Our Purpose
To grow in our relationship with God, ourselves and others.
To carry out the ministry of Jesus Christ.
Our Mission
Welcome to Worship at
St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church
November 23, 2014
8:30am
Bring spiritual wanderers and seekers into relationship with Jesus Christ.
Grow in discipleship through small group communities.
Serve through our calling and giftedness.
Activities In Our Church Family
Worship for Sunday, November 30—1st Sunday of Advent
8:30 & 10:00am Worship Services
9:00am Angel Dancers & Dangerous Boys (Wesley Room / Upper Lot)
11:30pm Cherub / Christmas Program Rehearsals (SA)
1:00pm Youth Group (Youth Room)
Nov 30—1st Sunday of Advent
Dec 1—Finance Committee Meeting, 7pm Fireside Room
Dec 6—Dress Rehearsal for Children’s Program, 9:45am—noon
Dec 6—Sanctuary Christmas Decorating, 1pm
Dec 7—2nd Sunday of Advent, Children’s Christmas Program
Dec 9—Worship Committee, 7pm Fireside Room
Dec 9—Admin Council, 8pm Fireside Room
Dec 13—Cantata Rehearsal 10am, Sanctuary
Dec 14—3rd Sunday of Advent, Christmas Cantata
Dec 14—Alternative Market
Dec 21—4th Sunday of Advent
Dec 21—Homeless Meal and Shelter
Dec 22—Christmas Caroling
Dec 24—Christmas Eve Worship 7pm & 11pm
St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church
1360 S. Wendy Dr., Newbury Park, CA 91320
(805) 498-6910
[email protected]
Pastor Stan Ferguson: [email protected]
www.StMatthewsNP.com
Office Hours: 9 am to 3 pm, Monday-Thursday
Welcome Guests and Visitors!
We hope that you feel at home here, and that you will linger with us after worship for
conversation and coffee service on the patio. Signing the attendance folder during the
service helps us to keep in touch and let you know of opportunities to serve God and
strengthen your faith through fellowship. May God’s peace always be with you.
If you would like prayers lifted up in worship and/or
included in the list below, please add them to the
Prayer Request Book prior to the worship service.
To add a request to the Prayer Chain, please contact
Lynne Hartley at (805) 341-5172 or [email protected]
Order of Worship
November 23, 2014
Thanksgiving Sunday
8:30 a.m. Worship
PRELUDE
PREPARATION FOR THE WORD
Kevin Su Fukagawa
BRINGING IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
INTROIT “For All the Saints”
Suzan Stonely, Liturgist
+OPENING PRAYER (Mother Theresa)
Lord, at the end of our lives, we will not be judged by how many
diplomas we received, how much money we have made or how many
great things we have done. We will be judged by “I was hungry and
you gave me to eat. I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless and you took me in.” May this morning be a moment that we
reflect on these important words. Amen
PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD
STUDY VERSES: Matthew 25:31-46, Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, Psalm
100 (UMH 821), Ephesians 1:15-23
THE LESSON Matthew 25:31-46
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When
Suzan Stonely, Liturgist
the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with
him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be
gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from
another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will
put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
+ Stand if you are able
+OPENING HYMN “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come”
Hymnal #694
Bold invites participation
+CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader:
The Lord be with you
People:
And also with you
Leader:
Who are you?
People:
I am the least of these
Hymnal #711 (v1)
New Praise:
Larry in ICU with end stage liver
Elise Liliana Ford Pillado new
disease (Christy Whisman)
grandchild for Jim and Suzanne Ford Lena Ho diagnosed with stage 4
cancer (Kuo family)
Continue to pray for:
Doris Williams having mini strokes
Julie Salinas (Otto Sanders)
(Kathy Nubling)
Logan Durban newborn with a
Jane Zimmermann better blood
“tough start” (Kathy Martin
pressure control (Kathleen Harrell)
Janice McMahon cancer treatment Karen Connelly treatment for kidney
(Christina McEachern)
failure (Jan Gauwain)
Jack recovery from a fall (Jackie
Holly Grago (Casey Goldberg)
Heinemann’s father)
Skogi Baker (Christina McEachern)
Jacqueline Akagi 1yr old with liver Lorna Board (Ryan Board’s mother)
transplant (Heather Knoedler)
Grace Brinkman (Bonnie Culler)
Ed Dyer for pain relief (Debi Dyer) Kathleen Harrell (Lynne Hartley)
David Stoppel recovering from sur- Marion and Jerry Vausbinder
gery (Carla von Zell’s son)
(Kathy Martin)
Travis Johnson kidney stone and
Marcia Krafft (Pam Suggs)
infection (Betty Johnson’s grandson) Fred Raum (Bill Hartley)
Family of Ray Jarrells on his
Leslie Hartley (The Hartley family)
passing (Mike Jarrells’ grandfather)
Andreas Knickman (BSA Troop
John Terry (Kelly Dillon)
730)
Heather surgeries after a car accident Meagan Smith (Tanya Blanck)
(Marty & Joanne Oemig’s niece)
Pray for those in cancer treatment:
Billie Gayl Gray (Cheryl Quall)
Martha Ronat (Casey & Dan)
Donnie Richardson (Joyce Wheatly)
Mike Madden (Otto Sanders)
Nicole Pratt (Jan Shear)
Don Griner (Casey Goldberg)
Jane Eddy (Scott & Bonnie Culler)
Linda de Camp (Cheryl Qualls)
Richard Mackenzie (Joanne Stone)
David Exstrom (Kathy Martin)
Julie Berry (Randi Berry)
Marilyn Peterson (Patti Adams)
Irene (Sautes)
Laine (Sautes)
Maria Blackwood (Denise Curtis)
Patricia Williams (Sheryl Jacobs)
Cheryl (Christy Whisman)
Thomas Bittner - (Tom McClellan)
Jean Arndt (Ramona Hallit)
Alex (Detweiler Family)
St. Matthew's Counseling Center
34 “Then
Provides services at
no cost to members
and associates.
