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Becoming disciples of Jesus Christ by knowing, loving and serving God

CHOOSE YOUR SUNDAY

WORSHIP SERVICE

ACCORDING TO STYLE OR TIME

NEXT WEEK, JANUARY 17, 2016

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Informal Worship

8:30 a.m. - Sanctuary

Rev. Janet Stilwell

Inspiration Choir

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Contemporary Worship

9:45 a.m. - Faith Chapel

Rev. Mike Lindstrom

FUMC Praise Team

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Traditional Worship

11:00 a.m. - Sanctuary

Rev. Janet Stilwell

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Culto de Adoración

11:00 a.m. - Capilla de Fe

Rev. Emigdio Rosales

NURSERY IS PROVIDED FOR

ALL WORSHIP SERVICES

Website

SPECIAL OFFERING

01/03/16 Communion Offering $ 995.00 benefits

“Crisis Assistance Center”

GUEST REPORT

First Time Guests 01/03/16 4 Repeat Guests 01/03/16 104

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

(Mark 1:9 NRSV)

January 10, 2016

plain thoughts

caring ministry

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Joyful Christian or Sour Christian

Which one are you? I wanted to know the definition of joyful so I Googled it on my phone. It said "full of

joy." Some of the synonyms for joy were gleeful, jolly, jubilant, peppy, grateful and upbeat. Have you ever

known someone like that? I have and I love being around her. It seemed like my friend radiated joy at all

times. She made life look and seem much more fun.

I went another step and Googled characteristics that joyful people seem to have in common and this is what I

found: Joyful people . . .

Genuinely care about other people and show love for them

Tend to live a life of integrity. They are honest and sincere with others and themselves

Appreciate what they have and recognize the blessings that come their way

Eat well, follow a regular routine and believe in self care

Are patient with people and things around them

Look forward to life every day

Are always learning new things

Look for the best in others

Are naturally optimistic

Are always ready to forgive themselves and others.

When I was in church camp as a child, we used to sing a song that said, "I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down

in My Heart" and I think it tells us much about Christianity. Christians find joy in life every day because of

God's presence in their lives and for what he has already done for them.

~ Janet Cable ~

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youth ministry

lifespan ministry CHILDREN & FAMILY

FirstKids Wednesday, January 20

Week night study, crafts and fun. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 3 yr olds - 1st grade

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 2nd - 6th graders (includes dinner) Sign up on the ledge outside the church office.

Adult Open Gym Tuesday Nights 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Come join us for a pickup game of basketball, volleyball etc. . . .

Nursery available

SAVE THE DATE

Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper

February 9

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

SENIOR ADULTS

Wednesday “42” Games begin at 9:00 a.m. in M-2.

Come join the group!

SINGLE ADULTS

2nd Sunday Lunch TODAY, January 10 at 12:15 p.m.

World Burger

18438 Hwy 105 W Ste. B., Montgomery

Meet us there! Bring your friends!!

Movie and a Meal

Saturday, January 16

5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in Room 115

$4.00 for movie and meal

Single’s Planning Meeting Sunday, January 24

12:00 noon in Room 113

All Singles, please consider attending this meeting.

SPECIAL NEEDS

A Place for Me

Special Needs Sunday School for All Ages Sundays at 9:45 a.m. in Room 103

Join us as we read and discuss the sermon scripture of

the day. The atmosphere is loving and informal

with individualized instruction.

Ignite 2016 - Mid-Winter

Weekend Retreat

February 26 - 28

Forest Glen Camp

New Waverly

Early Registration

$115 per person

This is a weekend for our Jr. High and

Sr. High youth to have fellowship, worship

and study God’s word with other youth

from the Texas Annual Conference.

Deadline for early registration is Sunday,

January 17. Forms can be found on the wall

outside the Youth Office. Scholarships are

available if needed. Contact Ruth Ann

Person for more information.

Jr. High is Jumping!

Saturday, Jan. 23

5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Cost: $5 to jump

plus money for

dinner

We will eat dinner at

Jason’s Deli and then

go on to Sky Zone. Be

sure and pick up your

permission slip and

waiver found on the

wall outside the Youth

Office.

