Events & Notices

CURRENT ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL ELECTIVES - The following are our current Adult Sunday School classes.  Each class meets during the 9:45-10:45 AM time slot here at the church.

Preaching minister Mike Curry teaches the Fellowship Class in - you guessed it - the Fellowship Hall.  Mike's kicking off a new study series based on the classic book The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges.

Dave Silvers continues to lead a year-round, through-the Bible study using lessons based on the International Standard Sunday School Lesson.  The class meets in the Loyal Berean classroom, behind the worship auditorium.

Come join us for these exciting and life-changing educational opportunities!  Contact the church office at 757-587-0401 for further information on our adult education program at CHCC.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT ADULT BIBLE STUDY - Our Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study Class has begun a new study examining the period of the Kings. Our study is taken from the Books of I and II Samuel, I and II Kings, and I and II Chronicles. We invite all adults 18 (or out of high school) and older to meet with us in the Loyal Berean Classroom at 7 p.m.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE! - Each Wednesday evening from 5 until 6:30 p.m., students are invited to Northside Park for Ultimate Frisbee! Afterwards, come back to church for our Wednesday Night Bible Study.

THANK YOU - Everyone in the Schaffner Community Life Group extends a huge "Thank You" to all that helped make last Saturday's Yard Sale a success. Thanks for you donations, helping to sort and price items, and working the sale. We raised $800!

LADIES CIRCLE MEETING - Ladies, you're all invited to become involved with the Ladies Circle. Attend the next meeting on Monday, May 12th, at 7:30 p.m. and find out what we're all about!

SENIORS' LUNCH BUNCH - Seniors, make reservations for this month's "Lunch Bunch" on Thursday, May 15th, at noon. Your guests are welcome.

CAMP RUDOLPH WORK DAY - Men and women of all ages are encouraged to come and help prepare the camp for the summer season at a workday on Saturday, May 17th, from 8 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. There are many projects ranging from heavy labor to include cutting trees, stump removal, installing vinyl siding, landscaping and brick work to light chores such as raking, clearing brush, cleaning dorms and windows. If available, bring chain saws, rakes, shovels, hammers, stump cutters, pick-up trucks and cleaning supplies. Lunch will be provided. Please use the sign-up sheet on the Information Table if you'll be able to help. Thank you!

A SURPRISE EVENT FOR OUR TEENS' ACCOUNTABILITY GROUPS - At locations to be announced, "Always Angels" and "Legacy" groups will have a surprise event on Saturday, May 17th, at 6 p.m.

YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETING - Members of the Youth Committee will have their next meeting on Sunday, May 18th, following the morning worship service. Lunch will be provided.

YOUTH WORKERS & CHAPERONES TRAINING DAY - All current and potential volunteer youth workers, teachers, chaperones and assistants will meet on Saturday, June 7th, at 10:30 a.m. for a training session. If you're interested in volunteering with our youth, please attend. Even if you were at last year's session, you need to be present at this session, too.

BUSCH GARDENS FIELD TRIP - A fun time is being planned for Junior and Senior High students at Busch Gardens on Tuesday, June 24th. If we get a group of at least fifteen to go, tickets will cost $48.00 per person. Lunch will be provided. See Twink for more details.

HYDE PARK/COLONIAL HEIGHTS CIVIC LEAGUE - Residents of the Hyde Park and Colonial Heights neighborhoods are invited to become involved in the Civic League. Meetings are held here at Colonial Heights Church of Christ the first Monday of each month from 7 to 8 p.m.  Each session is very informative with a guest speaker, and includes a report on crime activity in our neighborhoods along with tips from police.

FRESH FLOWERS FOR THE STAGE - Families, individuals, Sunday School Classes, or Community Life Groups are invited to sign up for a Sunday and place a flower arrangement on the stage in honor of or in memory of someone, or merely to brighten up the church. Use the “Flower Calendar” on the Information Table to reserve a Sunday. Bring your flowers and place them in the auditorium by the Sunday School hour. After church take them home, or see a deacon to have them delivered to a shut-in.

CHCC INTERCESSORY PRAYER & PRAISE LIST - Joe DiFernando compiles and distributes the weekly church prayer & praise list. Please contact him with your prayer requests and praise reports for the weekly list prior to Saturday at 4 p.m.  You can call Joe (leave a message if there is no answer), or e-mail your requests to prayerlist@chccfamily.org. Also, please provide your e-mail address to Joe if you’d like to regularly receive your weekly prayer list via e-mail.  NOTE: In order to keep the list current and manageable, submitted items will be removed from the list after a maximum of three weeks unless Joe is notified to leave the items on the list. Thanks for your help, and thanks for praying!

ANNOUNCEMENT DEADLINES - If you have an announcement for the weekly bulletin, please submit it to the church secretary no later than the Wednesday morning prior to the Sunday you want the announcement run. You may phone the office at 587-0401, or drop off a note in the secretary’s mailbox in the Fellowship Hall (#33). Also, if you want something announced during a worship service, please advise Mike Curry before the service. Thanks!

LAMP POST - Articles and announcements for our printed and mailed monthly newsletter should be turned into the church office no later than the 15th of the previous month in order to be considered for publication. Thank you.

THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST - Unlike the other upcoming events you'll see listed on this page, we don't know exactly when, but Jesus is coming back again! And it is our intention to be ready for Him when He comes!

The Bible clearly states that at some future time, the Lord Jesus will return to planet Earth to gather up His followers and take them home. The apostle Paul advised the church in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 that "According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever."

Now, the Scriptures also state clearly that the timing is up to God, and not known by man: "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other... No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." (Matthew 24:30-31, 36)

Will you be ready for this grand event? Will you be prepared to go with the Savior to the place He has prepared for those who follow Him? If there's any doubt in your mind, contact the church office at 757-587-0401. Or better yet, stop in for a visit this Sunday. You'll be glad you did!!