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Bethany United Methodist Church The Church with Open Hearts, Minds, and Doors 1860 Hayes Road • PO Box 527 • Gloucester Point VA 23062 Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:00 a.m.‒4:00 p.m. Phone: 804.642.2110 Fax: 804.642.2114 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bethanyumc-gp.org
INTRADA Londonderry Air Irish Folk Song Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th Performed in memory of Kathleen Mattox
WELCOME Pastor Mike
*CALL TO WORSHIP
*OPENING UNISON PRAYER Gracious God, so often we have missed Your presence at the crossroad moments in our lives because we are looking for You to be present in a particular way. Let this time of worship be an encounter with You that will enable us to behold You in all the people we meet and all the situations we greet. You are from everlasting to everlasting, so we are confident that You are here; help us to be aware of Your holy presence. O Lord, enrich this act of worship with the power of the Holy Spirit! We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
*OPENING HYMN (hum) Now Thank We All Our God, all verses UMH 102
SHARING OF JOYS AND CONCERNS Pastor Mike
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION It is on our journey to the cross and the tomb that you fill us with the riches of your mercy, Steadfast Love! You do so, not because of anything we have done, but because of the compassion which flows from your heart. As we open our lives to receive your forgiveness, may we turn to the Light which brings us life, following Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, every step of the way.
WORDS OF ASSURANCE, PRAYERS, AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
VOLUNTARY Chorale: “O Lamb of God, Pure, Spotless Anonymous (1542) Partita on “O Lamb of God, Pure, Spotless,” Johann Sebastian Bach from Eighteen Chorales, BMV 656 (21 March 1685-1750)
“O Lamb of God, pure, spotless, Who suffered man’s unkindness And knew the bitterest anguish: Our sins Thou did bear for us,
STEWARDSHIP 3/7
General Fund Total 4992.11
Pastor’s Discretionary Fund 325.00
Capital Improvement Fund 250.00
ATTENDANCE
10:00 In-person Service 43
YouTube Viewers 28
Total in Worship 71
BUMC STAFF DIRECTORY
Mike Derflinger, Pastor
call/text 540.631.4469, email: [email protected] M-TH 8-4, and by appt.
Adel Trevino, Church Office Administrator
office 804.642-2110 email: [email protected]
M-TH 8-4 closed for lunch, 30 min.
Sandra Fox, Director of Music
call/text 757.329.6128, email: [email protected]
Works from home, by appt.
Dr. Rudy Shackelford, Organist
home 804.642.5938 By appt.
Robin Moscati, Director of Children & Youth Ministries
call/text 571.218.8236, email: [email protected]
M-W 9-4, Sun. available after Worship
VOLUNTEERS SERVING TODAY
Media: Jeremy Nardozzi, Beth Cook, Susannah Hogge, Justus Minor Altar Guild this month: Kathy Jacobs, Sandra Harvey, Susan Conry
Trustee Contact this week: Milton Hudgins Lay Leader: Judy Burner Counting Team: Bernard Robins, Fred Niethamer, Sandra Harvey
WELCOME, GUESTS! We’ve been expecting you! CELL PHONES: Please remember to silence your cell phone before the service begins. Thank you.
*Please stand as you are able. And it’s okay to sit.
UPCOMING COUNTING TEAMS
3/21 Team 3: Al Burner, Judy Burner, Donna Andersen
3/28 Team 4: Doris Luther, Debbie Robins, Susan Rollins
4/4 Team 5: Jackie Hampton, Sue Morecock, Don Thomas
FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT Lenten Series: CROSSROADS
59TH SUNDAY OF COVID 30 TH SUNDAY OF RETURNING TO IN-PERSON WORSHIP
March 14, 2021 10:00am
Else hell had triumphed o’er us, Have mercy on us, O Jesus, Give us Thy peace, O Jesus!” --Nikolaus Decius (1521)
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Being the Example Pastor Robin Pastor Mike
ANNOUNCEMENTS Pastor Mike
OFFERTORY PRAYER Great and generous God, our lives are surrounded by things that steal our lives, inflict and destroy us. The tithes and offering we share with you this day are a way of keeping us focused not on the things that would take life away but will renew our lives: hope, love, compassion, empathy. We pray in the holy name of Jesus the Messiah. Amen.