Sunday, January 31 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Lakewood UMC,

Houston

We will leave to have lunch

after the 11:00 Worship

service. We will be joining

youth from other churches in

the Central North District to

pack meals for Stop Hunger

Now. When we are done

we will participate in worship

with other clergy and lay

leaders. We should be home

by 7:30 p.m. Please sign up

on the bulletin board to save

your seat in the van.

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music / worship ministries

hispanic ministry

Thanks for your part in a great service of worship last Sunday. We’ve begun 2016 in fine fashion. FYI, the choirs are open for business. Come join us on Sunday afternoons/Wednesday evenings and sing your praise to the Lord especially on Sunday mornings!

Our Children’s Music Ministry resumes rehearsals this afternoon. If you have yet to join us, now is the time – 5:00 p.m. We’d like to do a musical this Spring, but we need you to do that!

A special thanks to our Worship Ministry Team for all they did to help us celebrate Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Their dedication found them decorating and undecorating our worship areas, placing the poinsettias, and most importantly preparing the communion elements and candles for our Christmas Eve services and Sunday morning worship. We appreciate our Acolytes for their superb service as well.

As ever, keep your prayer list active! Indeed, we are a world in need!

Heartwarmer for the week: “In Rome many people maintain the custom of throwing something out the

window on New Year’s Eve. What a relief to get rid of every old resentment, every old fear, old prejudices, old notions, old ways of doing things.” (Norman Vincent Peale)

Friendly Reminders

Please recycle in the church office: cell phones, iPads & tablets, inkjet cartridges, Apple iPods, Smart watches & Fitness Bands; gold, silver & platinum jewelry

Use your Kroger Card #82528 / Randall’s Card #2293

Requiem for the Living – Sunday, January 31 at 11:00 a.m. Presented by The Music Ministry, members of The Mongtomery County Choral Society

And Chamber Orchestra

Use the opportunity to invite your friends to church!

Mañana lunes 11 de enero a las 7:00 p.m. en el mismo

salón de la escuela dominical (119) comenzaremos las

clases de discipulado. Este es un tiempo dedicado a

aprender sobre las doctrinas básicas del cristianismo, así

como especificidades del metodismo, también es un

tiempo para hacer preguntas e interactuar con otros

cristianos que estamos aprendiendo. Si usted es nuevo

o simplemente quiere volver a refrescar este importante

contenido, regístrese pronto. Vea al pastor para más

detalles.

El viernes 15 de enero a las 7:00 p.m. será la primera

capacitación para maestros de escuela dominical a cargo

de la directora del ministerio de niños, la hermana

Aurora Becerra. Si usted es maestro o ayudante de

escuela dominical no se pierda este importante tiempo y

si aún no está sirviendo en esta área pero quisiera

hacerlo porque cree que Dios lo está llamando, hable

con la hermana Aurora, aún está a tiempo.

Sermones

Un cristiano escribió al editor de un periódico y se quejaba que no tenía sentido ir a la iglesia cada domingo. "He ido a la iglesia durante 30 años", el escribió, "y en ese periodo he oído más o menos 3000 sermones. Pero no puedo recordar ni uno solo de ellos. Por eso creo que estoy desperdiciando mi tiempo . . . y el pastor está desperdiciando el suyo dando sermones." Esto creó una polémica en la columna de "Cartas al editor", para el deleite del editor. Pasaron semanas hasta que alguien escribió esto que cerró la polémica: "Hace 30 años que estoy casado. Durante ese periodo mi esposa me preparo alrededor de 32.000 comidas, no puedo recordar cual era el menú de todas ellas. Pero esto es lo que se, que ellas me nutrieron y me dieron la fuerza que necesitaba para realizar mi trabajo. Si mi esposa no me hubiera dado esas comidas, yo ahora estaría muerto." No se realizaron más comentarios sobre la polémica del sermón . . . .

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discipleship

missions and community outreach ministries

Discipleship is the practice of being a Christ-follower through worship, prayer, study and acts of compassion and justice found in

witness and service. We become disciples as we practice living out our lives through knowing, loving and serving God in the world.

