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This Week at FUMC
Sunday, March 22 8:30 am-12:30 pm Spring, Easter Bookmobile-FH Lobby 8:30 am Worship Service-Chapel 9:00 am Worship Service-FH 9:30 am WIM Casserole Sale-FH Lobby 9:45 am Sunday School 10:00 am Children’s Small Groups (K-5) 10:30 am Chancel Choir-CR 11:00 am Worship Service-S 2:00 pm Handbells-HB 4:00 pm Confirmation Class! 5:00 pm Youth-A
Monday, March 23 6:45 am Community Breakfast-FH 8:30 am FUMC PreK & Kindergarten 9:00 am FUMC Preschool & MMO 6:55 pm BSF 7:30 pm Troop 5-SR
Tuesday, March 24 6:30 am Youth Lenten Breakfast-Bojangles @ Cracker Barrel 8:30 am FUMC PreK & Kindergarten 9:00 am FUMC Preschool & MMO 10:00 am Staff Meeting-Pastor Jim’s Office 6:30 pm SPRC-Annex Conf. Room
Wednesday, March 25 8:30 am Intercessory Prayer-Room 49 8:30 am FUMC PreK & Kindergarten 9:00 am FUMC Preschool & MMO 12 noon Mid-Week Lenten Worship Service & Luncheon-C/FH 1:00 pm Palm Cross Workshop-FH Our Big Night Activities: 5:15 pm Church-wide Meal-FH 5:45 pm Children’s Music-CR 6:00 pm Adult Bible studies 6:20 pm The Rock 7:30 pm Chancel Choir-CR
Thursday, March 26 8:30 am FUMC PreK & Kindergarten 9:00 am FUMC Preschool & MMO 4:15 pm Stephen Leaders-P 5:00-8:00 pm Youth Spirit Night-Chick-fil-A 6:15 pm Stephen Ministers-P
Friday, March 27 E-Newsletter articles due! 5:30 am BSF Leaders 8:30 am FUMC PreK & Kindergarten 9:00 am FUMC Preschool & MMO 1:30 pm Church office closes!
I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life
is the theme of the sermon for Palm Sunday. The scripture lessons are I Peter 2:1-10 and
John 14:1-11. Jesus is the way to true life. This sermon continues the Lenten sermon series—Who Is
Jesus?—that examines the “I Am” sayings of Jesus recorded in John’s
gospel. We will confirm our middle school students at 11 a.m. Come and bring a friend!
Saturday, March 28 5:30 am BSF Leaders
SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFERINGS
Church, 1st Floor
Room 1 (Parlor): Horizon Sunday School Richard Laney, teacher
Church, 2nd Floor
Rooms 29-30: Children’s Small Groups (for students K-5th grade)
Room 38: Young Adults class Tyler & Lauren Williams, teachers
Room 39: William Whitehead class Bob Cameron, Doug Broad & Ron Gray, teachers
Room 43: REAL Life Kevin Boudreau, teacher
Room 49: Langill Watson class Milton Mann, teacher
Rock Room: Middle & High School classes Kim & Troy Matthews, Alysun & Chris Skinner & Jenny White, teachers
A nursery is available on the preschool hall
during all worship services.
Please let the church office know if you would like to receive our newsletter,
Prayerline, or Family Ministries Happenings via email.
“To Know Christ and to Make Christ Known”
March 22, 2015
100 South Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804
www.fumcrm.org
Let us pray for
the new members
who joined our church
last Sunday and today.
Today’s theme: When we abide in Christ, we bear fruit
as Christian disciples.
C
Sunday, March 22, 2015 Fifth Sunday in Lent
8:30 AM
Parish Concerns
Prelude Agincourt Hymn arr. David N. Johnson
*Call to Worship Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. When we abide in his love, we have life. Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. God is glorified when we bear much fruit. Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. Apart from You, O Lord, we can do nothing.
*Hymn 189 Fairest Lord Jesus ST. ELIZABETH
Opening Prayer Lord of love and life, like a skillful vine grower you grafted us into the vine of your Son, Jesus Christ. Rooted in you, we grow and are nourished by your strong and abiding presence. Through the gracious power of your Holy Spirit, till us, tend us and keep us so that as we remain in your love, we might bear fruit that is pleasing to you and transforming for the world, through your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Epistle Lesson I John 3:18-24
*Gloria Patri No. 70
Gospel Lesson John 15:1-11
Sermon “I Am the Vine” Rev. Jim Bell
*Hymn 397 I Need Thee Every Hour NEED
*An Affirmation of Faith The Apostles’ Creed No. 881
Giving of God’s Tithe and Our Offerings Offertory Soliloquy Healey Willan *The Doxology Doxology OLD HUNDREDTH
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Pastoral Prayer/The Lord’s Prayer No. 895
*Hymn 2076 (TFWS) O Blessed Spring tune: GIFT OF LOVE
*Benediction
*Postlude Improvisation on Kirken Swedish tune Built on the Rock the Church Doth Stand
*Please stand as you are able.
