Frostburg United Methodist Church August 21, 2016 Greeters: Ron & Natalie Tenaglio Lay Reader: Margie Nelson Acolyte: Natalie Green Word of Welcome and Announcements A Time of Preparation Prelude Amazing Grace *Call to Worship One: People of God, who do you come to worship? All: We come to worship the one true God. One: How will you worship? All: Not with words alone, but by living lives of justice and love. One: Come, you who belong to God. Come, you who are foolish in the eyes of the world. All: Come and abide in God’s tent and in God’s heart, now and forever. Amen. *Praise Hymn Jesus Shall Reign UMH 157 *Passing of the Peace (please greet others at this time) Prayer quilts to be presented to: Autumn Buckley, Coleen Kenney, “TR” Robinette, Betty Simmon, & Ralph Spriggs ~As you feel led, come tie a knot and say a prayer during the hymns~ Prayers & Testimonies The Lord’s Prayer UMH 895 To Hear the Word of God Special Music Rondo Beethoven Autumn Holt Children’s Sermon – Lem Crawford Prayer for Illumination For the words of challenge, for the words of blessing, for the spirit of wisdom moving in our midst, we give you honor and thanks and praise. Amen. Scripture Reading – Matthew 5:1-12 (NRSV) 5 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. 8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. One: This is the Word of God for the people of God. All: Thanks be to God. Meditation – Messages from the Mountaintop Pastor Kyle Durbin Respond to God’s Word Hymn of Response Blest Are They FWS 2155 Offertory Voluntary Thomas Loud Doxology More Precious Than Silver FWS 2065 *Offering Prayer (unison) O God, You bless us in so many areas of our lives — in places we often fail to recognize as blessing. Help us have eyes to see and hearts to understand the depth of Your love and blessing. Today, we give out of that blessedness, dedicating ourselves to lives of justice and love, giving all that we are and all that we have to bring about your beloved community, here and now. Amen. Sent Forth to Do the Work of God’s Kingdom *Challenge Hymn Let There Be Peace On Earth UMH 431 *Benediction One: Those who live lives pleasing to God shall not be moved. Go now to embrace the kingdom values — values of love, justice, and truth. Go now with God’s blessing, to live those values through the power of our challenging, faithful, loving, empowering God. All: Amen. Postlude They'll Know We Are Christians *Please stand with your posture or your heart* UMH – United Methodist Hymnal FWS – Faith We Sing Hymnal
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Frostburg United Methodist Church August 21, 2016
Greeters: Ron & Natalie Tenaglio
Lay Reader: Margie Nelson
Acolyte: Natalie Green
Word of Welcome and Announcements
A Time of Preparation
Prelude Amazing Grace
*Call to Worship
One: People of God, who do you come to worship?
All: We come to worship the one true God.
One: How will you worship?
All: Not with words alone, but by living lives of justice and love.
One: Come, you who belong to God. Come, you who are foolish in the eyes of the world.
All: Come and abide in God’s tent and in God’s heart, now and forever. Amen.
*Praise Hymn Jesus Shall Reign UMH 157
*Passing of the Peace (please greet others at this time)
~As you feel led, come tie a knot and say a prayer during the hymns~
Prayers & Testimonies
The Lord’s Prayer UMH 895
To Hear the Word of God
Special Music Rondo Beethoven
Autumn Holt
Children’s Sermon – Lem Crawford
Prayer for Illumination
For the words of challenge, for the words of blessing, for the spirit of wisdom moving in our
midst, we give you honor and thanks and praise. Amen.
Scripture Reading – Matthew 5:1-12 (NRSV)
5 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples
came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in
spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be
comforted. 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who
hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for
they will receive mercy. 8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 “Blessed are
the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 “Blessed are those who are
persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you
when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my
account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they
persecuted the prophets who were before you.
One: This is the Word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
Meditation – Messages from the Mountaintop Pastor Kyle Durbin
Respond to God’s Word Hymn of Response Blest Are They FWS 2155
Offertory Voluntary Thomas Loud
Doxology More Precious Than Silver FWS 2065
*Offering Prayer (unison)
O God, You bless us in so many areas of our lives — in places we often fail to recognize as
blessing. Help us have eyes to see and hearts to understand the depth of Your love and
blessing. Today, we give out of that blessedness, dedicating ourselves to lives of justice and
love, giving all that we are and all that we have to bring about your beloved community, here
and now. Amen.
Sent Forth to Do the Work of God’s Kingdom
*Challenge Hymn Let There Be Peace On Earth UMH 431
*Benediction
One: Those who live lives pleasing to God shall not be moved. Go now to embrace the
kingdom values — values of love, justice, and truth. Go now with God’s blessing, to live those
values through the power of our challenging, faithful, loving, empowering God.
All: Amen.
Postlude They'll Know We Are Christians
*Please stand with your posture or your heart*
UMH – United Methodist Hymnal FWS – Faith We Sing Hymnal
Next Sunday - August 28th! Dress comfortably and bring your lawn chair as we move our worship outside for the day. We will have a combined worship service on the church lawn beginning at 10:30AM and there will be a lunch to follow. Chicken, beverages, and paper products will be provided for lunch; just bring a covered dish to share to complete the meal. Sign-up sheets for
the luncheon will be circulated at both services today.
CHANCEL CHOIR will resume its regular practice schedule on Wednesday, August 24th at 7PM in Room 10. Come out and sing a little, talk a little, and eat a little with us. We are in special need of new ladies to join the choir. In light of this need, we are asking everyone to invite their "girlfriend" to choir practice...or wife, sister, daughter, niece, etc. Men are welcome too. In addition to singing, we will also have a time of fellowship with light refreshments. Bring a tasty treat to share. We will continue practices on Wednesdays at 7PM and will sing on Sunday mornings (10:30 service) beginning on September 4th. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Debi Beachy at 301-707-4231 or email at [email protected]. Prayer, Inspiration, and Encouragement The next meeting of the PIE group will be Thursday, September 1st, at 7PM at Kelly and Brian
Griffin's.
