SUNDAY WORSHIP
SCHEDULE
Celebration
Praise Worship
8:30 a.m.
Traditional Worship
11:00 a.m.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
9:45 a.m.
For All Ages
FRIDAY
Celebrate Recovery
Community Meal
6:00 p.m.
Worship Service
6:30 p.m.
VOLUME 11 ISSUE 7 JULY 2013
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
R & R 2
Potluck 3
Thank you 3
A New Name 3
Our Family 4
Staying Connected 5
Prayer Study 6
Henry Fork Center 7
REDWOOD
GOLF TOURNAMENT
"Mark your calendars!
The Redwood Golf tournament is set for
August 3, 2013 at Mariner's Landing Golf Course.
Lunch is at 12:00 noon and tee off at 1:00 pm.
Signup sheets are available; talk to Steve Ratliff
(540-334-1028) or [email protected].
If you're not a golfer there's plenty of things to do to
support the event. Folks are needed to help at the
course to set things up, drive the snack carts around,
check golfers in, and set up the prizes."
We're bringing a global fair to the kids
at our Vacation Bible School, EVERY-
WHERE FUN FAIR: WHERE GOD'S
WORLD COMES TOGETHER! Your
children will become neighbors at EVE-
RYWHERE FUN FAIR as they explore
God's welcoming love and discover how
Jesus teaches us to be great
neighbors.
After a high energy opening at Friend-
ship Central, the neighbors make their
way to the Bible Bazaar. Interactive
Bible lessons reveal five Friendship
Phrases for living as the kind of neighbor Jesus teaches us to be,
and your neighbors will discover Scripture Souvenir memory verses
that will boost their faith long after VBS.
The children will expand on what they've discovered by participating
in a variety of activities: making their own art projects at the Crea-
tion Zone, singing new music at the Choral Corner, participating in
recreational activities in Global Games, and enjoying tasty snacks at
the Eatery Expo.
To register or to find out more about EVERYWHERE FUN FAIR, call
the church office at 483-9090 or visit the church website
at www.redwoodumc.org.
STEP RIGHT UP!
JOIN US AT REDWOOD UMC
ON JULY 7-11 FROM 6:00-8:00.
R&R Ruminations and Reflections from the Pastor’s Study
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PRIMING THE PUMP OF PRAYER
The theme of last month’s Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church was, “Lord, teach us
to pray.” Our new leader, Bishop Young Jin Cho, has cast the vision for us Methodists to become a praying
people. He recognizes that a main reason Methodists fail to be fruitful today is that they’ve become so busy
doing ministry, that they overlook the real power source for ministry: God. Bishop Cho understands that a
dynamic church which makes a true and lasting impact is a church which prays.
Bishop Cho asked seminary professor and author Dr. Steven Harper to lead the Annual Conference Bible study sessions on
prayer. These were fantastic! As Dr. Harper led us to Acts (a book we’re immersed in right now at Redwood), he pointed out
that the early disciples were devoted to “the prayers” (Acts 2:42). “The prayers” he said referred not to praying, in general, but
to their way of prayer. The early Christians—as did all good Jews of the day—had a set pattern of daily prayers. There were
seven set times of prayer throughout each day. In other words, much like modern Muslims pause to pray five times a day, the
early Christians paused regularly throughout their day to go to God in prayer. (There are indications that Jesus, himself, fol-
lowed just such a pattern of daily prayers.) Dr. Harper asked us—and I ask you: “Do you have a patterned prayer life?”
The idea of moving towards praying at seven set times throughout the day is overwhelming even for me. But I believe there’s
something to be said for, what St. Paul called, “praying without ceasing” (ref. 1 Thessalonians 5.17). Perhaps even just one set
time of prayer each day can lead us to incorporate prayer more frequently throughout the day.
In the past two years, I’ve discovered what this can be like. My daily routine of early morning prayer and devotion has become
something of a daily exercise in priming the pump. I have found that, the more regularly I pray in the morning, the more often
I’m praying at other times of the day: when I’m driving to the office; when I’m sitting to start writing my sermon; when I
pause to eat lunch; when I’m on my way to a visit or a meeting; before calling someone on the phone; while I’m washing dishes
after dinner; while brushing my teeth; when I lie down to go to sleep. Praying intentionally just once a day has primed the pump
of my prayer life. I find myself more conscious of and attuned to the Holy Spirit throughout my day, and praying more than I
ever had before.
The truly amazing part is that, when the pump is primed, and I’m more prayerful throughout the day, everything is different!
Not only is my work more fruitful, more productive, more enjoyable, but also I live my life more aware of and grateful for
God’s blessings. Grace primes the pump, and more grace flows, filling me with joy, with love, with hope, with peace. So I
challenge you: If you don’t have a set time for daily prayer, take it up. You will find God using it to abundantly bless!
