4/25 team 2 niethamer, sandra harvey total in worship 87
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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
STEWARDSHIP 3/28
General Fund Total 2351.14
Pastor’s Discretionary Fund 85.00
Capital Improvement Fund 170.00
ATTENDANCE
10:00 In-person Service 53
YouTube Viewers 32
Total in Worship 87
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
Acolytes: Cooper & Stella White Media: Jeremy Nardozzi, Beth Cook, Susannah Hogge Altar Guild this month: Pauline Reimold, Paul Kendall Trustee Contact this week: Donna Andersen Lay Leader: Judy Burner Counting Team: Jackie Hampton, Sue Morecock, Don Thomas
UPCOMING COUNTING TEAMS
4/11 Team 6: Charlotte Cecil, Betty Durrette, Clair Hillard
4/18 Team 1: Mary Kaylor, Ann Byrd, Pat Hasty
4/25 Team 2: Bernard Robins, Fred Niethamer, Sandra Harvey
Please stand in honor of God’s Resurrection power in Jesus our Messiah!
INTRADA Hallelujah Chorus, from “Messiah” George Frederic Handel
Transcribed for organ by Virgil Fox (1685-1759)
“Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Hallelujah! The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever, Hallelujah! King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and he shall reign for ever and ever, Hallelujah!” --Revelation 19:6, 11:15, 19:16
WELCOME Pastor Mike
*CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Jesus Christ is risen today! People: We are as astonished as those who first went to his tomb! Leader: The tomb could not hold him. People: It’s Amazing! Christ shattered the powers of death and sin. Leader: We know that our Redeemer lives! People: It’s all so mind-bending, so faith-bending! We join with our brothers and sisters in the faith around the world: Hallelujah! Christ is risen, indeed!
*OPENING HYMN (hum) Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, vs. 1, 2, 3 UMH 302
SHARING OF PRAYER CONCERNS Pastor Mike
UNISON PRAYER Powerful God, today is a day to feel, even more than to understand; a day to accept more than a day to explain. Even though our foundations have been shaken, by your grace we choose to move forward. You are a God full of astounding surprises! You hear and answer prayer. We are happy knowing that You are our Light and our Salvation. Give us your hope and love so that our faces can be the color and the light you want for our world. Once again, You are going ahead of us, making all things new. The praise and glory belong to You!
PRAYERS AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
VOLUNTARY Holy Song of Thanksgiving by a Convalescent Ludwig van Beethoven to the Deity, from String Quartet No. 15 (1770-1827) in A Minor, Opus 132 Transcribed for organ-piano duet by Rudy Shackelford (World première performance of this transcription)
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE When is 'Empty' Good? Pastor Robin
WORLDWIDE VIRTUAL CHOIR Thine Be the Glory
ANNOUNCEMENTS Pastor Mike
OFFERTORY PRAYER Mighty God of Resurrection power: We so desperately need the “Alleluia!” this morning! We have lived with death for so long; we have been trapped in our tombs so long, we could not be more anxious to hear the report from Mary, “I have seen the Lord!” We know in our hearts that you have been with us through all the past year has handed us, and we have seen you in the generosity of heart that has brought us through these days. As we give back to you this day, may we do so as those convinced that light will always wash away darkness, and life will always defeat death! We pray in the name of our Risen Savior. Amen.
*SCRIPTURE Luke 24:1-10 pew Bible NT p. 85
THE MESSAGE The Resurrection of Jesus Pastor Mike
THE ANTHEM (recorded) Rise Again Music by Dallas Holm Sung by Carol Johnson and Delores Bethel
*SCRIPTURE Revelation 21:22-26 Pastor Mike
THE MESSAGE A New Heaven and A New Earth Pastor Mike
WORLDWIDE VIRTUAL CHOIR Christ the Lord is Risen Today
*CLOSING HYMN (hum) Up from the Grave He Arose, vs. 1, 3 UMH 322
*BENEDICTION
EXODUS Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee UMH 89 (from Ode to Joy, Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven) “
Our usher will escort you out pew by pew.
OUR VIRTUAL CHOIR - This amazing experience brought together over 400 voices of United Methodists from all over the world, proving that even in the midst of a pandemic we are still united. You can find both anthems on www.umcdiscipleship.com.
WELCOME, GUESTS! We’ve been expecting you! CELL PHONES: Please remember to silence your phone before the service begins. Thank you.
*Please stand as you are able. And it’s okay to sit.
April 4, 2021 10:00 a.m.
