Director of Music: Craig Robertson Organist: Betty Winslow

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 Caleb Mercer 11:00 Madison Land

Next Week: 8:30 Raymond Stutz 11:00 Carlee Andrada

Children’s Church: 8:30 Mary Beth Sword 11:00 Michele Bar

Next Week: 8:30 Donna Mishler 11:00 Kathleen Barnard

Offering Counters: Glen Lester & Kathleen Barnard

Next Week: Jon Marshall & Sharon Magyar

Bread Ministry for May: Joyce Stukey, Margaret Norfleet & Greg Marable

Autumn Care Leaders for June: Stephanie Stahler & Betty Winslow

C H U R C H C A L E N D A R

Sunday	4:30-6:00 p.m.	God’s Kids
	4:30-6:30 p.m.	Youth Meeting
Tuesday	6:30 p.m.	Ladies’ Bible Study
	6:30 p.m.	Mature Men’s Basketball
	7:00 p.m.	Men’s Bible Study
Wednesday	7:00 p.m.	Youth Bible Study & Disciple 2
Thursday	7:00 p.m.	Volleyball

Great Bridge Food Closet Hotline: 757-456-1220

HUMC AFTER SCHOOL DAY CARE PROGRAM: Farm Fresh Receipts: Collection containers are available on the piano and on the table in the Welcome Center. Thank you!

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

Day of Pentecost – May 23, 2010

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. You Tube - www.youtube.com/HickoryUMC.

If you need help hearing today’s service, hearing aids are available. Please see an usher.

After the 8:30 service and just before Sunday School there is a social time with light refreshments in the Welcome Center. You are invited to meet and greet.

Graduates: If you know of someone in the church who is graduating this year, please call or email the church office and give us their complete name and school/college they are graduating from. Please be sure to give us the correct spelling of their name. All graduates will be recognized in June.

Please check the list on the bulletin board in the Welcome Center to make sure your graduate is listed.

Food Drive: We are collecting non-perishable food items for Chesapeake Avenue UMC’s Food Pantry TODAY. Please place all food items in the container in the Welcome Center. Thank you for helping those in need.  

The pastor is available in his office on Wednesday and Friday mornings subject to emergencies. Please feel free to call the Pastor at any time on his cell phone (287-8420) or the church office (421-2778) and an appointment can be arranged.

VBS: June 21-25. Volunteer Forms and Children’s Registration Forms can be found on the Children’s table in the Welcome Center. Please prayerfully consider volunteering in this wonderful ministry.

CHILDREN'S CHURCH VOLUNTEERS: We are currently in need of individuals willing to help out with our children's church ministry during the regular worship time on Sundays. A short lesson/ art activity is provided for the volunteer to use with a small group of children for 30 minutes after the children's sermon.  Please prayerfully consider giving ½ hour of your time in a 3 month period to help with the ministry of our children at Hickory Church. Contact Donna Mishler @ 421-7963.

BLUE BUCKET OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The Generation Why Not Sunday School Class is collecting Children's Books from toddler age all the way to high school age.  These books will be donated to needy families in the community through the local schools, food pantries and women's shelters.  Here is a staggering statistic: 61% of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for their children.  Please put all your new and gently used books in the Blue Bucket provided in the Welcome Center.  "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." — Frederick Douglass

There is a collection box in the Welcome Center for donations of used glasses and hearing aids which will be collected by the Lions Club. Also, Sandy Carawan is selling Lions Club brooms with all profits going to assist the blind. If interested, please call Sandy at 547-5479.

HUMC After School Day Care Program: Registration has begun for next year! If you know of someone who may benefit from this program, please have them call the church office for more information. We would like to thank everyone for their prayers and support.

UM WOMEN

Cookbooks reduced to $5.00. Next Meeting: Thursday, May 20^th, 7 pm.

UM MEN

Men’s Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 pm at the church. All men are invited to attend.

Praise Songs BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD

Blessed be the name of the Lord. He is worthy to be praised and adored, so we lift up holy hands in one accord, singing “Blessed be the name, blessed be the name, blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Blessed be the name of the Lord. He is worthy to be praised and adored, so we lift up holy hands in one accord, singing “Blessed be the name, blessed be the name, blessed be the name of the Lord.”

