10 - Braddock Street UMC

SEPTEMBER  2015—
Service Worship!
In this
issue...
Staff Directory
Trustees Update
Church Wide Lunch
UM Women
New Members
Thank You’s / Notes
Youth
Children’s Ministry
Small Groups
Reception Teams
Library News
Boy Scouts
Missions
Music Ministry
September Sermons
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To Jesus, serving the world was all
about relationship building. When the
woman who was hemorrhaging touched
Jesus’ cloak, Jesus wanted to see her
face and to tell her that her faith is what
had made her well. The healing could
have taken place by the simple exchange
of power that Jesus experienced without
him seeing the woman, looking her in
the eye, and encouraging her with his
words. Jesus healed so many people in
this fashion. It always came with a
touch, a look, a word acknowledging
their faith.
On Sunday, September 13, we will also have
the opportunity to live in relationship with
others as we serve. We invite you on that
Sunday to come for worship dressed in your
work clothes. As soon as worship is over, no
matter which service you attend, you are
invited to come to Our Health and learn more
about how lives are transformed in this space,
as we beautify the campus.
when hopefully most of our tasks will be
complete. In addition, Sharen Gromling will
be giving tours to help us better understand
some of the relationships that are being
formed through the Our Health Campus and
explain some ways we may be able to get
involved in helping our neighbors beyond this
day.
We invite people of all ages and abilities to
join us! To sign up, please go to the Events
Some of our tasks will include painting (both page on our website and click on the red
inside and out), landscaping, creating tool
button for Service Worship or contact Joanna
kits, organizing books, making ―I Care‖ cards Dietz ([email protected]), so
for children who are going through crisis, and we have a rough estimate of folks for projects
making lunch for the hungry group of
and lunch.
workers. We will work until mid afternoon,
How Do You Spell Involvement?
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BLAST Youth Group - Contact Kristin Dawkins at [email protected]
Children’s Ministry - Contact Patty Singhass at [email protected]
Music Ministry - Contact Judy Connelly at [email protected]
Small Groups - Contact Rev. Adam Sowder at [email protected]
braddockstreetumc.org  [email protected]  540.667.3366
Staff Directory
Trustees Update
Ministers
We are continuing to repair and/or replace various parts of our building.
 The stairway to the sound loft is complete. It provides a much safer and stable
access!
 Four exterior wooden doors on the education building were replaced with
low maintenance glass doors to match our Sanctuary doors! The last four
exterior doors are slated for replacement next year.
 The steel drainage plate between the buildings was re-leveled to remove a
tripping hazard.
As our facility ages, more repairs will be necessary. Please consider contributing
to the maintenance fund using your yellow tithe envelopes.
The BSUMC Congregation
Lead Pastor
Rev. Kirk Nave
[email protected]
Associate Pastor
Rev. J. Adam Sowder
[email protected]
Minister of Mission and Service
Rev. Joanna Dietz
[email protected]
Visitation Pastor
Rev. Frank Sherman
[email protected]
Minister of Music
Judy B. Connelly
[email protected]
Associate Minister of Music
George Amos
[email protected]
Director of Youth Ministries
Kristin Dawkins
[email protected]
Director of Children’s Ministries
Patty Singhass
[email protected]
Budget & Finance Administrator
Helen Hodges
[email protected]
Worship Video Arts
Brandon Bloodworth
[email protected]
Weekday Ministries Director
Stacey Park
[email protected]
Building Superintendent
Russell Hagerdon
[email protected]
Custodian
Travis Custer
[email protected]
Secretary
Kim Ludwick
[email protected]
Receptionist
Jenny White
[email protected]
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Church Fellowship Luncheon! You’re Invited!
A church wide luncheon will be held in the Fellowship Hall on Sunday, October 11,
2015, at 12:15 PM.
Menu: Tender Roast Beef, Chicken Marabella, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Long
Grain and Wild Rice, Tossed Salad, Homemade Breads, Beverages, Green Beans,
Homemade Desserts.
Reservations Requested – Please call the church office (667-3366) by Wednesday,
October 7!
FREEWILL OFFERING - Proceeds will go towards improvements to the church
kitchen.
