United Methodist Church of Cadillac

                   1020 East Division Street  •  Cadillac, Michigan

                                    775-5362  •  Fax 775-6475

                               June 15, 2003  •  Trinity Sunday

                                 Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m.

 

                          THE GATHERING TO WORSHIP

 

PRELUDE

 

A TIME OF SINGING

 

BRINGING IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST

 

WELCOME AND PARISH NOTES

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader:  Come, holy God, come and save us.

People:   Turn our worries into butterflies and our fears into dancing clouds.

Leader:  Come, holy Child, come and touch us.

People:   Fill us with newborn delight and childlike wonder.

Leader:  Come, holy Wind, come and revive us.

People:   Lift us from obsessive lists, oppressive "shoulds" and dreary diligence.

Leader:  Come, holy God, one in three.

 

*HYMN OF PRAISE                                                                        #64

                       “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty”                      

 

*SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST

 

                          THE PEOPLE OF GOD PRAYING

 

PRAYER HYMN                                                                          #2142

                              “Blessed Quietness”  vs. 1, 3 & 5

               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

God of compassion, long is the labor until our second birth.  We need a lifetime to grow up into salvation.  As a child is slowly formed in the waters of the womb, so are we transfigured by the Spirit, who broods over us, wresting the firmament from the waters of creation.  Yours is the travail that propels us into the Light, you are the arms that embrace us from womb to old age.  All praise we give you, O God, for you have borne us and carried us.  Labor over us still, until we are completely borne into the Light.  Amen.

PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER                  #895

                            THE BAPTISMAL COVENANT

 

BAPTISMAL HYMN                                                                      #608

                              “This is the Spirit’s Entry Now”

 

SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM                                                          #39

                                         Jill Catherine Cool

                               daughter of Mike and Anne Cool

 

               READING AND PROCLAIMING OF THE WORD

 

TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN

 

SCRIPTURE LESSON                                                         N.T. pg. 93

                                               John 3:1-17

 

MESSAGE                      Pastor Dale Ostema

                                 “Desperately Seeking Jesus”

 

                             RESPONDING TO THE WORD

 

OFFERTORY INVITATION

 

OFFERING OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS TO GOD

 

OFFERTORY                                

 

*DOXOLOGY                                                                                   #94

 

*PRAYER OF CONSECRATION   (In unison)

Receive our offering, God of glory, that our church may come alive in the Spirit.  May these gifts, and the way we live our lives each day, proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ.  Strengthen us in our giving.  Help us to be generous enough to experience the joy you find in showering us with more than we can ever give away.  Thank you for the gift of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

 

                            THE SCATTERING TO SERVE

 

*HYMN OF DEDICATION                                                           #384

                            “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”

 

*COMMISSION AND BLESSING

 

*POSTLUDE

 

*All who are able, please stand.

 

 

You Can Help!!!

 

Sam Blanchard will be going on a mission trip to Jamaica through Michigan State University with “Medical Missionaries International” between July 5 and 10.  They are collecting medications and supplies.  We will have a box in the narthex for donations of over-the-counter necessities such as:  Infant formula, sun screen, aspirin, Tylenol, Advil, multi-vitamins for all ages, Vitamin C plus calcium, cough and cold medications for all ages, Mylanta, iron tabs, toothbrushes and toothpaste, fingernail clippers, bars of soap, combs, pens, small baggies for medications, sticky labels, trash bags, toilet paper and deodorant.

                                                                                                                       

 

Reminder Next Sunday, June 22

Acolyte: Erika Olson

Greeters/Ushers  8:30: Ray and Betty Mayer

Greeters  10:00: Rick and Mary Myers Family

Head Usher: Ron Foster

Ushers: Ethel Foster, Clark and Helen Sill, Hazel Jarvis,

            Pat and Donna McCormick

Nursery: Jeff and Laura Marion

Sermontime: Darlene Fowler

Coffee Hour: Missions 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                                                                          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                                                                       Paul Helton

 

 

 

 

 

Opportunities for Ministry This Week . . .

Sunday, June 15, Trinity Sunday

Peace With Justice Sunday /  Father’s Day

8:30 am - Sunday Worship

10:00 am - Sunday Worship / Sacrament of Baptism

Coffee Hour Fellowship follows each service

 

Monday, June 16

7:00 pm - Boy Scouts

Tuesday, June 17

7:00 pm - Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, June 18

9:30 - 2:30 pm - United Methodist Women Workshop

7:30 pm - Small Group Task Force

Thursday, June 19

7:00 am - Promise Keepers

9:30 am - Susannah Wesley Circle

7:00 pm - Naomi Circle - Jeanne Lamphere to present program  7:00 pm - Worship and Music Committee Meeting

 

Sunday, June 22, Second Sunday after Pentecost

8:30 am -  Sunday Worship

10:00 am - Sunday Worship

Coffee Hour Fellowship follows each service

3:00 pm - Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Jordan D. Smith

               Reception follows ceremony

Grand Traverse Elementary and Senior High Camps begin

 

                           For Changes in Activities for the Week

                         Info Source 775-4636 - Message # 3152

 

 

                  American Red Cross Community Blood Drive

               St. Ann’s Catholic Church  800 West Thirteenth Street

                              Monday, June 16  1:00 - 6:45 p.m.

                             Tuesday, June 17 11:00 - 4:45 p.m.

 

 

 

Today’s Worship Ministry . . .

Liturgists: 8:30 - Ruth Peterson

             10:00 - Judy Coffey

Organist / Pianist: Ann Hunt

Acolyte: Kara Wilson

Greeters/Ushers  8:30: Don and Pat Lakin

Greeters  10:00: Phyllis Cornell and Evadean Mattison

Head Usher: Ron Foster

Ushers: Ethel Foster, Clark and Helen Sill, Mike Elmore

Nursery: Randy and Carolyn Mitchell

Sermontime: Dee Williams

Coffee Hour: Dorcas Circle

 

 

Our chancel flowers this morning are presented in loving memory of Gladys and Earl Townsend from the family.

 

                                                                                                                                   

We welcome Jill Catherine Cool, daughter of Mike and Ann Cool into the family of Christ through the Sacrament of Baptism.  We pray God’s blessings on this special occasion.

 

 

Church friends are cordially invited to the Eagle Scout Court of Honor, Sunday, June 22 at 3:00 p.m. at the church in honor of Jordan D. Smith.  A reception will follow the ceremony.

 

 

 

Lisa Wilson and her family are moving to their new home in Mt. Pleasant.  She has been our Nursery Care Giver for about two years and also has previously  served as our Bell Choir Director.  Her last Sunday will be June 22; we will be honoring her at that time.  Please stop into the nursery and say “thank you” to Lisa for her caring ways and dedication.

 

 

Love, INC has a client with neuromuscular disease needing a motorized cart.  You would help extend his mobility, if you have one to donate.  Call the Love office at 231-779-1888.

 

 

The Prayer Tree for those serving in the military continues 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.

 

 

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.

 

 

LOVE, INC  PRAYER REQUESTS: 
! for a man who needs a liver transplant
! for a homeless family with four children that they may find a home
! for LOVE, INC in the their search for new offices