May Memorial Messenger Opportunities to Connect with God, Each Other, and the World this Week

Reaching, Teaching, Touching...In the Heart of Powhatan

3922 Old Buckingham Rd. (804) 598-3098 Powhatan, VA 23139 October 3, 2016

Reception for Irma Alvis

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Join us following the service next Sunday

October 9 to thank Irma for

all she has done for our church!

Connecting to God...Worship

Sunday, 11:00 am

This is the house of God, all are

welcome!

Bible Study

Wednesday, 6:30

Gathering Room

Readings for Bible Study October 12 Day 1: Genesis 22 Day 2: Genesis 23 Day 3: Genesis 24

Day 4: Genesis 25-26 Day 5: Deut. 6, Psalm 105

Deacon Ordination

Sunday, October 23 May Memorial will ordain three new deacons: David Deal, Carol Williams and Jackie Lindsey. Join us in wor-ship as the Church, with prayer and the laying on of hands, marks these three as Deacons.

Connecting to Each Other...Fellowship

Children's Choir sings in worship

this Sunday, 10/9 The children will meet in the sanctuary at 10:20 a.m. to warm up and rehearse for worship. The Children's Choir meets after school (4:00 p.m.) every Thurs-day. Children can ride the bus to MMBC from Powhatan Elementary School.

Adult Choir, Handbell Choir It is not too late in the year to participate in the music ministry at May Memorial. The

Adult Choir and Handbell Choir have just begun rehearsing Christmas music, and it is the perfect time to join!

PRAYER REQUESTS 10/3/2016

FAMILY AND FRIENDS*:

Wilson Denoon, son of Snead Denoon Dr. Bill Torres-son-in-law of Jackie & Paul Lindsey Sarah Packer, niece of Irma Alvis Gene Hatcher Bobby Wells, sister of Gladys Rabon Peggy Harrell, sister of Gladys Rabon Nita Ketron - Bill's sister-in-law Jane Clements Ellis Lloyd, friend of Bob Wood Kaithlyn Breeden, granddaughter of Martha Oberg

Parker Moody, Relative of Sandy Shelton Pat Reed, friend of Christina Wheeler Libby Gregg, daughter-in-law of Carol Gregg Randolph Martin, brother of Esther Fitch Trevor Ellington Kenneth Hagen, Gerald's brother Lillian Wallo, Christina Fredette's grandmother Evelyn Dowdy, Carolyn Hodge's mother MILITARY: Danny Myers, Brent Templeton, Jay Walls, Ben Scudder, Quint Sutton, Lewis Newman, David Brizendine *Please contact the church office if you would like your prayer request to remain longer than 2 weeks.

CHURCH FAMILY: Edith Branum Tom Buckner Lucy Ann Cella Vivian Cox Debbie Elam Nick Elam Don Fitch Jon Flower

Donnie Hatcher Carolyn Hodge Bill Painter Nita Porterfield Joy Sanudo James Simpson Anna Turley

HOMEBOUND: Frances Tilman 3904 Old Buckingham Road Anna Turley 1520 Mill Quarter Road

Nita Porterfield-Morningside of Bellgrade 2800 Polo Park-way, Midlothian, VA 23113 Vivian Cox-Morningside of Bellgrade 2800 Polo Parkway, Midlothian, VA 23113

This Week at May Memorial Wednesday, October 5 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Study Group 5:45 p.m. Church Wide Meal 6:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study Group Children’s Discipleship RA’s Thursday, October 6 4:00 p.m. Children’s Choir 4:45 p.m. Girls in Action 6:30 p.m. Handbell Choir 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Sunday, October 9 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship 12:00 p.m. Reception for Irma Alvis Youth Retreat-Eagle Eyrie Monday, October 10 7:30 p.m. AA Meeting, Gathering

Thursday, October 20 11:30 am A very special Senior Adult Lunch

as we welcome Dr. Jim Lavender

Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 20th! We are excited to welcome as our guest speaker Dr. Jim Lavender. “Dr. Jim”, as he is most

often referred to, retired this past June as the pastor of Discovery United Methodist Church after serving there for 33 years. Discovery Church, located on Gayton Road in Henrico County, is sometimes called the “zoo church” be-cause of Dr. Jim’s ministry with animals.

