Worship
Pentecost Is This Sunday - Wear Red!

This Sunday is Pentecost - the day we remember and celebrate the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the fellowship of believers and the birthday of the church universal.

I would encourage you to help us celebrate by wearing red this Sunday in celebration!

We'll also be kicking off a brand-new series that we're calling, Letters To You. We'll be spending the next several weeks looking at some of the letters written to the early churches - and studying them to see not just what those believers needed to hear, but what Paul and the other authors are trying to tell us even today, some 2,000 years later.

I would love to see everyone bring your Bible to church on Sundays (or have it with you if you're online) - and if you don't have one, pick one up from the table in the church lobby! If you're not local to the area, send me an email and I will be happy to get you a copy.
This Sunday's Message:
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Last Week For May Food Collection

Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus Christ through our monthly collections, you are making a difference in the lives of so many who are right here in our communities.

Buckhall Church supports the St. Thomas Food Pantry with our donations through each month. We also provide several folks who volunteer at the Pantry throughout the week in various roles, from food distribution, to stocking/organizing, food pickup, and more.

The Pantry is currently in urgent need of folks to help with their Thursday morning pickup. This volunteer opportunity is on Thursday mornings, and involves picking up food from the Manassas Food Lion (9121 Centreville Rd.) and delivering it to the Food Pantry at St. Thomas UMC.

Each Thursday, the run occurs between 11am- 12pm. The times are not flexible, because Food Lion does not have the items ready until 11:00, and the Pantry closes about noon. 

Volunteers arrive at Food Lion, shortly after 11, load up the items, and make the short drive over to St. Thomas to drop off to the Pantry volunteers there who accept and unload. 
All you need is a vehicle with a decent amount of space.
(A medium SUV is typically plenty of space, it doesn’t require you to have a U-Haul!)

If multiple folks volunteer, they can certainly work out splitting the schedule throughout the month/as needed.

If this interests you, and you are able to assist, please contact Sarah Maceyak via email (smaceyak@verizon.net) or phone (703-623-1888).

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Never made it to a bible study before? Haven't been to one in a long time? There's no better time than now to pick up a new spiritual practice of study, and both of our studies would love to have you. You can click on either of the images below to send an email to the group leaders.

Our Sunday morning study meets at 8:45am in the Gathering Room and is led by Dave McPherson.

Our Monday study meets at 7:30pm in the Fellowship Hall and is availble both in-person and via Zoom. It is led by Brian Maceyak.
Buckhall Prayer List Update
As always, this list is not just a reminder of those who've asked for prayer, but also to remind us of the promises we made when we became part of the church, to support it with our prayers. Please be in prayers for these individuals and their families, as well as for our church & community!

This week's prayer requests:
Family & Friends of Mike Porch, who passed away last week
For a fantastic & successful Oasis retreat last weekend
Judy Nevitt
Seneida McPherson and her family

Ongoing Prayer Requests:
Hap Hambric (Anna Falkenstein's father)
The people of Sudan
The people of Turkey & Syria
For our un-sheltered friends in our community and beyond
Rich (Neighbor of Jeff & Gamble Hanes)
Pearl Johnson
Chris Korzendorfer
Prayers for the continued spiritual growth & financial generosity of our church
Lewis Bowman
Lois Dymond
Phuong Ortega (Friend of Pam Holmes)
Mike Armistead (Friend of Jeff McDonell)
John F. (Gary Hulme's cousin)
Robin Fischer
Scott McDonell
Ben Gilbert (Sarah Crissup's stepfather)
Betty Buccat's family (Cousin of Elizabeth Devera)
Clark Family
Gibson/Obeldobel Family
Jim Craun
Carol Afholderbach (Kathryn Sessler's cousin)
Shirley Cornwell (Kathryn Sessler's aunt)
The people of Ukraine & Russia
Elizabeth (Seneida McPherson's niece)
George & Julie (Dave McPherson's children)
Judy Swank
Peggy Hensley
Donna Obeldobel's mother
Joe Hepler's Family
Sunny Sumter (Friend of Roger Rogers)

If you have updates for the prayer list, or if you would like someone added to the list, please contact Pastor Sean or Kathy Clark.
Thank you for reading this weekly update, I look forward to seeing you this Sunday in-person or online.

May the power of God's Holy Spirit be with you always.

Go and be the church - Be the light and love of Christ -
To all in our community and to the world.