10.04.2009 Summary

SUNDAY SUMMARY
BUCK CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
World Communion Sunday
October 4, 2009
Issue #416


NOW OBSERVING FALL-WINTER HOURS:
Sunday School 9am
Worship 10:15am




SANCTUARY FLOWERS: a lovely rusty orange mum arrangement
in honor of Jimmie's birthday, and to celebrate a
Great Harvest, from Donna Payne.

VISITORS/FRIENDS: We welcomed Josh, Ioka, and Degan. Also,
Logan had Skyler with him. It was great to see John Miller
with us today!

SERVANTS THIS WEEK:
Ushers: Pam Church, Hunter Metro-Lucies, Ken Mueller
Greeters: Bill Pless, Nancy Schnepp
Acolyte: Robert Mueller
Liturgist: Ralph Rohrer
Children's messages for October: Pat Miller
Bell ringer:
Scripture reader: Sam Stratton
Nursery: Jim Davidson & Anita Davidson
Pianist: Mindy Jester, PD
Soundman: Bob Shepard/Spencer Davidson/Jim Davidson Jr.

Communion steward: Pam Church

PRELUDE:

PRAISE SONGS/HYMNS: To God Be the Glory; Great is the Lord;
Word of God Speak; How Great is Our God.
Led by: Pastor Dwight on the keyboards, Coley Sharp on the cello,
and voice by Ralph Rohrer.

CLOSING HYMNS: Standing on the Promises


ANNOUNCEMENTS:


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BENEFIT RAGBALL TOURNAMENT: Saturday, October 4th, 2009, 9am-8pm
at East Tipp Rec Fields. It's the Henry Tucker Memorial Tournament,
benefiting Deb Davidson, and the family of Randy Garrett.
Call Jay Williams at 765-426-4160 to register a team or make
a donation. There is also a silent auction.
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POPCORN SCOUT: Robert Mueller is selling popcorn to help
support his Cub Scout troop. See him if you want some popcorn!
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CHOIR: Holiday Choir meets for the first time Tuesday night,
October 6th, at 6:30pm. The pastor invites anyone that "anybody
that sings" and "anybody who knows what singing is".
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THE FEAST! A meeting after church today (October 4) to
have clothing assigned and to receive instructions & buttons.
If you have experience in setting up for the Feast, please
contact Ralph or Mindy: rrohrer@purdue.edu or houserohrer@sbcblobal.net

STILL TAKING NAMES: for working at buffaloburger booth!
Contact Ralph & Mindy at: houserohrer@sbcglobal.net
or Ralph at work: rrohrer@purdue.edu
or Ralph's work phone: 765-494-8624.
There are four shifts: 9-1 and 1-5 on Saturday; 9-1 and 1-4 on Sunday.
If you can work, please contact them, and they will get your
name on the list.
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GREAT BANQUET REUNION GROUP: If you have been part of the
Great Banquet, you are invited to join H.A.W.C.s on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. See Pam Church,
Trudy Germain, Donna Payne, Suzann Brouwer, or Jane Arnold
for more information.
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FIVE PRACTICES: volunteers needed. The conference requires
a series on the 5 practices. There was a handout last Sunday for
volunteers to help. This is what the handout said:

Five Practice of Fruitful Congregations
Name:
I am interested in helping with the following:
___Songs ___Visuals
___Message ___Prayers
___Skits ___Testimony
___Video ___Other

Please let the pastor know if you'd like to help in any way.
His e-mail is: poimendlm@aol.com

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SOCK-IT-TO-THEM 2 YEAR GOAL! Between 2001 and 2008, BCUMC
donated 3,542 pairs of socks to the kids at Lebanon Children's Home.
Ladies Missionary Society has a two-year goal to reach 5,000
pairs by next year (2010). Socks to be delivered Dec. 12, 2009.

