Stewardship and attendance totals for 10/1 and 10/8 will appear in next Sunday s bulletin.

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1 Bethany United Methodist Church 1860 Hayes Road PO Box 527 Gloucester Point VA Office Hours: M-F, 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Phone: bethanyumc3@verizon.net Website: Stewardship and attendance totals for 10/1 and 10/8 will appear in next Sunday s bulletin. CHIMING OF THE HOUR 18TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY October 8, :30 & 11:00 AM WELCOME, GUESTS! We are delighted to worship with you today and invite you to participate as fully as you feel comfortable. AVAILABLE FOR YOUR USE: Please ask an usher for assistance if you require a large print hymnal, large print bulletin, or hearing aid. CELL PHONES: Please remember to silence your cell phone before the service begins. Thank you. *Please stand as you are able. The Salvation Army and Laurel Shelter have an ongoing need for the following items: Household cleaners, paper products, over the counter medicines, and personal hygiene items. Please place donations in the baskets beside the church office and in the narthex. Thanks! We offer a full range of study and fellowship opportunities for children, youth, young adults, and older adults. Sunday School meets from 9:45-10:45 a.m. each Sunday morning, with several different classes for adults, one class for youth, three classes for children, and a nursery. For more information please visit Our Nursery For the convenience of parents with small children, a nursery is provided during both worship services, as well as during the Sunday school hour. The maximum suggested age for the nursery is four years old. Please see an usher or greeter for directions. Pastor: Mike Derflinger Director of Children & Youth Ministries: Kris Kent Assistant Director: Dawn McDade Director of Music: Sandra Fox Organist: Dr. Rudy Shackelford Chaplain in Residence: Carol Johnson Lay Leader: Judy Burner Associate Lay Leaders: Roy Bauschatz & Archie Leigh Church Office Administrator: Dee Dee Wike Acolytes: 8:30 Alec Daniel 11:00 Kate Neikirk Sound Room: 8:30 Kirk Bell 11:00 Jeremy Nardozzi October Altar Guild: Patsy Bell, Jackie Hampton, Mary Steele Trustee Contact for the Week: David Lewis WELCOMING OUR GUESTS ANNOUNCEMENTS, CELEBRATIONS, AND REGISTRATION OF ATTENDANCE MEDITATION The Lord s Prayer : Chorale with Variations, Felix Mendelssohn from Sonata No. 6 in D Minor, Opus 65, No. 6 ( ) Our Father, Thou in heaven above, who biddest us to dwell in love, As brethren of one family, and cry for all we need to Thee: Teach us to mean the words we say, and from our inmost heart to pray. Martin Luther, Vater unser im Himmelreich (1539) Celebrating the 500 th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation CHORAL INTROIT (11:00) I Come with Joy Charles Webb *CALL TO WORSHIP Doe Breen Teach us, Good Lord; To serve you as you deserve, To give and not to count the cost; To fight and not to heed the wounds; To toil and not to seek for rest; To labor and not to ask for any reward, Except that of knowing that we do your will; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Saint Ignatius of Loyola, , Spanish soldier, priest, theologian, and founder of the Jesuits. *HYMN OF PRAISE All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord UMH NO. 554 SHARING OF OUR PRAYER CONCERNS PRAYER OF CONFESSION Heavenly Father, you have given us many gifts, and we failed to thank you. We have envied the gifts of others and wished for what we do not have. In these moments, forgive our sins, and wash us clean from the effects of envy and covetousness, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

