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For June 4, 2017 ~Pentecost ~Special Gospel Music service by the River Creek Band.

Samaritan OfferingYour gift supports the Samaritan Program, a benevolent fund which provides financial assistance to residents who have outlived their monetary resources and, through no fault of their own, can no longer afford the full cost of their care. Samaritan Offering gifts will be received until Father’s Day, June 18th. It may be designated to any of our VUMH communities. Undesignated gifts will be used where the need is greatest. Envelopes are placed in the Commons.

Children and Their Safety are Important at Chestnut Hill UMC

We rejoice that as a church we are able to offer carefully planned, age appropriate care and activities for our children and youth.

Today, children ages 4 and above will stay in the sanctuary for worship.

Nursery is provided for infants and toddlers. The Nursery is located in Classroom 101 (exit through the right side door at the front of the sanctuary, pass through “the

Commons,” go through the double doors to the Education Building and follow the hallway to the Nursery at the end of the hall on the left).

DIRECTORY OF CHESTNUT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCHSharma Lewis Richmond Area Resident BishopScott Davis Lynchburg District SuperintendentLiz Ecklund MinisterVernie Barrow Minister EmeritusMonica Campbell Administrative AssistantWill Sperrazza Director of Music MinistryJudy Martin BookkeeperElaine Clarke Lay LeaderJody Underwood Lay Children’s Ministry CoordinatorChris Glass Lay Youth Ministry Coordinator

Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church

Making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

You are welcome at Chestnut Hill UMC.

4660 Fort Avenue ~ Lynchburg, Virginia 24502Church: 434-239-8423

Pastor’s Cell: 434-258-2934; Pastor’s Home: 434-319-5646Email Pastor Liz: Pastorliz@aol.com

chestnuthillumc@comcast.net ~ on the web at chestnuthillumc.netFind us on Facebook: Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church

Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church10:30 a.m. ~ May 28, 2017 ~ 7th Sunday of Easter

Ascension Sunday/Memorial Day Sunday

WELCOME! JOIN US IN WORSHIPING GOD!Welcome and Ministry Announcements

Welcome in the name of Christ our Lord. Please register your attendance, printing your name, address, phone, and email, when the pew pad is passed to you.

Thank you for silencing cell phones as we gather to worship God.

Invocation

Prelude The Acolytes enter with the light of Christ.

*Call to Worship

Let all who believe in the risen and ascended Christ give praise!

It is the Good News, witness of our salvation: Christ lives!

In Christ God defeated death and the grave, once and for all.

In our risen Lord we are called to be the Church, witness to the ages.

And this same Christ who ascended will, in God's holy time, return.

Blessed be the name of the Lord!

*Singing Our Faith # 2282 “I’ll Fly Away”

Morning Prayer

O God, You have given us the message of Salvation and the commission to proclaim it in all the world. Strengthen our faith, Lord, that nothing might impede us as Your messengers. In Christ we pray. Amen.

Dedication of Conference Kits

Children’s Moments

Choral Anthem

Prayer for Illumination Al Mason

Prepare our hearts, O God, to accept your Word. Silence in us any voices but your own, so that we may hear your Word and also do it; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel Lesson Luke 24:44-53 (NRSV) Al Mason

Sermon Lessons Galatians 5:22B-26 (CEB); Titus 3:4-5 (NRSV) Al Mason

The Word of God for the people of God.Thanks be to God.

*Singing Our Faith # 2191 “Eternal Father, Strong to Save”

The Good News “Goodness”

The Giving of God’s Tithes and Our GiftsPrayer of ThanksgivingOffertory*Doxology # 95 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all

Creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

The Prayers of the People

The Lord’s PrayerOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

*Singing Our Faith # 717 “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”

*Blessing and Dismissal

*Postlude

W E S C A T T E R T O S E R V E G O D & N E I G H B O R

**This Week’s Calendar**Monday, 5/29 Memorial Day ~ Church Office Closed

Tuesday, 5/30 Church Office Closed

Wednesday, 5/31 7:00 p.m. Choir

Friday, 6/2 6:00 p.m. Homeschool First Graduation Rehearsal

Saturday, 6/3 2:00 p.m. Homeschool First Graduation

** Looking Ahead on the Calendar **

Sunday, 6/4 10:30 a.m. Worship featuring a special Gospel

Musical service by the River Creek

Band.

6/19-6/23 5:00 p.m. Vacation Bible SchoolWe need volunteers for Registration and Music.We also need helpers for Arts and Crafts, Playtime, and Crew Leaders AND we need those juice boxes!! Contact Jody Underwood for questions!!

In the Grocery Cart This MonthDonations for MAY: “Canned Meats, Peanut Butter, KRAFT Mac. & Cheese, & Toilet Paper”. Donations for JUNE: “Baked Beans, Pork-n-Beans, Toilet Paper, Toothpaste, and Deodorant”. This will assist people through Park View Community Mission. Please place donations in the grocery cart, located in the Commons.

*If you know of changes that need to be made to the prayer concerns, please contact Monica in the church office.

**In Our Thoughts and Prayers**Robbie Perrow, Georgia Mason, Rev. Michael Southall-Vess, Fario Stanzini, Rev. Liz Ecklund, Beverly Franklin, June Crickenberger, Helen Snow, John Williams, Lisa Redford, Becky Spangler, Margaret Hicks, Louise Woody, Gene & Connie Harris, Cliff & Betty Taylor, Braelyn Underwood, Arthur Snodgrass, Al & Pat Wood, Bob & Kitty Boswell, Barbara Dunlop, Hylton & Sylvia Glass, Chris Balderson, Carl Hardwick, Helen Fleck, Ken Wood, Doris Finch, Judy Johns, Victor Barrow, Susan Tedder, Milton Sowell, Shayh, Alice Lovelace, Edna Wyatt, William Hicks, Vernelle Roupe, Jeanette Almond, Asa Fredell, Violet Ellis, Tucker Cole, Rhonda Wilkerson, Joseph Johnson, Chestnut Hill UMC, Military & Families

Lynchburg General: Jeanette Cyrus, Johnnie Kinzer, Charles Moore

Lynchburg Health and Rehab: Lloyd SmithGuggenheimer Skilled Care: Kyle Cyrus, Thelma HamiltonBerkshire Health & Rehab. Center: Shirley JohnsonThe Elms of Lynchburg: Frances CallahamRunk & Pratt at Liberty Ridge: Rose MorrisHeritage Green, Daybreak: Delma ScottRunk & Pratt of Forest: Emily Morris, Shirley WoodOakwood Manor (Bedford): Robert Bennett

Please join the clergy of the Lynchburg Downtown Cluster in a covenant to pray for God’s blessing on the mission and ministry of our United Methodist Churches and local mission and ministry endeavors – Peakland, Centenary, Christ Community Fellowship/Fairview, Court Street/Marsh Memorial, Fort Hill, Chestnut Hill, Forest Road, Jackson Street, Heritage, Boonsboro, Mead Memorial, Cove, Park View Community Mission (PVCM), the Society of St. Andrew, the Henry Fork Service Center, and The Garden of Hope (Washington, D.C.)