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ON THE INSIDE

Staff Directory 2

Missions 2

Thank You Notes 2

Essential Doctrines 3

Mother’s Day Brunch 3

Health Notes 4

Youth Ministry 5

Stop Hunger Now 5

Relay for Life 6

Music Ministry 7

Children’s Ministry 8

May 2013

CHANGE THE WORLD EVENT

You've been hearing Kirk and Sara

preach on "Change the World." You've studied the book in small groups. You've participated in mission opportunities. Now come and worship God by hearing a sermon delivered by the author of the book, Mike Slaughter! On Monday, May 20, at 7pm, join our Winchester District laity and clergy in an inspiring worship service which will move us out into the world. Bring a friend, neighbor, family member or coworker to this time of worship to hear from a speaker whose vision of the church is to BE THE CHURCH by doing!

Perhaps you still have a question about the book or are journeying

through discovering more about missions. You're in luck! Mike Slaughter will be with our Winchester District clergy and laity on Tuesday, May 21, from 9:30-3pm at Riverton UMC in Front Royal. Come to enjoy a time of dialogue, answering tough questions and continuing to learn a missional model of being the church. Registration is needed for Tuesday's events. More information for both events is available in the front office!

May Worship Schedule:

Sunday, May 5 - Change the World: Rescue - Luke 13:1-5 (One Service -10:30am) Sunday, May 12 - Change the World: Go - Matthew 28:16-20 Sunday, May 19 - Change the World: Pentecost - Acts 2:1-21 Sunday, May 26 - Hymn Sing

Celebration Time!!

Sunday, May 19, will be Confirmation Sunday. We will have up to 20 young people join our church at the 11:00am service through Profession of Faith! This is the second largest class

of confirmands in the last two decades! Please keep them in prayer as they attend their final discernment process and special decision retreat on May 10 - 11.

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Ministers The BSUMC Congregation

Lead Pastor Rev. Kirk Nave leadpastor.bsumc@comcast.net

Associate Pastor Rev. Sara E. Pugh sara.e.pugh@gmail.com

Visitation Pastor Rev. Jim Athearn jimathearn@gmail.com

Minister of Music Judy B. Connelly judybconnelly@msn.com

Associate Minister of Music George Amos george-amos@comcast.net

Director of Youth Ministries Kristin Bloodworth ydbsumc@comcast.net

Director of Children’s Ministries Patty Singhass childrenbsumc@comcast.net

Faith Community Nurse Debra Miles, RN, BA, FN deblhm@comcast.net

Contemporary Worship Leader Bryan Biddle, CLS bryanbiddle@comcast.net

Budget & Finance Helen Hodges bsumc@comcast.net

Worship Technician Brandon Bloodworth brandon@flamestrike.com

Building Superintendent Russell Hagerdon

Custodian Janette Lewis

Preschool Director Pam Thomas roger.pamthomas@comcast.net

Childcare Center Director Stacey Park childcarebsumc@comcast.net

Assistant Secretary Janet Moore bsumc.receptionist@gmail.com

Secretary Kim Ludwick sec1bsumc@comcast.net

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Missions and Outreach

Thank You Letters

Did you know we are one of the supporting congregations for Faith in

Action and they need our help? Faith in Action is a non-profit coalition

of volunteers from the faith-based communities, businesses, and civic-

service organizations who work together to provide transportation to

critical healthcare appointments for chronically ill, frail, or elderly

persons having no other means of transportation.

Their goal is to provide a FREE, reliable transport system to help

friends and neighbors obtain medical treatment. Volunteers work

together with community agencies and healthcare providers to relieve

the burden of arranging transportation throughout the course of

treatment.

How you can help:

1. Volunteer - Choose how much time and what services you

would like to provide.

2. Refer elderly or chronically ill Winchester-Frederick-Clarke

County residents and their families to Faith in Action.

3. Make a donation. Faith in Action is a 501(c)3 non-profit

organization.

