November 21, 2021

Church Office Hours

The church office will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 25-26 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Office hours will be from 9am - noon on Monday-Wednesday, November 22-24.

Normal office hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm and Friday from 9am-1pm. Please wear a mask to visit the church office.

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 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B084AA4A629A3FE3-cumc6 .

New Times Coming for In-Person Worship -- Modern Worship Service Returns November 21

Beginning November 21, we will return to three services: 8AM - traditional, 9:29AM - modern, 11AM - traditional. Both our 9:29AM and 11AM services will be livestreamed.

Updated Restrictions, Singing Allowed!

Due to the Delta variant, masks are strongly recommended but not required for those who are fully vaccinated at the 8AM service. Masks are strongly recommended at the 10AM service due to the presence of unvaccinated children.

Singing is now allowed. If you are uncomfortable being around those singing, we are reserving the balcony as a "no-singing zone." For more details, visit our website at culpeperumc.org.

Praises

• 60 Operation Christmas Shoeboxes were delivered to Open Door Baptist Church this week.

• Bill and Joy will have their 5-month old son William III baptised today

• Katie (from Theresa) - cancer appears to be gone

• Jair - Lay Supply at Bethel UMC in Madison

• First 2nd Saturday Youth Event on November 13, 4 youth attended

• Power Pack - Six familied assembled about 1,000 bags for Culpeper Elementary students on November 13

• Wood Ministry - Wood-splitting and 7 wood deliveries made on November 13

Upcoming Weddings

• Morgan and Jake wedding June 4, 2022

• Jacob and Taylor wedding June 12, 2022

Pregnancy

• Daniel and Caitlin - expecting first child in January

• Daniel and Katie expecting their 3rd child in December

Hospitalized

• Lee's aunt Lorna - COVID and pneumonia

• Joyce's 9-month old great-great granddaughter Lailah - critical condition at UVA, COVID, undergoing testing

• Sharon's 8 year old great nephew James - ICU in hospital in Germany, broken arm and ruptured spleen but improving

• Sharon's great-nephew James is home now

• Helen's sister Jennie - has been undergoing chemo for colon cancer, now had a stroke with partial paralysis

• Joyce's son-in-law Scott - has had a setback, is back in Fairfax hospital for a double lung transplant

Upcoming Surgery/Procedures

• Helena's husband Dan, cataract surgery December 1

• Lauren - elbow surgery December 10

• Pastor John's father Charles - cataract surgery November 16 and December 6

• Sandi's niece Kristin - has lung cancer, in Arizona

• Joyce's grandson Hamilton - needs a double kidney transplant

Recovering

• Mike - tested positive for COVID-19

• Tanya - COVID-19

• Belinda - lumpectomy November 9 at UVA, went well, awaiting pathology report

• Doug and Suzie's son Ryan - health complications, at Virginia Beach

• Pastor John's mother Carole - ear surgery on November 2 went well

• Catherine - home recovering from a fall

• Jo - health complications, now at The Culpeper

Sympathies Extended

• Family and friends of Alice

• Leslee and Joe (friends of Dennis and Velma) on passing of Leslee's father

• Gina and family on the passing of Gina's mother Kathryn

Treatments/Extended Care/Hospice

• Kristin's father - dementia and health complications

• Kristin's mother - caregiver to her husband with dementia

• Wendy's aunt Linda - chemotherapy for tumors in her brain and ovaries

• Doreen's husband Joe - Culpeper H&R for 2 weeks then home on hospice card

• Mary - Dogwood - compassionate care

• Rebecca's brother Tom - starting stem cell transplant

• Rebecca's stedaughter Deborah - starts radiation and chemo soon

• Rev. Cho's father is dying in the Los Angeles area

• Diane's husband's father Warren - stage 4 terminal cancer

General Health Concerns

• Taylor - reinjured her knee

• Margaret - stroke recently and lost sight in one eye

• Wendy's niece Rachael - struggling with drug addiction

• Jean's nephew Noah - severe bipolar

• Earl - Parkinson's

• Karen - care giver

• H. Leroy - declining health

• Helen - health test

• Debbie's daughter Michele - diagnosed with skin cancer on leg, awaiting next steps

• Antoinette's mother - cancer

• Thelma - health

• Bill and Betty - Betty needs prayers as caregiver

General Prayer Concerns

• Ryan, Ronnie and Trigg (from Lynn)

• Grace (from Theresa) to be able to move forward and that her family wil help her as well

• Zan and Cecil (from Theresa) - as they navigate Cecil's health together

• Rebecca - travel mercies as she heads to Nashville to drive her brother home after surgery

• Sandi's sister Lynn - many family members not well

• Pastor David and congregation of Sherando UMC in Stuarts Draft as they grieve the loss of their church building from a fire on October 29

• Antoinette -- all employees at the company where she works as they go through company changes

• Travis and Wilma - grief journey and life's challenges

• Cuba - oppression and injustice on many levels

• Rey de Gloria (sister church in Cuba)

• COVID-19 and Delta variant - healing and access to vaccine and effectiveness of vaccine

• New Children/Youth Director

• Leadership Team work and filling vacant staff positions

• Walker and Seiny, Alena and Chad in Honduras

• UMC General Conference rescheduled for August 29-September 6, 2022

Military

• Ben

• Isaiah

• Daniel

• Patrick

• Wyatt

• Chuck

• Jonathan

• Hunter

• Noah

• RJ

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

6:30 PM - W.O.W. meets offsite, contact Dawn Hamilton at dbhthumper@aol.com

Tuesday

10 AM - 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
5:30PM - 6:30PM - Youth Handchimers (grades 6-12) in the Community 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 - 8:00PM - Words of Life study - Virtual

Thursday

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

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