*SCRIPTURE Luke 9:10-17 Pastor Mike
MESSAGE Crowds Pastor Mike
My notes: __________________________________________________________________________
ANTHEM (prerecorded) It is Well With My Soul Music by Horatio Spoffard Dawn Bontrager, soloist
*SCRIPTURE John 13:12-17 Pastor Mike
MESSAGE Jesus after Footwashing Pastor Mike
My notes: __________________________________________________________________________
*CLOSING HYMN (hum) O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee, vs 1, 4 UMH 430
*BENEDICTION Pastor Mike
EXODUS O the Lamb UMH 300 Harmonized by Rudy Shackelford
Our Usher will escort you out pew by pew.
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Bethany UMC Prayer List BETHANY FAMILY 03.14.21
CANCER/CHEMO: Krista Chase, Carol Johnson, Ted Peterman (NC), Linwood Rowe, Matt Shackelford HEALTH ISSUES: Cliff Beach, Irene Brown, Woody Brown, Bessie Conner, Jimmy Greene, Ann Hogge, Bonnie Lewis, Kris Kiley, Marshall Lewis, Paige Mitchell, Sue Morecock, Peggy Peterman (NC), Nancy Smith, Rosemarie Tong, Rick Wilson HOMEBOUND: Linda Booth, Sid Dixon, Katherine Jordan, Alice McGee, Jack Wallace PARKINSON’S: Mike Andersen, Doris Courtney, Kathleen Greene, Fred Townsend RECOVERING FROM SURGERY: Duane Cecil (PA), Dylan Chapin, Jeannie Harrell, Judy Hudgins, Joy Long, Bob Wharen EXPECTING: Rob & Sam Hornsby HOSPITALIZED: Charlotte Cecil (in PA); Isabella Wheat, NN Specialty Facility @ BR COVID-19: Charlotte Cecil, Debbie Robins UNSPOKEN PRAYER REQUESTS
BETHANY FRIENDS
CANCER/CHEMO: Susan Burnett, Wanda Dowell, Roger Ferguson, Traci Greene, Karen Hendrix, Martin Kulik (NY), Jeanette Nichols, Angie Williams (NY) HEALTH/OTHER ISSUES: Soren Andrews, Hernan Mares, Les Breen, Cathy Brown, Peggy Kearney, Tim Sullivan, Charlie West, Ruth Whitmore RECOVERING FROM SURGERY: Diane Owens, Dottie Myers (PA), Dawn Phillips, Kris Townsend (AZ), Michael Trevino, Larry Wilkinson RECUPERATING AT HOME: Bonnie Burton (MA), Bernice Greene REHABILITATION: Howard Corder (OH), Mary Moscati (MD) COVID-19: Josh Fulgham, Kurt Gardner, Billy Swain HOSPICE: Ben Seawell PRAYERS: Clare Hall’s nephew and family
BUMC’S ACTIVE MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES (italics—Bethany friends)
Edward Bailey, Michael Brown, Peter Demetriades, Meagan Demetriades, Kevin Jacobs, Cory Long (Okinawa), Jim Minor (deployed until May 2021), all members of the military.
ASSISTED LIVING (italics-Bethany friends)
Gloucester House, 7657 Meredith Dr., Gloucester 23061 Lorraine Brown, Rm 107 Doris Courtney, Rm 105 Jean Heywood, Rm 110
Gloucester House, Memory Care Unit, 7657 Meredith Dr, Gloucester
Archie Leigh, Rm 313
Sanders Rehabilitation, 7385 Walker Ave., Gloucester 23061 Jennie Lipscomb, Rm. 1211 Sanders Assisted Living, 7407 Walker Ave., Gloucester 23061 Ellis Hall, Rm 106 Sunrise Senior Living, 2015 Cranbeck Rd., Richmond 23235 Pauline Harris, Apt. 130
OUR MISSIONARY – Clara Biswas, Cambodia.
