216 N Main Street Suffolk VA 23434

Inside this issue:

Pastor’s Column

Calendar/Birthdays

Children’s News

Youth News

Memorials

Stewardship

Prayer Requests

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Special points of

Interest:

Church-wide Vacation

Bible School

Fundraiser Lunch for

Mission Trip for

Katy Johnson

The Praying Church

Prayer List

Saints Alive Cookout

Community Movie Night

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Mailed: June 19, 2015

Suffolk Christian Church

216 North Main Street

Suffolk, Virginia 23434

June 19, 2015

Office.................................................................................. (757)539-9182

Office Hours, 9:00 - 5:00 Monday - Friday

Fax (757) 539-6008 E-mail office@suffolkchristian.org

Website www.suffolkchristian.org

Webmaster@suffolkchristian.org

Pastor ................................................................... Rev. Michael D. Halley

Choral Director................................................….......…….Janet L. Rock

Director of Youth Ministries ...………………………..Erin C. Kessinger

Director of Children’s Ministries …...…….…………..Priscilla G. Bunch

Church Secretary .....................................................Margaret N. Saunders

Financial Secretary .............................…...................……. Dae R. Nixon

Organist .............................................................................Mary N. Huber

Pianist ..........................................................….........… Carmen B. Halley

Handbell Choirmaster ……………………………...…….. Sean C. Bilby

Sexton ………..... .............................…….………….…..Sarah P. Burford

Sexton ……………………………………….…………….. John Durham

Security Attendants ..................……...….... Gary Williams, John Durham

Nursery Workers.…....…………..……..…Logan Masters, Julie McBride

Webmaster ………………………………………..…………… Pat Hawn

Audio Recorders..........................................................…….…..Jim Goben

Jonathan Martin, Edie Matthews

Schedule of Service

Sunday School for all ages .............…….................... Sunday, 10:00 a.m.

Early Worship Service ...........................…….…......... Sunday, 8:45 a.m.

Worship Service .........................…....……..…...........Sunday, 11:00 a.m.

Children’s Church …………………………….……...Sunday, 11:00 a.m.

Children & Youth Choirs …………………......…….. Sunday, 9:30 a.m.

Youth Fellowship ...........................………………...... Sunday, 5:00 p.m.

Nursery Provided for Regular Worship Service / Nursery Provided for All Other Services

Holy Communion every First Sunday

Our Vision: We Worship. We Disciple. We Serve.

We are Committed to God’s Grace as the Foundation of the Christian life.

June 19, 2015

Join Our Family of Faith

There is a place for you. A church is not just a build-

ing, but it is the people of the congregation. Please

come and be a part of our worship community!

If you believe God is calling you to join our church as

your place of worship and service, please see Reverend

Halley after worship service on Sunday or give him a

call during the week. The office number is (757)

539.9182. Or email at office.suffolkchristian.org

We welcome you!

July Patriotic

Cookout Planned

for Saints Alive Tuesday, July 21, at 1:00 pm will be a

special day for Saints Alive. Invite a

friend and come and join us for a patriotic celebration and cookout.

Rev. Halley will fire up the grill on the north lawn and cook hotdogs. It is more than

likely going to be a really hot day outside but don’t worry about being too warm because the food will be eaten inside where it will be nice and cool. The only person

who will be outside will be our cook. Hotdogs and drinks will be provided but we are

asking that you bring your favorite side dish to share with others.

Saints Alive is a fun group who loves to eat, fellowship with one another, and play

games. They meet each Tuesday afternoon from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in the Saints

Alive Center. On the third Tuesday of each month, the group meets at 1:00 p.m. for a potluck lunch. Come and join us for a fun filled three hours.

Friday Night Book Club

The Friday Night Book Club along with Josh and

Jennifer Worrell invite you to attend an informa-

tional meeting social to receive information on our twice a month book club and to discuss the for-

mation of a once a month parent group. Children

are welcome to attend. Friday, July 10th at 6:30

pm at the home of Josh and Jennifer Worrell, 5925 Trumpet Drive, Suffolk. Please RSVP to

Jennifer Worrell at 636-0945.

My Dear Friends,

As you are very much aware, our deacons are

making 2015 a year of

prayer at our church. One

of our Core Values is We are Committed to Prayer.