SOCK COUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We now have 433 pairs!!!! <------------

Subtract that from the 729 we need this year, and we only
need another 296 pairs to meet the 2009 goal!!! And it's
only the beginning of October!!!!! Thanks for your generosity!
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KAIROS: November 5,6,7,8. If you'd like to provide cookies (from
a special recipe) for the Kairos weekend, or agape items such
as cutout paper hands, placemats, please contact Anita or Jim Davidson.
If you want to sign up for prayer vigil, go to:
http://www.3dayol.org/Vigil/GetComm.phtml

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BLOOD REPORT: 18 units of blood were given at the Blood Drive!
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MOWING: See or contact Ryan Davidson if you can volunteer to
mow the church lot this year.
Oct. 11: Sam Stratton Oct. 18: Jim Davidson Sr.
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ONE MORE COMMUNION STEWARD NEEDED FOR 2009:
Please see Lydia Mueller or sign the sheet at church.
THANK YOU!
___December.
It will soon be time to sign up for 2010 !
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FIREFIGHTER COOKIES 2009:
These are the months remaining for sign up to provide cookies for
monthly firefighter meetings: zero. THANK YOU
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NURSERY: more help needed. Please see Ken Mueller.
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ThIs WeEk:

UPCOMING:


Oct. 6: Holiday Choir practice 6:30pm
Oct. 8: Pastor Parish Committee meets 6pm
Oct. 9: Pastor's office hours noon-3pm
Oct. 10: Euchre 6pm
Oct. 10-11 Feast of the Hunter's Moon
Oct. 11: Sunday School 9am
Worship 10:15am
Oct. 13: H.A.W.C.s (Grt Bqt Reunion Grp) 5:15pm
Oct. 17: Ladies Breakfast Bible Study 8:30am

SUNDAY SCHOOL:

SPECIAL MUSIC:

CHILDREN'S SERMON: none today, communion.

MOMENTS FOR MINISTRY:

PRAYER JOYS/CONCERNS:

Ron Tull gave a praise for his wife Gini for putting up
with him for 48 years!! Their anniversary is Monday Oct. 5!

Deb Davidson's mom gave thanks to the church family for
all the support given to Deb. She gave thanks for
the prayers and to everyone. She has seen the power of
God at work here. She also gave thanks that Deb is
with the Davidson family and thanked them all. It
soothes her soul to know that when she can't be with her,
they are.

Linda LaMaster asks prayers for the flood victims in
Georgia. She says it is just devastating. There is
damage to her place there too. The water is so high!
Even though there is no new rain, the water is still
rising. Please pray for the locals there.

Pam had a praise, that if you haven't been a Sunday School
teacher, you should try it sometime! She was blessed
this morning with her class. She had a class of 4 girls
today, and they were talking about Elijah, and who God
really is. Each week Pam has the students to say
what they are thankful for. One today said during
their prayer circle, "Thank you God that You are the
only God!"

Linda Austin asks continued prayers for her friend
Carol Saulman who had surgery on Wednesday, and is
recovering in ICU. Also continued prayers for Ron Jr.
as his knee mends.

Mariann had a praise today for a blessing. The roof
of her house was deteriorating. She was blessed
by those where she lives as they have helped her to
get a house. Praises to God as she had turned it all
over to him. She praises Him every day.

A young man asks prayers for his grandpa as he had
fell and hit his head when his legs gave out.

Ralph asks continued prayers for Bonnie Shoaf's
ex-husband, as he is in the hospital.

Linda Austin asks prayers for Tammy as she has
pain in her hip and in her back. The doctors say
it is an inflamed sciatic nerve. She needs to be
off work but can't.

Hunter asks prayers for his grandma Willy as she
will have back surgery on October 20th. Prayers
that this will help.

Logan asks prayers for his grandpa as he is in Iraq
and they haven't heard from him.

Retta asks prayers for a dear friend in South Carolina
who was diagnosed with uterine cancer and will have
surgery Monday.

John Miller gave thanks for all the comfort, love
and support during his recent ordeal. Thanks for
the cards, calls, food and flowers. He says they
think they are lucky because they got it all, and
we expect to make a recovery. Thank you to everyone
for the support.

Pam asks continued prayers for her parents. Strength
for mom, and prayers for her dad as he will be having
back surgery.

Prayers for aches & pains to be tolerable.

Prayers for those who are grieving.

Unspoken requests.


SCRIPTURES: Psalm 62; Hebrews 3:7-19,
read very nicely by Sam Stratton.

MESSAGE: "The Voice of God: His Promises and Actions"
by Pastor Dwight Monical.

I'm going to give you a phrase, and YOU finish it...
Actions speak... *Louder than words!*

If you say you'll be nice to somebody and you're not,
do you say your words were wrong? Actions show if
our words are really true.

