REHOBOTH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
May 17, 2015
Ascension Sunday
Liturgical Color, White
Doug Benton, Pastor
Congregation, Ministers
THE GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
*THE PRELUDE
WE BEGIN OUR WORSHIP “Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise”
OPENING PRAYER
*OPENING HYMN
“Crown Him with Many Crowns”
*WHAT WE BELIEVE
The Apostles’ Creed, Traditional Version
WIGGLE TIME FOR CHILDREN
*HYMN TO PREPARE OUR HEARTS “He Is Lord”
MORNING PRAYER REQUESTS
PASTORAL PRAYER/LORD’S PRAYER
THE CHOIR RESPONDS
THE WORD IN SONG (anthem)
“I Will Rise”
We promise to uphold Rehoboth United Methodist Church
with our witness, our prayers, our presence, our gifts, and our service.
OUR PRAYERS:
Prayer Concerns:
Dee Hook
No. 327
No. 881
Diane Horn
No. 177
Brian Parker - tenor
*SCRIPTURE READING
Luke 24:44-53
THE MESSAGE
“The Ascension
OUR GIFTS TO GOD (offering)
*DOXOLOGY
*CLOSING HYMN
“I’ll Fly Away”
*WE LEAVE TO SERVE
N.T. 85
No. 94
FWS No. 2282
*Please stand.
Skipper Merrill
Ken Waldron
Margaret Truett
Moto Howe
Vicky Baxter
Nona Jacobs
Michael Prince
Susan Neeley
Linda Bowen
Bowen Stewart
Kelly Benjamin
Bobby Moore
Roseanne Dickerson
Vivian Shupe
Virgie McLemore
Maria Kistler
Dial Hook
Paula Cobb
Keith Horn
Mitchell Crawford
Ethel Tennant
Mike Bounds
Sybil Jackson
Jenifer Maynard
D.J. Day
David Warren
Agnes Smith
Susan Fittipaldi
Doris Fulmer
Wayne & Ruby Bowen
Pat & Ione Lee
Virgie McLemore
Tom & Addie Mae Jones
Barbara Herndon
Sam & Ida Rhyner
Don & Doris Martin
Ginger Boyce
Ann Kinney
Leo & Peggy Dryer
Josephine Wyman
Charmaine Hutchins
Bubba Windham
Pat Hollingsworth
Corine Mitchum
Sylvia Cope
Victoria Crawford
Larry Clark
Ned Lyle
Mary Alice Wood
Joe Britt
Aislin Rose
The RUMC prayer list is generated through requests made to the church office. Additional requests to add or delete
from our list should also be made through the church office (803-788-2220).
OUR PRESENCE:
GUESTS
Your children ages 4-12 are invited to join us for Children’s Church each Sunday immediately after Wiggle
Time for Children during our worship services. After Wiggle Time, our children’s ministers escort the
children to the Education Building for age appropriate, Christian education and fun activities. Your children
are always welcome to stay for our regular services; but if you wish them to attend Children’s Church, they
may leave with the other children during this time. Children may be picked up in the Education Building
after the services. Rehoboth UMC maintains current Safe Sanctuaries policies that can be obtained through
the church office.
OUR GIFTS:
May 10
Needed weekly to meet budget
Received the week of 05/10/15
Total needed to date
Total received to date
Sunday School
Worship Service
24
102
$ 4,763
$ 3,934
$ 90,497
$ 77,966
THANK YOU TO: everyone who participated in our first Church Work Day. A lot was
accomplished to “spiff up” the grounds due to everyone’s hard work.
CALENDAR
SUNDAY, MAY 17
9:45 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
MONDAY, MAY 18
6:30 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 19
6:45 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Sunday School
Morning Worship
Children’s Church
Property Prayer Walk
Handbells
Prayer Breakfast
Sutton/Brown Prayer Group
Newsletter deadline
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
6:30 p.m.
Choir
WELCOME GUESTS: We are delighted to have you with us in worship today. We hope your
visit with us will be spiritually enriching. Please fill out the Welcome Visitor card found on the
front of our Guest Information Packet. (Please place the card in the collection plate.) If you
did not receive a Guest Information Packet, any greeter or usher can provide you one or they
may be found in the church narthex or the hallway of the Education Building. A nursery is
provided for children 3 and under. Children must be signed in and out from the nursery after
morning worship. The restrooms are in the Education Building and our ushers can direct you.
Please refrain from flash photography during our worship service.
A PROPERTY PRAYER WALK will begin on Monday, May 18, at 6:30 a.m. We will meet in
front of the Christian Life Center. We will spend 30 to 45 minutes in prayer for God’s blessings
and guidance in all that is done at Rehoboth.
UMW: If you have not voted for the Woman of the Year and Mission Woman of the Year, please
see Addie Mae Jones. The UMW Mission U will be held July 23-25 at Spartanburg Methodist
College. The price is $140.00. Please see Addie Mae for more information.
The United Methodist Women will not meet during the summer months. Watch the bulletins and
newsletter for information on the monthly mission projects.
SYMPATHY: The Rehoboth family extends its deepest sympathy to Dan & Jerry McHugh on the
death of Jerry’s brother, Bill Connolly.
Rehoboth United Methodist Church is a diverse fellowship of believers,
empowered by the Holy Spirit,
demonstrating the love of God to all through Jesus Christ.
For the beauty of the service, the altar flowers are dedicated to the glory of God
and in honor of the wedding of Mark & Breann Dillon.
Given with love by Don & Belinda Fulmer.
THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS:
17 Gail McLemore
20 Victoria Crawford
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Music Director/Organist: Toni Hollingsworth
Greeter: Martha Gibbs
Trustee Lock-up: Jean Kesler
Lay Reader: 05/17 Jane Massey; 05/24 Paul Elliott
Children’s Church: 05/17 L..W. Smith & Bridgette Branson; 05/24 Mark Windham & Lee Jones
Ushers: Ed Johnson, Paul Elliott, Brian O’Donnell, Dan O’Donnell
Counters: 05/17 Joan Deremo & Belinda Fulmer; 05/24 Bill Rose & Jan Smith
18 David Hensley
20 Mitchell Crawford
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19 Andrew Mitchum
22 Ronnie Swindler