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THE MESSENGER Powhatan United Methodist Church Serving Christ since 1789
April 2019
2019 - Year of Celebration:
To know God more deeply through the Spiritual Disci-pline of Celebration.
Mission: "[Jesus says]...I was in prison and you visited me." - Matthew 25:36
April’s Psalm: 132
April Welcome Group
Upper Room (Terry Paquette & Fran Carleton)
Calling all children & youth to read scripture… Powhatan UMC needs your help Welcoming the Thirsty to Worship! Interested? Check out the sign up at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4daba82baa8-communion
Dogwood tree & the Resurrection: It is said the dogwood tree used to grow straight and tall, but after it was used as a crucifix for Christ, God made it short and twist-ed with a thin trunk so it could never be used as a cross again.
The dogwood bloom has four parts, each with a rusty red color on the end and a small hole, a reminder of where the nails were driven into the cross. The center stamens look like the crown of thorns.
Holy Week
Sunday, April 14, 8:30 & 11 am
Palm/Passion Sunday, Easter Cantata
Thursday, April 18, 7pm
Holy Thursday Worship Service
Saturday, April 20, 10:30 am
Egg Hunt/Children’s Easter Message
Bring your basket and camera.
Sunday, April 21, 6:15am, 8:30am & 11am
Easter Worship Services
Welcome
the Thirsty to Worship
The Circle of Friends Circle of Friends will meet on Monday, April 8, in the Com-mons at 10 am. This is one week later than usual due to Spring Break. Refreshments by Pat Cox
and Lucy Swartz; devotions by Lucy Swartz. All ladies are welcome. For more information, contact Pat Cox at 804-372-6711 or Cherie Nordlof at 818-471-5215.
Sunday, 9:45a.m. Friendship, Contemporary
Upper Room , Fellowship Class Nursery: newborn- age 3, B.L.A.S.T.
Youth (grades 6-12) L.I.F.E. (Living In Faith Everyday)
B.L.A.S.T. Bible Learning and Spiritual Training
Body 9:45am: Moving Meditation with Julie Layman
Voice 10am: Choir with Mr. Juan
Mind 10:15 – 10:45am: Lesson, snack, and activity with Brian Griffen, Kathy Allanson, and Mandy Walker
Unglued
If you are a mom of babies and/or school-age children and need a way to stay grounded and encouraged in your faith, join us! Unglued meets on Monday nights from 6:30-8:00 pm meeting in Contemporary class. Questions? Contact Karen Hemming at 598-2084 or [email protected] .
Monday Night Circle (MNC)
Monday Night Circle: The April meeting of 2019 will be held on April 22nd at 7 pm in the in the Church Commons ar-ea. Trish Minter and Mary Crawford will serve as the hostesses for this meeting.
United Methodist Men Next meetings: Thursday April 4 at 8am & Monday April 22 at 7pm Men’s Ministry meets each Wednesday
night at 8:30pm in the CLC gym.
Men’s Bible Study, Wednesday, 2pm in Upper Room classroom.
Students in 6th-12th grade are meeting once a week on Thursday nights to have Youth Group from 7-8:10 pm. These nights consist of fun, games, and learning about scripture through a message and small group discussions. Students are encouraged to invite their friends. If any parents or adults are interested in volunteering, helping with these evenings, or have any questions feel free to reach Pam .
There will be no youth group on April 5th due to Powha-tan County Public School’s spring break. Instead, I will be taking students to Skyzone for a fellowship opportunity for those students that will be in town that week. If your student(s) is interested in this or any parents are inter-ested in driving please reach out to Pam Caburian.
Easter Sunrise Service: The youth students will be hav-ing an Easter Sunrise Service at 6:15 am on Sunday April 21th. If your student(s) are interested in being a part of planning and/or the service, please reach out to Pam Caburian for more information.