I grew up thinking that
in the bible if somebody's perfect God takes them away!
According to John Wesley, that's where we're heading.
We are to strive for perfection. We're not there yet!
In the Psalm Sam read this morning, did you notice
that last part about one thing God has spoken?
You o God, are strong and that You Oh Lord are loving.
These 2 categories: strong, loving---may seem to be
at odds. You've heard of "tough love". Isn't God
strong, powerful and mighty? Isn't God also loving
and caring? Have you ever seen someone that looks
really big and tough looking, like some of the guys
at Kairos, but sometimes you see a person like that
holding a baby. When we had our first child---I
was the youngest in my family and hadn't really
held a baby---I thought, oh my gosh, I'm going to
break it! By the time we had the twins, if they
got hurt but didn't have arterial bleeding,
things were fine! :)

God is all powerful. Don't mess with God---
I'm glad He's on our side!

We've talked about the Voice of God for the
last 3 weeks. The first week was through creation;
second week through the Bible, the third week
through the Holy Spirit, and today, God speaks
just simply through the promises He has for us
and His actions. [Pastor read Psalm 28.]
The Psalmist talks with God---I want to hear
from You---don't be silent! God is not speaking
with words, but the psalmist is hearing them.
God is speaking through what He does. Did you
hear from God this week? Mariann did---she saw
God at work. We hear from God because of his
actions for us. God has provided something through
His strength. God has spoken, Amen?
When we see God at work, He is speaking.

Geneis means beginning. Out of the void, God
did what? He spoke. What happened when he spoke?
The Latin word for this means "something came out
of nothing". Creation occurred! The strength of
God---we see it whenever He speaks to us.
You may never hear the actual words of God---in my
life I have at least twice. God speaks through our
concerns. Most of the time though, it's through what
God does for us. How many here have received salvation
of the Lord? A mighty action of the Lord?
God is at work in our lives---God is working!

How did the Israelites hear God's voice?
Moses tried to set his people free by pleading their case
so they could leave and go to the promised land.
The Pharaoh said no. Then the plagues came, and the
Israelites were safe from them. The Pharaoh finally
let them go. They are going away from Egypt and who
was behind them? Pharaoh and his Egyptian army!
The Israelites didn't have much. God said for them
to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
He parted the Red Sea and let them through. Then
He let the waters down on the Egyptians.

The Israelites had seen the salvation of the Lord,
but they complained. No water. God says to Moses
to hit the rock with his staff, and water came.
No food. God sent quail and manna. They saw the
might and power of God every day, over and over
for days, and yet what still happened? They still
rebelled. Remember this today if you hear His voice,
don't harden your heart. Why do we harden our hearts?
Usually it's when we take our eyes off of God, off
Jesus, and where do we put it? Oh, woe is me...
The Psalms say to lift our eyes up to the hills,
look up to God.

When we hear the voice of God, we can trust Him.
We can also talk with God.
Part of speaking is listening. It may not be
an audible voice, but through things done in
our lives. Once we talk with God, He doesn't
stay there when we go out to do our thing, He's
there right beside us. The bible speaks of
yoke of oxen, of oxen paired up. They put a
trained one with one that has not been trained.
They walked together. That's what God is with us.
He's right beside us, walking and talking.
That's what God really wants for us in our worship.


[We came forward for communion today. Ralph Rohrer
assisted Pastor Dwight.]

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3 CROSSES MYSTERY
If you have any pictures you've taken of the 3 crosses outside
at church since 1991, we'd love to scan them! Thank you!
Or if you have any history or knowledge of the crosses, please
let me know! -Nancy S.


QUOTES:

That's a lot of blood!
-Ralph Rohrer (on blood drive total)

We think back through the week and realize how
you've been with us moment by moment...
-Pastor Dwight (prayer)

We pray for the rain of the Holy Spirit to
fall gently on us...
-Pastor Dwight (prayer)

Actions show if our words are really true.
-Pastor Dwight (message)

Don't mess with God---I'm glad He's on our side!
-Pastor Dwight (message)

We hear from God because of His actions for us.
-Pastor Dwight (message)

When we see God at work, He is speaking.
-Pastor Dwight (message)

Once we talk with God, He doesn't stay there when
we go out and do our thing---He's right there
beside us.
-Pastor Dwight (message)