United Methodist Church of Cadillac

1020 East Division Street  · Cadillac, Michigan

775-5362  ·  Fax 775-6475

 

March 26, 2006  · Fourth Sunday of Lent

Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.

 

 

 

THE GATHERING TO WORSHIP

 

PRELUDE

 

BRINGING IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST

 

WELCOME AND PARISH NOTES

 

    *CALL TO WORSHIP

One:    For God so loved the world;

All:       The robins, the mountain lions, the fish and

            the people.

One:    For God so loved the world;

All:       In success and failure, in sickness and health,

            in mediocrity and extraordinary.

One:    For God so loved the world;

All:       Enough to become one of us, enough to suffer along

            with us, enough to offer new life for us.

One:    For God so loved the world;

All:       Let us worship God!

 

    *HYMN OF PRAISE                                                                       #359

            “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed”  vs. 1, 2, 4 & 5

 

    *SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST

 

THE PEOPLE OF GOD PRAYING

 

            If you have a prayer joy or concern you would like shared during the Prayer of the People, please hand it to an usher during the Prayer Hymn.

 

PRAYER SONG                                                                               #2216

            “When We Are Called to Sing Your Praise”

 

 

UNISON PRAYER

Living God, as we continue our journey through this season of Lent we are reminded of the steadfast love which would endure forever through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ.  A love given not to judge but to save, causing human sinfulness to be encountered by divine compassion.  No wonder we sometimes see the placard thrust in front of television cameras with the words written large - "John 3:16".  Etch these words about the depth of your love for us on our hearts and make them visible through our lives.  Accept our praise and thanksgiving, O God, for this priceless gift, in Christ’s name, we pray.  Amen.

 

PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE                                                                      

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER                                                                      #895

 

THE READING AND PROCLAIMING OF THE WORD

 

CHORAL ANTHEM                                                             Chancel Choir

            “God So Loved the World”   Arr. Stainer

 

TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN

 

SCRIPTURE READING                                                              NT p. 139

            Numbers 21:4-9

 

MESSAGE                                                                  Pastor Dale Ostema

            “The Cure of the Cross”

 

RESPONDING TO THE WORD

 

OFFERTORY INVITATION

 

GIVING OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS TO GOD

 

ORGAN OFFERTORY

 

    *DOXOLOGY                                                                   Tune: Old 100th

Were the whole realm of nature mine,

that were a present far too small;                                                              

love so amazing, so divine

demands my soul, my life, my all.  Amen.

 

 

 

    *PRAYER OF DEDICATION (in unison)

Gracious Lord - you have given us grace upon grace, you have freed us from the bondage of sin and granted us the strength and the guidance of your Holy Spirit.  All that we have and all that we are is the work of your hands.  Receive, we pray, these offerings, and use them and us as you will.  We ask it in Jesus' name.  Amen

 

THE SCATTERING TO SERVE

 

    *HYMN OF DEDICATION                                                              #371

            “I Stand Amazed”  vs. 1, 3 & 5

 

    *COMMISSION AND BLESSING                                                          

 

       *POSTLUDE

 

 

*All who are able, please stand.

 

 

 

 

Please note that there will be no Bell Choir practice on Sunday, March 26 or April 2 because of Spring Break.

 

 

The first Adopt-A-Highway pick-up for the 2006 season will be on Saturday, April 29 at 10:00 a.m.   Meet in the church parking lot.  Anyone over age 12 is welcome.  Need more information, see Paul Helton. 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Volunteer Ministry, April 2, 2006

Nursery: Laura George and Alison Ostema

Sermontime: Scott and Lisa Kassuba

Coffee Hour: Open

 

 

CHURCH STAFF

Pastor                                                                                    Dale Ostema

Parish Assistant                                                                      Judy Coffey

Coordinator-Children/Youth Ministries                               Debbie Ostema

Church Office Manager                                                     Patty Anderson

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                                                                  Gale Butterfield

 

 

Opportunities for Ministry This Week . . .

Sunday, March 26 - Fourth Sunday in Lent

Coffee Hour Follows Worship Service

 8:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship

 9:30 a.m. - Church School For All Ages

11:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship

 No Children’s Choir Practice today - Spring Break

 The Soup Supper and Lenten Study will resume on April 2

 

Monday, March 27

 7:00 p.m. - Boy Scouts

Tuesday - March 29

 7:15 a.m. - Daybreak Prayer Group

 9:30 a.m. - Piano Tuning

Wednesday - March 22

 7:00 a.m. - CAMA Lenten Breakfast at Hillcrest Restaurant

 7:30 p.m. - Chancel Choir practice

Thursday, March 30

  9:30 a.m. - Bazaar and Mission Sewing Workshop

11:30 a.m. - Prayer Group

  6:00 p.m. - FIA

Saturday - April 1

 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - G.T. District Stewardship Training

 

Sunday, April 2, 2006 - Fifth Sunday in Lent

Holy Communion served at both services

Coffee Hour Follows Worship Service

 8:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship - Sacrament of Christian Baptism

 9:30 a.m. - Church School For All Ages

11:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship

Children’s Choir Practice following 11:00 worship

 6:00 p.m. - Lenten Study and Soup Supper

 

 

 

Next Sunday, our Loose Plate Offering will go to the Women’s Enrichment Program in Bolivia.  This program is proved by the Bolivian Methodist Church.  Preparing women for leadership roles in the home, church and community is a top priority.  These extension courses in Bible study, evangelism, nutrition, politics and health are offered not only to Methodist women but all women in Bolivia.

