Cherrydale Notes

Have you ever been surprised? It can be a good or not-so-good thing. Surprise parties are generally good; unexpected large financial bills are not. It all depends on the context of the surprise: do we want it or like it; are we receptive to it or not? Our attitude is what matters here. I’ve known folks who don’t like surprise parties for one reason or the other. They just don’t like them and won’t change their minds.

Paul seems to have been ‘Surprised by Grace’ as he indicates in the passage below. He is thankful for the grace of God in his life. He tells of his struggle to ‘do the right thing’ and how he continued with this struggle. He evidently took this surprise in a good way and was happy about it. He was receptive to it. Attitude does matter.

May we have the grace to be receptive to the surprises in our lives, no matter what they are, and may we be receptive to the people that God brings into our lives, each and every one of them, and may we also be “Surprised By Grace!”

Come to church this Sunday, here or wherever you are and open yourself to whatever surprise that may come.

 

Doris Page

 

 

 

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Please remember to bring a non-perishable item for Food for Others this Sunday.
Items may be placed under the sign in the narthex.

Sunday Worship: 10 am

Sermon Title:  Surprised By Grace  Dr. Mahaffey preaching.

I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. But in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me.

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, with my mind I am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh I am a slave to the law of sin.

 

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

 

 

.Join us for 10:00 am worship
Our nursery is available during worship.

 Music Notes: Work on the organ continues.

 

Our soloist this Sunday is Fran Simms.

John Haugen returns as our guest pianist while Gwen is away.

 

We welcome contributions to the organ fund! We are so near our goal, help us raise the funds so all of the work can be completed. Every contribution helps!
The letter in the display on the table in the narthex will explain the work being done on the pipe organ.

 

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Sept. 12: Join Us For Rally Day! It’s Cherrydale’s annual celebration and includes good food and fellowship. See the attached flyer. Our 10 am worship will continue that day. See the sign-up sheet in the narthex.

 

Fall Schedule Begins Sept. 19: Our 8:30 worship service (a shorter service where Holy Communion is served every week), 9:30 Sunday School for all ages and our 11 am worship service with our choir begin again.

Our youth also have their Kick-Off Picnic that day.

 

Miriam Circle asks that we save travel toiletry items we receive on our vacation journeys. Items will be used at a shelter to help those in need.

 

 

SHEPHERD’S CENTER Urgently Needs Volunteers to Drive Seniors to Medical Appointments: Shepherd’s Center continues to need volunteers to help drive folks to medical appointments. Please lend a helping hand when you can. Call the Shepherd’s Center at 703-506-2199.

Your help will make a difference in someone’s life!

Thank you.

 

Stephen Ministry Has a Positive Impact: You may not make a hole like a meteor does when it strikes the earth. You may not give a speech that people will be quoting for years to come. You may not perform some great feat that makes the TV evening news. But you can make an impact by answering God's call to serve. Our Stephen Ministers have an impact on people's lives at times when they really need someone to care. A new training class will begin soon. To find out how you can make an impact through Stephen Ministry, contact our church office.

 

 

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IN GOD’S CARE      - Please let us know of prayer concerns.

 Call or e-mail the church office: 703-527-2621 or cumc@erols.com

Our prayer concerns are shared in the printed worship bulletins.

 

 

UPCOMING WORSHIP SERVICE SCHEDULE
 Sept. 5 (Labor Day weekend): 10 am

Sept. 12: (Rally Day) 10 am

9:30 Sunday School for all ages.

 

 

 

The floor will be waxed in Montgomery Hall Sept. 1-4
and will not be available for use during those days.

Sept. 8, 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study

Staff Meeting in the evening.

Sept. 11, 10-12 pm Choir rehearsal.

RALLY DAY: Sept. 12, 10 am worship – Picnic after worship.
See the sign-up sheet coming soon!

Sept. 16, 12 noon, NJOY begins again. Come and join us!

8:30 & 11 am Sunday School & Worship: Sept. 19

StephenMinistry Training in October at Mt. Olivet UMC

 

 

 

Arlington District Conference, Sept. 25 at Floris UMC
”Pursuing Vitality in the 21^st Century”

See www.florisumc.org for information.

 

Calendars for upcoming months can be found on our website:

www.cherrydaleumc.org on the calendar page.

 

 

 

 

Cherrydale United Methodist Church cumc@erols.com
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9-4 pm; Fridays, 9-1 pm
www.cherrydaleumc.org

 

 

 

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The same torrential rains wreaking havoc on Pakistan are also causing destruction and displacement in neighboring Afghanistan. Some 106 people died and thousands of homes were destroyed in 15 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces due to flash flooding over the past month.

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), together with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), provided tents to the 800 affected families in the Mohammed Agha District of Logar province who lost their homes in the flooding, meeting 100 percent of the need for temporary shelter.

UMCOR continues to assess the damages in Logar, particularly to water sources, and the need for more permanent housing, as part of its ongoing response to the emergency.

Your gift to Afghanistan Emergency, UMCOR Advance #602225, helps UMCOR respond to these and other urgent needs.
 

Flood-affected areas of PakistanEngland, Bangladesh, or Cuba" and continue to grow, according to the United Nations. Some 17.2 million people are "significantly affected," 1.2 million homes are destroyed, and 800,000 people are completely cut off by floodwaters. are equal to the "entire size of

At the end of last week, more than a million people were evacuated from threatened towns in Sindh province, said news reports. A total of six million people have been displaced since the flooding began more than a month ago.

UMCOR is working with partners Church World Service, Muslim Aid, and GlobalMedic in Pakistan, and last week supplied a new grant to GlobalMedic to bring medical aid, via an inflatable field hospital, and clean water to Punjab province.

Your help is urgently needed. Please give to International Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #982450, and earmark your check for Pakistan Emergency.
 

Sunday, August 29, marked the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the US Gulf Coast of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The most destructive storm in US history, Katrina caused 1,800 deaths, drove more than a million people from their homes, and provoked $125 billion in damages.

United Methodist Bishop William W. Hutchinson of Louisiana said UMCOR was there from the start. "UMCOR workers have never left our side," he wrote in a UMNS commentary. "They have shepherded us through five years of response. They are still with us, as United Methodists are still fully engaged in recovery—the last of the major denominations on the ground."

"I feel UMCOR has been faithful to our constituents and good stewards of the donations they entrusted to us," Rev. Tom Hazelwood, UMCOR executive for US disaster response, wrote in a blog. "Lives of both those who received assistance and those who volunteered were touched, and, I pray, God was glorified."

The 2010 hurricane season is underway. Your gift to US Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #901670, helps those in the United States who are affected by storms, floods, and other disasters.
 

Imagine a movement that mobilizes tens of thousands of people in ten days to multiply God's work. The movement is 10-Fold, and a participant's guide tells you how it works—and how you can be a part of it.

10-Fold is an online educational campaign that highlights some of UMCOR's ministries. Join us October 10 – 19, 2010, at www.10-fold.org when we bring UMCOR and other Advance projects to your doorstep through webcasts, streaming video, online chats, and other media.
 

UMCOR provides emergency relief in many areas of the world. To find out more about UMCOR's ministries, please visit umcor.orgPO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087-9068; or by calling 1-800-554-8583, where credit card donations are accepted. You can also give online by clicking on any of the "Give Now" links. UMCOR is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States and qualifies for the maximum charitable contribution deduction by donors.. You can donate to any project by placing a contribution in the offering plate at a local United Methodist church; by sending a check to UMCOR,

And, please pray for those who are hungry, displaced, sick or in poverty because of these and other natural and human-made disasters, and for the workers who minister to them.