February 22, 2015 - Northeast United Methodist Church

NORTHEAST
N.E.
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
4000 Hard Scrabble Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29223-8548
NORTHEAST
9:00 AM Contemporary Service
10:15 AM Sunday School
11:15 AM Traditional Service
Nursery available at all services.
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February 22, 2015
THIS WEEK AT NEUMC
TODAY
David W. Day
Pastor
Gerald Watford
Director of Family Ministries
5:00 PM UP!
5:00 PM Youth Group
(Education Building, Youth Rooms)
5:00 PM Disciple I (Education Building, Room 203)
Bonnie Riley
Director of Children & Youth
Ministries
Lawrence Abernathy
Director of Music
Sean Riley
Crossing Guard Leader
6:45 PM Disciple II (Education Building, Room 208)
MONDAY
6:00 PM Finance Ministry Team Meeting
(Library)
6:30 PM Webelos I Den Meeting
(Education Building)
WEDNESDAY
Ka-Young Lee
Pianist
7:15 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Contact John Clayton)
10:00 AM Spirit Sisters Prayer Group (Room 102)
Dale A. Purvis
Office Manager
10:00 AM Women’s Bible Study (Library)
10:00 AM Living in the Balance of Grace & Faith
(Education Building, Room 208)
Pastor’s Cell:
803.587.1682
Office:
803.736.6386
Fax:
803.699.1334
E-mail:
northeast@neumc.com
Web:
www.neumc.com
Office Hours:
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
4:00 PM Deadline for Bulletin Announcements
6:00 PM Women’s Bible Study
(Tammie Sloop’s Home)
6:30 PM Youth Small Group
(Education Building, Youth Rooms)
7:00 PM Chancel Choir Practice (Sanctuary)
THURSDAY
7:00 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Panera Bread)
9:30 AM MOPS (Room 102)
7:00 PM Crossing Guard (Sanctuary)
7:00 PM Rooted in Christ Prayer Group (Library)
PRAYER REQUESTS
RECORD OF OUR
FAITHFULNESS
We are pleased to join you in praying
for specific needs.
OUR SERVICE
Presence
Please write your request(s) here and
place this card in the offering plate.
Please pray for:
9:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:15 AM
7:00 PM
Contemporary Service
Sunday School
Traditional Service
Ash Wednesday Service
112
104
110
100
9:00 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Abigail Siegel
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Judy Steinlin
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Jessica Wigley
GREETERS
Ann & Laura Payne
NURSERY
Patty Munn
NURSERY NEXT WEEK
Sarah Williamson
PRAYER ROOM
Bianca Brazell
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Ann Henry
11:15 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Emma Wargel
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Mary McMillan & Spencer Miller
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Clay McMillan
GREETER
Jenny Owen
NURSERY
Jennifer Wargel
NURSERY NEXT WEEK
Emilie Lassiter
PRAYER ROOM
Joel Parsons
Pastor Only
Prayer Chain
Bulletin
Prayer Warriors
I would like someone to contact me
to pray over a more confidential matter.
Let us know when God meets your
needs so we may rejoice with you!
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Pat Hynds
COMMUNION PREPARER
Judy Nutter
COMMUNION PREPARERS NEXT WEEK
Mike & Patty Munn
COMMUNION SERVERS
Justin & Judy Nutter
Stephen Crowell
COMMUNION SERVERS NEXT WEEK
Mike & Patty Munn
Annie Day
OFFERING
OFFERING COUNTERS
Joe Watson/Floyd Hedlund/Duane Scott
OFFERING COUNTERS NEXT WEEK
Stan Luallin/Don Starner/Laraine Owen
ALTAR FLOWERS
Today’s flowers are given by Mary
Furse in memory of Tom Furse.
Debbie Lybrand in honor of Doug
Lybrand’s birthday.
9:00 CONTEMPORARY SERVICE
First Sunday in Lent
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
MUSIC
(As we sing you are invited to stand or sit as you are led and able.)
OFFERING
SERMON
“Giving Up Expectations”
Pastor Day
COMMUNION
(Wine and grape juice are used for communion. Center chalice is grape juice.
Gluten free wafers are also available.)
CLOSING SONG
CLOSING PRAYER/BENEDICTION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Congratulations to Heather and Brian Purvis on the birth of their son, Shiloh Beckham Purvis.
He was born on February 17, 2015 in Summerville, SC. Shiloh weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz. and
was 21” long. The proud grandparents are Dawn and Dale Purvis.
The Finance Ministry Team will meet tomorrow evening at 6 PM in the library.
Salkehatchie registration is now open. It is completely on-line this year and is on a first-come,
first-serve basis. The youth will be attending the Walterboro camp from June 27 - July 4. If
you are interested in going, please sign up at www.salkehatchie.org. For more information,
contact Alston Lippert at aflippert@aol.com.
Financial Peace University will be offered on Thursday nights from 6:00 - 7:30 PM beginning
March 12 and ending April 23. It will be facilitated by Gary Tyson. The cost is $92. If you are
interested, please sign up in the narthex.
