*Singing Our Faith # 584 “Lord, You Give the Great Commission”

*Blessing and Dismissal

*Postlude

W E S C A T T E R T O S E R V E G O D & N E I G H B O R

Samaritan OfferingYour gift supports the Samaritan Program, a benevolent fund which provides financial assistance to residents who have outlived their monetary resources and, through no fault of their own, can no longer afford the full cost of their care. Samaritan Offering gifts will be received until Father’s Day, June 18th. It may be designated to any of our VUMH communities. Undesignated gifts will be used where the need is greatest. Envelopes are placed in the Commons.

Children and Their Safety are Important at Chestnut Hill UMC

We rejoice that as a church we are able to offer carefully planned, age appropriate care and activities for our children and youth.

Today, children ages 4 and above will stay in the sanctuary for worship.

Nursery is provided for infants and toddlers. The Nursery is located in Classroom 101 (exit through the right side door at the front of the sanctuary, pass through “the

Commons,” go through the double doors to the Education Building and follow the hallway to the Nursery at the end of the hall on the left).

DIRECTORY OF CHESTNUT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCHSharma Lewis Richmond Area Resident BishopScott Davis Lynchburg District SuperintendentLiz Ecklund MinisterVernie Barrow Minister EmeritusMonica Campbell Administrative AssistantWill Sperrazza Director of Music MinistryJudy Martin BookkeeperElaine Clarke Lay LeaderJody Underwood Lay Children’s Ministry CoordinatorChris Glass Lay Youth Ministry Coordinator

Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church

Making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

You are welcome at Chestnut Hill UMC.

4660 Fort Avenue ~ Lynchburg, Virginia 24502Church: 434-239-8423

Pastor’s Cell: 434-258-2934; Pastor’s Home: 434-319-5646Email Pastor Liz: Pastorliz@aol.com

chestnuthillumc@comcast.net ~ on the web at chestnuthillumc.netFind us on Facebook: Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church

Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church10:30 a.m. ~ June 11, 2017 ~ Trinity Sunday

WELCOME! JOIN US IN WORSHIPING GOD!Welcome and Ministry Announcements

Welcome in the name of Christ our Lord. Please register your attendance, printing your name, address, phone, and email, when the pew pad is passed to you.

Thank you for silencing cell phones as we gather to worship God.

Invocation

Prelude The Acolytes enter with the light of Christ.

*Call to Worship

God, how majestic is your name in all the earth.

Your glory surrounds and enfolds us.

Your image resides within us and completes us.

You made us but a little lower than the angels.

How majestic is your name in all the earth.

Come, let us worship together all who would seek the Lord today.

*Singing Our Faith # 64 “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty”

Morning Prayer

God of grace and glory, who are we that you are mindful of us? You sustain us through the gift of your indwelling Presence, yet we turn from you again and again, and succumb to feelings of inadequacy and despair. We turn from communion with you and with one another, even though it is only in community that we have the strength to endure the mystery of your glory and weight of our failings. Claim us anew as your beloved children, and we will be healed. Amen.

Recognition of Graduates

Choral Anthem

Prayer for Illumination Frances Unruh

Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that, as the Scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.

Gospel Lesson Matthew 28:16-20 (CEB) Frances Unruh

Sermon Texts Galatians 5:22B-26 (NRSV) ; Romans 3:3 (CEB) Frances UnruhThe Word of God for the people of God.Thanks be to God.

Singing Our Faith # 389 “Freely, Freely”

The Good News “Faithfulness”

*Affirmation # 881 “The Apostles’ Creed”

The Giving of God’s Tithes and Our GiftsPrayer of ThanksgivingOffertory*Doxology # 95 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all

Creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Sharing of Joys and Concerns

The Great Thanksgiving

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Taking the Bread and the Cup

Prayer after Communion

Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. We honor you as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit, to give ourselves for others in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our GraduatesJoe Palazzi ~ Graduated from Jefferson Forest High School. Will attend VPI in the Fall. Grandson to Fred & Sue Norvelle.

Kate Richardson ~ Graduated from Jefferson Forest High School. Will attend Florida Gulf State University in Florida. Granddaughter to Dan & Judy Robertson.

Kathleen Ray (Katie) Jessen ~ Graduated from Brookville High School. Will attend George Madison University. Graddaughter to George & Linda Jessen.

Jeanette Levin ~ Graduated from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. Daughter to Sharon Mayhew. Granddaughter to Loretta Mayhew.

Erica Adair Feldenzer ~ Graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Bachelor of Arts in Art with Minor in Art History. Graddaughter to Bob & Elaine Clarke.

Hope Alexandra LeFew ~ Graduated from E.C. Glass High School. Will attend Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Granddaughter to Buddy & Barbara LeFew.

Claire Anne LeFew ~ Graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with Summa Cum Laude Honors. With a Bachelors of Science in Mass Communication with a concentration in Public Relations and a second major in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies with a minor in General Business. Granddaughter to Buddy & Barbara LeFew.