Call 805-480-1167 for an appointment
INTROIT “For All the Saints”
Hymnal #711 (v1)
3 Wise Men Needed
(and 3 men willing to climb on ladders)
The Worship Committee needs "confirmed" help to decorate
the Sanctuary for Christmas on December 6th 1-3pm.
Please confirm with Marcia Miyasaka
[email protected] or 499-2117
Ask Justin Alvarez
how to get involved!
(818) 224-7077
the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are
blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for
you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave
me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to
drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and
you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison
and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you
hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing
clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and
go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of
the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who
are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and
you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and
in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or
thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did
not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of
the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to
eternal life.”
SERMON
“Responding to Need”
Pastor Stan Ferguson
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
MOVING INTO A SPIRIT OF PRAYER
“Give Thanks” TFWS #399
PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE
Dan Overton, Worship Leader
PRAYERS FOR THE DISTRICT: On this day, we will pray for the overall
fruitful ministry and faithful leadership of Santa Clarita UMC, Ministry Candidates and their Mentors.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil,
for thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
MOVING BEYOND A SPIRIT OF PRAYER
“Give Thanks” TFWS #399
OFFERTORY
+DOXOLOGY
Hymnal #95
BLESSINGS OF OUR TITHES & OFFERINGS
Dan Overton
+HOLY COMMUNION
+CLOSING HYMN “Jesu, Jesu”
BENEDICTION
Hymnal #432
Pastor Stan Ferguson
+CLOSING CIRCLE Please stand and join us as you are able
+THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH
Dan Overton, Worship Leader
+CELEBRATION OF BIRTHDAYS: 11-23 Rev. Dr. Colleen
Windham-Hughes, 11-24 Bob Biery, 11-25 Ruth Bushart, 11-26 Marion
Vausbinder, 11-27 Mike Bertrand, 11-28 James Tobin, 11-29 Bonnie
Culler, 11-29 Dennis Heinemann, 11-29 Tim LeRoy, 11-29 Ben Kuo
+UNISON BENEDICTION “Go Now in Peace”
POSTLUDE
Screen
Saturday, December 13,
2014
Newbury Park
First Christian Church
801 Knollwood Drive
Newbury Park, CA 91320
The annual ACTION Community Christmas
Shoppe is almost here! This event brings together volunteers from over 50 area churches to serve 1500+ local low
income families by providing toys for Christmas. The
shoppe is stocked with donations from toy drives such as
ours. It’s not too late to drop a toy or gift in the toy collection box in the narthex! Last day for gift drop-off is December 7 for the Conejo Valley Shoppe being held on December 13 at Newbury Park First Christian Church. We’re
looking in particular for gifts for teenagers. Check out the
toy suggestion list posted on the box itself for gift ideas!
Also, don’t forget to sign up to volunteer at the
Christmas Shoppe itself. You can help guide the shoppers
through the shop, prepare and serve refreshments, wrap
gifts, or help with kids’ activities, amongst other tasks.
You can sign up on-line at http://actionvc.org/christmasshoppe-2014/, or you can contact Janice Kakazu if you
need help signing up or if you have questions (805-4992773), [email protected].
Kevin Su Fukagawa
COFFEE FELLOWSHIP WITH our St. Matthew’s Family
Thank you to Jan Shear for providing Altar flowers today
and to those serving in our worship service.
Help bring God’s love and joy to families that are struggling economically!
Janice