AN INVITATION TO WORSHIPWelcome visitors! We invite you to sign the ritual of friendship pad during the service. Please complete a visitor card, found in the pews, and take it to the welcome desk in the Welcoming Hall, where we have a small gift for you. Infor-mational brochures are available in the Welcoming Hall. If you’re interested in becoming a part of our community, please check the appropriate column on the ritual of friendship pad, or contact any pastor. Again, a deep WELCOME!

Worship Aids: Large-print bulletins, Bibles, and hymnals are available from the ushers. Braille hymnals and ASL interpreters are available with one week’s advance notice to the church office, 271-1050, ext. 103. A hearing loop in the sanctuary is available for those who have hearing aids with T switches; you may also request earphones from the ushers that will aid you in hearing the service if needed. CDs of our Sunday morning services or just the sermon may be bor-rowed or purchased; call or stop by the office and speak with the receptionist during the week.

Prayer Request Cards are in the pew racks. We invite you to place prayer requests in the offering plates, so that our pastors and the Intercessory Prayer Group may pray for you. Your prayer request is confidential.

Coffee Fellowship: You are invited to enjoy coffee, tea, or cocoa and conversation every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Heavenly Grounds in the Gathering Center. Treats may also be available.

Giving to Asbury First: Donations to Asbury First may be made during the service by placing your gift (cash or check) in the offering plate when it is passed. You may also give online at www.asburyfirst.org. If you are interested in Electronic Fund Transfer, please contact Richard Moncrief at (585) 271-1050 x108 or rmoncrief@asburyfirst.org.

As a community of faith, we believe that children are sacred gifts and they are welcome in our worship. We recog-nize that children can become restless during worship. Excellent nursery and childcare is offered. Children’s bulletins are available. Please see an usher for more information.

After the service we welcome you to sit in the chancel choir pews to meditate and listen to the organ postlude.

We kindly ask that as you enter the Sanctuary you turn off your cell phone.

Worship on Radio – Each Sunday morning from 11:00 a.m.-noon you can tune your radio to WYSL 1040 AM or 92.1 FM to hear today’s worship service. You may also go to www.WYSL1040.com and hear audio of the service.

LIVE & Archived Worship on your Computer: We offer live video streaming of the 11:00 a.m. service on our website at www.asburyfirst.org. A video archive of past services is also available. We welcome your suggestions on how we may improve these offerings.

Reconciliation Statement: Asbury First United Methodist Church prayerfully strives to live in its commu-nity with open hearts, open minds and open doors. Affirming that each person is of sacred worth, we seek to be a fully inclusive church, believing that all people are God’s children, created in God’s image, loved and blessed equally by God. It is our purpose to be a Reconciling Congregation. This means extending hospitality and encouraging full participation of all, regardless of age, race, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status or family structure, education or economic background and physical or mental ability. We recognize that we hold a variety of opinions. We do not seek to erase our differences, but to journey together in faith toward greater understanding and mutual respect. We believe that reconciliation to God and to one another is central to our mission and ministry.

Prayer Is Our Most Important Asset. People are organizing to pray for our world in these troubled times. If you would like to participate: each evening at 9:00 p.m., stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for peace in the world.

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worship service

As the community gathers, we respectfully request that you enter into a time of silent preparation for worship. May the music of the prelude draw your hearts and minds to God. If, during the service, you feel the desire to applaud, please pause and permit the spirit of the musical offerings to fill your soul.

Easter Sunday • 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. • April 5, 2015

Prelude

Introit

* PRocessional Hymn

*Proclamation

Anthem

*Greeting

*HYMN

Prayer of Invocation

Prayer in Song

Variations on “Victory” — Palestrina/arr. Linker“Festive Fanfare” — Arnold Sherman“Easter Fanfare” — Carla Giomo

#302 “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” (vss. 1-4)

L: Christ is Risen!P: He is Risen indeed! Christ the Lord is Risen today!L: Hallelujah!P: Hallelujah!

“Hallelujah Chorus” — G. F. Handel

#312 “Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise” (vss. 1, 2, 4)

“We Seek You God” (vss. 1, 4, 5) (back of Hymnal) We seek you God, when dawn reveals its golden light,At close of day, when evening brings us rest.We seek you, God, in brightest sun and darkest night;Come to us, God eternal.