Enjoy food and fellowship with your church!
Braddock Street United Methodist Women
―Turning faith, hope and love into action on behalf of women, children and youth around
the world‖ is the Vision Statement of United Methodist Women. Approximately 130
women are members of Braddock Street’s organization which supports local, conference
and international efforts to fulfill this vision. There are currently four circles which meet
monthly except during the summer, and during the year four general meetings are held,
which include dinner and a special program. All women of the church from 18 years old
to 100 are invited to attend United Methodist Women functions.
The fall general meeting will be Tuesday, October 6, at 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Rev. Joanna Dietz, Minister of
Mission and Service, will be the presenter and will discuss specific activities that Braddock Street United Methodist
Women can participate in to carry out its mission. Members and guests are invited, and reservations need to be made
to Becky Sherman at [email protected] or 681-242-2395 by Monday, September 28. Cost of the dinner is $10.00.
Individual circle information is as follows:
Elizabeth Circle is led by Beth
Esther Circle meets the second
Eisenhauer and Stefanie Nave and meets
Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM in
the third Sunday of each month at 6:00
the homes of the members. Donna
PM in Room 138 at the church. We are a
Belford and Suzie Kendall are conurturing fellowship of women and some
leaders. Members bring donations for
of our local projects include assisting the
various local nonprofits to each
Charterhouse School in Edinburg, VA,
meeting. The September meeting is
supporting Jonah’s Clubhouse at
scheduled for the 10th at the home of
Braddock Street, and supporting the
Nancy Dunlap, 401 Lynnehaven Drive;
backpack ministry. The fall meeting is
Jane Bauknecht, Director of the Adult
September 20 and will feature time for
Care Center, will present the
fellowship, icebreakers and a
meditation by Kate McKay.
NEW Ladies’ Circle coming program.
in September! This circle
plans to meet during the day.
For more information,
contact Anne Brewster at
[email protected].
Mary-Martha Circle is a day-time group
that meets the third Monday of each month
at 10:00 AM at the church in Room 132/133.
Diane Kelly is the leader and the next
meeting is September 21; Andrea Board will
share her experiences in Haiti. Mary-Martha
directs donations to the Laurel Center.
Susanna Circle, led by Susan Creasy and
Susan Morris, meets the second Thursday
at 10:00 AM at the church in Room 137.
At each meeting items for various local
groups are collected. The September 10
meeting will include a presentation
concerning the World Thank Offering.
Braddock Street United Methodist Women invites all women to consider becoming a part of the organization and to find
the circle that is right for them. Please contact Susan Creasy, Membership Chairperson, at [email protected] or
667-4193 or the circle leaders if there are questions.
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New Members, Thank You’s, Notes and Gifts!
Welcome New Members!
Coming to us from Libertyville, IL - Lucinda Angell and Harold Ogg
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Dear Braddock Street UMC,
I want to thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity
to serve as an intern this summer. It has been a true pleasure to
meet you all and to help serve with you through the course of this
internship. From VBS to helping outreach families, Monday
night dinners to being a helper for Singgg Camp, I have been
truly blessed to serve the community of Winchester. I can't wait
to take everything I have learned here back home and out into
the world with me.
This summer as an intern I was supposed to think about
where I was being called to serve within the ministry. I am happy
to say that I will be following my initial call from God to serve
in Youth Ministry. So I would like to say a special thank
you to everyone that went on the New
Jersey mission trip. Every person on
that trip helped me realize that serving
youth is where I need to be.
As I start my senior year at
Randolph-Macon, please know that all
of you will be in my prayers. I wish
you all the best as you prepare for this
up coming year. Thank you again for
all you have done for me.
Blessings, Susan Pullin
Thanks
to all who contributed to the Evans Home Summer Trip! Your gifts allowed these children to have an experience that
they would not ordinarily be able to have!
Brother
s and Sisters, As the Braddock Street Backpack
Food Ministry begins its second year, my spirit sings with gratitude
and thanksgiving for your support of the program! Many thanks to
the congregation of Braddock Street, participants of Vacation Bible
School, and the VBS team leaders for your unending generosity!