Remember Your Baptism And Be Grateful!

“In those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And

just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like

a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, ‘“You are my Son, the Beloved: with you I am well

pleased.” Mark 1:911

In the tradition of the greater Christian Church, today we remember and celebrate the Baptism of Our

Lord and we remember and celebrate our own baptism. Through Jesus’ baptism we are all united

together in Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection; through his baptism Jesus begins his work for

our salvation. As the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus so the Spirit descends on us. Through our

baptism we are adopted and incorporated into the family of faith and God can say of us, “You are my

beloved child.” And because Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us, God can say of us, “with you I am

well-pleased.” Baptism is recognition of God’s gracious love already at work in our lives. God’s grace

endures, and God’s promises are never broken.

Today we remember and reaffirm our baptismal vows and are grateful!

Next work day is set for January 16

The house is located at 1501 Cedar Knoll Ct. in the

Cedar Creek neighborhood off of South 7th St. It is

near the intersection of South 7th St. and Foster Dr.

behind Runyan Elementary. Google maps finds it as

Cedar Knoll Dr. and does not know the street

numbers. Our house is at the end of Cedar Knoll Ct.

Contact Paul Rogerson, prog619@aol.com, if you

want to come work with us.

SIGN UP TODAY to go with a team

Haiti 2016 Trip February 27 - March 4

Now is the time to commit for the trip.

Contact Nancy, heintz@fumc-conroe.org,

for all of the details.

If you forgot your bags of rice and beans today, you can still bring your donations to the church office on Monday, 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Your donations support the food pantry at the Crisis Assistance Center in Conroe.

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You are invited to participate in

the newest version of this

biblically-based nine week

learning experience that will

provide you with practical tools

to gain control of your finances

and set yourself up for long-

term financial success.

Monday Mornings

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Asbury Room

January 25 - March 21

or

Tuesday Evenings

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Asbury Room

January 26 - March 22

Cost: $100.00 per family

To register: Call the church

office 936-756-3395

Deanna Ooley 936-447-1626

Childcare will be

available, please call.

Would you like to volunteer to

send greeting cards to our

homebound members? Call

Janet Cable at 936.756.3395.

Volunteers Needed

Cancer

Support Group

This Wednesday

January 13, 2016

12:00 Noon – 1:15 p.m.

In the Asbury Room

This month our speaker will be

Susan Bulgawicz, who is an Elder

Lawyer. She will talk to us about

Long Term Care Planning.

Everyone is welcome. Please

come and join the group. Lunch is

served. Call Janet Cable at 936-

756-3395 if you have any

questions.

We will not be working on pillows in

January, 2016. The hospital has an

abundance of pillows at this time, so

we will not be stuffing and stitching

until Monday, February 15, 2016.

Please put this date on your calendar

so we can restart our deliveries to the

patients at that time. Thank you for

your participation in 2015. We were

very productive.

MILITARY SERVICE

MINISTRY

Please help us keep our lists of

military service personnel and

their addresses current. Contact

Charlene and Jim Payne at

936.756.6947.

Volunteers Needed

For Home Communion

Call Janet Cable in the church

office at 936.756.3395.

Grief Support Ministry

Tomorrow

Monday, January 11

5:30 p.m.

Susanna Room

For more information,

call Chris Gritzmacher

936.273.1214

Join us for Lunch and Learn

Sunday, January 31

12:00 noon in Room 111

Meet Mohammed from Refugee

Services of Texas who will talk

about the refugees they assist, the

services provided, and what we as

a church can do to get involved.

He will also share his experience

of arriving to the U.S. as a child

refugee. A light lunch will be

served and childcare is available

upon advance request.

Contact Nancy, heintz@fumc-

conroe.org if you have questions.

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hospital

PRAYER REQUEST OR PRAISE REPORT?

E-mail to: prayerchain@fumc-conroe.org - or call (936) 756-3395 - or visit our website at www.fumc-conroe.org

Alpha is just one week away.

