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Warwick Memorial United Methodist Church 38 Hoopes Road Newport News, VA 23602

warwick.memorial@wmumc.org (757) 877-2270 www.wmumc.org

OUR VISION: Love, learn, grow, and serve through Christ.

OUR CORE VALUES: to be centered on Christ

to live as His family to be Biblically grounded

to grow spiritually to embrace our diversity

to serve others

Ministers: all members of Warwick Memorial Dir. of Music Ministry: Page Williams

Resident Bishop: Rev. Young Jin Cho Music Assistant: Susan Brendle

District Superintendent: Rev. Joseph D. Carson Facilities Manager: Jim King

Co-Pastor: Rev. Bert Cloud Lampstand Music Director: Kerri Hardwick

Co-Pastor: Rev. Gina Anderson-Cloud Nursery Coordinator: Edie Moore

Administrative Assistant : Zena Myall Custodian: Henry Daggs

OUR MISSION: to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

Thank you for worshiping with us today at Warwick Memorial United Methodist Church!

If you are a visitor, please see an usher or pastor for a visitor packet.

You are welcome to use Bible reading or similar apps on your device,

but please set your phone on silent or vibrate.

Childcare is available for ages birth through four years old. You may ask an

usher for directions to the nurseries.

If you are looking for a church family & home, please consider giving us a try.

If you have any questions, please feel free to speak to a pastor or an usher.

If you are interested in Church membership or baptism, feel free to

contact a pastor or indicate your request as you register your

attendance today.

May your journey with and to God be richly blessed.

RECORD OF FAITHFULNESS Attendance Last Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30 - 51; 9:00 am - 82; 11:15 am - 65 Total Worship Attendance…………………………………………………….. 198 Sunday School Attendance .................................................................................... 131 Needed in Operating Budget Year to Date ...............................................$639,286.00 Needed each week ......................................................................................$12,062.00 Support to Operating Budget Year to Date ...............................................$605,451.88 Support to Operating Budget Last Week ......................................................$7,771.20 Available Balance in Building Fund .........................................................$141,359.77 (excludes $23,158.55 representing loan balance) Support to Rooted in Faith since 6/1/13 ...................................................$209,042.44 Needed Support to Date to Meet RIF Pledged Amount............................$143,023.44 Support to Building Fund Last Week .........................................................$26,324.42 Amount needed by January 9 for mortgage payment .................................$13,570.45 Amount received Month to Date ................................................................$53,054.16 Celebration Center Loan Balance .......................................................... $1,407,606.08

Pastors’ Contact Information

Rev. Bert Cloud Rev. Gina Anderson-Cloud Urgent 757-912-0477 Urgent: 757-912-0223 Parsonage: 757-369-8671 Parsonage: 757-369-8671 Email: pastorbert@wmumc.org Email: pastorgina@wmumc.org

Warwick

Weekly January 5, 2014

Upper Room Please pick up a copy of the January/February issue of The Upper Room in the Narthex or on the table by the

Celebration Center doors. You may leave your contribution in the boxes provided. Thanks!

WMUMC Music DVD Available

A limited number of Christmas Music DVDs are available in the Gathering Area and in the Church Office. The DVD features all the adult and children choirs, Gloria Dei Ringers and Lampstand Band'. Portions of the Christmas Cantata are also included. Contributions will be divided between DUCO and Stop Hunger Now.

Joys and Concerns for January 5, 2014

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WMUMC Prayer Chain If you have a prayer request or would like to be added to the prayer chain email list, send an email to

prayerchain@wmumc.org.