Each board and committee

meeting begins with prayer and we meet together

monthly in The Praying

Church, at which time we read aloud and pray for

every person on our printed

prayer list (which is eighty

people!).

In studying prayer I discovered an ancient prayer

practice which comes from the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). It is called "Examen", a

word which means simply to examine. The Examen is

a method of reviewing the day in the presence of God. Rather than a set prayer, The Examen is more an

attitude of prayer. There are five steps, which may be

taken in any order:

First, ask God for Light. Pray: "I want to look at my

day with God’s eyes, and not merely my own."

Second, give thanks. Pray: "The day I have just lived

is a gift from God, and I am very grateful for it."

Third, review the day. Pray, "O Holy Spirit, help me look back over this day under your helpful guidance."

Fourth, face your shortcomings. Pray, "O God, help me to face up to what is wrong . . . in my life and in

me."

Fifth, look toward the day to come. Pray, "Heavenly

Father, help me tomorrow to be aware of all the ways

I need You to be in my life."

And, of course, all our prayers are made in the name

of our Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen!

Love,

Michael

Rev. Michael D. Halley Pastor

Pastor’s

Column Prayer Concerns

Be in prayer for our children, youth

and adults attending CentriKid and

Mission Fuge in Ridgecrest, North

Carolina June 18 - 22 .... Doris

Cones .... Jackie Dudley .... Heather

Ferguson .... Jane Pritchard ....

Martha Dailey Hobbs .... Kitty

Martin .... James Habel .... Jenny

Smith .... Debra Carr ... Tom

Ashcraft .... Margaret Heuberger

On Going Prayer

Katy Johnson - preparing to leave for Amman,

Jordan the end of August for a year of mission

work

Debbie Spivey

David & Dot Darden

Forrest Cathey

Robin Riddick Blanchard (wife of Randell Blanchard)

Milton Liverman (friend of Jim Thorsen)

Prayers of Praise

CPL Spencer Best, USMC (husband of Lindsay Goben Best)

Deployed

Lt. Edward G. Chalkley, USA (grandson of Nancy and

Milton Chalkley)

LCPL Langdon Conklin, USMC (grandson of Jack & Eloise

Byrd)

Extended Family & Friends Prayer Concerns Bernard Bangley - hospital in Lynchburg (brother of Robert

Bangley) .... Lawrence Pugh (father of Pat Hawn) .... Mike

Colona - Shore Memorial Hospital (brother-in-law of Travis

Myles) .... Landon Smith (son of Hillary & Jason Smith; 1 year old

neighbor of Jim & Wanda Thorsen) .... Phil Gibbs (brother of Joyce

Ralph and father of Gretchen Jones) .... Laura Hawn (daughter of Pat

Hawn) .... Harvey Parker (brother of Margaret Herring & Sarah Bur-

ford) .... Martha Britt (sister of Margaret Herring & Sarah

Burford) .... Suzanne Forester (friend of Sarah Burford) ....

Brenda Harmon (neighbor of Sarah Burford) .... Larry Riddick

(brother-in-law of Bobbie Chapman) .... Jimmy Parr (son of Sue

Parr) ...Patsy Morris Vance (friend of Eloise Byrd) .... Melinda

Gregory (sister of Earl Scott, friends of Evelyn & Calvin Jones) ....

George Lazarus (neighbor of Tim & Lynne Copeland) .... Memory Williams (friend of Carman Goben) .... Rosalind

Cutchins (neighbor of the Worrell’s) .... Louie Vanderslice (son

of Hannah Fleming’s dance teacher) .... Wayne Turner (cousin of

Cheryl Griffin) .... Frank Foster (friend of Curtiss & Betty

Johnson) ..... Lyndia Horton Wagner (former co-worker of Pat Hawn) .... Chris Horton (mother of Lyndia Wagner) .... Elaine Abernathy (Rob

Abernathy’s aunt) .... Richard & Linda (friends of Shirley Talbert) .... Jeannie Arado (friend of Nita Wyatt) .... Samantha Bright (granddaughter of Jimmy & Becky Bradshaw) .... Chris and John .... Norm