Our Church Family
We lift up in prayer Beverly Rackley and Eddy Drake.
Sympathy to Mary Eleanor Pulver and her family on the passing of her sister-in-law, Linda O’Keef, in Virginia Beach, VA.
Sympathy to Beth Pearsall and her family on the recent death of her cousin, Hunter Lewis.
FUMC Staff Jim Bell, Lead Pastor, [email protected]
Tyler Williams, Associate Pastor, [email protected]
Alysun Skinner, Director of Family Ministries, [email protected]
Kim Matthews, Family Ministry Assistant, [email protected]
Bill Wood, Director of Traditional Worship, [email protected]
Eric Ghiloni, Contemporary Worship Leader, [email protected]
Debra Boudreau, Preschool Director, [email protected]
Wil & Yolanda Bailey, Missionaries to Costa Rica, [email protected] Brian & Ellyn Dubberly, Missionaries to El Salvador, [email protected]
Wendi Beck, Office Administrator, [email protected]
Llewellyn Edmondson, PT Administrative Assistant, [email protected]
Imagine No Malaria
is our Lenten emphasis to help eradicate malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. We are seeking to receive a total special offering of $10,000 during Lent to save the lives of 1,000 children. Funds will go toward purchasing treated mosquito nets, providing lifesaving medication, and training health care workers. During Lent we are called to pray, sacrifice and give. This year we have the opportunity to save the lives of 1,000 children. You may make your check payable to First UMC and mark “Imagine No Malaria” on the memo any Sunday between now and Easter, April 5.
Mid-week Lenten Worship
You are invited to join us for our final mid-week
Lenten worship service, March 25, at 12 noon in the chapel, followed by a light meal in the fellowship hall. Alysun Skinner, FUMC Director of Family Ministries, will be our guest speaker.
Palm Cross Workshop
A Palm Cross workshop will be held in the fellowship hall Wednesday, March 25, immediately following the
Lenten luncheon. If you are interested in making crosses out of palms, please just show up. Thanks for your help!
Youth Spirit Night
Our FUMC youth are having Spirit Night, Thursday, March 26, 5-8 p.m., at Chick-fil-A. You are invited to come and support their fundraising effort, which will go toward BigStuf and the Costa Rica Mission Trip in July.
Nursery Workers for March
3/22 8:50 Pamela Shepherd 10:50 Polly Coats & Catherine Coats 3/25 6 pm Lisa Ingram 3/29 8:50 Mary Lew Benson 10:50 Sarah Prezioso & Susan Johnson
The 2015 Youth Confirmation Class will profess their faith in Christ Palm Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service.
WELCOME!!! WE’RE GLAD
YOU’RE HERE!
The mission of our church is to know Christ and to make Christ known. We invite you to join us in this life-transforming mission.
Please register your attendance on an attendance pad on your row, and pass the pad along to your neighbor. If you are a guest, please include your address and telephone number, so we can stay in touch.
Stewardship Report March 15, 2015
Worship Attendance: 322
Tithes and Offerings Received: $10,365.14 March 15th Drafts: $ 8,131.25
Give on-line at fumcrm.org.
Our Big Night Church-wide Meal
“Meal time” is 5:15-6:15 p.m. in the fellowship hall.
To-go plates are also available.
The menu is: Kid-friendly—Pizza, chicken, applesauce, dessert, and beverage; Main-Course—Bill’s Barbecue, dessert, and beverage.
Sign up in the welcome center.
Holy Week Worship
March 29: Palm Sunday 8:30 and 9 a.m. worship and Confirmation at 11 a.m. worship service
April 2: Maundy Thursday Worship Service and Holy Communion, 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary (Childcare will be available.)
April 3: Good Friday Stations of the Cross, 12 noon, in the sanctuary (self-guided) Contemporary Tenebrae Service, 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall (Childcare will be available.)