 

**This Week’s Calendar**

Sunday, 6/11 **Virginia Annual Conference Offering will be received today!

Use a pew envelope and mark it “VA Conference Offering”.

Monday, 6/12 7:00 p.m. Wesleyan Group

Tuesday, 6/13 6:30 p.m. Trustees Committee

Wednesday, 6/14 7:00 p.m. Choir

Thursday, 6/15 Deadline for JULY/AUGUST newsletterCombining for both months. Please get your articles in.

Friday, 6-16- Sunday, 6/18

Virginia Annual ConferenceHampton, VA ~ Theme: “A New Thing”

** Looking Ahead on the Calendar **

Monday, 6/19-Friday, 6/23

5:00 p.m. Vacation Bible SchoolWe need volunteers for Registration and Music.We also need helpers for Arts and Crafts, Playtime, and Crew Leaders AND we need those juice boxes!! Contact Jody Underwood for questions!!

Wednesday, 6/28 11:00 a.m. Top of the HillBring lunch, drinks and dessert provided.  Organ recital and discussion by Professor F. John Scott from Lynchburg College.  Professor Scott teaches courses in music theory, aural skills, and music technology. In addition, he teaches applied organ lessons and is conductor of the Lynchburg College Handbell Choir.  He is the Musician/Choir Director at Main Street UMC.  He is warm, witty and very knowledgeable.  Please join us and bring friends.

Read Ahead

For June 18, 2017 ~ Father’s Day. We are blessed to have Jody Underwood, the children, and youth bring us our message.

In the Grocery Cart This Month

Donations for JUNE: “Baked Beans, Pork-n-Beans, Toilet Paper, Toothpaste, and Deodorant”. This will assist people through Park View Community Mission. Please place donations in the grocery cart, located in the Commons.

Stewardship Thought The creation text from Genesis is one of the Bible's ultimate stewardship stories! It provides a beautiful and orderly account of God's miraculous creation project: "In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters." Beginning with nothing, God shapes the universe, calls it into being, and establishes a delicate and interconnected framework. Piece by piece it comes into being and God proclaims it "Good." What could possibly go wrong? Along about day 6, after the sea monsters, cattle, and creeping things were all up and running, God made human beings - created in God's own image - and gave them their identity: stewards. They were created to care for creation.

How are you wearing this image: steward of creation? In what ways do you feel most faithful? Where would you like to place a stronger focus on this calling? God's words when resting from creation should be our daily prayer, "It is good." Look for ways to embrace the good in your life as you seek to live as a faithful steward.

Meals on Wheels

Monday, June 12 ~Linda Wright, Helen SnowTuesday, June 13 ~Dan Robertson, Judy RobertsonWednesday, June 14 ~Buddy LeFew, Barbara LeFewThursday, June 15 ~Wallace Nuckols, Scottie NuckolsFriday, June 16 ~Frances Unruh, Joella Edgreen

*If you know of changes that need to be made to the prayer concerns, please contact Monica in the church office.

**In Our Thoughts and Prayers**Johnnie Kinzer, Shirley Johnson, Charles Moore, Robbie Perrow, Georgia Mason, Rev. Michael Southall-Vess, Fario Stanzini, Rev. Liz Ecklund, Beverly Franklin, June Crickenberger, John Williams, Lisa Redford, Becky Spangler, Margaret Hicks, Louise Woody, Gene & Connie Harris, Cliff & Betty Taylor, Braelyn Underwood, Arthur Snodgrass, Al & Pat Wood, Bob & Kitty Boswell, Barbara Dunlop, Hylton & Sylvia Glass, Chris Balderson, Carl Hardwick, Helen Fleck, Ken Wood, Doris Finch, Victor Barrow, Susan Tedder, Milton Sowell, Alice Lovelace, Edna Wyatt, William Hicks, Vernelle Roupe, Jeanette Almond, Asa Fredell, Violet Ellis, Tucker Cole, Rhonda Wilkerson, Joseph Johnson, Chestnut Hill UMC, Military & Families

Lynchburg General: Kyle Cyrus, Jeanette Cyrus

Lynchburg Health and Rehab: Lloyd SmithGuggenheimer Skilled Care: Thelma HamiltonThe Elms of Lynchburg: Frances CallahamRunk & Pratt at Liberty Ridge: Rose MorrisHeritage Green, Daybreak: Delma ScottRunk & Pratt of Forest: Emily Morris, Shirley WoodOakwood Manor (Bedford): Robert Bennett

Please join the clergy of the Lynchburg Downtown Cluster in a covenant to pray for God’s blessing on the mission and ministry of our United Methodist Churches and local mission and ministry endeavors – Peakland, Centenary, Christ Community Fellowship/Fairview, Court Street/Marsh Memorial, Fort Hill, Chestnut Hill, Forest Road, Jackson Street, Heritage, Boonsboro, Mead Memorial, Cove, Park View Community Mission (PVCM), the Society of St. Andrew, the Henry Fork Service Center, and The Garden of Hope (Washington, D.C.)