April 17, 2022

Church Office Hours

Note: The church office will be closed on Easter Monday, April 18.

Normal office hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm and Friday from 9am-1pm.

Please stay home if you are sick, have a fever, or display two or more of the following symptoms: shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills or shaking, cough, flu-like symptoms, diarrhea, intestinal upset, or fatigue, sore throat, headache, muscle pain, recent loss of taste or smell.

Altar Flowers

Would you like to recognize a significant event such as a birthday or anniversary while also providing a beautiful display for the altar? If you would like to reserve a date, please call the office at 540-825-0764 or sign up at Altar Flower Sign Up .

Worship Times

Worship Schedule: 8AM - Traditional, 9:29AM - Modern, 11AM - Traditional. Our 9:29AM and 11AM services are available via livestream.

Special Services

Easter Sunrise Service at 6:00AM in lower parking lot
Easter services: 8, 9:29 and 11AM in Sanctuary.

Special Prayer Request

• For Gunda "Suzy" that a kidney donor is found soon

Praises

• As nature begins to bloom and grow, let us share the joy of new life we are given this Easter

• Linette - DOES NOT have breast cancer!

• Lisa with Culpeper Human Services would like to thank everyone for all we do to help the Culpeper community

• Jean's daughter Keely - starts working full time at Graves Mountain Lodge starting April 25

• Joelle - thankful for her new job at CUMC Preschool

• Theresa - thank you for continued prayers for her and husband, Richard

• Wayne - knee replacement on March 22 went well and he is home. PT will continue as an outpatient.

• Ann wants to thank everyone for the prayers and support in the loss of her great-newphew, Tyler

• Nancy thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers during her recent knee surgery

• Lee's stepfather Larry - cancer free but will continue treatment

• Georgie - will be attending University of Kentucky this fall

• The appointment of our incoming pastor, Won Lee and his family (Young, Elliot and Eric)

• Linda for continued healing, is getting stronger each day. Thank you for the prayers, cards and phone calls.

• Jan's son and family who wil be returning to the U.S. this summer after teaching high school in Singapore for 11 years.

• Cyndy is getting a new stimulator battery inserted that is MRI compatible so she can have an MRI to determine why she is having so many headaches

• Dottie is thankful she was able to attend her brother, David and Angela's wedding in Florida on March 12

• Living the Dream Foundation 5K and Walk for Hope April 2 at Yowell Meadow Park

Upcoming Weddings

• Katie and Andrew - April 30

• Morgan and Jake wedding June 4

• Jacob and Taylor wedding June 12

• Marshall and Stephanie wedding June 25

• Raegan and Pearson wedding June 10, 2023

Pregnancies

• Jean's daughter Tara - baby due in September

Hospitalized

• Whitney's cousin Katie - uterine hemorrhage after giving birth, emergency surgery, kidney stents

• Hans in Holland (from String/Valletti family) - had Guillain Barre syndrome, collapsed lung, on ventilator in ICU, has been in treatment for the last 13 weeks

Upcoming Surgery/Procedures

• Mary Alice's husband Jack - knee replacement April 27

• John and Jacqueline - beginning infertility treatments

• Kim - anxiety, Pre-op concerns, visit to ER, will need two eye surgeries April 25

• Billy and Bonnie's daughter-in-law Kelly - surgery April 15

• Jay - neck surgery May 2 at John Hopkins

• Phyllis - hip replacement surgery May 5

Recovering

• Travis - hernia surgery on April 11 went well

• Madeline (Alberta's 1-year-old great granddaughter in California) is home and doing much better, blood sugar back to normal

• Diana - knee surgery March 14, doing well

• Debbie - back surgery at UVA March 8, went well

• Donna - home

Sympathies Extended

• George and Kim on the passing of George's father, Jim on March 10

• Garan and Erica and family on the passing of Garan's mother, Linda on March 28 in Montana

• Family and friends of Tyler, Ann's niece's great grandson, who died March 26 in a car accident. He was only 22 years old.

