May 24, 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.
s Following Christ
s Growing Disciples
s Changing Lives
THIS WEEK AT NEUMC
May 24, 2015
TODAY
David W. Day
Pastor
Gerald Watford
Director of Family
Ministries
12:30 PM Worship Design Team
(Education Building, Room 208)
5:00 PM Disciple I (Education Building, Room 203)
MONDAY
Bonnie Riley
Director of Children
and Youth Ministries
Stephen Crowell
Chancel Choir Director
Sean Riley
Crossing Guard Leader
Azusa Bies
Pianist
Dale A. Purvis
Office Manager
Memorial Day
(Church Office Closed)
TUESDAY
2:00 - 7:00 PM American Red Cross Blood Drive
(Sanctuary)
WEDNESDAY
7:15 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Contact John Clayton)
10:00 AM Spirit Sisters Prayer Group (Room 102)
10:00 AM Women’s Bible Study (Library)
4:00 PM Deadline for Bulletin Announcements
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
6:30 PM Youth Small Group (Youth Rooms)
6:30 PM Making Sense of the Bible Small Group Study
(Education Building, Room 208)
7:00 PM Chancel Choir Practice (Sanctuary)
THURSDAY
7:00 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Panera Bread)
9:00 AM Dinners of Eight Brunch Bunch (LePeep)
9:30 AM MOPS (Room 102)
7:00 PM Crossing Guard Practice (Sanctuary)
7:00 PM Rooted in Christ Prayer Group (Library)
PRAYER REQUESTS
We are pleased to join you in praying
for specific needs.
Please write your request(s) here and
place this card in the offering plate.
Please pray for:
RECORD OF OUR
FAITHFULNESS
OUR SERVICE
Presence
9:00 AM
Contemporary Service
110
10:15 AM Sunday School
129
11:15 AM Traditional Service
112
9:00 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Marvin Rogers
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Bonnie Riley
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Colby Cheatham
GREETERS
Ann & Laura Payne
PRAYER ROOM
Judy Steinlin
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Gaye Christmus
11:15 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Jada Senior
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Jennifer Wargel
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Christopher Wargel
GREETERS
Sylvia Cousin & Annie Day
PRAYER ROOM
Joel Parsons
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Kay Leitner
COMMUNION PREPARER
Judy Nutter
COMMUNION PREPARER NEXT WEEK
Carrie Conrad
Pastor Only
Prayer Chain
Bulletin
COMMUNION SERVERS
Justin & Judy Nutter
COMMUNION SERVERS NEXT WEEK
Joe & Lynn Watson
Carrie Conrad
Prayer Warriors
OFFERING
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!
OFFERING COUNTER
Joe Watson/Floyd Hedlund
OFFERING COUNTERS NEXT WEEK
Duane Scott/Laraine Owen/
George Eberhardt
9:00 CONTEMPORARY SERVICE
Day of Pentecost
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
MUSIC (As we sing you are invited to stand or sit as you are led and able.)
OFFERING
SERMON
“Let the Celebration Begin!”
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
The Worship Design Team will meet today following the 11:15 service in the Education Building,
Room 208.
The Church Council will meet next Sunday, May 31 at 2 PM in the sanctuary.
American Red Cross Blood Drive: Volunteers are needed to help set up, monitor the sign-in
table and teardown. A sign-up sheet is located in the narthex. Help is also needed to stack and
move the chairs in the sanctuary following the 11:15 service today. Blood donors can sign up to
give blood online at neumc.com. If you do not have access to the internet, please contact the
Church Office to sign up to donate blood.
“When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.”
Acts 2:1 NKJV
Fifty days ago many of us began a journey together in prayer following the model given to us
by 120 followers of Jesus. They “all continued in one accord with prayer and supplication” as
they waited to be filled with the power promised to them by Jesus before he ascended to
heaven. We have been praying with one accord for our church, our ministries and our pastor.
I want to express appreciation to the members of the Prayer Ministry Team for planning this
emphasis and for writing the Prayer Prompts and to all of you who have participated in prayers
and praises for our church. And now we are in one place waiting to hear the story of the
coming of the Holy Spirit. Come, Holy Spirit! Jane Scott, Chair, Prayer Ministry Team
Please help Epworth students prepare for summer camp at Asbury Hills as they will need ten
“Camper Packs” which include: backpack, water bottle, bug spray, sunblock, poncho (not
disposable), laundry bag, journal, pen, or you may give money to Ann Payne or Debbie Watford
for items to be purchased. Please place your things in the box in the Education Building by today.
Thank you for your contributions to a great summer camp.
The Dinners of Eight Brunch Bunch will gather at LePeep Restaurant (located to the right of
Bi-Lo in the Village at Sandhill, 110 Forum Drive, Suite 7) at 9 AM on Thursday, May 28 for a
meal and fellowship. Contact person is Mary Furse at 699-6557. Please let Mary know if you
need transportation.
Emmaus of the Midlands Women's Walk #45 will be held May 28-31, 2015. Anyone interested in
information and/or an application can contact Sandy or Duane Sirhal at 834-4219, ssirhal123@aol.com,
or dsirhal123@aol.com. You can also find additional information at www.midlandsemmaus.com.
Emmaus pamphlets are located in the narthex.
Graduate Sunday will be observed next Sunday at both services.
Graduate Night is Sunday, May 31 at 6 PM. We will honor our graduates that have been dedicated
members of our youth group at the home of Dale and Dawn Purvis at 707 Kelly Mill Road, Elgin.
There will be swimming, food and more. Please RSVP so we can be ready for you. Bonnie Riley,
736-6386 or youth@neumc.com.
