Wesley United Methodist Church Volume 10, Issue 5 MLBS Prayer Shawl 4 Cans 4 Conf In the Community 2 Carnations for Mother’s Day Directory Add Leadership Board Kids Nite Out Food Pantry Rise against Hunger 3 May Stewardship United Methodist Women/Candle Burning UMCOR Kits 4 5 Harmony House Choral Society TFAM Burchfield Bros. 6 Blood Drive Text Alerts Missionary District Eastertide 7 Prayer Concerns Lectionary Readings 8 UMW Pictures from Pinwheels and Easter Fellowship and Egg Hung 9 Birthdays/ Anniversaries HELP needs 10 May Calendar 11 Native American 12 What’s Inside this issue: May 2019 What inspires you? Breathes new life into every inch of your being? In all the different spaces of my life I have various tools to inspire the work, rest, pray- er, study, or life that takes place there. In the kitchen: cook books, favorite recipes, specialty tools, spices, a poster of the health and wholeness benefits of different foods. In my library/devotional space: candles, illuminated prayer books, hand labyrinth, prayer beads, photographs and art, a collection of miniature nativities, music. In the den/family room: movies, games, comfy furniture, hand made afghans, cat toys, family photos. At my desk: paper, pens, books by formational authors, stationary, journal, colored pencils, and a deck of cards entitled “50 hilarious ways to have fun at work” and “creative whack pack”, pocket notecards of thought provoking quotes. Everywhere we go, in the spaces we create for ourselves, there are items included that help form, encourage, nurture, and inspire our living. Take a glance around you right now. What near you is there intentionally to bring your joy? Remind you of a special person or experience? Provoke thought or reflection? Center or ground you for the journey? Now imagine yourself in your favorite worship space. See there what has a purpose to allow our spirits to grow and connect with the living Lord. Candles. Scents. Colors. Symbols. Art. Banners. Musical instruments. Worship books and hymnals. Shaped light. Special furniture. 1st Corinthians reminds us that we are a temple for the Holy Spirit of the living God. Everywhere we go we carry this special space filled with inspiration for daily encoun- ters and experiences. Memories. Songs in our heart. Eyes for perspective. Words form- ing thoughts in our mind. Ears to listen. Arms to embrace. Legs to walk with together. Hearts to beat in synch with another. Lungs to fill with the breath of God. WE ARE the space. What we choose to fill this gift forms our vision of all of God’s beauteous creation. What we place in our lives guides and grows our inspiration toward the presence of Ruach. This Eastertide, let resurrection bring new life to this space of our bodies and lives. Take a look around this temple of the Holy. Perhaps offer some redecorating toward hope, joy, peace, and the truth of new life. Transforming grace dwells among us, be in-spired~~Pastor Gretchen
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Wesley United Methodist Church
Volume 10, Issue 5
MLBS
Prayer Shawl
4 Cans 4 Conf
In the Community
2
Carnations for
Mother’s Day
Directory Add
Leadership Board
Kids Nite Out
Food Pantry
Rise against Hunger
3
May Stewardship
United Methodist
Women/Candle
Burning
UMCOR Kits
4
5
Harmony House
Choral Society
TFAM
Burchfield Bros.
6
Blood Drive
Text Alerts
Missionary
District Eastertide
7
Prayer Concerns
Lectionary Readings
8
UMW
Pictures from
Pinwheels and
Easter Fellowship
and Egg Hung
9
Birthdays/
Anniversaries
HELP needs
10
May Calendar 11
Native American 12
What’s Inside this
issue:
May 2019
What inspires you? Breathes new life into every inch of your being?
In all the different spaces of my life I have various tools to inspire the work, rest, pray-
er, study, or life that takes place there.
In the kitchen: cook books, favorite recipes, specialty tools, spices, a poster of the
health and wholeness benefits of different foods.
In my library/devotional space: candles, illuminated prayer books, hand labyrinth,
prayer beads, photographs and art, a collection of miniature nativities, music.
In the den/family room: movies, games, comfy furniture, hand made afghans, cat toys,
family photos.
At my desk: paper, pens, books by formational authors, stationary, journal, colored
pencils, and a deck of cards entitled “50 hilarious ways to have fun at work” and
“creative whack pack”, pocket notecards of thought provoking quotes.
Everywhere we go, in the spaces we create for ourselves, there are items included that
help form, encourage, nurture, and inspire our living.
Take a glance around you right now. What near you is there intentionally to bring your
joy? Remind you of a special person or experience? Provoke thought or reflection?
Center or ground you for the journey?
Now imagine yourself in your favorite worship space. See there what has a purpose to
allow our spirits to grow and connect with the living Lord. Candles. Scents. Colors.
Symbols. Art. Banners. Musical instruments. Worship books and hymnals. Shaped
light. Special furniture.
1st Corinthians reminds us that we are a temple for the Holy Spirit of the living God.
Everywhere we go we carry this special space filled with inspiration for daily encoun-
ters and experiences. Memories. Songs in our heart. Eyes for perspective. Words form-
ing thoughts in our mind. Ears to listen. Arms to embrace. Legs to walk with together.
Hearts to beat in synch with another. Lungs to fill with the
breath of God. WE ARE the space. What we choose to fill
this gift forms our vision of all of God’s beauteous creation.
What we place in our lives guides and grows our inspiration
toward the presence of Ruach.