EASTER SUNDAY Lenten Series: CROSSROADS
62ND SUNDAY OF COVID 33RD SUNDAY OF RETURNING TO IN-PERSON WORSHIP
Note on Music for Easter
Every year on Easter Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. While as human beings we will never experience physical resurrection after death, recovery from a serious illness can follow the analogous emotional trajectory from despair through hope to triumph. In the Spring of 1825 Ludwig van Beethoven suffered a near-fatal sickness, which he survived—his actual demise occurred on 26 March 1827. Our Voluntary this morning is the musical expression of gratitude Beethoven dedicated to God: Holy Song of Thanksgiving by a Convalescent to the Deity. As a deeply religious artist Beethoven paid homage to the rituals of public worship in his oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives and his two settings of the Catholic Mass, all composed for vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra. While the last of these, the Missa Solemnis (Solemn Mass), is awe-inspiring in its profundity and grandeur, the music is also somewhat impersonal as befits the subject matter of the text. Beethoven, however, felt the presence of God more keenly while walking in the forest than attending elaborate liturgical ceremonies in great cathedrals. So it is not surprising that his most heartfelt expression in piety would be entrusted to the intimate medium of the string quartet, four musicians performing in a drawing room or small concert hall. In transcribing this precious music for organ-piano duet, we have returned it to the sanctuary while maintaining its intensely personal focus and scale. The Holy Song of Thanksgiving consists of five sections played with no pause between them. The first, third, and fifth, marked Molto adagio (very slow), have the character and movement of a hymn and are, in fact, based on the 9th-century Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus (“Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire”—see UMH No. 651) Inserted between them are two shorter sections marked Andante (Italian for “at a walking pace”) and, in German, Neue Kraft fühlend (“feeling new strength”). The slow, meditative sections might portray the bedridden composer praying for divine healing, while the quicker movements suggest a return to better health and normal activity. To enhance this contrast, our transcription assigns the hymnlike sections to the organ in its traditional rôle as church accompanist, adding the more piquant piano tone for the sprightly, almost dancelike mood of recovery. The final section attains a transcendental fusion of these disparate states-of-being that is truly sublime! The expressive content of Beethoven’s music, writes J.W.N. Sullivan in Beethoven: His Spiritual Development (1927), reveals him as a great spirit. The embodiment of this content in over 135 compositions spanning many genres and combinations of voices and instruments reveals him as a great musical genius. And the final achievements of the musical genius embody the final stage of the lifelong development of the great spirit—the stage, according to Sullivan, at which the man for whom suffering, earlier, was something to assert himself against and triumph over, now accepts suffering “as one of the great structural lines of human life” and has attained “that unearthly state where the struggle ends and pain dissolves away.” This is the Beethoven who speaks to us in the Holy Song of Thanksgiving. May all who hear in this eloquent music his very human suffering and recovery gain a deeper appreciation of Christ’s passion and resurrection.
Bethany UMC Prayer List BETHANY FAMILY 04.04.21
CANCER/CHEMO: Krista Chase, Carol Johnson, Ted Peterman (NC), Linwood Rowe, Matt Shackelford, Rick Wilson HEALTH ISSUES: Cliff Beach, Irene Brown, Woody Brown, Bessie Conner, Jimmy Greene, Ann Hogge, Sandra Hollins, Bonnie Lewis, Kris Kiley, Marshall Lewis, Sue Morecock, Peggy Peterman (NC), Nancy Smith, Rosemarie Tong HOMEBOUND: Linda Booth, Sid Dixon, Katherine Jordan, Alice McGee, Paige Mitchell , 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: Isabella Wheat, NN Specialty Facility @ BR UNSPOKEN PRAYER REQUESTS REHABILITATION: Charlotte Cecil (PA)
BETHANY FRIENDS
CANCER/CHEMO: Susan Burnett, Wanda Dowell, Roger Ferguson, Traci Greene, Karen Hendrix, Martin Kulik (NY), Jeanette Nichols, Angie Williams (NY) GRIEVING: Family of Ben Seawell, Cat White’s aunt in TN 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, Michael Trevino, Larry Wilkinson RECUPERATING AT HOME: Bernice Greene REHABILITATION: Mary Moscati (MD) COVID-19: Katie Beverstock, Kurt Gardner, Billy Swain, Brooke Young 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.
The flowers appear on the
Earth; the time of singing
has come!