Treatments/Extended Care/Hospice

• Linette's father Rod - infection cleared, focusing on cancer and to find a medicine that will help

• Alexis - EEG at UVA on March 29, health complications, will be at Fresh Start in Richmond soon

• Jean's son's friend Katie, agee 22 - diagnosed with sarcoma, last radiation treatment April 1, MRI April 15, surgery April 26

• Deanne's neighbor Kim - diagnosed with breast, lung and skin cancer

• Linda (from Nancy) - complications for a car accident, found brain cancer

• Doreen's neighbor Kyle - bone cancer, in UVA Culpeper Hospital

• Belinda - breast cancer treatments begin March 16

• Jerry - prostate cancer, March 7 appointment

• Crawford - chemo/radiation treatments begin March 21

• Phil and Kathy - Phil's condition is getting worse

• Pastor Jared's wife Heather - ovarian cancer, treatment in Arizona

• Helena's sister-in-law Christine - all arteries unlocked, will have a biopsy of kidney April 20

• Michelle of Tarpon Springs, Florida (from Lois) - throat cancer

• Thelma - pain all over, being given morphine

• Doreen's husband Joe - home on hospice care

General Health Concerns

• Betty - health complications due to her heart

• Toni (from Joelle) - health concerns

• Rebecca (friend of Joelle) - health concerns

• Ethel Mae - health complications

• Jeannette's neighbor Anne - catastrophic stroke, paralyzed in right side, in rehab

• Kee - health

• Teresa - doctor appointment this week, continued health issues

• Richard - Parkinson's doctor appointment this week, continued health issues

• Naomi (from Bill and Linda) - health issues

• Amy's mother Laverne - multiple health concerns

• George's uncle Hilton - given less than a year to live due to heart and lung conditions

• Helena's friend Marie - moved into Our Father's House

• Joelle's son Thomas - beginning stages of liver failure along with other health concerns

• Kenneth - back pain, tests

• Bill - wrist complications, having difficulty getting medical appointment and diagnosis

• Craig - serious back pain

• Cheryl - health and health concerns

• Jamey - diagnosed with macular degeneration

• Sarah's mother Faith

• Libby - health concerns

• Greg's mother - health complications

• Catherine - home, continued health challenges

• Mike - health troubles

• Wendy's niece Rachael - struggling with drug addiction

• Earl - declining with Parkinson's

• Karen - caregiver

General Prayer Concerns

• Antoinette and coworkers - lots of changes at work

• Friends of Rick and Sarah who are mourning the death of their dog

• Jean's son Joshua - travel mercies as he travels to George for work, and for his upcoming first home purchase

• Whitney - as Georgie prepares to head to college at University of Kentucky, that Whitney let go of worry about George going so far away

• Lynn's sister Robin - grieving her husband Ralph's death and also recovering from a back procedure at John Hopkins

• World Peace

• War between Russia and Ukraine began February 24

• Chuck and Marcia (neighbors of Linnea) - their son took his life on March 28, he was 40 years old

• The Hemming Family, Jeannie and CUMC transitions

• Evan and family (from Lee and Linda) - missionary deployment to Southeast Asia

• UMC General Conference postponed until 2024

• High school and college graduations

• Amy - helping to care for her parents while juggling her career and family responsibilities

• Cuba - oppression and injustice on many levels

• Rey de Gloria (sister church in Cuba)

• New Children/Youth Director

• Leadership Team - work and filling vacant staff positions

• Walker and Seiny, Alena and Chad in Honduras

Military

• Ben - Army Reserves, basic training in February in South Carolina, then Officers school in Fort Benning, Georgia

• Isaiah - U.S. Marine Corp

• Patrick - Fort Gordon, Georgia

• RJ - Oahu, Hawaii

• Wyatt

• Chuck - Army Ohio National Guard, helping with COVID response

• Jake - Air Force being deployed beginning of April

• Jonathan - new assignment to Estonia

• Hunter - recruiter in West Virginia

• Noah - Camp LeJeune

• Daniel (Lee's brother) - Army special forces stateside

Sunday

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Wesleyan Fellowship Class in Room 203
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - The Flock
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM - Speak Truth
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM LIFE

Monday

5:15PM - 6:15PM - Youth Handchimes (grades 6-12) in the Community Room
6:30 PM - W.O.W. meets offsite, contact Dawn Hamilton at dbhthumper@aol.com

Tuesday

10AM - Golden Friends in Room 201
4:00PM - 4:30PM - Cherubs (age 4 - grade 1) in the Music Room
4:30PM-5:15PM - King's Kids (grades 2-5) in the Music Room
6:30PM - 7:00PM - Youth Choir/Drama (grades 6-12) in the Community Room

Wednesday

3:00PM - 4:00PM - Chancel Choir "Daytimers" in the Sanctuary
(5:45PM setup) 6:00PM - 7:00PM - Chancel Ringers in the Community Room
7:00PM - 8:00PM - Chancel Choir in the Sanctuary
6:30PM- 8:00 PM - Wednesday Night Bible Class
7:00PM - 8:30PM - Christianity and World Religions Bible Study - Virtual

Thursday

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM - LOL
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM - SOS

If you would like information on any of these classes, call the office at 540-825-0764
or contact Pastor John at pastorjohn@culpeperumc.org