THE CIRCUIT RIDER Vol. 15, No. 10 October 2015 FROM THE PASTOR “I have a dream.” It is many years now since Marn Luther King, Jr., stood at the Washington Monument and delivered those words, but they will never be forgo!en. Whenever someone says, “I have a dream,” the world waits and listens. As Charge Conference approaches and we go about the work of dreaming big for Chamberlayne Heights, it will be important to remember the dreams that grew and shaped this place. We will also be looking to the year ahead and beyond. It is a good me to ask, “Just what are our dreams?” What shape are our dreams taking? Hints of the answer to this queson may be found in the reports and presentaons offered. As we begin to dream big, I want us to connue to ask ourselves, “Would Jesus be pleased with these plans?” Is there enough here to tax our talents and to stretch us both as individuals and as a congregaon? Are they the dreams of a group commi!ed to love of neighbor? This Issue From the Pastor p.1 Birthdays Anniversaries p.2 Bazaar & Bake Sale p.3 Music Notes p.4 Feed My Sheep p.5 Touch O’ the Pipe p.6 Help is Needed p.7 Bifocals at CAT p.8 Christmas Cantata Talent Show p.9 Family Night Dinner Garden Pavers p.10 Calendar p.11 Place Stamp Here Chamberlayne Heights United Methodist Church 6100 Chamberlayne Road Richmond, VA 23227 October 2015 IN MINISTRY Rev. Linda Ray, Pastor P: (540) 207-1787 E: [email protected]Janet Holmes, Office Administrator P: (804) 266-3551 E: [email protected]Allison Stowers, Director Music Ministries P: (804) 266-3551 E: [email protected]Patricia Dombroski, Treasurer P: (804) 266-3551 E: [email protected]Office Hours M,T,W,TH 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM 6100 Chamberlayne Rd. / Richmond, VA 23227 P: (804) 266-3551 E: [email protected]W: www.chamberlayneheightsumc.org F: www.facebook.com/chumc51 If you would like to subscribe or unsubscribe to our monthly newsle7er e-mail and/or mail, please contact the church office Our Vision Statement: ALIVE IN CHRIST: Growing in the Word, Living the Word, Sharing the Word Words to Digest Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow. - Philip Gulley
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THE CIRCUIT RIDER
Vol. 15, No. 10
October 2015
FROM THE PASTOR
“I have a dream.” It is many years now since
Mar�n Luther King, Jr., stood at the Washington Monument and
delivered those words, but they will never be forgo!en.
Whenever someone says, “I have a dream,” the world waits and
listens.
As Charge Conference approaches and we go about the work of
dreaming big for Chamberlayne Heights, it will be important to
remember the dreams that grew and shaped this place.
We will also be looking to the year ahead and beyond. It is a
good �me to ask, “Just what are our dreams?” What shape are
our dreams taking? Hints of the answer to this ques�on may be
found in the reports and presenta�ons offered.
As we begin to dream big, I want us to con�nue to ask ourselves,
“Would Jesus be pleased with these plans?” Is there enough
here to tax our talents and to stretch us both as individuals and
If you would like to subscribe or unsubscribe to our monthly newsle7er e-mail and/or mail, please contact the church office
Our Vision Statement: ALIVE IN CHRIST:
Growing in the Word, Living the Word, Sharing the Word
Words to Digest
Fear can keep us up all night
long, but faith makes one
fine pillow.
- Philip Gulley
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S M T W TH F ST
1
2
3
4:45 pm
That Dance
Thing
4
8:45 am Worship
9:45 am Sunday School
11:00 am Worship
5
10:30 am Meal
Makers
6:00 pm Handbell
Class
7:00 pm Joy Ringers
6
7
10:00 am Renovare
6:00 pm Family Night
Dinner/Talent Show
7:00 pm Cantata
Prac�ce
7:45 pm Glory
Singers
8
9
4:00 pm
Prep for Stew
10
5:00 am
Cooking
Stew
Noon-2:30
pm Bake
Sale
1:00 pm
Stew Pick Up
11
8:45 am Worship
9:45 am Sunday School
11:00 am Worship
12
10:00 am ODDA
10:30 am Meal
Makers
6:00 pm Handbell
Class
7:00 pm Joy Ringers
13
12:00 pm Senior
Luncheon
2:00 pm Kni!ers
& Crocheters
14
10:00 am Renovare
7:00 pm Cantata
Prac�ce
7:45 pm Glory
Singers
15
16
6:30 pm RARC
17
4:45 pm
That Dance
Thing
18
8:00 am Men’s
Breakfast
8:45 am Worship –Joy
Ringers
9:45 am Sunday School
11:00 am Worship-Joy
Ringers
12:15 pm Missions/
