United Methodist Church of Cadillac
1020 East Division Street • 775-5362 • Fax 775-6475
July 14, 2002
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Celebration Worship at 10:00 a.m.
THE GATHERING TO
WORSHIP
TIME
OF INFORMAL HYMN SINGING
PARISH
NOTES
ORGAN PRELUDE
*CALL
TO WORSHIP
One: God is at work.
All: Light pierces the darkness.
One: Love calms fear.
All: Joy tickles sadness.
One: Hope lifts up despair.
All: Peace disarms anger.
One: Kindness dances around hostility.
All: Music sings away troubles.
One: God is at work!
All: Rejoice!
*HYMN OF PRAISE #152
“I Sing the Almighty Power of God”
*OFFERING
SIGNS OF PEACE AND LOVE
THE PEOPLE OF GOD PRAYING
PRAYER HYMN (On Insert)
“As the Deer”
If you have a prayer joy or concern, you are invited
to fill out a prayer card and hand it to the usher at this time.
UNISON PRAYER
Holy God, draw us close.
Teach us and lead us forever and everywhere to be alive and on fire with songs
of gratitude, words of witness, prayers of compassion, deeds of justice, acts
of kindness. Holy God, draw us close and
fill us with your Spirit. Amen.
SILENT PRAYER
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
#895
READING AND PROCLAIMING OF THE WORD
MINISTRY OF MUSIC Jackie
Huff
TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN
SCRIPTURE LESSON N.T.
pg.194
Ephesians 4:29-5:1
THE MESSAGE Pastor
Dale Ostema
“Kindness”
RESPONDING TO THE WORD
OFFERTORY INVITATION
OFFERING OUR GIFTS AND
OURSELVES TO GOD
ORGAN OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY #94
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (in
unison)
Thank
you, God, for hungers satisfied and dreams fulfilled. Thank you for the inheritance of faith, which
blesses each day. We trust you to
accomplish good among us through the sharing of these gifts and the
recommitment of our lives. Help us to do
justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with you. Amen.
THE SCATTERING TO SERVE
*HYMN OF DEDICATION #463
*COMMISSION AND BLESSING
*POSTLUDE
*All who are able, please stand
Five young people from our
congregation, Mike Stump, Brandon Kinney,
Katie Simcock, Emily and Betsy George, will be leaving for their European
band trip with the Michigan Ambassadors of Music on July 18. A Send-Off
Concert will be held on July 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the Community
Auditorium. All are invited.
The Staff Parish Relations Committee continues to seek a qualified person for the position of Bell Choir Director. Please speak to Pastor Dale (775-5362) or Wendy Fulton
Reminder Next Sunday - July
21
Acolyte: Garrick Fuller
Ushers/Greeters 8:30: Betty
Klinker, Amanda Anderson,
Diana Van
Antwerp
Greeters 10:00: Evadean
Mattison and Alice Moore
Head Usher: Harold Gekeler
Users 10:00: Ron and Ethel
Foster, Hazel Jarvis,
Clark and Helen Sill, Paul
Helton
Nursery: Jennifer Hunt
Sermontime: Darlene Fowler
Coffee Hour: Susannah Wesley
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 Open
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 Paul
Helton
Opportunities for Ministry This Week . . .
Sunday, July 14, Eighth
Sunday After Pentecost
8:30 am - Contemporary
Worship Service
10:00 am - Celebration
Worship Service
A Special Coffee Hour Fellowship hosted by the Missions Committee will
be held after each Worship Service today; come and see what we have to offer.
Monday, July 15
6:00 pm - FIA Group
6:30 pm - Endowment Committee
7:00 pm - Boy Scouts
7:00 pm - Grand Sweep Bible
Study
Tuesday, July 16
9:30-5:00 pm Fellowship Hall
Retired Michigan State
Employees Programs
The Trustees Committee will not meet this month.