This 10-week introduction to the

Christian faith will meet on

Sundays at 11:15 a.m. starting

January 17. Is your faith stuck in

neutral? Are you on a spiritual

plateau and can’t seem to get

off? Are you just going through

the motions during worship?

This class has a reputation for

“jump starting” the faith of many

guests when honestly

confronting the meaning and

purpose of our lives. Why not

come to the orientation class next

Sunday, January 17, in the

Wesley Room? A light meal is

provided. If you like it come

back the next week. It’s free and

childcare is provided. Just sign

up outside of the church office,

on the church website

www.fumc-conroe.org, or by

calling the church office at 936-

756-3395.

Alpha is coming

PLEASE PRAY FOR . . . OUR KNOWN HOSPITALIZED

If you or someone you love has been in the hospital for 24 hours and you haven’t heard from the church, we don’t know you're there. Please call and let us know. Call Janet Cable at 936.756.3395.

RECENTLY RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL Carlton Blaylock, Charlotte Field

Sympathy to . . .

. . . Betty McIntyre and

family on the December 29,

2015 death of Betty’s

husband, Bobby McIntyre,

of Conroe, Texas.

. . . Melody Pigg and family

on the December 31, 2015

death of Melody’s mother,

Sharon Olson, of Spring,

Texas.

. . . Henri Sorgenfrei and

family on the January 3,

2016 death of Henri’s

husband, Don Sorgenfrei, of

Conroe, Texas.

FUMC Staff Appreciates All Our Church

Volunteers!

Please join the staff of FUMC as we say “Thank you for your dedication to FUMC-Conroe in 2015” to all of our church volunteers with food and fellowship in the narthex from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. You are welcome to stay the entire time or come-and-go as your schedule allows.

All volunteers are invited from all of our numerous volunteer ministries. We look forward to seeing you there!

St. Luke’s - The Woodlands Sherry Burks

We are in urgent need of volunteers to visit our nursing home residents. Please prayerfully consider offering your service. Call the church office for more information.

This week’s featured book from our own church library:

After his usual seventy-hour work week, Nick Cominsky can’t pass up a mysterious invitation. His life is changed forever in Dinner with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory.

We are a

Stephen Ministry

Congregation.

We are in urgent need of volunteers to visit our nursing home residents. Please prayerfully consider offering your service. Call the church office for more information.

week at a glance Sunday, January 10

7:00 am—Sunday Morning Men’s Coffee Fellowship/

Library (101)

8:30, 9:45 & 11:00 am—Worship Services/Sanctuary

& Faith Chapel

9:30 am—Small Groups for Youth/Upper Room

9:45 am—Small Groups for All Ages/All Classrooms

11:00 am—Small Groups for Adults/Asbury Room,

Susanna Room (100) & 109

12:00 pm—Guest Luncheon/Wesley Room

12:15 pm—Single Adult Lunch/World Burger

4:00 pm—Inspiration Choir/M-1 & M-2

4:00 pm—New Hope Handbells/Sanctuary

5:00 pm—Children’s Choirs/Junior Choir/M-1, M-2

& Sanctuary

6:00 pm—Confirmation Food, Fun & Faith/A-1 &

Asbury Room

6:00 pm—Youth Group/Gym & Upper Room

Monday, January 11

9:00 am—Day School/Children’s Area & Gym

10:00 am—Ladies’ Bridge/Wesley Room

5:30 pm—Grief Support Group/Susanna Room (100)

5:45 pm—Upward Basketball Practice/Gym

6:30 pm—Hispanic Ministry Team/Library (101)

6:30 pm—Disciple I Bible Study/113

7:00 pm—Clases de discipulado/sequidores/119

7:00 pm—Boy Scout Troop 143/Wesley Room & 131

Tuesday, January 12

6:20 am—Morning Devotional for Montgomery

Jr. High and Sr. High/Whataburger

6:30 am—Tuesday Morning Men’s Breakfast Bible

Study/Wesley Room

9:00 am—Identification Recovery Team/CAC

9:00 am—Day School/Children’s Area & Gym

9:15 am—Tuesday Morning Women’s Bible

Study/111

5:45 pm—Upward Basketball Practice/Gym

7:00 pm—Basic ESL Classes/111

7:00 pm—Open Gym/Gym

Wednesday, January 13

6:20 am—Morning Devotional for Willis ISD/

Chick fil-A

9:00 am—Morning “42” Gang/M-2

9:00 am—Day School/Children’s Area & Gym

9:30 am—Disciple I Fast Track/Library (101)

