United
September 8, 2002
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Celebration Worship at 11:00 a.m.
PARISH
NOTES
ORGAN PRELUDE
BRINGING
IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
*CALL
TO WORSHIP
One: Our
feet are standing within your gates, O Holy City! We pray for the peace of all God’s beloved
cities: “May they prosper who love you.
All: Peace
be within your walls, and security within your towers.
One: For
the sake of friend and stranger we say:
All: Peace
be within you, O Jerusalem!
Peace be within you, O New York,
O Washington, O Shanksville!
One: Peace be within you, O Kabul!
Peace be within this community!
All: For
the sake of the house of the Holy One,
our God, we will seek your good.
Let us worship the living God,
tender and just!
*HYMN OF PRAISE #2062
“Lily of the Valley”
*SHARING
THE PEACE OF CHRIST
THE PEOPLE OF
GOD PRAYING
UNISON
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God
our hope and refuge,
we
confess that anger and hatred have held on to us.
Healing
has begun, but loss is still real.
We are not in control.
We don’t like being vulnerable.
We still want security or the
illusion of it.
We still want our enemies to be
annihilated
and for our lives to return to
safety and Shalom.
Forgive
us and heal us.
Raise
us to new life.
Strengthen
us in the way of compassion and justice,
Fix
our faith on you
so we know that nothing can separate us from you, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
HYMN OF ASSURANCE
#526
“What a Friend” Tune: The Rose
A
TIME OF SILENT PRAYER
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
#895
READING AND PROCLAIMING OF THE WORD
TIME
WITH OUR CHILDREN
HYMN #140
“Great is Thy
Faithfulness” Vs. 1 - 2
SCRIPTURE LESSON O.T.
pg. 766
REPRISE #140
“Great is Thy
Faithfulness” Vs. 3
MESSAGE Pastor
Dale Ostema
RESPONDING TO THE WORD
OFFERTORY
INVITATION
OFFERING
OUR GIFTS AND OURSELVES TO GOD
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY #94
*PRAYER
OF DEDICATION (in unison)
We
pray that you will find our gifts acceptable, God. May these gifts relieve suffering and reveal
hope. May they give meaning to all who
give and all who receive. We dedicate
them, that those who have much may not have too much, and those who have little
may not have too little. Amen.
THE SCATTERING TO SERVE
*HYMN OF DEDICATION #523
*COMMISSION
AND BLESSING
*POSTLUDE
*All
who are able, please stand
Calling All Secret Saints:. Today is the sign-up day for Secret
Saints. A table is set up in Fellowship
Hall for those individuals who are interested in "sainthood."
Cadillac Area Friendship Bible Class:
Need
something to do on Monday evenings between 7:00 and 8:30? What about fellowship with a person a little
different from us; those with physical & mental disabilities). Six weeks on, two weeks off, vacation all of
January. We meet every Monday night at
the Cadillac Christian Reformed Church, no major prep time, a 19 week
commitment. High School Seniors can earn
Community Service Credit. This is a
blessing you’ll never forget. Call Toni
Caine-Nederhoed or Vicki Larr.
Reminder Next Sunday -
September 15th
Acolytes: Trevor Bruner and
Garrick Fuller
Ushers/Greeters 8:30: Betty and Karen Klinker
Greeters 11:00: Don and
Marie Rennie
Ushers 11:00: Clark and Helen Sill, Judy Murdoch,
Adrian and Donna Slachter
Nursery: Jim and Lisa Weaver
Sermontime: Julia Perrin
Coffee Hour: Naomi Circle
CHURCH STAFF
Pastor Dale
Ostema
Parish
Assistant Judy
Coffey
Coordinator-Children
& Youth Ministries Debbie Ostema
Secretary Carol
Sharp
Assistant
Secretary Karen
Elenbaas
Treasurer Beverly
Campbell
Chancel
Choir Director Walt
Stump
Bell
Choir Director Tonja
Hinkston
Organists Virginia
Pulford, Ann Hunt
Pianist Darlene
Ressler
Choir
Accompanist Ann
Hunt
Nursery
Care Giver Lisa
Wilson
Custodial
Staff Dee
Piltz and NOC Work Crew
Snow
Removal & Carpet Maintenance Paul
Helton
Opportunities for Ministry This Week . . .
