Director of Music: Craig Robertson                                                          Organist: Rose Nelson

Directors of Youth: Cheryl Best & Randy Finck                             Custodian: Michael Colbert

Church Secretary: Susan Coard                                                Nursery Worker: Rebecca Burcher Jones

Directors of Children’s Ministry: Donna Mishler

Acolyte: 8:30 Emily Perdue  11:00 Carlee Barnes      

   Next Week: 8:30 Raymond Stutz  11:00 Wes Sorey      

Children’s Church: 8:30 Stephanie Perdue   11:00 Courtney Spencer

  Next Week: 8:30 Mary Beth Sword   11:00 Kerri Land

Offering Counters: Debbie Marable & Jennifer Foster

  Next Week: Alan Foster & Ann Tasker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pastor’s Weight Loss:  For those of you who filled out a pledge card but may not have been here when Pastor Tom weighed in, he lost a total of 26 pounds during his weight loss campaign.  Thanks

to all of you who supported him in this endeavor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   C H U R C H   C A L E N D A R

Sunday

2:00-5:00 p.m.

Youth Fellowship

 

4:30-6:00 p.m.

God’s Kids Meeting

Wednesday

7:00 p.m.

Men’s Bible Study

 

7:00 p.m.

Disciple Orientation

Thursday

7:00 p.m.

Volleyball

Friday

6:30 p.m.

God’s Kids “Camp In”

 

 

 

Hickory United Methodist Church Mission Statement

“To live and proclaim the Gospel, seeking, encouraging and equipping all to become disciples of Jesus Christ.”

 

 

             

2708 Battlefield Boulevard, South, Chesapeake, Virginia 23322

                         Thomas L. Mercer, Sr., Pastor

   Church 421-2778 – Parsonage 421-2777 – Cellular 287-8420

    Worship Services: 8:30 & 11:00 am-Sunday School 9:45 am

         Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 17, 2008

                                         

Welcome to Hickory United Methodist Church!  We hope today is a blessing and invite you to worship with us again soon. The Pastor, Staff and people of Hickory will be glad to share with you information about opportunities for Christian growth. Please call the church office (421-2778) for more information.  You may also email the church at office@hickoryumc.org or visit our website at www.hickoryumc.org.

 

HUMC AFTER SCHOOL DAYCARE PROGRAM: As most of you are already aware, we will begin an after school day care program beginning on Sept. 2nd.  Monday through Friday from 2:00-6:00 pm, children in kindergarten (PM) through fifth grade will be provided a supervised and nurturing environment with opportunities for snack, supervised homework and Accelerated Reading times, inside and outside play time and more!  Registration has begun.  We are asking for your prayers and for your support.  We hope this program will be an outreach opportunity into the surrounding community to reach children who may or may not have the opportunity to attend church regularly.  We hope to provide children with a safe place to stay while parents are working as well as to offer them an opportunity to learn about their Heavenly Father who loves them.  Please lift up this program as well as those working with the program in your daily prayers.  Please ask God to bless this new ministry at HUMC.  Also, if you know of someone who could benefit from this program, please share this information with them.  There are registration forms available on the piano as well as on the Children’s Table in the Welcome Center.  Please share these forms with friends, neighbors and relatives especially with those living in the Hickory Elementary school zone.  Thank you in advance for your prayers and your support.  To make an appointment, call Donna Mishler @ 469-0632.  Thank You!

 

New Study Opportunity: A new class, “Simply Christian – Why Christianity Makes Sense” will start on 9/3/08.  See the bulletin insert for more information.  A sign up sheet is located in the Welcome Center.

 

If you have a child going away to college for the first time or if their address has changed since last year, please contact Carolyn Everton (406-1028) so that the Outreach Committee can include them in their Card Ministry.

 

Adopt a Hero - HUMC will host a military dinner & adoption of service personnel this Thanks-giving.  We need families willing to open their homes to these heroes. If you are interested, please contact Lynn Sorey at 436-5694.

 

 

 

Ladies...you are invited on a pilgrimage via Beth Moore's STEPPING UP; A Journey through the Psalms of Ascent.  Through 7 weeks of prayer, Bible study, discussion, and video presentation, sojourners will be led to a deeper level of relationship and intimacy with God.  Classes begin @ 6:30 pm on Tuesday, September 30th.  A sign-up sheet is located on the table in the Welcome Center.  Enrollment is limited, so register today!  Come take the next step with God.  For more info., call Stephanie Stahler @ 546-9408.

