Kern Memorial United Methodist Church Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost October 19, 2014 11:00 am Service The new Sunday night service has a name and a launch date! REVIVE will begin on November 2 at 6:00 pm, preceded by a “pot-luck” supper and fellowship time at 5:00 pm! This service will be unlike anything else in town, and we are inviting all those who are young and young atheart to join in the celebration! The main entrée and drinks will be provided for the meal, but we are asking for help with the side dishes. If you can bring a casserole, vegetable, or dessert, please sign up on the tear-off. You may also sign up on one of the designated clipboards in the Narthex and Family Life Center entry way. Those preparing side dishes are asked to bring them to the Family Life Center at 4:30 pm on Sunday. Child care is available for children under age 4. In addition to our excitement over the start of this new service, we are happy to share that Kern has received a grant from the Holston Conference Witness Ministry Team to support the service, which is intended to reach young adults and young families (and the young at heart). Youth Hiking & Picnic—TODAY! Youth are asked to meet and be ready to leave the church at 1:30 pm for a hike and picnic in Townsend, TN. We will return to the church between 6:00-6:30 pm. Wear comfortable clothes, and bring water shoes if you want to play in the creek. For additional information, please check our youth Facebook page or contact Linda Morrison (414-4319 or [email protected]). Friday, October 31, 5:30-8:00 pm Trunk-or-Treat is less than two weeks away! We are hoping to have a parking lot full of cars and candy— PLUS games, face-painting, and food in our Family Life Center. How can you participate? Decorate your car and fill your trunk with candy! We also need people to bring cookies or brownies, and also donations of candy. There will be candy donation bins in the Family Life Center and the Narthex for drop-offs. Please let us know if you will be here and how you will be able to help, by signing up on the tear-off. Contact Jennifer Shell, Mike Cox, or Ginger Meadows with questions. Visitor & New Member Class Series If you are a visitor or have recently joined the church, please join us for the last two classes in this 4-week series! This series is designed to help newcomers get better acquainted with Kern—and for us to get to know you better too! Classes are held during the Sunday School hour (10:0011:00 am), in the UMW Room (bottom of stairs, outside Fellowship Hall). TODAY—The Methodist Church—The Organizational Structure—Pastor Don Morris will lead this class, sharing information about the structure of the Methodist Church from the Conference to the Cabinet to the Local Church. This class will help participants gain a better understanding of the United Methodist Church and what it means to be a Methodist. All are welcome. October 26—Membership 101—Member Expectations & Opportunities—If you have taken the first three classes and are interested in joining the church, come and learn about the next step. If you have not turned in your Every Member in Ministry commitments or Estimate of Giving forms for 2015, there’s still time to do this. Feel free to drop your forms in the offering plate today, or drop them by the church office this week. This is our process for connecting you to ministry and others in the church. THE WORSHIP OF GOD Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost Greetings and Announcements * Entrance of the Cross Prelude Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates arr. Jonathan Reuss Invocation Let us not be deceived by our own pious vocabularies: we are quite up to our necks in the world. The "sanctuary" into which we gather belongs to the very realm from which it ostensibly offers---sanctuary! Yet, by entering profoundly into worship we might nevertheless hope to gain at least some critical distance by which to call into question our myriad involvements in a world from which we can by no means extricate ourselves. If to be in the world is to be some place in the world, if to live in a free society is to be governed by its laws, if to enjoy the benefits of the nation is to obligate oneself to its support, then our pursuit of "the Kingdom of God" is probably something less radical than our evangelical rhetoric suggests! Though we cannot escape the world, we do have