United Methodist Church of Cadillac
1020 East Division Street, Cadillac, Michigan
775-5362 • Fax
775-5362
October 27, 2002
Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost
Celebration Worship at 11:00 a.m.
THE GATHERING TO WORSHIP
ORGAN
PRELUDE
BRINGING
IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
WELCOME
AND PARISH NOTES
STEWARDSHIP
MOMENT
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: The God of New Beginnings has called
us to this place.
People: We come celebrating the new life that is our as
God’s faithful people.
Leader: Let your joy ring through the
universe and let your vision see to the depths of every soul.
People: We will be shouters of joy, seekers of God’s
light
and
sharers of God’s vision wherever we go.
*HYMN OF PRAISE #451
“Be Thou My
Vision”
*SHARING
THE PEACE OF CHRIST
THE PEOPLE OF
GOD PRAYING
PRAYER HYMN #408
If you have a prayer joy or concern, please fill out a
prayer card and hand it to an usher during the singing of the hymn.
LITANY OF CONFESSION
Leader: We are taught to love you, O God, with all
of our heart;
People; we confess that our allegiance is less
than complete.
Leader: We are taught to love you, O god, with all
of our soul;
People: we confess that we long to have our own
way.
Leader: We are taught to love you, O God, with all
of our mind;
People: we confess that our thoughts are seldom
so pure.
Leader: We are taught to love neighbors as we love
ourselves;
People: we confess preference for ourselves being
first.
Leader: God have mercy upon us as we make our
confession.
People: Christ have mercy upon us and forgive us.
A TIME OF SILENT PRAYER
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
THE LORD’S PRAYER #895
READING AND PROCLAIMING OF THE WORD
CHORAL ANTHEM Chancel
Choir
TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN
SCRIPTURE LESSON
Matthew 22:34-40 N.T.
pg. 24
MESSAGE Pastor
Dale Ostema
“Pictures of Love”
OFFERTORY INVITATION
OFFERING OUR GIFTS AND
OURSELVES TO GOD
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY #94
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (In Unison)
Gracious God, we offer these
gifts in response to your great gift for us. We offer our lives because we love
you with all our heart, all our soul and all our mind. As we go from here to love our neighbor as
ourselves, may we go in the power of your Spirit to love as Jesus loves and to
serve as he served. Amen.
THE SCATTERING TO SERVE
*HYMN OF DEDICATION #437
“This Is My Song”
*COMMISSION AND BLESSING
*POSTLUDE
*All who are able, please stand.
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Monday, November 4 • 2:00 -
7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, November 5 • 11:00
a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Temple Hill Baptist Church •
1601 West Division Street
Naomi Circle will be having a Bake Day for the Bazaar on Wednesday, October 30th
at 9:00 a.m.
Reminder: There are still quite a few
dishes in the kitchen left from recent meals.
Please check and see if they belong to you.
You are all invited to our Hallelujah
Party here at the church this Thursday, October 31st from
5:00 until 7:00 p.m. This fun family
event includes games, crafts, a light soup supper, and a special pumpkin
carving theme with Pastor Dale. Come
early or come late but don’t miss the fun.
Bring some friends and a bag of candy to share.
Reminder Next Sunday,
November 3
Acolytes: Kristin and Jenny
McKibben
Nursery: Jim and Lisa Weaver
Sermontime: Jerri Hubbell
Coffee Hour: Worship and
Music Committee
CHURCH STAFF
Pastor Dale
Ostema
Parish Assistant Judy
Coffey
Coordinator-Children & Youth Ministries Debbie Ostema
Church 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, October 27,
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Stewardship Campaign Begins
- Daylight Savings Time Ends
8:30 am - Contemporary
Worship Service
9:30 am - New Member
Orientation Meeting
9:30 am - Church School for
all ages
11:00 am - Celebration
Worship Service
Coffee Hour follows each
worship service
Noon - Meeting of All Bazaar
Room Chairs in the Wesley Room
5:30- 7:30 pm - Junior
Disciples meet at the church
** Senior High Youth **
Monday, October 28
6:00 pm - FIA Group
7:00 pm - Grand Sweep Bible
Study • Boy Scouts
Tuesday, October 29
6:00 pm - Vision Team
Wednesday, October 30
8:30 - 10:00 am - TOPS
1:30 pm - Grand Sweep Bible
Study
6:30 pm - Bell Choir
7:00 pm - Memorials Committee
7:30 pm - Chancel Choir
Practice
Thursday, October 31
7:00 am - Promise Keepers
5:00 - 7:00 pm - Hallelujah
Party
Friday, November 1
Bazaar Set Up Throughout the
Day
1:00 pm -
Saturday, November 2
9:00 - 2:30 pm Annual Bazaar
/ Luncheon 11:00 - 1:00 pm
Sunday, November 3, Twenty
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
All Saints Sunday / Holy
Communion at both services
8:30 am - Contemporary
Worship Service
9:30 am - New Member
Orientation Meeting
9:30 am -
11:00 am - Celebration
Worship Service
Coffee Hour follows each
worship service
For Changes in Activities for the Week
Please share the enclosed
flyer invitation to the
Today is the last day we
will receive gifts in memory of David Schutte, Marianne’s husband. If you would like to participate, place your
gift in a pew envelope or indicate it on your offering envelope. Our collective gifts will be sent this week
to the Lucas Christian Reformed Church for their Grand Piano Fund.
