)... Meeghan Kummer (friend of Jill Harris)... Joey Francis (friend of Sara Keene)... Carolyn Furman (friend of Michael Halley)... Ashley Baker (friend of Jessica Rogge)... Jackson Cramer (nephew of Michael & Jessica Rogge)... Maya Mason (friend of Jessica Rogge)... Bill Sasser (friend of Bill Shumate)... Jahquita Ramsey (moer of Kim Comer)... Angie Parsain (dea of her son Alex, friend of Betty Johnson)... Be Wallace (friend of Eddie Hawn)... Tammy & Sarah Halley (daughter-in-law and granddaughter of Carmen and Michael Halley)...Lana & Robin Loeb (sister and broer-in-law of Shirley Talbert)... Joann Wolford Dale (sister of Grace Atkins)... Johnsie Barringer (friend of Shirley Talbert)... Linda Carr (friend of Shirley Talbert)... Sheldon Swain (friend of Eddie Hawn)... Vickey Furr (friend of Shirley Talbert)... Jack Norris, Jr., & Family (friends of Pat Hawn)... Nancy Galasso (friend of Pat Mann)... Amanda Hersch (friend of Pat Hawn)... Kayleigh (friend of Eddie Hawn)... Jimmy Parr (son of Sue Parr)... Paige Harrington... Mildred Dewell (moer-in-law of Judy Eure)... Joseph Sanders (friend of Fred Potter)... Rick Pearce (nephew of Judy Eure)... Chris Redinger (friend of Bill Shumate)... Gordon Atkinson (friend of Pat Hawn)... Marjorie & Mark Campbell (moer & step-faer of Glenn Hott)... Angela Seed (friend of Lynne Copeland)... Kristi Rezabek... Rick Copeland... Sandy Robertson (friend of Shirley Mutter)... Janet Britt (friend of Priscilla Bunch)... Lumio (friend of Eddie Hawn)... David Earl Britt, Jr. (nephew of Sarah Burford & Margaret Herring)... Rebecca (friend of Eddie Hawn)... Aubrey Roane (friend of Jane Marie & Jim Dailey)... Brenda Holland (friend of Shirley Talbert)... Steve Easterday (nephew of Beverly McGahee)... Samana Bright (granddaughter of Jimmy & Becky Bradshaw)... Majdah Schiavi (CAPS Interim Director)... Mary Ellen Simms (moer of Debra Carr)... Wade Asbell (grandson of Betty Asbell)... Peggy Chapman (aunt of Vicki Winslow)... Family of Ray Martin (friends of Lindsey Hawn... Christof (friend of Eddie Hawn)... Zephan Luck & Family (friends of Pat Hawn)... Peter Glasier & Family (friends of Carmen & Michael Halley)... Maryann Wessell Stroup (moer of Matew Stroup)... Larry Eisenhart (friend of Pat Hawn)... Steve Walker (broer-in-law of Glenn & Amy Hott)... Brian Ringgold (nephew of Terry McGahee)... Henry Flye (friend of Nancy & Chip Setnicky)... Phil Gibbs (faer of Gretchen Jones and broer of Joyce Ralph)... Debbie Austin (neighbor of Judy Eure)... Charles Bubba & Jolane Fitchett (friends of Bill Shumate)... Hannah Chase (friend of Jim & Wanda Thorsen) Our Country: Pray for all elected and appointed officials in e national, state, and local settings; pray for all uniformed and civil servants who keep us safe and secure. Prayer requests will remain on e list as space allows. If you wish to change, add, or delete a request, please call e church office at , or office@suffolkchristian.org Skilled Care: Kindred Nansemond Pointe: Doris Gardner (aunt of Priscilla Bunch), Ann Pierce Assisted Living: Kindred Nansemond Pointe: Nancy Chalkley; Chesapeake Place: Millie Strickland; Elizabe City (NC) Heal & Rehab Center: Marjorie Wilkinson; Harbor s Edge, Norfolk: Nancy Fulgham; Cedarfield, Richmond: Madelyn Howell Home Bound: Doroy Judkins, Vernon Taylor, Jane Pritchard, Margaret Herring Our Love and Condolences: To e family of Claudia Moran Howell, who died on September 20, To Doris Cones & June Beale, on e dea of eir cousin, Larry Gene Bolton, on September 21, To Bryan & Wanda Cadwell, on e dea of his uncle, Ernest Bryan, on September 24, 2017 in Little Rock, Arkansas. To Dana Bilby & family, on e dea of her uncle, Billy Mitchell Kennedy, on October 14, 2017.