King (friend of Judy & Floyd Twiford) .... Joseph Murphy (husband of

Marion Murphy) .... Sydnee Christensen (granddaughter of co-worker of

Bob James) .... Brian Ringgold (the husband of Terry McGahee’s

niece) ....Conrad Upright (grandfather of Brandon Upright) ....Rick

Pearce (son of Riddick Pearce & nephew of Judy Eure) .... Lisa Gray - (niece

of Betty Mazie) ....Bill (neighbor of the Rogge Family) .... Clark Thompson and Patrick Annas (friends of Jim Hancock, Mills Staylor,

Glenn Ellis, Linda Culliton) .... Peggy Bass (friend of Curtiss & Betty

Johnson) ....Phyllis Cornell (friend of June Hood) .... Doris Bailey (sister of Margaret Saunders) ....Buddy & Lynne Wood (friends of Jane

Marie & Jim Dailey) .... Dot Rhodes (friend of Anne Potter)

In order to keep our list updated, our prayer requests will remain on

the list for 4 weeks and then will be removed unless the prayer re-

quest is renewed. Please call the church office 539.9182 or email

office @suffolkchristian.org to renew a request.

Skilled Care (Nansemond Pointe) – Nancy Chalkley, Doris Gardner (aunt of

Priscilla Bunch) (Autumn Care) -- Patricia Griggs; Joe Duke (former member of

church staff) (Lake Prince Woods) – Randolph Copeland, Louise Boone,

Howard Boone (Consulate Health, Windsor) – S. A. Pylan

Home Bound

Shirley Crump, Nancy Fulgham, Dorothy Judkins, Margaret

Ramsey, Rita Redfern, Vernon Taylor, Margaret Herring

Assisted Living (Hillcrest) Marjorie Wilkinson (Village at Woods Edge) Pete Kidd

(Chesapeake Place) – Millie Strickland In Sympathy Our Christian love and sympathy to the following:

Diane M. Grieder and Marion Grigg and family on the

death of her mother, Alice Marie Zurcher Grieder, on June 10, 2015.

The family of Joseph Lee Griggs of St. Marys, Georgia, who passed away on June 16, 2015.

Ice Available

Do you need ice for your family picnics,

fishing trips and other

summer outings? If so, the church has plenty of

ice to share. Come

down to the church dur-

ing office hours and fill up your coolers. The ice machine at the church is large and there is plenty of ice available

for you to use. Frequent usage keeps the machine working

properly and the ice fresh.

Scholarship Sunday

July 19

On Sunday, July 19, during the 11 o’clock worship ser-

vice, the recipients of the scholarships awarded by Suffolk Christian Church will be recognized.

CHURCH OFFICE

CLOSED

FRIDAY, JULY 3

IN OBSERVANCE OF

FOURTH OF JULY

JULY 13

Missions

Dimes for Missions $331.00

Donations to the Food Pantry have been given by the West Memorial Bible Class, the Afternoon Circle and the Evening Circle.

Stewardship Report “We Are Walking By Faith”

Needed Weekly to Deliver Our Ministries: $6,862.03

Received on June 14: $ 4,710.26 Needed Year To Date: $ 164,688.72 Received Year To Date: $ 145,274.00

Difference: $ 19,414.72 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

You may request a copy of your financial giving at any time

by contacting the financial secretary. There are several boxes

of tithing envelopes on the counter in the office that have not

been picked up.

Missions Allocation

Special Monthly Missions for 2015

January – Coats for Community - $530.00

February – Salvation Army - $415.00

March – Youth/Children Mission Fund – $804.00

April - CAPS — $655.00

May— Food Pantry — $583.00

June—Scripture Memory Mountain Mission—

$266.00

The Praying Church Tuesday, July 28

7:00 pm — in the Sanctuary

Please join us as we pray

for those on our prayer

list, our church, our

community, our

country, and our world.

A donation to Saints Alive in memory of Lonnie G. Cones, Jr.

has been given by H. Jan Ellis.

A donation to Care and Concern in memory of Haywood Briggs

has been given by H. Jan Ellis.

A donation to Care and Concern in memory of Carroll

Brinkley has been given by H. Jan Ellis.

A donation to the Memorial Fund in memory of

Barbara Marr has been given by H. Jan Ellis.

A donation to the Memorial Fund in memory of Emma, Warren and Jim Rountree has been given

by Larry Rountree.