Easter Egg Hunt: Julie Layman is calling all youth to par-ticipate in hiding the eggs for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. (April 20) She asks all youth to be there no later than 9:15 am. She also asks for students to wear their 28.8 shirts.
Encounter
Christ in Small Groups
Doctor’s Orders
Doctors are constantly faced with a challenging dilemma – death. How can we avoid it? We have faith in doctors to keep us alive through their wisdom – pre-scribing medicine, offering surgery, and finding cures. Our lives are prolonged because of their skills. On the flip side, quite often our deaths are prolonged as well. Without a doubt, it is a difficult tight rope to walk – prolonging life or pro-longing death? Gladly, there is a doctor who offers a helpful perspective on this situation. Colossians 4:14 states: “Luke, the be-loved physician, and Demas greet you.” Many people believe Paul (the author of Colossians) referenced Luke, the gospel writer, at the beginning of this verse. Hence, reading through the gospel of Luke is like following the Doctor’s Orders. Truly, the Doctor (Luke) gives us an eternal perspective on the topic of death – offering us relief in our dilemma. We learn that Jesus defeated death. Death no longer has the final say because Jesus rose from the grave. The tomb was empty that first Easter morning. The resurrection redefined life and now we are privi-leged to share new life with/in Christ. The 40 days of Lent (the preparation time leading to Easter) give us the opportunity to reconnect to this story, but more importantly, to reconnect with this awesome God we worship. Come and be reminded about the im-portance of the daily decisions you make. Come and reconnect with this God who loves you. Come and learn from the Doctor’s Orders – the one who taught us that death is not a challenging dilemma. Instead, it is simply the next step in our relationship with our loving God. Ready for my daily appointment with God, Pastor John
Sermon Series: Doctor’s Orders
April 7: Luke 15:11-32; Doctor’s Appointment
April 14: Luke 23:13-25; Prognosis Received (Cantata)
April 18: Maundy Thursday
April 21: EASTER SUNDAY; Luke 24:1-12; Life is Redefined
- EASTER Sunrise @ 6:15am (led by our Youth); 8:30am & 11am
April 28: Confirmation Sunday; Luke 24:13-35; Walking the Road
Audio sermons available at www.powhatanumc.us Live Streaming available at www.powhatanumc.us
Powhatan United Methodist Church Ministry Team
Pastor John hemming | [email protected]
Juan Pineda, music director | [email protected]
sandra lowe, Administrator | [email protected]
Brenda butterfield, finance | [email protected]
Pam camburian, youth | [email protected]
Julie Layman, Children’s Coordinator | [email protected]
Melanie Peloke | [email protected]
Sharon Baltimore, Preschool Director | [email protected]
Harvey & Sally Paquette, Event & Facilities Overseer
2253 Rosson Road, Powhatan 23139 | (804) 598-4438
Pam Caburian giving pillowcase dresses to child in Guatemala.
Let Go, Let God
Women’s Bible Study meet 2nd and 4th Monday in the Youth Room. Our Study for spring will be Dance Stand Run which includes book, study guide and DVD. If inter-ested in joining call or text Vicki Abel at 869-9762
Powhatan Free Clinic From Ms. Farrell “Please extend our thanks to the Un-glued group that provided last night’s dinner (Monday, March 11) to the Clinic. Everyone loved the Chick-fil-A nuggets. The fresh berries were great and a nice treat. The homemade oatmeal cookies were delicious and went quickly. We so appreciate all your does for the Clinic. Thanks for sharing Jesus’ love (and your wonderful cooking) with us! PUMC is a blessing to the Clinic and to Powhatan.” A big thank you out to those who attended our Boy Scout and Cub Scout Pancake Breakfast on Scout Sun-day .
Greeters needed for the Egg Hunt contact Julie Layman to serve.