April 5: Easter Sunday Sunrise Service, 7 a.m. at Englewood UMC Holy Communion at 8:30, 9, and 11 a.m. worship services
Jobs for Life
Four determined students graduated from Jobs for Life yesterday. They are now
equipped with a resume and vocational plan that will lead them toward a new work career over the next twelve months. We not only spent time focus-ing on work-related skills, such as how to interview, but also on learning how God wants us to live for Him and that He does have a plan to give us a future and hope. Students also learned that God designed us with a purpose. Pray for these four students that their spirits be kept high and they stay focused on employment and transforming their community. Thanks to you the church for supporting this powerful program! ~David Johnson—JfL Site Leader
Our Big Talent Show
Mark your calendars for April 29! We are ending Our Big Night with dinner and a church-wide talent show. Do you have a talent to share? You can find entry forms in the church lobby. Please return entry forms to Kim Matthews by April 22.
Sunday, March 22, 2015 Fifth Sunday in Lent
9:00 AM
Gather
Song of Praise Washed By The Water Bear Rinehart/ Bo Rinehart
Welcome
Songs of Praise Prepare The Way Louie Giglio/ Charlie Hall You Never Let Go Beth Redman/ Matt Redman Nothing But The Blood Chris Harris/Robert Lowry/Michael W. Smith
Hear
Scripture Lesson John 15:1-11
Children’s Message
Sermon “I Am the Vine” Rev. Jim Bell
Respond
Song of Praise Find Me In The River Martin Smith
Kairos Group Testimony Lowry Perry
Giving of God’s Tithe and Our Offerings People Get Ready Misty Edwards
Pastoral Prayer/The Lord’s Prayer
Go
Song of Praise By His Wounds David Nasser/ Mac Powell
Blessings & Sending Forth
Sunday, March 22, 2015 Fifth Sunday in Lent
11:00 AM
The Church Gathers for Worship
Chiming of the Trinity
Parish Concerns
Prelude Agincourt Hymn arr. David N. Johnson
*Call to Worship Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. When we abide in his love, we have life. Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. God is glorified when we bear much fruit. Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. Apart from You, O Lord, we can do nothing.
*Hymn 189 Fairest Lord Jesus ST. ELIZABETH
Opening Prayer Lord of love and life, like a skillful vine grower you grafted us into the vine of your Son, Jesus Christ. Rooted in you, we grow and are nourished by your strong and abiding presence. Through the gracious power of your Holy Spirit, till us, tend us and keep us so that as we remain in your love, we might bear fruit that is pleasing to you and transforming for the world, through your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Church Hears God’s Word Epistle Lesson I John 3:18-24
Children’s Sermon
Gospel Lesson John 15:1-11
Sermon “I Am the Vine” Rev. Jim Bell
The Church Responds to God’s Word *Hymn 397 I Need Thee Every Hour NEED
Kairos Group Testimony
Reception of New Member No. 33
Melody Coile Bell, transfer from Rosemary UMC, Roanoke Rapids, NC
Giving of God’s Tithe and Our Offerings
Offertory Anthem Agincourt Hymn, arr. Carl Schalk O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
O love, how deep, how broad, how high, How passing thought and fantasy, That God, the Son of God, should take Our mortal form for mortals' sake.
For us to wickedness betrayed, Scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed, He bore the shameful cross and death, For us gave up His dying breath.
For us He rose from death again; For us He went on high to reign; For us He sent the Spirit here To guide, to comfort, and to cheer.
All glory to our Lord and God For love so deep, so high, so broad: The Trinity whom we adore Forever and forevermore.
*The Doxology Doxology OLD HUNDREDTH
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer No. 895
The Church Goes Forth to Serve God *Hymn 2076 (TFWS) O Blessed Spring tune: GIFT OF LOVE
*Benediction
*Benediction Response Go Now In Peace Don Besig/Nancy Price
(Congregation is invited to join in the singing of the Response.)
Go now in peace. Never be afraid. God will go with you each hour of ev'ry day. Go now in faith, steadfast, strong and true. Know God will guide you in all you do.
Go now in love, and show you believe. Reach out to others so all the world can see. God will be there watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.
*Postlude Improvisation on Kirken Swedish tune Built on the Rock the Church Doth Stand
*Please stand as you are able.
We welcome Melody Coile Bell to our fellowship.
The flowers on the Chapel altar today are given to the glory of God and in honor of Brandon Deringer’s 10th birthday March 23 and Ryan Deringer’s 1st birthday March 28 by his grandmother, Carol Lancaster, and great-grandmother, Elizabeth Sanders.
The flowers on the Sanctuary altar today are given to the glory of God and in memory of Fred and Eleanor O’Keef and Bob Pulver and in honor of Betty Pulver by Mary Eleanor and Dan Pulver.
Participating with the clergy in this morning’s service: Acolytes: Belle Rose, Woodall Rose Crucifer: Katie Boyette