Book Study - The Book Group has chosen When
Crickets Cry by Charles Martin for their next book. The
group will meet at 7:00PM on Monday, September 19,
at Sue Morgan’s (127 Frost Ave.) to discuss it.
The Book of Daniel Bible Study Group will meet at Dot Workman’s home on August 31st to review the
study. Lunch will begin at 12Noon and the study review will follow. Everyone is invited to join in! For more details or directions to Dot’s home, call 301-689-6484.
Newsletter Deadline: Please send your announcements, news items, upcoming events, activities, church schedules, items of interest, past meetings/activities, etc. for the September/October Together Newsletter to Andrew Pegg at [email protected] or place the item in Andrew’s church mailbox. Please include photos if you have any. The deadline for this newsletter is August 26th.
Upcoming Family Events
END OF SUMMER ~ August 28th at 6 - 8PM on FUMC lawn
(weather permitting) – hot dogs, s’mores, lawn games, music,
and more!!! This event is open to everyone and all ages!
Sunday School begins September 4th. We are in
need of a few teaching assistants. Please
contact Lem for information.
**Blessing of the Backpacks on September 4th**
Middle School Night Out – Tonight!
6:00PM at the Duncan’s home
Youth Kickoff! September 11th from 6-8pm Grades 6-12
Join us for games, icebreakers, music, an interactive message, a preview of what's to
come for 2016, pizza, and fun, fun, fun!
Kennedy Krieger Institute Outreach
High School - September 18th 10AM – 8PM
Middle School - September 25th 10AM – 8PM
CALENDAR
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 9:00AM Worship Service (fellowship hall) 10:00AM Fellowship & Refreshments in the fellowship hall 10:30AM Worship Service (sanctuary) Worship Committee Meeting immediately following the 10:30 service
MONDAY, AUGUST 22 1:00PM Prayer Quilt Ministry Group – Room #3
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 6:00PM SPRC meeting in the office meeting room
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 10:00AM Church Staff Meeting
7:00PM Chancel Choir Practice
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 – 27 10:00AM – 8:00PM United Campus Ministry Leadership Seminar in the fellowship hall
Stewardship Reminder ~ Our stewardship with our time and money allows us to bring people to
Christ and help others by supporting our “Deck the Halls” day of decorating the church for the
Christmas holidays which enhances our celebration of Jesus’ birth and promotes fellowship.
Circle of Concern Ron, Judy, Stacey, & Ryan Gribble (Bev Fell’s sister & family), Luke & Michaela Hale, Ronald
Hess, Virginia Wilson, Norma Scarpelli, & Marie Nicol (friends of Elizabeth Myers), Maya
Nizinski, Delaney Mickey, Barbara George (friend of Becky Baker), Roy Boettner (Betsy Green’s
father), Kim Bullers & family, John Ramsay (Debi Beachy’s father), Marcie Sipes (friend of Becky
White), Kay Gaynor, Mary Lee & Stacey Lee, Norm Nicol, Shanna Ferree (Shelly Landis’
daughter), Shirley Jensen (Natalie Tenaglio’s co-worker), Larry Caton (Janie James’ cousin), Jack
Folk (friend of Tony & Karen Crosby), Jim Cotton, Terry Russell, Doris Bendle, Ron Eisentrout
(Janie James’ cousin), Marty Femi, Elaine Moran
Serving Our Country: Ryan Clark, Dimas Henriquez, Commander Jared Jacobs, Matthew C. Sisco
We extend our prayers & sympathy to the family of Karen Sue Buckalew Walls, who passed away on July 25th.
Looking Ahead…
~SPRC will hold a meeting in the office meeting room on Tuesday, August 23rd, at 6PM.
~The United Methodist Men will hold their annual Steak Feed on Saturday, September 10th,
at 5PM. More details to come!
~There will be a trustees meeting on Monday, September 26th, at 6:30PM in the office meeting room.
United Campus Ministry hopes to sell jarred cookies (cookie mix in a Mason jar) as a fund raiser at the Appalachian Festival on September 17th. The students have
asked FUMC to prepare two dozen jars, if possible. Empty Mason jars and recipes
are available in the fellowship hall if you are interested in helping with this
project. Please leave completed cookie jars on the table in the fellowship hall by
Wednesday, September 14th. Thank you for your help!
August 25th – 28th: UCM Leadership Days will be held in our church fellowship hall. This
is a time for the UCM leaders to make preparations for the Fall Welcome Event and participate in
an Evangelism Training program: “Blessed to Be a Blessing.” Chaplain Cindy Zirlott will be
feeding them lunch and dinner on August 25th and 26th. If anyone would like to help provide a
dessert or dish to help with these meals, please email Cindy at [email protected] or call 540-
303-2309 or speak to her after church on Sunday. Many thanks for all the support.
UMM Pulled Pork Dinner is Coming Up! It’s just about that time of the year again – the
United Methodist Men will be holding their annual pulled pork
fundraiser on Thursday, September 1st. Representatives of the
UMM will be on hand to take orders after the service for the next
few Sundays. The UMM need donations of individually-wrapped
brownies for this event – please contact a member of the UMM if
you would like to help. Thank you!
The September Singers Concert will be held in the Allegany College of MD auditorium
on Sunday, August 28th. The concert will begin at 2:30PM and tickets ($5 each) may be
purchased at the door or from any member of the group.
Email Addresses to be updated: effective August 1st, the church will be using the following email addresses –