Feeding the hungry, especially children, helps fulfill such a basic
but extremely important need. I have no way to measure the
positive impact you have made on the lives of these children and
their families, but have no doubt it is significant! Together, Fully
Relying On God, I look forward to continuing with you in mission!
With sincere thanks, Anne Brewster
Thank you to everyone who made a donation to Jonah’s Clubhouse for the 2015-16 school year. I am
truly blessed by the outpouring of support from this congregation! Your monetary donations made it
possible to give several scholarships and to purchase some items for the classroom. Lots of games,
puzzles, craft and school supplies were donated as well. We will continue to accept games and toys
that are appropriate for ages 5-10 at anytime during the school year. And if you would like to sub,
share a gift or talent with the children, or just come and play, please contact me at
[email protected].
Thank you, Jessica Shores
Program Coordinator, Jonah’s Clubhouse
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Hello
Braddock Street! How is
everything? I hope all is going well with
all of you, and if it isn’t, I will be
praying that the Holy Spirit be with you
in whatever it is that you are in the midst
of going through. My summer has most
certainly been one for the books! My
time spent at the VAUMC conference
center has been beneficial to me in so
many ways, too many to name and not
enough space to name them, but I will
provide for you the biggest highlights of
my summer. First, I saw that BLAST
went on a mission trip to New Jersey and
along with that visited New York where
one of the youth mentioned ―We should
go visit Elijah.‖ I was pretty bummed
that I could not be there with you all,
but I know Susan aka ―Pam‖ (those who
participated on the mission trip will get
it just ask them) was just as if not more
amazing to be with. She and I were able
to spend time together prior to and at the
conclusion of the internship so I too was
able to experience her awesomeness. I
would also like to say a special thank
you to everyone who participated in the
epic Happy Birthday video I received
on my birthday!
This summer I was able to assist in
Thanks
the formation of annual conference, help
out at the Camp Rainbow Connection
summer camp for adults with
disabilities, visit the Eastern Shore of
Virginia where the two other interns and
I were blessed to visit Camp
Occohannock and where we were also
given a peek into the reality that is the
lives of those we often deem ―invisible
people‖ and the ―invisible children‖ of
the USA. Each one of these three
experiences of the many that I’ve had
this summer destroyed any preconceived
notions, stereotypes, negative attitudes
and uneducated thoughts that I may have
held against any of these events, people
or places. In short I’ve learned that
experience truly is the best teacher in
many cases, and that to truly understand
one another we must step away from the
safety of our thoughts and feelings
which will in turn make for a greater
understanding amongst one another
which leads to an elevated state of
living, ultimately bringing us closer to
the kingdom of Heaven here on earth
and in our hearts and minds.
I will be returning to Wesley
Theological Seminary this fall to
continue my studies and continue in my
to everyone
who helped out at Monday
Night Dinners during July
and August: Laura and
Tommy Bast, Cindy
Willingham, Linda Devers,
Helen Light, Jo Cosola,
Kim Struyk, Craig Sewell,
Geoffrey Chase, Jeannie
Wright, Donna Belford,
Donna and Gary Paulson,
Jennifer Carper, Shelley
Lewis, Jane and John Capehart, Debbie Connolly,
Marcella and Don Shirley, Phoebe and Ken West,
discernment process. God has shown me
so much this summer, brought me into
the presence of amazing individuals who
have helped me in great ways, and
overall has given me a better vision of
what the kingdom manifested on Earth
actually looks like! May God continue to
bless and keep you always! Until next
time!
Sincerely, Elijah Ferebee
Dee and Bill Bauserman,
Barbara and Butch Swope,
Regina Baldwin, Terry Kellas,
Carolyn Plank, Sally Moore,
Kim and Jim Markle, Becky and
Greg Ratlief, Suzie Kendall,
Ann and Hal Goodman, Mindy
and Mike Hanrahan, Cookie and
Jim Beaupre, Jan Brown, Bill
Stiles, and Barbara White. Darry
Milanov, our Kitchen Manager,
enjoyed meeting and greeting
new faces and appreciated leadership from some seasoned
Kitchen Crew as well!