We seek you, God, in tiny buds that herald Spring,In blades of grass, in every leaf and flower.We seek you, God, in songs that all your creatures sing;Come to us, God eternal.

We seek you, God, in all the mortal deeds we do,At work and play, in all our waking hours.

3* please stand, in body or in spirit

THE COmmuNITy GATHERS ...

ScriptureJohn 20:1-18

Anthem

We seek you, God, in prayers and pledge our faith anew;Come to us, God eternal.

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’ Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrap-pings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ She said to them, ‘They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.’ When she had said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you look-ing?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbouni!’ (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, ‘Do not hold on to me, be-cause I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” ’ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that he had said these things to her. “Antiphon” — Ralph Vaughan Williams

Let all the world in every corner sing,My God and King!The heavens are not too high,His praise may thither fly:The earth is not too low,His praises there may grow.Let all the world in every corner sing,My God and King!The church with Psalms must shout.No door can keep them out:But above all, the heartMust bear the longest part.Let all the world in every corner sing,My God and King!

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(The children are invited to bring their prayer requests and offerings at this time.)

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 tres-passes, 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.

#303 “The Day of Resurrection” During the singing of this hymn, children four years old through fifth grade are invited to exit the Sanctuary for Enrichment Time. Parents may pick up their children in Fellowship Hall (lower floor, under the Sanctuary).

“Disguising Presence”

“Festive Celebration” — Arnold Sherman

Prayer Response

You are endowed, by your Creator God, with the gifts of time, talent, and treasure. You will find, within the worship folder, invitations to enrich your faith journey and enhance your commitment. We invite you to prayerfully consider these opportunities.You are invited to sign and pass the ritual of friendship tablet from the center aisle down the pew. Prayer request cards are available in the pew racks and may be placed in the offering plate as it is passed, or they may be placed in the wooden boxes located in the Narthex and Welcoming Hall.

“Resurrection” (finale from Symphony No. 2) — Gustav MahlerO Sorrow all-pervading,Now I have escaped you!O Death, Thou all-pervading,Now you have been conquered!With wings of love to Thee I’m soaring,To light which mankind has not seen.

Death is swallowed up in victory!Christ hath conquered death and lives!Rise, arise at once, my heart you will arise.All that you’ve labored to GodWill bear you to heaven.

The towel and bowl that are presented by the ushers at this time of the offering symbolically represent the giving of ourselves in humble, compassionate service to others, as was modeled by

Children’s Time

The Lord’s Prayer

*HYMN

Sermon

Call to Prayer

Pastoral Prayer

Invitation to Discipleship,

Membership, and Commitment

Offertory

TO RENEW COmmITmENT ...

Doxology

Prayer of Dedication

*RECESSIONAL HymN

*Benediction

Postlude

Participants in the Service

Christ when he washed his disciples’ feet using a towel and basin of water ( John 13:1-5). The offering plate of material gifts represents the ancient tradition of offering our best from life’s blessings to God (Deuteronomy 26:1-3).

#95 “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow”

We praise you, O God, and give You thanks for the gifts that You have given us: such joy, such grace, such hope. We bring our gifts to You in response to the Good News, Christ is Risen indeed! Alive with Your Spirit, may our words, our actions, our love and service bear witness to Your resurrection power. Amen.

#327 “Crown Him With Many Crowns”

*Benediction Response

“Toccata” from Symphony V — C.M. Widor

Preacher: Rev. Susan S. Shafer Liturgists: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. Cady II, Rev. Lawrence Hargrave, Mike MullinLay Reader: Timothy J. JohnsonOrgan: Duane PrillFlute: Annette FarringtonTrumpet: Paul Shewan, Diana Chase, Jim FarringtonFrench Horn: Casey SpringsteadTrombone: Steven Zugelder, Bob KalwasTimpani: Kristin Shiner-McGuireSoloists: Keely Futterer, Susan HuppéDirector, Asbury Festival Choir: William WeinertDirector, Asbury Ringers: Elizabeth ChurchAcolytes: Ariana Ernsthausen, Isaac Berg (8:30); Emily Hanrahan, Jack Dugan (11:00)Crucifers: Spencer Cole (8:30); Richard Benjamin (11:00)Head Ushers: Dick and Nancy Adamus (8:30); Marty Garland (11:00)Video Operator (11:00): Kenny BaileyAudio Operator (11:00): Kate Huppé

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CELEBRATIONS ANd CONCERNSThe flowers on the Children’s Altar are in honor of the birth of Aurora Lynn Mullin, daughter of Mike and Nadia Mullin, born on March 31, 2015.