 

Prayer Team: Our prayer team reminds you to fill out those “answered prayer cards” and help us fill up our jar to show how God is moving in our congregation.  The blue prayer request cards are to request prayer and can be placed in the box on the organ.  The gray answered prayer cards are for prayers that have been answered and can be placed in the jar on the piano.

 

Please note that there is a collection box in the foyer for anyone who would like to donate used eyeglasses, hearing aids and large print books.  These items will be used by the Great Bridge Lions Club to help those in the community who need them but cannot afford them.  For more info., call Sandy Carawan (547-5479).

 

                                                            UM MEN

Men’s Bible Study: Wednesday Evenings – 7:00 p.m.

Blackstone: Don’t miss the fun and excitement of a Blackstone experience.  Join hundreds of other Christian men to hear God’s Word through Rev. Dr. Maxie D. Dunnam.  It will be a spiritual experience you will remember the rest of your life.  Contact Leo Lewis at 421-9180 for an application form.  This event will be held November 7th-9th.

 

         UM WOMEN

While they last: HUMW Cookbooks reduced to $5.00.  Flavorings - $2.00. 

 

                                                            YOUTH

ATTENTION ALL HIGH SCHOOLERS!  Starting on Wednesday, Sept. 3rd, the high school youth are invited to come to a significant and life changing Bible Study called - "What if God was one of Us" - using DVD's from the TV show - Joan of Arcadia.  This show contains serious issues that many high schoolers tackle daily.  We will begin at 7 pm.  Please be prompt - bring your Bible, notebook, and pen.  Reserve your spot for this event by signing up by August 24th on the youth bulletin board.  Prepare your heart, mind, and soul to meet your Lord and Savior face to face. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prayer Requests for a Praying Church

New Requests for Members
 
New Requests Beyond our Congregation
Ed Jenkins – Donnie Gray’s friend
Members with Continued Concerns
Kim Lassiter
Ken Carraway              Tom Mercer                 Bob Snow                     Ray Stutz         
Jim Walker                   Cindy Feldman              Shirley Harrell               Eunice Boyette
Betty Benson                Dorcas Hanbury            Andy Barnard               Bonnie Harrell  
John Harding                 Stephanie Stahler           Dalton Finck                             Alice Jarman      
Continued Concerns Beyond our Congregation
Richard Divers              Stewart Howard                        June Daily                     Mitch Stubblefield
Janet Coward                Susan Gerald                 Phyllis Munsford           Annette Rotel
Kim Hughes                  Jackie Newman                        Boyd Helms                  Mark Costa      
Brooke Cayton              Thomas Moore              Jimmy Moy                   Lou Sawyer     
Nancy Gibbs                 Ella Newmiller             St. Clair Jones               Sonya Devaul-Czymr
Anna Webb                  Robin Hurlbut                Scott Outland                Mary Mishler   
Marty Webber              Ellen Caldwell               Leon Ferrell                  Lillian Mercer  
Cadence Colwell           Erin Bailey                    Ella Wells                     Ira Marshall     
Adrian Robertson          Julian & Arline Winn     Adam Salzberg              Cliff Bernard                

Jean Swain – Lee Owens’ cousin                                   Ike Simmons – Stephanie Perdue’s father

Sara Edwards-Warren Walters’ sister                Michelle Brinn-Donna Mishler’s daughter
Bill Lipscomb-Joe Lipscomb’s father                  Lynn Conaway – Eva Delfenthal’s daughter
Dorothy Ponder – Gerald Shupe’s sister             Bill Bridgeman – Sand De Ferebee’s father
Wendy Worley – Deborah Pallett’s cousin          Glen Weatherly – Katheryn Weatherly’s husband
Phyllis Sayer – Cindy Williams’ friend                Elizabeth Wright – Nancy Oyler’s mother
Gladys Compton – Kyle Spencer’s grandmother  Leon Best – Stan Best’s father             
Doris Bryan – Cindy Feldman’s mother              H. P. Cofield – Trip Cofield’s father                 
Kim Broughton – Betty Benson’s granddaughter Cora Lee Wade – Margaret Norfleet’s aunt      
Our Deployed Military - Send a note of thanks to military overseas, go to www.letssaythanks.com .