I SING PRAISES

I sing praises to Your name, O Lord, praises to Your name, O Lord. For Your name is great and greatly to be praised. I sing praises to Your name, O Lord, praises to Your name, O Lord. For Your name is great and greatly to be praised.

I give glory to Your name, O Lord, glory to Your name, O Lord. For Your name is great and greatly to be praised. I give glory to Your name, O Lord, glory to Your name, O Lord. For Your name is great and greatly to be praised.

Prayer Requests for a Praying Church

New Requests for Members

New Requests Beyond our Congregation

George Walters – Larry Norfleet’s friend Paul Capua – Dean & Nancy Oyler’s friend

Members with Continued Concerns

Bonnie Harrell Claude Mayer Alice Faircloth George Hathaway

Jean Dryer Carolyn Rittenberry Sarah Weeks Bob Parsons

Claire Ferguson Alma Hooper Marty Hutto Sand De Ferebee

Zach Quidley Dave Desler Nancy Jennings Juanita Adkins

Catelin Gilmore Shirley Harrell Nancy Edney Eunice Boyette

Betty Benson Dorcas Hanbury Andy Barnard Stephanie Stahler

Continued Concerns Beyond our Congregation

Marty Brim Ann Finck Donald McMath

Rebecca McBride Thomas Weston, Sr. Dolzak Family Rev. Carmen Colonna

Etta Butler Ben Sever Preston Grissom Donyel Foreman

Don Dinwiddie Bonnie Roman Richard Hancock Linda Gates

Janet Coward Edward Hudgins Adrian Robertson Nick Doize

Richard Danko Jeanette Charlton Megan Wiggs Ellie Parker

Ella Newmiller Erin Bailey Ella Wells Ira Marshall

Mary Gronemus – Dave Gronemus’ mother Joe Stroud, Sr. – Dave Feldman’s friend

Jane Trenchard – Joan Gregory’s mother Ralph E. Nichols, Sr. – Ralph Nichols’ father

Alan Powell – Dave Feldman’s friend Marnelle Gagnon – Margaret Norfleet’s mother

Paul Miller – Greg Marable’s friend Bettye Prindle – Stephanie Stahler’s friend

Diana Fugh – Susan McKee’s friend Lesa Miles – June Vinson’s friend

Greg Staylor – Cindy Feldman’s friend Kathy Devine – Marty Hutto’s friend

Roberta Steiner – Jennifer Foster’s friend Gerald Vaughn – Cindy Feldman’s uncle

Geraldine Webb – Cindy Feldman’s aunt Kim Baratta – Sand De Ferebee’s friend

Dave Lokie – Amy Harris’ friend Mabel Grant – Kathy Moyer’s mother

Gene & Doris Bryan – Cindy Feldman’s parents Jenny Friedman – Margaret Norfleet’s friend

Our Deployed Military -Send a note of thanks to military overseas, go to www.letssaythanks.com .

Zach Strausser Carl Siebenschuh Sgt. Ray Mabry Erik Ketterman

Chris Bar LTJG Amy Nowakowski

Our Friends in Continued Care -

Autumn Care Residents Viola Mosimann – Beacon Shores Nursing Home Jean Thompson – Spring Arbor of Outer Banks Virginia Burcher – Warwick Forest Assisted Living

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 “They Shall Soar Like Eagles” Chancel Choir

*PRAISE SONGS “Blessed Be the Name of the Lord” see bulletin

“I Sing Praises”

*THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH “The Apostles’ Creed, Ecumenical Version” No. 882

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

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will 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 thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen

“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 “I’m Still Amazed” Chancel Choir

THE SCRIPTURE READING Acts 2:1-21

In blue pew Bibles pages 1078

THE MESSAGE “Pentecost” Pastor

*THE HYMN OF CELEBRATION AND COMMITMENT No. 420

“Breathe on Me, Breath of God”

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:

His Spirit I Corinthians 2:12 (NIV)

¹² We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

NEXT WEEK:

Scripture: John 16:12-15 and Romans 5:1-5

Message: “The Trinity”