Sunday, September 8th,
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Fall Worship Schedule
Resumes - Rally Sunday
Parish Nurse Clinic between
services / Secret Saint Sign- Up
8:30 am - Contemporary
Worship Service
11:00 am - Celebration
Worship Service
Coffee Hour Fellowship after
each Worship Service
12:30 pm - All Church Picnic
in Fellowship Hall
6:00 pm - Junior Disciples
Meeting at Church
6:00 pm - Senior High Youth
at the George’s home
Monday, September 9th
6:00 pm - FIA Group
7:00 pm - Grand Sweep Bible
Study •
Boy Scouts
7:30 pm - Church and Society
Committee
Tuesday, September 10th
1:30 pm - Dorcas Circle in
Corbin Room
7:00 pm - Administrative
Council
Wednesday, September 11th
8:30 - 10:00 am - TOPS
9/11 Events at 8:00 am, Noon
and 7:00 pm
1:30 pm - Grand Sweep Bible
Study
6:30 pm - Membership
Committee
6:30 pm - Bell Choir
Thursday, September 12th
7:00 am - Promise Keepers
9:30 am - 3:00 pm - UMW
Sewing and Bazaar Workshop
No UMW General Meeting
7:30 pm - Chancel Choir
Practice
Friday, September 13th
9:00 - 10:30 am - WMISD in
Education Wing
Saturday, September 14th
9:00 am - Adopt-A-Highway
Clean-up
Sunday, September 15th,
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
Dedication of the New
Sanctuary Seating
8:30 am - Contemporary
Worship Service
9:30 am - Church School for
all ages
11:00 am - Celebration
Worship Service
Coffee Hour Fellowship
follows each worship service
Info Source 775-4636 - Message # 3152 or the Church
Our Vision Wall Is Changing Today!
Nurturing persons in
Christian Living is the fourth action point of our proposed Mission Statement.
Our Vision Wall question for
this month is in two parts.
How are we doing today? Where
can we improve?
Check the Vision Wall this
morning on your way to coffee after the service. Review the input that you have provided so
far and be sure to answer this month’s questions using the white answer cards
located at the wall or on the tables in Fellowship Hall.
Your
Vision Team would like to know what You think.
United Methodist Church of
Cadillac is:
Growing In God’s Grace,
Sharing Christ’s Love, - Together.
Sign up for the UMW District Meeting. Any women
planning to attend the UMW District meeting who have not already signed up,
please do so today in the Fellowship Hall by the piano. All reservations need to be in to Doris
Kollmeyer by September 11.
Cost is $7.00 with the check
made out to: Grand Traverse UMW. The Rev. Lynn Pier-Fitzgerald, our District
Superintendent, will be the speaker.
Always a great event; plan to attend!!
Used Jewelry is needed for the Jewelry Boutique at the Bazaar. A box for your donations is available in the
church office.
Monday September 9, 2002
- 2:00 - 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
- 11:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Today’s Worship Ministry . . .
Liturgist: 8:30 - Laurie
Kinney
11:00 - Jerry Seward
Pianist/ Organist: Virginia
Pulford
Acolytes: Justin Bruner and
Jenny McKibben
Ushers/Greeters 8:30: Don
and Pat Lakin
Greeters 11:00: Mike, Lynda,
Scott, and Mckenzie Coy
Ushers 11:00: Dan and Karen
Zenner, Joyce Cinco,
Neil Sheridan, Hazel
Jarvis, Tom Maxwell
Nursery:
Jeff and Laura Marion
Sermontime: Darlene Fowler
Coffee Hour: Endowment
Committee
An All Church Picnic will be held at 12:30 p.m TODAY. You are invited to
stay and share in this meal together.
Hot dogs, beverage and chips will be furnished. Bring a dish to pass and your own table
service. Fun games will follow.
A number of events have been
planned for the Anniversary of 9/11.
Beginning with a youth focused and youth led service with the Cadillac High
School Band playing at the Rotary Performing Arts Pavilion at 8:00 am, moving to honoring fire,
police, rescue, disaster & military (active & veterans) personnel at noon at the Pavilion and a Service of
Memory and Hope at 7:00 pm. at St.
Ann Catholic Church. Both Pastor Dale
and Judy will be participating in the service at
The Adopt-a-Highway Clean-up is next Saturday, September 14 at 9:00
a.m.. Meet at the church. All are NEEDED and invited.
Next Sunday, September 15 at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., we will dedicate our new sanctuary seating to the Glory of God. Plan to be present for this very special time of worship.