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Welcome Hosts: 8:30 am: June and Don Stroop
11am:
God has called you! See what amazing things God will do through you!
Need volunteers for Hosting. "Coordinators needed" for the 11am service.
Projection:
Audio Tech:
Refreshment Hosts: Jen and Shawn Boettlin
Counting Team: #4 Sandra Thomas, Nancy Sydloski and Bob Simcox
We are glad you are worshipping with us today!
March 22, 2015
8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. 8:30
Children Church Leaders
Nursery: 8:30am: Tony Choudhry
Children’s Church: 8:30am: Mike Sobel
11am: Carol Danzig and Brenda Seaman
God has called you! See what amazing things God will do through you!
Volunteer Now!
10 am Sunday School Leaders
Preschool & Primary Rm 6: Jen Choudhry
Intermediate Rm 5: Marisel Smith
Youth Rm 2: Brian Bergey & Shelly Sobel
GSP Rm 4: Nancy Hartman and Gerry Hawk
MENS Bible Study, Doug Franks Leads: Discussion Format
NEW! Library Rm 3: SHARE & PRAY HOUR –
Share your ideas with the Pastor!
Exodus Bible Study Rm 1: Steve Young & Mike Sobel
Rev. Dr. Sharon Barley, Lead Pastor
Kim Simcox, Administrative Secretary
ALL Members, Ministers
117 North Monocacy Creek Rd. Douglassville PA
610-385-7141 www.HopeChurchAmity.org
Attendance from 3/15/15
Sunday School 41
8:30am Worship 67
11am Worship 48
Total Worship 118
EASTER SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:30
Please check all ministry happenings on Face Book
BIBLE STUDY MEETS IN LIBRARY
Wednesdays: Meal at 6:30 p.m; Study at 7:00 p.m.
MEDITATION VERSES FOR THIS WEEK FROM PSALM 51
Hope UM Church,
th
March 22, 2015 – 5 WEEK in LENT
8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Worship
*Please feel free to remain seated if you are unable to stand.
Worship Leader & Choir Director: Lauren Young (volunteer)
Music and Drama Leadership: Janine Gonyea (volunteer)
Music Leadership: Cathy Misciagna (volunteer)
Thank you to all our musicians and singers today for your faithful encouragement
LIGHTING THE ALTAR CANDLES: “Jesus is the Light of the World”
* GATHERING PRAISE & WORSHIP – Please come in and greet
someone you don’t know and connect with your friends in ministry!
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gary Bonalumi
CALL TO WORSHIP
You desire truth in the inward being; (Do you speak the truth in
love?) therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. (Are you seeking
wisdom.. seeking the mind of Christ?) 7Purge me with hyssop, and I
shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Have you
repented of the things you said that were meant to harm another
person?) 8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have
crushed rejoice. 9Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my
iniquities. (Do you know that grace sets you free and you can
experience that grace only in Christ, but giving your heart to Jesus?)
10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right
spirit within me. 11Do not cast me away from your presence, and
do not take your holy spirit from me. 12Restore to me the joy of
your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. (Make this your
prayer this week and let God do the rest!)
SERMON TEXT: The Gospel of John Chapter 12
PRAYER
23
SCRIPTURE READING:
Shelly Sczechowski 8:30 am
6
Lee Boatman 11:00 am
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
Pastor Sharon
JOYFUL NOISE OFFERING: Over and above your tithe to support all
special needs in Hope Church ministries. God bless your generosity!
Please put your weekly giving commitments in the box at each door.
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING OVER OFFERINGS
Gary Bonalumi
* PRAISE AND WORSHIP SERMON:
SERMON AND TEXT: John 12 – From Loss to Hope
Dr. Sharon Barley, Lead Pastor
* DEDICATION SONG:
Praise and Worship Team
BLESSING FOR YOUR WEEK AHEAD
Dr. Sharon Barley
Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be
glorified. 24 Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the
earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears
much fruit. 25 Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate
their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves
me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.
Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.
NEXT WEEK IS PALM/PASSION SUNDAY
BRING A FRIEND TO CHURCH
EASTER SUNDAY KICKS OFF ONE BIG
WORSHIP SERVICE TOGETHER
AT 9:30 A.M. Invite someone new
MAUNDY is an English form of the Latin word for commandment. The
overarching theme of Maundy Thursday is Jesus' new commandment,
given on this the eve of his death, to "love one another even as I have
loved you" (John 13:34) Maundy Thursday is the night we will gather to
break bread together and sing, meditate on Scriptures, and allow God to
renew us. During Holy Week, Thursday, APRIL 2, at 7 pm
HOPE’S Happenings This Week
Sunday, March 22
8:15 am
8:30 am
9:45 am
10 am S.S.
11 am
6:30pm-8pm
Pre-service Prayer Time
Celebration Worship Service
Refreshments and Fellowship – Kitchen to Classes
A Sunday School for everyone! Please join
Celebration Worship Service
Couple’s Bible Study in room 1
Monday, March 23
7pm
Celebration Team meeting in room 3
1 – 4; 6-9
Pastor meeting; Pastor in office 6-9
Tuesday, March 24
9 am -1 pm
Church office OPEN
7pm
Trustee Meeting in room 3
Wednesday, March 25
9 am – 1 pm
Church office OPEN
6:30pm
Lenten Study in room 3
7pm
Knotty Knitters Class room 4
7pm-8:30pm
Youth Group in rooms 1 & 2
7pm
Praise Team Practice in Worship Center
Thursday, March 26
9 am -1 pm
Church office OPEN
6:30pm-7:30pm Zumba Class in Worship Center
Friday, March 27
All Day
Pastoral Visitation & Counseling
Saturday, March 28
8:30am-3:30pm Trustee Intensive Training (New Vision UMC)
11am
Community Egg Hunt (Camp Innabah)
Sunday, March 29
8:15 am
8:30 am
9:45 am
10:00 am S.S
11 am
6:30pm-8pm
Palm Sunday
Pre-service Prayer Time
Celebration Worship Service
Refreshments and Fellowship – Kitchen to Classes
A Sunday School for everyone! Please join.
Celebration Worship Service
Couple’s Bible Study in room 1
PLEASE CALL PASTOR SHARON IF YOU ARE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL
OR IN ANY EMERGENCY: 717-917-7066 or email [email protected]
PRAYERS FOR
OUTREACH:
Hope Builders
Love Inc.
Red Bird Mission Testimony
Salvation Army
St Paul’s Food Pantry
Cooking for Jesus Ministry
PRAYER FOR NEW
MINISTRY STARTS…
Need Coordinators for:
• Hope Church Kitchen Team
to organize and care for our
Kitchen
• Hope Church “Care Team”
to organize food, and support to
shut-ins and those in the
Hospital or recently ill and need
support.
• Hospitality Team to organize
Welcome events, visitor
mentors and follow-up of new
and old members.
• Outreach Team to organize
sporting events, and all efforts
to reach our neighbors for
Christ.
• UM Men’s Ministry Team at
Hope Church
MEMBERS PRAYER
REQUESTS
Keith Golembiewski
Joan Kulas
June & Don Stroop
Chick Carey
Tracy Harris
Leonard Gresh
Betty Siebert
Ken Rhoads
Evelyn Davidheiser
Dorothy Christman
Pastor Sharon’s Mom
Donna Shaw
Megan Coffelt
Steve Danzig
Rosemary Claycomb
Janelle
Nancy Oakley
Sharon Specht
(week of 3/15/15)
Employment for my son
For new church service
time
Cary Newell
Nan Horn, recuperating
from surgery
Steve Danzig in the
hospital
Pastor Sharon-healing
Continue prayers for Pastor
Sharon who is leading us
with grace and faithfulness
to be more like Jesus.
Pray for HOPE 100%!!!
PRAISES:
My Dad may come home on
Tuesday
This Church and all the new
friends I have met
Learning to think for myself
when someone says something
about someone, I can say, “does
this honor Jesus? Is it tearing
them down or building them
up?” A whole new culture at
Hope Church. Thank God!
The sermon really blessed me
last week. It was like God
speaking right to my heart and I
knew what I needed to do.
Thank you Jesus!
I can’t wait to play with the band,
I am so excited. God has given
me such a hunger for him.
Men’s Group met Tuesday! Our
men seeking God.
Lenten Bible Study Wednesday,
Sensing the Holy Spirit speaking
and ministering to us.
COOKING FOR JESUS
Blessing of fun and fellowship.
We froze a lot of soup.
*Please Note: For any prayer to be published, please obtain permission.
Long-term prayer contact: 610-582-7646 or [email protected]
MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES 2015
H.O.P.E. 100%
2015 STRETCHING OUR MINISTRY MUSCLES
Easter Sunday morning we will be hosting an "Easter Treat" potluck during the
Stepping-stones to church growth and spiritual renewal:
Refreshment time. Just as we celebrate Christmas together by everyone bringing in
cookies, this year we will celebrate Easter by everyone contributing a favorite Easter
treat to share during the fellowship time between services.
H. Hospitality: APRIL 18TH . Cooking for Jesus class begins 9 am. Come
NEED LEADERS NEEDED:
Hospitality Ministry Leader,
Outreach Ministry Leader
Prayer Ministry Leader, and a
Small Group Ministries Leader
O. Outreach: Have an idea? A neighbor in need? Hope Builder’s Ministry needs
These are all NEW ministry initiatives to focus 2015 on
1. OUTREACH
2. DISCIPLESHIP.
E. Engagement & Education Use your spiritual gifts to bring glory to GOD!!
CHIILDRENS MINISTRY TEAM: is seeking volunteers to serve in the Sunday School,
Children’s Church and Nursery. NO experience is necessary…just a love for children! See Jen
Choudhry for more information!
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PASTOR: Pastor Sharon will be in the library
between services for coffee and conversation. This is a time for you to express or receive
support, for prayer together, and to grow together in Christ.
THE GREAT EXODUS:
Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. in room 1. Co-led by Mike Sobel
and Steve Young. This Bible study will take you on an incredible journey into the historic text
of Jewish history. Have you seen the movie? What is real and what is false? Is the movie a
good portrayal of the biblical text or just another sensational rendition of Hollywood’s
dreams? Come learn about some key insights and truths about the EXODUS!
Hope’s Nursery will offer childcare for children birth through preschool during the 8:30
service. The nursery will be open for parents to utilize during the 11:00 service, but childcare
will not be provided. If you are interested in volunteering to serve in the Nursery, please see
Jen Choudhry!
Middle School and Youth Confirmation classes are NOW being held! PLEASE
MEET TODAY AFTER CHURCH WITH YOUR PARENTS PERMISSION FOR TRANSPORTATION. the
confirmation classes are held at 1pm at Cedarville UM Church. Lunch is provided for the
youth. Every youth that participates has an adult mentor. Please contact Bob Simcox, Crissy
Bergey, or Pastor Sharon for more information.
Spring is here!
Time to join the Mowing Team!
See sign-up sheet outside of room 3!
Saturday morning and help cook up some dinners to freeze. Bring in your recipes for
SOUP!
your help. Please put in your name for your interest to be contacted as outreach
ministry projects are made known. Please contact the Church Office or send us an
email!
P. Purpose: That’s why we praise Him, that’s why we sing…. If you are in need of
private spiritual direction and prayer, please call Pastor Sharon directly.
Exodus Bible Study Class, Grief Care, Youth Ministries, Small Groups more to come.
District Conference will be held on April 12th (Sunday) at 3pm.
Location: First UMC of Phoenixville (865 Main St., Phoenixville, PA)
Upcoming Central District Trainings
Trustee Intensive Training - March 28th
Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm
Location: New Vision United Methodist Church
Finance Intensive Training - April 25th
Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Haven Peniel UMC
Nominations Intensive Training - April 25th
Time 8:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Evans burg UMC
This week, the children will be learning:
Jesus Notices a Widow's Giving
Mark 12: 41-44
Bible Point: Give Cheerfully to God
Key Verse: "God loves a cheerful giver" 2nd Corinthians 9:7
WEDNESDAY Lenten Bible Study – LET US BREAK BREAD
Community Egg Hunt
Date: Saturday – March 28th
Time: 11:00am
Location: Innabah Program Center
712 Pughtown Road
Spring City, PA 19475
Eight Age Groups: Please join us – All are welcome!!!
2 & Under, 3-5, 6-9, 10-12, 13-17, 18-25, 26-49, 50 & older
prayer, reflection and worship we walk a Lenten journey together every Wednesday
to Maundy Thursday, our Seder Meal here at Hope Church. Lent is a time of
preparation, repentance, celebration, and rejoicing, Deepen your faith and sense
God’s care and love for you along the journey.
The Christian Gospel is framed in this one core value that brings
salvation to millions throughout history and every day. We have an
upward mobility, yet God continues to call us to a downward
mentality. Is joy and love gained by outward success or is there
something more. Come learn about the GREAT PARADOX of
Scripture and a way to total freedom NOW>
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Church’s observance of the
HOLY WEEK Sunday, March 29th – Saturday April 4th
TOGETHER. Join Pastor Sharon for a supper of delicious, warm
soup and bread as we study and walk in the shadow of the cross
together. Begins this Wed. Feb. 25th at 7 p.m. Through Bible study,
Lenten season—six weeks set apart for the purpose of drawing closer to God
and seeking him with greater intensity.
ASH Wednesday As we received the symbolic gesture of the imposition of
ashes on our foreheads, we acknowledge our human finiteness and mortality.
No matter who we think we are, receiving the ashes reminds us that, “You
are dust and to dust you will return” (Genesis 3:19). Invite a Friend to
journey with you throughout our Lenten Study together in the library.
Feb. 25th - Growing in the Gift of Joy through LOVE
Thursday, April 2nd – Seder Meal Together – more info to come.
Resurrection EASTER Sunday, April 5th
“‘And yet even now,’ says the Lord, ‘return to me with all your heart . . .’”
—Joel 2:12
Lent begins with an invitation to honesty and clarity. We can receive God’s
gift of Joy when our hearts and minds are pure before him. What gracious
gift awaits us if we are willing to heed, hear, and obey His Word.
“Where in my life have I gotten away from God, and what are the
disciplines that will enable me to find my way back?”
March 4th - Servanthood, Breaking the ME-first MIND-set
Honest to God As we prepare for Lent, we are called to be as honest as we
are able about the ways we have “left” God and slipped into spiritual
mediocrity. “You desire truth in the inward being,” Psalm 51 points
out. “Therefore, teach me wisdom in my secret heart.”
As God gives us wisdom and insight about our true condition we can
choose spiritual practices that are uniquely suited to help us return to God in
the places where we have strayed or to renew our passion where our hearts
have grown cold.
The season of Lent is not a simple rearranging of outside priorities, or
breaking old habits, or giving up ‘stuff.’ It is a whole new, fully renewed
mindset. Let’s break bread together and eat soup and let God change us!
March 11th – The Foolishness of the Cross – What is Faithful
Suffering?
Suffering is a path and journey we all must take at some point in our life.
We avoid suffering, fight against suffering, withdraw from suffering in all
circumstances and in particular – when we suffer a wrong, or offense, or
being misunderstood. Jesus chose to suffer. WHY?!
March 18th – SURRENDER. The Moment of Letting Go.
Surrender. We hate that word. We want our rights, privileges and freedom.
Surrender is not in our vocabulary God! God has made a way for us to find
true freedom in our life, it is not through resistance or withdrawal – but
uniquely and wholly through surrender. Struggling with letting go of
something or someone? Come find true freedom in simple words of grace.
THIS WEEKS STUDY:
March 25th – True Humility. Can We Find is Anywhere Anymore?
God’s Steadfast Love Serious as the Lenten season is, it is also a time of
great hope as we experience God’s steadfast love for us, even in the midst of
whatever sin we are acknowledging. With confidence we pray, Have mercy
on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant
mercy blot out my transgressions.
In the shadow of Christ’s cross and impending resurrection we are
assured that there is forgiveness and cleansing for all who turn to him. In
Christ there is the power to pass from death unto life in the places where we
ourselves are in need of resurrection.