Your brother in Christ,
Brad Dulaney
Pastor
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Redwood UMC
With Warmest Thanks
The Memorial Garden and the other memorials were a won-
derful gift, in memories of our loved ones and friends.
I am one of Rev. Comers' daughters, and I want to say
"Thank You" to everyone. Some I remember and know and
some new.
I had a wonderful time and have added some new memo-
ries. My mother, sister, nephew and I are grateful.
Kay Comer Hill
To My Church Family
I want to thank you all for the cards and telephone calls.
It meant a lot to know you were so thoughtful and caring.
Much love,
Kathryn Bennett
What's in a name? Why a change in name? Sometimes a change in
name is just that - a name change.
That is true of the Roanoke United Methodist Home, now officially
"The Hermitage in Roanoke".
ONLY the name has changed, not the care and service received by
the residents. The facility is a non-profit community providing con-
tinuing care. The Hermitage in Roanoke is one of seven facilities
owned and operated by VUMH, Inc. and most are already named Her-
mitage. The name change to The Hermitage in Roanoke strengthens its
connection to the history and heritage of VUMH. Being a continuing
care facility means that resident, if they choose, may continue to reside there the remainder of their lives.
You may wonder what happens if a resident outlives his/her financial resources. The Samaritan Program, to which we all
have the opportunity to contribute, provides a lifeline for those persons. Contributions made to the Samaritan Program pro-
vide financial assistance to those individuals who have exhausted their funds and enables them to remain in the facility where
they receive the same quality of caring services. The staff of The Hermitage does not even know which residents are Samari-
tan assisted. We will be receiving an offering for the Samaritan Program on July 14, 2013. That is your opportunity to
help.
Peggy Woody
Hermitage Guild Representative
Thank You Redwood!
Thank you so much for all of your Hospitality!
York River District Youth Choir
Church-Wide Potluck…
At Four Corners Farm
Sunday, July14 @ 4-7pm
One and all are welcome, bring your family, your friends,
you do not have to be a member of the church. Family fun
and games for ALL ages as well as a corn hole game, live
music, ladder ball, volleyball! Come on out and have a good
ole’ time at the farm! Please bring a lawn chair and picnic
blankets if you’d like. Play an instrument? Bring it along,
too.
Directions to the Farm: From Rocky Mount
· US 220 North, Turn left (west) onto Brick Church Road
(697—by the Virginia Furniture
Market (from here look for the Four Corners Farm signs)
