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Bermuda Hundred United Methodist Church 2025 Florence Avenue, Chester, VA 23836

Rev. Mike Dettmer, Pastor Website: www.bermudahundredumc.com

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CENTENNIEL

April 2017 Newsletter

Bermuda Hundred United Methodist Church

2 Brenton Lythgoe

3 Helen Collie

4 Earl Hogarth

5 Allison Beaudoin

7 Ann McNinch

8 Sid Harrison III

10 Betty Mayes

11 Alexander Wilts

13 Jerry Gutshall

14 Ron Carpenter

17 Jason Beaudoin

18 Christy Linkous Phillips, Marcie Callahan

19 Sandy Forbes, Amanda Winn, Jerry Skaggs

21 Doris Morefield, Stacie Snyder

23 Binford Sloan IV

25 Lisa Peters

26 Debbie Winn, Doris Linkous

28 Cindy Clark, Erin Gwinn, Edie Vadas,

29 Phyllis Carpenter, Stephanie Tarver

April 2017

• Lenten Lunches & Devotions: Wednesdays at noon April 5 & 12 (Keenagers at church 4/5) • Easter Egg Hunt: Saturday, April 8 10:00 am to Noon • Palm Sunday April 9: 8:30 am Contemporary Service/Fellowship Café, 9:45 am Sunday

School, 11:00 am worship service

• Prayer Shawl Ministry: Tuesday, April 11 at 1:00 pm at Betty’s house • Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study: April 12 and 26 at 1:00 pm in Grundy Parlor • Maundy Thursday Worship Service at 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 13 • Easter Sunday April 16: 6:30 am Sunrise Service, 7:30 am Easter Breakfast, 10:00 am

Worship Service in the Sanctuary

• UMW: Monday, April 17 at 7:00 pm in the Grundy Parlor • UMM: Tuesday, April 18 at 6:30 pm at the River’s Bend Grill • Finance Committee: Wednesday, April 19 at 6:00 pm in Grundy Parlor • Bereavement Group with Angie Morris: Thursdays beginning April 20 through May 18 at

10:30 am in Grundy Parlor

• Worship Team: Thursday, April 20 at 6:30 pm in Grundy Parlor (Choir Practice 7:30 pm )

• Church Council: Tuesday, April 25 at 7:30 pm in Grundy Parlor • Spring Yard Sale Set Up: Friday, April 28 Set Up 10:00 am - 6:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall • Spring Yard Sale: Saturday, April 29 8:00 am to Noon in the Fellowship Hall • UMYF: 6:00 pm on Sundays, April 2, 23 and 30 in Grundy Parlor • Food & Faith on the Fifth Sunday/UMW Sunday: one worship service at 10:00 am

April Meetings, Small Groups & Events

April 2017 Bermuda Hundred United Methodist Church

Girl Scout Sunday—March 19, 2017

The United Methodist Men meet every third Tuesday, at 6:30 pm, at River’s Bend Restaurant. Any change will be relayed via the church bulletin announcements. We are planning a Fish Fry for May 13th, and sponsored the April 1st Spaghetti Supper fundraiser for the Boy Scout storage shed. We will also be providing a Pancake Supper later in the year, since we were unable to have one on Shrove Tuesday this year. All men are members and are welcome to attend our meetings, and the first time you attend, I’ll buy your dinner. What a deal, eh? -Charles Woodard, BHUMC UMM President

United Methodist Men

Bermuda Hundred United Methodist Church April 2017

Just Coffee meets weekly in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday school.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry

will meet at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, April 11 at Betty’s home.

See Lilly Enz for more information.

Just Coffee

The James River District of the Virginia United Methodist Church Golf Tournament

When: Saturday, April 29, 2017

Time: 1:00PM

Where: Prince George Golf Course

Price: $25.00 per player

For more details and registration call Gary Rose, Chairman, Highland UMC at 731-0989

or Jerry Skaggs 530-2116.

Get up a group or come as a single for some fun. -Jerry Skaggs

James River District of VA UMC Golf Tournament

United Methodist Women MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO ATTEND THE APRIL BERMUDA HUNDRED UMC 5TH SUNDAY PROGRAM AND LUNCHEON! Immediately after the service in the sanctuary, we will adjourn to the Fellowship Hall for a lunch prepared by the United Methodist Women and to hear our speaker, Laura Hancock from Dinwiddie who will be sharing with us highlights from her trip to Israel. Please make your plans now to attend this special event. Since this is United Methodist Women's Sunday, we will be honoring our Lifetime Members and I'm certain there will be other surprises at the luncheon. Please join us for fun, fellowship and to hear from Laura about her once in a lifetime experience in Israel.

HEALTH KITS FOR VIRGINIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - this year the Bermuda Hundred UMW has committed to making 350 health kits for UMCOR to deliver to areas in the United States and around the world where they are the most needed. You have worked with us in the past to make these kits and we are asking for your assistance again this year. We would like to collect enough items to make at least 100 kits prior to Sunday April 30th so that we can put those kits together at the luncheon. This is a very important mission project for our chapter and we would love to have your hands and hearts work with us to make these kits possible. We need the following items and there will be a collection box outside the sanctuary (on the bench) for you to deposit your items:

1 hand towel (at least 15"x 25"), 1 washcloth, 1 comb (large & sturdy, not pocket/picks), 1 metal nail file or nail clipper, 1 bath size soap (3 oz. or larger), 1 toothbrush (adult size), 6 band-aids (3/4 x 1) and one gallon plastic bags with zip closures. IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO SHOP BUT WANT TO HELP, WE WILL NEED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR TOOTHPASTE - $1.00 PER TUBE. Because of timing, storage and distance, we can't put toothpaste in our kits but rather have to leave that to UMCOR to purchase. We appreciate your help very much and will look forward to putting kits together with you on April 30th.

