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From Sunday's message:
What happens to you when you don't let yourself feel sad? It can be bad for your mood and your health.
The problem is too many of us who have grown up don't understand the interplay of joy and sadness, nor do we always understand the positive role sadness can play in our lives.
En Agape',
Rev. Michael Weeks


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This Week's Calendar
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Monday: Memorial Day - Office Closed
Tuesday: Men's Softball - 8:30/9:30 p.m. - Field #4
Wednesday: Choir - 7:00 p.m.
Friday: Office hours 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Overnight guests in Education building
Saturday: Piano Recital in sanctuary - 1:00 p.m.
Sunday: Pentecost - Wear red; Graduate recognition; ACES Food Drive begins
Children's Choir - 9:45 a.m.
Girl scouts - 2:30 p.m.
Bremner Piano Recital - 4:00 p.m.
 
 
Welcome to the April/May edition of The Virginia Christian
 
In this issue:
  • Regional Search & Call Team survey
  •  News from Craig Springs
  • Good News from the Commonwealth
  • General Assembly
  • Pentecost Offering
  • Meet our New Communications Information Director
Click here for the Regional Search & Call Team survey 
The Search & Call Team needs your help to gather opinions and dreams for the Ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Virginia. It is our hope that every Disciple in Virginia will complete a survey. Your input will help us create a regional profile that will guide the team in the search for a new regional minister. The team plans to hold listening conferences all across the state beginning in the fall to share the results and further refine our information before we begin the search.

Information solicited by the survey address the following areas:
✦ Hopes, dreams, visions and priorities for the region within the next 5 years.
✦ Gifts, experiences, and commitments of the next Regional Minister

We ask all respondents to answer the survey one time, either electronically or on paper. Paper copies will be available in the sanctuary on Sunday.


Maker Fun Factory
Vacation Bible School
June 19 - 23
9 am to 12 pm
 




Relay for Life Walk  
Saturday, June 17th - 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM  Kings Dominion Camp Wilderness Campground in Doswell
There is still time to sign up, make a donation or purchase a luminaria. Can we reach our $3000 goal?





~All the men and women who died while serving our country and their families
~Youth Group from Birmingham, AL traveling to Philadelphia
~Summer Forest (daughter of Nancy Murdoch)
~Al Toosic (friend of the Ostranders; fell and broke both knees)
~Caleb Manahan (nephew of Meredith Baugher)
~Young people effected by depression
~Douglas Bremner (brother of David Bremner; surgery this week)
~Conner Bartz (nephew of Carol Kurz)
~Frances Hale (had tests and is now at home)
~H.T. Loving (Autumn Care; visitors welcome)
~Dave Sergent (son-in-law of Ted and MaryLee Jones)
~Terry Kinum (friend of Don Moore; fractured skull; improving slowly)
~Ron Caudell (had heart catheritization last week)
~Ginnie Caudell (wearing monitor)
~Charlie Pavie & family (friend of Troy Payne and Rev. Michael)  
~MaryLee Jones (Autumn Care; Winter Room 109; visitors welcome)
~Pam Cross (friend of Catherine Young)
~Amy Bates (former accompanist at Slash)
~David Brent (friend of Krystal Melton; hospice)
~Beth Harris (niece of Don and Helen Kersey; bone marrow transplant)
~Wayne Smith (brother of Beth Harris; bone marrow donor)
~Alvin Loving (Hanover Manor)
~Brian Cummings (friend of Sherri Smith)
~Iris (friend of Gail Hellermann)
~Pam Brown (friend of Gail Hellermann)
~Bob and Barbara Henderson (Bob; blood clots in lungs)
~Carolyn Nash
~Dickie Tomlin (brother-in-law of Buddy Fowler; chemo)
~Norma Jennings (home)
~Jo Richardson (home)
~Vaughn Schmitt (family friend of the Weeks') 
~Polly Vaughan, Beverly Vaughan
~Nancy Hooper (sister of Brooken Loving)
~Charlie Hunt (friend of Judy Pierce; leukemia treatments)
~Brooken Loving (suffering from severe psoriasis)
~ Faisal Saeed (coworker of Cathy Tillman) 
~Shot Mangum (brother of Judy Pierce) 
~Ann Graham (sister of Don Kersey)
~Jack McGuire (uncle of Michelle Weeks)
All military personnel, first responders and their families
Unspoken prayer concerns
 
Love and sympathy are extended to Ginnie Caudell and family upon the death of her cousin, Bob Peters 


We will see you Sunday!
Slash Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
11353 Mt. Hermon Rd. | Ashland, VA  23005 | 804.798.4520 
 



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