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This Sunday
Worship 10:00a.m.
Come join us for worship service.
Melody Tanner's sermon is entitled "Love."
It continues our sermon series entitled "God is on the Move
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Everyone is welcome to stay after the service for fellowship.
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Daily Prayer
Starter
Please set aside time each day to pray for 2-3 minutes. This week's prayer starter is:
"
God, you are on the move. By the power of your Spirit, move in me. Help me to more fully realize the depth of your love for me. Move through me. Help me to love as you love...
"
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Mark Your Calendars
Meetings and Lunch
Our next Leadership Team meeting will be Sunday, Oct. 15, at 11:15 a.m. at the church.
** Everyone is welcome to go to lunch after the Leadership Team meeting
to The Crave restaurant at 143 Colley Avenue, Norfolk near Harbor's Edge. Dutch treat. Please meet at the church about 12:30 p.m. or whenever the team meeting is finished. To ensure enough seating, please RSVP to Pete Griffin by emailing him at [email protected].
Also, p
lease mark your calendars and plan to attend our Annual Charge Conference which is scheduled for Sun., Nov. 19, 3-5 p.m. at Larchmont UMC. We are clustered with Larchmont and Epworth this year.
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United Methodists help, struggle amid wildfires
California Wildfires
First United Methodist Church of Santa Rosa, California, was always a church that helped others in need. After wildfires tore through Santa Rosa on Oct. 9, many in the church were homeless and relying on the help of others.
Despite the damage to homes of members, the church still opened its doors as a shelter.
Read more
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S
anctuary Renovation Campaign
Continues
W
e have been giving our sanctuary a face-lift including paint and a new welcome center. The district has allocated $25,000 in matching funds, but we need to raise a total of $60,000 necessary for renovations and repairs.
We only have $6,610 to go!
Please indicate how you are able to help on the bulletin tear off sheet on Sunday or contact the church office.
Your brother in Christ,
Bill Whitehurst
Chairman, Stewardship
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Fire and
Hurricane
Victims
2 Ways You Can Help
*Pray
Let us keep all of the disaster victims in our prayers. Also, remember to hold in prayer the continued health of rescue teams, all who are helping with recovery, and those churches in California, Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, Alabama, Texas, and Louisiana that serve as shelters and outreach.
*Donate through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
Click here
to make an online donation at the UMCOR site. You can donate to either United States Disaster Response Advance #901670 or Material Resources Advance #901440. Please include your church name when you make a donation online. 100% of donations to UMCOR goes to relief work.
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All are welcome to join our Ghent UMC choir. Rehearsals are
in the sanctuary - Sundays at 9:30a.m. and Wednesdays 7-8p.m.
All are welcome to come.
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Ghent Inspire Book Club
All are welcome
The next book club meeting will be Monday, October 23, 7:30pm. Location TBA.
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Jennifer Gross-Statler
Director of Congregational Care/ Marketing
Jennifer Gross-Statler, our
Director of Congregational Care and Marketing, is available to visit and counsel those in our church community who so desire. Ghent UMC wants the sick, the burdened, and the lonely to feel the love of Christ. If you'd like a visit from Jennifer, call the church office at (757) 622-2843 or email her at
[email protected].
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Volunteer
Ghent UMC
All adults,
children, and youth
are invited to help on Sundays before and during worship. Also, please consider purchasing altar flowers to enhance our worship space.
Click here
to learn more about the volunteer opportunities and to sign up.
Tellers needed
We need church members to serve as tellers.
F
or more information or to help, please contact the church office by
clicking here
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Worship With Us!
Sunday Worship at 10:00a.m.
(Nursery Care Provided)
Adult Sunday School
9a.m.
Children's Church
During Worship
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Adult Sunday School
Sunday 9am
Adult Sunday School is in the church library. All are welcome.
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"You did it for me"
Serving others in times of tragedy
In the midst of tragedy like the
mass shooting in Las Vegas, United Methodists long to participate in God's work in the world. We pray, worship, and offer well wishes. We also serve, lend a hand, and meet a need.
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Book Sale and Parking Lot Fundraiser
SGAF Outreach
During the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival, GUMC will have its Used Book Sale on Sat., October 21, 10am to 5pm. The sale will be on our front porch and in the sanctuary lobby. Hardcovers $1.50; Paperbacks 75 cents.
We will also host paid parking on Saturday and Sunday, too.
Volunteers are needed for both efforts. Click here for more information and to sign up.
Proceeds benefit missions and church programs.
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Service Projects
Nov. 12, 11:15am
In lieu of Operation Christmas Child (Shoe Box Packing), GUMC/GUMP will be packaging
food for those in need.
Our assembly day will be on Sunday, November 12th, 11:15am - 12:30pm.
A sign up
sheet for donations will be coming soon.
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Join a Small Group
Community Building Opportunities
Children
- Sunday mornings: Children's Church (details below)
- Sunday evenings: Middle & High School Youth (details below)
Adults
- Sunday mornings: Adult Sunday School
- Monday evenings monthly: Ghent Inspire Book Club
- Tuesday & Wednesday mornings: GUMP Community Meet-ups
- Tuesday evenings: Young Family Small Group
- Wednesday evenings: Military Spouses Small Group will begin Wednesday, Oct. 18
- Thursday evenings: Chaps on Tap
- Friday mornings: Fall Women's Bible Study
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GUMY (Middle and High School Youth)
Upcoming Activities
- Sun., Oct. 15: No meeting
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Sat., Oct. 21:
Youth are invited to help with the used book sale and parking lot fundraiser.
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Sun., Oct. 29: Hunt Club or other pumpkin patch/maze activity
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Nov. 10-12: Middle School All- Conference Retreat in Lynchburg - Registration Deadline Oct. 21
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Dec. 1-3: High School
All- Conference Retreat in Lynchburg - Registration Deadline Nov. 18
For more information about GUMY, please contact Kim Kurtz by clicking here.
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Volunteers Needed
Once a Month
Please volunteer once a month to help educate our youth. During worship, we offer children's church for children ages 3 through 5th grade. During the scripture and sermon, they go to the library for a brief Bible lesson, activity or craft. To sign up for a Sunday, click here. |
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