Epiphany/Laity Sunday

January 7, 2018 7 de enero 2018

Iglesia Metodista Unida

White Plains

United Methodist Church

www.wpumc.com (919) 467-9394

info@wpumc.com Si alguien necesita un consejo o oración, al final del servicio una persona de Stephen Minister estará

disponible en la esquina izquierda de adelante de este lugar.

Prayer Concerns

Anna Avery, Anjalie Bhattacharyya, Carol Boykin, Maria del Carmen Burgos, Joyce “Boo Boo” Byrd, Roy Carawan, Glenda Darrell, Jack Farmer, Rob Frohlking, Tempie Furr, Carol Garland, Dylan Harrell, Eleanor Hennis, Hortencia Herlinda, Bob Hinshaw, Polly Hinshaw, Becky Humphrey, Fred Jetter, Pat Johnson, Phyllis Lang, Beth Laverty, Jim Laverty, Joe Long, Lucy Lowry, Ernie Miller, Jane Miller, Jim Morgan, Gary Parker, Joe Perkins, Lorraine Perkinson, Amy Pethick, Don Remley, Ginny Sapp, Harlyn Van Sloten, Tracey Walden, Eloise Walker, Elaine Zisek, and those serving in the Armed Forces

Domingo de Epifanía

Culto de Alabanza y Adoración, 11:00 am

Oración de Bienvenida y Saludo de la Congregación

*Hola ¿Como Estas?

Salmos 100

Tiempo de Reflexión y Confesión

Tiempo de Alabanza y Adoración

*Venid Pastorcillos

*Tú Dejaste Tu Trono

*Ángeles Cantando

Diezmos y Ofrendas

*Demos Gracias

Prédica:

Título: “Los Regalos Para Jesús”

Johnny Llerena

Comunión

Oración de Envió

Anuncios:

Primer día de Semillas de Amor y Cosecha de Amor 2018, 16 de

enero a las 5:30pm.

Primer día de Escuela Dominical, 21 de enero a las 9:30am en

el salón C111-113.

Discovery –Un retiro para jóvenes de middle school aquí en la

iglesia del 2 al 4 de febrero. Registrarse con Lupita, Sara o

Jenny antes del 14 de enero costo de inscripción $50.

Clases para parejas –El Amor Es Una Decisión, del 4 de febrero

al 11 de marzo a las 4:30pm. Tendremos cuidado de niños.

Registrarse con Lupita al 919-457-3748.

Join Our Church Family!

Interested in membership? Email:

newmembers@wpumc.com

Laity participating in worship today

Ushers: John Burris, Israel Keefer, CJ Loomis, John Mundorf Acolyte: Rose Gaddy Crucifer: Ethan Cavaliero Lay Reader: Sue Schuh Lay Leader: Wayne Tindle Liturgist: Bruce Cranfill Guest Conductor: Brian Sublette Call to worship author: Joel Schnoor Prayer of Illumination author: Susan Brittain

Traditional Worship, 8:30am Welcome and Announcements

Prelude Blessed Jesus at Thy Word JS Bach

*Choral Intriot Jubilate, Sing Joyfully! Dave and Jean Perry

Credo

Responsive Call To Worship written by Joel Schnoor The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior! I will praise you among the nations, O Lord; I will sing praises to your

name. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my

hands. Great is your love, higher than the heavens. Be exalted, O God, and let your glory be over all the earth.

*Hymn of Praise Rise Up, O Men of God UMH #576

Passing of the Peace

Special Music Star Carol Richard Shephard

Children’s Choir; TJ Rogers—Director, Chuck McCullen—Assistant, Nathan Schnoor—Piano

Time of Prayer - 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.

*Affirmation of Faith (Apostles’ Creed) UMH #881

I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead: he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

*Gloria Patri Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

Prayer For Illumination written by Susan Brittain Lord of all, big and small. Quiet our many thoughts and still our restless feet, so we may hear your word and follow you. Through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Scripture Sue Schuh John 21:15-19 NT #109

Anthem O God, Our Help, in Ages Past arr. John Rutter

Chancel Choir and Credo, Brian Sublette—Conductor

Message Serving God at All Ages

Wayne Tindle, Lay Leader

*Hymn of Response The Summons TFWS #2130 vs. 1 & 5

The Offertory The Baptism Hymn Paul Manz

Please sign the attendance book in your row, so we might have an accurate record of your presence in worship.

