NORFOLK UMC

In This Issue

Change is in the Air

God’s Provision &

Passion for Ministry

Music Ministry

Schedule

Stewardship

God’s Trustees—

Progress Report

And much more! Changing the Way We Communicate Worship, Mission & Ministry!

Change is in the air! The purpose of this eNewsletter is to provide specialized information to active

members and frequent visitors. Times are changing the use of technology has

evolved in terms of how we communicate. Many of you are using your desktops,

laptops, mobile devices and phones to access information each day. So, we at

Norfolk UMC want to keep you up-to-date on worship, ministries, service opportu-

nities and online giving. We are excited that God has blessed our ministry to be a

“mighty” church and ministry presence where we serve.

Someone said that nobody likes change except a baby. Well, this may be true

because many of us don’t like it at all—but change is a part of our daily reality.

We are learning to be more productive and really working hard to communicate

better with our congregation. Here are some of the changes that we are making—

we will utilize our technology on Sunday morning before and after the worship

service to share our announcements for the week, we have upgraded our office

equipment, so if you have a need for copies—please the Office Coordinator for

assistance, we will print the announcement insert on a very limited basis on Sun-

day mornings and they will be available in the back of the church, we will email the

entire church a link weekly to view the announcements and upcoming ministry

event from their desktops, laptops or mobile devices. These changes will result in

operational savings for the overall budget of our church. We appreciate your faith-

ful stewardship each week and the Finance Team is working in partnership with

the Pastor to ensure that we as a church are faithful stewards.

eNewsletter online January 18, 2015

A WORD FROM PASTOR DANIELS

Have you ever doubted the Lord could supply your needs? Maybe your circumstances seemed so desperate that you lose hope. That’s what happened to the Israelites after escaping Egyptian slavery. They were free but stranded in the desert. As their food ran out, they started to worry and complain. But they failed to recognize that the Lord had not led them out of Egypt to perish in the wilderness. A principle to live by is God assumes full responsibility for our needs when we obey Him. I believe that this is where our personal ministry passion comes in. The matter of obedience and our willing to follow God’s Plan and Purpose with complete faith. We have to trust God to work mightily in our lives and the full life of the church. Look around our church and think about all of the blessings that we have experienced personally and collective-ly. There should be no doubt that God is a Provider!

We’re on the Web www.numcva.com

Therefore do not be anxious, saying,

'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we

drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the

Gentiles seek after all these things, and

your heavenly Father knows that you

need them

all.

Matthew 6:31-32

God’s Provision and Passion for Ministry!

Schedule for the Week . . .

Psalm 33:3 tells us to sing a new song to the Lord and to play skillfully.

If we are not careful, we can abandon this calling; yes, it is indeed a call-ing, particularly for worship leaders. All of our choirs work hard weekly to lead us in music ministry. If you have gift for music ministry and want to join one of the choirs—feel free! Mrs. Hamlin and Mr. Brown are Mas-ter Musicians and among the best in the Tidewater Region.

CHANCEL CHOIR

- Thursday, January 29th, 7 p.m.

GOSPEL CHOIR

- Thursday, January 22nd, 7 p.m.

PRAISE DANCERS

- Will practice on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

BIBLE STUDY

Faithful members and

guest meet each

week on Wednesday

at 6:30 p.m. in the

Fellowship Hall. All of

us have the need to

grow deeper in our

faith and understand-

ing of God’s Word.

The fact of the matter

is that by mid-week

we all need a little

more to make it.

Don’t miss this ex-

citing experience.

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“Making a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord”

Our Top Ministry Goals for 2015

Increase our Average Worship Attendance

Weekly

Increase # of children weekly in Children’s

Church

Increase Faithful Stewardship

Increase Ministry, Mission & Service

United Methodist Women@ Norfolk UMC

Mission Initiatives

The entire program and organi-

zation of United Methodist

Women focuses on mission.

Our mission initiatives include:

Providing opportunities to grow spiritually

Equipping women & girls to be leaders

Providing transformative educational experiences

Organizing for growth & flexibility

Working for justice through

service and advocacy .

Mission is presence, relationship,

witness and sharing.

Mission is refusing to turn away

when the tears of God are being

shed

over the violence and injustice and

suffering of God’s wayward creation.

-- United Methodist Women-supported mission intern David

Hosey

On the Local Scene:

On sale now! $5.00

donation—please see

Diane Mewborn

Reporting our progress . . . Effective Trustees are Christian stewards of the proper-ty God has entrusted to the congregation. Effective trustees supervise and maintain the property of the congregation to ensure that disciple-making ministries of the congregation are effective and that local legal re-quirements related to the property are satisfied.

Who is qualified for this job? Spiritual gifts: servanthood, helping/assistance, administration, giving, and evangelism.

Experience, Skills: Trustees should be people with knowledge and skills for property and asset management; they should have the ability to listen to and communicate with people of all ages, and work well with other ministry leaders. Trustees should show gen-uine interest in responding to the hopes and concerns of people in the community and a willingness to partner with community interests.

The Trustees chairperson should show evidence of prior effective ministry leadership, especially in the area of stewardship of as-sets, and show evidence of active and growing discipleship, the ability to preside over meetings, the ability to delegate responsi-bility and follow up in getting the job done.

So Far: The Boa rd of Trustees is w orking to complete the renovation of our kitchen. We anticipate that we will be working in ministry from our new kitchen in the next few weeks!

Couples’ Ministry @ Norfolk UMC

Will meet Saturday,

January 31st at 6

p.m. in the Fellowship

Hall. The Couples

Ministry is starting its

3rd year and we’re

still thriving! Our next

meeting we will start

the “Fireproof Your

Marriage” series. Our

2015 calendar is en-

closed. Please note

that all dates and

times are tentative!

There is only one

community event

listed on the calendar.

The others will be

planned throughout

the year so your sug-

gestions will be great-

ly appreciated. This is

going to be an excit-

ing year for our minis-

try! So to all the cou-

ples who wanted to

remain on the email

list, we look forward

to seeing you this

year! See Janice

Graves for more in-

formation.

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Faithful Stewardship is More than Dollars & Cents . . . Our personal commitment and covenant with God concerning Faithful Stew-

ardship is not just about the dollars and cents—it’s about our hearts and our

willingness to trust God with the things that we hold near and dear. Churches

get a bad wrap from time to time because people think that Spiritual Leaders

only think about money. While we do think about money because we have to

do this for effective and impactful ministry presence, we also have to think

about the whole person—mind, body and soul.

First, our heart’s desire daily is for our members and frequent visitors to en-

counter an Awesome and Powerful God that is working in our lives. Second,

we desire that the collective gathered community of faith will impact our com-

munity with Shalom—Peace that results in better living and a deeper spiritual

walk with the Lord. And Lastly, we want each person to experience the joy of

walking fully into the Vision that God has for our church and community.

Experience has taught us that giving is not just about the “receiver,” but it is

really about the faith level of the “giver.” There really is an unspeakable joy

that comes with our ability to give above and beyond even what we think we

can do. And trust—God has never failed any of us, when we are faithful—God

is more faithful. So, the matter of dollars and cents is a part of our reality eve-

ryday. Seeing God give the increase however is the miracle that we experience

at levels we never dreamed.

Contact Us

Give us a call for more

information about our ser-

vices and ministries

Norfolk United Method-

ist Church

1520 Halstead Ave.

Norfolk, VA 23502-1709

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or you can email announcements to:

officenorfolk@gmail.com.

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