Messiah UMC Current Events Page

Feel the Power! Join us for Vacation Bible School where children will have a POWERFUL time discovering the MIRACULOUS POWER of Jesus! Here are the details...

The Red Cross Blood Mobile will be at Messiah on Monday, July 28th between 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Every donor will receive a limited edition American Red Cross t-shirt and will be registered to win a 2008 Pontiac Solstice Convertible.

We will be meeting on Monday, July 14th at 7:00 PM. We will be celebrating 'Christmas in July' as we wrap shoe boxes for the Samaritan's Purse Project. Bring your shoe boxes (two piece boxes work better), Christmas gift wrap, scotch tape and scissors and join us for an evening of fun and fellowship. If you have any questions, please call Donna Kumjian at 548-2221. Please join us for an evening of fun and fellowship!

Ingraham 'Won by One Jamaica Mission': Andy and Bobbie Ingraham will be traveling in July to Jamaica and need to bring 2 full suitcases of supplies to be distributed to individual and groups in need. The Ingraham's are very excited about this opportunity and will appreciate your prayers as well as any donations. Starting June 15th there will be suitcases in the narthex to fill. The following is a list of items to be placed in the suitcases:

Any size sheets, new or gently used children and infant clothes, new underwear and socks, gently used backpacks, antifungal cream, tape measures, baby powder and size D batteries. A list of additional items will be posted but these are the items that are greatly needed. Lets work as a family and fill these suitcases to send off our brother and sister in Christ to Jamaica with the supplies they need! Thank you for your support...

Play Ball! Messiah has had a softball team for the past two years with players from within our congregation playing other churches with the City of Chesapeake. Our next season starts in August with sign ups needing to be complete by July 14th. It will run 12-14 games usually on Fridays at night. We usually have two practices before the first game and that is it. We can have twenty players on the team (this is a coed team). If you are interested in some fun, fellowship, exercise, or just cheering us on please let Kristi Dean know and she will get you signed up. Join today!!

The Food Pantry - For the month of July we will be collecting canned meats (tuna, salmon, beef stew, chili, spam, etc.).

Youth Update - Youth meet on Sunday from 3:30 - 5:30 PM in the three room complex. Follow the green feet to find where we meet!

Middle School: If you could become someone who would it be? We'll be starting a new series entitled 'Made' for the month of April. So you heard that God made us, pretty awesome, but how did He make us and what did He make us for? Join us as we explore these and other questions in our 'Made' study. We'll start on April 13th with a lesson from the 'Bourne Identity'.

High School: Choices, choices, choices... Each day you have tons of choices to make. How do you decide? During the month of April we will be completing the series 'How Not to be a Fool' which looks at making wise choices. Applicable information for the here and now! We will also be staring a new series so be sure to stay tuned for your next challenge!

Ever thought about helping with youth ministry? We have various opportunities in which you can serve from providing snacks, being a driver, all the way through to teaching Sunday School and serving as a small group leader during youth meetings. If your are interested contact Chelsea!

Meals on Wheels - Help Wanted! Messiah participates in the Meals on Wheels program on a monthly basis and distributes meals to those in needs. We are in need of creating a substitute driver list. This will allow us to create a rotation schedule and give more people the opportunity to use his or her spiritual gift. So if you are available the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 10:30-12:30, and are willing to pick-up package meals from Chesapeake General and deliver 6-10 meals around the local area...then the time is now for you to step up! Please contact Donna Kumjian if interested.

Drop-in Coffee with the Pastor - Please join Pastor Mike at Starbucks on Cedar Rd. every Wednesday morning from 7:30-8:15 AM for a 'cuppa jo' or just to chat. It is a great time to fellowship!

Joy Circle - Joy Circle will meet on Monday, July 21st at 7:00 PM at the home of Tracie Chesworth (813 Lakeside Court). We will be discussing Chapter 8 of 'Bad Girls of the Bible'. Please join us!!

- Thanks to those who contribute to Messiah Missions (Food Pantry, Heiffer Project, Kits for Conference, Chesapeake Regional Hospital's Baby Clothes Closet, etc.)

- Thanks to those who donate their time! To all the Youth Volunteers, Sunday School Teachers, Meals on Wheels, Congregational Care, etc.)

- If we left you out... Thank you for making Messiah United Methodist Church a loving and caring place to fellowship and practice 'Christ Centered Hospitality'!

Acolytes Needed! - Is your child interested in assisting Pastor Nelson as an Acolyte? If so, please contact him to begin Acolyte training.

Reviews- The United Methodist Church provides reviews from a Christian perspective along with study guides. Go with a group to the movies and then have a time of fellowship discussing the themes as they relate to Christianity. Don't forget the coffee and dessert!

Office Hours: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Address: 411 Dominion Blvd. S., Chesapeake, Virginia 23323
Telephone: 757-436-1682 (Office Hours 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
E-mail: messiahumc@juno.com