Beaverdam UMC & Rouzie s Chapel UMC: Two Amazing Churches, One Awesome God 2014 JUNE Issue 6 Dear Church Family, We often speak of the power of prayer. How can some words spoken aloud or silently make a powerful difference in our lives? The words cannot; but the relationship formed with God through prayer can make a world of difference in our lives and in the lives of those for whom we pray. Our Virginia Conference UMC Bishop, Young Jin Cho, encourages each of the churches in our Virginia Conference to be joined in covenant with one another to pray for the renewal of and revival in the local church, our conference and our United Methodist denomination. On May 25 th in our worship services we prayed in unison the following prayer: Renew Your church, Lord, Your people in this land. Save us from cheap words and self-deception in your service. In the power of Your Spirit, transform us, and shape us by your cross. Amen. Renewal and revival in our churches, our conference and our denomination must begin with prayer on our part and dependence in God s Holy Spirit to transform us and shape us by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on our behalf so that we can help to transform the world for Christ. Consider devoting the one minute a day it would take to pray this prayer everyday in June. At the end of those 30 days, let s all take note of the change in us and our church that the Holy Spirit has brought! With transforming hope, Claudia Enflamed Clothes Sunday, June 8 th is Pentecost the celebration of the Holy Spirit coming with wind and fire upon the believers in Jerusalem. The Christian Church was begun in those 120 believers gathered in that upper room. The color of Pentecost is red to remind us of the fire of the Holy Spirit. So put on your favorite red shirt, blouse, dress, tie, skirt or pants and come enflamed to worship that Sunday! Contacting Pastor Stallings: Church: 804-449-6794 Home: 804-883-5253 Cell: 804-387-2448 beaverdamumc@embarqmail.com
2 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Joe Exline 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rob Durando PENTECOST Wear Red Ron Umbel Martha Slayton BIBLE 10am SMALL GROUP WHEAT PANTRY OPEN 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Parker Shaffer DeAnn Pangburn Erica Johnson BIBLE 10am SMALL GROUP Barbara Gabriel Ladies Luncheon at Noon WEDDING Gloria Trayer & Kenneth Collins 3:00 p.m.-bumc FLAG DAY Virginia Ginny Jones Mark Dinger Sydney Veno Happy Anniversary! Scott & Claudia Stallings Happy Anmiversary! Lyn & Martha Slayton FIRST DAY OF SUMMER Kayshawn Broughman WHEAT PANTRY OPEN 29 30 John Olive NOTE: Your Circuit Writer for July and August will be combined into one issue next month. DATE TEXT SERMON TITLE June 1 Acts 18: 1-3, 18-26 Action Figures: Aquila & Priscilla June 8 Acts 1: 1-8, 2: 1-4 Action Figures: The Holy Spirit June 15 Acts 13: 1-5, 13, 15: 36-41 Action Figures: John Mark June 22 TBD Annual Conference June 29 Acts: 15: 1-21 Action Figures: The Church at Work
3 1 Corinthians 12:5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord DATE June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 Greeter(s) The Calderons The Slaytons Joyce Harris Candy Balita Marcia Hester The Monte Calvos Lay Reader / Scripture Joyce Harris Tim Buyer Joyce Harris TBA Gloria Collins TBA Ushers Gloria Trayer & Kenneth Collins Betty & Tim Buyer Joyce Harris & Marcia Hester Mark & Candy Balita Marcia Hester & Peggy Morris TBA Financial Assistant Nursery During Worship Welcome Center Treats Cleaning (Minimum - Twice a Month) Sound System Operator Flo Calderon Austin Slayton Marcia Hester TBA Julie Durando TBA TBA Ryan Slayton TBA Ken Collins Julie Durando TBA Gloria Trayer & Kenneth Collins Anissa Dougherty & Autumn Shaffer The Stallings Martha Slayton Malcolm & Carolyn Hall The Calderons TBA TBA If you are willing to help with our Sound System, please let Scott Stallings or Martha Slayton know. TBA An Invitation to a Celebration Kenneth Collins and Gloria Trayer request the honor of your presence at their wedding on Saturday, June 7 th at 3:00 p.m. in Beaverdam UMC. Reception will follow on the church grounds. ANNOUNCEMENT Our Adult Sunday School classes have been postponed until the Fall. Many Ways to Worship On kneeling, standing, clapping, jumping, Quietly, loudly Bible thumping. So many ways to worship together, Coming to the end of our tether! "Too loud!", "Too soft!" The people cry, Not my style, I think I'll die!" Let's stop and think And let's not moan, It's not for us But for God alone! - by Tim Gibs