Make plans now to attend and hear about his intriquing background as a circus ringmaster who then found his mission in life in creative ministry. Since his retirement Dr. Jim has joined the National Storytelling Network and travels the country telling his favorite tales. He and his wife, Avis, will join us for lunch and then we will have the privilege of hearing his story. Invite your friends to join us on October 20th at

11:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. Additional information can be found at www.drjimlive.com. Copies of a Times Dispatch article on June 19, 2016 featuring Dr. Jim are available in the office on request. The meal will be Roast Beef, Red Skin Potatoes, Broccoli, Rolls and Dessert. Cost is $9.50/person. All are welcome!

Financial Information October 2, 2016

Attendance 130

Sunday School 76

Weekly Amount Needed: $6,983.73

General Fund

$ 4,926.00

A Time to Build

$100.00

Total $ 5,026.00

Connecting to Each Other...Fellowship Wednesday Night's Dinner will be

POTATO BAR Prepared by Martha and Lester Oberg

EMAIL maymem@verizon.net to reserve your meal.

Or call the church at 598-3098

Quarterly meeting

October 12 Staff, organization leaders and committees with reports please send the information to the office or Carol Williams by Monday, October 10.

Children’s Chatter (from Mrs. Crump)

By now most families have settled into the routine that school brings, started their new fall activi-ties and made a few new friends. We have made a few new friends at May Memorial over the past few months and created some new routines as well! One that I would like to share with you today is that we have reorganized the classrooms behind the Sanctuary. The “nursery” is now across from the water fountain. The “old nursery” will be available for newborns but once these little ones start moving, they will join others in a room that is just for them. We still have a few items to take care of in order to finish this project but it is a welcome (and much needed) update! Stop by and see the change or, bet-ter yet, experience the change by signing up to help in the Nursery (0 – 2 yrs) or Extended Session (3 y – Kindergarten) during the worship hour. Contact Lori Turner lh277684@yahoo.com if you would like to serve in this capacity. As we look to the many events on the calendar this fall, please know we are purposeful in our planning to ensure that children and families will learn and grow in Christ. We seek to build a foundation of faith within our children, to nurture them as they begin their walk with Christ and to make sure they know that their heavenly Father loves them completely and unconditionally. We hope that your family will continue on this journey with us. If you have been waiting to take that step, now is a good time! We would love for you to be a part of our team and I would love to hear from you! Shoot me an email (crump.mmbc@gmail.com), send me a text or give me a call (804) 839-9248.

Rachel Circle

We have changed our Circle meeting to the FIRST Tuesday of each month, to ac-commodate the change in Backpacks schedule....7pm on October 4, in the Es-ther Classroom

Anna Circle

The Anna Circle will meet at 11:30 on the second Tuesday, Oc-tober 11 in the Esther Classroom.

Annual Fall Festival Sunday, October 23rd

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. If you have not already, please put the Fall Festival on your

family calendar, invite your neighbors and your friends and

join us for an evening of fun, food and fellowship! Children

(and even adults!) may come in costume. The Deacons will be hosting a Chili

Cook-off and there will be lots of games and activities. Please let me know if you

would like to help! We need groups to host games, provide candy or other treats

or even make donations to offset the cost of door prizes and such.

Sunday School & Sacraments: Taking a Closer Look at Communion and Baptism

During Sunday School on October 9th (for 4th & 5th graders) and on October 16th (for 1st & 3rd graders) we will take a closer look at Communion and Baptism. Adults are wel-come to join us! Picnic on the Farm

October 30th at 1:00 p.m. The Cosby’s have graciously offered to host our church fami-ly on Sunday, Octo-ber 30th. Families are encouraged to go home after church, change clothes, grab a picnic lunch and then meet us at the farm at 1:00 p.m. More details to come!

Thanksgiving Complete Meal For more information please contact Diana in the church office. There are also complete meal flyers on the magazine rack in the foyer.

Quarterly meeting

October 12 Staff, organization leaders and committees with reports please send the information to the office or Carol Williams by Monday, October 10.

VOLLYBALL!! The May Memorial Youth have challenged the Apollos Sunday School Class to a vol-leyball match on Sun-day afternoon OCTO-BER 16 at 4:00 behind the youth house and THEY HAVE ACCEPT-ED!! The Koinonia Class is fixing hot dogs for everyone following the game. Bring a lawn chair and cheer for your team. Don't miss a fun afternoon!

