Staying Current: News and Information

It’s a wedding shower, Thursday, Nov.5 in fellowship hall from 6-8pm. With a giving tree celebrating Blake and Marilou and Gracie. Come help celebrate the event. Contact either Bev Beard or Laura Covington for more

Spiritual Growth Opportunities

Brown Bag Bible Study: Genesis Join us beginning September 9th at Noon as we explore

the origins of faith and the human condition. Bring

your bibles, pens, notebooks and an open mind as we

continue a journey of a book that tells the beginning of

our story. Led by Pastor Blake.

.Soul Feast: An Invitation to the

Spiritual Life From 6 to 7 PM, every Tuesday in the

library, Marcia Grassel IS leading a

study exploring the spiritual practices

that help deepen and enrich our spiritual

life — prayer, spiritual reading,

reflection, and hospitality. You may

contact Marcia at 479-981-3479 for

more information.

Our Worship Liturgy for All Saints

We Gather to Remember

Prelude: (Bass solo by Paul Gandy) from The Messiah by Handel

The Greeting & Word of Grace

*Processional and Lighting of the Candles

*For All the Saints #711

The Litany for All Saints Day

“If Death My Friend and Me Divide” page 656

We Listen for God’s Spirit

The Anthem:

Nunc Dimittis (Now Dismiss) by A Gretchaninof

A Reading from the Book of Revelation 22:1-4 Leader: This is the Word of our Lord

People: Thanks be to God

*A Reading from the Gospel of John 21:15-19 Leader: This is the Gospel of our Lord

People: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

*Hymn of Preparation: #707 Hymn of Promise

The Message “Gather at the River” Rev Blake Lasater

We Celebrate the Communion of Saints The Act of Remembrance

Willi Nikolai Jack Hause Robert Tancre

Zula Luker Broyles Earl Sneed Tucker Colby Wegner

Special Music: This Is My Father’s World arr. Adams

by D J Rassinier (an E.S. H.S. Junior on Trumpet, French Horn)

The Affirmation of Faith

The Gifts of Communion & Baptism ( during Communion please join us in singing )

“Shall We Gather at the River” #723

We are Sent to Share God’s Gifts * Sending Song: #702 Sing With All The Saints In Glory

Carrying the Light Into the World

The Benediction & Postlude

“A Mighty Fortress Is Our God “ Martin Luther arr. Adams

Performed by D J Rassinier *Indicates people to stand as able. Responses are in bold and italic

Dates to Remember: 11/3 6-7pm Marcia Grassel’s study

“Soul Feast” in the library. 11/4 at noon Pastor Blake will

continue exploring the origins of our faith and the human

condition in fellowship hall. 11/5 Thurs. 6-8pm a wedding

reception for Blake & Marilou in fellowship hall. Every Wed.

5:30pm Jubilee Ringers will be back rehearsing (Wed.) & (Fri.)

Walking in the Spirit from 10:30-11:30am.

Every Fri. 8:30-9:00am prayer group meets in the library.

EACH week this bulletin is emailed to everyone on the Friday before Sunday’s

service for your convenience And also posted on our web site:

www.eurekaspringsfumc.org

What a great response from everyone!

We have all weeks covered EXCEPT the week of Nov.29.

Check your schedule get some buddies and sign up. This

coming week of Nov. 1, Gary Johnson, Rich & Jackie

Rose will be Tony’s Angels. Please contact Beverly

Beard at: 981-0584 or email Gregory@arkansas.net

to volunteer in this effort

Happy Birthday to our saints for:

November

1 Andy Helms

5 Bethany Phillips

7 Dr. Richard Brooks

17 Gwyn Gandy

19 Brittney Halper

23 Joan Ticer

24 Beau Bell

27 Riley Roussin

Sally Roussin

Martha Tancre

29 Bill Featherstone

December 1 Rick Sage 3 Linda Lemon 5 Doris Lewke 7 Janet Rose 8 Martie Davis 9 Ruth Morrison

We give thanks for the fruits of the labours of those who have died:

For the gifts they gave to the world, for the gifts they gave to us.

GATHER THEIR FRUITS

THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS AND THEIR HEARTS

INTO THE HARVEST OF THE KINGDOM.

In our sorrow for those who died, we look to you and to one another for comfort.

LORD, ENFOLD IN YOUR LOVE OUR ACHING HEARTS

AND THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO MOURN

CHERISH US –

SOOTHE US –

CONSOLE US –

TEACH US TO BELIEVE IN A FUTURE BEYOND TEARS.

As we remember those we love, we remember your love for them,

a love that endures from eternity to eternity.

WE ENTRUST THOSE WE LOVE TO YOUR ETERNAL LOVE

WE COMMIT THEIR SOULS TO YOUR KEEPING.

WE GO TO LIVE IN HOPE

THAT WE WILL MEET THEM IN YOUR KINGDOM

WHERE THERE ARE NO TEARS – NO MOURNING

NO DARKNESS OF SORROW

FOR YOU ARE OUR LIGHT AND OUR SALVATION

AND WE PLACE ALL OUR TRUST IN YOU.

And so, we ask God to bless us and keep us in trust

THE FATHER – THE SON – AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

And until we and those whom we have loved and lost meet again

After all the names are read we pray:

Family of God, we remember you, and we honor you. We know you are with us in the

spirit of worship, and you will not be forgotten. We give thanks O God for all who have

gone on to join with You beyond this life. We trust in the hope of resurrection and the

promise of new life in Christ, and know that in our grief and celebration, O God, You are

with us through it all, and we are not left alone. In the name of Christ, in whom love lives

forever, we pray.

