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 Wes
Sorey
Next Week: 8:30 John Jennings 11:00 Miranda Lassiter
Greeters:
8:30 Ben & Betty Benson
Children’s
Church: 8:30 Jennifer Foster 11:00 Sharon Etzell
Next Week:
8:30 11:00
Offering Counters: Glen Lester & Kathy Barnard
Next Week: Doris Carawan & Carolyn Everton
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
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Sunday |
12:00-3:00 p.m. |
Youth Fellowship |
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4:30-6:00 p.m. |
God’s Kids Meeting |
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Wednesday |
12:00 p.m. |
75 & Over Luncheon |
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7:00 p.m. |
Men’s Bible Study |
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Thursday |
7:00 p.m. |
Volleyball |
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Friday |
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Independence Day – Office
Closed |
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
Seventh
Sunday after Pentecost – June 29, 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.
Christian love and sympathy is extended to Debbie
Quidley and family upon the death of her stepfather.
75 & Over Luncheon: The 75 + Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, July 2nd, at Noon. Invitations have been sent.
If you turned 75 in the past year or are already 75 and have not been
invited in the past, please call the office (421-2778) and add your name to our
list as we want to include everyone.
The Hickory United Methodist Men want to congratulate Wil Best as this year’s recipient of the HUMM College
Scholarship. He will be attending ODU this fall and will be taking
courses towards a degree in Music Education. Wil has also been chosen to
be a "Plankowner" in ODU's marching band and has received a
scholarship from ODU. Congratulations Wil!
It’s backpack time! The 2008-2009 Backpacks of
Love campaign is underway. Empty
backpacks with supply lists for grades K-5 are ready for you to pick up, shop &
return filled with supplies & love.
The supply list has a checklist so you can mark off each item as you buy
it. Please return the supply list in
the filled backpack and note if there is a missing item. If you would like your contribution to be
included in your annual tithing report, please attach your receipts and put
your name at the bottom of the supply list. Please return filled backpacks by July 20th.
Next Gospel Concert: The next Gospel Concert will be
held on Saturday, July 12th, at 7:00 p.m. It will feature “Fentress Creek Bluegrass Gospel”, Annie and
Danny Crawford and “The Master’s Messengers”.
Refreshments will be available and a love offering will be collected.
NEWS FROM VBS: HUMC invites all children, preschool - 5th grade, to join us as
we go on a trek for friendship and fun. Activities involving camping will
provide us with lots of opportunities to learn more about our friend,
Jesus. Friendship Trek will be held
July 27 - August 1, (Sunday-Friday) from 5:15 - 8:30 pm. Mark your calendars now for Friendship Trek
this summer at Hickory Church!! Youth
and adults are asked to prayerfully consider the gifts that God has blessed
each of you with, and how you may share these gifts with our children.
Call Jennifer Dudley or Sabrina Leist for more info. Registration for VBS has begun and forms are available on the
Children’s Table in the Welcome Center.
Sign ups for volunteers to help with VBS are located in this same area.
Vacation Bible School: Friendship Trek…Jesus, Our Forever Friend: Each
night, “Backpack Snacks” will be given to the children. We are asking for donations for the
following supplies: Individual cups of vanilla and chocolate pudding, Teddy
Graham Bear Crackers, Sugar Cookies, Fruit Roll Ups, Cheerios, Froot Loops,
Apple Jacks, Vanilla Frosting, Individually Wrapped Rice Krispies treats, Pull-N-Peel Twizzlers, Candy Corn, Thin
Pretzel Sticks, Raisins, Plain M & Ms, Regular Sized Ice Cream Cones (NOT sugar cones). Thank You!
Swimming Lessons – In honor of Betty Campen, the annual Campen swimming lessons will be
led by Tessa Darrow and 5 helpers, all competent former swimming students of
Mrs. Campen. Classes will be held for 2
weeks: July 21st through August 1st beginning at 9 a.m.
at 532 Butterfly Drive, Ches., VA 23322
(Great Bridge). Classes are free and
open to everyone over 5 years old.
Contact Lynn Jordan at 421-4312 or Tessa Darrow at 436-0835 with
questions.
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.
HUMC AFTER SCHOOL DAYCARE
PROGRAM: Beginning on September 2, 2008, Hickory United Methodist Church is offering
an After School Day Care program. On Monday – Friday from 2:00-6:00 pm,
children in kindergarten (PM) through fifth grade will be provided a supervised
and nurturing environment including opportunities for the following
activities: snack, supervised homework and Accelerated Reading times,
inside and outside play time, and more!!
Registration has begun! Only 30 children will be enrolled!
Don't miss the opportunity to "stay and play" at HUMC After School
Day Care!! To make an appointment, call
Donna Mishler @ 469-0632. Children who
register this month will receive a free T shirt in the fall. For more information go to the
Children's Ministry Table in the Welcome Center.
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.
UM MEN
Men’s Bible Study: Wednesday Evenings – 7:00 p.m.
UM WOMEN
While they last: HUMW Cookbooks reduced to $5.00, Pecans $5.00 Bag.
Prayer
Requests for a Praying Church
Dorothy Ponder – Gerald
Shupe’s sister Glen Weatherly
– Katheryn Weatherly’s husband
Dave Reed Joseph
Kent 2LT
John B. Forehand Shawn White
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
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
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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
THE
PIANO AND ORGAN PRELUDE
THE
BRINGING IN OF THE LIGHT
Acolyte
THE
CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP 8:30 - “In His Presence” Chancel Choir
11:00 - “The Anchor Holds” Ray Irby
*HYMN:
“All Hail the Power of Jesus’
Name” (verses 1-4) No. 154
“Jesus Loves Me” No. 191
*THE
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH “The Apostles’ Creed, Ecumenical Version” No. 882
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 God’s 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 Donna
Mishler
(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 “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian” No. 402
THE
SCRIPTURE READING Matthew
10:40-42
THE
MESSAGE “The Power of a Cold Cup of Water” Pastor
*THE HYMN OF CELEBRATION AND COMMITMENT No. 494
“Kum Ba Yah”
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:
24 “I tell you the truth, whoever hears My word and
believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has
crossed over from death to life.”
His Faithfulness Lamentations
3:22-23
Be Steadfast I
Corinthians 15:58
Must Receive Christ John
1:12
Witnessing Matthew
4:19
Good Works Matthew
5:16
Christ Paid the Penalty Romans 5:8
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