We offer our prayers and concern for all those who are ill at home, hospitalized, or in hospice care. Known to be hospitalized as of Wednesday are Pepper Wolf at Highland Hospital, Rev. Dr. Ted Weeden at Strong Memorial Hospital, Carl Talbot at Unity Hospital, and Kathy Welch at St. Mary’s Hospital.

We offer our prayers and sympathy to Betty Little on the death of her husband, Eugene Little, on March 30, 2015.

We offer our prayers and sympathy to Bess Phillips on the death of her daughter Peggy on March 31, 2015.

We offer our prayers and sympathy to Emily Cady and family on the death of Emily’s grandfather, Charles Caton, on March 15, 2015.

The correct date for the memorial service for Al Froelicher is Saturday, April 25, 2015.

CHILdREN’S mINISTRyWe invite the children to take activity bags as they enter the Sanctuary. There are two different bags, the larger one is for children ages 3-6, and the other is for ages 7-12. Each bag contains an age-appropriate children’s worship bulletin, crayons, and a book. Please return them to a basket in the same location after the service.

Today, we will have Enrichment opportunities at the 8:30 and 11:00 services for children four years old through fifth grade. These classes will be held in Fellowship Hall, on the lower floor below the sanctuary, where you may pick your children up afterwards. These opportunities will take the place of Sunday School this week.

Is Children’s ministry meeting your child’s special needs? Can we make accommodations to be useful to you and your child? Contact Children’s Ministry at (585) 271-1050 x111 to explore possibilities.

GENERAL ANNOuNCEmENTSWe invite you to pray for members of our church families known to be serving in the military, at home or abroad:United States Air Force: Vernon M. Collier; SSgt Charles Key; Amn Patrick “Rick” Smith.United States Army: SPC Andrew J. Thompson; SGT Christopher M. Birdsall; MAJ Thomas Donatelle; CPT Nathan Lubba; MAJ Matthew Ristau; SGT Christian T. Dahl; CAPT Scott Moncrief.United States Marine Corps: Lt Craig R. Waldman; PFC John Lyons.United States Navy: LTJG Adam Kreutter; Lt Jason Kreutter; CAPT Jeffrey A. Ward*; BMC (SW/AW) Andrew Stukey.United States Army Reserves: SGT Philip NolandBell; SGT Michael DiPaola; SSgt Michael Joyce.*Australian Defense Forces: Jason Duffy**deployed.If you would like to add the name of a member or friend to our military listing, or if you know someone on this list who is no longer serving in the military, contact Mary Van Keuren at mvankeuren@asburyfirst.org, or (585) 271-1050. .

Holiday ClosureBecause of the Easter holiday, our church office will be closed on Monday, April 6.

A Note to Easter Flower donorsYour Easter donation put towards the purchase of the wide variety of potted spring plants helps to create an altar on Easter Sunday morning that is inspiring and full of promise. It is because the altar is so beautiful that it has been decided, after consultation with our senior pastor and Kittelbergers Florist, to leave the flowers on the altar to be enjoyed by all for a second Sunday. Therefore, we ask

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that Easter flower donors, who wish to take a plant from the altar, wait until after the 11:00 a.m. service on April 12. Members of the Altar Guild will help you at that time. Thank you. If you have questions, please contact Sandra Lee at (585) 381-1280 or Bev Schuman (585) 248-9673.