A special gift was given to the church in memory of

Walter “Shep” Felton and Myrtle Vann Felton by

The Honorable Walter S. Felton, Jr.

College Graduates 2015

Marissa Talbert Banton graduated from

Sentara College of Health Sciences,

Chesapeake, with a Bachelor of Science in

Nursing degree.

Kaitlin Rayna Johnson graduated from

University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts

degree in Biology.

Meredith Blair McLaughlin graduated from

Averett University, Danville, Virginia with a

Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre.

Charles Douglas Parr, Jr. graduated from

Tidewater Community College with an

Associate of Applied Science degree in Funeral

Service.

Bracey Hong Parr graduated Summa Cum

Laude from Saint Louis University, Madrid

Campus, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in

Communication: International Emphasis and a

Minor in Modern Languages and Intercultural

Communication; and a Minor in Spanish.

Jordan Thomas Remy graduated from

Emory and Henry College with a Bachelor of

Science degree in International Business and

Economics.

Kelsey Lauren Ritter graduated from

Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina

with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science

and a Minor in Business Administration.

High School

Graduates 2015

Ryan Daniel Anderson graduated from Western

Branch High School and

is pursuing a career in

Firefighting/Emergency Medical Technician. He

plans to take some classes at Tidewater Community

College in the near future.

Robert Austin Babb graduated from Nansemond

-Suffolk Academy and will be attending the

University of Alabama.

Courtney Lauren Buchanan graduated from Isle

of Wight Academy and is attending Tidewater

Community College during the summer and then

entering the nursing program at Old Dominion

University in January.

Olivia Katherine Elliott graduated from

Nansemond-Suffolk Academy and will attend

University of South Carolina.

Joseph Bryce Jones graduated from King’s Fork

High School and will attend The University of

Virginia College at Wise.

Connor Patrick Munn graduated from King’s

Fork High School and will attend Longwood

University.

Chase Johnson Phillips graduated from Isle of

Wight Academy and will attend Tidewater

Community College.

Meredith Blair Ritter graduated from

Nansemond-Suffolk Academy and will attend

University of South Carolina.

Nicholas Russell Smith graduated from Cary

Christian School in Cary, North Carolina and will

attend Elon University.

Notes of Appreciation

Thank you to our wonderful church family for the prayers, phone calls, visits and cards during the

illness and passing of Floyd’s son, Mark. God Bless

each and everyone of you. Floyd and Judy Twiford

Would you like to put flowers in the church in memory or in honor of someone, if so, please contact the flower chairperson, Mary Emily Dailey, at (757) 619.2522? There are a number of Sundays available for flowers to be placed on the Altar.

Our youth and chil-

dren will cool off this

summer with a trip to

Ocean Breeze Water-

park on Tuesday July

21. Please let Erin

Kessinger or Priscilla

Bunch know if you

are interested so we can purchase all of the tickets at

once at a discount. Discounted rates begin with at least

15 people. Once we have a more accurate number we

can determine the pricing based on the discount. All

money will need to be paid upfront before purchasing

the tickets at the discount and Ocean Breeze requires

they be purchased upfront at least 3 weeks before. All

money for discounted tickets will need to be paid no

later than Sunday June 29. Be on the lookout for

more details and a sign up sheet!

Erin Kessinger

MFuge/CentriKid Share and

Tell Night

The youth and children are very ex-

cited to share with you their camp

experiences. Please join them for

dinner, a slideshow, and to hear their

stories on Monday, June 29, at 6:00

p.m. Please sign up on the bulletin

board or let Erin Kessinger

(ekessinger@verizon.net 757.544.1149) or Priscilla

Bunch (pbunch1@charter.net 757.539.8930) know.

Fundraiser to support Katy

Johnson

Sunday, July 19th

As you have read on our prayer list, Katy Johnson will

be leaving for Amman, Jordan the end of August. She is

going there to do mission work. Katy was very active

while she was a child and youth at our church. Katy will

be at our church on Sunday, July 19th, and will speak

during the Mission Moment. The Board of Christian

Education will be sponsoring a luncheon after worship

service to support Katy. We will have BBQ, Baked

Beans, Cole Slaw, Rolls and Dessert. Chef Deb Munn,

will be catering this lunch. The cost of the lunch will be

$10.00 and it will be eat in or carry out. Please see

Priscilla Bunch if you would like tickets to the luncheon.

