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Aldersgate United Methodist Church
5767 Sellger Drive Norfolk, Virginia 23502
Phone: 757-466-8999 Fax: 757-466-8999
Parsonage: 757-962-1982 Pastor’s Cell: 757-506-8298
e-mail: aldersgateumcnorfolk@verizon.net
web page: www.aldersgatenorfolk,org
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Newsletter
Vol. 18 Issue 4
April 2015
Message from the
Pastor
Lemons on the
Lawn—
Information
Potato Bar
Luncheon—
April 12th
District
Happenings
Kidz Page
Updates on our
Members,
Visioning Team
and lots more
Helping Others!
See article inside
Dear folks,
Easter is this Sunday! How good it will be to
celebrate the Risen Christ! In fact the whole season of Easter (April 5-May 17th) each Sunday a
celebration of God’s gift of salvation.
Because the Easter Season is the most important and joyous
occasion of the church year we will be celebrating communion
each week. I know some believe that weekly communion makes
the sacrament “less special”. This is only true if our participation is only about ourselves, what we remember and how you
feel.
When we partake of communion, we certainly remember what
Jesus did for us, but that is but a small part of the experience.
When we partake weekly we are celebrating what Christ does
for us now and what Christ will do in the future. Indeed this
meal is a foretaste of what the Kingdom of God in its fullness
will be like. Indeed Christmas and Easter seasons are feasts! So
it is appropriate that we feast each week during this season. I
hope each of you will participate in a spirit of expectation and
joy each Sunday.
Annual Conference June 19-21, 2015
“from Members to Disciples”
Va. Annual Conference will be held in Roanoke this
year. This means that it is time to collect items for our
Conference kits.
Baby Birthing Kits, Layette Kits and Health Kits are put together by
Lucinda Williams and her loyal group of ladies. New this year is a bedding
kit (more info on this later).
Lots of different items are needed for each kit and they must all be alike.
A list of the kit contents is located on the bulletin board across from the
church office. If you can’t go shopping, you may donate cash and someone
else will do the shopping for you. Prices for this year’s kits are as follows:
$50 bedding kit; $8 birthing kit; $55 cleaning kit; $12 health kit; $35 layette
kit; $11 school kit and $18 sewing kit.
Please see Lucinda Williams if you have any donations or questions.
Please make the celebration that much more full and rich by
participating with willing joy and love.
Sincerely
Pastor Tony
Pastor...............................Rev. Walton “Tony” Forstall
Choir Director…………..Peggy Muse
Organist…………………Nancy Redburn
Youth Director.................Guy Willis
Secretary.......................…Joyce Russo
Office Hours..........8:30 AM—12:30 PM
Sunday School........9:30 AM
Worship Service...11 AM
Sanctuary Choir - Wednesdays......6:30 PM
Youth Meeting....Sundays....12:30 PM
Visioning Team
A month or so has passed since the
Visioning Team was formed following a meeting with District Superintendent, Rev. Wayne Snead.
Since then they have met several times and
have begun to brainstorm ideas for church
growth. On Saturday, April 25th at 9 AM they
will again meet with Rev. Snead.
This meeting is open to the entire congregation—not just team members. Come, listen
and be informed of what is happening around
you. If you would like more information see
Pastor Tony or Greg Dziagwa.
Join us for Holy Week services
Maundy Thursday—April 2nd
7 PM
Good Friday—April 3rd
church open 9 am –Noon for prayer
Easter Sunday—April 5th at 11 AM
Bring a friend, neighbor or relative!
Do you have an old pr inter or other
electronic device that you can no longer
use? Bring it to the church office. If it
can not be used for the Lemons on the
Lawn yard sale—it will be taken to the
refuse facility and the River Forest Shores Civic League
will get points for it.
You can clean your home, help the church and the civic
league at the same time.
Saturday—April 25th
9 AM
Visioning Team Meeting with
Rev. Wayne Snead, DS
All are welcome and encouraged to attend
Lemons on the Lawn
Saturday, May 2nd
8-2 PM
The Winton Class Annual Yard Sale, Bake Sale,
Breakfast (8-10:30) and Lunch (11-1:30)
and much more
Start cleaning out those attics, garages
and closets now.
Spaces will be $5.00—Please see Barbara Harrell to
reserve yours now! Spaces are going fast…...
Here are some events that are happening in our
own back yard.
LEMONADE STANDS
Churches throughout the state have been
asked to sell Lemonade on Saturday, April 25th. All of the funds collected will be donated to “World Malaria Day”.
Sponsored by the
Adult Sunday School Classes
Sunday, April 12th
immediately following the 11 AM Worship Service
FREE GOSPEL CONCERT
Saturday, April 11th—7 PM
Heritage UMC—815 Baker Road, Va. Beach
Free will offering will be taken.
MEAL SERVICE TEAMS NEEDED!
Park Place UMC is in need of meal service teams to help prepare, serve and clean up after the Community Supper Program. They
have several Monday or Thursday evenings available. Orientation and
training is provided.
Team size 8-10 people. Meals for 100-150 people.
Can’t help but want to do something —
donations of paper goods; plates in all sizes; flatware,
napkins, table cloths, large trash bags; coffee, sugar, creamer also welcomed.
