NORTHEAST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH October 19, 2014 9:00 A.M. Contemporary Service 10:15 A.M. Sunday School 11:15 A.M. Traditional Service Nursery available at all services. THIS WEEK AT NEUMC TODAY 12:30 PM Grace Small Group (Room 102) 4:15 PM Children's Choir (Sanctuary) 5:00 PM UP! 5:00 PM Youth Group (Education Building) 5:00 PM Disciple I (Education Building, Room 203) David W. Day Pastor Gerald Watford Director of Family Ministries 5:30 PM Son of God (Education Building, Room 216) 5:30 PM Becoming a Woman of Excellence (Library) 5:30 PM PLACE (Education Building, Room 207) 5:30 PM Financial Peace University (Education Building) 6:45 PM Disciple II (Education Building, Room 208) Bonnie Riley Director of Children Ministries Erich Wiegner Director of Youth Ministries 6:45 PM Love and Logic (Room 102) MONDAY EvAngel Newsletter Deadline 6:30 PM Strength and Honor (Room 102) 6:30 PM Webelos I (Education Building) Lawrence Abernathy Director of Music Sean Riley Crossing Guard Leader Ka-Young Lee Pianist TUESDAY 7:00 PM Long Range Planning Committee Meeting (Library) WEDNESDAY 7:15 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Contact John Clayton) 10:00 AM Spirit Sisters Prayer Group (Room 102) 10:00 AM The True Nature of God (Education Building) Dale A. Purvis Office Manager 10:00 AM Women’s Bible Study (Library) 4:00 PM Deadline for Bulletin Announcements 6:00 PM Women’s Bible Study (Tammie Sloop’s Home) 4000 Hard Scrabble Road Columbia, South Carolina 29223-8548 Pastor’s Cell: 803.587.1682 Office: 803.736.6386 Fax: 803.699.1334 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.neumc.com Office Hours: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Monday - Friday 6:30 PM Youth Small Group Study (Education Building) 7:00 PM Chancel Choir (Sanctuary) THURSDAY 7:00 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Panera Bread) 9:30 AM MOPS (Room 102) 7:00 PM Crossing Guard (Riley's Home) 7:00 PM Rooted in Christ Prayer Group (Library) 7:00 PM Cub Scout Pack Meeting (Sanctuary) PRAYER REQUESTS We are pleased to join you in praying for specific needs. RECORD OF OUR FAITHFULNESS OUR SERVICE Presence Please write your request(s) here and place this card in the offering plate. Please pray for: 9:00 AM Contemporary Service 10:15 AM Sunday School 11:15 AM Traditional Service 131 118 89 9:00 SERVICE ACOLYTE Ben Riley CHILDREN'S CHURCH Joy Fink JUNIOR ASSISTANT Marvin Rogers GREETERS Ann Payne & Debbie Watford NURSERY Bianca Brazell NURSERY NEXT WEEK Lexie Clayton PRAYER ROOM Chastity Cherubin PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK Inez McLaurin 11:15 SERVICE ACOLYTE Caroline Nutter CHILDREN'S CHURCH Mary McMillan & Spencer Miller JUNIOR ASSISTANT Clay McMillan GREETERS Debbie Watford & Annie Day NURSERY Catherine Lippert NURSERY NEXT WEEK Kay Mein Pastor Only Prayer Chain Bulletin Prayer Warriors I would like someone to contact me to pray over a more confidential matter. PRAYER ROOM Jane Herbig PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK Jennifer Breazeale COMMUNION PREPARERS Mike & Patty Munn COMMUNION PREPARER NEXT WEEK Judy Nutter COMMUNION SERVERS Mike & Patty Munn Annie Day COMMUNION SERVERS NEXT WEEK Larry & Danna Griner Jane DeCristofaro BOTH SERVICES OFFERING COUNTERS Stan Luallin & Duane Scott OFFERING COUNTERS NEXT WEEK Dianne Markham & Thomas McBurnett ALTAR FLOWERS Let us know when God meets your needs so we may rejoice with you! Today’s flowers are dedicated to the Glory of God. 9:00 CONTEMPORARY SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS MUSIC (As we sing you are invited to stand or sit as you are led and able.) OFFERING SERMON "Follow Me!" (Part Two) Pastor Day COMMUNION (Wine and grape juice are used for communion. Center chalice is grape juice. Gluten free wafers are also available.) CLOSING SONG CLOSING PRAYER/BENEDICTION ANNOUNCEMENTS The deadline for the November EvAngel Newsletter is tomorrow before the close of business. The Long Range Planning Committee will meet Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM in the library. The Columbia Community Orchestra will perform a free concert on Monday, October 27 at 7:15 PM in the sanctuary. A Men's Kairos Weekend Retreat will be held at Broad River Correctional Institute, October 23-26. It takes much prayer, a large team (inside and outside), detailed planning, help with finances and a lot of cookies. While the weekend retreat is for the 42 participants, all inmates, correctional officers and support staff receive a bag of cookies each day. These bags of cookies are a simple way to show Christ’s love during the weekend. They represent the unconditional love that Christ teaches us. You will have an opportunity to assist us with this endeavor by baking a batch of cookies. Many of the inmates never receive anything from the outside. All of them look forward to the