COmmuNITy NEEdS uRWell Clinic FundraiserThe University of Rochester’s medical students are planning their 10th annual UR Well 5K Run/Walk for Saturday, April 11 at Genesee Valley Park. The event is in support of our own Asbury First UR Well Clinic, as well as the other two clinics run in conjunction with the Uni-versity of Rochester School of Medicine. You’re invited to participate as a runner/walker, to sponsor a racer or team, or to have your business serve as a corporate sponsor for the race. For more information or to donate to this worthy cause, go to www.wizathon.com/urwell5k.

dining Center NeedsThe Dining and Caring Center is looking for a few items: a new or gently used guitar, and sleeping bags and backpacks for our homeless guests. If you can help with any of these items, you may bring them to the Dining Center (at 1010 East Ave.; the brick building west of the church) or to the church office (in 1050 East Ave., the grey stone building east of the church) during regular business hours. Thank you for your generosity!

done Any Spring Cleaning yet?If you are doing any spring cleaning, please consider donat-ing your gently used items to the Asbury First Basement Sale, which will be held this year Thursday through Satur-day, July 30, 31, and August 1. Small items may be boxed, labeled “for Basement Sale,” and brought to the Storehouse, in the basement of 1050 East Ave. (the grey stone building east of the church) at any time. Larger items, such as fur-niture, large pictures, and similar items, can be brought to the Campfire Room in the Education Wing (on the lower floor) beginning Monday, June 15. All proceeds benefit the Storehouse, allowing them to buy blankets, socks, and other items for our neighbors in need.

School #41 NewsOur assistance for students at School #41 for end-of year discovery trips will focus on the third graders this spring. There are 87 third graders. The entrance fee at the Strong Museum is $6. It is our hope that the Asbury First community will help with this cost. If you would like to help, please send your contribution to the church office; checks should indicate “School 42, spring trip”. Thank you for helping “our” kids! Also, beginning in April, there will be a box in the Welcoming Hall for “Box Tops for Education”. Products that promote box tops include: General Mills, Kleenex, Scott, and Betty Crocker. For more information about either of these projects contact Nancy Davidow at ndavidow2@rochester.rr.com, or check out www.boxtops4education.com. Thanks for your help!

do you Have Photos of Susan?For a project related to the retirement of our senior minister, Rev. Susan Shafer, in June, we are looking for photos of Susan from years past. If you have any such photos that we can borrow and scan (the original will be returned to you), please drop them off at the church office or contact Mary Van Keuren at mvankeuren@asburyfirst.org or (585) 271-1050 x109. Thank you for your help.

FELLOWSHIP OPPORTuNITIES diversity Book ClubSix copies of The Devil’s Highway, a Pulitzer-Prize finalist book by Luis Alberto Urrea, will be available soon for the first half-dozen people who would like to participate in the Diversity Book Club on April 26. Other copies are avail-able in local public libraries. We’ll discuss the book in the Resource Library after the 11:00 a.m. service on the 26th. Anyone is welcome to join as we read and discuss books exploring issues of race and diversity. The Devil’s Highway looks at both the people who risk death by crossing a hos-tile desert to enter illegally from Mexico into the United States for work, and at the U.S. Border Patrol officers tasked with keeping them out. For information, contact Diana Carter (blueloon@rochester.rr.com or 473-1187.)

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Asbury First men’s RetreatMen, join us for our annual spring retreat at Casowasco from Friday evening, May 1 to Sunday morning, May 3, 2015. We will be staying in the beautiful mansion, Galilee Lodge, on Owasco Lake. We will gather to sing, pray, hike, worship and have discussions. This year’s theme will be centered on the movie It’s a Wonderful Life and an accom-panying book titled 52 Little Lessons from It’s a Wonderful Life, by Bob Welch. This is a chance to relax, reflect and renew one’s spirit. The cost is $156.50 per person for 2 nights and 4 meals. You can bring your own sleeping bag or pay $8 for Casowasco to supply linens for your bed. If in-terested please contact Bruce Thompson at brucerthomp-sonmd@mac.com or Glenn Peck at gpeck1@rochester.rr.com.

