Hearing devices are available in the narthex; Please ask an usher.
† Please stand, as you are able.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF NAPLES, FL
New Member Sunday Children’s Home Sunday
Welcome to Worship
Two White Roses... Have been placed on the altar for Fern Russell
and Thomasine Skelton, who both passed away Monday April 24. Please keep their families prayer.
Service for Fern Russel will be on Saturday, May 6, at 2:00 pm, followed by a reception in Barton Hall.
Urgent Prayer Requests… Sheila Strenkert; Tim Vincent; Marlys Walker;
Bud Brimmer; Marvin and Virginia Vollmer; Edie Sheibley; John Rains (Pastor’s Father); The family of Fern Russell;
The family of Thomasine Skelton
Also Please pray for… Our pastor, our church, our bishop,
our district superintendent, the community, the sick, our homebound, and those in military service.
Salty Service Red Cards are in the pew in front of you. Place one in the collection plate, if you’ve shown the love of Christ to someone outside the church this past week!
Altar Flowers this morning are placed … As a gift in honor of Pastor Nancy and our church
Regular Sunday Morning Ministries
Nursery/Pre-K………………….10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ……………. - Mom & Me Room (back of the Sanctuary)
Adult Sunday School………………….…9:00 a.m. Fellowship Class ……………- Parlor Soul Sisters Class …………………- Methodist Day School #1
Worship Service ……………………..….. ……………10:15 a.m.
Children’s Church begins right after Children’s Mo-ment for Grades K -5 in Children’s Wing Room 101
Discounted Tickets! Classic Chamber Concert Our friends at Classic Chamber Concerts would like to
offer discounted tickets to our congregation for the concert here at FUMC, this coming Monday May 1st at 8:00 pm. The ticket cost now is $60 and these would be
discounted to $50 for our congregation members. Please contact Nancy Kerns to purchase your discounted
tickets. [email protected] 239.434.8505
United Methodist Women Summer/Fall Lunches All women are welcome to come to our UMW lunches. Our first lunch will be Saturday, May 6th at 11:30 am at Ridgeway. These lunch dates will be once a month during the summer and early fall. Please sign up ASAP in the narthex so we can reserve a spot for you!
ENTRANCE
PRELUDE Be Thou My Vision Arranged by Dale Wood Arthea Brimmer, organ
LIGHTING OF ALTAR CANDLES WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS and GREETING
†CALL TO WORSHIP †OPENING PRAISE Raise Up, O Men of God (vs. 1&4) 576
Let There Be Praise (please see screen)
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION CHILDREN’S MOMENT Rev. Nancy Mayeux
GODS WORD FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
GOD’S WORD IN SONG On Your Shoulders By Glover, Smallbone & Tjornhom
Lee Kraus, soloist
THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF THE APOSTLES
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
LIFE & FAITH LESSON Rev. Nancy Mayeux Don’t Be Afraid of Change...It’s Leading You
to a New Beginning PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS Blessings Chancel Choir By Sørenson †DOXOLOGY 95
SENDING FORTH †CLOSING HYMN 585
This Little Light of Mine
†BENEDICTION
†POSTLUDE Take the Name of Jesus With You
By William Doane Arthea Brimmer. Organ
We thank Lee Kraus for sharing her musical
talent with us today .
Our Youth Need Your Help to Go to Camp! 14 of our children and youth want to go to camp this sum-mer at Warren Willis for one week. Some may not be able to go without financial help. It costs $420 per child. Please consider a financial donation towards our “Camp Fund”
First
United Methodist Church of Naples
This Week at FUMC
Monday May 1
8:00 pm Classic Chamber Concerts Sanctuary
Tuesday May 2 6:30 pm Boy Scouts Barton Hall
Wednesday May 3
3:15 pm Wesley Kids Children's’ Wing 102
4:00 pm Wesley Youth The Cup
6:00 pm Café Worship Barton Hall
Thursday– Friday, May 4-5
No Activities Scheduled
Saturday May 6
11:30 am UMW Luncheon Ridgeway
2:00 pm Fern Russell Memorial Service
& Reception Sanctuary & Barton Hall
Sunday May 7
9:00 am Sunday School Various Rms in Office Bldg
9:24 am Choir Warm Up Choir Room
10:15 am Sunday Worship Service Sanctuary
Maps are available in the Narthex
CONTACT US 388 First Avenue South, Naples, Florida 34102
Church Phone: 239-262-1033, Fax: 239-262-0586
Office Hours: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday - Thursday
9:00 am -12:00 pm - Fridays
Web: www.fumcnaples.org Email: [email protected]
Methodist Day School: 239-262-1152
Find us on Facebook at First United Methodist Church of Naples, FL
For Pastoral Emergencies after church hours,
call Pastor Nancy at 727-410-8061
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she
adjusted her sails.
Join us for coffee and refreshments after church
April 30, 2017
Nancy Mayeux
Jeri Brunton
Alicia Silvin
Steve Parker
Arthea Brimmer
Jean Berhorst
Crystal Gibbs
Pastor
Administrative Assistant to the Pastor
& Youth Coordinator
Methodist Day School Director
& Wesley Kids Coordinator
Chancel Choir Director
Organist/Pianist
Bookkeeper
Custodian and Nursery Worker
FUMC Staff
Café Worship Wednesdays at 6:00 pm Come get your “mid-week cup of hope” at our Café Worship service. Don’t worry about what to wear! Come get to know God better in this casual and worshipful environment. There is beautiful acoustic guitar music with great vocals in a coffee-house setting, where you can hear God’s message. There will be something to snack on and, of course, lots of coffee. There is time to relax, make new friends and visit with old ones before and after the service. Located in Barton Hall.
Adult Sunday School Opportunities Soul Sisters: (For women) Weekly study book is the “The Jesus Code” by OS Hawkins. Next week: "If the Foundations Are Destroyed, What Can the Righteous Do?” Psalm 11:3
Located in MDS preschool wing.
Fellowship Study Group: (Men and women) All are welcome. We try to prepare you for your daily spiritual journey. Come be renewed! Located in the Parlor.
Missional Vital Signs for FUMC Naples
4/23/2017
Passionate Worship (Worship attendance)
Intentional Discipling (Bible study & classes)
Salty Service (serving others “outside” church): Extravagant Generosity (all monetary giving): Toward the General Budget Special, Designated Giving
148 42 15
$7,393 $423
Thank You! Thank you to everyone who helped make the Spring Rummage Sale a success, especially Pam Kennedy and her team, those who donated items and those
who supported us by shopping at the event.
Playground Toys Needed! Donations are needed for Big Wheels and Little Tyke plastic tricycles or outdoor playground equipment/toys
your children, grandchildren or neighbors have outgrown. Would be much appreciated by our church preschool.
Don’t Be Afraid of Change...It’s Leading You to a New Beginning
We are “Presenting Jesus in positive and loving ways, helping people grow spiritually as disciples,
and making the world a better place by relieving suffering.”