Outreach Mee�ng
19
10:30 am Meal
Makers
6:00 pm Handbell
Class
7:00 pm Joy Ringers
20
21
10:00 am Renovare
7:00 pm Cantata
Prac�ce
7:45 pm Glory
Singers
22
23
10:30 am– to
2:30 pm
Bazaar & Bake
Sale at The
Hermitage
24
9:30 am to
Noon Bazaar
& Bake Sale
at The
Hermitage
25
8:45 am Worship
9:45 am Sunday School
11:00 am Worship
3:00 pm Finance
Mee�ng
4:00 pm Administra�ve
Council Mee�ng
26
10:30 am Meal
Makers
6:00 pm Handbell
Class
7:00 pm Joy Ringers
27
9:00 am Senior
Breakfast
9:30 am Old Ivy
Garden Club
9:30 am LAMB’S
Basket
28
10:00 am Renovare
7:00 pm Cantata
Prac�ce
7:45 pm Glory
Singers
29 30 31
October 2015
Prayer Ministry
Family Nelma Short
Carolyn & Emmett Spurlock
Dorothy Grainger
June Carpenter
Louise King
Phyllis Cartwright
Jerry Slaunwhite
Imogene & Quincy Watson
Betty Peters
Clyde Bellamy
Judy Simmons
Martha Williams Rekni
Jean Turner
Rose Marie Harris
Friends
Jackie & Franklin Wade
Barbara Wynn
Emily Cook
Robin Deans
Jan Anderson
Dawn & Tim Hawkins
John Pratt
Skeet Best-West
Dee Carter
Pat Koontz
Carol Compton
Ron & Lila Kieselhorst
Bay Billups
Joey O’Brien
Katie Belcher
Don Van Dyke Colby
John Deaton
Beth Brodie Venn
Tom Foster
Tom & Pat Hale
Traci Shoppert & Son
Aubrey Dixon
Elaine Vanderzille
Military Personnel
Kevin Morgan
Thomas Muniz
Emmett Spurlock III
Chris Davis
Missions
Sierra Leone: Kip and
Nancy Robinson
UMCOR
Malawi: Rebecca
Long
Birthdays &
Anniversaries
October Birthdays
1 Mildred Peay
2 Chris�na Williams
3 Edna Collins
8 Marie Turner
11 Beverley Jackson
11 Thelma Wood
13 Jerry Slaunwhite
16 Emme! Spurlock
17 Connie Brown
17 Judy Simmons
18 Arthur Nunnally
21 Jane Gill
26 Thomas Muniz
October Anniversaries
7 Charles & Pauline
Brown
22 Jerry & Merle
Slaunwhite
(From the Pastor con�nued)
The next step is to pray around these dreams with the focus being
on our ac�ons because every good dream issues an ac�on. What
are we willing to risk for these dreams? Call to mind the biblical
story of Jacob’s Ladder. Jacob thought he had escaped from God but
the dream forced him to see that God was everywhere. On that
basis Jacob built an alter, returned home, made amends and
changed his ways. Following a dream can be costly, but it can also
be magne�c.
It is a long way from the dream to the task of helping it to come true,
but this is the way God has chosen for us as children of God to live—
from dream to ac�on and from ac�on to accomplishment.
I con�nue to be honored to be on this journey with you.
Together in service,
Pastor Linda
Country Store
BAZAAR & BAKE SALE
October 23, 2015
10:30 AM—2:30 PM
AND
October 24, 2015
9:30 AM—NOON
The Hermitage
1600 Westwood Avenue
474-1800
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News around the church
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Family Night Dinner/Talent Show
October 7 at 6:00 p.m.
The October Family Night Dinner program will
be really exci�ng because you are it!!! This is
your opportunity to let others enjoy those
hidden talents. Call Allison to get your name on
the program. Dinner will also be special
because you will make it so. Bring your favorite
dish to share. Jean Deitz will be glad if you
volunteer to help with kitchen duty and
cleanup. This night promises to be filled with
fun and laughter. You will be glad you came!
Grace upon grace,
Martha Sherrod
Garden Pavers
The Memorial Garden at Chamberlayne Heights United Methodist Church established in
memory of Ruth Armour by her family.
Here’s an opportunity for you to purchase a brick paver(s) in memory of a loved one. The brick
paver will be inscribed with the name and date of someone you would like to remember.
The cost of the pavers:
2 lines with 12 Characters per line (counAng spaces) $125.00
3 lines with 12 Characters per line (counAng spaces) $135.00
Order forms are available in the narthex or from the church office. Also, contact the church office,
Joyce Paschall or Phin Wood with your ques�ons or for addi�onal informa�on. Plans are being
made now to lay new brick pavers with inscrip�on. This is a special way to remember those we
love and those who have loved CHUMC during their life�me.
Christmas Cantata
We will con�nue rehearsals for our Christmas Cantata, “The First Noel” each Wednesday
EXCEPT the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm.