To receive more information and services, and to volunteer or

contribute:

Faith in Action

Winchester-Frederick-Clarke County

540-536-1006

faithia@valleyhealthlink.com

Dear Friends,

Thank each of you for your gifts to BSUMC in memory of Jim

Keller. He would have been so pleased and grateful to know that you

cared for him and for our church. God’s blessings are helping our

family each day. With sincere appreciation for your thoughtfulness and

love.

The Kellers: Marie, Elizabeth, Ellen and Susan

Dear BSUMC,

Thank you for the Christmas basket. Please pray for me and my

family. I have been in the hospital and just now able to send this card.

Jewell D. Kees

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May 2013

DON’T FORGET!!!! Our 3rd Annual

MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH

Date: Sunday, May 12, 2013 Time: 9am-1pm Place: BSUMC Fellowship Hall

If you are looking for a great way to honor your mother or a special person in your life, join us for an AWESOME BRUNCH on Mother’s Day!!

Menu

Quiche - Crab, Vegetable &

Lorraine

French Toast Casserole

Sausage

Oven Roasted Potatoes

Baked Apples

Seasonal Fruit Salad

Specialty Pastries

Coffee, Hot Tea,

Orange Juice, Apple Juice

Cost

$10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and under

Tickets will be sold in the Greetorium

April 14 – May 5 after each service.

They are also available in the church office.

Great Gifts Abound

We will have a small silent auction with great gifts that in-

clude a Vera Bradley 3-Piece Travel Set, Deluxe Chair with

Carrying Case, Seaside Tote and a Lunch Tote.

We also will have earrings, pendants, and crochet

necklaces for sale.

Have a great meal and a wonderful time with your friends and family while supporting the

Braddock Street Angels as we work together to fight cancer and provide services and support

to so many people, including people in our own community.

(Sponsored by the UMM and the Braddock Street Angels for the American Cancer Society)

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ESSENTIAL METHODIST DOCTRINES

Q. How is the Holy Spirit presently at work? A. Through our hymnody, we express the meaning of the Christian life under the heading of the Holy Spirit, affirming this present activity of the Holy Spirit. Q. Is salvation exclusively the work of the Holy Spirit? A. Salvation is the work of all of the Persons of the Trinity. Q. What special emphasis have Methodists expressed in their worship of the Trinity? A. Methodists have historically emphasized the intensely personal nature of God. Q. Are God’s love and power contradictory? A. Our emphasis on the love and compassion that God has for all does not contradict our belief in God’s power. Q. How does our worship express our belief in this Trinitarian God? A. Our teaching about God grows out of our worship where we name the true subject of our adoration: “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.”

A “Catechism” for United Methodists based on Ted A. Campbell’s Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials – revised edition

II. Doctrines about God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit

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Health Notes by Debra Miles, RN, FCN

For Important Health Benefits

Adults need at least:

2 hours and 30 minutes (150 minutes) of moderate intensity aerobic activity (i.e.,

brisk walking) every week and

muscle-strengthening activities on 2 or more days a week that work all major

muscle groups (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders, and arms).

1 hour and 15 minutes (75 minutes) of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity (i.e., jogging

or running) every week and

muscle-strengthening activities on 2 or more days a week that work all major muscle

groups (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders, and arms).

An equivalent mix of moderate and vigorous-intensity aerobic activity and

muscle-strengthening activities on 2 or more days a week that work all major

muscle groups (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders, and arms).

How much physical activity do adults need?

Physical activity is anything that gets your body moving. According to the 2008 Physical Activity Guide-

lines for Americans, you need to do two types of physical activity each week to improve your health-

aerobic and muscle-strengthening.

To view the BSUMC Calendar, visit us on the web at

www.braddockstreetumc.net and click on “Calendar.”

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April Youth Calendar

Youth Group by Kristin Bloodworth

May 5 One Service, Apple Blossom

Festival - NO BLAST

May 10-11 Confirmation Retreat at Hunting Ridge

May 12 Mother’s Day - NO BLAST

May 17 Mountain Mover End of Year Party,

5:30 -7:30pm, Rm. 205

May 19 Pentecost/Confirmation Sunday!

