United Methodist Church of Cadillac

1020 East Division Street  ·  Cadillac, Michigan

231 · 775-5362   ·   Fax 775-6475

 

October 2, 2005

Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost

World Communion Sunday

Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.

 

 

 

PRELUDE

 

BRINGING IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST                             by the Acolytes

 

WELCOME AND PARISH NOTES

 

CLIP BOARD MINISTRY FOR NOVEMBER

 

STEP BY STEP - Reaching to the Future                              Susan Hyzer

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader: O God, we meet again in this familiar place, this strange, familiar place,

People:  Haunted by millions of your faithful who have worshiped you through the centuries,

Leader:  Thankfully aware of other millions who are worshiping you today,

People:  This very day, this very hour, from Quanzhou to New Orleans, from Port-au-Prince to Prague.

Leader:  Help us today to celebrate the tie that binds us to fellow Christians through the ages and throughout this planet,

People:  That our faith may be strengthened, our love empowered, and our witness given wings,

All:         Through Jesus Christ, the great Head of the church. Amen.

 

*HYMN OF PRAISE                                                                         #2268

            “As We Gather at Your Table”   Alt. Tune: Beecher

 

*SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST

 

PRAYER HYMN                                                                                 #349

             “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”

 

RESPONSIVE PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Jesus criticized those who said 'yes' to him with their lips but denied him with their deeds.   

Forgive us, O God, the times when we use feeble excuses

to evade  following in Christ's footsteps.

The invitation to us is an invitation of grace - those who eventually sat down at the banquet could never have expected such an invitation.

Forgive us, O God, when we trivialize the gracious invitation to share  your life in Christ - when we expect you to be there for us - but fail to respond to your call on our lives.

Help us to empty ourselves of all that hinders a ready response to the call to follow Jesus:

even when that means putting our personal agendas on

hold.

And as the apostle Paul beseeched the Philippians: Fill us with the desire to think about whatever is true,

whatever is honorable, whatever is just,

whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing,                                                    

whatever is commendable, whatever is excellent and worthy

of praise

 for only then can we hope to have the same mind in us that was in Jesus in whose name we pray.  Amen.

 

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

 

MINISTRY OF MUSIC                                                     Children’s Choir

            “Step By Step”    Soloist: Ethan Hinkston

 

CHILDREN’S TIME

 

SCRIPTURE READING                                                            N.T. pg. 24

            Matthew 22:1-14

 

MESSAGE                                                                  Pastor Dale Ostema

            “Dressing for the Kingdom”

 

OFFERTORY INVITATION                                                  OFFERTORY

 

PRESENTING OUR GIFTS AND OURSELVES TO GOD

 

 

*DOXOLOGY                                                                                       #94

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise God, all creatures here below:  Alleluia! Alleluia!

Praise God, the source of all our gifts!

Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!

Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!  Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

 

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION   (In unison)

God of extravagant love, you have reached out to us and blessed us in so many ways - especially through your most extravagant gift of all - Jesus Christ.  We rejoice in your invitation to share our lives with him.  Bless us as we respond by offering these gifts and by dedicating ourselves anew as disciples of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.  Amen

 

CHORAL ANTHEM                                                              Chancel Choir

            “Come Share God’s Gifts”   Arr. Besig

SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION

Invitation to the Table

Thanksgiving for the Bread and Cup                                                   

The Lord’s Prayer                                                                         #895

Breaking the Bread

Giving the Bread and the Cup

 

Communion will be served by intinction.

Please come by the center aisle and return by the side aisle.

 

PRAYER OF THANKS FOR CHRIST’S PRESENCE

 

*CLOSING HYMN                                                                            #2175

            “Together We Serve”

 

*COMMISSION AND BLESSING                                                                  

 

*POSTLUDE

 

 

            *All who are able, please stand.

 

 

 

 

 

Despite the rain, about a dozen persons from our congregation walked in the 21st Annual CROP Walk.  If you sponsored a Walker, see them today to offer your donation. If you sponsor envelope is ready, please give it to Mary Buehler.   If still desire to donate to CROP, see a Walker, to give in order to help the needy both here & around the world.

 

 

Renovations Continue:  The replacement of our church roof is expected to be completed very soon.  The Fellowship Hall floor is completed and the church sign base is ready for the sign top.  The accordion doors are installed.  We are hoping to have the new windows installed & some new glass in the upper sanctuary windows very soon.

 

 

Sunday Volunteer Ministry, October 9

Ushers/Greeters:  8:30 am - Mike and Alysha Elmore

Greeters: 11:00 am - Clark and Helen Sill

Ushers: Jim & Laura Hodges, Hazel Jarvis, Frank Weikel,

              Jane Whitney and Gale Butterfield

Acolytes: Ethan Hinkston

Nursery: Amy & Doug Gullekson

Sermontime: Joyce Cinco

Coffee Hour: Endowment Committee

 

 

 

CHURCH STAFF

Pastor                                                                                     Dale Ostema

Parish Assistant                                                                        Judy Coffey

Coordinator-Children & Youth Ministries                                Debbie Ostema

Church Office Manager                                                               Patty Holst

Treasurer                                                                                 Karen Klinker

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                                                               Darlene Ressler

First Sunday Nursery Care Giver                                      Diana Van Antwerp

Custodial Staff                                               Dee Piltz and NOC Work Crew

Snow Removal                                                                           Paul Helton

 

Opportunities for Ministry This Week . . .