Kairos cookies. A sign up sheet and containers are available in the narthex. Cookies need to be dropped off by noon on Wednesday, October 22. Point of contact is Pastor Day. This year’s Out of Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention will be held on October 26 at 2 PM at Columbia Riverfront Park. If you would like to join the Northeast UMC Team, we would love to have you walk with us! The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is at the forefront of research, education and prevention initiatives designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. With more than 38,000 lives lost each year in the U.S. (and over one million worldwide), the importance of AFSP's mission has never been greater. Let us strive to give hope to those who feel desperately hopeless. Join our team at http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=73410. Our goal is $300.00. Please contact Debbie Watford if you have any questions. ([email protected]) The Angel Tree Christmas Party will be held on Saturday, December 13. There are many areas where assistance is needed to support this ministry. Please visit the church website at www.neumc.com and sign up for an area you can help support. Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program is the only nationwide effort that specifically reaches out to hundreds of thousands of innocent children who carry the heavy burden of their parents’ incarceration throughout the year. At Christmastime, Angel Tree introduces prisoners and their children to Jesus and brings healing and restoration to families destroyed by crime. For more information or questions, please contact Linda Wargel at 786-9992. Grace Happens Here at NEUMC. The Grace small group study group is asking for the help of NEUMC to collect canned and boxed food along with your change during the month of October for God’s Storehouse. We will be collecting any change you can spare for this worthy cause after both services. God's Storehouse is a place for those living in Northeast Columbia to go when they are in need of help. God Storehouse helps the people with food, clothing, etc. Pumpkin Patch Hours Monday - Saturday: 10 AM - 8 PM Sundays: 12 - 8 PM Volunteer in the Patch Visit our website and click on “Volunteer to Work in the Patch” located in the middle of the page. A SERVICE OF WORD AND TABLE Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost 11:15 TRADITIONAL SERVICE WELCOME AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS (As the Prelude begins, please prayerfully prepare for worship.) PRELUDE (Acolyte) Ka-Young Lee, piano CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Lord, come to us today and heal our wounds. People: Be in our hearts and our spirits, we pray. Leader: Give us courage to put aside the greed and selfishness in our hearts. People: Heal our spirits and help us to follow you. Amen. *HYMN OF PRAISE, No. 159 "Lift High the Cross" *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH, No. 881 Congregation The Apostles' Creed, Traditional Version PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE/LORD’S PRAYER HYMN OF PREPARATION, No. 424 "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone" Congregation (Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are dismissed for Children’s Worship.) GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS OFFERTORY Ka-Young Lee, piano *PRESENTATION, No. 95 ANTHEM “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” "There's No One in This World Like Jesus" Congregation SonShine Choir SERMON LESSON, Luke 9:57-62 (NIV) The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. SERMON "Follow Me!" (Part Two) Pastor Day INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP HOLY COMMUNION, No. 12 PRAYER OF CONFESSION O holy and merciful God, we confess that we have not always taken upon ourselves the yoke of obedience, nor been willing to seek and to do your perfect will. We have not loved you with all our heart and mind and soul and strength, neither have we loved our neighbors as ourselves. You have called to us in the need of our sisters and brothers, and we have passed unheeding on our way. In the pride of our hearts, and our unwillingness to repent, we have turned away from the cross of Christ, and have grieved your Holy Spirit. (WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE, ENGLAND, 20TH CENT., ALT.) All offer prayers of confession in silence. May almighty God, who caused light to shine out of darkness, shine in our hearts, cleansing us from all our sins, and restoring us to the light of the knowledge of God's glory, in the face of Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen. (THE BOOK OF WORSHIP 1944, ALT.) COMMUNION MUSIC Ka-Young Lee, piano (Wine and grape juice are used for communion. Center chalice is grape juice. Gluten free wafers are also available.) *CLOSING HYMN "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" (see insert) Congregation *CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE *BENEDICTION *CHORAL RESPONSE Chancel Choir POSTLUDE Ka-Young Lee, piano * Please stand as you are able. MEMORY VERSE Welcome Guests and Members! Mark 8:34 (NIV) We are so glad that you are here and hope you feel at home as you join us in worship. We’d like to get to know you better. Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Date:__________________________ Service SERMON LESSON 9:00 11:15 Member Regular Attendee Luke 9:57-62 (NIV) First Time Guest 57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." New Resident 58 Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." Name(s) 59 He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." Name(s) & Ages of Children 60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 61 Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family." Address, City, State, Zip 62 Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." FAMILY MINISTRY MINUTE How do we care for the health of our families? Our first thoughts will probably center on finances and physical needs. But what about spiritual needs? In Isaiah 59:2 we read, "Your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you." We cannot be healthy families unless we tend to this condition. Be sure you have a plan. Home Phone: Email: How Did You Learn About NEUMC? ─Gerald Watford Director of Family Ministries CURRENT SERMON SERIES Following Christ! Growing Disciples! Changing Lives! October 26: Growing Up! (Part One) Hebrews 5:11-6:3 (NIV) November 2: Growing Up! (Part Two) Ephesians 4:11-5:3 (NIV) November 9: Investing in Him 2 Corinthians 8:1-7 November 16: Investing in Hope 1 Peter 1:3-21 November 23: Investing in Heaven Luke 12:15-34 Desire to Know More About NEUMC Desire a Call From the Pastor Desire to Become a Member Additional Comments: MINISTRY AND PRAYER NEEDS ▪ Alan Jones, who is in Charleston taking radiation treatments for the next several weeks. ▪ Cindy Day (Pastor David’s sister-in-law) and family, upon the death of her mother. ▪ Bob Ellrott, who had a heart catheterization. ▪ The family and friends of Cara Williams, Ann Payne's friend in Colorado. Cara had a relapse of leukemia and passed away on October 9. ▪ Dawn Scott Blevins, who has a mystery respiratory illness. ▪ Jim and Inge Kyer, former NEUMC members. Jim has inoperable lung cancer and Inge has been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time. ▪ DeSang Chong, Jin Gafford’s friend, who is on a ventilator following surgery for lysis of scar tissue adhesion (small bowel blockage) ▪ Ed Shephard, who is hospitalized at Palmetto Richland Hospital, Room 608. ▪ Our military personnel. ▪ Our missionaries: Tom & Emma Henry — Appalachian Mountain Leadership (AML), a ministry based in Boone, NC, which facilitates Christian outdoor adventure experiences. Matt Williams ([email protected]) — Matt is a member of NEUMC, who works as a missionary to university students with Campus Crusade for Christ at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California. Steve & Stephanie Bredesen, in Nakalanda, Uganda, as directors of Eagle’s Nest Clinic and Eaglet’s Primary School. Abbu, the Bredesen's neighbor, that he will either allow them to drill a well on his land or sell the land to them so that they will have a fresh water supply. ▪ Salkehatchie families: Iris Edwards, Theresa and Buddy Lines ▪ Our pastor and staff members. MINISTRY AND PRAYER NEEDS I am humbled by all of the visits, cards, calls, food, and prayers from members of the NE family after my fall and subsequent hospitalization. Thanks everyone! I am blessed to be part of a loving and caring church. Mary Furse PRAYER FOR OUR FAMILIES OF THE WEEK Monday October 13 Dan & Sara Bell Tuesday October 14 Rob & Liz Bigda & children Isabella, Anne & Vincenzo Wednesday October 15 Sam Blaylock Thursday October 16 Mark & Kathy Bounds Friday October 17 Buck & Bianca Brazell & sons Connor & Jackson HOMEBOUND AND ELDERLY We are a family. As such we encourage anyone who feels led by God to visit those who are sick or homebound. We also encourage your visits to those who are new to this family of believers and to those have visited. Warren & Audrey Bainton Lee Chandler Bruce & Frankie Dodd Sam Blaylock Jean Harris Ed Shephard Sabra Stewart Mildred Watson Jim Wheeler Pat Woodle PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY The Prayer Shawl Ministry Team create shawls and other items for you to share with those who need encouragement. When you give a shawl away, you are sharing the love and prayers of NEUMC. The prayer shawls are kept in the Prayer Center if one is needed. Please remember to sign the journal. If you need assistance, please see a staff member. The Prayer Shawl Ministry Team
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