UNION CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
CHURCH OFFICE 748-6329 PASTOR BROWN 748-1358
February 24, 2008 8:30 AM
PRELUDE: Betty Phinney
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 8:25 AM
*GREETINGS & GATHERINGS: “And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isaiah 35:10 RSV
*CALL TO WORSHIP: “O come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a
joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into His presence with
thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! For the
LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In His hand are the
depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are His also. The sea is His,
for He made it; for His hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and
bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For He is our God, and we
are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. O that today you
would hearken to His voice! Harden not your hearts, as at Mer'ibah, as on the
day at Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers tested Me, and put Me to the
proof, though they had seen My work. For forty years I loathed that generation
and said, “They are a people who err in heart,
and they do not regard My ways.” Therefore I swore in My anger that they
should not enter My rest.” Psalm 95 RSV
HYMNS OF PRAISE: “Rejoice, the Lord Is King” #715
“He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought” #128
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: The Apostles’ Creed #881
*GLORIA PATRI: #70
UNISON PRAYER: “O God, our heavenly Father, these prayers come from all of us. Someone prays on our behalf, but the prayers belong to everyone, and come from our hearts more than from our mouths. In some ways none of us really knows how another feels, because each of us must struggle with his own fears, cope with his own problems, hurt from his own pains, search for his own goals, forgive and be forgiven his own failures. In such matters, God, when we seek understanding and hope for encouragement, it is to You that we turn. In moments such as these, we reach beyond ourselves and our troubles to You, asking not so much for things, but for a second or two of Your Presence. Just Your slightest touch and the day will be blessed, the raw spots will be healed and there will be peace in the hours ahead. And so we pray to You Dear God, Almighty, Everlasting One, all of us giving thanks for this moment, Your touch and our healing. In Jesus’ name who has taught us to pray:”
LORD’S PRAYERSHARING IN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1 RSV
Welcoming Our Visiting Friends
Sharing of Our Testimonies, Joy and Blessings
Sharing our Prayer Concerns
PRAYER VERSE: “Through Him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.”
Romans 5:2-5 RSV
PRAYER CHORUS: “Fill My Cup, Lord” #641
OFFERTORY VERSE: “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:23-24 RSV
OFFERTORY CHORUS: CD Special
Presentations of Tithes and Offerings
*DOXOLOGY: #95
HYMN OF PREPARATION: “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me” #361
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 17 and John 4:ff Pew Bible #71/1030
MESSAGE: “Pretty Woman” Pastor Brown
*HYMN OF INVITATION: “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” #127
*ALLELUIA *BENEDICTION *POSTLUDE
The Altar is open for prayer. You are welcome to come to the Altar, praying for someone or praying for yourself with commitment to Christ for the first time or for rededication of your life to Him. Someone will join you at the Altar to pray with you.
RECORD OF FAITHFULNESS & STEWARDSHIP FOR February 17, 2008
ATTENDANCE: (69/41,83) TOTAL OFFERING:$3,381.92
General:$2,287.35 Designated:$1,094.57
THOSE WHO ARE SERVING TODAY: 8:30 AM
WORSHIP LEADER: Robin Bartholomew
GREETERS: Gordon & Donna Glover
NURSERY: Betsy Shumaker
USHER: Adam Rosenbarker
AUDIO: Bob Deuel
JR. CHURCH: Sarah Rosenbarker
CHURCH CALENDAR WEEK of February 24, 2008
TODAY: 8:30 AM First Worship Service
9:50 AM Sunday School
11:00 AM Second Worship Service
12:30 PM Fellowship Luncheon
9:30 AM Wesley United Methodist Church Service
TUES: 6:00 PM Men’s Cell Group Meeting
6:00 PM Women’s Group Meeting
WED: 6:00 PM Soup/Supper
6:30 PM Bible Study
FRI: 7:00 PM TV Ministry – Cable Channel 4
CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR: Baby Liam Alexander Ewing (grandson of Al and Bonnie Ewing), Ed Hower, Francis Potter (Betty Fowler’s sister-in-law) having surgery tomorrow at Wilson, Edward Lucia(upcoming tests, Jean Warfield’s grandson), Chuck Loeffler, Carl Grube (paralyzed, 37 yr. old brother of Kim Soundararaj), Gail C. (upcoming biopsy), Bernard Kohler (85 yr. old has emphysema, Betty DuBois's cousin), Bettye Tuzza, Kathleen Budnovitch (Millie Rood’s friend), Ernie Peckham, Sr., Irene Boyer, John Pipher, Jean Warfield, Judy Pflug, Linda Ayer, George Cameron, Irving Rosenbarker, Connie Perry, Pamela Jean (Jack and Alice Black’s niece), Bob English, Millie Rood, Jack Black, Ethel Hower, Yvonne Arnold, Jonathan (Nate Young’s grandson), Orin White, Jeffery Sibley, Diane Ryans, Linda Fisher, Ralph Kocik, June Smith, Chad Grindel (Ray & Betty Fowler’s grandson), Dorothy Sedlacek, Ruth Ross, Alana Otis, Don & Lillian Eckler, Andy & Ann, Mahlon Tewksbury and Paul Carpenter.
SPECIAL NEEDS : Vin and Sherri Rosenbarker, Alex Madison (mass on his kidney), Kim Soundararaj (breast cancer) and Jonathan Brown, (30 yr. old who has cancer).
THOSE SERVING IN IRAQ: Alan Votakpa, Frank Simser, Kevin McPherson - Rich's cousin, now on his 8th tour in Iraq, Kyle Chanitz, Scott McPherson, Christopher Simser, Jr., Adam Tatusko and Nicholas Tokos. Please pray for our Nation, Kenya and Orissa, India.
PRAYING FOR OUR MISSIONARIES: Doug/Karen (Frisch) Lehman (Africa), Jim /Shawn Ramsay (Georgia/Mission Society), Peter/Esther Pereira (India), Dave/Jean Coles (Indonesia), Neal/Mari Hicks (Japan), Guido/Kim (Warren) Orellana (Ecuador), Dr. Jeff/Marilyn Lester (Medics International), Dr.Terry/Renee Wortz, Elizabeth Salisbury(USA), Gary/Rebecca Mink (Africa), Leroy/Peg Jones (USA), Larry/Marian Byrnes (Indiana/OMS), Christopher/Rashaell Jones (Ecuador)
UNION CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
CHURCH OFFICE 748-6329 PASTOR BROWN 748-1358
February 24, 2008 11:00 AM
PRELUDE: Betty Phinney
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 11:00 AM
*GREETINGS & GATHERINGS: “And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isaiah 35:10 RSV
*CALL TO WORSHIP: “O come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a
joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into His presence with
thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! For the
LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In His hand are the
depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are His also. The sea is His,
for He made it; for His hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and
bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For He is our God, and we
are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. O that today you
would hearken to His voice! Harden not your hearts, as at Mer'ibah, as on the
day at Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers tested Me, and put Me to the
proof, though they had seen My work. For forty years I loathed that generation
and said, “They are a people who err in heart,
and they do not regard My ways.” Therefore I swore in My anger that they
should not enter My rest.” Psalm 95 RSV
*A TIME OF PRAISE: “All
Hail The Power”
“Majesty (Here I Am)”
“You Are My King”
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: The Apostles’ Creed #881
UNISON PRAYER: “O God, our heavenly Father, these prayers come from all of us. Someone prays on our behalf, but the prayers belong to everyone, and come from our hearts more than from our mouths. In some ways none of us really knows how another feels, because each of us must struggle with his own fears, cope with his own problems, hurt from his own pains, search for his own goals, forgive and be forgiven his own failures. In such matters, God, when we seek understanding and hope for encouragement, it is to You that we turn. In moments such as these, we reach beyond ourselves and our troubles to You, asking not so much for things, but for a second or two of Your Presence. Just Your slightest touch and the day will be blessed, the raw spots will be healed and there will be peace in the hours ahead. And so we pray to You Dear God, Almighty, Everlasting One, all of us giving thanks for this moment, Your touch and our healing. In Jesus’ name who has taught us to pray:”
LORD’S PRAYER
A TIME OF PRAYER
A TIME OF WORSHIPPING WITH OUR TITHES, OFFERINGS AND
SPECIAL MUSIC
*A TIME OF WORSHIP: “Blessed Be Your Name”
“Better Is One Day”
“Here I Am To Worship”
SCRIPTURE READING: Exodus 17 and John 4:ff Pew Bible #71/1030
MESSAGE: “Pretty Woman” Pastor Brown
*HYMN OF INVITATION: “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” #127
*ALLELUIA *BENEDICTION *POSTLUDE
The Altar is open for prayer. You are welcome to come to the Altar, praying for someone or praying for yourself with commitment to Christ for the first time or for rededication of your life to Him. Someone will join you at the Altar to pray with you.
RECORD OF FAITHFULNESS & STEWARDSHIP FOR February 17, 2008
ATTENDANCE: (69/41,83) TOTAL OFFERING:$3,381.92
General:$2,287.35 Designated:$1,094.57
THOSE WHO ARE SERVING TODAY: 11:00 AM
WORSHIP LEADER: Debbie Haines
GREETERS: Bill & Abby Woodward
NURSERY: Sandhya Naik
USHER: Rich Henry
AUDIO: Bill Jubin
JR. CHURCH: Alice Naik _
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
CHURCH OFFICE (785-5349) OR 748-6329 PASTOR BROWN 748-1358
February 24, 2008 9:30 AM
PRE-SERVICE MUSIC 9:25 AM
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
*GREETINGS & GATHERINGS: “And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isaiah 35:10 RSV
*CALL TO WORSHIP: “O come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a
joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into His presence with
thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! For the
LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In His hand are the
depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are His also. The sea is His,
for He made it; for His hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and
bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For He is our God, and we
are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. O that today you
would hearken to His voice! Harden not your hearts, as at Mer'ibah, as on the
day at Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers tested Me, and put Me to the
proof, though they had seen My work. For forty years I loathed that generation
and said, “They are a people who err in heart,
and they do not regard My ways.” Therefore I swore in My anger that they
should not enter My rest.” Psalm 95 RSV
*HYMNS OF PRAISE: “Rejoice, the Lord Is King” #715
“He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought” #128
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: The Apostles’ Creed #881
UNISON PRAYER: “O God, our heavenly Father, these prayers come from all of us. Someone prays on our behalf, but the prayers belong to everyone, and come from our hearts more than from our mouths. In some ways none of us really knows how another feels, because each of us must struggle with his own fears, cope with his own problems, hurt from his own pains, search for his own goals, forgive and be forgiven his own failures. In such matters, God, when we seek understanding and hope for encouragement, it is to You that we turn. In moments such as these, we reach beyond ourselves and our troubles to You, asking not so much for things, but for a second or two of Your Presence. Just Your slightest touch and the day will be blessed, the raw spots will be healed and there will be peace in the hours ahead. And so we pray to You Dear God, Almighty, Everlasting One, all of us giving thanks for this moment, Your touch and our healing. In Jesus’ name who has taught us to pray:”
LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING IN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1 RSV
Welcoming Each Other into the House of the Lord
Sharing Of Our joys and blessings
Sharing our Prayer Concerns
PRAYER VERSE: “Through Him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.”
Romans 5:2-5 RSV
MORNING PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC: Grant, Mary and Ruth
OFFERTORY VERSE: “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:23-24 RSV
Presentations of Tithes and Offerings
*DOXOLOGY #95
*HYMN OF PREPARATION: “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me” #361
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 17 and John 4:ff Pew Bible #114, 1651
MESSAGE: “Pretty Woman” Pastor Brown
HYMN OF INVITATION: “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” #127
*BENEDICTION
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It is wonderful that you came to worship today at the Wesley UMC. We welcome you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, whom we serve as our Lord. We pray and trust that you received the rich blessings of the Lord today. May the Lord bless you and keep you as you go into the world to live, serve, and witness. Please plan to join in a time of fellowship and sharing soon after the Worship Service. Please join us next Sunday at 9:30 AM for worship and praise. Invite your friends, family, and neighbors to join us.
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INDIA NIGHT-Saturday, March 1, 2008. Come and join us for an evening of food and fellowship at Union Center UMC. We will be serving authentic Indian food. We will start serving at 4:30 until 7:00 p.m. We will be taking a free will offering. This offering will go to our Christian brothers and sisters who have been affected by the recent violence against them.
The Relay For Life of Western Broome is coming soon, June 14 and 15 at Sammon Field, Vestal. Please help us to promote the Relay in our Western Broome community by including the following announcement (or facsimile) in your church bulletin in the coming weeks. Thank you in advance for your support! Relay For Life of Western Broome will be held June 14 and 15 at Sammon Field, Vestal. Relay For Life is an overnight celebration of life and cancer survivorship. Teams of people from the community have fun while raising much needed funds to fight cancer. Contributions to the Relay For Life help the American Cancer Society fight cancer in four ways: research, education, advocacy and patient services. If you are interested in joining a team, volunteering your time or making a donation to support the Relay For Life of Western Broome, contact Gina Chapman, (607) 766-6907 or call 1-800-ACS-2345.
The Relay For Life of Western Broome is coming soon, June 14 and 15 at Sammon Field, Vestal. Please help us to promote the Relay in our Western Broome community by including the following announcement (or facsimile) in your church bulletin in the coming weeks. Thank you in advance for your support! Relay For Life of Western Broome will be held June 14 and 15 at Sammon Field, Vestal. Relay For Life is an overnight celebration of life and cancer survivorship. Teams of people from the community have fun while raising much needed funds to fight cancer. Contributions to the Relay For Life help the American Cancer Society fight cancer in four ways: research, education, advocacy and patient services. If you are interested in joining a team, volunteering your time or making a donation to support the Relay For Life of Western Broome, contact Gina Chapman, (607) 766-6907 or call 1-800-ACS-2345
IT’S TIME TO ORDER YOUR EASTER PLANT! Order deadline will be March 10
Easter Lillies—5 bloom $8.50
Hyacinths—3 flower (6 inch pot) $7.25
Daffodils—(6 inch pot) $7.25
Mums—(6 inch pot) $7.95
Tulips—3 flower (4 inch pot) $3.95
6 flower (6 inch pot) $7.25
To order your Easter plants please fill out the form below. Thank you.
In honor of_______________________________________________
In memory of_____________________________________________
Presented by______________________________________________
Will pick-up______________________________________________
Deliver to a shut-in_________________________________________
PRACTICE FOR THE EASTER CANTATA-“Behold! God’s Holy Lamb” by Mark Hayes. We are practicing Wednesday nights at 7:30 pm. All are welcome
FIVE FOR FIVE CONCERT-April 11, 2008. Sponsored by UCUMC. This concert will be held at Boulevard UMC, Binghamton. There will be five National Christian bands performing. Tickets may be purchased at Arrowhead and Ticket-tron at the price of $5.00. This is a mega Youth event! Call the Church office for more information. 607-748-6329.
BUILDING PROJECT FUNDRAISER EVENT-April, 2008. For more information contact Deborah Eckhardt at 772-2472.
INDIA NIGHT-Saturday, March 1, 2008. Come and join us for an evening of food and fellowship. We will be serving authentic Indian food. We will start serving at 4:30 until 7:00 p.m. We will be taking a free will offering. This offering will go to our Christian brothers and sisters who have been affected by the recent violence against them.
CHURCH WOMEN UNITED will celebrate WORLD DAY OF PRAYER on Friday, March 7th at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Main Street, Endicott. Breakfast will be at 9:00 a.m. (Donation $4.00). Please sign up on the sign-up sheet in the Narthex or call Millie Rood at 862-9947 by March 2nd. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. The Service will begin at 9:30 a.m. We will learn about Guyana, a land of many contrasts and surprises – a country of Six Peoples and many waters; a mixed media collage lifts up the uniqueness of the world-renowned Kaieteur Falls while capturing the complexity of Guyana’s cultural heritage through the faces of Guyanese women. ALL ARE WELCOME.
DEAR CHURCH FAMILY-After returning from our EXCEL weekend, where the focus was “surrender, service and scripture”, the youth group has decided to begin this New Year with a service project for the soldiers related to members of our church family. You can help. There will be collection boxes placed in the fellowship hall and the narthex of the Church, we will be collecting the following items through the month of February and will send our boxes early in March. Thank you in advance for your help with this project.
Batteries, powdered drink mixes, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shaving cream and razors, soap, playing cards, phone cards, gum and hard candy, popcorn, bug spray, lip gloss, magazines, game and puzzle books, granola bars, small hand held games, breath mints, paperback books, DVDs
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR A FUN EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
What: Silent Auction FUNdraiser toward the building fund
When: Saturday April 19, 2008
Where: Fellowship Hall
Why: To raise money, excitement and awareness of what the Lord can do as we collect money for the building fund.
What kinds of things will be auctioned off?
This highly depends on the creativity of our congregation and those who are willing to go out and generate donations. Some initial ideas?
Gift baskets from those who sell Pampered Chef, PartyLite, Lia Sophia, Avon, Mary Kay, etc.
Gift certificates from those who provide services – haircuts, piano lessons, voice lessons, cake decorating, oil changes, professional services such as counseling, audiology, massage, tutoring, etc.
Donations from those who sew, quilt, crochet, or create other works of art such as beautiful paintings
Gift certificates/gift baskets from local businesses not far from our church, such as Our Country Hearts, Giant markets, Nezuntoz, Phil’s Chicken House, (where do you go out to eat after church?), etc
Gift certificate/Gift basket from Arrowhead Christian Bookstore and other local Christian stores, then take a look in the Christian Yellow Pages, who else would be willing to make a donation.
Baskets that have a cookbook and cookie cutters, a basket with candles and bubble bath, wine and crackers, kitchen towels and a special recipe, a basket of books that you’ve already read (in good condition) and would like to pass along
A basket of baby bibs, onesies, baby toys, diapers, etc
A kid’s basket with crayons, coloring books, stickers, doodle pad, little toys, etc
Get your family, Sunday school class, men’s group, woman’s group, youth group etc to donate a collective basket. Options are limitless here!!! Creativity will be the key! We don’t need expensive donations - think of things that would make nice gifts, items that people would be willing to bid on!
Stay tuned as more details will be made available as April draws near!
Thank you in advance for your participation and willingness to generously donate to this FUNdraiser! If you have questions, more ideas or want to be involved in this event, please contact Deborah Eckhardt, 772-2472.
Sunday evening, March 9, 7:00 p.m.
A Special Evening Worship Experience
“Simon Peter”
On Sunday evening, March 9, at 7:00 p.m., we will be sharing in a special kind of worship experience with the presentation of the dramatic monologue, “Simon Peter”. This presentation provides us with a worship experience through sacred drama and music, by sharing a part of this disciple’s life with our Lord Jesus Christ. Through his monologue, Peter shares with us some of the joys and conflicts of knowing Christ as a brother, of walking and talking with Him, and of experiencing the power of His Spirit. As we listen to him, we, too, can share in his agony in denial and, then, in his tremendous victory through forgiveness. We will each have the opportunity to reflect upon our own lives, to consider what they have been, and then to share, with Peter, in the promise of what they can be through the presence and power of the living God. Please plan to attend! (And bring a friend or two!)