· Take the second left onto Parkview Drive
· Follow to curve in road, then left onto Old Mill Creek
Lane—dirt driveway
· Straight over the hill and down in the holler is our red
roofed farmhouse
2 - John Lumsden
3 - Joe Brown
Teresa Brown
Rose Scott
P.L. Lynch
6 - Dennis Powell
8 - Pete Zeigler
13 - Haley Crutchfield
Josh McPherson
14 - Barbara Brown
16 - Jarrett Amos
19 - Nancy Lynch
22 - Chasity Campbell
23 - June Palmer
Pat Tolbert
26 - Caden Palmer
27 - George Board
Angela Davis
Ray Ferguson
Yvonne Hughes
28 - Phillis Smith
30 – Taylor Kidd
31 - Danny Rigney
2 - Mike & Tammy Manning
17 - John & Megan Sawyers
20 - Stewart & Susan Mason
30 - Walter & Yvonne Hughes
OFFERING COUNTERS 1 - Carol Boychuck, Yvonne Hughes,
Linda Waybright
8 - Ann Altice, Pat Hrning,
Geraldine Hylton
15 - Elaine Chitwood, Sherry Lynch,
Phillis Smith, Louise Wimmer
22 - Wanda Housman, Chuck MacKenzie,
Janice Powell, Aubrey Smith
HEAD USHER
Steve Morris
LITURGIST
Susan Hughes
COMMUNION SERVERS
8:30
Mary Mack, Danny Hicks, Heather Sanders
11:00
Linda Haldaman, Barbara Brown, Ann Altice,
Yvonne Hughes, Pat Tolbert
GREETERS
Bill Law
FRANKLIN HEALTH CARE
720 Orchard Ave.
Rocky Mount, VA 24151
Catherine Campbell
Annise Preston SOUTH ROANOKE NURSING HOME
3823 Franklin Rd. SW
Roanoke, VA 24014
Mattie Johnson
Wink Clements HERMITAGE OF ROANOKE
1009 Old Country Club Rd.
Box 305
Roanoke, VA 24017
Martenia Nester KING’S GRANT
350 Kings Way Rd.
Martinsville, VA
Margaret Thurman RUNK & PRATT
SML Retirement Village
115 Retirement Dr.
Hardy, VA 24101
FLOWERS
7 - Sharon Merritt
14 - Louise Wimmer
21 - Gaye Campbell & Sherry Lynch
28 - Gaye Campbell & Sherry Lynch
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8:30
Front Door
7- Annette Board
14 - Paula Ratliff
21 - Jason Cundiff
28 - Danny Hicks
Side Door
7 - Frances Brown
14 - Brenda Hicks
21 - Russell Meeks
28 - Joyce Minnear
11:00
Front Door
7 - Ann Altice
14 - Linda Waybright
21 - Judy Hodges
28 - Reva Campbell
Side Door
7 - Eva Mae Tyree
14 - Louise Wimmer
21 - Rhonda Hodges
28 - Elaine Chitwood
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OUR MILITARY
RCT Ryan S. Emerson 6076
Marianne K. Nassef
Reserve Chaplain
US Air Force
Master Sgt. Joel Via
Lcpl. Robert J. Perdue
San Diego, CA
Lcpl. Wesley T. Perdue
Palm, CA
Marine—Harlee Paschal
Remember Our Home Bound
Essie Doss
484 Twin Creeks Ferrum,VA 24088
Dorothy Hodges
160Goldmine Rd. Glade Hill, VA 24092
Tessie Perdue
P.O.Box 45 Redwood, VA 24146
Judy Gring
Ferrum College c/o Jeff Gring P.O. Box 1000
Ferrum, VA 24088
Thelma Bowman P.O. Box 46
Redwood, VA 24146
Gracie Via 1536 Rosewalk Lane Roanoke, VA 24014
Danny Rigney
109 White Pine
Boones Mill, VA 24065 Congratulations to Susan Hughes who was commis-
sioned as a Provisional Deacon in the United Method-
ist Church Saturday, June 22nd during Annual Confer-
Kroger Gift Card & Tips—Everyone loves a win-win situation. Our June check was for
$874.00. Kroger sells gift cards to many places, and pre-paid Visa cards. Check out their
display behind the cash registers. The win-win occurs when you purchase these gift cards
with your Redwood Kroger card. Just go to Kroger, select the gift card and the money
amount, got to the checkout line, and purchase with your Redwood Kroger card. You will
receive double fuel points and our church will receive 5% of your total purchase. If you
would like Kroger card, contact the church office at (540) 483-9090 o r
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Lesson #22 in the Celebrate Recovery manual is called
“Gratitude”. We are encouraged to have an “attitude of grati-
tude” every day in our prayer life and:
Be thankful to God: “Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiv-
ing, present your request to God.” Philippians 4:6
Be thankful for others: “Let the peace of Christ keep you
in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of
this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate
thankfulness. Let the word of Christ—the Message—have
the run of the house.” Colossians 3:15-16
Be thankful for my recovery: “As for us, we have this
large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid
ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and the sin
which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determi-
nation the race that lies before us.” Hebrews 12:1
Be thankful for my church: “Enter the temple gates with
thanksgiving.” Psalm 100:4
What are you grateful for in your life? How do you show your
gratitude?
Join us every Friday @ 6PM for dinner, worship, and small
group discussion at Redwood UMC. We are grateful for this
ministry!
For more information about Celebrate Recovery, call Paula
Ratliff at 334-1028 or e-mail [email protected].
Stephen Ministers: The After People People often ask, “What exactly is a Stephen Minister?”
One way to put it is that Stephen Ministers are the
After People.
Stephen Ministers are there:
. . . after the phone call you hoped you’d never get.
. . . after the divorce papers are served and the bottom falls
out of your life.
. . . after the funeral, when everyone has left and the emo-
tions you’ve held at bay come crashing in on you.
. . . after the doctor says, “I’m sorry, but there’s nothing
more we can do.”
. . . after the nursing home director shakes your hand and
says, “Welcome to your new home.”
. . . after the last child honks the horn, waves, and drives
away—and the house suddenly seems empty.
. . . after the gavel goes down, the handcuffs go on, and
your loved one is led away.
. . . after the baby arrives, demanding more of you than you
ever dreamed possible.
. . . after you find a pink slip with your final paycheck.
... . after your family and friends have heard your story
one too many times, but you still need to talk it out.
Stephen Ministers are the “After People.” They are ready
to come alongside you—or your friends, neighbors, co-
workers, or relatives—and provide comfort and support for
as long after as needed.
Copyright © 2009 by Stephen Ministries St. Louis, Missouri. All rights
reserved. Representatives of a congregation have permission to photo-
copy this document for use within their congregation to build support for
Stephen Ministry.