9:45am breakfast and 11am service

May 19 Prayer Partner Dinner, 6pm, Fellowship Hall

May 26 Memorial Day Weekend - NO BLAST

June 2 Graduation Sunday-3 services, brunch - 12:00pm

June 2 BLAST End of Year Party at Dan and Karen Walker’s home. Swim, eat and reflect!

More Youth News... PRAYER PARTNER DINNER All those praying for youth this is your time to reveal! If you can not make it to the dinner, please let your youth know by May 19!

YOUTH! Let me know if you can not attend so your prayer partner isn’t waiting for you!

For more info on Youth Events:

Contact Kristin Bloodworth at

540-667-3366. If I am not in my office, you may leave a

message on my voicemail any time of day or email me at

ydbsumc@comcast.net.

May Calendar

Stop Hunger Now Mission Celebration! We had a great day on April 21 packaging dehydrated meals

so that children will have a meal to eat for the day. During

our hunger education training, we learned that the meals will

be given to children while in school, as a way to encourage

their families to send them to school to learn instead of going

out to work in the fields. Our 17,500 meals will combine with

others packaged already and head to a developing country in

the world. We'll find out in about a month where they're go-

ing! Thanks for all of those who donated funds and who came out to serve

all of God's children!

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Relay for Life

One Little Light

One little light to remember a mother

a father, a son, a cousin, a brother.

One little light to honor a friend

who’s fighting the fight to live again.

One little light to find ways to cope

to lift up our heads, and hang on to hope.

One little light shines from above

by lighting this light, you acknowledge love.

-Nicole Lee

For a donation of $5.00 to the American Cancer Society, one little light will shine in your

behalf during the event night at James Wood High School.

Sponsored by the Braddock Street Angels

Braddock Street United Methodist Church Members,

The Relay For Life event for the Winchester and Frederick Co. area will be

held Friday, June 14, 2013, at James Wood High School. You have a team,

the Braddock Street Angels, participating in the event.

We are in the midst of raising money for this year’s Relay For Life event.

Individually we are asking friends, family members and co-workers to

consider making a donation to our team unless they have already committed

their support to another team or individual.

To make a donation, write a check made out to American Cancer Society and mail it to the

church address or visit the Relay For Life website, www.relayforlife.org, and enter our team

name (Braddock Street Angels) to make your donation.

Another way to help us raise money for this event is by purchasing luminary bags, either in memory of loved

ones who have lost their battle with cancer or in honor of loved ones who have survived cancer. Each bag

sells for $5 and please note “in memory” or “in honor” beside each name you are remembering. Mail your

list and check made out to American Cancer Society to the church address.

Thank you so much for considering this request.

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Music Notes by Judy Connelly

MUSICAL WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT BSUMC THIS SUMMER

Reverend Dr. Dan Garrett to Present Worship - "The Theology of Worship" will be presented on Monday, July 8, at

2:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Winchester, as part of the American Guild of Organists Convention. Dan

Garrett is a retired clergy member of the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is a graduate of the Uni-

versity of Virginia, Yale Divinity School and Wesley Theological Seminary. In forty-five years of ministry he served six

pastoral appointments and taught United Methodist Studies at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Virginia Union University

School of Theology, Eastern Mennonite Seminary and Shenandoah University. He has a special interest in sacramental the-

ology and sings in the sanctuary choir at BSUMC.

St. Paul's K Street Choirs will present a concert at BSUMC on Monday, July 8, at 3:30 p.m. Widely acclaimed as among

America's finest choral ensembles in the Anglican tradition, the choirs of St. Paul's K Street are known for superb musicality

in an Anglo-Catholic liturgical context. The choirs sing three services each Sunday, year-round, including Evensong each

week. The Parish Choir is widely acclaimed, both paid and volunteer members. The choirs have toured frequently and are

known for six successful recordings on the Pro Organo label. For further info: www.stpauls-kst.com

Julia Vidrick Evans - An active recitalist and prize-winning organist will present a recital at BSUMC, Tuesday, July 9, at

1:30 p.m. Ms. Evans performed at the 2010 AGO National Convention. The Washington Post described her performance as

"giving meaningful tonal and emotional character to each movement of music."

