10:00am – Children’s Easter Celebration in Garden area for all our CUMC children. Contact Janette Clavez for additional information – care4cumc@gmail.com
11:00am – Outdoor In-Person Service of the Resurrection!
Bring your own communion elements
Service will be in the field behind the parsonage. Please use only the Old Kempsville Road entrance to the field. You will be directed to where to park.
Please be aware we must still maintain social distancing, wear a mask and observe safe practices even when we are worshipping outdoors.
There will NOT be a need to pre-register online to attend, however, there will be someone to record your acknowledgement of the following items.
Persons may decide to remain in their vehicles or sit in chairs outside but please wear a mask at all times.
Bring your own communion elements to participate in communion.
We DO need servants to assist with setup, takedown, serve as host guides for parking, ushers to distribute items and check people in…Contact the church office to serve as a guide, parking guide, usher, etc.
Good Friday, April 2nd
12 Noon Pastor Jim will share a Good Friday message during a 30 minute service.
7PM – Elizabeth District-Wide Virtual Good Friday Service - Churches throughout the district will share prayers, readings, musical selections reflecting on the traditional “stations of the cross.” Watch on YouTube.
Details for the Easter party for children
CUMC will be hosting an Easter Party for children, ages 4 - fifth grade, on Easter Morning at 10:00 a.m.
Please email Jannette Clavez at care4cumc@gmail.com with the following information:
How many children and their ages - we need to be prepared and provide a safe environment for all participating.
Most of our activities will be crafts, because we feel we can maintain safe distancing more consistently, this a brief list and description of what we have planned.
With the exception of the egg hunt, everything will be in the field.
Each child will be allowed SIX EGGS only.
Canvas Paint Station – given 6 eggs filled with paint, in an egg carton
Each child will throw eggs at the canvas, one at a time. Baptism Station – pouring water, disposable cup from a bucket into a kitty pool New Life Station – plant seeds – disposable cup Resurrection - make doily butterflies – paint, cloths pins (they will paint with disposable brushes or cotton balls) Lamb of God – made from precut paper plates, cotton balls Crosses – precut, paint, (they will paint with disposable brushes or cotton balls) Egg Hunt – in the courtyard, one child at a time, they will fill the cartons they got earlier
This week is HUGE
Episode One of Season 2 of The Chosen launching on Easter... perfect match, no?
SEASON 2 LAUNCHES! Sunday April 4th, 8 pm ET: Episode 1, Season 2
More details to come, so stay tuned to your email and our social media pages.
Ready, set, binge!
The Chosen Team
Race Relations Study group
“If white people aren’t educating other white people about being anti-racist they’re not doing anything of much merit”- Ike Holder, playwright
CUMC continues our series on racism using Conference, GCORR and other videos every week on Tuesdays at 7 pm for an hour and a half. We completed our book study on White Fragility (defensiveness) last year and will begin another book study in the fall. Here is an example of the short videos we have been watching, then discussing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgkjEdMbSw If you would like to join us at any time for our Church-wide series please contact Andrew Kissell (andrew.kissell@aecom.com), Ralph Volk ( RALPHLV3@aol.com) or Jackie Stein (jstein@odu.edu) for the Zoom ID to join us.
“We need informed clergy and laity to have authentic conversations about race and reconciliation in houses of worship, communities, and workplaces in which we acknowledge racism as a sin and actively pursue whatever is necessary to dismantle the injustices”- Bishop Sharma Lewis, Virginia Annual Conference
Sign up for a Spring workday for Heart Havens
All are invited for a spring workday for Heart Havens. Break free from the winter blues by joining UMM to make a difference for adults with a developmental disability. No experience necessary, team leaders will be there to direct volunteers. Help spruce up the Heart Havens MacLeigh-Holland home in Virginia Beach. Look for more details soon! If you are interested in assisting, please contact Johnnie Draughon at johnnie.draughon@cox.net.
New roof needed on children’s wing
The children’s wing of our building is in need of a new roof. We would like to begin this work in the spring and need your help. The current estimate is close to $180,000. You can give online at Cumcvb.org and designate your gift to the “roof fund,” or you can send in a check with that designated on the memo line. Please prayerfully consider donating to this most important cause.
Pastor Jim live-streaming a devotional service Wednesdays at noon
Each Wednesday at Noon, Pastor Jim will be live-streaming on Facebook, a brief devotional service, including a virtual Holy Communion. You are invited to share in this devotional moment. If you are planning on participating in Holy Communion, Pastor Jim invites you to have bread and cup with you as you watch. Please feel free to share the post on your social media page.
Need a mask?
Virginia Conference UMM face masks $10 each. They are not embroidered, but are screen printed with a solid, good quality burgundy colored ink. Limited supply, limited offer. Contact Andrew Kissell if interested - andrew.kissell@aecom.com
Support UMW missions by buying a mask.
Go to https://www.facebook.com/CUMCVBUMW/photos/3433955436696066 - to see more available masks. $5 for 3-pleat, $7 for beak-style. We are also now accepting Square for credit/debit! Contact Julie Kissell (2sing4you@gmail.com or 757-404-1783) to purchase. 100% of donations made for masks will go to UMW missions.
Upper Rooms
Upper Rooms for March and April will be available outside the tower doors. The box is clear with a blue lid.
Meals on Wheels Update
King’s Grant Presbyterian Church on Little Neck Road is now the new location for Meals on Wheels. Volunteers need to know that the new pickup time is 10:30 AM. They have been extremely accommodating and even provide an office. Chef by Design prepares the meals and they presently serve 140 people. Volunteers are always needed so if you are interested, contact Lou Schroeder at 757-495-1809.
Please be aware we must still maintain social distancing, wear a mask and observe safe practices even when we are worshipping outdoors. 