 

 

 

You are cordially invited to the Cadillac Area Lenten Breakfasts each Wednesday during Lent.  This Wednesday, March 29, the breakfast will be held at the Hillcrest Restaurant.  The speaker is Pastor Ed Gilbert from the Foursquare Lighthouse Church; Ed also serves as the CAMA Chaplain at Mercy Hospital.  The time together includes breakfast, singing and a meditation beginning at 7:00 a.m. and ending promptly at 7:50 a.m. so you may be to work on time or on to other business of the day.  Breakfast will cost $3.50; there will be three breakfast choices. The entire community is invited to attend.  Invite a friend to come – it could be life changing!

 

 

 

All women are invited to share in a Bazaar and Mission Sewing Workshop on Thursday, March 30 beginning at 9:30 a.m..  Come and bring your new craft ideas. 

 

 

 

Love INC Need:  A 89 year old man who lives on South Lake Mitchell Drive needs someone (another man) to visit him.  He is very lonely and needs to talk to someone.  If anyone has the time to visit this man, please contact Jerry Deer for more details.

 

 

 

You are invited to join “Grow Group”.  The purpose of this group is to provide a safe place to unveil the secret pain in our lives. We are here to find our voice, to share our stories, and learn and grow from our experiences.  We will be searching for truth and wisdom as we seek help from the Great Healer.  God created us to heal.  He urges us on to find wholeness.  This class provides an opportunity for that to happen. If you are hurting from the wounds of childhood sexual abuse and would like to join our Grow Group, contact Shirley Peterson 775-6804 or Amy Fite 876-0307. The next 10 week class will begin on April 3.  The groups are limited and are confidential.

 

 

 

Attention!!!  Carter’s has discontinued Their Community Cash program and is no longer accepting your grocery slips.

 

 

 

Today’s Worship Ministry . . .

Liturgist:  8:30 - Ruth Peterson     11:00 -

Usher/Greets 8:30 - Ron and Ann Vaughan

Greeters 11:00 - Angie Ferris and Family

Ushers 11:00 - Dee Piltz, Peg Kirvan, Karen Zenner,

   Dick & Carol Jones

Acolytes: Jon Blake and Drew Marion

Nursery: Kevin and Patricia Bruner

Sermontime: Diana VanAntwerp

Coffee Hour: Lay Leadership Committee

Organist/Pianist: Virginia Pulford

Power Point:  8:30 - Dan Kinney   11:00 -

 

 

 

 

Coming on Saturday, April 8, Marilynn Hamm, musician, artist and arranger, returns to share in a Piano Concert at the Cadillac Christian Reformed Church at 7:00 p.m.  There is no charge for the concert; a free-will offering will be taken.  We are co-sponsoring this event.  She will be here to play at our 11:00 worship service on April 9.

 

 

 

Today is One Great Hour of Sharing.  This special offering is vital to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) and its humanitarian ministries. Gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing underwrite UMCOR’s “costs of doing business,” so that 100%  of every dollar you donate to a specific UMCOR project can be spent on that project and not on administrative costs.  UMCOR receives no World Service funds or any other apportionments. Through gifts to this offering, we can assure that when catastrophes cause suffering, our church, impelled by Jesus’ love and compassion, will be in the lead to ease the pain.  UMCOR brings hope and aid when a catastrophe strikes.

 

 

 

Camp Registrations are now being received!  Our church offers a ˝ scholarship for each child and youth attending a UM Church Camp.  A listing of camps available and  registration forms are on the table in the church narthex.  Need additional information, contact Marian Fuller.

 

 

 

Our Lenten Study -- In the Dust of the Rabbi: Becoming a Disciple continues next Sunday evening, April 2nd beginning at 6:00 p.m.  Next week’s video is The Presence of God: A Counter-cultural Community.  You may pick-up and preview the study guide; they are available on the table in the church narthex.  A “Soup and Bread Supper” hosted by the Education Committee will be served with a time of singing, viewing the video &  table discussion reflecting on the presentation.  A special Children’s Program, Faithweavers Friends is available for children in Grades 1 - 5.  Childcare will be provided for the younger children.  All are welcomed to attend.

 

 

 

Brochures which tell of all the services available form the Cadillac-Wexford Transit Authority are available on the table in Fellowship Hall.  Feel free to pick one up.

 

 

Wheelchairs, Lift Chairs and Mattresses/Foundations Needed!  If you have a wheelchair or lift chair that is no longer being used, or a mattress or foundation, any size but king, would you consider donating it to Love INC’s Durable Medical Equipment or Furniture Ministry?  There is a waiting list for these items.  Please call the Love INC office at 779-1888 for pickup or drop off arrangements.  Your donation will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

If you have a van with a lift and would consider taking an elderly woman from her apartment in Cadillac to Mercy Hospital once a week, please call Cheryl at the Love, INC office - 779-1888.

 

 

 

The Chancel Flowers on the Lord’s Table this morning are given in honor of Dennis Hyzer’s birthday from Sue Hyzer.

 

 

 

The 2006 Flower Calendar is available in the church narthex this morning.  We still have spaces available during March and other months.  You may place flowers in the chancel in honor or memory of a person or occasion or to the glory of God.  Our flowers are supplied by Janis’ Flowers.  The cost is $15.