4 News from the Pews News from the Pews Thought for the month: "Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. - Mark 13:33 ROUZIE S CHAPEL Blessing Box: Rouzie s has a Blessing Box to collect used men s clothing in good condition and assorted toiletries that can be given to the men at New Life for Youth Ranch. Please, only men s Clothing & Toiletries. W.H.E.A.T. Our help both with financial donations and especially with the following food pantry items are needed badly: pasta (any type) and spaghetti sauce. Please continue to help us keep the reserve supply of these items in good numbers since they are so very important to so many families monthly. If you would like to add to your usual donation of your pasta and spaghetti sauce, with an occasional Hamburger Helper and/or a can of beans (of any kind), this would be an additional benefit to the growing numbers of families needing our help. Thanks to all for your generosity. Keep it coming! IMPORTANT DATES TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR Wednesday June 4 th Ladies Luncheon @ Beaverdam UMC Sunday June 8 th Pentecost - ( Remember to wear RED ) Wednesday June 11 th Meals on Wheels Thursday June 12 th Movie Night - 6:30 p.m. Sunday June 15 th Father s Day Monday June 16 th Admin. Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. Thursday June 19 th Ladies B-Day Lunch - (details will follow) Wednesday June 25 th AOL - 11:15 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Ladies of the A.O.L. (Afghans of Ladies from Beaverdam and Rouzie s continue to meet the last Wednesday of the month to knit and crochet afghans and lapghans. Please contact Nancy Parke (540)582-6277 if you wish to join the group. Bring along a little snack or sandwich for yourself and we will enjoy fellowship as we knit and crochet from 11:15 am until 1:00 p.m. ) Birthdays Lindsay Davis (19) Lisa Hancock (28) Anniversaries Scott & Claudia Stallings (19) 1 Corinthians 12:5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord DATE June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 SCRIPTURE Acts 18: 1-3, 18-26 Acts 1: 1-8, 2: 1-4 Acts 13: 1-5, 13 15: 36-41 TBD Acts 15: 1-21 GREETER(S) Bev Duke Karen Roach, Kate & Zoey Noll Doris Davis The Perrigos The Lears LAY READER Shirley Jones Martha Jones Bev Duke Barbara Bauserman Martha Flint
5 LEKEN HWABODE LHMEUB ITNNCOOVIA PWSOHRI IIPTTNEO EETVRNRE SRIPEA EGOVFIR ERCAG Unscramble the words in the first puzzle, then seek them in the second. U O C T X D F U O W L T H H L L Y K F L O H S H D I F C D E H V A H R H U S S V A T T R E V M I G U N X F Q Q K P S R N Q H I V B O R E V E R E N T K N V T O V I E L B M U H P M E E N Z L I T C D V G O D N C C N W I J T A B E F M I N A P P Q O A D I C R O S K O R U C I T R E F P O S K W I G I A A S U S T A M V P I T H A P E H Z O H Y R G N V I B U E R S J Z K I W C K I T M P Z R A P D P P P K M B E T K G V O U D C Q M K P N P W J I Q T D C K P M UNSCRAMBLE the letters into the the boxes at the right of each set of letters. Copy the letters in the numbered boxes to the other boxes with the same number in the phrase below. Find JESUS E U E E U J U J E J E U E U U S S J S J U J S U S E E E E J U S J J U S J U J J E U E S S U E U U Find LORD L D O R R L R D L R L R R L D L D L D R D O L O R O D D D R L O L O D D O O L D O L L R D R D R D Find the one word in each of the following puzzles. Find GOD Find MARY O D D O O G G O G G D O D O G D D O O D G D O G O O D O O O G D D G G O G D D G G D D D G O O O O R A R R A R M M M R A A M A A A A Y R R R M R A Y R A M M M A A R Y R R A A Y A A M R Y Y M Y Y A Friends United in Christ Nurturing each other and the world. Can you find these flipflops hidden somewhere in this newsletter? Answers to puzzles on pg. 7.
