I pray God is working in you in powerful and personal ways during this season of Lent. Let’s look forward to what God is doing in our midst during the month of March in Laurel Hill’s newsletter and Calendar.
We have a special season of Sunday Evening Bible Study times together beginning March 11th at 3PM, starting at the parsonage. I invite you to come join us as we watch the film, “Is Genesis History?” We’ll take a fascinating new look at the biblical, historical, and scientific evidence for Creation and the Flood. Come join us as we study together.
Let Norman know if you would like to order a student book.
What makes your life full and rich? Is it your involvement in church? Your job? Is it the
friends you go to the movies with, or the buddies who come over to watch the football
game?
Could it even be the small choices you make every day, such as what to have
for breakfast or what to watch on TV in the evening? All of these things together are
what fill our lives with joy and keep us engaged in our communities.
Adults with a developmental disability want a life just like yours: a life where they are
part of a community, get to experience the many joys the world has to offer, and make
their own choices. That’s where Heart Havens comes in.
Heart Havens is a Virginia Conference Advance Special mission that provides
residential support to adults with a developmental disability, but it’s so much more than
just providing a house. Heart Havens empowers people to discover what it is they love
and then pursue it.
No matter what the goal is, Heart Havens is all about helping the people they support find a way to make their dreams a reality.
This February, our congregation will lift up Heart Havens Month, a time to both support the Heart Havens mission with our gifts and celebrate the gifts that people with a developmental disability bring to the church. Gifts we collect for Heart Havens allow them to continue providing a vibrant lifestyle for the people they support.
To learn more about Heart Havens and the Heart Havens homes around the Conference, please visit www.hearthavens.org.
You can begin your support of our Missions and Ministries Fundraiser right now by going online and placing your order.
Join us as our spirit blossoms helping those in need. Working together we will successfully support missions and ministries outreach in our community, state and throughout the world. This summer and early fall the goal is to raise $6000 through the new “Missions and Ministries in Bloom” fundraiser. Laurel Hill United Methodist is a church with a focus on growing our faith in the Lord while helping the least of our brothers and sisters. (Matthew 25:40) Join us and order today!
Tell your friends all about it and let’s work together to bring Missions and Ministries into Bloom!
As we begin the season of Lent on March 1st here at Laurel Hill UMC at 7:00 PM, I encourage you to make these days “a time of refreshing from the presence of the Lord”. (Acts 3: 19) Be immediate and active in your obedience and “let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” (Hebrews 10: 24 – 25)
To help you with this, here is our March newsletter and calendar! Don’t forget to get your tickets for our final Mission Auction and Dinner, set for March 11th. Craft rooms open at 4:30 PM. Dinner begins being served at 5:00 PM. Live Auction starts at 6:30 PM.
March 12th, the Kean University Choir will be our special guests during the 11:00 AM service.
The Virginia Choristers will be with us during the 11:00 AM service on March 26th and share a concert with us after lunch that day at 1:30 PM.
I know many of you are praying and are concerned how we might be of help to the victims of Hurricane Matthew. This is the first Southeastern Jurisdiction United Methodist Volunteer in Mission update: SEJ UMVIM update for our disaster response.
Thank you to Lois Miller for alerting us Sunday to the good work UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) is already on the ground doing in Haiti and the Caribbean. Read about it in this article: UMCOR’s Quick Response.