This is a big weekend for our Pumpkin Patch! Please be sure to make it out to our Fall Festival this Saturday, October 14th from 11-3. It is not too late to sign up to help out as volunteers are still needed. During the Fall Festival, we will need help to serve lunch, supervise the attractions, sell baked goods and crafts, and of course sell pumpkins. Let the church know how you can pitch in this weekend by contacting Gretchen or Tyler.

And don't forget that this coming Monday, our second shipment of pumpkins arrive at 5pm! Be sure to make it out as we unload the pumpkins we are selling for the second half of the month. We are on pace to sell more pumpkins than we did last year, so let's make the second half of the patch great! Thank you to all our volunteers for supporting the ministry of Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church!

Come share the Peace of Christ with coffee and fellowship before worship beginning at 9:30 in the Parlor! Sunday worship begins at 10:00am in the Sanctuary. All are welcome and hope to see you there!

Sunday's Scripture (NRSV):

Philippians 4:1-9

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon Title:

“Interceding with God”

It is with great joy that I welcome the Rev. Ann H. Kelly, Pastor of LeLand Presbyterian Church, to lead worship with me this week! Ann and I served together as Associate Pastors in Oxford, Mississippi. She baptized Betsy back in 2020 and I'm so grateful to have her baptize little Andrew this coming Sunday at CHPC. I can't wait for our church family to meet this pastor I greatly admire and to learn from this friend who has helped shaped me into the pastor I am today. See y'all Sunday for a special service!

Gratefully,

- David 

I want you to know that I have honestly been rejoicing every Sunday since Doug and I began attending church here. I have been a faithful church attender my whole life, but I have never felt so loved and accepted by a congregation – I have never felt so free to be me!

During this Stewardship Season we are being encouraged to think about what ministry of the church causes us to rejoice the most and for me, that is the ministry of Hospitality. And I know that might sound lame, especially when you consider all the other wonderful ministries of the church, but nothing makes me rejoice more than to see you, I mean us, living out our faith in love by welcoming all people.    

All are welcome at CHPC and that, my friends, is what I rejoice in. From the moment I walked in the door of this church I felt welcomed. I felt accepted. I felt loved. Never once did I feel judged. Never once did anyone ask me “why” I was here. Never once did anyone ask me to “explain myself”. You welcomed me with open hearts, and open minds and that is something I will never forget.

I hope all of us will come with our pledge cards in one hand and our time and talent surveys in the other, so that together we can rejoice in the ministries of CHPC as we look forward to all that God is calling us to do and to be in 2024.

 ~ Karen Bennett

We rejoice and give thanks to God for bringing to CHPC

over twenty new members to join our family of faith!

Everyone, please welcome our newest members:

Laura & Gary Bentzen; Karen & Doug Bennett; Mary Ellington;

Jason, Jean, Abigail, Alyssa, & Wilson Fletcher;

Steve Healy; Lisa & Wes Hurst; Shirley Hurst;

Gary Lowe; John Filipone; Terri & Homer Marcum;

Beth and Chris Sloan; and Lauren & Jess Williams,

We all have our own unique spiritual journeys in faith,

and we're honored to be a part of yours. Welcome!

We especially are grateful to welcome our newest member of the family, Lincoln Atticus Williams, Son of Lauren and Jess Williams, who was born on October 10, 2023.

All are doing well but please continue praying for the Williams family as they spend this important time getting better acquainted with one another!

CHPC's Trunk or Treat is Saturday, October 28! Come and enjoy this time together as children of all ages trick or treat from car to car through the church parking lot. All are welcome to participate in this intergenerational activity, so feel free to dress up in your Halloween finest! We'll start at 5pm and go until 6pm or whenever the candy runs out! Please contact Gretchen Bentley if you plan to sponsor a trunk.

Don't forget that leading up to Trunk or Treat, we need donations of Candy! Candy is being collected in the Narthex until the 28th. Please place candy donations in the "Candy Collection" bin.

The CHPC Youth Group will be joining other Youth throughout the Holston Presbytery for a Youth Retreat! On Friday, November 10th, we will be leaving from the Church to head to Holston Camp and Retreat Center in Banner Elk, NC, for the weekend. Pickup will be back at the Church on Sunday afternoon. The retreat costs $60, which covers food, lodging, and a hoodie. Contact Tyler for more information or to sign up.

The Flowers in the sanctuary are given to the Glory of God in honor of the baptism of Andrew Charles Randolph by his grandparents.

The Youth Group will meet in the Pumpkin Patch this Sunday night! From 5-7pm; we will work the patch, eat dinner, fellowship, and have a short bible study.

A Service of Witness to the Resurrection in memory of Clara Hasbrouck's life is scheduled for 11am on Friday, October 20, here at CHPC. The family will receive friends in the parlor before service starting at 10:15am.

A Congregational Meeting has been called by the Session during worship on Sunday, October 22, for the purpose of electing officers from the upcoming year.

The Shoebox Ministry is in full swing! If you are interested in sponsoring a shoebox gift for a child in need, please sign-up with Brenda or Jonathan Hutchins. The cost is $5.00 per box. The Hutchins’ will have your box at church by September 24. Instructions and gift suggestions will be included in your box. All you have to do is shop and return the filled box to the Narthex by October 29. Thank you to all who nominated individuals to serve in leadership for the coming year. Please pray for the members of your nominating committee while they discern who the Spirit of God is resting upon to care for our church family.

CHPC partners again with the Marsh Regional Blood Center on Sunday November 5, from 11am-2pm. The Marsh Regional Blood Center bloodmobile will be taking blood donations in our parking lot and you may sign up for a time-slot by contacting the church office. Please click here to view medical requirements for donating.Walk-ins are also welcome so please spread the word about this important ministry!

The Chancel Choir joins with other choirs from Colonial Heights United Methodist and King University to present a Community All-Saints Remembrance on Sunday, November 5 at 3:00 pm at CHUMC. They will be singing a dynamic and inspiring musical work, Gospel Mass by Robert Ray, directed by our own Jason Whitson who is on the faculty of King University. Please plan to attend and invite friends and family!

Save the Date for the "No Talent" Show and Dinner! On December 3 at 5pm in the gym, we will have an evening of laughs and fun as we share our talents with one another. If you have a talent you would like to share with our church family, please let Gretchen Bentley or Joanie Zimmerman know. And keep your eye's peeled for more information to come about this fun evening.

Please send all items for the weekly online newsletter by email to Mary at office@chpres.org by end of business on Tuesday.

Prayer Requests 

Leon Boyd, Emily Bowman, Joyce Callahan, Susan Fernandez,

Ramona Gothard, Barbara Holt, Beverly Shelton, Ginny Snow,

Lee Walker, Bonnie Cole, Boyd Holder, Janice Mullins,

Charles Hasbrouck, Tony Bennett, Family of Martha Cooper,

Family and Friends of Libby Sampson, Dusty Newman



Health Care/ Assisted Living Facilities

Anne Hertel, Evelyn Hill, Sue Fortney, Charlesz and Linda Gibson,

Betty McMillin, Wayne & Millie Pruett, Jean Faires