United Methodist Church of Cadillac
1020 East Division Street • Cadillac, Michigan
775-5362 • Fax 775-6475
May 11, 2003 • Fourth Sunday of Easter
Festival of the Christian Home
Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.
THE
GATHERING TO WORSHIP
PRELUDE
BRINGING IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
WELCOME AND PARISH NOTES
A CAMPING MOMENT Kristin
Smith and Jerry Seward
MUSICAL INTROIT Chancel
Choir
“Brother
James Air”
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Lift up
your hearts to the risen Lord who keeps and sustains us!
People: Our Lord,
who cares for us and watches over our every heartbeat.
Leader: Let us
bow and be thankful for the very breath of life.
People: For the
Lord has cared for us through all the days of our lives.
Leader: Sing
joyful praise to the Lord for God’s loving kindness!
All: Blessed
be the name of the Lord!
*HYMN OF PRAISE #126
“Sing
Praise to God Who Reigns Above”
*SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
THE
PEOPLE OF GOD PRAYING
PRAYER HYMN #381
“Savior,
Like a Shepherd Lead Us”
If
you have a prayer joy or concern to be shared, please fill out a prayer card
and hand it to an usher during the Prayer Hymn.
UNISON PRAYER
Good Shepherd, we meet in your name, confident that we
are known and loved by you. Here we draw
close to one another and to expecting to be empowered by fresh insights to live
as your people. We want to care for one
another in life-giving ways. We seek to
reach out to those who deny you or suspect us.
Help us to grow in love that is genuine in its caring. We embrace the wholeness you offer and dare
to risk acceptance of a healing role for ourselves and this faith
community. Equip us for service as we
scatter to serve you Amen.
PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER #895
READING
AND PROCLAIMING OF THE WORD
MINISTRY OF THE BELLS Bell
Choir
“Blessing”
TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN
INTERPRETIVE DANCE Jackie
Soltman and Laurie Kinney
“The Lord’s My Shepherd” Arr. John Rutter
Laurie is interpreting our Shepherding God
and Jackie is portraying humanity
SCRIPTURE LESSON N.T.
pg. 103
John
10:11-18
MESSAGE Pastor Dale Ostema
“The
Loving Shepherd”
RESPONDING
TO THE WORD
OFFERTORY INVITATION
OFFERING OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS TO GOD
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY #177
“He
is Lord”
*PRAYER OF CONSECRATION (In unison)
Shepherding God, you fill our cups to overflowing and
empower us for good deeds. Be pleased, O
God, to use these tokens of our love for the sake of your whole flock. May our gifts serve to bring others into your
fold and equip us all to live fully as your own. Amen.
THE
SCATTERING TO SERVE
*HYMN OF DEDICATION #463
“Lord,
Speak to Me”
*COMMISSION AND BLESSING
*POSTLUDE
*All who are able, please stand.
Finance Secretary, Dan Kinney, has your monthly
pledge giving update
available in fellowship hall for you to pick up after services this morning.
Today’s
Worship Ministry . . .
Liturgists: 8:30
- Ruth Peterson
11:00
- Jon Fulton
Organist / Pianist: Virginia Pulford
Acolytes: Jennifer Weaver and Erika Olson
Nursery: Amy Gullekson
Sermontime: Katy Huckle
Coffee Hour: Worship and Music
CHURCH STAFF
Pastor Dale Ostema
Parish Assistant Judy Coffey
Coordinator-Children & Youth Ministries Debbie Ostema
Church Secretary Carol Sharp
Assistant Secretary Karen Elenbaas
Treasurer Tara McKibben
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
Our Chancel Flowers are presented this morning to the Glory of God and in honor of the 7th
birthday of Kelli Cummings from her family.
Worship
Notes
The Interpretive Dance is being performed to
John Rutter’s “The Lord is My Shepherd.”
It is a haunting, flowing melody which vividly portrays our Shepherding
God. We are grateful to Laurie Kinney
and Jackie Soltman for the beautiful interpretation of this marvelous piece
based on Psalm 23.
The Chancel Choir’s anthem is Brother James’ Air. “Brother James is the familiar name by which many
remember James Leith Macbeth Bain, who was born in
We wish each women worshiping this morning a very Happy
Mother’s Day. A small but sweet
treat is a gift from the Worship and Music Committee with gratefulness for the
many ways you have nurtured the lives of so many
Opportunities
for Ministry This Week . . .
Sunday, May 11, Fourth Sunday of
Easter
Mother’s Day - Festival of the
Christian Home
8:30 am - Sunday Worship
Parish Nurse Clinic between services
9:30 am - Church School all ages
11:00 am - Sunday Worship
Coffee Hour Fellowship follows each
service
5:00 pm - Senior High Youth Group
meets
Monday, May 12
7:00 pm - Boy Scouts
Tuesday, May 13
1:30 pm - Dorcas Circle at the home of
Evadean Mattison
7:00 pm - Administrative Council Meets
Wednesday, May 14
9:30 - 2:30 pm - United Methodist
Women Workshop
6:30 pm - Bell Choir Practice
7:30 pm - Chancel Choir Practice
Thursday, May 15
7:00 am - Promise Keepers
9:30 am - Susannah Wesley Circle
6:30 pm - Staff/Parish Relations
Committee
7:00 pm - Naomi Circle
7:00 pm - Worship and Music Committee
7:00 pm - Scout Roundtable
Friday, May 16
6:00 pm - Scrapbooking
Saturday, May 17
10:00 am - 2:00 pm - UMC Church
Historians Meeting
Sunday, May 18, Fifth Sunday of Easter
8:30 am - Sunday Worship Service
9:30 am - Church School all ages
11:00 am - Sunday Worship Service
Recognition of Secret Saints
Coffee Hour Fellowship follows each
service
For Changes in
Activities for the Week
Info Source 775-4636 -
Message # 3152
Reminder Next Sunday, May 18
Acolytes: Kara Wilson and Hailey Amlott
Nursery: Betsy and Laura George
Sermontime: Steve and Lisa Myers
Coffee Hour: Higher Education
Local
Church History Workshop
A meeting of local Church Historians will be held here
on May 17 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Jennifer Thomas, West Michigan Conference Archivist will be the major
presenter. General church guidelines,
guides from United Methodist Archives on what records to keep and a
presentation on methods and materials for preservation will be included. If you are interested in attending or to
learn more about this meeting, speak to Pastor Ostema or contact the church
office at 775-5362.
Naomi Circle
will meet on Thursday, May 15, at 7:00 p.m.
Clara Handy will be presenting the program. See you there!
Attention Campers: Please get your United
Methodist Church Camp applications in as soon as possible. Brochures and applications are available in
Fellowship Hall. If you have questions
call Marian Fuller 775-9388
Catharine German is now in residence at Curry House.
She would love to have visitors drop in; she is in Room 105.
The Finance and Education Committees invite you to
stop by their “It Costs an Arm and a Leg to Go to Camp” ”bulletin
board. Please prayerfully consider giving
a gift to help the church provide camp scholarships for the children &
youth of our church.
The Prayer Tree for those serving in the
military continues to be available in the narthex for you to place a heart on
with the name and service of a member of the armed forces that you would like
remembered in prayer during these precarious days of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. We invite you to remember these
military personnel in prayer daily.