Welcome!We are grateful you have

chosen to worship with us today!

We are a community of faith connecting people to God,

to each other, and to the world.

Our Mission:

THIS WEEK

Worship LeadersMichael Mattox, Senior PastorZach Roberts, Associate PastorTeresa Holt, Discipleship Pastor

Bart Patton, Youth PastorRon Hall, Traditional Music

Mike Lovelady, ConneXion Worship LeaderFor a full list of our church staff, visit fumchotsprings.org

1100 Central Avenue • Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901 • 501.623.6668 • fax 501.623.2293 • fumchotsprings.org

Weekly Report Offerings for the week of April 5, 2015 was totaled $47,393.00. Amount needed weekly for approved budget is $36,278.00. Weekly attendance in all activities last week totaled .

49+ Years of Commitment Dinner You are invited to celebrated couples in the church who have been married 49 or more years! Join us for dinner Saturday, May 2 at 5:00 p.m. in the Christian Life Center to lift up these couples and to hear their secrets of love and marriage. If you’re an honoree, please bring photographs of when you first started dating or of your wedding to be used duirng the dinner and returned to you after. There is no cost to honorees and the cost of couples married less than 49 years is $10. Contact Candy Poirier at (501) 623-6668 to RSVP.

Attention High School Seniors & Parents! We will be hosting a reception for our High SchoolSeniors this year on Sunday, May 3 immediately following the 10:45 services. The reception willbe held in Cupp Hall in the Christian Life Center. Look for letters in your mailbox. Senior parents,we want to share our appreciation for you and your students, so please RSVP to Bart Patton atbpatton@fumchs.com so that we can plan for your attendance. Please review this list of names and let Lanette Wilson, lwilson@fumchs.com, know if your Senior is not listed: Alexander Ahlbrandt, Elijah Ballard, Jeremiah Ballard, Meg Ballard, Conrad Carlton, Chandler Carter, Emily Carter, Caroline Cole, Ryan Crumpton, Tanner Crumpton, Grace Drake, Kaley Ferguson, Emmett Hill, Zachary Mathews, Tanner Scott, Claire Street, Samuel Wilson, and Eberle Yarborough.

Methodist Men Breakfast The United Methodist Men will meet for their monthly breakfast meeting at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21 in the Christian Life Center. Our own Allen Bedell is a member of the Arkansas Forestry Commission and he has arranged for Commission Forester Matthew Voskamp to tell us about the Commission’s Champion Tree program. This should be of special interest since there are about five champion trees in Garland County. A delicious breakfast, great fellowship, and an interesting program are special treats as men begin their day on April 21. Open Arms Food Pantry Drive Our food pantry is having a food drive for 7 weeks with the goal of reaching 1000 lbs. of food. Open Arms is supported by your generous designated giving but with summer approaching we will be distributing more food each week. Each week we ask that you donate a certain food item and drop off in the Christian Life Center. All monetary donations please mark Open Arms. Thank you for your support! April 19: peanut butter, April 20-26: jelly, April 27-May 3: dried beans, May 4-10: rice, May 11-17: canned vegetables (green beans or corn), May 18-24: canned Soup.

April Board of Stewards Meeting The Helen Wilson Circle of UMW is planning a delicious dinner for the Board of Stewards meeting on April 26 at 5:30 p.m. The menu includes ground beef taco salad, assorted desserts, tea and coffee. For special orders, which include gluten free chips and taco salad with ground turkey, contact Candy Poirier at the church office. Cost of the dinner is $7.00 and all proceeds go to support UMW local missions such as Open Arms, Safe Haven, Open Door at Jones Mill, and Langston School.

Ushering in the Traditions Service today is the Brooks Clem team.This week’s pastor on call after office hours is Rev. Michael Mattox. You may reach him on his cell phone in the evenings at (501) 231-5824.You’ll notice the order of service includes three movements in worship: the Gathering, the Proclamation of the Word, and the Response to the Word. The life of the Christian disciple is a life of renewal and commitment made on a daily basis. What new commitment will you make today? If your commitment involves uniting in membership with this church, you are invited to come to the front of the church during the singing of the Hymn of Discipleship.

Casual, intimate worshipIncorporating ancient & fresh

Saturdays 6 p.m.The Underground at FUMC

Starts May 9

Traditional Worship 8:15 & 10:45 AMSanctuary

Contemporary Worship 10:45 AMChristian Life Center

Calendar

Sermon Notes

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.