Gifts Received
It is with gratitude that Braddock Street UMC acknowledges the following gifts:
In memory of Harold Patton by Donald and Pat Packard, Jane S. Smith, Gary and Kay Longerbeam
In memory of Dot Haines by Shirley Louthan, Richard and Georgia Hodson
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Youth Ministry by Kristin Dawkins ([email protected])
Youth Summer Mission Celebrations!
doing crafts. We also had time for some group worship
and devotions as well as a day trip to get in the water. It
was a physically challenging trip with no A/C, very
limited electric (it never came on for more than 2 hours
a day!) and no running water. However, the spiritual joy
of the country is rich! We each learned many lessons and
have a new love for our ministry partner, Praying Pelican.
Thank you for your support. I know the things witnessed
on this trip will shape each of us for the rest of our lives.
Haiti welcomed 16 youth and sponsors for a week
of tree ministry, work projects and kids programs. In
the morning we offered fruit trees to neighbors (even
planting them if they wished) along with God's love
and an invite for children to come to the church in the
afternoon. Work project for the week was mixing
concrete and laying floors for a new building set to
house missionaries and church projects. The
afternoons were filled with up to 150 children
singing, playing games, watching Bible skits and
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He didn't ask for anything. The community elected to help
him fix up his barn, where he was storing tools and supplies
for the community repairs. The top is a hang out loft for his
youth group. His wife and daughters sell eggs, lettuce,
veggies and fresh cut flowers in front of it on the weekends.
It was an honor to fix up this place for such a deserving
family. We even caught a few wayward escaped chickens
one morning for them! There is still much to be done to help
this area recover. Efforts will most likely go into the next
five to ten years. There was much destruction but also much
hope. Thank you for supporting us as we serve Jesus.
New Jersey saw 20 youth and sponsors for a week
of work along the coast hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.
After a whirlwind tour of NYC, including Ground Zero,
we spent a week scraping, painting and repairing a barn.
Why a barn instead of a home you ask? Glad you did!
The pastor and family who is responsible for overseeing
all volunteers and giving countless hours as well as his
own money helping his community for two and a half
years had never received anything for his efforts.
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Kasey Clayton
Dear Braddock Street UMC family, TEAMeffort wants to thank your church for sending
the youth to serve on a mission trip to Union Beach, New Jersey. They represented
your church well as they painted and repaired a barn. You can be proud of their
accomplishments.
We know many lives in the Union Beach community were changed by their words and
actions. It was exciting to see your youth put their faith into action. Because of their work,
lives were both changed in the people we worked with, as well as the participants in your
group.
The TEAMeffort staff thanks you for supporting your youth group on their summer
mission trip. We enjoyed serving alongside of them!
~TEAMeffort Missions Staff
Youth Calendar for September:
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Senior High Devotion at Chick-fil-A, Rutherford Crossing, 6:30AM!
BLAST Youth Group Mtg. from 6:00-7:45 PM in Room 214!
Senior High Devotion at Chick-fil-A, Rutherford Crossing, 6:30 AM!
Confirmation Sunday at the 11:00 AM Service!
BLAST Youth Group Mtg. from 6:00-7:45 PM in Room 214!
Service Worship Morning!
Senior High Devotion at Chick-fil-A, Rutherford Crossing, 6:30 AM!
BLAST Youth Group Mtg. from 6:00-7:45 PM in Room 214!
―See You at the Pole‖- prayers at EVERY school flagpole, 7:00 AM! (NO Senior High Devotion at Chick-fil-A)
BLAST Youth Group Mtg. from 6:00-7:45 PM in Room 214!
Senior High Devotion at Chick-fil-A, Rutherford Crossing, 6:30 AM!
Prayer Partners for Youth and College!
Prayer changes lives. One goal this year is to provide
each youth of Braddock Street United Methodist Church
an adult who will lift them up in regular prayer. This is
an anonymous ministry. The youth will know someone
is praying for them, just not who specifically. You will
receive a letter telling the youth’s name, grade, school,
address and birthday. You are encouraged to send
regular ANONYMOUS notes to your youth (suggested
monthly) reminding them you are praying for them.
No gifts
please,
just cards
and letters.