3 2018 Pledge Card Walking by Fai VOICES OF CHRISTMAS WILL BE PRESENTING A RED-LETTER CHRISTMAS Young at Heart Through Commitment Celebrating over 150 Years of Ministry and Missions Stewardship Sunday November 19, 2017 Where Tradition Still Lives Estimate of Giving for 2018 My total gift to e General Fund $ (pledge for e year) This gift will be given as follows: $ weekly $ quarterly $ monly $ one gift Envelope # Name: Address: November will begin our Annual Stewardship Campaign Walking by Fai rough Commitment. We will be returning to e use of pledge cards in order to assist us in more strategically planning our operating budget and long terms goals. On Thanksgiving Sunday, November 19, 2017, our pledge cards will be dedicated to God. Romans 11:36: Everying comes from e Lord. All ings were made because of him and will return to him. Praise e Lord forever! Amen. Tuesday, November 14 The Young at Heart group will leave e church at 10:00 am on Tuesday, November 14, to travel to e Rocky Hock Playhouse in Edenton, NC. The performance will be What Child is This? and will begin at 11:30 am. The cost is $28.95 (plus tax & gratuity) which includes a buffet and performance. Please sign up on e bulletin board no later an Sunday, November 5 so e tickets can be purchased. If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact Priscilla Bunch at or by pbunch1@charter.net. Our children and you have already started practicing for e Christmas program which ey will perform on Sunday, December 10. Please make sure your children/you are listening to e CD, working on eir speaking parts and solos. Please try to have your child/children at e practices. Thanks for your support and if you should have any questions, please see Sara Keene. ANGEL TREE Missions Dimes for Missions - $ Donations to e Food Pantry have been given by e West Memorial Bible Class, Afternoon Circle, and Evening Circle. Operation Blessing donations for hurricane relief - $ Stewardship Report: We Are Walking By Fai January October 2017 income to date - $263, January October 2017 expenses to date - $267, It s hard to believe it s at time of e year again for our Angel Tree! The Angel Tree will be put up during e week of Novem ber All angel tree tags will be on e tree by Sunday, November 19. When you take a tag, please make sure to sign e sheet wi your name and phone # beside your tag #. All gifts/tags will be due back on Sunday, December 10. Thank you for supporting our local community and helping to put smiles on children s faces Christmas morning. If you should have any questions, please contact Priscilla Bunch at or pbunch1@charter.net.

4 I would like to place poinsettias in e church in honor of or in memory of a loved one. They will be ordered by and delivered to e church. The cost is e same as last year, $12.00 each. Deadline to place your order is Monday, December 11. No orders will be accepted after at deadline. In Honor/Memory of: [Circle one] Given by: Please make your check payable to: and mark it Poinsettias [If mailing, please send to:] Attn: Cheryl Ashcraft 216 Nor Main Street Suffolk, VA November 5 The Christmas season is approaching quickly and it s time to be inking about placing your order for Christmas greenery and poinsettias. If you would like to place an order for any of e items listed below, in honor of or in memory of a loved one, please contact Cheryl Ashcraft at Deadline for all orders is Monday, December 11. No order will be accepted after at deadline. Outside Front Wreas.$50 each 4 Upstairs Balcony Wreas.$50 each 2 Inside Front Column Wreas $35 each 1 Side Foyer Arrangement $35 1 Huntboard Arrangement $40 Piano/Organ Arrangement $40 Upstairs Foyer Arrangement.$35 1 Downstairs Newel Post Swag $35 2 Wreas Nor Entrance Columns $30 each 2 Wreas Nor Entrance Doors $30 each 2 Wreas Iron Gates Front Entrance. $30 each 17 Boxwood Wreas Outside Windows $25 each Nor Foyer Arrangement $35 Nor Second Floor Foyer Arrangement $35 Wrea Beside Office Door $35 Miscellaneous items ( greens, Ribbons, wire, etc.).. $100 Reformation 500: Suffolk Hymn Sing at SCC Main Street United Meodist Church is partnering wi us to host a hymn sing at Suffolk Christian Church e evening of November 5 at 5:30 pm. In celebration of e 500 Anniversary of e Protestant Reformation, congregations from our sister churches are invited to join in singing hymns of e fai, old and new. Watch for details. Submitted by Sean Bilby January Coalition against Poverty in Suffolk (CAPS) - $ February Food Pantry - $ March Haiti Missions - $1, April Church Family Assistance - $ May SCC You Mission-Fuge Trip - $ June Scripture Memory Mountain Mission - $ July Supply and Multiply $ August Coalition against Poverty in Suffolk (CAPS) - $ September Night Stay Ministry - $ October Sarah Halley Education Fund Account - $1, November Coats for Community December Veterans of e Cross In Honor of A donation to e Sarah Halley Education Fund in honor of Carmen Halley and in memory of Jeffrey Michael Halley has been given by e Evening Circle. A donation to Haiti Missions in honor of Sean and Dana Bilby has been given by Dave and Sam Remy. A donation to e Children/You Fund in honor of Priscilla Bunch has been given by Dave and Sam Remy. Memorials Donations to e Memorial Fund in memory of Kay Parker have been given by Marion Barrett Murphy and family, Calvin and Evelyn Jones, Jim and Becky Bradshaw, Glynn and Janice Rhea Writtenberry and Tom and Virginia Savage. A donation to Care and Concern in memory of Kay Parker has been given by Jack and Ann Nurney. Donations to e West Memorial Bible Class in memory of Margaret Ramsey have been given by Robb, Scott, Bradshaw & Rawls, PC, John and Debbie Oliver and Barbara R. Morris and John C. Ramsey, III. A donation to e Food Pantry in memory of Margaret Ramsey has been given by Sue Judkins Stewart. A donation to e Memorial Fund in memory of Marcy Pichel has been given by Bob and Karyn Lynch Kaplan. Donations to e Memorial Fund in memory of Claudia Howell have been given by David and Judy Parker, Bill Chorey, Larry Rountree, Nancy Barton Braford and Mark and Victoria Vukcerich. A donation to e Memorial Fund in memory of Dewey and Claudia Howell has been given by Jim and Becky Bradshaw. A donation to e Memorial Garden in memory of Jack Chapman has been given by Tom and Virginia Savage.