If music touches your soul, but perhaps your schedule does not allow you to sing with our
Glory Singers each Sunday, then this is for you! Come join us – with or without previous
choral experience. We will teach you everything you need to know!
Our congrega�on and community are full of talented singers and the powerful ministry of
our Christmas Cantata is your opportunity to give back to God and celebrate the season!
TALENT SHOW!!!
Do you juggle?
Play the harmonica?
Dance?
Fold a fi!ed sheet?
Can you catch a marshmallow in your mouth?
Can your grandchild recite the alphabet backwards?
God has blessed us ALL with different talents, giPs, quirks, etc. and we want to know about
them!
Our October Wednesday night dinner (October the 7th
) will feature you! This will be a night
of fun, food, fellowship, and new memories to cherish! Let me know right away what your
talent is and how you want to show us. The quirkier, the be!er!
Everyone is welcome, so invite your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers to show off
their talent and feast on the fabulous dinner!
Contact Allison – 804-651-5488
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MUSIC NOTES!
HandBell Class 101
Beginning Monday, October 5th at 6:00pm, we
will once again offer a HandBell Class for
anyone who would like to learn how to play
our handbells and handchimes! This is a fun,
relaxed learning atmosphere for all ages 10 –
110, and NO previous music knowledge or
experience is necessary. Chairs are available
for anyone who wishes to sit.
If you know your right from left and can
count to six, then come and have fun! Let
your friends, and neighbors know!
Contact Allison with any questions or to find
out more 804-651-5488
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OCTOBER SENIOR CONNECTION MEETING TO
EXPLORE THEATER BY, ABOUT AND FOR SENIORS
We hope you will join us October 13, 2015 for a very entertaining program
presented by representatives of Bifocals at CAT, an outreach theater program
designed for senior audiences in the greater Richmond area.
Formerly called The Bifocals Theater Project and associated with Virginia
Repertory Theatre, Bifocals casts senior actors in short theatrical productions
which tour senior centers in an effort to reach patrons who might not be able
to attend a performance at a theater. You may remember several
Christmases ago, we enjoyed a performance of one of their productions for
our December program when we were all encouraged to wear outrageous
hats!
In addition to touring, an evening and a matinee performance will be held at
the Northern Henrico Civic Association building at 319 N. Wilkinson Rd., just
minutes from our church. Information about the four plays planned for the
current season can be found on the CAT Theatre website at
www.cattheatre.com.
Please plan to come and meet some of the delightful people involved in this
exciting venture. They will join us for a covered dish luncheon at noon, and
then present their program at 1 pm. Let’s all bring a friend, an extra food
offering for the expected large number of program participants and have a
large and welcoming audience for Bifocals at CAT.
Your support is needed to make our
BENEFIT BAKE SALE successful!
Needed: BAKED GOODS, SHOPPERS, DONATIONS
In an effort to support the United Board of Global Ministries’ campaign to end malaria in 16 African countries, we are holding this bake sale in order to
help accomplish these goals:
1. provide needed bed nets to keep malaria-carrying mosquitoes at bay
2. provide training for health care personnel who are on hand to treat
malaria victims
3. improve equipment in 300+ clinics to provide life-saving treatment
* Please plan on bringing your contributions of baked goods to the
fellowship hall between 11:00 and noon on Oct. 10.
* Special envelopes will be available for folks who’d prefer to contribute
to this effort with your check or cash.
* This will be a good time to stock up on some goodies that will freeze nicely for the approaching holidays!
IMAGINE NO MALARIA!!!
FEED MY SHEEP
Outreach/Missions Up-date
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Noon to 2:30
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Touch O’ the Pipe
Bud Deihl, Chance Bell, Owen Brodie and Bill Lively invite you to share an
evening of Highland bagpipe and Scottish small pipe music as they
present Touch O’ the Pipe.
Join them for a free concert.
Saturday, October 10, 2015
8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
Reception following concert.
Contact Information:
Bon Air Christian Church, 2071 Buford Road, Richmond, VA 23225
(804)272-6228
Malawi, Africa HELP IS NEEDED!
This long narrow country on the southeastern coast of the African con�nent is the
home for our own Rebecca Long who is serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Becca is
teaching at the Chulu Community Day Secondary School where she teaches classes in
biology, history, and Life Skills.
With supplies for her students in very limited supply, we are reaching out to her church
family to solicit dona�ons of certain types of materials that will enhance her ability to
teach these students.
Our collec�on will run for the month of October, ending on Sunday, October 25, aPer
which �me we plan on shipping a box or two of supplies to her. Postage for packages by
mail is very high, so you may elect to contribute to the postage rather than purchasing
needed supplies. Please use a church envelope for this type of contribu�on, marked
“Postage for Malawi”.
A collec�on area will be set up in the narthex for your contribu�ons. As you can see,
some of these items are the same ones that our local students use every day, but are
not available to her students!! Here are suggested items that Becca says she needs:
