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United Methodist Church of Cadillac 1020 East Division Street • Cadillac, Michigan 775-5362 • Fax 775-6475
June 29, 2008 • Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m.
THE GATHERING TO WORSHIP
A TIME OF INFORMAL HYMN SINGING
PRELUDE
BRINGING IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
WELCOME, PARISH NOTES AND MISSION MOMENT
*CALL TO CELEBRATION One: With joy and celebration, God welcomes us to this place.
All: How good it is to gather in God's house!
One: With joy and celebration, we welcome one another.
All: We greet each other by name; we are equal in God's Kingdom.
One: We open our hearts, to welcome God's love; we open our arms, to welcome God's people. All:
Here, every single one of God's children is welcome. “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”
*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.
PRAYER SONG....................................................................................................#2222 “The Servant Song”
UNISON PRAYER One:
Let us pray to God to make us welcome people, (PAUSE)
All: God of loving welcome. Embrace us this day As you welcome us into this house of worship So we welcome your presence into our lives Live in us; breathe in us; be in us. Let your warm hospitality flow through us, that others may see your welcome in our eyes and sense your love in our presence. Let welcoming love guide our worship, and may it be our way in the world. Amen.
PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER..........................................................................................#895 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE READING AND PROCLAIMING OF THE WORD
TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN
SCRIPTURE READING..................................................................................NT pg. 11 Matthew 10:40-42
MESSAGE.........................................................................Parish Assistant Judy Coffey “Welcome”
RESPONDING TO THE WORD
REFLECTIVE MOMENTS OFFERTORY INVITATION
OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS ORGAN OFFERTORY
*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 GIVING THANKS (in unison) Welcoming God, there are many who need your welcome, who yearn for a taste of your love and a drink of your living water. Help us give of ourselves and our gifts with the same generous spirit you have shown us. In our giving, may we welcome as we have been welcomed. In our sharing may we love as we have been loved. In these gifts may even the little ones know your loving welcome. Amen.
THE SCATTERING TO SERVE IN THE WORLD
*CLOSING HYMN “Past and Present” Bill Wallace • Tune: Cwm Rhonda
Present
and past, with our dreaming,
Make
us mindful of the present -
*Words
of Mission we do, may we embrace the challenges of our lives and world.
The candles are extinguished
We have come together to share in worship, to speak words of inspiration and to sing words of hope.
All: May we now commit ourselves to do what we can to ease the burdens of others who suffer, to work for a more wholesome environment for us and for all the generations that will follow and to build community.
*Blessing
Words The
peace of splintered light sparkling on gum leaves, The
peace of star-jeweled skies and full-orbed moons, And the peace of the God of Peace to you. All: Amen.
Hymn Continues We
must face the future's challenge
This closing hymn and blessings were taken from Liturgies by Rev. Rex A.E. Hunt, The Uniting Church of St James Curtin, ACT.
*BLESSING WORDS
*POSTLUDE
Beginning this Tuesday, July 1, the Tuesday morning prayer meeting will be meeting at 7:00 a.m. for the summer, instead of 7:15 am..
Sunday Volunteer Ministry, July 6 Acolyte: 8:30 a.m. - Open 10:00 a.m. - Open Nursery: Greg and Kathy Green Sermontime: Darlene Fowler Coffee Hour: Open Power Point: Open Greeters and Ushers 8:30 a.m. - Open Greeters 10:00 a.m. - Open Ushers 10:00 a.m. - Open
Opportunities for Ministry This Week . . . Sunday, June 29 - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Coffee Hour Follows Both Worship Services 4:00 a.m. - Youth leave on Mission Trip 8:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.-Jennifer Weaver’s Open House in Fellowship Hall
Tuesday, July 1 7:00 a.m. - Prayer Group Thursday, July 3 7:00 a.m. - Promise Keepers 11:30 a.m. - Prayer Group 6:30 p.m. - Healing Private Wounds in the Wesley Room Friday, July 4 Independence Day / Church Office Closed
Sunday, July 6 - Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Coffee Hour Follows Both Worship Services Holy Communion served at both worship services 8:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. - JD’s and SR. High YOUth
Before sunrise this morning, Pastor Tom, Debbie Pant, Alice Cass and sixteen of our Senior High Youth left for their Mission Trip to Eagle Ranch Flight School in Copperhill, Tennessee. When they arrive, they will be divided up, along with hundreds of other volunteers, to participate in three different mission projects. They will be returning to the Cadillac area very late at night on July 4. Please pray for traveling safety and the spread of God’s love through the work of their hands.
You are invited to share in the joy of Jennifer Weaver’s graduation at an Open House - TODAY, June 29 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
Our church has agreed to help Love In the Name of Christ with an ink cartridge recycling program. A collection box located on the table in Fellowship Hall. Simply bring in your used printer ink cartridges (of any size, style, color, etc.) and drop them in the box. This will be an ongoing program and your donation, along with those from other churches, will help Love INC continue their mission to “help churches help people.”
Spiritual mentors are needed at the Shepherd’s Table on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.. The mentor would be assigned to an individual who is in need of someone to sit with or pray with them. A free meal will be provided for the mentor. If interested, please contact Diane Wood at Love Inc at 779-1888.
Some of our members in recent weeks have moved into care facility for some care and return to health; others are there for long term care. Presently, at Lakeview Lutheran Manor, John Hines, Sr.(625-Bed 1) Harriett Gaumer (414) Hazel Oyler (506) Harold Gekeler (619) and Nina Katschalin (522) Continuing at Curry House are Eloise Baker (110) and Irene Szymke (107) and at Green Acres, Carl T. Johnson and Virginia Linn. All of them would appreciate cards, notes, prayers and of course, visits.
A reminder that the Prayer Quilt for those serving in the military is available in the Fellowship Hall for you to place on it a card with the name, area of service and location of those serving our nation so that our congregation might pray for them especially during these days of increased and extended deployment of our troops.
Today’s Worship Ministry . . . Liturgists: 8:30 - Laurie Kinney 10:00 - Jackie Soltman Organist/Pianist - Ann Hunt Acolyte: 8:30 a.m. - Open 10:00 a.m. - Ethan Myers and Colin Hinkston Nursery: Lisa, Jennifer and Jessica Weaver Sermontime: Kris Darrow Coffee Hour: Finance Power Point: Create & 8:30 - Dave Darrow 10:00 - Clara Handy Ushers and Greeters 8:30 - Rick, Mary, Nick and Grace Myers Greeters 10:00 - Cathy Lilly Ushers 10:00 - Steve, Lisa and Seth Myers Jeff, Tonja and Ethan Hinkston
The flowers on the Lord’s Table are given by Dave and Jackie Bailey in honor of Brandon and Kara’s marriage.
Get a “good fortune” - cookie that is - TODAY. Our Loose Plate Offering for July 6 will be for Jo Brown’s mission work in China.
Vacation Bible School for children age 4 through 6th grade will be held from July 28 through July 31 each morning from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Come along, join the fun and invite a friend or two!
Harriett Gaumer will be celebrating her 90th birthday this Thursday, July 3. Greetings can be sent to her at Harriett Gaumer • Lakeview Lutheran Manor • 460 Pearl St - Room 414 • Cadillac, MI 49601. She would love to see and hear from you either in person or by mail. |