Joseph Kent                  2LT John B. Forehand   Capt. Jeff Stukey          Zach Strausser

Our Friends in Continued Care

Nellie Hobbs – Sentara Village                           Mary Elizabeth Hendricks - Carolina House

James Boyette - Allzwell Assisted Living                        Mary Martin – Acredale Assisted Living           

Virginia Burcher – Chesapeake Healthcare        Autumn Care Residents

Our congregation hears all prayer requests during Sunday services.  Please feel free to voice your request during the service.  Please indicate your request on the Prayer Request cards found in the pews or call the church office (421-2778). On the Prayer Card, please list the person’s name you would like to add to our Prayer List, their relationship to you, and the prayer concern.  Place the card in the offering plate or the Prayer Request box on the organ.  Names will remain on the List for 4 weeks unless otherwise requested. 

 

    Order of Worship

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +       8:30 & 11:00 a.m.    + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

THE PIANO AND ORGAN PRELUDE

THE WELCOME OF VISITORS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE BRINGING IN OF THE LIGHT                                                                      Acolyte

THE CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP  “Highway to Heaven”                 The Rejoice Trio

 

*HYMN:                                “Up from the Grave He Arose”                                       No. 322

 

*THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH  “Affirmation from I Timothy 2:5-6; 1:15; 3:16”    No. 889

THE ORGAN INTERLUDE                                                                         

  Please register your attendance by using the form found in the red folder on each pew at the middle aisle.

  Visitors are asked to please include your complete address and phone number.  Please print.

 

THE SHARING OF JOYS AND CONCERNS OF OUR CONGREGATION

THE PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER     

                                                                “On Eagle’s Wings”

                And God will raise you up on eagle’s wings, bear you on the breath of dawn,

                make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of His hand.   

 

THE OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS AND TITHES            

(In addition to your offering, the person on the center aisle is asked to hand the attendance sheet

     from their row to the usher. Thank You.)

            The Organ Offertory

            *The Doxology and Prayer of Dedication

 

THE CHILDREN’S MESSAGE                                                                                    Pastor

   (During the singing of the hymn, children, preschool-2nd grade may go to Children’s Church.)

PLEASE PICK UP YOUR CHILD(REN) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE WORSHIP SERVICE IN THE CLASSROOM(S) BEHIND THE SANCTUARY.

 

*HYMN                                                 “Spirit Song”                                            No. 347

 

ANTHEM                                       “Melody of Love Medley”                   The Rejoice Trio

 

THE SCRIPTURE READING                                                                    Matthew 15:21-28   

                                                                                   

THE MESSAGE                              “Great Is Your Faith”                                         Pastor

 

*THE HYMN OF CELEBRATION AND COMMITMENT                            No. 452

                                                   “My Faith Looks Up to Thee”

 

THE BENEDICTION

 

*THE CHORAL RESPONSE      “O How He Loves You and Me”                            All

                Oh, how He loves you and me, Oh, how He loves you and me. 

He gave His life, what more could He give?

                Oh, how He loves you; Oh, how He loves me; Oh, how He loves you and me.

 

 

 

*THE TAKING OF THE LIGHT INTO THE WORLD                                          Acolyte

*THE ORGAN POSTLUDE

 

                            *Denotes the Congregation Standing

 

Memory Verse:

Faith                                                    Romans 4:20-21   (NIV)

20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what He had promised.

 Previous Verses

His Faithfulness                         Lamentations 3:22-23     Rest for the Weary        Matthew 11:28-30         

Be Steadfast                             I Corinthians 15:58         I’m Not Good Enough Yet    Luke 5:31, 32   

Must Receive Christ                  John 1:12                      His Strength                           Isaiah 41:10     

Witnessing                                Matthew 4:19                Praise the Lord                      Psalm 105:1

Good Works                              Matthew 5:16                God’s Provision                 Philippians 4:19

Christ Paid the Penalty              Romans 5:8                   Fear                                       I Peter 3:14  

God’s Love                               John 3:16   

Seeing Opportunities                  John 4:35   

The Lamp of the Body               Luke 11:34

Assurance of Salvation              John 11:25, 26   

Serve Others                             Mark 10:45   

Christ Paid the Price                  I Peter 2:24

Too Much to Give Up                Mark 8:36

Christ the Center                       Galatians 2:20   

Assurance of Salvation              John 10:28, 29   

The Only Way                          John 14:6   

Obedience to Christ                   John 14:21   

Develop World Vision                Acts 1:8   

Assurance of Salvation              Acts 2:21   

Develop World Vision                Matthew 28:19-20   

Doing God’s Will                       Matthew 7:21   

His Peace                                 I Peter 5:7   

All Have Sinned                                    Romans 3:23   

Assurance of Guidance              Proverbs 3:5-6

Put Christ First                          Luke 9:23

Assurance of Salvation              John 5:24