Song of Solomon 2:12
In loving memory of…
George Neal by Joni Neal
Barbara & Bill Berry by Betty & Chip Neikirk Nonnie & Joe Neikirk by Betty & Chip Neikirk
Louise & Rudolph Shackelford and Annie Lee Owens
by Rudy Shackelford
My brother, E.B. Lankford by Nancy Smith
Our parents, Mr. & Mrs. Noah C. Thomas, and our cousin, Agnes Lewis Williams
by M.E., Brenda, & Donnie Thomas
In honor of…
Susan & Keith Ward and family by Nancy & Tom Smith Jen & Rob Naquin and family by Nancy & Tom Smith
Cole & Aaron Conner and family by Nancy & Tom Smith
My daughter, Robin Wilburn by Nancy Wilburn My son, Dr. Andrew Wilburn, and his wife, Dr. Maureen Peters
by Nancy Wilburn
2021 Easter Flowers
Bethany United Methodist Church
INTRADA Out of the Depths I Cry to Thee Martin Luther On Bended Knees Harry T. Burleigh
Based on the spiritual Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen Transcribed for organ by Rudy Shackelford
WELCOME Pastor Mike
*CALL TO WORSHIP The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray: Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, you are our refuge and strength, a
very present help in time of trouble. Enable us, we pray, to put our trust in you. Since you are a High Priest who is touched with compassion for our infirmities, may we come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in this our time of need; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. *OPENING HYMN (hum) Reflections Carol Johnson Witness by Family and Friends
Song Supermarket Flowers (audio) Ed Sheeran Gospel Lesson and Reflections Pastor Mike Derflinger The Word of God for the people of God! Thanks be to God! Closing Prayer Eternal God, we praise you for the great company of all those who have finished their course of faith and now rest from their labor, having received the full salvation of their souls. We praise you for those dear to us whom we name in our hearts before you. Especially we praise you for Jan Breen, whom you have graciously received into your presence. Let your everlasting light shine upon her, and give her a
joyful peace and a new body, not made with hands, but eternal in the heavens.
May your presence lead us through the years, and support us all the day long of our life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over and our work is done.
Then in your mercy and by the faith you have grown in each of us, grant us a safe lodging and a holy rest, and peace at last; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. *Hymn Bringing in the Sheaves insert The Lord’s Prayer Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Benediction Postlude Trumpet Tune in D Major David N. Johnson Congregation will remain seated
*Please stand as you are able.
Following the service, fellowship will be held in the Belvin Fellowship Hall.
BETHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
PALM/PASSION SUNDAY Lenten Series: CROSSROADS
61ST SUNDAY OF COVID 32ND SUNDAY OF RETURNING TO IN-PERSON WORSHIP
March 28, 2021 10:00 a.m.
In honor of…
Bettie Sue & Jerry Varner by Lorraine Brown Debbie & Bernard Robins by Lorraine Brown
My son, David Byrd by Ann Byrd
My daughter, Laurie Flowers by Ann Byrd
Our 14 great-grandchildren by Alan & Sandra Harvey
Laura & Jim Hodges by Susannah Hogge Ellis Hall by Susannah Hogge
Milton by Judy Hudgins
Rick & Gerri Wilson on their 25th anniversary by Mary Kaylor
Scott, Laura, Patrick, and Shelton Glaze by Beverley Kearney Will, Genia, Pace, and Pearson Kearney by Beverley Kearney
Our children and their spouses,
Michael & Kathy, Sally & Jeremy, and Shanah & Adam by Paul & Nancy Kendall
My three daughters by Joni Neal
Dee Dee Wike by Joni Neal
Lorraine Brown by Bernard & Debbie Robins
In loving memory of…
Sandra Ayers by David Ayers
Willie Brooks by Mary Linda, Ryan, Krista, and grandchildren
Frances Brown by Alton Brown
Eugene Brown by Lorraine Brown
My mother, Gladys Davis by Ann Byrd My husband, Lawson Byrd by Ann Byrd
My mom, Dorothy Clark by Sharon Cheek
My son, Wes Hogge by Sharon Cheek My sister-in-law, Mary Neely by Sharon Cheek
My husband, Gene Harrell by Jeannie Harrell
My son, Rick Bollinger by Jeannie Harrell
J. Douglas Hall by Susannah Hogge Pat & Wayne Hogge by Susannah Hogge
My husband, Jack by Mary Kaylor
Pat Kearney by Beverley Kearney
Ernest & Nell Kendall, Walter & Grace Shanahan, and Trudy Grimm
by Paul & Nancy Kendall