Powhatan Food Pantry
Our focus for the month of April will be flour and sugar. Please continue to bring your plastic and brown bags. The pantry and clients are grateful for your contri-butions. We serve approximately 150 households each month. DID YOU KNOW that volunteers at the Food Pantry are
an ongoing need? The pantry is open mornings on
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and also on
Thursday evening. It takes from 36 to 40 volunteers a
week to cover all positions. For more info, contact the
volunteer coordinator, Gary Biggs, at 512-0651. Gary is
a member here at PUMC and usually attends the
11:00am service.
KWP Mission: Let’s Fill Those Eggs! Sunday April 14th following 11:00 Worship
For this mission we will be filling many many Easter eggs and packing “The East-er Story” snack mix that will be distribut-ed at the Easter Egg Hunt. Come and enjoy lunch,
fellowship, and mission with our KWP families. Lunch will be provided! Please RSVP with your total attend-ing. *This is a whole family event* Come and enjoy the family fellowship of Kids With Pur-pose! To sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4daba82baa8-lets3
Relay for Life
Our Church Relay for Life Team is PUMC Team. The event is June 1st at Powhatan High School, 11am to 9pm, and it will be a inside event. We will be selling fish sandwiches at our tent for lunch and dinner this year. The survivor lap is at 7:30 pm. If you are a survivor
please register under our team, so we can celebrate your life. The lighting of the luminaries are at 8pm. To join our team google Powhatan Relay for Life, look for our team, and join or donate to the American Cancer Society. ACS is currently funding $410 million in re-search grants, and 7.3 million in Virginia institutes. There has been a 26 % drop in cancer deaths since 1991.
Powhatan Free Clinic
Next on the schedule to prepare and deliver a simple supper for twelve Clinic volunteers is the Cir-cle of Friends small group. The date is Monday, April 8, between 5 and 6pm.
Caregiver group
Our meetings for the month of April will be Thursdays April 4 and 18 at 11:30am. Please join us for sharing and support of each other as we care for
our loved ones with dementia/Alzheimer’s and mental health issues. As we secure speakers, it will be posted in the Sunday bulletin. For more information, contact Dr. Judith Cain-Oliver at 598-9577.
Get ready for our First Saturday Fun and Fellowship
Breakfast for our Community. June 1 from 9- 11am.
We will be opening our doors to many different groups
in our Community with an opportunity to get to know
each other better in a spirit of mutuality. This breakfast
will be offered the first Sat of every month. This will al-
low us to rotate our volunteers.
We will be asking for volunteers and donations of food
to be utilized through Sign Up Genius so make sure San-
dra has your correct email. Questions? Contact Sally
Paquette.
Serve
God in Mission
Bible Boot Camp Retreat: Beyond Stories & Verses 9am-3pm Saturday, May 18, 2019
Registration 8:30-9am $15 includes snacks, drinks, lunch and $5 love offering to facilitator
Please bring your Bible, a pen, and all your curiosity & doubts
Powhatan United Methodist Church 2253 Rosson Rd
Powhatan, VA 23139 804-598-4438
A retreat to empower adults & youth to study and appreciate the entire Bible by learning context, finding relevance, and recognizing God’s love story with humankind in every book.
Join us for this intense, six hour workshop as we walk (or run!) through the general content and historical con-
text of the entire Bible, address the barriers that keep many of us from feeling confident about reading scrip-
tures, and acquire resources and support for continuing our journey into God’s Word. This retreat is appropriate
for all levels of Biblical knowledge and doubt!
Using resources and techniques grounded in Methodist theology, we will gain knowledge and skills that will help
us access and appreciate every book of the Bible as an essential part of God’s love story with humankind.
The retreat will be facilitated by Jennifer McCluskey. Jennifer is a career educa-
tor, public speaker and Bible nerd who has a Master’s degree in Adult Education
from VCU and a degree in History from Washington & Lee University. Her back-
ground includes serving as a world history and geography teacher, Director of
Adult Ministries at Reveille UMC, and creator and facilitator of multiple adult Bi-
ble studies for over a decade. She is excited to come to Powhatan UMC to help
us grow in our discipleship and share what we learn with others.