*Dedication of Gifts—The Doxology UMH #94 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

*Closing Hymn God of the Ages UMH #698

*Dismissal with Blessing

*Choral Response A Closing Prayer Don Besig

Chancel Choir and Credo

Postlude Postlude on: King of Kings and The King of Glory David Lasky

*Congregation standing Children ages 5 and under are welcome in the children’s wing

for nursery care at any time during the 8:30 service.

Devices are available near the entrance of the Sanctuary for those needing assistance with hearing the service.

Please silence your cell phone before the service of worship begins.

Welcome...We’re Glad You’re Here!

Pre-Service Music

Star Carol

Children’s Choir

Jubilate, Sing Joyfully! Credo

How Great Is Our God

10,000 Reasons

Come Holy Spirit

Prayer —Bruce Cranfill

Offering

Scripture John 21:15-19

Message

Serving God at All Ages Wayne Tindle, Lay Leader

Children 3 years-2nd grade are invited to E9 for Children’s Church during

the message and will re-enter the service after the message.

The Summons

Response/Final Remarks We’d love to get to know you, and we’d like for you to get to know us!

Feel free to sign the pew pad when it is passed your way, if you’d like to share your contact info with us. Thanks!

CCLI#967142

11:00am

White Plains UMC

White Plains UMC is a disciple-making congregation on mission for Christ. We are honored by your presence in worship this morning. Please join us for coffee any Sunday during the 9:45 hour in the back of the Christian Life Cen-ter, C200.

Church Office If you have a need or question, please call the church office, 919-467-9394, or email info@wpumc.com. Office hours are from 8am to 5pm Monday-Thursday, and 8am to 3pm on Friday.

Available for Children Nursery Care by our Nursery Team during all worship services and the 9:45 Sunday school hour. Sunday School for children ages 3 years - 5th grade from 9:45 to 10:45am. Children’s Worship during the 11am worship services. The children (ages 3 years—2nd grade) are escorted by our staff from the worship service when announced and are brought back to their parents at the end of the service.

Sunday Schedule 8:30am Traditional worship service, Sanctuary 9:45am Sunday school for all ages 11:00am Embrace, contemporary worship in the Christian Life Center 11:00am Spanish language worship service, Sanctuary

Our greeters and ushers are available to answer questions.

Visit wpumc.com for more information.

White Plains UMC

White Plains UMC is a disciple-making congregation on mission for Christ. We are honored by your presence in worship this morning. Please join us for coffee any Sunday during the 9:45 hour in the back of the Christian Life Center, C200.

Church Office If you have a need or question, please call the church office, 919-467-9394, or email info@wpumc.com. Office hours are from 8am to 5pm Monday-Thursday, and 8am to 3pm on Friday.

Available for Children Nursery Care by our Nursery Team during all worship services and the 9:45 Sunday school hour. Sunday School for children ages 3 years - 5th grade from 9:45 to 10:45am. Children’s Worship during the 11am worship services. The children (ages 3 years—2nd grade) are escorted by our staff from the worship service when announced and are brought back to their parents at the end of the service.

Sunday Schedule 8:30am Traditional worship service, Sanctuary 9:45am Sunday school for all ages 11:00am Embrace, contemporary worship in the Christian Life Center 11:00am Spanish language worship service, Sanctuary

Our greeters and ushers are available to answer questions.

Visit wpumc.com for more information.

White Plains UMC

White Plains UMC is a disciple-making congregation on mission for Christ. We are honored by your presence in worship this morning. Please join us for coffee any Sunday during the 9:45 hour in the back of the Christian Life Cen-ter, C200.

Church Office If you have a need or question, please call the church office, 919-467-9394, or email info@wpumc.com. Office hours are from 8am to 5pm Monday-Thursday, and 8am to 3pm on Friday.

Available for Children Nursery Care by our Nursery Team during all worship services and the 9:45 Sunday school hour. Sunday School for children ages 3 years - 5th grade from 9:45 to 10:45am. Children’s Worship during the 11am worship services. The children (ages 3 years—2nd grade) are escorted by our staff from the worship service when announced and are brought back to their parents at the end of the service.