In Walk Humbly today’s devotional writer writes Losing and Winning, an important life lesson a young daughter taught her mother. Consider helping someone succeed today by giving to the Society of St. Andrew, a nationwide ministry focused on caring for actual physical hunger. Every $3 provides 20 meals of nutritious, fresh food for the hungry.
Monday, March 15th:
Billy and Carolyn Davis. Billy continues to have cortisone shots in his hips and gel in his knees through the VA in Hampton. Prayers for strengthening and better movement in his walking. Carolyn has her COVID shots and Billy will get his second one soon. They have full custody of their 11-yr.-old great-granddaughters Alexis Davis and Sabrina Davis (twins) who are 5th graders at Achilles. Prayers for Alexis and Sabrina in these tender years and for Billy and Carolyn as they raise them.
Scriptures: Psalm 16:1,2, 5-11; Philippians 2:12-18; Matthew 22:35-40.
Wednesday, March 17th:
Rick and Gerri Wilson. Rick has pulmonary sarcoidosis and is waiting on some test results on his left lung: he has seen an oncologist who has said it’s not cancer. It may be chemical exposure from his tours in the Middle East. They are blessed with great neighbors and friends and that Rick is working. Prayers for patience, a good report, and improved physical health.
Scriptures: Psalm 59: 16-17; Psalm 105:1-9; Mark 7:31-37.
FOCUSED PRAYER Preferred time 7-9am or 7-9pm, wherever you are
CONGRATULATIONS, RUDY---Beginning on Monday, March 15th one of Rudy Shackelford’s
musical compositions will be featured on the following website: brassquintetforum.com. It will then be on the site’s main menu for six weeks and remain accessible to site visitors for the foreseeable future. The composition, titled INFOLIATIONS, was commissioned by the Annapolis (MD) Brass Quintet, who performed the world première on 21 February 1988. The website will have a photo of the composer (seated at Bethany’s sanctuary organ) together with a biographical sketch and program notes about the music. Best of all, the score and parts (i.e., sheet music) will be archived in perpetuity at the world-renowned Oberlin (OH) Conservatory of Music, available for research and future performances.
The Bethany Bible Buddies (Also Known As: "3B's") and the Youth Group (AKA: "Uth ") will meet after worship on Sunday, March 21st in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring your smile and your Bible!
BETHANY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The deadline to submit information in the April Banner is Monday, March 15th. Please email your submission to [email protected], call 804.642.2110, or drop a note in the COA mailbox outside the church office. Thank you!
Easter Flowers will be available for donation again this Easter. The deadline to order flowers is Sun., March 21st. Please see order form insert in today’s bulletin for details.
THANK YOU NOTES
Life changes after you lose a kidney, but the love of Bethany Church members continues. Thank you all for the phone calls, cards, food, prayers, and the love I feel from all. God is good all the time! –Jeannie Harrell
A big thank you to all of Bethany for your prayers, the wonderful cards and delicious food. I am doing very well. I have some energy back and the brain fog has left. Thank you again for your wonderful care. Bethany is a caring and serving church. Love to all of you, Dawn Cluts
Memorial Giving/Financial Secretary update: In our ministry of memorial giving, the financial secretary makes a list of givers so that the grieving family can acknowledge the gift. This has been delayed. We continue to try to fill the position of financial secretary. Thank you for your patience. We thank Bernard Robins for his many wonderful years of service: he is
officially "retired" 😉 ! In this in-between time, please direct any questions you have about memorial giving to Adel in the church office and she/I will route your question to someone who can help you. Again, thank you for your patience. - Pastor Mike
Note on Music for Lent
Our Lenten Voluntary this morning is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most profoundly
spiritual compositions, his magisterial setting of the Agnus Dei. Derived from John 1:29 and
added to the Catholic Mass in the 7th century for the rite of Holy Communion, the text consists
of three acclamations:
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
(Lamb of God, who takes away the world’s sins, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the world’s sins, grant us peace.)