This is the
gift of
prayer. In
May we
will have
a Sunday
College Bound!
evening Prayer Partner Service where you will meet your
youth and worship together.
Another exciting ministry is providing a prayer partner
for each college student. These are our church members
who are away at school or recently graduated and
studying at home. These students WILL KNOW who is
praying for them and be able to make contact with prayer
concerns/praises. This prayer partner stays with the
student throughout college as another connection of care
to our church.
The need is great and I’d like to ask if you are willing to
take one of each or two youth so that all may be covered
in prayer. It is my prayer for the adults that this is a
meaningful and rewarding program for them as well.
Dozens of previous students who have graduated have
specifically asked to BE a prayer partner to a youth
because it meant so much to them to be prayed for!
Prayer truly does change lives.
See Kristin Dawkins for more information or to sign up, email to [email protected]!
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Children’s Ministry Patty Singhass ([email protected])
September’s Save the Date!
 Sunday, September 6 - No evening activities for children
 Sunday, September 13 - ―Good and Faithful Servants‖ is our Sunday evening small
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group for children ages K-5th grade! September 13 is our first meeting for this school
year and we will continue to meet Sunday evenings from September 13 to November 1!
We begin at 6:00 PM and go to 6:30 PM; then from 6:30 to 6:45 PM, the children enjoy
snack time! Immediately following, we have our Children’s Choir rehearsal from 6:45-7:30 PM.
Note: An alternate activity can be provided for children who do not wish to attend the Children’s Choir rehearsal.
Please contact Patty if you wish to enjoy an alternate activity! Childcare will be available for parents who attend
Sunday evening small groups. Parents should RSVP Patty for childcare.
Our Sunday School Leaders!
Sunday School leaders needed!
Please prayerfully consider volunteering
for our Children’s Ministry!
The children will adore you!
Contact Patty for more information.
BSUMC Babysitters Club! Calling all youth interested
in babysitting! Now is the time to sign up to become a new
member of the BSUMC Babysitters Club! To sign up or
for more information about this wonderful ministry of our
church, please plan to attend the next Babysitters Club
meeting on Sunday, September 20, at 12:10 PM in
Room 214. Please contact Patty if you plan to attend!
Cross Training for Youth and Children! BSUMC offers this FREE martial arts small
group for children and youth (grades 1–12). Come and enjoy a great time of training, reflection,
exercise and fun! The class is taught by Tracy Einstein and meets in our Fellowship Hall each
Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. This is a group you will enjoy! Note: Parents are welcome to
stay during the class and study and relax. Contact Patty for more information.
Mountain Movers Preteen Youth Group! All 4th-5th graders are invited to meet every other month for fun
on Fridays from 5:00 to 8:00 PM in Room 205. The group will enjoy fellowship and faith learning and building activities
with a mission action focus. Dinner is served by parents on a sign up basis! The group held their first meeting on Friday,
August 28. The other meetings for this school year are October 23, December 18, February 5 and April 1. You may
contact Patty or Kristin ([email protected]) for more information.
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Small Groups Rev. Adam Sowder ([email protected])
For a Complete List of Offerings see the handout at the Connections Table in the Greetorium.
Disciple I (Fast Track) is ready for you! Join Gary Paulson in this newly
redesigned program that is now only 24 weeks long. Meetings will last a brisk
75 minutes. Disciple I is a systematic approach to reading, studying, and
discussing both the Old and New Testaments, providing a comprehensive
overview of the Bible. Class begins on Monday, September 21, at 7:00 PM in
Room 205 with an orientation session and continues each Monday thereafter.
Email Gary Paulson at [email protected] or call the Church Office to sign up.
Cost for the course is $30.00. Please RSVP so that we may order your materials!
Disciple III Remember Who You Are: Study The Prophets and The Letters of Paul
with Sara Holloway in this long term study. The driving idea we will examine is the connection
between memory and identity as the people of God. Class runs from 6:30 – 8:30 PM and begins
on Monday, September 14, in Room 137. Email Sara Holloway at [email protected]
or call the Church Office to sign up. Cost for the course is $30.00. Please RSVP so that we may
order your materials!
