03 spring edition

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Table of Contents

Page 3 Liminal Time — A Message from Rev. Scott Davis

Page 4 The City

Page 5 Photo collage

Page 6 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Page 7 Update on Dresses for Haiti

Page 8 Greer Spring FlingPage 9 Dave Reynolds Returning to Haiti

Page 10 Bibles for Africa: A Very Special Update from Rev. Joao Filmone Sambo

Page 17 Christian Comedian Michael Joiner

Page 18 Vacation Bible School

Page 19 Aldersgate Kidsfest

Page 20 Toddler Playgroup

Page 21 Medical Mission to Honduras

Page 22 Easter Offering

Page 23 Bits ‘n Pieces

Page 24 Staff Listing

C o v e r p h o

t o c o u r t e s y o f G a r y N i c h o l s

There will be a Mother’s Day Tea for women and girls of all ages on M

evening, May 9

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. (Specific time will be announced shortly.)Please be sure to

invite all the ladies in your life to join! Wear

your favorite evening tea dress, your fanciest hat, and your

matching gloves as we join together and celebrate the amazing

women in our world! Stay tuned for more details as our elegant

event approaches.

United ethodist en

Aldersgate United Methodist Men’s group meets the second Thursday of the month at 6the Hospitality Room on the lower level. Come join in the fun and fellowship. ContaBishop at 434.975.3072.

The Friendship Luncheon is always a fun time at the DoubleTree Hotel! We eat a lunc

by the DoubleTree chef, enjoy fellowship with each other, and listen to entertaining or info

guests such as speakers, singers, and musicians. Luncheons are held on the third Tuesda

month at 12:30 PM. If you would like to join us, please see Jean Ward (964-1178). You do

to be a member of the Friendship Class. As long as you enjoy Christian fellowship, please c

Volunteer Receptionists — Two Positions Left Each weekday from 11:30am to 2:30pm, Aldersgate has a friendly face (or faces) in our oce n

answer phone calls, receive packages, and welcome guests who come through the door. This

for best friends, spouses, and individuals who would like to spend a few hours a week in servi

community. We currently have openings on Mondays and Thursdays, so if you would like to v

please contact Amy O’Brien, Church Administrator, at 434.973.5806 or AmyOBrien@cvaum

more informaon.


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At Aldersgate we strive to show and pass on God’s love to all of our neighbors. One way we do

that is through our annual Easter offering. The Outreach and Missions team is asking that you

prayerfully consider making a gift that will support the following mission projects:

C Bw, a missionary of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist

Church, serves as Team Leader of Street Children Ministries in Cambodia. She

works to improve the lives of impoverished children living on the streets of

Phnom Penh, sharing the love of God, helping children obtain an education,

improving living conditions, and providing medical care and financial support.

Aldersgate has supported Clara for the last eight years and $2,500 of our Easter

offering will be sent to aid her in continuing her valuable work in Cambodia.

Offerings received above $2,500 will be divided equally between:

S H Nw: An international hunger relief non-

profitorganization that coordinates the packaging and distribution of food

to the world’s most vulnerable people. Established in 1998, and

based in Raleigh, NC, it has mobilized over 500,000 volunteers to

send more than 245,000,000 meals to 73 countries.

ARISE (A R I S E) : A ministry of Africa

Lighthouse Baptist Temple to serve the spiritual, emotional and

practical needs of refugees and immigrants in the Charlottesville,

Virginia area. Funds contributed will be used to help refugees and

immigrants find jobs, establish their households, provide cell phones,

learn to drive and to establish networks within the community.

When you place your gift in the offering plate, please make a notation that it is for the “Easter

Offering”. Thank you for your consideration.

Dear Aldersgate Friends,

As you probably already know, Rev. Danny Kesner, our District Superintendent of the Charloes

here in the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church, announced on Sunday, Febru

that I will serve as the District Superintendent of the Lynchburg District beginning July 1, 2016. Th

will involve working with 89 churches and their pastors and lay leaders in an area that stretches

from Amherst down to Smith Mountain Lake, and eastward to Appomaox and westward to B

past few weeks have been quite full as I aend the monthly Bishop's Cabinet meengs in Rich

more about the Lynchburg District through the helpful tutorage of Rev. Larry Davies as he co

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year term as the Lynchburg District Superintendent; and as the ministry here at Aldersgat

I am so grateful for the many conversaons which have been full of gracious words celebran

together here at Aldersgate while conveying your excitement for us as we move into this new

ministry. I look forward to more conversaons to come in the weeks and months ahead.

This is a liminal me, a me of transion, for us all. While liminal mes can be both excing and

they are valuable opportunies for clarity about our life’s purpose and direcon. This is true thro

Bible. We nd this with Jacob as travels during a me of great change in his life. While sleepin

he receives clarity about his future with the assurance that God is with him (Genesis 28:10

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these upcoming weeks and months are a great me for our congregaon to pray and discern

steps in service and outreach.