For information contact, Carol Shaughnessy at [email protected] or Sandra Lowe, church office.
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The United Methodist Women will meet after the 11 am worship on Sunday, April 28. All women are encouraged to attend. Come be a part of the exciting things to come!
Boy Scouts
Powhatan Scouts are working together on a community service project with Ft. Lee, Powhatan County Social Ser-vices, and United Methodist Family Services. They are asking for your help with items such as toothpastes, toothbrushes, shampoos, combs, and body washes. A donation box has been set up here at our church for you to drop off any of those needed items. Collections will end on April 7th. Powhatan Scouts and Leader's will de-liver the donated duffel bags from Ft. Lee military to fos-ter families. No foster child should have to enter or exit a home with a trash bag. Please consider helping them out!
Relief Kits
Thanks to all who have donated money and items for kits. We will be packing them soon so look for infor-mation in the bulletin if you would like to help. UMCOR would like Flood Bucket kits too. All kits go to conference in June. -Phyllis Sciarrone 403.3443
Sewing Mission
Sewing Mission group will be gathering Monday, April 15 from 9am-2pm. Join us, all you need is a willing heart and hands that want to serve. We enjoy our fellowship time as well as constructing clothes to send out with mission groups. For more information please contact: Marvalee Unrein 816-699-7019
Drivers for All God’s Children
All God's Children Camp is in need of drivers who would be willing to transport our campers to and from Camp in the Richmond area this summer. We need drivers for June 16, June 21, Aug 11 and Aug 16. Please contact Lori Smith for more information at 571-245-9591 or [email protected]
Prison Ministry
In 2019, the United Methodist Women have chosen to support women in prison with basic health care items that the state does not provide. For April please donate one 15 oz. bottle of lotion in the bin placed near the mailboxes. We will collect items throughout the year and they will be given to the prison ministry group for distribution in November. Questions? Call Boni Simmons at 804-276-7076.
Serve God in Mission
April begins with Spring Break for our preschoolers. We
will be closed April 1-5.
Registration for the fall is open to all. We have classes
for children age 2-5 with all kinds of options. Interested
families are encouraged to look at the preschool website
at pumcpreschool.org. You can also get in touch
at [email protected] to schedule a time to visit. Reg-
istration before April 15th is 'early bird' and fees are re-
duced.
Classes have just finished up a unit on 'Helpers'. they
visited church offices to hear about the helpers in our
church and what they do. Miss Sandra is the 'welcomer'
and knows everything that is going on in our
church. Pastor John is the 'prayer and teacher'. He
prays for our preschoolers and their families every day!
Miss Ellen let our little ones climb on her school bus and
Powhatan County Schools sent a school bus for our pre k
children to take them for a visit to kindergarten. The
Powhatan County Fire Department sent a fire truck and
firefighters to visit us and talk about the work they
do. We are very thankful for helpers in our community!
Teachers are busy getting ready for our Family Fun Art
Night that will be held on May 2. If you love children's
art, plan to come by and visit as we turn the CLC 'big
room' into an art gallery!
Relay for Life Quilt Raffle
We have a beautiful quilt made by Jane Rager dis-played in the Commons. The donation raffle tickets are $2 each, or 3 for $5. Team members and Sandra in the office have them to sell. I also have luminaries forms in the hallway behind the Sanctuary in the new pamphlet holder. If you have any questions about the event , please call me. 598-5165. Thanks for your support, Ellen Bondurant
God Calling Keep your eyes out for GOD CALLING! Have you no-ticed God’s light shining down on you in little or big ways? If the answers yes, please share with us. We want to hear the way God is working. These will be printed in our inserts as we receive them. You can call or email Sandra with your insights. For more info con-tact: Carol Shaughnessy @[email protected].
Celebrate
Growing in God’s Grace