6 321 The Wood Ministry continues to set a new all time record every time we work. The Tuesday/Wednesday crew continues to cut, split and deliver wood from Sherry McEvoy s Alpaca farm off Beaverdam Road. During the month of May, we took over 40 truckloads of firewood off the farm and delivered it to our families. We are about 2/3 s the way through the piles of logs and will continue to work at the Alpaca farm in June until we get all the wood out of there. The spring campaign to deliver green firewood to our families and allow it to season on site is working well. The best part of the effort is that we won t have to handle the wood again this fall. We are currently up to 321 truckloads of wood delivered to our families, the most we have ever done in a single season. Here are the numbers for the past six years. Wood we deliver now is wood that will not have to be delivered this fall and will probably result in a lower number of deliveries in our 2014-2015 season that starts on July 1, 2014. Since we have delivered so much wood this spring there is a good chance that we will take a few weeks off during the summer and have a vacation. Want to join the Wood Ministry? If you would like to help with cutting, splitting, and delivering wood to our Wood Ministry families contact Fredy Calderon at 804-357-5504 or axc609@gmail.com or Dick Lear at 703-855-9831, rblear1@gmail.com. Deliveries are usually made on Wednesday and/or Saturday mornings. A couple hours of your time each week could make a huge difference to one of our family s lives. Thanks in advance for supporting our Wood Ministry with your time & talent, trucks, chainsaws, gas & oil, donations and the camaraderie and fellowship you provide to our group. The Friendship Book Irises are, in their rainbow of colors, one of the glories of early summer gardens. In classical mythology, Iris was portrayed as young and beautiful, the rainbow goddess, who restored the peace of Nature and was a mediator. It was said that rainbows were the paths of Iris s feet when she acted as the messenger of the goddesses. Juno, whose chariot was pulled by peacocks, is believed by some to have given her name to June, the month when many irises bloom in their glorious shades of lilac, blue, apricot, yellow, and white. TOM YOU WON T BELIEVE IT, I GOT FRONT ROW SEATING AGAIN. OH MY GOODNESS RUN UP HERE NOW, I LL SAVE IT WHILE I CAN.
Wood Ministry s BBQ Chicken Success E U E E U J U J E J E U E U U S S J S J U J S U S E E E E J U S J J U S J U J J E U E S S U E U U L D O R R L R D L R L R R L D L D L D R D O L O R O D D D R L O L O D D O O L D O L L R D R D R D The Beaverdam/Rouzie s Chapel portion of the Wood Ministry held their annual fund raising BBQ Chicken Dinner May 17, 2014. Weather was perfect for the event. Bill Perry and Fredy Calderon brought their smokers that hold approximately 30 chickens each. The set up and cooking crew arrived at 6:30 a.m. and had the first chickens on by 8:30. The whole chickens had been d-winged and butterflied, with slits cut in the breast, thigh and leg for salt. When the chickens went into the smokers they were based with butter and a liberal amount of Bill Perry s Secret BBQ Sauce was splashed on. Each time the chickens were turned over, more secret sauce was added. A total of 160 chickens were smoked during the day with the last one coming off about 2:30 and then placed in insulated containers to keep them warm. Besides a half chicken, the BBQ dinner included, baked beans, coleslaw, dinner rolls, a drink and dessert. The BBQ dinner was a huge success netting approximately $1,100.00 for the Wood Ministry to help pay for equipment, repairs, and supplies. We made a lot of money, despite not selling all of our tickets because of generous donations. The Wood Ministry would like to thank Ed Crisp for donating his awesome homemade yeast dinner rolls, Michelle Hall, for donating her fantastic multi-baked Bean casserole, Jay and Carolyn Marsh for donating incredible coleslaw, and to all those who baked delectable bundt and sheet cakes. Three highlights to the day were 1) camaraderie with the Wood Ministry and our community, 2) Teresa Hall taking BBQ chicken dinners to the residents and staff of Lake Anna Elder Care and 3) taking 40 BBQ chicken dinners with all the fix ns to the New Life for Youth Ranch. We can t thank everyone enough for your contributions and support. The Wood Ministry HUMOUR FROM THE BIBLE Pay special attention to the wording and spelling of this article. If you know the Bible even a little you will find this hilarious!!! It comes from a catholic elementary school test. Children were asked questions about the Old and New Testament. The following statements about the bible were written by children. They have not been corrected in any way deliberately. O D D O O G G O G G D O D O G D D O O D G D O G O O D O O O G D D G G O G D D G G D D D G O O O O R A R R A R M M M R A A M A A A A Y R R R M R A Y R A M M M A A R Y R R A A Y A A M R Y Y M Y Y A Answers to Word Find KNEEL BOW HEAD HUMBLE INVOCATION WORSHIP PETITION REVERENT PRAISE FORGIVE GRACE by Mark E. Crossley 1. In the first book of the bible, Guinessis. God got tired of creating the world so he took the Sabbath off. 2. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. Noah s wife was Joan of Ark. Noah Built and Ark and the animals came on in pears. 3. Lots wife was a pillar of salt during the day but a ball of fire during the night. 4. The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with unsympathetic genitals. 5. Samson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by a Jezebel like Delilah. 6. Samson slayed the Philistines with the Axe of the Apostles. 7. Moses led the Jews to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients. 8. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert, afterwards, Moses went up to Mont Cyanide to get the Ten Commandments. 9. The First Commandments was when Eve told Adam to eat the Apple. 10. The Seventh Commandment is Thou Shalt Not Admit Adultery. 11. Moses died before He ever reached Canada. Then Joshua led the Hebrews in the Battle of Geritol. 12. The greatest miracle in the Bible is when Joshua told his Son to stand still and He obeyed Him. 13. David was a Hewbrew King who was skilled at playing the liar. He fought the Finkelsteins, a race of people who lived in Biblical times. 14. Solomon, one of David s sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines. 15. When Mary heard she was the mother of Jesus, she sand the Magna Carta. 16. When the three wise guys from the East side arrived they found Jesus in the Manger. 17. Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption. 18. St. John the Blacksmith dumped water on his head. 19. Jesus enucleated the golden rule, which says to do unto others before they do one to you. He also explained a man doth not live by sweat alone. 20. It was a miricle when Jesus roles from the dead and managed to get the tombstone off the entrance. 21. The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 Decibels. 22. The Epistels were the wives of the Apostles. The flip-flops are hidden on pg. 6 in the right bottom cartoon in the audience to the far right. Page 5 Puzzle Answers DOUBLE PUZZLE ADAM, GOSPEL, TIRE, GRAVE, HIGH Give God the Praise - (John 9:24) U O C T X D F U O W L T H H L L Y K F L O H S H D I F C D E H V A H R H U S S V A T T R E V M I G U N X F Q Q K P S R N Q H I V B O R E V E R E N T K N V T O V I E L B M U H P M E E N Z L I T C D V G O D N C C N W I J T A B E F M I N A P P Q O A D I C R O S K O R U C I T R E F P O S K W I G I A A S U S T A M V P I T H A P E H Z O H Y R G N V I B U E R S J Z K I W C K I T M P Z R A P D P P P K M B E T K G V O U D C Q M K P N P W J I Q T D C K P M 7
Beaverdam and Rouzie s Chapel United Methodist Church P. O. Box 67 Beaverdam, Va. 23015 8 JUG s CORNER Hi Girls and Boys, In my way of thinking, June is appreciation month; but, then again every day should be appreciated. Mark 9:41, "tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward". In Jesus name, makes it right. In May, the Wood Fairies had their bar-b-que and the chef masters did an outstanding job. A beautiful thing came out as Uncle Jay Marsh reported. The left over dinners were taken up to the group in Caroline County "New Life for Youth" and given to the guys. What a wonderful thing to do in the name of Christ. Not to be out done, the AOL Ladies have made additional lapghans for the Veterans and others at Hospice of Virginia Retreat Hospital. This now makes a total of 27 lapghans that these wonderful sisters of Christ have made. I do not know if a thank you card has been sent by the volunteer department, but I have personally heard how grateful the families are. I had one adult daughter approach me in the hall, after I laid one across his feet, and she asked if the lapghan could be taken by her mother when they left and when I told her it was made in the name of Jesus for the family she had tears in her eyes. These two groups do not give in the name of Jesus to get a thank you, but they do it because they love what they do. By the way, give your Dad or someone a hug on the 15th. Love, J for Joy, little u for under, and capital G for God. JuG Articles in this issue: Letter from the Pastor June 2014 Calendar West Hanover Wood Ministry News from the Pews Time for Some Fun... Lay Schedules Sunday School JuG s Corner Plus more...