As this journey connues you’ll be provided with a faithful, eecve servant leader in the new

will come to serve among you beginning July 1, 2016. We have an inerant ministry in

Methodist Church where pastors are sent into new sengs for service by our Bishop and Ca

careful consideraon by each local church's Sta Parish Relaons Commiee and District Supe

Our system is also dependent on strong lay leadership as ministry connues through building a

with the pastors who come to serve in a new seng. I am excited about the possibilies ahead

for your new pastor.

During this liminal me, I will do all that I can to help prepare the way for your new pastor.

have a me during the 9:00 and 11:00 worship services on Sunday, June 12, 2016, my last

Aldersgate, to celebrate our ministry and to oer forgiveness to one another as we release each

our ministry partnership. This means that I won't be returning to funcon as your pastor aer I l

your new pastor will be enabled to build a strong pastoral relaonship with you. We'll have a vi

on Sunday, June 19, while I am aending Annual Conference in Roanoke, Virginia, and on Sund

while I take some vacaon me before moving into my new role. We'll also make arrangements

care during these two weeks as well.

Please feel free to be in touch with me at church, at [email protected] or at 434.973

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Chairs; Joan Forrest, jbforrest4@

434.974.6650 or Pat Daniel, [email protected], 434.975.1363, as well as Laura Nels

Leader, at

[email protected]

, 434.978.1954. Liminal mes are full of promise and opportun

pray for one another and for your new pastor as we move together into the future in faith.

Grace and peace,

Sco

Rev. Sco Davis, Lead Pastor

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Reverend Linwood Cook, a United Methodist minister in Virginia,

felt called to help the poor of the world and saw a need for

enabling volunteers in mission. In 2000, he founded the Friends

of Barnabas Foundation (FOBF), headquartered in Midlothian,

Virginia.

During the inaugural years, Reverend Cook and his son

Matt

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the foundation for the organization which exists today.

Fromsimple mission trips to dispense Vitamin A and anti

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parasite

medications to children, the trips expanded to include general

medicine, eye, and dental clinics to the poor communities in the

remote mountain regions of central Honduras.

Fifteen years have passed since that first mission trip

medical team of 16 members travels to Honduras each

accounts, they are making a permanent impact on the he

quality of life for children in Honduras.

Fay Painter, a member of Aldersgate United Methodist C

traveling to Honduras for the fourth time, as the co

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lead

2016 medical team.

The cost is $2,000 per person,

which pays for the interpreters, Honduran dentist, Honduran medical

director, transportation to Honduras and within the country to the

communities, and accommodations in Honduras. In addition, the

team needs to raise $7,500 to pay for the medicine and medical

supplies.

Please consider a gift to sponsor her mission trip. Checks may be

made payable to AUMC and write “Honduras Mission Trip” in the

memo line.


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In February we had a blast playing at the church playground and our trip to Saunders-Moncello Trail in

March was great as well. If you have any questions please contact Heidi Crockett at 434-806-3467 or

Tori Fahrenkrog at (804) 450-7035. Please come join in the fun!

4/11** P P , 1400 P P R, Cv, 9:30 ..

4/19 Moms Night Out, 6:30 p.m. Hollymead Panera

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5/17 Moms Night Out, 6:30 p.m. Locaon TBA

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Please RSVP to Tori Fahrenkrog at 804-450-7035.

Each family is asked to bring a side dish to share.

**In April, we will meet on the second Monday due to Albemarle County Public School spring break. If it is

rainy on days when outside acvies are planned we will meet in the church fellowship hall for inside

fun. Please bring toddler ride-on toys and balls to share.


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Celebrating Our Graduates!

Do you know a special high school, college, military or advanced degree student who

will be graduang this Spring? If so, please send his/her name, school, and degree

earned to Rachel ( [email protected] ) no later than Monday, May 29th

. We will

recognize graduates in the church bullen in June.

Confirmation

Conrmaon Sunday will be Sunday, May 8th, during the 11am Worshipservice. Please join us that day to encourage those who have made the

decision to join Aldersgate UMC.

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Join us for Vacation Bible School at Aldersgate this summer!!

We'll be Exploring Egypt with Joseph from Monday, June 27th

through Thursday, June 30th each evening! Mark your calendarsnow! If you're interesting in volunteering please mark the box on the

tear off flap of your bulletin or contact Rachel Miller at

[email protected].

18 Update on Dresses for Haitian Orphanage

What a blessing it has been to the many w ho ha

in making lile dresses for the young girl

Orphanage. Over twenty women and children

making dresses at home, at church, as well a

Thursdays during Busy Hands to help with

needed. Also, thank you to others who pro

support for fabric and noons; and the list goe

thank you to Sharon Simons who cut out 55 dre

of the church to sew. And when she had nishe

out 15 more! You are awesome Sharon!! A d

dresses was performed during both the 9am an

on Sunday March 13th. Dr. Dave Reynolds, who

on his 14th

medical mission trip to Hai, will be

special dresses. We hope to have pictures of the girls receiving their dresses to share with the con

he returns. By surpassing our goal of 50 dresses, each girl can receive two dresses instead of one. T

for such an amazing ministry of our Aldersgate family. Deb Reynolds, Nancy Berman and Kim Roll

Backpack Coordinator Needed

The Outreach and Missions team is looking for a dedicated volunteer to coordinate the backpack pr

Elementary beginning in September of 2016. Training will be provided. A few of the dues inclu

food truck on Wednesday mornings, preparing the food for packing on Wednesday evenings, and sucount to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank every Friday. Some of these dues are usually shared with o

Please contact Deb Reynolds [email protected] or 295-8217 for more informaon. This outreac

has been an important part of its ministry for 11 years. Please pray about assuming this posion. Tha

for considering.

