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Bethany United Methodist Church The Church with Open Hearts, Minds, and Doors 1860 Hayes Road • PO Box 527 • Gloucester Point VA 23062 Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:00 a.m.‒4:00 p.m. Phone: 804.642.2110 Fax: 804.642.2114 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bethanyumc-gp.org
STEWARDSHIP 11/29
General Fund Total 4206.65
Pastor’s Discretionary Fund 505.00
ATTENDANCE
10:00 In-person Service 32
YouTube Viewers 54
Total in Worship 86
VOLUNTEERS SERVING TODAY Sound Room: Jeremy Nardozzi, Beth Cook Altar Guild this month: Ann Byrd, Betty Durrette, Sylvia Ransone Trustee Contact this week: Tom Barnard Lay Leader: Judy Burner
BUMC STAFF DIRECTORY
Mike Derflinger, Pastor call/text 540.631.4469, email: [email protected] M-TH 8-4, and by appt.
Adel Trevino, Church Office Administrator
office 804.642-2110 email: [email protected]
M-TH 8-4 closed for lunch, 30 min.
Sandra Fox, Director of Music call/text 757.329.6128, email: [email protected] Works from home, by appt.
Dr. Rudy Shackelford, Organist home 804.642.5938 By appt.
Robin Moscati, Director of Children & Youth Ministries
call/text 571.218.8236, email: [email protected]
M-W 9-4, SUN available after Worship
2021 FAITH PROMISE CARDS
# Cards Received
Pledge Total
37
130,509.76
INTRADA What Child Is This (Greensleeves) UMH 219
Arranged for organ by David N. Johnson Good Christian Friends, Rejoice (In Dulci Jubilo) UMH 224 Organ setting attributed to Johann Michael Bach (1648-94) The Shepherds at the Manger, Franz Liszt
from “The Christmas Tree” (1811-1886)
Based on the Latin carol In Dulci Jubilo (In Quiet Joy)
WELCOME Pastor Mike
*CALL TO WORSHIP (from Isaiah 25: 9) Leader: It will be said on that day, People: This is our God. We have waited for him, so that he may save us. Leader: This is the One for whom we have waited; People: We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!
*ENTRANCE OF THE LIGHT OF CHRIST Ella & Emily Ward
*OPENING HYMN (hum) Angels from the Realms of Glory (vs. 1, 2, 4) UMH 220
LIGHTING OF OUR ADVENT CANDLE Kent Family
SHARING OF PRAYER CONCERNS Pastor Mike
UNISON PRAYER God of Heaven and Earth, thank you for Mary and Elizabeth: how they went day after day after day carrying the weight of your plan; anticipating with joy new life within them. Thank you for Jesus: delivered with pain and in blood, bringing new hope to your world. As we pray for the ones we mention and the ones we hold silently in our hearts, bring fresh hope and joy to each one and to us. Thank you for being the God of steadfast love, and never leaving us hopeless.
THE ANTHEM (recorded) Mary Did You Know Music by Mark Lowry & Buddy Greene Carol Johnson, soloist
VOLUNTARY Rondo, from Piano Sonata No. 15 Ludwig van Beethoven in D Major, “Pastorale” (16 Dec. 1770-1827)
Note: In art, literature, and music, the Pastoral(e) is a work depicting rural life, after the Latin word for shepherd, pastor. The genre dates from the third century B.C., when the Sicilian poet Theocritus included sketches of country life in his Idylls. Beginning around the thirteenth century A.D., musical pastorales included those performed at Christmas by Italian shepherds, playing their bagpipes and drums. Handel imitated this in the “Pastoral Symphony” from Messiah (1742). Beethoven continued the tradition in two large compositions subtitled “Pastorale”: the Piano Sonata No. 15 and the Symphony No. 6, which ends with a “Shepherd’s Song: Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm.”
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE What Can God Do? Pastor Mike
ANNOUNCEMENTS Pastor Mike
STEWARDSHIP MOMENT OFFERTORY PRAYER Almighty God, who has set before us the great hope that your kingdom shall be on earth as it is in heaven: may our offerings today be another sign of its dawning, for the good of all creation and your greater good, through Christ our Savior. Amen.
*SCRIPTURE Luke 1: 24-45, pew Bible p. 53, 54 Pastor Mike
THE MESSAGE The Embodiment of Hope Pastor Mike
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SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION Word and Table II UMH 12-15
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, please prepare and receive your Communion elements at home.
UNISON DISMISSAL Hope of the world, God’s gift from highest heaven, bring to hungry souls the bread of life, still let thy spirit unto us be given, to heal earth’s wounds and end all bitter strife. Hope of the world, who by thy cross didst save us from death and dark despair, from sin and guilt, we render back the love thy mercy gave us; take thou our lives, and use them as thou wilt. --Verses from Hope of the World, UMH 178. Words by Georgia Harkness. *CLOSING HYMN (hum) It Came upon the Midnight Clear (vs. 1, 3, 4) UMH 218
*BENEDICTION
EXODUS Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella French Christmas Carol Our usher will escort you out pew by pew.
WELCOME, GUESTS! We’ve been expecting you! CELL PHONES: Please remember to silence your phone before the service begins. Thank you.
*Please stand as you are able. And it’s okay to sit.
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT & HOLY COMMUNION
December 6, 2020 10:00 a.m.
CHILDREN & YOUTH MINISTIRES:
BIBLE BUDDIES and YOUTH GROUP, we need you for lots of good stuff.