A Message from the Wednesday Night Dinner Committee: The Wed. night dinner committee met last week and voted to raise the prices of our meals to $6 for adults and $4 for children, still with a $20 maximum for families. It has been a very long time since the prices have changed, and Martha and Lester would like the opportunity to try some recommendations for different menus. And, as we all know, food prices continue to go up so we are trying to keep it manageable for every-one. Also, starting this week, there will be a simple sign-out sheet in the kitchen for anyone who needs to borrow any kitch-en items. Please just sign out any equipment or kitchen supplies so we will know where to locate something if we need it. This does not apply to paper supplies, etc., just kitchen items. Right now we are currently missing a black coffee maker and a few other small items, so we would appreciate everyone's help with this for the future. Finally, the committee would like to say a huge thank you to Martha and Lester for all their hard work and dedication to this very valuable part of our church fellowship. They work very hard each week to plan, shop, and prepare meals for all of us, and have done a wonder-ful job of reorganizing and maintaining the kitchen for our church. We are blessed to have them and appreciate all they do each week. There are many opportunities to help with Wed. night meals, so please let Martha and Lester or any of the Wed. night committee know if your group or Sunday School class is interested in sponsoring a meal or helping in any way. Thank you - The Wed. Night Dinner Committee Nancy Bennett, Nancy Flower, Heather Martin, & Shelley Shust

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Visit our website at maymemorialchurch.org May Memorial Baptist Church 3922 Old Buckingham Rd. PO Box 56 Powhatan, VA 23139, Office (804) 598-3098

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Carla Crump, Minister of Children 804-598-3098 childrensministry@maymemorialchurch.org Beverley Edwards, Minister of Music 804-922-1117 (cell) music.edwards@gmail.com Michael K. Edwards, Pastor 804-922-0101 (cell) pastor@maymemorialchurch.org Linda Pulliam, Financial Secretary 804-598-3098 (office) finance@maymemorialchurch.org Diana Schmitz, Church Secretary 804-598-3098 (office) maymem@verizon.net Gerald Hagen, Deacon Chairperson 804-356-1319 (cell) deaconchair@maymemorialchurch.org

Deacons: Gerald Hagen, Maryvel Firda, Russ Martin, Bob Cosby, Stewart

Matthews, Keri Bilthuis, Ken Jamerson, Bill Karnolt, Jackie Lindsey,

Nancy Flower, David Deal, Carol Williams

Visit our website at maymemorialchurch.org

AA Meetings

Each Monday, 7:30pm in the Gathering Room The Alcohol Anonymous Meeting that is to be held at May Memorial, the Change May Come group, will meet weekly on Mondays.

Join the…Ruby Leonard Food Pantry Ministry

For the month of September we

will work Saturday, October 1

and Saturday, October 15.

If you are interested in serving with us email Michael.

Join the Prison Ministry Team Our next night at Beaumont is Thursday, October 13. Meet at MMBC at 6:45 If you would like to go with us to Beaumont email Michael.

Lonesome Dove Equestrian

Center Ministry Volunteers are encouraged to come to

"Rides", even though May Memorial may not

be providing the meal that day. Please advise

Michael or Juli Garrett (517-6810) so we can

have lunch for all.

BACKPACKS OF LOVE

Packing at Aerations Plus on

October 11 At 7:00 p.m.

Contact the church to join the team

1-Terrell Martin 3-Earl Worsham 3-Lynne Bradbury 6-Jean Hall 10-Monika Duty 10-Alison Wilkins 13– Fred Cole 13-Tim Smith

13-Brynne Smith 14– Amy Potter 14– Raleigh Willis 14-Caleb Shust 16- Clara Frazier 17- Rebecca Cox 19-Clara Emerson 19-Bill Karnolt

21-Jeffrey Osborne 22-Bill Painter 24-Pat Cover 25-Monica Sutton 27-Billy Boelt 27-Robyn Caudle 28-Joy Painter 31-Amy Karnolt

Needed for October: Immediate needs: Spam, beef soups, tuna helper, sloppy

joes, sugar, mayo. Always need: Tomato products, beans, potatoes, Vienna sau-

sage, rice, pasta, hamburger helper, and condiments.

Connecting to our World...Missions

Good News Club for Area Schools

Tuesday, October 6 and

Tuesday, October 18

Call Russ Cress at 598-1812 for more information.