We Scatter to Serve God & Neighbor
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- 11 will be in Children’s Church.
Children 12 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,” gothrough the double doors to the Education Building and follow the hallway to the Nursery at the end of the hall on the left).
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 24502
Church: 434-239-8423
Pastor’s Cell: 434-258-2934; Pastor’s Home: 434-319-5646
Email Pastor Liz:
~ on the web at chestnuthillumc.net
Find us on Facebook: Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church
Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church
10:30 a.m.~ October 9, 2016 ~ 21stSunday after Pentecost
We Gather to Worship God
We invite you to share in our ministry of Hospitality by registering your attendance
as the registration pad is passed to you. Please give us your name, address or email or phone. Thank you for silencing your cell phone as we gather to worship 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 us proclaim the glory of the Lord in our praise and worship!
And let our lives bear witness to God's salvation in Christ.
For the Lord is with us always, in good times or in hard times.
And wherever we are we can give witness to our loving God.
Let our voices be lifted in praise and song for God's wonderful love.
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
*Singing Our Faith # 140“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Morning Prayer
Most wonderful and loving God, in Your infinite mercy and grace, You have remained with us and loved us even when we have suffered the consequences of our sins. We praise You, O Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen.
Prayer of Confession
Words of Assurance
The saying is sure: if we are faithless, Jesus remains faithful - for he cannot deny himself.
*Affirmation “The Apostles’ Creed” No. 881
Choral Anthem
Prayer for Illumination Frances Unruh
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that, as the Scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.
Scripture LessonJeremiah 29:1, 4-14 Frances Unruh
The Word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
*Singing Our Faith # 2040 “Awesome God”
The Good News “Do Your Best, Always”
The Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come,
Thywill 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 thineis thekingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
The Giving of God’s Tithes and Our Gifts
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Offertory
*Doxology # 95 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all
Creatures herebelow;praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son,and HolyGhost. Amen.
*Singing Our Faith # 572 “Pass It On”
*Blessing and Dismissal
*Postlude
DIRECTORY OF CHESTNUT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sharma Lewis / Richmond Area Resident BishopScott Davis / Lynchburg District Superintendent
Liz Ecklund / Minister
Vernie Barrow / Minister Emeritus
Monica Campbell / Administrative Assistant
Will Sperrazza / Director of Music Ministry
Judy Martin / Bookkeeper
Elaine Clarke / Lay Leader
Jody Underwood / Lay Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Chris Glass / Lay Youth Ministry Coordinator
**This Week’s Calendar**
Sunday, 10/9 / 4:00 p.m. / Kingdom Kids @ Fort Hill UMCVolunteers needed to help prepare/serve dinner on Sunday, Oct. 16th. Contact Jody Underwood for more information.
Monday, 10/10 / Columbus Day ~ Church Office Closed
7:30 p.m. / Wesleyan Group @ Chestnut Hill UMC
Call Ann Robbins, 237-6854, for information
Tuesday, 10/11 / 9:00 a.m. / Prayer Breakfast
Wednesday, 10/12 / 10:00 a.m. / Merry Martha’s @ Chestnut Hill UMC
A program by Capt. Donald Dohlman on the Salvation Army. We will meet in the fellowship hall.
Thursday, 10/13 / 6:15 p.m. / Bell Choir
7:00 p.m. / Choir
** Looking Ahead on the Calendar **
Monday, 10/17 / 6:15 p.m. / Finance CommitteeSunday, 10/23 / Harvest Celebration Sunday
Monday, 10/24 / 11:00 a.m. / Top of the Hill
More information provided later.
Sunday, 10/30 / New Member Sunday
Monday, 10/31 / 5:30 p.m. / Trunk-or-Treat
**In Our Thoughts and Prayers**
Home: Louise Woody, Gene & Connie Harris, Phyllis Caldwell, Cliff Taylor, Betty Wilkins, Braelyn Underwood, Arthur Snodgrass, Edith Barley, Thelma Hamilton, Beverly Franklin,Pat Wood,Heather Stanzini (420 Stafford St., Lynchburg, VA 24501), Greyson Glass, Al Wood, Bob & Kitty Boswell, Barbara Dunlop, Hylton & Sylvia Glass, Kyle & Jeanette Cyrus, Chris Balderson, Carl Hardwick, Helen Fleck, Shirley Johnson, Ken Wood,Doris Finch,Judy Johns, Victor Barrow,Susan Tedder, Charles Moore, Milton Sowell, Rhonda Dunn, Shayh,Alice Lovelace, Edna Wyatt, William Hicks, VernelleRoupe,Jeanette Almond,AsaFredell, Violet Ellis,Tucker Cole, Rhonda Wilkerson, Joseph Johnson, Lloyd Smith, Lloyd Smith, Jr., Chestnut Hill UMC, Military & Families
Lynchburg Health & Rehab.:Margaret Hicks
Runk & Pratt at Liberty Ridge: Rose Morris
Bentley Commons at Lynchburg: Frances Callaham
Heritage Green, Daybreak: Delma Scott
Runk & Pratt of Forest: Emily Morris, Shirley Wood
Oakwood Manor (Bedford):Robert Bennett
Valley View Retirement: Virginia “Ginger” Roberts
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.)
Mission & Ministry Opportunities
In the Grocery Cart This Month
Donations in October: “Canned Meats, Canned Fruit, Diapers (sizes 5 & 6),
Toilet Paper”.This will assist people through Park View Community Mission.
Please place donations in the grocery cart, located in the Commons.
A CD of our CHUMC Music Program is Available
A CD featuring the music program of Chestnut Hill UMC is available as a gift to our visitors in worship. Please exit worship through the front of the sanctuary and The Commons and request your CD from a choir member.
Read Ahead from Pastor Liz
For Oct. 16, 2016: The Scriptures are Jeremiah 31:27-34, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 & Psalm 78:1-4, 9-16. The sermon text is Matthew 21:28-31 and the message is “Not a Social Club”.
Churches for Urban Ministries Fruit Sale
We are now taking orders.Orders must be received by Sunday, October 30th. You will have the option this year to buy a box of fruit and donate it to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Order forms areavailable from the church office and placed in the Commons.
Operation Christmas Child
We are collecting now for Operation Christmas Child. All items must be SMALL so they can fit in the shoe boxes. We need toys, school supplies, books, bibles, wash cloths, combs, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc. Remember to keep all items small and place in the plastic tub provided in the Commons.
Meals on Wheels
Monday, October 10~Elaine Clarke
Tuesday, October 11~Dan Robertson, Inez Williams
Wednesday, October 12~Buddy LeFew, Eleanor Maxham
Thursday, October 13~Curtis Roberts, Linda Jessen
Friday, October 14~Frances Unruh, Pete Witt
**If you know of changes that need to be made to the prayer concerns, please contact Monica in the church office.