Sunday, October 2 - Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost

World Communion Sunday

Coffee Hour follows each Worship Service

   8:30 am - Sunday Worship

   9:30 am - Church School for all ages

 11:00 am - Sunday Worship

Children’s Choir meets following the 11:00 a.m. worship service

   6:00 pm - Gablers will be here to share their work

Monday, October 3  

  8:30am - Moms In Touch Meeting

  9:30 am - UMW Executive Board 

  7:00 pm - Boy Scouts

  7:00 pm - Church Audit

Tuesday, October 4

  7:15 am - Daybreak Prayer Group

  7:00 pm - Evangelism Committee meets

  7:00 pm - Trustees Committee Meeting

 Wednesday, October 5

  9:00 am - TOPS

  6:30 pm - Staff Parish Relations Committee Meeting

 Thursday, October 6

  7:00 am - Promise Keepers

  9:30 am - 2:30 pm - UMW Workshop

 11:30 am - Prayer Group

   5:30 pm - Wesley Fellowship - leave for Belle Oakes

  6:00 pm - FIA

  7:00 pm - Education Committee Meeting

  7:00 pm - Lay Leadership Committee Meeting

 Sunday, October 9 - Twenty-first Sunday After Pentecost

Coffee Hour Follows Each Worship Service

   8:30 am - Sunday Worship

   9:30 am - Membership Orientation Classes

   9:30 am - Church School for all ages

 11:00 am - Sunday Worship

 Children’s Choir meets following the 11:00 a.m. worship service

   2:30 pm - All Church Hayride at White Pines Stables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OASIS and Love INC. have been selected by the Missions Committee to receive today’s Loose Plate Offering.  The Missions Committee felt with families being relocated to our area from Katrina that these two compassionate organizations would quickly expend their immediate resources in support of these additional families.  We invite your generous giving to the Loose Plate Offering in order to assist Love INC and OASIS as well as families from Katrina.

 

On October 6, Wesley Fellowship will be held at Belle Oakes on LaChance Rd.  Cars will leave the church lot at 5:30 pm.  The Potluck will begin at 6:00 pm..  A short program on the facilities & a Sing-a-Long of old songs such as Baby Face, In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, & My Buddy will follow.  Joe & Doris Brenneman, Suzanne & Tom Johnson & Evelyn Peterson will host the meeting.

 

If you were unable to be photographed for the new Church Directory, please see Judy Coffey following worship to have a picture taken.

 

We are still receiving your offering to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina/Rita’s devastation; mark your envelope - Hurricane UMCOR.  Health Kits are needed - instructions are on the table in the narthex.

 

Bazaar Jewelry Boutique — Your old but good jewelry can be brought to the Church now as it must be cleaned, carded and priced for display and placed in the box on the table in the Fellowship Hall.  Questions, call Joan Irvine at.

 

October 9 is the kick-off day for the 2nd annual Baby Bottle Boomerang Fundraiser for the Pregnancy Resource Center.  We will be distributing baby bottles for this event next Sunday after worship services.  With our help the Pregnancy Resource Center is able to minister to women who are experiencing crisis pregnancies, provide maternity clothing, baby formula and diapers, baby clothing and educational materials and also offer counseling and post-abortion Bible studies to women who are looking for healing.

 

Temple Hill Baptist Church, 1601 W. Division, will be hosting two Blood Drives on Monday, October 10 from1:00 pm - 6:45 pm and again Tuesday, October 11 from 11:00am - 4:45 pm. We encourage you to donate blood.  To become a donor, you must be 17 years of age, weigh at least 110 lbs. and be in good health.

 

 

Today’s Worship Ministry . . .

Liturgists: 8:30 - Bedonna Davis       11:00 - Jeff Hinkston    

Pianist: Darlene Ressler

Ushers/Greeters:  8:30 am - Ray & Betty Mayer

Greeters: 11:00 am - Bernadean Gregg & Sheryl Blanchard

Head Usher: Dee Piltz

Ushers: Kevin Bruner, Peggy Kirvan, Hazel Jarvis, Helen Quinn and

              Judy Murdoch

Acolyte: Nick Myers and Drew Marion

Nursery: Lisa, Jennifer and Jessica Weaver

Sermontime: Dee Williams

Coffee Hour: United Methodist Men

Power Point: 8:30 - Laurie Kinney     11:00 - Jackie Soltman

 

 

The Chancel Flowers on the Lord’s Table this morning are given in honor of Waive McDonald’s birthday from her loving family and in honor of our loving grandparents, Earl and Audrey Huckle, from their grandchildren.

 

 

The Gablers are here!! Today, October 2 at 6:00 p.m., the Gablers, missionaries we support in Africa, will be here to share the story of their fascinating work.  We will have snack foods available.  Come along and hear how they are serving the Lord on our behalf.

 

 

Our newly formed Children’s Choir is singing today at the 11:00 worship.  They are under the direction of Carolyn Mitchell and Ruth Peterson.  Their song this morning is the theme song for our 2006 Commitment Campaign -“Step By Step.”  New members to the choir are always welcome; they practice following the late worship.

 

Pastor Ostema will be offering Membership Sessions for those interested in joining this congregation and faithful membership.  The sessions will meet on Sunday mornings, October 9, 16 and 23 between the worship services.  A reception date is tentatively planned for October 30.  Please contact Pastor Ostema through the church office (775-5362) if you are interested.