Rick’s Group: Are you a part of Rick’s Group? Join us after the season 6 premier
of The Walking Dead as we discuss faith, ethics, and discipleship as well as consider
the question, ―What would you do?‖ Class begins on Monday, October 12, at 6:30 PM
in Room 103. Contact [email protected] for more information!
“The Meaning of Marriage-Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of
God”: Join Ron and Beth Light at their home on Tuesdays starting October 6 at 6:30 PM. The study
will focus on the book, ―The Meaning of Marriage‖ by Timothy Keller. Books are $13. Please RSVP
[email protected] to sign up and place your order!
September is the beginning of another year for Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) at
Braddock Street UMC. MOPS is a community of women who have at least one
child in the birth to kindergarten age range. Our meetings typically consist of a
devotion, topic discussion, and craft/service project.
We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursdays from 10-11:30 AM. Our first meeting is
September 17. Childcare and snacks are provided but please RSVP so we can plan
appropriately. We have three childcare rooms available...infant, preschool, and
elementary age homeschooled children. The only fee is for MOPS Membership
which is $24.95 and includes a package of materials to use for this year’s theme, magazine subscription, and weekly
emails. Scholarships are available if needed. All other expenses are covered by the church for which our group could
not be more grateful. So THANK YOU BRADDOCK STREET for supporting this wonderful ministry!
We are very excited for this year’s theme, A Fierce Flourishing, based on Isaiah 55:12. "For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the
field shall clap their hands." We invite you to flourish with us!
Please contact Jennifer Ellison for more information or to RSVP at:
[email protected] or (540) 204-3282.
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When There Is Grief, How Can You Come Alongside?
The ―Reception Teams‖ at Braddock Street UMC serve in the ministry of hospitality by providing
receptions (following a funeral service) for church families during their bereavement. There are four teams
Cruise
Ship Quiz
that
are headed
up Night
by two co-captains. Volunteers who are willing to provide donations of food and/or
serve on the day of the reception are contacted by the co-captains. The teams work on a rotating schedule
so each team takes a turn.
Presently, we are looking for additional ladies who are willing to be a part of this very special ministry.
Will you prayerfully consider joining one of the reception teams? It goes beyond words how much
Becky Sherman
grieving family members are comforted to know we are the hands and feet of Jesus at such a time as this.
Please contact Becky Sherman, Reception Coordinator, at (681) 242-2395 or email her at [email protected]. We wish
to offer a big thank you to all the ladies who are already participating in this most needful ministry at BSUMC!
Church Library News
Ellen Adams, long time member of BSUMC and
first-time author, has presented a complimentary
copy of her new book, Journey of the Heart - A
Family Affair, to the church library. The
memoir, published by Balboa Press under the
pen name--Nora Rebecca Day--tells the
inspirational story of one mother with dementia
and the companion by her side.
As countless victims and caregivers
have personally experienced, a diagnosis of
Alzheimer's, or other type of dementia, can
be devastating news. But, the journey can
also become one of unexpected growth with
the discovery that a loving and merciful
God is the compassionate liaison between
the hard, cold facts of an illness with no cure
and the infinite mysteries of grace.
Additional copies are available through
Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.
Boy Scouts Troop 3 Trail - September
Troop 3 spent a weekend in August camping at Kernstown Battlefield and helping the
Battlefield Association with needed repairs and maintenance to their facilities. The scouts
planned and organized the weekend on the 350 acre facility.
The troop heads to Portsmouth, VA over the September 25–27
weekend to tour the Nauticus Museum. They will board the
Battleship Wisconsin for an overnight and will take a cruise
on the bay to view US Navy vessels.
The picture is the sunrise at Kernstown Battlefield the morning
of August 16, 2015.
Sincerely, Greg Eisenhauer
540-542-2159 office
540-974-1443 cell
Invitation to Join Cub Scout Pack 3! We would like to invite all boys in 1st-5th grades to join our pack.
If you enjoy fishing, camping, hiking, and having FUN with friends, please contact our Cub Master, Jim Siefert, at
703-282-2105 or [email protected]. Visit us and see - Pack 3 is the place to be!