EduCATIONAL OPPORTuNITIESSunday School Classes (9:45-10:45 a.m.) You are welcome to join any class: all are open and welcome visitors!Topics for this week, April 5:No classes due to the Easter holiday. Please enjoy your day with your families!Topics for next week, April 12:Doublers: 1010 Red Room; Rev. Dr. Stephen Cady.Fifty Plus Fellowship: 1010 Dining Room; “Zealot: The

Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,” Ted Retzlaff.Growing Spirits/Living Edge: 1010 Rm. 21; Marcia

Wilke.Partnership: 1010 Meditation Room; “A Travelogue Out

of Africa,” Nancy Boerner.Parables of Parenting: 1040 Rm. 205; please join us.Sunday Bible Study: 1050 Teak Room; on-going study of

the Gospel of John. Bring your Bible and join us. In the News: 1050 Dining Room; please join us.

CRCdS Lecture SeriesColgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School is holding their Spring Lecture Series this year on April 7-9, and are inviting all Asbury First members to join them for the following lectures:Tuesday, April 7: “• I Come to the Garden Alone: The Earthly Spirituality of

Black Folk,” 1:30 p.m., James H. Evans, Jr.

• “Big Bang Ecology & Conscious Evolution,” 7:00 p.m., Ilia Delio, Georgetown University.

Wednesday, April 8:• “Are Technology & Ecology Competing Myths?”

1:30 p.m., Ilia Delio, Georgetown University; with a sustainability forum at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 9:• “Sustaining Our Place in God’s Time: Meeting the

Incarnation in the Garden,” 1:30 p.m., Gail O’Day, Wake Forest University; with a sustainability forum at 3:30 p.m.

• ‘’Tending the Gardens of our Lives: Queer Temporality and Pastoral Care,” 7:00 p.m. Patrick Cheng, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge MA.

For complete information, please go to www.crds.edu/spring-lecture-week.

Holy Superhero: The Spirituality of SuperheroesApril 23, 30, May 7, 14 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Gathering CenterWhether you are able to leap tall buildings in a single bound or can just barely manage to fight off the common cold, we invite you to a discussion of the spirituality of the comic heroes we all know and love. Whether you love Marvel or DC, whether you prefer flight or invisibility, whether you are young or old, we welcome you to our discussion of how the themes of these stories of good and evil might inform, or be informed by, our faith. We will meet for four sessions from 6:30-8:00 p.m. beginning on April 23 in the Gathering Center. All ages are welcome, but children under ten should be accompanied by a parent. Childcare is available by request. The first two nights will feature a younger child-friendly activity during the first half hour. If you have questions, please contact Stephen Cady at scady@asburyfirst.org. Feel free to come in costume!

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meetings & reheArsAlsApril 5-11

Sun. 9:45 Sunday School hour 4:00 Youth Bell Choir –1040 5:00 Asbury Ringers – 1040 5:00 Middle School Youth – 1040 5:00 Senior High Choir – 1040 6:00 Youth Meal – 1040 6:30 Middle School Choir – 1040 6:30 Senior High Youth – 1040Mon. Office Closed 9:00 AFFRAM – 1040 5:30 Stewardship Comm. – 1050 7:00 Spiritual Life Comm. – 1050 7:00 Vision Team – 1050Tues. 9:30 Women’s Fellowship – 1040 Wed. 6 am Men’s Devotional Group – 1010 10:00 Adult Study – 1010 12:00 Women on Wed. – 1010 5:00 Labyrinth – 1040

leAdership stAffThe Rev. Susan S. Shafer, Senior Minis-ter, sshafer@asburyfirst.org

The Rev. Dr. Stephen M. Cady II, Min-ister for Faith Formation – Hospitality & Membership Care, scady@asburyfirst.org

The Rev. Lawrence Hargrave, Minister for Outreach and Community Connection,lhargrave@asburyfirst.org

