Its Time for Spring Cleaning!

Our trustees and additional caring adults are giving our Nursery a Spring
Clean to continue to make certain that we're providing a safe and clean
space for our youngest children. This process may take a few weeks. All
children who are regularly placed in the nursery for care during Worship
and/or Sunday school may be taken to the Parent Room where they will
be looked after. Additionally, families who regularly use the Parent May 28, 2017
Room during Worship are encouraged to continue doing so. Thank you
to all who are making this Spring Clean possible! Welcome to our worship service!

SAVE THE DATES!

Pentecost Sunday
Bringing the African Community Together Confirmation Sunday
Aldersgate will be hosting an African Conference the weekend of
June 4
June 10th and 11th. This event will offer an opportunity for us to bring
You are invited to wear red as we celebrate
the African community, both in Charlottesville and across the
Conference, together for worship and fellowship. There will be many the descent of the Holy Spirit
ways to help, but the most urgent need is a family, or individual, to host
the American missionary, Pauline Burthwick, from Friday night, June 9 th
through Monday morning, June 12th. Please contact Kathy Morse or
Pastor Rob if this is something you can do.
Graduates
We want to show Aldersgate hospitality and are asking that you Do you know a special high school, college,
please consider ways you may help by providing fruit, cheese and military or advanced degree student who
cracker trays, or other dishes of your choice. A meal is being provided
has graduated, or will be graduating, this
each day for our guests (many of them from out of town) so we will also
need funds to purchase African food, or you may purchase it yourself. A spring? If so, please send his/her name,
signup sheet is available in the Reed Room along with a listing of needs. school, and degree earned to Rachel
As always, thank you for your loving and giving spirit! (rachelmiller@cvaumc.org) no later than TOMORROW, May 29th. We
will recognize graduates in the June 4th church bulletin.
 2017 Annual Conference Mission Offering Guest Parking Spaces are Coming for 1st Time Guests
Each year the churches of the Virginia Conference contribute to an Welcoming and hospitality have been and continue to be notable
Annual Conference Mission Offering to benefit various missions. This characteristics of Aldersgate Church. We take seriously our call to be
year Bishop Lewis has announced the Annual Conference Mission the body of Christ and to build God's kingdom locally and around the
Offering goal of $200,000 to focus on the following missional priority
world. Following mystery worshippers attending Aldersgate Church at
projects:
the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017, the various ministry areas at
$50,000 Cambodia - For continued support for our partnership with the
Aldersgate have been reviewing the reports and discerning how we can
Methodist Mission in Cambodia as they move toward being an
autonomous Methodist Church. be an even more welcoming community. To demonstrate more visibly
our welcoming and hospitality, "first-time guest" parking spaces and
$25,000 Brazil For our continued long term support of the Shade and
Fresh Water ministry with at risk children across several conferences in signs will soon be installed in the parking lot at the Church entrance
the Methodist Church of Brazil. near Fashion Sq. Mall. No current handicap spaces will be affected. If
$25,000 Mozambique Our partnership with the United Methodist you have any questions or comment, please call or see Board of Trustee
Church of Mozambique focuses on education by providing lay training members Jim Garman (973-0728), Tom Howard (202-2232) or Pastor
resources that strengthens their discipleship and witness across both Rob Robertson (973-5806).
conferences in Mozambique.
$50,000 Virginia Long Term Disaster Recovery We are committed to a
long term response to those whose lives were changed by tornadoes This summer, spark imagination at
and hurricane Matthew in 2016. The funding of the recovery will allow
further teams to answer the call to make a compassionate response.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL!
$25,000 Ethnic Minority Missional Ministries Funds for grants to go At Maker Fun Factory VBS, kids will learn
toward developing ministry outreach in the conference to immigrants theyre created by God and built for a purpose!
and other marginalized groups. Join us June 26th - 29th from 5:30 to 8:15 pm.
$25,000 Virginia Volunteers in Mission To provide funds available to Register your kids now at cvaumc.org/vbs
small membership faith communities who wish to engage in mission that Register to volunteer at cvaumc.org/vbs-volunteer
may lack resources.
You may contribute to this missional offering through Sunday, June
11th. Make your check out to: "Aldersgate Church", but also be sure to
write: "Annual Conference Missional Offering" in the memo of your
check or envelope. Aldersgate Church's lay delegate to annual
conference, Susan Painter, will present the offering at a worship service
on Saturday, June 17th at the annual conference in Hampton, VA. Thank
you for your support.