Jeremy Filsell - An artist in Residence at the National Cathedral will play the closing festival worship service for the

American Guild of Organists Convention at BSUMC. The service on Wednesday, July 10, at 10:30 a.m. will include com-

missioned works by four composers: Dr. James Laster, Dr. Will Averitt, Dr. Owen Burdick, and Dr. Georgann Toole.

The service will be led by a select choir made up of singers in the Winchester area. With 200 church musicians in the audi-

ence, the singing will be unbelievably exciting.

The public is invited to attend ALL events in the convention schedule. A suggested offering of $10.00 will be received at the

door. For more information about the convention, go to www.2013agoreg3convention.com.

CHOIR RECOGNITION SUNDAY On "Mother's Day," May 12, we will recognize all those persons involved in music ministry at all worship services.

8:30 - New Voices Choir, Bel Canto Ensemble

9:45 - Amazing Love Praise Band

11:00 - Sanctuary Choir, Children's Choir, Sonshine Singers, Joyful Ringers

At the11:00 worship service, the Children's Choir will present "Are We There Yet," a delightful musical by Allen Pote and

Tom Long, retelling the Exodus story of Moses, Aaron and the people of Israel. This work is full of meaningful content and

also contains lighthearted entertainment. Like so many accounts in the Bible, at the heart of a great spiritual event, we find

some people a lot like ourselves.

ITALY AWAITS!!!

Daniel Hannemann, Director of Music for Grace Lutheran Church on Boscawen Street, will host a trip to enjoy highlights of Italy November 11-21, 2013. Destinations include Venice, Pisa, Florence, Sorrento, Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome. Brochures are available in our church office, or you may call him at 540-808-2923 to express your interest. Cost is $3089 from Dulles, all-inclusive.

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Vacation Bible School at BSUMC 2013!!

Monday, June 24-Friday, June 28, 2013

Sunday Worship Service on June 30 at 11am

VBS invites all children ages 4 through rising 6th grade. Nursery is provided for young children of par-

ents who volunteer. All youth who have completed the 6th grade can volunteer. Registration begins Sun-

day, May 5, 2013. Sponsor a prince or princess in training for $10 each. Many leaders and helpers are

needed. Please email Kate Van Horn if you would like to help at bsumcvbs2013@yahoo.com.

Donations or Borrowed Items Needed for VBS:

Flat bed sheets, white and solid pale colors

Saucers or round disks - to be painted to look like shields

Solid purple tapestry fabric

Large stuffed pony about 4-5 ft. tall

White pillow filler

Batting

Wooden chair with high back and arms

Large plants - can be borrowed

Please bring items in by May 5!

Children’s Ministry by Patty Singhass

Children’s Sunday School and Children’s Events

May 5 - One worship at 10:30am - No Sunday School

May 12 - Children’s Choir Musical at 11:00am Worship

May 18 - All children and families are invited to join in “Change the World,” Motel Ministry with Teens

Opposing Poverty, 1-4pm. Meet at Braddock St. UMC for an orientation. Sign up with Sara Pugh at

sara.e.pugh@gmail.com.

May 19 - Sunday School Pentecost Celebration for all classes

May 24 and 31 - VBS Leader Training in the Fellowship Hall, Friday, May 24 at 5:30pm and Friday, May

31 at 7:00pm.

Children’s Leader for Summer

Sunday School Needed! We need a leader for our children ages 3 though kin-

dergarten during the months of July and August in

Rm. 108. This is a great place to begin serving in Chil-

dren’s Ministry.

Please prayerfully consider this opportunity and con-

tact Patty Singhass at childrenbsumc@comcast.net.

You are invited to MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). This group typically meets on the third Thursday of the month from 10:30am to 12pm in Rm. 137. Childcare is provided and free. For more information contact Debbie Miles at debLHM@comcast.net.