We pray for those who are at home:

Jim Pimblett Elton Bennett Elsie Bevins Judy Claus Mike Clevenger Jeff Cox Ellen Guthrie Kristin Hayward Anne Lomas Dot Lett Kristie Parker Chris Ployd Paul Lowe Beverly Mayeaux

Judy Morton Amy Morton-Luke Betty Potter Jean Rowan Charlene Rountree (recovering from surgery) Rupert Scott Jewell Stalnaker Deborah Stall Christina Tanner (chronic illness & surgery recovery) Katie Tanner-Barker Bob Warthan (undergoing cancer treatment) Jerry Murray Sonny Wood Walt Wilkerson

January 5 - January 11

Today 8:30 am Traditional Worship (Sanctuary) 9:00 am The Lampstand Contemporary Worship (Celebration Center) 9:30 am Fellowship Time (Gathering Area) 10:00 am Sunday School 11:15 am Traditional Worship (Sanctuary) 1:00 pm Communion Service at Warwick Forest 5:00 pm Christian Canine Connection, Dog Training (Celebration Center) 5:30 pm Alcoholics Anonymous (Wesleyan Room 20) 5:30 pm Disciple I (Aldersgate Room 10) 5:45 pm Companions in Christ (Aldersgate Room 10) 5:45 pm Children’s Fellowship (Fellowship Hall) 5:45 pm Youth Fellowship (Youth Room) 8:00 pm Alcoholics Anonymous (Wesleyan Room 20) 6 (Mon) 8:30 am AARP (Fellowship Hall) 6:00 pm UPWARD Basketball Practice (Celebration Center) 6:30 pm Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts (Fellowship Hall 1, 2 & 3) 7:00 pm Mary Freeman Circle (Youth Room) 7:30 pm Praise Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) 7 (Tues) 10:30am Dana Tyson/Ardelle Lett Circle (Aldersgate Room 10) 6:00 pm UPWARD Basketball Practice (Celebration Center) 7:00 pm Men’s Fraternity (Fellowship Hall) 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) 8:00 pm Alcoholics Anonymous (Spanish) (Wesleyan Room 20) 8 (Wed) 8:30 am AARP (Fellowship Hall) 9:00 am TOPS (Aldersgate Room 10) 9:00 am Leadership Training (Connection Point Room) 4:15 pm Cherub Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) 4:45 pm Junior Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) 5:25 pm Jubilate Ringers (Choir Room) 7:00 pm Leadership Training (Fellowship Hall) 7:00 pm Lampstand Band Rehearsal (Celebration Center) 8:00 pm Alcoholics Anonymous (Spanish) (Wesleyan Room 20) 9 (Thu) 9:30 am NO Sewing Group until Mid-January 10:00 am Warwick Weekly Word (Connection Point Room) 12:00 pm AARP (Fellowship Hall) 7:00 pm Trustees Team (Aldersgate Room 10) 7:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting (Fellowship Hall) 7:00 pm NO Brothers of Christ 10 (Fri) 8:30 pm AARP (Fellowship Hall) 7:00 pm Spanish Bible Study (Wesleyan Room 20) 11 (Sat) 9:00 am Special Olympics Basketball (Celebration Center) 11:00 pm UPWARD Basketball 8:30 pm Alcoholics Anonymous (Wesleyan Room 20)

For additions, changes and updates please visit the website at www.wmumc.org/calendar. Email Jim King at facility@wmumc.org for room availability, cancellations, changes, etc.

We pray for those in the hospital or care facility: Fran Shaffer at Mennowood

John Comer at Mennowood

Winnie Nelson, Gardens of Warwick Forest Ruby Lusby, Patriot’s Colony, Williamsburg

Jane Guthrie, mother of John Guthrie, St. Francis Nursing Center

Ginny Masters, Colonial Manor, Williamsburg

Kitty DeWees, Warwick Forest Assisted Living

Tom Bradshaw, Commonwealth Assisted Living, Hampton

Jim Dunn Albert Kurtyka , MCV, Richmond

Jason Vincelette , Massachusetts

Those Who Have Passed Away: Al Dorner’s father, Charles Lewis Dorner All Those Who Are Deployed Relationship Missionary: Steve Hodge, Director, “Farming God’s Way” (farming training program) and Diantha Hodges, midwife, in South Sudan, Africa.

Warwick Weekly Notices Please email notices for the Warwick Weekly by Wednesday of the week you would like the notice included

making sure to provide enough time for people to see an event. Please send articles by Wednesday of the week you would like it in the Warwick Weekly.