"If You Want To Walk On Water, You've Got To Get Out Of The Boat" is a book by John
Ortberg that will be the basis for a five week summer small group (June 28 - July 26, except
July 5 due to VBS); Sunday evenings at 5:30 PM in the Education Building. The book focuses
on issues related to improving Christian discipleship. A sign up sheet is in the narthex, for
more information contact Gerald Watford, watford@neumc.com.
A SERVICE OF WORD AND TABLE
Day of Pentecost
11:15 TRADITIONAL SERVICE
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
(As the Prelude begins, please prayerfully prepare for worship.)
PRELUDE (Acolyte)
“Shout to the Lord”
Azusa Bies, piano
By Darlene Zschech
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Lord Jesus Christ, You have called us together,
People: To rejoice in who You are.
Leader: And delight in who we are because of You!
People: We stand amazed in Your presence, Because, O Lord, You live your life in us!
*HYMN OF PRAISE, No. 384
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH, No. 884
Congregation
A Statement of Faith of the Korean Methodist Church
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE/LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN OF PREPARATION, No. 539
“O Spirit of the Living God”
Congregation
(Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are dismissed for Children’s Worship.)
GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY
“Give Thanks”
Azusa Bies, piano
Words and Music by Henry Smith
*PRESENTATION, No. 95
ANTHEM
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
“Holy Spirit You Are Welcome Here”
Congregation
Joy Fink, solo
Sean & Bonnie Riley
SERMON LESSON, Acts 2:1-4 (NIV)
The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
SERMON
“Let the Celebration Begin!”
Pastor Day
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
HOLY COMMUNION, No. 12
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed
to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, we have broken your law, we have
rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors, and we have not heard the
cry of the needy. Forgive us, we pray. Free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
All pray in silence.
Hear the good news: Christ died for us while we were yet sinners; that proves God's love
toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, your are forgiven!
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. Glory to God. Amen.
COMMUNION MUSIC
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Azusa Bies, piano
Words by Thomas O. Chisholm/Music by William M. Runyan
(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 to the Nations” (verses 1 & 4)
Congregation
*CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE
*BENEDICTION
*CHORAL RESPONSE
POSTLUDE
“As We Go”
“Blessed Assurance”
* Please stand as you are able.
Chancel Choir
Azusa Bies, piano
MEMORY VERSE
Welcome Guests and Members!
Acts 2:4 (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.
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in other tongues as the
Spirit enabled them.
SERMON LESSON
Acts 2:1-4 (NIV)
Date:__________________________
Service
1 When the day of Pentecost came, they
were all together in one place.
11:15
Member
Regular Attendee
2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a
violent wind came from heaven and filled
the whole house where they were sitting.
3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of
fire that separated and came to rest on
each of them.
9:00
First Time Guest
New Resident
Name(s)
4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in other tongues as the
Spirit enabled them.
FAMILY MINISTRY MINUTE
Henry Ward Beecher, a preacher during
the Civil War said this after seeing the long
lines of dead soldiers, "They hover as a
cloud of witnesses above this nation." His
words call us to a place of honoring and
respecting those who have laid down their
lives for our freedoms. May the word
spread in our churches and in our homes,
it matters how we live and how we honor
those who have paid so much.
Name(s) & Ages of Children
Address, City, State, Zip
─Gerald Watford,
Director of Family Ministries
UPCOMING SERMONS
May 31
“Integrity Matters!”
Acts 4:32-5:11
June 7
“STEPHEN - A Man of Great Faith
and Strong Convictions”
Acts 6:8-12
June 14
“In the Midnight Hour!”
Acts 16:25-32
Home Phone:
Email:
How Did You Learn About NEUMC?
June 21
“Evangelism 101”
Acts 17:16-32
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
VBS is Sunday, July 5 - Friday, July 10
6:00 - 8:15 PM
Ages 4 years old by September 1 through
rising 6th graders. Older kids are always
welcome to volunteer. Sign up to help or
register your kids at neumc.com. Invite your
friends and neighbors to join us. Come be
a part of the largest outreach at NEUMC.
Bonnie Riley, Director of Children and
Youth Ministries
Desire to Know More About NEUMC
Desire a Call From the Pastor
Desire to Become a Member
Additional Comments:
MINISTRY AND PRAYER NEEDS
▪ Blakely Cahoon and family, upon the death of her father, Jude T. Gehlmann.
▪ Sandy Wrenn, Barbara Day’s cousin, hospitalized at Duke University Hospital with a very
serious lung problem.
▪ Barbara Butler, hospitalized at Providence Hospital (downtown).
▪ Miriam Simpson, recovering from knee surgery.
▪ Thurman Bruffey, hospitalized with pneumonia.
▪ Sam Christmus, who is spending two months in Uganda working with Partnership Uganda
and YOFAFO Uganda on education, community development and healthcare projects.
▪ David Mitchum and his family, upon the death of his mother, Corine Mitchum.
▪ Matthew Shoup, William Wu and Zack Spencer, as they travel to China for three weeks.
They will volunteer at Carly’s orphanage and share their testimonies at William’s former
elementary school.
▪ Jewel Edwards, diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.
▪ A Spring Valley High School Teacher, who was shot at his home on May 13. Please pray
for his continued healing.
▪ Joel Parsons, recovering from back surgery.
▪ Bonnie and Thomas McBurnett, both experiencing medical issues.
▪ 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
May 25
Ricky & Sarah Williamson & daughters Hannah & Lilly
Tuesday
May 26
Carolyn Wilson
Wednesday
May 27
Lorie Beth Wissler
Thursday
May 28
Beverly Wood & children Alyssa, Laura & Juan
Friday
May 29
Sue Woodard
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