SPAGHETTI DINNER
Saturday, April 18th 5-7 PM
Memorial UMC—804 Gammon Road, Va Beach
Cost: $10 Adults (11 years and up)
$5 children 5-10
Children under 5 free
Call 420-1407 for tickets or more information
CHAIR EXERCISE CLASSES FOR ADULTS
Fridays: 11 AM—Noon
Princess Anne Plaza UMC, Va. Beach
GRIEF SEMINAR
Speaker , Dr . Bill Austin, LPC
Sunday, April 26th—3 PM
Community UMC—1072 Old Kempsville Rd, Va. Bch.
CANS 4 CONFERENCE
Pastors and Lay Members to Annual Conference are again
asked to bring or send at least 4 cans of food to Roanoke in June.
Items include : meat/fish; fruits/veggies; soups/stews; any content of
pop-top cans..
with all the fixin’s
Join us for worship and stay for a great lunch and
time of fellowship.
Proceeds to benefit the church budget.
See any Circle of Friends or Winton Class member for
more information
Ushers
Birthdays
4/2 Lewis Hogwood
4/3 JaiMarie Washington-Martin
4/7 Ann Manuel
4/8 Ben Hogwood
4/11 Marge Boelte
4/14 Jim Richardson
4/23 Milton Midgette
4/24 Morgan Thrasher
4/26 Barbara Hogwood
Jamie Washington
4/27 John Floyd
4/21 Oliver & Barbara Harrell
Neal Windley, Gary Albertson
Counters
4/5
4/12
4/19
4/26
Greg Dziagwa, Jimmie Powers
Mel Manuel, Ben Hogwood
Debbie Supper, Vernon Williams
Millie Hanson, Gary Albertson
Remember in Prayer
Lawn Maintenance
Home: Larkin and Jane Jones; Jim Mahone; Shirley Briggs;
Pat Sauer; Earl Henley; and Debbie Supper.
The Ballentine—Ed Weddle
Gardens of Va. Beach—Jackie Wilkinson, Milton Midgette
Chesapeake Place—Beulah Eatmon
Hermitage Eastern Shore—Bob Bloxom
Sentara Village South—Shirley Henley
Sun Stream Health Care—Stella Reynolds
Clare Bridge of Va. Beach—Charles Williams, Nel Lyon
Dominion Village of Chesapeake—Jackie Pace
Sentara Leigh Hospital—Phil Floyd
If you know of others in the congregation who need to be included on this
prayer list, please call the church office.
Altar Flowers
4/5 Communion—Easter Lilies
4/12 Henry & Marge Boelte
4/19 Kevin & Michele Floyd
4/26 Beverly Cooper
Newsletter Deadline will be
Friday, April 17th
4/6
4/13
4/20
4/27
Team 3
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Scripture Notes for April
It was said of John Wesley that if he was stranded on
a deserted island and could only have one book of the
Bible with him it would be First John.
4/12
4/19
4/26
1 John 1:1-2:2
1 John 3:1-7
1 John 3:16-24
Looking ahead: May Readings
5/3
5/10
1 John 4:7-21
1 John 5:1-6
Updates on some of our members…
Jackie Pace has fallen and br oken her hip, however sur gery is unplanned for the time being. She is currently at Dominion Village in Chesapeake. Will update when we hear
from her family.
Nel Lyon now r esides at the Clar e Br idge facility on Diamond Spr ings Rd.
She is in room 13.
Phil Floyd has been admitted to Sentar a Leigh Hospital. He has pneumonia
and bronchitis. Kevin has visited him and he is improving. Please keep June,
Kevin, Michele and the entire Floyd family in your prayers.
Pauline Henley has been placed into an assisted living facility. We cur r ently do not have an address or name of the facility. If anyone knows how to contact either of her two sons (Bruce or David) please call the church office.
Debbie Supper will be having sur ger y this month. Please keep Vic and
Debbie in your prayers.
New directories ar e available in the Nar thex. Please
pick up one copy per household please. If you can not
find one—call the church office and we can print you one.
Thanks
Secretary going on vacation: The chur ch secr etar y will be
out of the office on Good Friday, and the following week. If
you need to come to the church for any reason please call ahead
to assure you will be able to get in. The pastor has meetings
and several of our members are ill so he may be out of the office. You can always call Pastor Tony’s cell phone.
Group takes action to get new
members
Did you know that here at Aldersgate we have a
group of ladies who have been meeting for 20+
years for the sole purpose of making teddy bears and dolls?
The “Helping Hands” group was formed by Ena Reed as a mission
for the local children’s hospital. They cut out, sew and stuff teddy
bears and muslin dolls which are given to children who have surgery at Children’s Hospital of the Kings’ Daughters in Norfolk.
The group also donates 10 teddy bears to Heritage UMC for their
“Newborns in Need” Mission project each May. These bears go
to new babies, along with a complete handmade layette sets, who
otherwise would go home in just a shirt and diaper.
As the years have past their membership has dwindled. They decided they need to have a recruitment campaign to let the community know what they do and see if they could draw in new members.
The group has put together a tabletop display showing the teddy
bears and surgical dolls they donate to CHKD. It was first displayed at the Annual Winton Class Ham and Cabbage Dinner held
in March. The display will appear again as a manned display at
the “Lemons on the Lawn” Yard Sale and you can look for it at
other times. Information has been put into the area newsletters and
on the church sign out front and as a result an inquiry has been
made from another church about helping them to start a Helping
Hands Group of their own at their church. Recently they had 2
new members at their March meeting. They are really trying to
grow and seem to have a great start. If you would like more information see Carolyn Powers or Mary Ruth Forstall.