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Third Sunday in Easter, April 19, 2015

Welcome and Announcements

Prelude “Immortal, Invisible,” arr. by Don Wyrtzen Lynne Crow, organist / pianist

+Call to Worship The bread of life opens our eyes. The word of life opens our ears. The risen one shows us God’s own brokenness; And by those wounds we are healed. Peace be with you. And also with you.

+Hymn “Christ Is Alive” #318

Opening Prayer Almighty God, your power makes the lame walk and the dead rise to new life. We give you thanks for the love poured into our world through Christ Jesus, who opened our minds to understand what you have made, whose appearance among his followers brings peace, and who creates faith through touch and taste. Show us Jesus, even now, through the mystery of your threefold presence, one God, abiding now and forever. Amen.

Prayer for Illumination Holy God, by your Spirit reveal your radical, surprising love; come to us through your holy word, and let us hear what you are saying. Amen.

A Responsive Reading from the Psalter Psalm 4 #741 (w/ musical response)

A Reading from the New Testament I John 3:1-7 Pew Bible: p. 240 (NT)

+A Reading from the Gospels Luke 24:36b-48 Pew Bible: p. 91 (NT)

Children’s Time

Sermon “Did You Want to See My Scar?” Rev. Michael Mattox

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

+Hymn of Dicipleship “Blessed Assurance” #369

+Affirmation of Faith The Apostles’ Creed, Traditional Version #881

+Gloria Patri #70

Celebrations and Concerns of the Church Family & the Prayer of Intercession

The Lord’s Prayer #895

Offering Our Gifts to God 8:15 a.m. – “The Head That Once Was Crowned,” by Jeremiah Clark Early Service Choir

10:45 a.m. - “Psalm 86,” by Carl Nygard, Jr. Chancel Choir: Allison Miller, soloist

+Doxology #95

Prayer of Thanksgiving & Prayer of Intercession

+Closing Hymn “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” #302 (Stanzas 1, 5, & 6)

+BenedictionMay the God of grace strengthen and guide you through your journey.

Jude Lawson, Confirmation Class 2015

Postlude “Hallelujah, What a Savior,” arr. by Carol Tournquist

Teaching this morning: Youth Pastor Bart Patton

Sermon: “Jesus Crashes the Fish Fry”

Scripture: Luke 24:36b-48

Children’s Sermon: Cindy English

Household Prayer: MorningLord Jesus, your rising from tomb heralds

the dawning of life eternal as the dawning of this day holds the possibilities of life

anew. Open my eyes to the signs of your resurrection and confirm in my heart the power of your amazing love, that I may with confidence sing “Alleluia.” Amen.

Household Prayer: EveningLoving God, you have upheld me with your love even when I have not been aware of your presence. As I rest from my labors let me sleep without fear of darkness or death and rise refreshed

to begin a new day in humble service, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Next Week’s Bible Readings:Acts 4:5-12Psalm 23

1 John 3:16-24John 10:11-18

Sunday, April 19Traditions Worship 8:15 AMSunday School 9:30 AMChapel Communion 9:30 AMTraditions/ConneXion Worship 10:45 AMConfirmation Sunday 10:45 AMThe New Testament Class 5:00 PMPastors Disciplines Bible Study 5:00 PMYouth J/S 5:00 PMBeginning Handbells 6:00 PMYouth Disciple (10-12) 6:30 PM

Monday, April 20Pilates 8:30 AMHoly Spirit Class 9:30 AMCeleb ration Handbells 11:00 AMUMW Board Meeting 1:30 PMJubilation Handbells 5:00 PM

Tuesday, April 21Methodist Men’s Breakfast 7:00 AMOpen Arms Food Pantry 2:00 PMNew Legacy Circle 5:30 PM

Wednesday, April 22Pilates 8:30 AMHo Hum Low Impact Exercise 9:00 AMWorship Design Meeting 10:00 AMRomeo 11:00 AMBridge to Hope Meeting 11:00 AMHelen Wilson Circle Com. Mtg. 11:30 AMWAK 3:30 PMIntercessory Prayer Group 4:00 PMWednesday Night Service 5:15 PMChancel Choir Rehearsal 6:15 PMUnderground S 6:30 PMFriday, April 24Pilates 8:30 AMHo Hum Low impact Exercise 9:00 AM

Saturday, April 25Worship Conference/Dr.Barron 8:00 AM