an interest in ordering our relationships within it. If we no longer expect its sudden apocalyptic dissolution, we do not give up on finite historical redemptions. Lord of the Church and the world, help us to remain stubbornly un-conformed to a culture that, unchecked, would assimilate us entirely, vigilant against the Church's adoption of its methods, means, and models, determined to subject ourselves to the transforming influences of the life and teachings of Jesus who calls us not away from but into the world. Amen. * Hymn When in Our Music God Is Glorified Responsive Psalm 99 819-820 * Gloria Patri * Hymn 68 70 Fairest Lord Jesus 189 In This Very Room Ron Harris Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer Anthem Offertory Sentence Today's gospel lesson contains the following instruction to devout Jews living in occupied Palestine at the time of Jesus: "render unto God the things that are God's"! Would that be a tithe, or some greater or lesser portion of one's resources? Or would it simply be everything, all that one has and is? Dear parishioner, it is for you to decide! Presentation of Tithes and Offerings Offertory Jesus, I Will Ponder Now * Doxology 94 Children’s Circle * Hymn arr. Paul Manz Julie Martin Breathe on Me, Breath of God * Gospel Lesson: Matthew 22:15-22 420 Barbara Osborne Sermon “Jesus and the Fourth Philosophy” * Hymn How Great Thou Art Donald Morris 77 * Benediction * Choral Benediction * Postlude Toccata Giocosa * Congregation Standing Gilbert M. Martin Tear-Off Announcements SPECIAL CALLED MEETING—TODAY! There will be a brief called meeting of the Leadership Council today at 12:15 pm in the Fellowship Hall to discuss a proposal from the Staff-Parish Committee concerning Kern’s Youth Director Position. Other matters pertinent to Charge Conference may also be mentioned. All Council members are encouraged to attend. JEWELRY DONATIONS NEEDED FOR UMW BAZAAR Jewelry donations for the United Methodist Women Bazaar to be held December 6 are needed. Please label “bazaar” and leave your precious gems in the UMW room. FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE MEETING Friendship Circle will meet Monday, October 20, at 7:00 pm in the Church Parlor. The program will be World Thank offering and plans for the UMW Bake Sale/Mini Bazaar on December 6. NEW WEDNESDAY NIGHT STUDY A Different Kind of Christmas is a five week study for those who want to re-think the way that we “do” Christmas. If Christmas festivities and obligations leave you weary and wanting something more, this will be a great group to discuss alternatives. We’ll use the video and Mike Slaughter’s book, Christmas is Not Your Birthday, as the springboard for our discussions. Marcia Walker will lead this group on Wednesday nights beginning on November 5. If you are interested in participating, please contact Marcia (414-7321 or [email protected]) or sign up on the tear-off. Sunday, October 19, 2014 NAME ___________________________ PHONE ___________________________ EMAIL ___________________________ DO NOT SEPARATE NAME FROM TEAR-OFF!! Place the tear-off in offering plate. Sign-up Sheet Fall Wednesday Niter 10-22-14 GIC, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, FREE MOVIE NIGHT This event has been cancelled. The parking lot needs to be repaved and the rain has forced the schedule to be changed. Sorry for any inconvenience this process has caused. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP TO BEGIN OCTOBER 28 (FIRST UMC) On Tuesdays from October 28 through December 16, Grief Leader Steve Herbes will provide people with an opportunity to understand the grief experience. This group will meet at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge at 5:00 – 6:30 pm for eight weeks. More information can be obtained by calling the church office (483-4357). SEWING MACHINES… Jamie, Bud and Glen want to thank Don Morris, Mike Cox, George Smith, John Napier, Jim McNabb, and Herbert Wright for helping load sewing machines for the Midwest Mission Distribution Center. It seemed like a small effort on a Friday morning that only took about an hour, but it will make a world of difference. WEDNESDAY NITER MENU Buffet line opens at 5:30 pm. Reservations or cancellations must be made by 12:00 noon on Monday via the tear-off, or by calling the church office (483-5273). If you fail to attend and did not cancel, you will be expected to pay. Please let us know by 4:00 pm Wednesday if your meal needs to be for take out. Homemade Chicken Noodle & Vegetable Beef Soups Dinner Rolls, Large Salad Coffee, Tea and Lemonade Homemade Desserts ____ Number of adults/children, 7 yrs & up—$6.00 ____ Number of children, under age 7— FREE ____ Number of takeout meals ____ Please make an additional permanent reservation (for someone who may not be able to afford the meal). Pot Luck Dinner – REVIVE service family-sized side dishes I will bring ___________________ Trunk or Treat _____ I will bring my car. _____ I will bake cookies/brownies. _____ I will help in the kitchen. _____ I will donate candy. _____ I will help in another way: A Different Kind of Christmas _____ I will participate in the study. Our Staff This Week at Kern Carol Cox – Pianist [email protected] Mike Cox – Treasurer [email protected] Julie Johnson – Secretary [email protected] Chanda Knight – Camp Faith Coordinator [email protected] Ashley Lockridge – Praise & Worship Leader [email protected] Kevin Miller – Director of Music [email protected] Don Morris – Pastor [email protected] Wanda Parks – Organist [email protected] Jennifer Shell – Children’s Ministry [email protected] Debbie Shope – Program Director [email protected] Lindsay Shope – Nursery Coordinator [email protected] Karen Spearman –Congregational Care Assistant [email protected] Church Office 451 E. Tennessee Ave. Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Hours: Monday–Friday 9:00 am–4:00 pm Phone: (865) 483-5273 Fax: (865) 483-0192 www.kernumc.org Participants in Today’s Service Early Worship Greeter: Willie Napier Early Worship Acolyte: Caleb & Abigail Bennett P&W Parking Greeters: Alan & Wendy Hohman P&W Lay Reader: Morgan Lindsey Late Parking Lot Greeters: George Smith/James Carroll Late Narthex Greeters: Steve & Shirley Cates Late Worship Acolyte: Rachel Arnold Late Worship Crucifer: Kay Hamrick Children’s Circle: Julie Martin Late Worship Lay Reader: Barbara Osborne Offering Counters: Fred White/Levina Hannon Participants on October 26, 2014 Early Worship Greeter: J.C. & June Price Early Worship Acolyte: Caleb & Abigail Bennett P&W Parking Greeters: Ben & Stacey Arnold P&W Lay Reader: Sandy Hicks Late Parking Lot Greeters: Marvin & Pat McCarty Late Narthex Greeters: Fred & Pat White Late Worship Acolyte: Farrah Meredith Late Worship Crucifer: Kay Hamrick Children’s Circle: Tracy Bradshaw Late Worship Lay Reader: Sherry Smyrl Offering Counters: Fred White/Bill Hicks 2014 GENERAL FUND General Fund October 12, 2014 Needed per week General Fund YTD Needed YTD General Fund Budget $7,684 10,326 389,769 423,366 536,977 Key: Sanctuary (S), Family Life Center (FLC), Narthex (N), Fellowship Hall (FH), Parlor (P), Prayer Room (PR), Memorial Garden (MG), Education Building (EB), Meeting Room (MR), Youth Room (YR) DAILY Kern Church in prayer (7 am, 11 am, 7 pm, 11pm) SUNDAY, October 19, 2014–19th Sunday after Pentecost 8:30 am Early Worship Service (S) 9:00 am Praise & Worship Service (FLC) 10:00 am Visitor and New Members Class (UMW Rm) 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Late Traditional Service (S) 12:15 pm Special Called Council Meeting (FH) 12:30 pm Nominations Committee Meeting (P) 1:30 pm Sunday Service Planning (FH) MONDAY, October 20, 2014 9:00 am Monday Morning Maintenance (FH) 5:30 pm Yoga (FLC) 6:45 pm Boy Scouts (FLC) 7:00 pm NO Trustees Meeting (Rm 5) 7:00 pm Friendship Circle (P) TUESDAY, October 21, 2014 9:00 am Camp Faith (Rm 24) 9:30 am PiYO Strength (FLC) 10:00 am Don’s OT Bible Study (P) 10:00 am Parkinson’s Support Group (FLC) 11:00 am Staff Meeting (MR) WEDNESDAY, October 22, 2014 9:15 am Yoga (FLC) 10:30 am Mommy and Company (FLC) 6:30 pm Chancel Choir (S) 6:30 pm Adventure Crew (N) 7:00 pm Praise Band (FLC) THURSDAY, October 23, 2014 8:00 am Prayer Group (P) 9:00 am Camp Faith (Rm 24) 9:30 am Zumba (FLC) FRIDAY, October 24, 2014 6:00 pm GIC Pizza/Movie Night (cancelled) SATURDAY, October 25, 2014 SUNDAY, October 26, 2014–20th Sunday after Pentecost 10:00 am Visitor and New Members Class (UMW Rm) HAPPY BIRTHDAYS 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25 10/26 Robert Webster Bailey Choudhury, Jamie Nyholm William Everett, Amber Franklin, Farrah Meredith Natalie Cross, Carol Doyle, Jayden Ellis, David Horn, LeAnn Moles, Brett Stooksbury Zachary Wieger Joyce Cardwell, Heather Renfro Grieb, Glenda Tolliver Mike DeGraw, Abi Tolliver Carolyn Miller