Saturday, December 12, 12:00-2:00 PM: The Salvation Army requests that we serve as Bell Ringers in front of the Gloucester Walmart. Let’s gather that day to support a terrific community action group, and start celebrating Jesus’ birthday together!
Please text, call, or email Ms. Robin if you would like to be part of this festive day! Robin Moscati, 571-218-8236, email: [email protected]
HELP WANTED 1.) We need some sturdy volunteers who could assist some of our church members with home
projects, such as yard work and leaf raking. If you are interested (preferably Youth, Young Adults, Adults), please contact Robin Moscati, 571-218-8236, email: [email protected]
2.) Are you technology minded? We need someone to develop PowerPoint, edit video and upload the Sunday service to YouTube. Worship attendance is preferred to operate the slideshow and related equipment. Please call the church office at 804-642-2110, and let us know of your interest. You will receive a call with more information about this A/V opportunity.
Bethany UMC Prayer List BETHANY FAMILY
BIRTHS: Congratulations to Jason and Kristin (Sawyer) Poulan on the birth of their son, Landon Thomas. Landon is following-up at CHKD. CANCER/CHEMO: Greg Barnes, Krista Chase, Carol Johnson, David Lewis, Ted Peterman (NC), Linwood Rowe, Matt Shackelford GRIEVING: Families of Linwood Vincent “Buddy” Harris and Esther Marie Jordan HEALTH ISSUES: Cliff Beach, Irene Brown, Woody Brown, Bessie Conner, Jimmy Greene, Marshall Lewis, Paige Mitchell, Peggy Peterman (NC), Nancy Smith, Rosemarie Tong, Rick Wilson HOMEBOUND: Linda Booth, Sid Dixon, Katherine Jordan, Alice McGee, Jack Wallace PARKINSON’S: Mike Andersen , Doris Courtney, Kathleen Greene, Fred Townsend RECOVERING FROM SURGERY: Darlene Bauschatz, Elizabeth Brown, Dawn Cluts, Marsha Germek, Alan Harvey, Judy Hudgins, Kris Kiley, Bev Kearney, Joy Long, Bob Wharen EMPLOYMENT: Carol Johnson (retired from Hospice and is seeking part-time work), Steve Wike PRAYERS: Jeannie Meisner, Jennie Lipscomb RECUPERATING AT HOME FROM COVID-19: Erin Hearon, Jeremy & Stevie Derflinger EXPECTING: Rob & Sam Hornsby HOSPITALIZED: Sue Morecock, Mary Immaculate Hospital
BETHANY FRIENDS
CANCER/CHEMO: Roger Ferguson, Karen Hendrix Martin Kulik (NY), Jeanette Nichols, Angie Williams (NY) GRIEVING: Families of Gene Brown, Linda Bland Goodman , Stanley Greene, and Mike Neary HEALTH/OTHER ISSUES: Les Breen, Shawn Chase, Howard Corder (OH), Ben Seawell, Dawn Sharp (TN), Cheryl Teagle, Ruth Whitmore RECOVERING FROM SURGERY: Diane Owens, Dottie Myers (PA), Dawn Phillips, Vicki Whitney, Larry Wilkinson RECUPERATING AT HOME: Bernice Greene
BUMC’S ACTIVE MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES (italics—Bethany friends)
Edward Bailey, Michael Brown, Peter Demetriades, Meagan Demetriades, Kevin Jacobs, Cory Long (Okinawa), Jim Minor (deployed until May 2021), all members of the military.
ASSISTED LIVING (italics-Bethany friends)
Gloucester House, 7657 Meredith Dr., Gloucester 23061 Lorraine Brown, Rm 107 Doris Courtney, Rm 105 Jean Heywood, Rm 110
Gloucester House, Memory Care Unit, 7657 Meredith Dr, Gloucester 23061 Archie Leigh, Rm 313 Lana Loring, Rm 308
Sanders Assisted Living, 7407 Walker Ave., Gloucester 23061 Ellis Hall, Rm 106
Sunrise Senior Living, 2015 Cranbeck Rd., Richmond 23235 Pauline Harris, Apt. 130
OUR MISSIONARY – Clara Biswas, Cambodia.
THANK YOU NOTES:
I would like to thank all the people who placed the Food Baskets for each of us. It was a thoughtful and generous gift! Thanks be to God for all the wonderful Bethany Family and friends. --Paige Mitchell
To All, The wonderful bowl of fruit is being enjoyed daily. Every time I go by it, I get another grape! I enjoyed one banana this morning on my cereal. At lunch the orange was enjoyed. I had hoped to see who delivered it to the door. We do have so many blessings! Thanks to each of you who have remembered me with cards and prayers! Happy Thanksgiving! Love, Jean Heywood
Jim Minor’s Address--Let's send Christmas cards and words of encouragement to let Jim know how much we appreciate what he is doing overseas. Please send to: Jim Minor; 557 ERHS/577 EPBS; Unit 61365; APO, AE 09877-1365
ADVENT DEVOTIONAL MATERIALS from the Society of St. Andrew are available in the Mary/Mary Room. Please pick up your copy today. Take an extra copy for a friend or neighbor.
REVERSE ADVENT BAGS will be dedicated during Worship Service on Sunday, December 20th. If you can’t get your bag to church, please call the church office and someone will pick it up from your porch.
POINSETTIA ORDERS are due today, Sunday Dec. 6th. Please place order form and payment in the offering plate or Church Office Admin mailbox outside the office. Poinsettias will be placed in the sanctuary on Dec. 20th and may be picked up after service.