10:00 am—Rose Hunt’s Bridge Group/113

12:00 pm—Cancer Support Group/Asbury Room

12:00 pm—Brown Bag Bible Study/Wesley Room

6:00 pm—Chancel Bells/Sanctuary

6:00 pm—Singles Bible Study/Library (101)

Wednesday, January 13 (continued)

6:00 pm—Y.O.U.T.H. Group/Upper Room & Gym

6:30 pm—Servicio de Estudio Biblico y Oracion/

Faith Chapel

7:00 pm—Chancel Choir/M-1

Thursday, January 14

6:20 am—Morning Devotional for Conroe Sr. High/

Chick fil-A

7:45 am—Peet Jr. High Morning Devotional/

Chick-fil-A

9:00 am—Identification Recovery Team/CAC

9:00 am—Day School/Children’s Area & Gym

9:30 am—Disciple III Bible Study/Asbury Room

9:30 am—MDS Pre-K Orientation/123

10:00 am—“The Gathering Place” Memory Care

Ministry/Wesley Room

3:30 pm—Montgomery County Homeless Coalition

January Meeting/Wesley Room

5:45 pm—Upward Basketball Practice/Gym

7:00 pm—Worship Ministry Team/Library (101)

7:00 pm—Basic ESL Classes/111

Friday, January 15

FUMC Serving Lunch/Salvation Army

12:00 pm—Church Office Closes

Saturday, January 16

8:00 am—Upward Basketball Game/Gym

5:30 pm—Single Adult Movie & a Meal/115

6:00 pm—Soccer-Sports Time/Gym

Baptism of the Lord

Sunday, January 10, 2016 8:30 a.m. Hearing devices are available upon request. *Please stand as you are able.

Gathering Music

Welcome / Announcements

Opening Voluntary “Streams of Living Water”, Keveren & Siler

*Hymns of Praise “O Spirit of the Living God”, No. 539, Verses 1 & 4 “Shall we Gather at the River”, No. 723, Verses 1 & 2 “Baptized in Water”, No. 2248 (The Faith We Sing), Verses 1 & 3

Prayer Hymn “Spirit of the Living God”, No. 393

Pastoral Prayer Rev. Janet Stilwell

The Lord’s Prayer No. 895 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Time for our Children Rev. Bert Bagley

Morning Offering “Because You Are God’s Chosen Ones”, Smith

*Reading / Holy Scripture Mark 1:2-11

Message “You Are My Beloved One”, The Rev. Dr. Randall Robinson

Invitation to Reaffirm our Baptismal Covenant We gather today to worship and praise the God of awe and majesty. We come to encounter the God who knows us each by name and who walks with us in intimate love. We come to reaffirm the blessing we have received through our baptism. In baptism, we remember God’s saving actions throughout history, and we have the opportunity to answer yes as God whispers our names. As a community of God, we gather today at the waters of baptism to reaffirm our commitment to Christ and to experience anew the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.

*Invitation to Christian Discipleship “Spirit of God”, No. 2117 (The Faith We Sing), Verses 1, 2, 3 & 4

Receiving New Members

*Benediction “Spirit of God”, No. 2117 (The Faith We Sing), Verse 5

*Postlude “Born of Water”, Samueltton

Worship leadership for this morning’s service:

The Rev. Dr. Randall Robinson Rev. Bert Bagley, Senior Pastor Rev. Janet Stilwell, Associate Pastor Ann Lee, Director of Music Craig Stephan, Organist

Gale Drummond, Soloist Elissa Weedon, Song Leader Inspiration Choir Terry Bowie, Lay Reader Addy Williams, Alyssa Williams, Acolytes

Contemporary Worship

Baptism of the Lord Sunday, January 10, 2016 9:45 a.m.