Prayer Study
Prayer Ministry Beginning with
Study—Several weeks ago, Rev. Du-
laney challenged the church to begin an
intentional prayer ministry. 19 persons
stepped up to the plate!
The next step towards the formation of
this ministry is to train and equip those who want to be a part
of it. On Wednesday evenings through the rest of the summer,
Rev. Dulaney and Linda Haldaman will facilitate a 7-week
study on intercessory prayer. Even if you missed last week’s
introductory session, it’s not too late to jump on board! Con-
tact Rev. Dulaney (483-9090 or [email protected]) or
Linda Haldaman (420-2396 or [email protected]) for
further information.
Even if you didn’t sign up to be a part of the prayer ministry,
you’re welcome to join this study!
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Elizabeth L. Nichols
Henry Fork Service Center
P.O. Box 888, Rocky Mount, VA 24151
(540) 483-2819 [email protected]
Advance Special #982953
June 2013
“so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs
to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given
us.” Romans 12:5-6a
Dear Friends in Christ,
We finished the school year at Henry Fork Service Center yesterday with a carnival full of relay races and games for
our 60+ Afterschool program children. We have a couple of days to get ready, then begin the Summer Program on Monday,
June 17th with all ages coming to the campus from 9:00-3:00 Monday – Friday. As I was getting my daily dose of Vitamin D
and ridding our raised beds from the weed invasion, this reflection came to me.
I’m not a Master Gardener, but I can work with our children and youth to grow food in our neighborhood. The pre-
school students started the first crop of sugar snap peas in early March, and we picked the peas a couple of weeks ago and tried
them. The afterschool students helped to plant tomato plants, pepper plants, and cucumber and squash seeds. Those plants have
thrived on the rain and the warm weather, and we have peppers on the plants. I’m afraid to try them because we planted six dif-
ferent varieties and one of those was jalapenos! But we’ll be eating the peppers off the vines because I could take my limited
knowledge and share it with the students around me.
I’m not a naturalist, but I can share my love for the outdoors and little knowledge of plants and trees with the children
and youth around me. Last year one of the favorite themed weeks was outdoor week. Now that was probably because we
cooked our own hot dogs and got to made s’mores hot off the bonfire, but we also went hiking in one of the county parks. We
noticed first hand that we had coniferous trees and deciduous trees (pine trees and hardwoods!). We discovered that sassafras
trees have three different kinds of leaves and for “leaves of three, let them be.” We were able to spend a couple of hours in
God’s creation because the teachers were willing to go with me on an adventure, and are planning to do that once a week this
summer.
I’m not a master chef (by any means), but I can cook with the children and youth around me. The preschool students
spent considerable time in the kitchen this year, making cookies and brownies and cooking Thanksgiving Dinner for their fami-
lies. The Venture Crew made spaghetti and chocolate chip pancakes (not on the same day) and learned both how to work to-
gether and to cook from scratch. By giving them a chance to experiment, we learned that you can put too many chocolate chips
in a pancake, and that canned is good but homemade is better.
We are seeking volunteers to work with all of our students on these activities and more this summer and as we move
into the school year. There are probably organizations and activities in your church and community in which you can share your
knowledge. God does not call us to be experts before we share our gifts; God calls us to share our gifts. The group of United
Methodist Women from the Richmond District who recently visited Henry Fork Service Center had probably never built a
fence for cucumber vines, but by working together they accomplished their task. The following verses in Romans 12 state, “If
it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach, if it is encouraging, let him encourage, if it is contributing to the needs
of other, let him give generously.”
Thank you for sharing generously through Covenant Relationships and the Advance. May God bless you as you reach
out in partnership with my ministry at Henry Fork Service Center and in mission in your community.
Lisa Nichols
Church and Community Worker
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CHURCH STAFF
Pastor, Bradley S. Dulaney
Minister of Community Outreach Susan Hughes
Treasurer, Dalphia Furrow
Director of Children & Youth Ministries, Eric Anderson
Director of Music Ministries, Jerry Sayers
Pianist, Lisa Edwards
Administrative Assistant, Pat Tolbert
Nursery Staff, Rebecca Dillon
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
All information for August newsletter should be given to
Pat Tolbert by July 15th.
3001 Old Franklin Turnpike Phone: 540-483-9090
Rocky Mount, VA 24151 FAX: 540-483-9090
E-mail—[email protected]
OUR MISSION:
TO CONNECT THE UNCONNECTED
TO A COMMUNITY OF FAITH WHERE
JESUS CHRIST TRANSFORMS THEM
INTO WORLD-CHANGING DISCIPLES.
Our Ministry Process
The church office will be closed on Thursday,
July 4 in observance of Independence Day.