Sunday Schedule 8:30am Traditional worship service, Sanctuary 9:45am Sunday school for all ages 11:00am Embrace, contemporary worship in the Christian Life Center 11:00am Spanish language worship service, Sanctuary

Our greeters and ushers are available to answer questions.

Visit wpumc.com for more information.

Upcoming Events Upcoming Events Upcoming Events

UMM Breakfast January 13, 8:30am

Discovery February 2-4 UMM Breakfast January 13, 8:30am

Discovery February 2-4

UMM Breakfast January 13, 8:30am

Discovery February 2-4

Ministry in Action - Announcements All gifts made today, January 7, 2018 will be considered 2018 gifts.

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Everyone is invited to participate in the Three Kings' Day celebration today during and after our 11:00am Spanish speaking service in the Sanctuary. After the service there will be hot chocolate and the traditional Kings' bread. All are welcome. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The United Methodist Men's breakfast meetings are the second Saturday of each month. The next UMM meeting is January 13th, at 8:30am in the CLC. Jay Helms will lead the program. (infowpumc.com/umm-fellowship/) —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Starting Tuesday, January 16, the Harvest of Love (Cosecha de Amor) tutoring program will begin serving Middle School children at White Plains. This new program is an offshoot of the Seeds Of Love program for elementary age children, and will meet at the same time, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 until 6:30 pm. If you would like to be a regular or substitute tutor for the new program, please contact one of the coordinators at hol@wpumc.com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Discovery 2018: February 2-4, we will have our in-house retreat that shows our middle school students that God loves them through games, Discovery Groups, a long break, yummy food, and fellowship with their church family. The cost for Middle School students is $50 until January 14. The cost for high schoolers to help out is $30 for the full weekend. See Jenny if you need financial assistance. Register your youth or as an adult volunteer by January 14 at wpumc.com/discovery. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Servant hearts needed...Are you looking for a way to serve? The church

office is looking for several more volunteers to help answer phones, greet

our guests and members, and help with a variety of projects. All you need

is a friendly smile and a heart for God’s people. The days and times needed are 1st and 3rd Mondays, 2-5pm; 1st Tuesdays, 2-5; 2nd Tuesday, 10-2pm;

3rd Tuesday, 2-5pm; 4th Tuesday, 12-5pm; Wednesdays, 2-5pm; and

Thursdays, 12-5pm. Contact Debbie, 919-467-9394, Debbie@wpumc.com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Like what you see on the screens? We are seeking folks with some basic computer skills to help with the audio-visual portion of our worship particularly at the 8:30am service. If you're interested or want to know more email Rob at communications@wpumc.com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

ASP Year Round Trip to Rainelle WV. March 13-17. Cost is $195 per volunteer. We have 10 slots available for both men and women and WE NEED YOU! Rainelle is still recovering from the devastating flood in June of 2016, and ASP has received a federal grant to build and repair 50 more houses in 2018. We will leave around noon on Tuesday, March 13, work 3 days and travel home Saturday the 17. Please consider joining us as we share God’s love with the folks in Rainelle, WV. For more info or to sign up, please contact Pat LiVecchi 919-610-9949 or pm.livecchi@gmail.com. You will be truly blessed!

January 7, 2018 Ministry in Action - Announcements Ministry in Action - Announcements

All gifts made today, January 7, 2018 will be considered 2018 gifts. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Everyone is invited to participate in the Three Kings' Day celebration today during and after our 11:00am Spanish speaking service in the Sanctuary. After the service there will be hot chocolate and the tradi-tional Kings' bread. All are welcome. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The United Methodist Men's breakfast meetings are the second Saturday of each month. The next UMM meeting is January 13th, at 8:30am in the CLC. Jay Helms will lead the program. (infowpumc.com/umm-fellowship/) —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Starting Tuesday, January 16, the Harvest of Love (Cosecha de Amor) tutoring program will begin serving Middle School children at White Plains. This new program is an offshoot of the Seeds Of Love program for elementary age children, and will meet at the same time, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 until 6:30 pm. If you would like to be a regular or substitute tutor for the new program, please contact one of the coordinators at hol@wpumc.com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Discovery 2018: February 2-4, we will have our in-house retreat that shows our middle school students that God loves them through games, Discovery Groups, a long break, yummy food, and fellowship with their church family. The cost for Middle School students is $50 until January 14. The cost for high schoolers to help out is $30 for the full weekend. See Jenny if you need financial assistance. Register your youth or as an adult volunteer by January 14 at wpumc.com/discovery. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Servant hearts needed...Are you looking for a way to serve? The church

office is looking for several more volunteers to help answer phones, greet

our guests and members, and help with a variety of projects. All you need

is a friendly smile and a heart for God’s people. The days and times needed are 1st and 3rd Mondays, 2-5pm; 1st Tuesdays, 2-5; 2nd Tuesday, 10-2pm;