Wednesday, July 17
1:30 pm - Grand Sweep Bible
Study
UMW Bazaar Workshop canceled
Thursday, July 18
9:00 - Susannah Wesley
Circle meets for breakfast at Big Boy
9:30 am -
Sunday, July 21, Ninth
Sunday After Pentecost
8:30 am - Contemporary
Worship Service
Parish Nurse Clinic between
worship service
10:00 am - Celebration
Worship Service - Baptisms
Coffee Hour Fellowship
follows each worship service
2:00 pm - Wedding
For Changes
in Activities for the Week
Info
Source 775-4636 - Message No. 3152 or the Church Website
You can send a birthday
greeting to Loretta Weiland who has just turned 104 years old at Lakeview
Lutheran Manor, Room 609,
Jean Wagner recently had a
quadruple bypass. When released from the
hospital, she will be staying at the home of her son and then her
daughter. If you would like her address
call the church office at 775-5362.
Check
Out Our Vision Wall Today!
Check out the Vision Wall
this morning on your way to coffee after the service. Be sure to answer the question posted using
the yellow answer cards located at the wall or on the tables in Fellowship
Hall. This week’s question is:
What can we do better as
God’s Church to proclaim
and teach the gospel?
Your Vision Team would like
to know what You think.
The United Methodist Church
of Cadillac is:
Growing In God’s Grace,
Sharing Christ’s Love - Together.
Habitat for Humanity of Wexford County is seeking volunteers to
work on the new habitat house being constructed this summer. Why not organize your own group and help
Habitat build. Call Marcia at 775-7561
or talk with Jack Fitzgerald after the worship service.
The Mid-Year Statements of Financial Giving have been prepared and are
ready on the table near the piano in the Fellowship Hall. Please pick them up this morning as you go to
the Coffee Hour. Thank you! Dan
Kinney, Financial Secretary
Today’s Worship Ministry . . .
Liturgist: 8:30 - Ruth
Peterson
10:00 - Jackie Soltman
Organist/Pianist: Virginia
Pulford
Acolytes: Mckenzie Coy and
Alison Ostema
Ushers/Greeters 8:30: Don
and Pat Lakin
Greeters 10:00 Service: Tom
Whitt and Virginia Major
Head Usher: Ron Truax
Ushers 10:00:Chris and Cliff
Redes, Hazel Jarvis, Joan Irvine,
Clark and Helen Sill
Nursery: Carlos and Wendy
Garzon
Sermontime: Debbie Ostema
Coffee Hour: Missions
We are so grateful for the Ministry of Music that Jackie Huff is sharing with us in
worship this morning. Jackie is
accompanied by Virginia Pulford.
Vacation Bible School will be held next week, July 22, 23, 24 & 25 from 9:00 a.m. -
Noon. Registration Forms will are
available this morning at the piano in the Fellowship Hall. Please invite your friends, family and
neighbors to come. Also, we need a few
more people to help, see Alice Silvers at the piano; thanks!
You are invited to a Farewell Lunch for Dorothy Martin on
Tuesday, July 23 at 12:30 p.m. at the Hillcrest Restaurant. We want to make sure enough reservations are
made so, if you are planning to come and we hope you are, please let the church
office know (775-5362) or speak to Judy Coffey.
ALL are most welcome!!
ADDITIONAL ITEMS WHEN SPACE
ALLOWS.........
CHILDREN’S CHOIR rehearsal
will be this morning, following the 11:00 a.m. worship service. Practice lasts for one-half hour and is held
in the sanctuary. All children
kindergarten through sixth grade are invited to join in this fun time of
singing.
Our church Website has a new
look – take a peek at www.umccadillac.org. Our Webmaster, Dan Kinney, has updated the
site. Lots of good information and many
links are available. You can even get
you own e-mail address off the site also the Sunday bulletin is posted. The entire Lenten Devotional Guide is online
through the link on the home page. A
brand NEW feature is the online Cokesbury bookstore and CBD bookstore - check
it out!!. If you need to know about an
event or a meeting time, check it out there.
If you were photographed for
our latest pictorial directory and have not received your copy, check on the
table in Fellowship Hall. There are
still a few directories left; they are labeled with your name on the back.
Please note the church has
hearing assistance devices for use during worship. These can be used by persons with or without
hearing aids. Also available are LARGE
PRINT HYMNALS and, if needed, we can make large print bulletins.