Additional Communion Preparers and Servers are needed for the 11:15 service. If you would
like to volunteer for this ministry, please contact Mary Anne Lockard, (803) 261-4343.
Our Kairos Weekend #52 will be held at Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution
March 12-15. The prison is located on Broad River Road and is where over 600 women
are incarcerated. I am requesting that members of the NEUMC family sign up for our prayer
vigil by going into http://www.3dayol.org/Vigil/GetVigil.phtml?pvid=10448&commid=1254.
Anyone who is interested in attending closing, please contact Mary Furse at 699-6557. All
who attend have to be approved beforehand.
Dinners of 8 is a great way to widen the circle of your relationships here at Northeast. These
groups can be as flexible as needed to accommodate the schedules and requirements of
group participants. Here is how it works:
• Sign up; (remember the purpose is to meet new people). We encourage those who are
single to sign up as well.
• Once you are in a group be open to extending an invitation to non-churched friends,
neighbors or co-workers.
• Over three months from April until June rotate meetings either at homes or at restaurants.
Divide up responsibilities as to main course; desert, etc.
For more information contact Alston Lippert aflippert@aol.com or Gerald Watford,
watford@neumc.com. A sign-up sheet is available in narthex. The deadline is March 22.
God’s Storehouse monthly food item for February is canned soups or stews. God’s
Storehouse is a faith-based outreach program that assists the needy throughout the greater
Columbia, SC, area. Staffed primarily by volunteers from area churches, God's Storehouse
provides food, clothing and household supplies to our neighbors in crisis at no cost to them.
Operating Monday through Thursday, 9 AM - noon, God’s Storehouse helps an average of
25 families each day, and over the three years, have assisted more than 30,000 individuals
in need. God’s Storehouse is located at 1731 Risley Road, Columbia, SC 29223 and can be
contacted at (803) 691-1622.
A SERVICE OF WORD AND TABLE
First Sunday in Lent
11:15 TRADITIONAL SERVICE
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
(As the Prelude begins, please prayerfully prepare for worship.)
PRELUDE (Acolyte)
“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Ka-Young Lee, piano
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.
People: Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing.
Leader: Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
People: We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Leader: Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him;
bless His name.
People: For the Lord is good; His loving kindness is everlasting, and His faithfulness to
all generations."
*HYMN OF PRAISE, No. 98
“To God Be the Glory”
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH, No. 888
Congregation
Affirmation from 1 Corinthians 15:1-6 and Colossians 1:15-20
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE/LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN OF PREPARATION, No. 292
“What Wondrous Love Is This” (verse 1)
Congregation
(Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are dismissed for Children’s Worship.)
GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY
“Abide with Me”
Ka-Young Lee, piano
Arranged by Mark Hayes
*PRESENTATION, No. 95
ANTHEM
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
“Amazing Grace, My Chains Are Gone”
Congregation
Chancel Choir
Arranged by Joel Raney
SERMON LESSON, Genesis 12:1-9 (NIV)
The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
SERMON
“Giving Up Expectations”
Pastor Day
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
HOLY COMMUNION, No. 12
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
O holy and merciful God, we confess that we have not always taken upon ourselves the
yoke of obedience, nor been willing to seek and to do your perfect will. We have not loved
you with all our heart and mind and soul and strength, neither have we loved our neighbors
as ourselves. You have called to us in the need of our sisters and brothers, and we have
passed unheeding on our way. In the pride of our hearts, and our unwillingness to repent,
we have turned away from the cross of Christ, and have grieved your Holy Spirit.
(WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE, ENGLAND, 20TH CENT., ALT.)
All offer prayers of confession in silence.
May almighty God, who caused light to shine out of darkness, shine in our hearts, cleansing us
from all our sins, and restoring us to the light of the knowledge of God's glory, in the face of Jesus
Christ, our Savior. Amen.
(THE BOOK OF WORSHIP 1944, ALT.)
COMMUNION MUSIC
Ka-Young Lee, piano
(Wine and grape juice are used for communion. Center chalice is grape juice.
Gluten free wafers are also available.)
*CLOSING HYMN, No 569
“We’ve a Story to Tell the Nations”
Congregation
*CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE
*BENEDICTION
*CHORAL RESPONSE
POSTLUDE
Chancel Choir
“Great Is the Lord”
By Michael Smith
* Please stand as you are able.
Ka-Young Lee, piano
MEMORY VERSE
Welcome Guests and Members!
Genesis 12:1-2 (NIV)
We are so glad that you are here and hope
you feel at home as you join us in worship.
We’d like to get to know you better.
The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your
country, your people and your father's
household and go to the land I will show
you. "I will make you into a great nation
and I will bless you; I will make your name
great, and you will be a blessing.
Date:__________________________
Service
9:00
SERMON LESSON
Member
Genesis 12:1-9 (NIV)
Regular Attendee
1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your
country, your people and your father's
household and go to the land I will show you.
2 "I will make you into a great nation and I
will bless you; I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and
whoever curses you I will curse; and all
peoples on earth will be blessed through
you."
4 So Abram left, as the LORD had told him.
5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot,
all the possessions they had accumulated
and the people they had acquired in
Harran, and they set out for the land of
Canaan, and they arrived there.