Tickets will also be available in the church office. Dead-

line to purchase tickets will be Thursday, July 16th.

Community Movie Night by Priscilla Bunch

We will be having a Community Movie Night each fourth Saturday

evening June through September. It

will be held outside of the Beginner’s

Department beginning on Saturday, June 27th at 6:30pm. We will enjoy

hot dogs and hamburgers and all the

fixings. Once it gets dark we will watch a movie together. The Board of Christian Education

will provide the hot dogs, hamburgers, rolls and drinks. We

would like each family to bring a side dish or dessert to share.

Please sign up on the bulletin board if you are planning to attend so we can make sure we purchase enough hamburgers

and hot dogs. Please bring your friends with you and invite

our friends in the community. If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact Priscilla Bunch via email

at pbunch1@charter.net or 539.8930.

Upcoming Youth Dates to Remember

Saturday June 27 6:30pm Community Movie Night in SCC north parking lot

Sunday July 12 - Thursday July 16 Vacation Bible

School for ALL ages!!

Tuesday July 21 Ocean Breeze trip for children and

youth

Select days in August (TBD) Youth Summer mission projects

helping those in need in our church family…more details to

come!

This year, Vacation Bible School will be

available for ALL ages in our church!!

Therefore, the Youth will have their own

class for VBS. Please mark these dates

on your calendar for your youth to at-

tend! VBS will be held nightly Sunday

July 12-Thursday July 16. Dinner will

be served nightly.

News About

Our People

On Saturday, June 13, Connor Munn was awarded the

Eagle Scout Award at a court of honor. Our congratulations to Connor upon his achievement of the rank of Eagle Scout.

His Eagle Scout project was the beautiful prayer garden on

the north lawn of the church.

Congratulations to Cliff Thomas and his Orioles Team.

They won second place champs at SYAA playoffs on May

30, 2015. Go Orioles!!!

Nicole St. Claire Owens and Frank Jordan Parr, Jr.

were married on June 6, 2015 at Camp Arrowhead on Kenyon Road, Suffolk VA. Rev. Michael D. Halley

performed the ceremony. Congratulations and best wishes to

the newlyweds.

Marissa Talbert Banton recently received her Bachelor

of Science Degree in Nursing from Sentara College of

Health Sciences in Chesapeake. She received, by vote of the faculty, the prestigious Shirley G. Wharton Passion for

Nursing Award. Congratulations, Marissa!

SCC Youth wants to help

YOU!! by Erin Kessinger

This August, the Youth of SCC

would like to lend a helping

hand to our church family! Some ways they can help are

with yardwork, grocery shop-

ping/running errands, cleaning, cooking or if you have some-

thing else in mind I’m sure we

can make that work too! There will be a sign up

sheet on the bulletin board. Please sign up by July 15 with your name, task request, best day of the week,

and best time of the day. A schedule will then be

made and you will be notified by July 22 with a date and time that works best for you. You may also

email me at ekessinger@verizon.net with your re-

quest or give me a call at 757.544.1149 or 757.934.2325. The youth are really looking forward

to being a helper to our church family!

“Journey Off The Map”

“Are you getting excited about VBS???”

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! Our Vacation Bible School

will be held from July 12th—16th nightly. Dinner will be served

at 5:30 pm and VBS will start at 6:00 pm. There will be classes

for ALL ages, including adults.

Our mission this year will be to help Chris Surber and his

family. Some of the things needed are finances for a Church

Plant and Evangelism Kit, speakers, microphone, lights, kids handheld music makers, etc. Estimated cost $450.00. We will

also be taking donations of first aid and hygiene items such as:

bandages, waterproof bandages, medical tape, gauze, antibiotic

cream, anti-fungal cream, sunscreen, insect repellent, children

fever reducers, Tums, Motrin, Benadryl, etc. They are used for

street care, first aid on children in their discipleship classes or

church plants, and general first aid needs that they encounter

daily. Please plan to attend and bring friends!!

We are in need of volunteers, so if the Lord is leading you to

volunteer, please contact Priscilla Bunch via email at

pbunch1@charter.net or call her at (757) 539.8930.