MOUNT
PLEASANT
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
June 6, 2004
Prelude (as we prepare our hearts to worship God)
Welcome and announcements
Candlelighting
(the light of Jesus Christ comes among us)
Call to worship (choir)
Opening prayer (pastor)
*Hymn “To God Be the Glory” #98
Children’s time (followed by Children’s Church)
Praises,
concerns, morning prayer
*Hymns, songs, and choruses we love to sing
(first and last verses of two
selections by congregation/choir)
God’s tithes and our offerings, followed by the Doxology (#95)
Special music Duet: Mike Garrison and Susan Gray
The timeless Word (Scripture) and the timely word (preaching)
Our
service of Holy Communion begins on p. 12 of your hymnal.
If you are a follower of Jesus Christ or are seeking to be found by him,
please come for the Lord's Supper.
Invite God to prepare your heart.
**Invitation to Christian discipleship
*Hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” #377
*Postlude (the light of Jesus Christ leads us forth into service)
*You are invited to stand, as you are able
**God’s altar is always open for a time of prayer
Church
Guests: Welcome to Mt. Pleasant UMC! We're glad you're here.
We invite you to fill out a visitor's card (ask an usher for one), and place it
in the offering plate.
After the service, we invite you to meet our pastor and the people of the
congregation.
(We’re a church where you’ll find acceptance, and where you can make a
difference.)
Church Calendar
and Announcements
The mission
of our church is to make disciples for Jesus Christ.
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Today:
--8:00: UM Men’s monthly first Sunday
breakfast meeting.
--10:00: Sunday School (for all ages). Nursery available.
--11:00: Morning worship. Nursery available.
--5:00: Choir
practices are 1st and 3rd Sundays: So, we practice today.
--6:00: Youth, middle youth, and junior youth meetings.
Special offering today, in preparation for our Annual
Conference:
THE BISHOP'S MISSION OFFERING for Student
Servant Internships. The Spirit of God is moving on campus in the hearts/minds
of young men and women in a special way.
--"I believe the Lord is calling me to full-time ministry for my life
work. Therefore, next year I will spend another year in ministry at Wesley. The
Lord is doing so much in the lives of the students here and I believe the Lord
is keeping me here for this season in my life. The next step is seminary at
Emory to become a Methodist pastor. I truly feel called to the pastoral role
and, through my work at Wesley, I feel I will be better prepared for seminary
and being a pastor." Elizabeth Hughes
--Note that Theresa Moss will become an
intern at the UGA Wesley Center.
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Next Sunday, June 13, thru Thursday, June 17, from
6:30 to 8:30:
Vacation Bible School. Contact Linda Reagin.
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Next Tuesday through Friday: Our North
Georgia Annual Conference meets in Athens. Our delegates this year are Marlin Engelhardt and Frank Norris.
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Sunday, June 20:
--Father’s
Day.
--Covered-dish
lunch, right after church, in honor of Frank and Harriett Norris,
who will be moving to Cave Spring UMC on Thursday, June 24.
Thank you to Mike
Garrison and to some of our youth for last Sunday’s worship service.
Thank you to Harriett Norris for her long, productive, period of volunteer service as our church’s choir director—from July, 2001, through May, 2004.
TODAY’S WORSHIP SERVICE MINISTERS:
Pastor:............................................................................................................. Frank
Norris
Worship
leader: ............................................................................................... John
Elliott
Pianist:....................................................................................................... Lea
Engelhardt
Communion steward:................................................................................ Mickey
Patrick
Head usher: ...................................................................................................... Ladd
Gray
Acolyte: ................................................................................................................ Jon
Gray
Counters: ................................................................... John
Elliott and Marlin Engelhardt
Nursery
workers at 11:00: ................................................. Connie
Hollis and Holly Gray
Children’s church: ................................................................... Walter
and Pallie Pannell
Recent and upcoming graduates related closely to Mt. Pleasant UMC:
High School:
--Brittney Daniecki (daughter of Mike and Karen Daniecki) : Eastside High
School, May 29. She will attend Georgia
Perimeter College.
--Holly Gray (daughter of Ladd and Susan Gray): Eastside High School, May
29.
She will attend Georgia Perimeter College.
--Beau Hinton (grandson of Mollie Hinton). St. Andrews HS, Savannah. He will
attend UGA.
--Jessi Moss (daughter of Mickey and Jane Moss). Morgan County High School, May 28. She will attend UGA.
--Ryan DeLoach (grandson of Lea Engelhardt): Eastside High School, May 29.
He will attend Georgia Perimeter College.
College or other post-high school
education:
--Theresa Moss (daughter of Mickey and Jane Moss). UGA, May 8, with a Batchelor of Science
degree in psychology. Theresa will
become an intern at the United Methodist Wesley Center at UGA.
--Maranda Parks (daughter of Pam Boyette and granddaughter of Kelly and
Jo Thomas). West Georgia Central Technical College, July 13, with an Associate
degree in radiology. She will become a
certified x-ray technologist.
--Rebecca Stewart (daughter of Steve and Vikki Stewart, and granddaughter of
Thelma Stewart), in February, from the University of Arizona, with a degree in
graphic design.
She is working for Atlanta Dental Supply, in their marketing department.
Congratulations and God’s blessings on each of our graduates and their
families.
(Please let Frank Norris know if there are others to be added to next week’s
list.)
We express our Christian love and
sympathy to the family and friends of Marion Dean (Harriett Norris’
mother), who died last Saturday, May 29, at the age of 83.
Information
for next Sunday’s bulletin: Contact Frank Norris in person,
by e-mail (see just below), or call (770) 787-8408. Bulletin
deadline is Wednesday noon most weeks.
Pastor Frank Norris
(parsonage/pastor’s study telephone): (770) 787-8408
Contact him to place any events on the church calendar
Church building phone, when someone’s there: (770) 787-6376
Mailing address (church and pastor): 55 County Road 229, Social Circle, GA
30025
e-mail (church and pastor): fn1@mindspring.com
(all lower-case)
Web Site: http://www.gbgm-umc.org/mountpleasant-ga
Attendance last Sunday: 54.
General offering last Sunday: $1595. 2004
church budget: $88,152.
Average received per week: $1527. Average needed per week: $1695.