Paula Dugan, Children’s Ministry Director, pdugan@asburyfirst.org

Jessica Burdick-Giordano, Children’s Ministry Assistant, msjburdick@gmail.com

Mike Mullin, Director of Youth Ministries,mmullin@asburyfirst.org

Melody Guadagnino, Administrative Assistant, mguadagnino@asburyfirst.org

Ken Carr, Property Care Manager,kcarr@asburyfirst.org

Michele Cooley, Director, Dining and Caring Center, mcooley@asburyfirst.org

Richard Moncrief, Financial Administra-tor, rmoncrief@asburyfirst.org

Mary Van Keuren, CommunicationsDirector, mvankeuren@asburyfirst.org

David Strong, Music Administrator; Assistant Organist, dstrong@asburyfirst.org

Dr. William Weinert, Director of Music,wweinert@esm.rochester.edu

Duane Prill, Organist, duaneprill@gmail.com

Carol Lamica, Director, Youth Music,clamica@asburyfirst.org

Brian Bohrer, Director, Asbury Singers,tenorbri@gmail.com

Bozena Granat, Director, Children’s Music, Bozena_Granat@bcsd.org

Elizabeth Church, Director, Asbury Ringers, elizchurch@juno.com

Lawrence Dugan, Director, Youth Theater,duganis@me.com

Rev. Linda Clemow*, Artist-in-Residence,soulsourcestudio1@gmail.com

Nancy Davidow* & Betsy DiPaola*, Storehouse Directorsasburystorehouse@gmail.com

Church Switchboard: (585) 271-1050.

5:45 Children’s Min. Dinner – 1040 6:00 Weight Loss Group – 1040 6:30 Carvers of Hope – 1010 7:30 Sanctuary Choir – 1040 7:30 URWell Comm. – 1050Thurs. 7:00 Trustees – 1050

*Volunteer leadership

Food Trucks and FREE Events,

open to all!

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tent week

Tent Week Is back!

What’s under the big top this year? Mark your

calendars for July 31-August 7 and find out!

Food Trucks and FREE Events,

open to all!save the dates

July 31 to August 7

Spiritual RetreatsSpringSpiritual Retreats

• Fridayevening,May1toSundaymorning,May3.• CampCasowascoonbeautifulLakeOwasco

Wegathertosing,pray,hike,worshipandhavediscussions.Thisisachancetorelax,reflectandrenewone’sspirit.Thecostis$156.50perpersonfor2nightsand4meals.Interested?

pleasecontactBruceThompsonatbrucerthomp-sonmd@mac.comorGlennPeckatgpeck1@rochester.rr.com.

Men’sRetreat• Saturday-Sunday,

June13-14• CampAsbury,Silver

Lake,NY• $90/person(due

byJune1tothechurchoffice)–includesSaturdaylunchanddinner;Sundaybreakfast

Aweekendofserenity,stressrelief,stretching,si-lence,songs,sharing,smiles,andScripture.RegisterbycontactingMelodyGuadagninoat(585)271-1050x103ormguadagnino@asburyfirst.org.

Women’sRetreatWalking

SimplyWith Christ

New Member Class Series

begins Sunday, April 19

9:45-10:45 a.m.

1050 East Ave (grey stone

building nex to church)

Interested? Contact Melody

Guadagnino at

(585) 271-1050 x103 or

mguadagnino@asburyfirst.org

JOIN OuR CHuRCH FAMILY!

Asbury First United Methodist Church1050 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607

585-271-1050 ~ info@asburyfirst.org ~ www.asburyfirst.org

Join us for a new class at Asbury First

Holy Superhero! The Spirituality of Superheroes

April 23, 30, May 7, 14

6:30-8 pm

Gathering Center

For more info, see

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Join us for a light lunch, bounce

house, and activities for kids

of all ages

Plus! save the dateVacation Bible School 2015

Monday-Thursday, August 3-6

Family CarnivalSunday, June 7 | noon-2:00 p.m.

There are many ways you can serve others at Asbury First. Find a volunteer

opportunity that works for you by calling us at (585) 271-1050 x103 or go

to www.asburyfirst.org.

serve Your neighbor…Feed the hungry

clothe the nakedheal the sick

care for the least among us

Celebrating the Rev. Lawrence Hargrave

Gathering Center ~ Sunday, April 12Following the 11:00 a.m. service

Join us in celebrating the ministry and presence of the Rev. Lawrence Hargrave as he begins his retirement. There will be refreshments, music befitting Lawrence’s love of jazz, and a basket where you may bring your notes, and

other expressions of gratitude for Lawrence.

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