5 News About Our People Suffolk Meals on Wheels held eir annual volunteer appreciation dinner at e Hilton Garden Inn. Congratulations to e following volunteers from our church who were honored for milestone years of service: 1 Year Robert Boyce and Holly Crute 15 Years Jim Culliton 20 Years Michael Halley and Carmen Halley Elizabe Jeanette Parker and Erik Jonaan Fanny were married in e Sanctuary on Saturday, October 7, Our congratulations and best wishes to e newlyweds. Bonnie Sexton Munn and Clayton James Smi were married in e Suffolk Cultural Arts Center on Saturday, October 14, Our congratulations and best wishes to e newlyweds. SCC Security Team The new SCC Security Team was announced at e October Church Conference. The Security Team will include 4 to 6 volunteers, develop emergency response plans, advise e Pastor and Executive Board on security-related matters, coordinate wi e House of Worship Committee on projects to improve physical security and work in partnership wi first responders and e City of Suffolk Emergency Management Office. Additional details are available in e new Security Action Plan. Copies of e plan are available in e church office. Please contact David Remy if you have any questions or are interested in volunteering. Submitted by Dave Remy MEN S BIBLE STUDY The Board of Christian Education has discussed e opportunity of having a Men s. The study would begin in January. If you would be interested in attending e study, please sign up on e bulletin board. There will be furer details about e study in e next newsletter. If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact Priscilla Bunch at or by at pbunch1@charter.net. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD On Sunday, November 19, at 5 pm, our annual Thanksgiving dinner will be held in e Fellowship Hall. The traditional menu of turkey, dressing, green beans, sweet potatoes, beets, cranberry sauce, rolls and dessert will be served. Cost is $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for children (12 and under). Tickets will be on sale before and after church and in e church office beginning Sunday, October 29. YOU MUST HAVE A TICKET. Deadline to buy tickets is November 15, Special dates All Saints Day November 1, 2017 Daylight-Saving Time ends, November 5, 2017 Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Thanksgiving Day November 23, 2017 Church Office Closed November 23 And November 24 We are happy to announce we will be participating in e Operation Christmas Child mission project again in November. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God s love in a tangible way to needy children around e world, and togeer wi e local church worldwide, to share e Good News of Jesus Christ. This is done by filling shoeboxes wi gift items for needy children all across e world. These shoeboxes are en distributed to ese children. In addition, when e child receives eir shoebox, ey also receive Christian literature and are able to participate in a discipleship program. What a wonderful way we can help deliver e blessed hope of Christmas to millions of precious little ones around e world. When you pick up a shoebox to fill, you will be provided wi a detailed how-to-guide on filling your shoebox. There will also be a list of suggestions to include in your shoeboxes. Please make sure you look over e suggestions is year because ey have made some changes. I called Samaritan s Purse is year to ask if we could specify where we would like our boxes to be delivered. I was told we could not specify. I was told a story about a box I wanted to share wi you. A box was inspected at e distribution center and it had wool socks in e box. The box went to a warm country, however, e box was given to a little boy who had badly burned feet and all he could wear was socks. So, yes, God has his hand in where ese boxes are delivered. Each box must be accompanied wi a $9.00 fee. This fee covers shipping costs, as well as helps provide e Christian literature and also helps towards e discipleship program. The Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes will be available for you to pick up beginning Sunday, October 22nd. Your filled box along wi your $9.00 fee will be due back to church on Sunday, November 12. Thank you for your support of is fun and meaningful mission project!! If you should have any questions, please contact Priscilla or pbunch1@charter.net. You Activities Christ e King Sunday, November 26, 2017 Wednesday, November 15, 7:00pm Sunday, November 19 Lunch & Deliver Fruit Baskets Wednesday, November 22nd, 7:00pm Wednesday, November 29, 7:00pm