Affirmation of Faith

We believe that nothing can separate us from the love of God.

Neither tribulation or distress, persecution or famine, nakedness, peril, or

sword.

We believe that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things

present, nor things to come,

nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,

will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We believe that by the power of the Holy Spirit Death is not the last word;

those who die in Christ pass triumphantly thru death to life everlasting

to join with all those who have gone before in that great Communion of

Saints who stand on God’s celestial shore

Get involved in Youth

Appropriate for All Saints is the highlight of one of our most

memorable endowments, the Andy Gray Scholarship Fund.

It was generously started in memory of a father, husband and

brother six years ago. Since funding, the congregation has

doubled the original fund in memorials and honorariums.

The endowment arm and Rev. Blake are recommending your

opening your heart to a drive to achieve a balance that will

fund the $1,000 scholarship grant which is the standard in the

community. The goal is $8,000 by 12/31/15 for the greatest

impact. Contributions should be marked “for Andy Gray

Coming up soon, Our annual church wide charge conference

will be Thursday 11/11/15 at 6pm. We will be hosting our

District Supervisor to a pot luck dinner of soups and cornbread

and he will lead our charge conference. More info to come but

mark your calendars now.

Our Service

Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can. Being apart church and following Christ means we must be in ministry and service to our community and world...have you

found your calling yet?

In Our service Today: Ushers: *Dan Bell, Nancy Wood, Sherry Kerr

Greeters: #Peggy Way, Laura Roets, Janet Rose Liturgists: Lamont Richie, Tom Marler

Communion Stewards: Sandy Dunn, Janet Rose, Ed Simpson, Marcia Grassel, Lamont Richie Sound Booth: Steve Roberson *Head Usher #Welcome Booth

Our Presence

We promise Christ to pray for ourselves and for

our brothers & sisters in Christ...please write the

prayer requests people mention in the space below

and take time during the week to pray for their

needs and concerns, and let it be a reminder to

spend time in prayer

Our Gifts

Offerings for October:$15,806 — Goal $17,629

Year-to-date: $155,584 — Goal $176,290

Building Mortgage: $28,604 YTD remaining,

$111,921 The Way of Christ means being fully present..John Wesley taught we should, “Do no harm & avoid evil,”

“Do all the Good we can,” “Attend the Ordinances of God: a) Public worship, b) ministry of the Word,

c) the Lord’s Supper, d) family and private prayer, e) searching the scriptures, f) fasting or abstinence.”

These were his General Rules for Living and the Way to be Present to God and to our brothers and

sisters in Christ. Are we holding ourselves and each other to these standards? Are we encouraging

each other with these rules

Attendance last Sunday:123 Our Prayers

How we Live Our Faith

Most importantly by extending a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, yo no habla Ingles. We extend a special welcome to those

who are crying new-borns, skinny as a rail or could afford to lose a few pounds. We welcome you if you can sing like Andrea Bocelli or like our pastor who can’t carry a note in

a bucket. You’re welcome here if you’re “just browsing,” just woke up or just got out of jail. We don’t care if you’re more Catholic than the Pope, or haven’t been in church since

little Joey’s Baptism. We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms,

NASCAR dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re

having problems or you’re down in the dumps or if you don’t like “organized religion,” we’ve been there too. If you blew all your offering money at the dog track, you’re welcome

here. We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or because grandma is in town and wanted to go to church. We wel-

come those who are inked, pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down your throat as a kid or got lost in

traffic and wound up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts … and you!

Our Witness

www.arumc.org website for Arkansas United Methodists

www.umc.org website for all United Methodists

Ministry Team

Rev Blake Lasater, Lead Pastor, cell: 479.426.2547

Facebook: “Blake Lasater” email: blakelasater@gmail.com

Martie Davis, Church Secretary

Maria Sathrum, Director of Music

Beverly Beard, Director of Jubilee Ringers

Lori Luney, Nursery - Anne Swarts, Children's Ministries

Doug Phillps and Marcia Grassel Ministerial Candidates

www.eurekaspringsfumc.org

479-253-8987

195 South Huntsville Road

Eureka Springs, AR 72632

We embrace all of God's children as persons of sacred worth regardless of race, gender,

ethnicity, national origin, culture, tradition, sexual orientation or gender identity, and by

such actions seek to transform the world and make disciples for the full expression of

the radically transforming and all-inclusive love of God as revealed through

Jesus Christ.”

Barrie Fedosa, Tony Knight, Sara Knight, Beth Short, Melva and Joe Luker,

Lori Luney’s mom, Suzie Luney and her Uncle Steve Gatlin

Bill Brooks, Frank Cook, Dennis Lykins , Nan Johnson

Our military.

Kingdomtide

November 1, 2015

Please “Check-In” and tell the world you are in worship at

FUMC Eureka Springs; by doing so we are witnessing to our faith

in one small way.

It’s about getting to know each other better:

George and Mary Kay have lived their love story for

over 50 years starting with a blind date and marriage in

Darmstadt, Germany. Blessed with 3 children and now

grandchildren. Their life and love has endured many

changes but their strong faith has supported them through

all the ups and downs. They joined our church in 2010

and have been involved as active members of our church.

George is our resident poet you enjoy reading in the

bulletin.

UMW had a wonderful outreach to Brighton Ridge last week

with about 12 members going and also Marie Sathrum played

and sang for the group to celebrate birthdays.