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Missions
Ebola update:
No one who received the vaccine has become ill.
During the week of August 10, The
Lancet published very promising
results of an Ebola vaccine trial that
proved to be 100 percent effective.
The rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine
was given to more than 7600
high-risk people in Guinea, who
live in communities with cases of
Ebola. Researchers tested the vaccine
using a ring vaccination approach,
which simply means that they
vaccinated a ring of close contacts
around each Ebola case.
Furthermore, the vaccine appears to be well-tolerated with very
few severe side effects.
With the promise of these initial results, the trial will continue in
Guinea and the inclusion criteria will be expanded. There is also a
possibility that the vaccine trial could expand into Sierra Leone
and Liberia, and support the final push in "getting to zero."
Let us pray for a conclusive end to the Ebola crisis that has
plagued Sierra Leone for the past 14 months. Please pray for
strength, hope, healing, and resilience for the people of Sierra
Leone as they struggle to reclaim livelihoods and reestablish
communities.
Source: Helping Children Worldwide.org
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SHELLED PECANS for SALE
MAMMOTH SIZE HALVES
Braddock Street’s backpack ministry is up
and running for the second year, delivering extra food to
selected children at Redbud Run Elementary. Our goal
is to include breakfast, lunch, and snacks every other
weekend for kids who receive free/reduced breakfast
and lunch at school. We are thankful that milk boxes are
being purchased with donated funds this year. Individual
raisin boxes, meat products, soup, Chef Boyardee,
mac&cheese, juice boxes, small cereal/oatmeal packs,
vegetables, pudding, etc, are still being collected and can
be dropped off in the Mission Room (134). Feel free to
check with Anne Brewster or Joanna with any
questions. Thank you for using your hands, feet, and
resources to share the love of Jesus with these children!
Fully
Rely
On
God
From this year’s crop!
$12 per pound bag!
Buy 2 or more pounds
for $1 less per pound!
Order Now/Pay Upon Delivery!
Contact Persons:
Megan Pugh
@ 662-4738 or
[email protected]
or
Phoebe West
@ 869-1827 or
[email protected]
Perfect for holiday baking!
Fundraiser for BSUMC’s
Relay for Life team,
Braddock Street Angels.
ORDER FORMS available in the
Church Office on the Bookcase.
Feel free to take orders at your
workplace, in your neighborhood, etc.
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Music Notes by Judy Connelly
Children’s Choir
We enjoy singing. It’s fun. Music plays a big part in our lives and we take satisfaction in using it to express our hearts
and as a tool to explore our relationships with God. It’s good for us.
But that’s not why we sing.
Singing is a way of serving the Lord.
But that’s not why we sing.
Singing is a way of our giving back to God. It’s part of our sacrifice of praise that we prepare and offer to the Lord.
But that’s not why we sing.
Singing is a form of prayer.
But that’s not why we sing.
Singing impacts my body. It forces us to become physically involved when we express worship.
But that’s not why we sing.
Singing is something the Bible commands us to do.
But that’s not why we sing.
Worship is one of the few things that we know goes on in Heaven. It’s powerful enough to shake Heaven’s very gates.
Music accompanied many major events in the Bible. It led God’s people forward in battle. Even Jesus’ birth was announced
through song, as will be His triumphant return.
But that’s not why we sing.
Why do we sing? One simple reason. God deserves our praise. This is good and right and true. But worshiping the Lord is
something that we each must decide to do for ourselves. We choose to sing.
We must not withhold from the Lord the glory that is due to Him from ourselves.
Source: That’s Why We Sing by T.J. Smith
Extraordinary Hospitality
- that’s the theme for Music Ministry in 2015-16. We invite everyone to join
us! Come, let us worship the Lord in song. Find the musical ensemble for you and be prepared to experience extraordinary
hospitality - give God your finest. For more information about the music ministry, please contact Judy Connelly at
[email protected].
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September Sermon Series:
Sept. 6
Sept. 13
Sept. 20
Sept. 27
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Matters of Life and Death—Psalm 139:1-18
Other Religions—John 14:1-10
Family Conflict—Matthew 18:15-22
Sexual Orientation—1 Corinthians 13:1-13