Norfolk District, The United Methodist Church

A CELEBRATION OF MINISTRY
The Rev. Clarence & Jaie Brown
A special gathering honoring Clarence & Jaie and their service to God during his appointment as
Norfolk District Superintendent
Sunday, June 8, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Saint Andrew’s UMC
717 Tucson Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Information Flyer

TOP Workshop
"Teens Opposing Poverty"
Sunday May 18, 2008 3 – 6 PM
Miles Memorial United Methodist Church
9450 Granby St Norfolk, VA 23503
Free Admission: Love offerings gratefully accepted
To register, call 866-955-6260 or email: contact@teensopposingpoverty.org

"Swing into Summer"
with St. Pauls United Methodist Church
June 20, 8-11 pm
at Oak Grove United Methodist church
472 N. Battlefield Blvd.
Tickets on sale now - $25.00 per person
Call ST. Pauls at 757.420-6276

Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday

When: Sunday, May 25, 2008 through Saturday, May 31, 2008

What's Exempt: During this seven-day period, purchases of certain supplies and equipment need for hurricane preparedness will be exempt from sales tax.

More information is available from the Virginia Department of Taxation

ATTENTION SR. HIGHS AND YOUNG ADULTS
“Surviving on Your Own”
Community UMC
1072 Old Kempsville Road , VA Beach 23464
5-week series Begins Thursday, April 24
7:00 p.m. in room 207

All interested persons are invited to participate. Bring a friend. Come to One Session or Come to All

FREE COMMUNITY DINNER
We need a church or church group to provide, serve and clean up a simple meal to feed 80-100 on the 4 th Wednesday of every month. The other 3 Wednesdays are covered. This meal feeds our After School Program kids so they can stay for Wednesday Night Bible School , and some local homeless, poor, elderly, and some kids parents. Contact Rose Crumpler (853-5818) or the church office (587-2996).

AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM
This is a Virginia Conference Healing the Hurts program. 30 – 40 at risk children from nearby apartment complexes attend daily.

• Donations of school supplies (wide ruled only – elementary age), healthy snacks, games, recreation equipment or money to purchase same.

• Volunteer homework tutors and/or recreation helpers 3:30 to 6:00 pm every school day.

Contact the Director Debbie Winn (587-0704 –H), the church office (587-2996), or pastor Bruce (589-8513).

The Wesley Memorial after school program for at-risk children is partially funded by a Healing the Hurts Conference grant. We are very grateful for all gifts you have given. We continue to be in need of financial support (primarily), and snacks and school supplies. Would your Men's and Women's units or mission areas consider adopting our ministry? The free Wednesday Community Dinner is not presently supported the 4th Wednesdays, March through November. This is an excellent opportunity to do hands on missions work for Youth groups or other groups within your church. Call Joann McClung in the office 9-2 (587-2996) for further details

Virginia Wesleyan College is taking initial steps to provide a special library section for the United Methodist historical materials. Due to space limitations, donated materials being considered for acceptance are primarily out-of-print monographs or periodicals, or rare archival materials that may provide a valuable permanent resource for serious study of United Methodist history, theology, and life. Persons having such materials to donate may contact the Director, Hofheimer Library by email at library@vwc.edu or by surface mail at 1584 Wesleyan Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502-5599. Please provide the following information: title and author of volume, date of publication, general condition of the material, and other pertinent descriptive data. Contact information: Jan S. Pace, Library Director at Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA 23502 (757-455-3220) http://www.vwc.edu/library

LOCAL SOUP KITCHENS
What’s Needed? Groups of 5 to 6 people to furnish, heat, and serve soup and make sandwiches; furnish and make coffee and lemonade or Tang. All paper products will be furnished at the site. Guidelines for Park Place’s Soup Kitchen Feeding Team Members available upon request.
Sponsor? Wesley Memorial UMC Soup Kitchen/Sponsored by Salem UM
Park Place UMC Soup Kitchen/Sponsored by Great Bridge UMC
When? Wednesday nights at Wesley Memorial, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday nights at Park Place from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where? Wesley Memorial UMC, 288 E. Little Creek Road, Norfolk (Wards Corner)
Park Place UMC, 500 W. 34 th Street, Norfolk ( Park Place)
Contact? Wesley Memorial UMC church office at 587-2996 or Park Place UMC church office at 622-3363 to get date.

For additional information, contact George Williams at 421-9381 or by pager at 939-5619.

THE SAFE ZONE FOR KIDS
(Program for kids in the Norview area) What’s Needed? Snacks and financial aid for materials for the teens, including BIBLES.
Sponsor? Norview United Methodist Church
When? Every Friday Night from 7:00 - 10:30 pm
Where? Norview UMC, 1112 Norview Avenue, Norfolk.
Contact? Sean Cassidy at handyman112@yahoo.net or call the church at 853-9361

“CLUB SANDWICH” AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN
What’s Needed? People who can come one or more days a week, help with home work, read to the children, mentor children; people to act as door and/or hall monitors; people interested in crafts (need a craft coordinator); and playground supervisors/monitors. There are needs for school type supplies, pencils, notebooks, etc. Occasionally projects require financial support. NOTE: A "wish list" for school supplies and after school snacks is being sent to the UMW groups in the area.

When? Monday through Friday, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Where? Wesley Memorial UMC, 288 E. Little Creek Road, Norfolk (Wards Corner) Contact? Debbie Winn or church office at 587-2996.

Special Note: The program is a success and the church has been told by the Norfolk Police Department that the juvenile crime rate in their area has dropped 50% since the program has started. Pastor Jim Hundley is willing to come and speak to any group who is interested in hearing more about the program.

Do you have a group of 6, who would like to be in mission in the heart of Norfolk on an upcoming Thursday evening? Park Place UMC's Soup Kitchen would love to have you come, bring food, and serve soup and sandwiches to c. 90 men, women, and children from 6:30 until 7:30 PM!

Your group will need to arrive c. 5:30 PM, with 4-6 gallons of soup (your choice), c. 110-125 sandwiches (prebagged and tagged as to content, with some vegetarian), and a dessert (fruit, cookies, brownies, etc). You'll be asked to set up the serving area, prepare two containers of lemonade/tea/Tang and water, and serve those who come in after the 6:00 PM Chapel Service. (If you'd like to lead that time for c. 45-50, let us know, and we'll make arrangements). At 7:30, we clean up, and put things back in order.

It's an extraordinary way to be in mission to some of the neediest folk in urban Norfolk. Most of those whom we see are "working poor," and we simply help them stretch their income by a meal or two, plus a bag of food from the SE VA FoodBank.

Also, if you have spare blankets (not necessarily new, but clean and service-able) or a winter coat (larger sizes are needed), or some extra socks, hats, or gloves, please let us know soon. The nights are cold, and many are sleeping in unheated rooms wearing all their clothes.

If God's calling you to share in this ministry among the "least, the last, and the lost," please give Park Place UMC a call (622-3363) to sign up for an upcoming Thursday night's ministry.

A number of UMC's have helped in this important work during the last year, and we are grateful for your interest, involvement, and service.