2 MORNING PRAYER THE LORD S PRAYER UMH No. 895 CHORAL RESPONSE (11:00) Amen Vincent Persichetti THE ANTHEM (8:30) Healer of My Heart Robert White Johnson Steve Wike, soloist and Jim Robinson (11:00) Shine, Jesus, Shine Graham Kendrick Chancel Choir THE CHILDREN S TIME (11:00) PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION Doe Breen Lord Jesus, as we hear your Word read and digest what is taught, give us your grace to hold all of our cherished values and beliefs before You with open hands, so that You can impact them and transform them, and we will grow and mature. We pray in Your name. Amen. *SCRIPTURE 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 Doe Breen The Word of God for the people of God. Pew Bible NT, page 180 Thanks be to God. THE MESSAGE How to Give Away Money Series: Stewardship *HYMN OF RESPONSE Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose UMH No. 153 RECEIVING GOD S TITHES, GIFTS AND MORNING OFFERING Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Johann Sebastian Bach Variation 8: Fughetta ( ) *THE DOXOLOGY UMH No. 95 *CLOSING HYMN Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore UMH No. 344 *BENEDICTION *CLOSING CHORUS Pass It On (verse 1) UMH No. 572 It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and soon all those around can warm up in its glowing. That s how it is with God s love once you ve experienced it; you spread His love to everyone, you want to pass it on. ALTAR FLOWERS are given for the glory of God by Jean Heywood in honor of her daughter, Wendy Hogge, whose birthday is October 12. Bethany UMC Prayer List BETHANY FAMILY CANCER/CHEMO: Roy & Darlene Bauschatz, Paul & Nancy Kendall GRIEVING: Lorraine Brown, Janice Day, Alice Doggett, Jeannie Lipscomb, Doris Luther, Dawne Sawyer, Mary Dale Williams HEALTH ISSUES: Martin Breen, Larry Cooper, Gene & Jeannie Harrell, Mike Hearon, Patrick & Rebecca Kiley, Archie & Loretta Leigh, Marshall & Bonnie Lewis, Alice McGee, Ted & Peggy Peterman (NC), Marie Reynolds, Norma Sage, Isabella Wheat HOSPITALIZED: RECOVERING FROM SURGERY: Donna Andersen, Mary Linda Brooks, Chris Denton, Jeannie Meisner, Debbie Robins, Gerlinde Stevens BETHANY FRIENDS CHILDREN & YOUTH: Nathaniel Anderson (parents: Sarah & Chris), Rachel Lambert, Rebecca Sutphin, Vela Webb ADULTS: Scott Balderson, Janie Blanchard, Les & Jan Breen, Cancer Patients (Susan Emory, Jeanette, and Claire), Jeff Carino, Ross Carmine, Bonita Chaplin, Kristen Collier, Mary Ann Costa, Alice Cruz, Michael & Charyl Duffey, Greg & Lizz Epperson, Robert Ervi, Bill & Ruth Fenstermacher, Loretta Germek, Jerry Hall, Walt Hayden (FL), Brian Hudson, Pal Jackson, Vanessa Kellum, William J. Kellum, Sr., Donna Kidd, John Lawson, Thom Ligon, Bill Lockwood, James Marshall, Richard Martin (Kris Kent s Father), Jason (grandson of Joni Neal), Lydia Newman, Evelyn Owens, Mr. Palmer, Jack Perhac, K.C. Powers, Tess Robins, Melody Rogers, Harold Royals, Bonnie Sandahl, Becca Shepard, Rhonda Simmons, Becky Slattery (CT), Steve Smith, Will Stanley, Father Kevin Sweeney, Jeff Thomson, Steve (brother-in-law) & Toni (friend of Sandie Wharen), Suzanne Trio, Deborah West, Vicky Whitney, Kandee Willis, Joy Wood, Charlotte Wright BUMC S MILITARY Edward Bailey, Todd Bontrager, Michael Brown, Peter Demetriades, Meagan Demetriades, Thomas Howse, Kevin Jacobs, Bernard Johnson, Lamont Johnson, Jim Minor, Kyle Nichols, all members of the military and their families Gloucester House 7657 Meredith Dr., Gloucester, VA Sanders Assisted Living 7407 Walker Ave., Gloucester, VA Sanders Rehab 7385 Walker Ave., Gloucester, VA Stonebridge at Woodbury (Memory Care) 2778 Country Club Dr., Hampstead, NC Sunrise Senior Living 2015 Cranbeck Rd., Richmond, VA Walter Reed Convalescent Center 7602 Meredith Dr., Gloucester, VA York Convalescent & Rehab Center 113 Battle Rd., Yorktown, VA ASSISTED LIVING Jean Heywood, Room 110 Esther Marie Jordan, Room 509 Harry Jordan, Room 201 Mary Dale Williams, Room 1201 Gloria Wallace Pauline Harris, Apt. 107 Mary Field, Room 13B Alice Doggett, Room 24A, Jerri Doggett, Room 32A Mary Poland, Room 27A If you wish to place flowers on 10/22 or 10/29, please write your name on the flower chart in the main hallway or call the church office at

3 THIS WEEK AT BETHANY UMC TICKETS ON SALE TODAY between services in the fellowship hall, or purchase from the church office from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information contact Steve Wike at or any of the Endowment Committee members: Doe Breen, David Chapin, Marcia Hargis, or Judy Vaughan. On behalf of our family and myself I want to express my heartfelt thanks to all at Bethany for your caring, calls and prayers during Tom s illness. Thank you to the ladies and gentlemen who so graciously provided food for Tom s Celebration of Life and Mike and Troy Andersen who came in at the last minute to move walls and open up the fellowship hall. Although we were physically absent we felt the support of our Bethany family during this difficult time. Tom was a fighter and was well loved. I am so grateful to all of you for welcoming us back when Tom was called home. All, from our old friends to a new minister who I had not yet had the pleasure of meeting, have shown the continued love and support that is Bethany. Thank you again Dawne Sawyer and family TODAY 8:25 & 10:55 a.m. Prayer Time Mary Lotsey Room STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Sunday School Breakfast 9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 12:15 p.m. Children s Choir Rehearsal Monday, October 9 6:30 p.m. Troop 75 7:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study Tuesday, October 10 3:00 p.m. Worship Ministries Team Meeting 7:00 p.m. Finance Committee 7:00 p.m. Church and Society Committee (Mary Lotsey) 7:00 p.m. Abingdon Woman s Club Wednesday, October 11 6:30 p.m. Esther Thompson Committee 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal Thursday, October 12 9:30 a.m. C.A.R.E. Ministry 10:00 a.m. House of Prayer 2:00 p.m. UMW Board Saturday, October 14 7:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Abingdon Woman s Club Yard Sale (WBFH) Sunday, October 15 8:25 & 10:55 a.m. Prayer Time Mary Lotsey Room 9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m. UMYF (TOP) 12:15 p.m. Children s Choir Rehearsal is hosting an adult Membership class on Sunday mornings today and the 15th during the Sunday School hour in the room beside the nursery. This class is for anyone 20 years of age and older who wants to explore membership at Bethany. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We have pink ribbons. Please pick one up and wear it to show your support for people who have or are suffering with this terrible disease. Thank you! Jeannie Harrell, Missions Team Special acknowledgement for the food and luncheon services: Lynda Blubaugh, Sue Morecock, Judy Hudgins, Louise Austin, Nancy Wilburn, Ann Hogge, Sylvia Ransone, Paul & Nancy Kendall, David & Janet Chapin. Our sincerest Thank You to you all The family of Thomas Sawyer CHURCH AND SOCIETY meets Tuesday, October 10, 7:00 p.m., in the Mary Lotsey Class. UNITED METHODIST MEN The date for this month s meeting has been moved to October 24 at 6:30 p.m. Please make a note of the change and plan to join us for our monthly Gathering. All men are welcome!

