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Welcome!
Upcoming Events — December 30, 2018
Calling all children! Children 3 years old through 5th grade are invited to
come and be a part of our Children's Worship time downstairs following
the Children's Message. There they will have opportunities to encounter 2019 Sanctuary
God through scripture, music, prayers, and other meaningful and fun
ways. Elementary-age children will return to the sanctuary and gather Flower Calendar
with the congregation for the benediction each week. At 9:00AM Pre- The 2019 sanctuary flower calendar is
Schoolers move to their 10:10AM Sunday School room. If you have any coming soon to the Reed Room. Won’t you
questions, please contact Pastor Julie Nitzsche. consider participating in this ministry in
2019 by purchasing flowers for our weekly
Children's Sunday School worship services? It is a wonderful way to
celebrate and remember those you love, who will be listed in the
Sunday School, a time of bible discovery with friends, invites all children
worship bulletin. The altar flower arrangement is $40 for each week,
to come and learn at 10:10AM Lynn Bremer leads the elementary class
and you can specify seasonal flowers, if available. You may take the
(Room 106) and Sherry Bryant leads our all new Preschool/Kindergarten
arrangement home after the last worship service on Sunday.
class (Room 110). Classrooms are found in the Education Wing on the
ground floor level.
Joyful Noise Singers
12:15PM Sunday Rehearsal
Aldersgate Church Office Hours Resumes on January 6
Children (grades 1-6) are invited to gather in the Sanctuary from 12:15-
and Pastoral Care Contact 12:30PM (by the organ after 11:00AM service) with Rafael. Sunday
Information practice resumes at 12:15PM on January 6. This will be a time for the
The Aldersgate Church office will closed from Friday, December 21 children to learn more about music and rehearse for upcoming
through Friday, January 4. It will reopen on Monday, January 7 at opportunities to sing in worship as they glorify God. Contact Rafael at
10:00AM. Excluding holidays, the office voicemail and email will be rafaelscarfullery@cvaumc.org.
checked on a daily basis from Monday through Friday. If you have a
need for emergency pastoral care, please call Mrs. Pat Daniel at (434) Important Children’s
975-1363, so she can assist you in reaching the on-call pastor. Thank
you! Ministry Meetings
There are two important children’s ministry meetings in January. On
Monday, January 7 at 7:30PM, the Children’s Ministry Committee will
meet. On January 28, at 7:00PM, the Vacation Bible School Planning
Take the 2019 Bible Challenge! group will meet. So save the dates! See Pastor Julie in you have any
Since 2017, Bishop Lewis of the UMC Virginia Conference has been questions.
encouraging us to read the Heartfelt Gratitude to
Bible in a year. In 2019, the
Bible Challenge will be a Children’s Nativity Volunteers
mixture of daily readings of We would like to thank everyone that helped to make the Children’s
the Old Testament and the Nativity a blessing for all who came. We deeply appreciate all of the
New Testament. children and youth and their parents who made such a tremendous
commitment to share God’s story in this way. We also are grateful to the
In the new year, we hope that Praise Band, Handbells, Higher Voices and all the individuals who served
Aldersgate members will behind the scenes to support this ministry event.
challenge themselves to study
the Bible and strengthen their
faith in the process. To get ROAR
started with the January readings go to: www.vaumc.org/
ncfilerrepository/Bible2019/January 2019.pdf. In addition, we will have Vacation
hand-outs on the 2019 Bible Challenge outside the sanctuary.
Bible School
Save the Date:
June 23-27, 2019
Gifts of Stock – A Great Way to Give
to Aldersgate Church
Many of us have stock that has appreciated substantially during the past
few years. Please consider using it to make a year-end gift to Aldersgate
Church, or pay some or all of your 2019 pledge. In doing so, you’ll avoid
all brokerage charges or commissions, avoid all capital gains taxes,
Youth Sunday School generate a great tax deduction for yourself, and Aldersgate Church will
Each Sunday — 10:10 AM – 10:50 AM receive 100% of the market value of the stock! For more information or
Youth Room - 105 help in making the gift, contact Bob Forrest, a member of the Finance
Every Sunday, Youth Sunday School meets in the Youth Room (107) Committee, by telephone (434-974-6650) or email
from 10:10AM–10:50AM. This is open to all 6th - 12th graders. Contact (bobforrest19@gmail.com). Thank you for your financial support of the
Ms. Rebecca, wagnerwimps@yahoo.com. life and ministry of Aldersgate Church.