Marianne’s address for cards
and notes:
Marianne, Kevin, Rachel and
Jonathan Schutte
Love INC Furniture Ministry
needs lamps for families in need. If you
have serviceable table, wall or floor lamps to donate, call 779-1888 between
9:30 and 3:30 Monday through Friday.
Love INC has a client
needing transportation from his home in Cadillac to his job in McBain weekdays.
This young man’s work hours are 7 am - 5:30 pm.
He is able to pay towards gasoline and his family would be ever so
thankful if you could help even one day a week.
Please call the Love INC office at 779-1888 for more information. You will be a great blessing to this family
Attention Junior and Senior
High Youth
The HUB is open to all
Middle School Youth on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each
month from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. It is open
for all Senior High Youth on the 4th Saturday from 7:00 to 11:00
p.m. The HUB is located in the old Motor
Mall at the corner of M 55 and M 66. For
more information you can call 775-5291.
Today’s Worship Ministry . . .
Liturgists: 8:30 - Lynn Cummings
11:00 - Andrea Hillard
Organist / Pianist: Ann Hunt
Acolytes: Justin Bruner and
Garrick Fuller
Ushers/Greeters 8:30: Paul
Helton
Greeters 11:00: Scott, Lisa,
Logan & Connor Kassuba
Head Usher: Dave Fuller
Ushers 11:00: Harold
Gekeler, Inga Fuller, Hazel Jarvis,
Judy Murdoch, Jim &
Laura Hodges
Nursery: Carlos and Wendy
Garzon
Sermontime: Debbie Ostema
Coffee Hour: Finance Committee
Our Chancel Flowers this
morning are presented in celebration of the birthday of Laurie Kinney from Dan,
Grant and Brandon.
Three opportunities remain
for you to share a meal in the home
of one of our host families: Donn and
Jerri Hubbell, today at 4:00 p.m.;
Rick and Char Partlo on November 3 at 4:00 p.m. and Jackie and Bob Huff on
November 5 at 6:00 p.m.. These meals are
simply meant to be an opportunity to get to know people, enjoy some good food
and fun together. All you have to do is
to sign-up & bring a dish to help complete the meal. Sign-up sheets are in the narthex. So far, 45
persons have shared together.
On All Saint’s Sunday, November 3, at both services, we will be naming
and remembering those in our midst who have died in this past year
Thank you for the items you
have already bought for Operation
Christmas Child. The JD’s are still
collecting items. A box for your
donations is in the narthex. Small toys,
hygiene items (nothing in a glass container), school supplies, sox, wash
cloths, flashlights, batteries, baseball hats, shirts, hair items, picture
books are needed. Please ONLY NEW ITEMS
for the boxes.
With Samaritan’s Purse we
will once again take part in Operation Christmas Child. We would like
to prepare
about 40 shoe boxes for them.
Items needed:
Children:
Toys - cars, balls, stuffed
animals
kazoos, harmonicas, yo yos,
small toys with batteries, extra batteries, slinky
School Supplies: pens,
pencils, sharpeners, crayons/markers, coloring books, chalk, writing pads or
paper, solar calculators
Hygiene items:
bar soap, wash cloths, combs,
Other items:
hard candy, lollipops,
mints, gum, sunglasses, flashlights with extra batteries, baseball hats, socks
and t-shirts, toy jewelry, hair items, picture books.
Kids 2 - 14
Nothing breakable, no toy
guns, knives, no chocolate or perishable items, no liquids of any kind.
It’s a Hallelujah Party!
Get ready for a night of
family fun on October 31 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
The party is here at the church.
Wear a costume and bring your treat bag.
There will be games, crafts, treats and
a special time with Pastor Dale.
A light soup meal will be available for all you busy families. Bring a friend and a smile! Last year’s party was lots of fun. Let’s make this one even better. If you would like to attend as a guest or help
with the party, please fill in the appropriate information below and place this
sheet in the offering plate.
___ Yes! Our family will be attending.
___ Number of persons
attending (please include any guests)
___ I can donate a pot of
soup to share
___ I would like to run one of the games (You don’t have to plan it)
___ I would like to help at the craft table (You don’t have to plan it)
___ I want to serve in the
kitchen
___ I want to take pictures
of the party
___ I’m available to help
clean up after the party (7:00)
___ I can loan a booth-type
game to play_____________________
___ I would like to help decorate
on October 31st at 4:00 p.m..
___I can donate treats or
little prizes ________________________
___I need extra flyers to
invite some friends
Name_________________________________
Phone # ___________
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.
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.
Advent Event
The
Advent Event is a fun family activity that will take place on the First Sunday
of Advent, December 1, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Traditionally, there are several craft tables where the children make crafts
to decorate the Christmas tree in the fellowship hall and to take home. Also, the crafts are delivered in our Advent
Bags to our shut-ins by the Senior High Youth Group.
Are you willing to supervise one of our craft tables? Do you have a craft idea that you would like to share with the children of our church? Any materials or supplies used will be reimbursed.
_______ Yes, I am willing to supervise a craft table.
_______ I have the following craft idea.
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Name
______________________________________________
Phone Number ______________________________________
Please place in the offering plate or
return to the church office.