4 Brothers and Sisters, It s here! It s here! Today is the day we ve been waiting for Stewardship Sunday! Another great day of celebrating our Amazing God! He, who is so generous and loving to each of us, deserves nothing less than our heartfelt thanks and praise! Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. Psalm 95:1-3 Thank you for spending time in prayer asking our Lord for His guidance and wisdom before deciding how to fill out your Faith Promise card. I truly believe that God honors those who trust in Him and rely upon Him in their time of need. As many of you know, Martin broke his leg in May and was out of work for 8 weeks. Overnight we went from being a 2 paycheck family to a 1 paycheck family. Not once in that 8 weeks did we go without what we needed. Our God was faithful to us. He provided and protected us. He healed Martin s leg so well that the doctor couldn t see where the break was without comparing his first and last x-rays! He even sent a rainbow on a dry day to confirm that healing! Our God is amazing and worthy of our praise every day! May God pour His blessings upon each of you as you serve HIM! Blessings, Dolores Breen Finance Committee Chair GUEST TRAINING (and refresher) will be held at Bethany on Sunday, November 19 at 4:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. GUEST (Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team) provides cold season shelter and food to the homeless at various churches throughout Gloucester County from December 4 to March 26. Bethany will host 2 weeks this season: December 4 to 11, 2017 and January 29 to February 5, Volunteers, both experienced and newly trained, will be needed! A Day Shelter is also operated near the Moose Lodge. MUSIC AND THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION PART II Submitted by Rudy Shackelford Last week we sketched the early history of the Reformation, sparked by Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, on 31 October With his famous 95 theses, Luther excoriated the Roman Catholic Church for the sale of indulgences and other corrupt practices. His study of Paul s Epistle to the Romans ( The just shall live by faith ) led Luther to a revelation known as the Tower Experience, wherein he envisioned a personal relationship with God instead of reliance on good works, elaborate ritual, and the dogma he found tyrannical. Luther renounced the celibacy of clergy and married a former nun, Katherine von Bora, with whom he fathered six children. And pushing the envelope to the utmost, Luther declared that the Pope was not infallible or above the Word of God for all of which he was excommunicated in But perhaps the most important legacy of the Protestant Reformation is Martin Luther s insistence that every aspect of worship be accessible to the common man. That all may understand was Luther s aim in translating the Bible from Greek into vernacular German; it also engendered the chorale, or congregational hymn. Last week we heard the signature Lutheran chorale, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, both in its original form and as the theme of a powerful organ prelude by Johann Pachelbel. Three centuries later this stalwart tune was quoted in the Reformation Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, scion of a distinguished artistic, intellectual, and banking family which converted from Judaism to Christianity. The last of Mendelssohn s Six Sonatas for Organ is based on another Protestant chorale, Vater unser im Himmelreich, Martin Luther s version of The Lord s Prayer set to an anonymous melody of circa Vater unser was also a favorite of John Wesley and served as a model for many of Charles Wesley s original hymns. In the United Methodist Hymnal it appears with a different text, Thou Hidden Love of God (No. 414). Today s organ Meditation and Offertory provide examples of the art of musical variation at its highest level. Here it verges upon a spiritual transfiguration, like the supernatural and glorified change in the appearance of Jesus on the mountain as described in Matthew 17: 1-9. In the first movement of his Sonata No. 6, Mendelssohn presents Luther s four contrasting variations. The fourth is extremely tempestuous and might portray the shock and awe that overcame Peter, James, and John when Jesus face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Please contact Al Burner (aburner@cox.net or ) or Nancy Orth (rorth2@cox.net, ) for more info.

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