Opening Song “I Refuse”

Welcome & Greeting We would be grateful if you let us know you’re here by filling out the next blank form in the red books in the pews.

Praise/Worship Song “Holy Is the Lord”

Praise/Worship Song “Slow Me Down”

Prayer

Offering

Message “You Are My Beloved One” Rev. Emigdio Rosales

Mark 1:2-11

Closing Song “Our God”

Blessing for the days ahead

Welcome to the Contemporary Worship service at FUMC-Conroe. This is a time established for people of faith to join together and give thanks and praise to God, to learn from God’s Holy Word, and to be reminded of our connection to one another. We’re glad you’re here and hope that you experience the fullness of God’s love and grace during your time with us. If you are new to First United Methodist, please be sure to stop by after the service and speak with the pastor. It’s a great way for us to connect with new friends and to answer any questions you might have.

First United Methodist Church

4308 W. Davis Street - Conroe, Texas 77304-4284

(936) 756-3395

www.fumc-conroe.org

January 10, 2016

Baptism of the Lord

11:00 a.m.

PRELUDE

WELCOME

*EXPRESSIONS OF LOVING HOSPITALITY

*OPENING SONG “Shall We Gather at the River” HANSON PLACE

OPENING VOLUNTARY “Because You Are God’s Chosen Ones” Smith Chancel Choir

*CALL TO WORSHIP Kae Roemershauser

Leader: As baptized disciples, we are marked as God’s beloved ones.

People: What have we done to deserve God’s love?

Leader: God’s love is God’s free gift to us, always and forever.

People: Even when we are difficult and turn away from God,

Leader: God’s love never vanishes from us.

All: Thanks be to God who is ever faithful to us! AMEN.

*HYMN No. 539 “O Spirit of the Living God” FOREST GREEN

(Verses 1, 2 & 4)

TIME FOR OUR CHILDREN No. 2235b Rev. Bert Bagley

The Faith We Sing “We Are Marching” SIYAHAMBA

CALL TO PRAYER No. 393 “Spirit of the Living God” LIVING GOD

PASTORAL PRAYER Rev. Bert Bagley

THE LORD’S PRAYER No. 895

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.

Amen.

*HYMN No. 2248 “Baptized in Water” BUNESSAN

The Faith We Sing

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*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH No. 888 “Affirmation of Faith from I Corinthians and Colossians”

*GLORIA PATRI “Glory Be to the Father” MEINEKE

MORNING OFFERING “Streams of Living Water” Keveren & Siler

Gale Drummond, Soloist

*DOXOLOGY No. 95 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” OLD 100th

*SCRIPTURE Mark 1:2-11

MESSAGE “You Are My Beloved One” The Rev. Dr. Randall Robinson

INVITATION TO REAFFIRM OUR BAPTISMAL COVENANT

We gather today to worship and praise the God of awe and majesty. We come to encounter the

God who knows us each by name and who walks with us in intimate love. We come to reaffirm the

blessing we have received through our baptism. In baptism, we remember God’s saving actions

throughout history, and we have the opportunity to answer yes as God whispers our names. As a

community of God, we gather today at the waters of baptism to reaffirm our commitment to Christ

and to experience anew the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.

*INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP (You are invited to give your life to Christ or indicate your desire to become a member of this church by coming to the altar.

For information about this church and membership, visit the Welcome Center in the Lobby.)

*HYMN No. 2117 “Spirit of God” DOVE SONG

The Faith We Sing (Verses 1, 2, 3 & 4)

RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS

CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

*BENEDICTION

*CHORAL BENEDICTION “Spirit of God” DOVE SONG

(Verse 5)

*POSTLUDE “Born of Water” Samueltton

(*Those who are comfortable to stand, please do so.)

**** If you are visiting First United Methodist Church-Conroe for the first time, we are glad you are here! We hope you will

register the gift of your presence on our attendance pads which the ushers will collect during the singing of the second hymn.

ACOLYTES: Camryn Savoy, Kellen Savoy