6 Abram traveled through the land as far
as the site of the great tree of Moreh at
Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were
in the land.
7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said,
“To your offspring I will give this land.” So
he built an altar there to the Lord, who had
appeared to him.
8 From there he went on toward the hills
east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with
Bethel on the west and Ai on the east.
There he built an altar to the Lord and
called on the name of the Lord.
9 Then Abram set out and continued toward
the Negev.
11:15
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FAMILY MINISTRY MINUTE
Christopher Gadsden of S.C. designed the flag
with the coiled snake and the words, “Don’t
Tread on Me.” Defiance can be a good thing
but it can also cost us dearly with God, with
family members and friends. Jonah had become
defiant with God. Defiance, when aimed at
God, whether intentionally or unintentionally,
damages the relationship. What role is defiance
playing in your relationships?
─Gerald Watford,
Director of Family Ministries
CURRENT SERMON SERIES
“Giving Up!”
March 1: “Giving Up Superiority”
John 4:5-28, 38-42
March 8: “Giving Up Enemies”
Luke 19:37-44
March 15: “Giving Up Our Lives”
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Luke 9:21-25
March 22: “Giving Up Judgmentalism”
Galatians 5:1-13
March 29: “Giving Up Popularity”
Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-11
How Did You Learn About NEUMC?
Desire to Know More About NEUMC
Desire a Call From the Pastor
Desire to Become a Member
Additional Comments:
MINISTRY AND PRAYER NEEDS
▪ The parents and grandparents of 5 week old Mia Bella, who was born without kidneys,
upon her death.
▪ Kathleen Blind, who is hospitalized at Palmetto Health Richland, Room 6433 with
respiratory problems.
▪ Floyd Hedlund, upon the death of his brother, who passed away in Florida on Tuesday.
▪ Rev. Curtis Felkel, pastor of Cattle Creek UMC and Bethel UMC, who is hospitalized at
Palmetto Richland Hospital undergoing radiation treatments. He is experiencing a lot of
pain.
▪ Sharon Gleffe, who is undergoing tests for problems with her spleen.
▪ Gladys Henzler, aunt of Annie Day, recovering from heart valve replacement surgery.
▪ The Hait family, upon the death of their father and grandfather and friend of Chris Shephard.
▪ Marion Hubbard, friend of Mary Furse, who lives in Spartanburg, SC, recovering from
colon surgery.
▪ Miriam Simpson, Pastor David's mother, who is at the Rice Estates for rehab.
▪ Sheryl Preacher, sister of Cynthia Spinnato and Jennifer Breazeale, who was diagnosed
with Stage 4 cancer that originated from her lung. She is undergoing chemotherapy.
▪ Our military personnel.
▪ Our missionaries: Tom & Emma Henry — Appalachian Mountain Leadership (AML),
a ministry based in Boone, NC, which facilitates Christian outdoor adventure experiences.
Matt & Jenny Williams (mattwilliamsccc@gmail.com) — Matt is a member of NEUMC,
who works as a missionary to university students with Cru with the Indianapolis Metro
team in Indianapolis, Indiana, which consists of two campuses, Butler and IUPUI (an
Indiana University located downtown). Steve & Stephanie Bredesen, in Nakalanda,
Uganda, as directors of Eagle’s Nest Clinic and Eaglet’s Primary School. Abbu, the
Bredesen's neighbor, that he will either allow them to drill a well on his land or sell the
land to them so that they will have a fresh water supply. Ben & Jenny Reyes: Ben, born
in Puerto Rico, and Jenny, born in Brazil, have ministered in Brazil and Paraguay since
their marriage in 1989. They have two sons, Phillipe and Mathias. The Reyes work
locally in discipleship, leading Inductive Bible Study seminars, and teaching on the
subjects of church planting, mission to Muslims, mission in the local church, and effective
short-term mission trips.
▪ Salkehatchie families: Iris Edwards, Theresa and Buddy Lines
▪ Our pastor and staff members.
PRAYER FOR OUR FAMILIES OF THE WEEK
Monday
February 23
Foster & Teri McKinney
Tuesday
February 24
Inez McLaurin
Wednesday February 25
Brian & Kay Mein & sons Gunnar & Chase
Thursday
February 26
Bill & Judy Merritt
Friday
February 27
John & Dee Dee Milakovich & son J. J.
HOMEBOUND AND ELDERLY
We are a family. As such we encourage anyone who feels led by God to visit those who
are sick or homebound. We also encourage your visits to those who are new to this family
of believers and to those have visited.
Lee Chandler
Bruce & Frankie Dodd
Sam Blaylock
Sabra Stewart
Mildred Watson
Pat Woodle
Bonnie McBurnett
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
The Prayer Shawl Ministry Team create shawls and other items for you to share with those
who need encouragement. When you give a shawl away, you are sharing the love and
prayers of NEUMC. The prayer shawls are kept in the Prayer Center if one is needed.
Please remember to sign the journal. If you need assistance, please see a staff member.
The Prayer Shawl Ministry Team