This Eastertide, let resurrection bring new life to this space
of our bodies and lives. Take a look around this temple of
the Holy. Perhaps offer some redecorating toward hope, joy,
peace, and the truth of new life. Transforming grace dwells
among us, be in-spired~~Pastor Gretchen
Page 2 Wesley Tidings May 2019
In the
Community
Elbow events or church in community
events are opportunities to be present as a peo-
ple of faith in the world. They offer the chance
to invite people from all the circles of your life
to encounter a community of faith in less reli-
gious spaces. We rub elbows, gently lead one in
by the elbow. These outings and experiences
create space for relationships to grow and form
with you as a person of faith living in the world
and the community of faith of Wesley in small
groups who share a special interest for a mo-
ment. They are windows for the Holy Spirit to
move through and among us with new possibili-
ties. Share in this evangelistic movement. Wes-
ley offers one each month.
—May’s elbow/church in community event is
attending the Virginia Choral Society concert on
May 4th followed by dinner at Angelo’s. Cost is
$10 a ticket. See Kaye Brundage for more infor-
mation. (See Page 6)
— Save the date for a church
in community event in June—
Attending Peninsula Pilots
Prayer Shawl
Ministry
Prayer Shawl Ministry
will meet on Saturday
Morning, May 11th in
the double classroom
from 10am-1:30pm.
Prayer Shawl ministry is open to everyone in the church
who would like to attend. It is during this time that we
accept and pray over prayer shawls that have been made
and donated and also work on prayer shawls for those in
need.
Contact person, Judi Hines
Mary Levin
Bible Study
Wed, May 1st – Place TBA
Wed, May 15h – Place TBA
Wed, June 5th, 6:30 PM – UMW/Mary
Levin Bible Study Salad Supper Place at
Wesley UMC in the Fellowship Hall. We
will be assembling kits for Conference.
Contact person, Sylvia Krisnow
Mobile Food Pantry Our Mobile Food Pantry will be at
Machen on May 16th. We offer this
monthly for the families and staff at
Machen, as well as some folks in
the immediate community.
If you are interested in helping, there will be an online
sign up coming out soon and you can unload the truck
from 1:30-2:30pm or distribute food from 2:45 to
4:00pm. Come be a part of this exciting and needed
ministry in our community!
Page 3 Wesley Tidings May 2019
It is Eastertide, Paschal Season in the
liturgical calendar. Seven weeks of sev-
en, The Great Fifty Days beginning on
Easter Resurrection moving all the way
to Pentecost. During this time the church
focuses on the power and mystery of
new life through Christ. It is a season of hope, grow-
ing in wonder. Together we ponder and explore the
resurrection reality of Jesus and the whole of God’s
creation. Celebrate God’s loving grace each one of
these fifty! Happy Easter!
Mother’s Day Carnations Mother’s Day Carnations will be available on
Mother’s Day for the cost of $1.00 each.
Please notate how many white (in memory
of) and how many red (in honor of) you
would like.
The signup sheet is on the bulletin board out-
side the sanctuary or let the church office
know. Sign up deadline is May 5th.
Contact person, Sylvia Krisnow
Pauline Desclos
The Devonshire
2220 Executive Drive, Room 164
Hampton VA 23666
Leadership Board Meeting Tuesday, May 14th
Double Classroom
6:30pm
Members of the Leadership Board:
Mary Saylor (Chair), Clyde Gumbert, Chuck Lutes,
Judy Hines, Kay Brundage, Greg Paxton, Ex-Officio:
Pastor Gretchen Nelson, Sylvia Krisnow (secretary)
Rise Against Hunger Event
On June 8th we will be partnering for a Rise Against
Hunger Meal Packaging Event.
Chestnut Memorial UMC is hosting a 10,000 meal
event and asked us to partner to raise the meal count
and community participation.
Wesley's Leadership Board unanimously agreed to
participate and set a goal of 5,000 additional meals.
Our covenant commitment is $1,700 and 20 vol-
unteers.
Save the date on your calendars and start discerning
ways to sponsor meals to help end hunger in our
lifetime. You can bring donations to Wesley marked
for "RAH June 8" or follow the link below to give
directly to this event.
Rise Against Hunger Event Registration
Pumpkin Patch News
Save the Date—October 4th at 4 PM
Mark your calendars now for this most
important time and date! Many hands will be needed
Supporting the Ministry of Christ Among Native People Through Native American Ministries Sunday, we’re able to equip
and empower Native American pastors, congregations and semi-
nary students to do what only they can do: authentically worship
and serve Jesus.
As a member of The United Methodist Church, your gift, on this
day, equips Native congregations—like New York’s Onondaga
Nation UMC and Nebraska’s Native American Sacred Winds congregation—to worship and serve as only
they can. This work, and hundreds of other ministries, are possible because you give.
Our Giving Allows Native Americans to Encounter, Worship and Serve Jesus When you support Native American Ministries Sunday, you equip seminary students who will honor and
celebrate Native American culture in their ministries. And you empower congregations that are finding fresh
new ways to minister to their communities with the love of Christ.
Dr. Richard Twiss, a member of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate from the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South
Dakota, asked: “Will we be allowed to develop new ways of doing church that honor God’s purposes for the
creative expression of our cultures? Will new ministry partnerships and coalitions form? Will you help be a
part of this wonderful process of reconciliation, restoration and release?”