Today, Children Ages 4 -11 Will Be in Children S Church

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).

DIRECTORY OF CHESTNUT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

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Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church

10:30 a.m.~ May 21, 2017 ~ 6thSunday of Easter

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

This is the day that the Lord has made!

Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Sing for joy to the Lord, all the earth!

Praise God with songs and shouts of joy!

The Lord rules the people of the world with justice and fairness.

Roar you sea! Sing, you earth! Clap your hands, you rivers! You hills, sing together with joy before the Lord, because God comes to rule the earth. O singto the Lord with songs of joy! Amen!

*Singing Our Faith # 384“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”

Morning Prayer

Ever-Loving God, help us to celebrate the joy and resurrection of our

Lord, and to express it in our lives. Grant this through our Lord Jesus

Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, on

God forever and ever. AMEN.

Choral Anthem

Prayer for Illumination Elaine Clarke

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 John 14:15-21(CEB) Elaine Clarke

Sermon Texts Galatians 5:22B-26(CEB); Romans 11:22 (CEB) Elaine Clarke

The Word of God for the people of God.

Thanks be to God.

Apostles Creed No. 881

*Singing Our Faith #393“Spirit of the Living God”

The Good News “Kindness”

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 Holy Ghost. Amen.

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.

*Singing Our Faith # 89“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”

*Blessing and Dismissal

*Postlude

We Scatter to Serve God & Neighbor

In Memoriam

Phyllis Herring Caldwell

May 6, 1947-May 16, 2017

Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church extends Christian love and sympathy to the family of Phyllis H. Caldwell, and especially to her son, Donnie.

**This Week’s Calendar**

** Looking Ahead on the Calendar **

For May 28, 2017: Ascension Sunday/Memorial Day ~ the Scripture is Luke 24:44-53 & Psalm 47. This is the sixth week in our sermon series on the Fruits of the Spirit. The sermon texts are Galatians 5:22B-26 & Titus 3:4-5 and the message is “Goodness”.

Samaritan Offering

Your 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. Please consider making a gift today to help those who are in need of your generosity. Envelopes are placed in the Commons.

In the Grocery Cart This Month

Donations for MAY: “Canned Meats, Peanut Butter, KRAFT Mac. & Cheese, & Toilet Paper”. This will assist people through Park View Community Mission.Please place donations in the grocery cart, located in the Commons.

Meals on Wheels

Monday, May 22 ~Frances Unruh

Tuesday, May 23 ~Linda Jessen & Dan Robertson

Wednesday, May 24 ~Ruth Ann Harris & Judy Robertson

Thursday, May 25 ~Kitty Burgess & Frank Stewart

Friday, May26 ~TBA

Beat the canteen on Odd Fellows RD. @10:30am.

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