Email to: warwick.memorial@wmumc.org

Serving Today

Ushers: 8:30 Michael Davenport, Daniel Serda, Mel Rhoads and Jason Vincelette 9:00 Nolan Reid 11:15 Bill Arbogast, Jim Hackett, Paul Ramsey and Lamar Williams Greeter: 8:30 Nolan and Clara Reid 9:00 Gail Slocum 11:15

Acolytes for Sunday, Jan. 12: 8:30 LeBron Jones 11:15 Aubrey Allen Communion Servers 9:00am: Gloria Mingee, Gerry Mingee and Peggy Langille

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Fellowship Time Before the 10 a.m. start of Sunday School classes, all are invited to enjoy a time of friendly gathering and hospitality in the Gathering Area of the Celebration Center. Starting at 9:30am, light snacks and beverages are lovingly provided by volunteers from the various adult classes, now available through the serving line. In the spirit of Christian hospitality, please take the time to greet someone you haven’t met along with sharing news with old fiends. If you are part of a class, please be kind to your teacher by helping them start on time. If you are looking for a class, ask a greeter, usher or one of the pastors for a suggestion.

Endowment Fund Information Have you considered including Warwick Memorial

UMC in your estate plans? Several brochures on this topic are available on a

bulletin board to the right of the Aldersgate Classroom.

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Youth Fellowship Meetings resume TODAY—January 5th at 5:45pm. Youth grades 6 and up are welcome - bring a friend! See website for full Youth Fellowship schedule.

Children’s Fellowship Meetings resume TODAY—January 5th at 5:45pm. All kids K to 5th grade are welcome - bring a friend! See website for full Children’s Fellowship schedule.

United Methodist Women Circles: Mary Freeman Circle meets 1st Monday of the month (Youth Room) Dana Tyson/Ardelle Lett Circle meets 1st Tuesday of the month (Aldersgate Room) Miriam Gruber Circle meets 1st Wednesday of the month (Aldersgate Room) Barbara Liddick Circle meets 4th Thursday of the month (Fellowship Hall)

Church Wide . . . .

Child Care Available Each Sunday, we are pleased to offer childcare from birth to

age 4 beginning at 8:15am. For those attending the third service, please pick up your child/children as soon as

possible after the end of the service. Thanks for entrusting us with your children and for your cooperation.

New Bible Study: Seeing Gray in A World of Black and White by Adam Hamilton Everyone agrees that America is polarized, with ever-hardening positions held by people less and less willing to listen to one another. No one agrees on what to do about it. This study is

for thinking persons of faith who want to model for the rest of the country a richer, more thoughtful conversation on the political, moral, and religious issues that divide us.

The Covenant Sunday School Class began this study in late December - all are welcome to come and join us in the Fellowship Hall near the kitchen.

Christian Canine Connection - Starts TODAY What is Christian Canine Connection? It is a six week basic dog obedience training class.

Will begin on Sunday, January 5, 2014 at 5pm in the Celebration Center. Class will be about an hour long. Class registration is open to dogs who are at least 12 weeks old at the beginning

of class and must have all age appropriate vaccinations prior to the first class. The handler must be old enough and mature enough to control the dog and follow directions.

There is a cost associated with the class, please call Kevin Moorehead at 874-6938 for more details.

Warwick Weekday Word Bible Study Class Please note that the Warwick Weekday Word Bible study with our pastors will

resume on January 9th.

2014 Offering Envelopes The 2014 offering envelopes are on tables outside the Fellowship Hall.

Please pick up your box as soon as possible. Thank you.

Join us for RESOLVE 14! Our pastors will lead us in a new, exciting worship series beginning January 5th, 2014 called “Resolve 14!” Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution only to break it by week number two? You are not alone! Let’s do something different together this

year? Our kick-off to 2014 worship series hopes to pull on the best of our impulses in planning to do 2014 right, but will seek to allow us to consider God’s way as we make plans to live into God’s plan for us as we RESOLVE together for year 2014! Join us,

and be challenged to loose weight, stay healthy, stop bad habits and live to make a difference in the world! RESOLVE 14!