DON'T FORGET -- IT IS YARD SALE TIME! Mark your calendars for our first yard sale of the year scheduled for April 29th. We will be taking summer clothes for this yard sale plus all the treasures you would like to share with others. Please bring your items to the church Fellowship Hall between 10AM - 6:00PM on Friday, the 28th. Remember: no TVs. Clean out your closets and help us raise money for our many mission projects.

There is always an open invitation to women of the church to join us at our meetings or come work on our mission projects. We would love to have you in our UMW group. We do work hard, but we have a lot of fun and fellowship as we work. April is going to be a very busy month, so come join the fun.

Thank you for all your support and we'll see you in church,

Doris Morefield, UMW President

April 2017 Bermuda Hundred United Methodist Church

Come Celebrate Earl Hogarth’s

90th Birthday!

Sunday, April 9th in Grundy Parlor

Immediately after the 11am worship service

Donations for Our Daily Bread Food Pantry April: Spaghetti Noodles and/or Sauce

(Each month we will focus on a couple of items needed by the food pantry. The bin for the food pantry donations is at the foot of the stairwell.)

Earn. Save. Give. March 2017 – Continued Stewardship Success

BHUMC,

A small update this month on Stewardship and our progress towards fully funding 100% of our budget and apportionments for another year. We continue our outstanding streak of 16+ consecutive months of fully funding apportionments. Through March 2017 we are right on path to hit our goal for a 5th consecutive year, we are a quarter of the way there. Remain committed and consistent as we have always been and we will celebrate another great year of giving.

Please keep the consistency up – it is a great testament to God and all He has given to us that we continue to share.

Again, thank you for all the contributions in the past and for your future sharing.

Reminder – WE NEED YOU – if anyone is interested is joining the stewardship committee, please jump in – we would love to expand the team in 2017 (see/contact Dave Steinbraker to inquire about becoming part of the Steward-ship committee).

Thank you to all and in God’s Grace, Your stewardship committee, Dave Steinbraker, Dorothy Mooney, Ann McNinch, Charles Woodard and Bill Talley V

Stewardship

Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 8, 2017

10am — noon Remember to bring a basket for your eggs!

Bermuda Hundred UMC 2025 Florence Ave, Chester

Bermuda Hundred UMC

2017 Holy Week Schedule

Palm Sunday, April 9

Contemporary Service 8:30 AM

Sunday School 9:45 AM

Traditional Worship Service 11:00 AM

(No UMYF)

Holy Thursday, April 13

Maundy Thursday Worship Service 7:00 PM

Easter Sunday, April 16

Sunrise Service 6:30 AM

Breakfast 7:30 AM

Worship Service 10:00 AM

(No Sunday School or UMYF)

Servant APRIL 2

Communion

Sunday

APRIL 9

PALM SUNDAY

APRIL 16

EASTER SUNDAY

APRIL 23

APRIL 30

UMW SUNDAY

FOOD & FAITH ON THE FIFTH

SUNDAY

8:30 am

Usher/

Greeters

Marc & Mindy Wilts

Ditty & Neil Mooney

No 8:30 am

Contemporary Service

6:30 am Sunrise Easter Service:TBA

Bob Collie

No 8:30 am

Contemporary Service

11:00 am

Usher/

Greeters

Peggy & Fred

Proper

Ann & Owens

McNinch

10:00 am Glenn Harrison &

John Hall Youth

10:00 am

Edna Sherrill &

Nancy Byrd

Acolytes Maggie &

Carter Steinbraker

Savannah Talley &

Virginia Grace Winn

Jordan & Juli Mathis

Ethan Snyder

& Sierra Lannan

Tyler Woodell &

Matthew Coker

Lay

Readers 11am Bill Talley V

11am Liz McDonough

10am Bill Talley, V 11am Helen Collie 10am Betty Forbes

Children’s Church

Betty & Sandy Forbes & Margaret

Reynolds

The Yancey

Family

No Children’s Church

TBA No Children’s

Church

Nursery

8:30 am TBA

9:45 am TBA

11:00 am Mary

Simmons

8:30 am TBA

9:45 am TBA

11:00 am TBA

10:00 am TBA

8:30 am TBA

9:45 am TBA

11:00 am TBA

10:00 am TBA

UMYF Meals

(Sundays

at 6:00pm)

Dinner: The Talley Family

Volunteer: TBA

No UMYF—

Palm Sunday

No UMYF—

Easter Sunday

Dinner: The Lannan Family

Volunteer: TBA

Dinner: TBA

Volunteer: TBA

Altar Guild for April: Jack & Deborah Shelton & Nancy Byrd

Counting Team for April: Fred Proper, Leslie Peppers & Sherry Strosnider

If you cannot serve on your assigned Sunday, please call your contact as soon as possible:

8:30 AM Ushers/Greeters: Mindy Wilts at 586-7195

11:00 AM Ushers/Greeters: Sandy Forbes at 530-2055

Acolytes: Meredith Steinbraker at 896-0364

Altar Guild: Nancy Byrd at 530-5319

April 2017 Sunday Servants