UPDATE ON BOWLING FOR A CAUSE

Wow, what a sweet Valennes Day some of us had at Keglers Bowling A

had two teams parcipate in the rst ever “Bowling For a

Cause” event. $1,110 was raised in donaons from

members of our church family. In addion, some of our team

members raised even more money on their own. With threeother churches from the district parcipang, over $4,200

was raised. All monies will go towards the Heart Havens

Charloesville District Apartment Project. This apartment

will provide housing for people with Intellectual Disabilies.

Thanks everyone from the boom of our HEARTS

Deb Reynolds District Mission Chair

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SPRING

Time to Get Out Into the Community

Please mark your calendars for April 22nd – 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. The Aldersgate Family has a wonderful

opportunity to partner with Greer Elementary School and their Spring Fling the evening of April 22nd. We will

be working concessions to help the Greer Parent/Teacher Organizaon raise money for eld trips and books

among other things.

We will need:

Juice-boxes, Capri Suns, and boles of water

Homemade goodies – cookies, brownies, Rice Krispy Treats, etc

Volunteers to set up and take down

Volunteers to work concession

Volunteers to mingle – giving Aldersgate a presence at the school

We also invite any monetary donaons to help buy supplies as well as support the school parent/teacher

organizaon. Please make those donaons to Aldersgate but designate Greer Elementary. A sign-up sheet

will be in the Reed Room beginning the rst Sunday in April.

For many years our Virginia Conference has been encouraging us to “go out into the community”. This is just

one of many ways we can accomplish that.

If you have any quesons, see me or email me at [email protected] or you may speak with Deb

Reynolds.

As always, thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you April 22nd

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Kathy Morse,

Chair, Missions/Outreach

Greatly Appreciated!

Thank you to everyone who donated toilet paper and

supplies for The Haven, Charlottesville’s downtown

resource center for the homeless of our community. As

you can see, we were able to keep them stocked for a

little while!

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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“The United Methodist Church’s top legislave body will meet at the Oregon Convenon Center

convenon center in the Pacic Northwest, on May 10-20, 2016. General Conference is the top p

body of The United Methodist Church which meets once every four years. The conference can r

law, as well as adopt resoluons on current moral, social, public policy and economic issues. It a

plans and budgets for church-wide programs." For all things related to GC2016 please visit the

umc.org/topics/general-conference-2016. There you'll nd links to pre-conference events, legisl

resources, live stream during conference, Facebook, Twier, and other social media, and inform

current and up-to-date.

“The United Methodist Council of Bishops has invited each annual conference to designate one d24-hour prayer vigil for General Conference. These prayer vigils began on Jan. 1 with the Greater

Annual Conference and are connuing through the 131 days from Jan. 1 to May 10, the ope

General Conference. Because The United Methodist Church has 131 annual conferences thr

world, each annual conference is able to take one day. Bishop Young Jin Cho selected S, A

the day for the Virginia Conference prayer vigil. Each district is invited to plan acvies using reso

developed on both the conference and general church levels. As part of this iniave, the ch

Virginia United Methodist Center in Glen Allen will be open for prayer. In addion, all congre

asked to include the prayer iniave in their Sunday services on that day." For more informaon

vaumc.org/2016GeneralConference

DAVE REYNOLDS RETURNING TO HA

Dr. Reynolds has been a regular part of the April Medical Mission Team since 2001, and he will be

Hai once again on April 8. Founded by Providence UMC of Charloe NC in the mid 1980’s, the To

northern Hai is now perhaps the longest connuously operang medical clinic in Hai. The H

sends four teams a year there, as well as funding a local Haian physician to work there two day

year long. Each team manages more than 3,000 paent visits in the six days of clinic, plu

substanal nutrional support, vitamin and iron supplements, and water puricaon tablets.

While each team member pays for his or her own food, lodging, and transportaon expenses,

expenses are substanal. Medical supplies, medicines, drivers and vehicles to get the team t

interpreters, clinic sta salaries, nutrional support for the most needy (fored powdered mil

bean and grain mix called AK mil), etc. – i t all costs about $30,000 per team! Providence UMC ha

its support through the years, and other churches and private donors have helped keep this wo

going. And members of Aldersgate have also been very generous over the years (over $3,00

Raising over $100,000 a year, year in and year out, is certainly a daunng task. But The H

Foundaon has been managing to do it – with help from generous souls like you.

The encouragement, prayers, and nancial support of the Aldersgate community are apprecia

measure. Long days at the Tovar Clinic are made easier by the knowledge that so many of you ca

100% of every donated dollar goes directly towards funding this amazing mission. Checks can b

Aldersgate UMC with “Hai Mission” on the memo line.

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