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Winter Project Idea: Looking for a winter project? Want to get rid of some unused yarn? There is a call for Prayer Shawls and Baby Blankets for the United Methodist Women Assembly in 2014 in Louisville, KY. Deadline is February 20, 2014 so we would have time to mail them. Shawl: Triangle 65” long 32” center back; Rectangle 16”x56” or 14”x70” Baby Blankets: 30”x30”, 32”x32” or 36”x36”. Knit, crochet or fabric/quilt. Please contact Kay Fries for more information at 877-2724.

2014 Operating Budget Pledge Campaign Update

1/2/14

Thank you for all those who have responded positively to our 2014 pledge campaign for the operating ministry budget! We have received 138 pledges totaling $473,983.40. We are on our way to our goal, but we could use additional response!

If you haven’t pledged yet, please pray about how you are in partnership with God’s ministry and

consider making a pledge today. You can learn more by picking up a pledge sheet on the welcome table in the Narthex or the table at the back of the Celebration Center, or you can download a from our

website, www.WMUMC.org.

Our congregation’s faithfulness in giving allows us to join in God’s work of making disciples of Jesus for the transformation of the world. In this work, no contribution is insignificant.

We are certain that God has great things in store with your help in 2014.

Giving Has Never Been Easier . . .

Whether you want to give just once, or schedule regular transactions, we have simple convenient options for you. You can choose to bill

pay through your own bank, give online with e-giving, place contributions in the offering plate during worship or even mail contributions to the church

office. Visit our webpage, wmumc.org, use this QR code or see our financial secretary, Kathy Young, to get started.

Help for DUCO

Make a difference by donating your new or gently worn shoes to help raise funds for Denbigh United Christian Outreach’s client services, while helping micro-enterprise entrepreneurs in developing nations, and reduce waste in our landfills. Please drop donated shoes in the DUCO bin located in the Celebration center Gathering area. You can learn more about DUCO at duco1973.org

Scheduled Trainings

WMUMC Recruitment and Program Training for our Church Leaders!

Presented by Rev. Carole Stockberger. Wednesday, January 8th, 9am to 11am or 7pm to 9pm in the Fellowship Hall.

Please let Zena know which training you plan to attend - warwick.memorial@wmumc.org

UMVIM Training - Saturday, January 18, 9:30am to 3:30pm at the Wesley Foundation at the College of William & Mary; 526 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg. $55 covers the cost of background check, booklet, and food provided by the Wesley Foundation. UMVIM training provides excellent preparation for anyone leading a mission team, even for experienced team leaders. Registration sheets are available in the Sunday

School classrooms and in the front office.

UMCOR Early Response Team (ERT) Training, Saturday, January 18th, 8:30am to 4:30pm at Williamsburg UMC, 500 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg. $55 covers the cost of background check, training materials, and

food provided by the Wesley Foundation. ERTs respond to a disaster after receiving an invitation to help. Team members must be self-contained as they are usually assisting while limited resources are still very

constrained. The training will teach the “who, what, when, were and how of doing ministry as well as hands on experience in the specific tasks that early responders are expected to accomplish.”

Pre-registration not required.

Helping Others . . . . .

Kurtyka Family Update Please keep the Kurtyka family in your prayers! Albert is doing well post-surgery with his artificial heart at MCV/VCU Medical Center. He will remain in the hospital until a suitable heart is located and he reaches appropriate recovery milestones. Albert and Leora are members of our church who attend The Lampstand service. Albert works in Human Relations and Leora also works full-time. They have three children, Ava (4), Tyler (11) and Trey (15). Like other families, they have a mortgage payment and concerns about how much insurance will cover of his costly care, as well as costs with family traveling back and forth to Richmond each day. With the family concerns in mind, the pastors and church leaders have set up a "K-Account" for giving to this family from our church family. The family and friends are also working to raise other funds and have an on-line giving account. Everyone's goal is for Albert to focus on healing and not be burdened right now with financial weights as he awaits the transplant and extended recovery. To give to the WMUMC account for the Kurtykas, make your check payable to WMUMC and write Kurtyka Fund in the memo line. Giving may come through the mail to: WMUMC 38 Hoopes Road, Newport News, 23602 or in the offering plate at any service. If you have questions, please contact one of our pastors or the Church office at 757-877-2270. May God's peace rest upon this family and all who suffer in this Season of hope, Pastor Gina