Scottsville UMC Weekly Newsletter January 29, 2021

In-person worship at 11am on Sundays.

Pastor Tom will continue to post a pre-recorded sermon every Sunday morning on Facebook & YouTube. Watch your email for direct links to our on-line worship.

A decision will be made Saturday night if we need to cancel in-person worship on Sunday due to

impending snow.

A phone tree has been set up to contact our members that have been attending regularly.

We will have on-line worship available at 11am on Sunday regardless of the weather outside.

Please join us!

A Note from Pastor Tom

Our Prayer List. Isn’t prayer a wonderful thing?! It’s no wonder that hymn writer Joseph Scriven wrote these words: “What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer” (from the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”). I find it a particular blessing to be able to give voice to the prayers of the people every week, lifting up the names that are on our hearts.

The dilemma is that we are always looking for ways to balance the length of our prayer time in our public worship services with the limitations of time available to us. And we find, at times, that names are placed on the Prayer List without follow up information on when the names should be taken off.

Without wanting to limit in any way the needs of people to raise their prayer concerns, we thought we would try a different approach. Our plan is to include publicly lift up names for up to four weeks. If you want to continue to have us publicly name someone for more than that period of time, just let us know and we will repeat the four-week cycle for as long as is necessary. A more complete list of all names will be published periodically.

We look forward to hearing your feedback on this approach. Meanwhile, the advice from St. Paul continues to apply: at all times, “pray without ceasing”! (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

Prayer List

Please remember in your prayers the people and concerns on our prayer list:

Week of January 29th

• Family & friends of Carter Conrad who passed away on Monday, Jan 25th

• Dan Dowdy, friend of the Hamners, had a bone marrow transplant on Fri.,

January 22nd

• Ellen Pitts dealing with sciatic nerve issues

• Kevin Denby in the hospital

• Kenyon Hayman, Jack Hamner & Alice Sorum’s cousin. Kenyon is a diabetic and is in the hospital in Raleigh fighting a bacterial infection in his bloodstream.

• Agnes Johnson now recovering at Albemarle Health & Rehab -

cards may be sent to Agnes Johnson | Room 224 | Albemarle Health & Rehab | 1540 Founders Pl | Charlottesville, VA 22902

Week of January 22nd

• Sharon Wormser's cousin, Buddy Bangle had surgery for esophageal cancer

and is in ICU battling pneumonia.

Long Term Requests

• Ernest & Rose Butler both have COVID. Rose is currently in ICU at UVA on

a ventilator

• John Smith and his mother Katie.

• Tillie Adcock.

• Connie Knight and her son Derrick.

• Bev Butler, Ellen Pitts brother, recovering at home.

• Bob Srigley, friend of Ginny Haney.

• Eileen Piller, friend of the Hamners, battling cancer.

Our Shut-Ins

• Margaret Hughes

• Mary O'Connell

• Ruby Willis

Additional Requests

• The healing of our nation physically, socially & spiritually

• All afflicted by COVID-19

• All scientists, medical staff, and researchers who are working to stop this

pandemic.

• Those who are recovering at home and their caregivers.

Submit Prayer Requests Here

We have 7 men signed up to participate in Bible Study

through Hope Beyond the Bars

Each participant will receive a study book and workbook to read and answer study questions on their own. Each week, they will email their answers to the program leader who will compile the answers to share with the group. This will give everyone a chance to see others perspective and insight as we learn and grow in our faith together.