3rd Tuesday, 2-5pm; 4th Tuesday, 12-5pm; Wednesdays, 2-5pm; and

Thursdays, 12-5pm. Contact Debbie, 919-467-9394, Debbie@wpumc.com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Like what you see on the screens? We are seeking folks with some basic computer skills to help with the audio-visual portion of our worship par-ticularly at the 8:30am service. If you're interested or want to know more email Rob at communications@wpumc.com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

ASP Year Round Trip to Rainelle WV. March 13-17. Cost is $195 per vol-unteer. We have 10 slots available for both men and women and WE NEED YOU! Rainelle is still recovering from the devastating flood in June of 2016, and ASP has received a federal grant to build and repair 50 more houses in 2018. We will leave around noon on Tuesday, March 13, work 3 days and travel home Saturday the 17. Please consider joining us as we share God’s love with the folks in Rainelle, WV. For more info or to sign up, please contact Pat LiVecchi 919-610-9949 or pm.livecchi@gmail.com. You will be truly blessed!

All gifts made today, January 7, 2018 will be considered 2018 gifts. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Everyone is invited to participate in the Three Kings' Day celebration today during and after our 11:00am Spanish speaking service in the Sanctuary. After the service there will be hot chocolate and the tradi-tional Kings' bread. All are welcome. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The United Methodist Men's breakfast meetings are the second Saturday of each month. The next UMM meeting is January 13th, at 8:30am in the CLC. Jay Helms will lead the program. (infowpumc.com/umm-fellowship/) —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Starting Tuesday, January 16, the Harvest of Love (Cosecha de Amor) tutoring program will begin serving Middle School children at White Plains. This new program is an offshoot of the Seeds Of Love program for elementary age children, and will meet at the same time, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 until 6:30 pm. If you would like to be a regular or substitute tutor for the new program, please contact one of the coordinators at hol@wpumc.com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Discovery 2018: February 2-4, we will have our in-house retreat that shows our middle school students that God loves them through games, Discovery Groups, a long break, yummy food, and fellowship with their church family. The cost for Middle School students is $50 until January 14. The cost for high schoolers to help out is $30 for the full weekend. See Jenny if you need financial assistance. Register your youth or as an adult volunteer by January 14 at wpumc.com/discovery. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Servant hearts needed...Are you looking for a way to serve? The church

office is looking for several more volunteers to help answer phones, greet

our guests and members, and help with a variety of projects. All you need

is a friendly smile and a heart for God’s people. The days and times needed are 1st and 3rd Mondays, 2-5pm; 1st Tuesdays, 2-5; 2nd Tuesday, 10-2pm;

3rd Tuesday, 2-5pm; 4th Tuesday, 12-5pm; Wednesdays, 2-5pm; and

Thursdays, 12-5pm. Contact Debbie, 919-467-9394, Debbie@wpumc.com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Like what you see on the screens? We are seeking folks with some basic computer skills to help with the audio-visual portion of our worship par-ticularly at the 8:30am service. If you're interested or want to know more email Rob at communications@wpumc.com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

ASP Year Round Trip to Rainelle WV. March 13-17. Cost is $195 per vol-unteer. We have 10 slots available for both men and women and WE NEED YOU! Rainelle is still recovering from the devastating flood in June of 2016, and ASP has received a federal grant to build and repair 50 more houses in 2018. We will leave around noon on Tuesday, March 13, work 3 days and travel home Saturday the 17. Please consider joining us as we share God’s love with the folks in Rainelle, WV. For more info or to sign up, please contact Pat LiVecchi 919-610-9949 or pm.livecchi@gmail.com. You will be truly blessed!

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