Bach’s setting of the Agnus Dei is based on the melody of the Protestant chorale (or hymn)
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (“O Lamb of God, Pure, Spotless,” 1542). Bach composed three
variations corresponding to three stanzas of the hymn. The third variation features some
powerfully graphic tone-painting. For example, to portray the verse “Our sins Thou did bear for
us,” Bach makes the printed notes outline the three crosses on Golgotha:
This type of symbolism, which cannot really be heard, is sometimes called “eye music”!
Quite evident to the ear, however, is the dissonant harmony Bach employs to create a mood of
intense anguish at the penultimate line, “Else hell had triumphed o’er us.”” But this painful
impression is quickly dissolved by a burst of musical sunlight at the last line, “Give us Thy peace
grant to us, O Jesus!” Here, as Dr. Albert Schweitzer remarks, “O Lamm Gottes concludes with
an ascending cadence as if the heavenly messengers — after bringing the prayed for peace —
were returning to their own kingdom.”
--Rudy Shackelford
Nominations and Leadership Development (NOM) Meets as needed. Identifies, nominates, develops, deploys, evaluates and monitors non-paid spiritual leadership for our ministries and committees. Nominates people to fill vacancies as they occur, then Council elects. Some ministries self-elect. Care is given that all committees and ministries reflect inclusivity, diversity, and participation and representation of all generations. Retiring members of this committee are eligible to return after one year. Questions? Please call Pastor Mike, Judy Burner, or the chairperson of the committee.
Pastor Mike Derflinger, Chairperson 540-631-4469 Judy Burner, Lay Leader
Nancy Cooper (2021) Jack Whitmore (2022) Betty Durrette (2023) Kevin Kiley (2021) Pat Hasty (2022) Chip Neikirk (2023) Jackie Hampton (2021) Dawne Sawyer (2022) Jeannie Harrell (2023)
Staff/Pastor-Parish Relations (S/PPRC) Meets monthly on 1
st Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Fosters, consults and evaluates the work and relationship of
the Pastor and employed non-appointed staff with our congregation as they carry out their leadership responsibilities. One of the members shall be a young adult (age 18-35) and one member may be a youth (age 12-18). Recommends salaries for the Pastor and staff to Administrative Council and the Charge Conference. Makes the annual recommendation for appointed pastoral leadership to the Bishop through the District Superintendent. Creates staff position descriptions and has authority to hire, evaluate, retire, and dismiss non-appointed employed staff.
Cat White, Chairperson 804-654-9994
Ann Hogge (2021) Cat White (2022) Ann Byrd (2023) Austin Kent (2021) Tom Smith (2022) Douglas Vaughn (2023) Rob Raines (2021) vice-chair Susannah Hogge (2022) Jackie Hampton (2023)
Paul Kendall, Lay Member of Annual Conference Judy Burner, Lay Leader Pastor Mike Derflinger
Trustees
Meets 2nd
Wednesdays at 9 a.m. on odd months. Oversees buildings, grounds, insurances, parsonage, legal issues, security system, safety guidelines, and capital improvements. Cooperates with local authorities in the event of a local or national tragedy. Coordinates regular maintenance and church wide cleaning days.
Al Burner, Chairperson 804-642-6016 or 804-413-4444
Don Thomas (2021) Al Burner (2022) Donna Andersen (2023) Milton Hudgins (2021) Donna Lane (2022) Tom Barnard (2023) M. E. Thomas (2021) Diana Simmons (2022) Bob Blubaugh (2023)
