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WELCOME Alex Joyner, District Superintendent
Bart Weakley, Host Pastor
Prelude: Market Street Bell Choir
BE THOU MY VISION UMH #451
1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art;
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2. Be thou my Wisdom, and thou my true Word;
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, and I thy true son,
Thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.
3. Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise;
Thou mine inheritance, now and always;
Thou and thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure thou art.
4. High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
PRAYER
Iris Smith, District Lay Leader
PRAISE MUSIC
Ignite Worship Band
10,000 ReasonsBy Matt Redman
Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul worship
His holy name sing like never before O my
soul I'll worship your holy name
The sun comes up it's a new day dawning
it's time to sing your song again whatever
may pass and whatever lies before me let
me be singing when the evening comes
Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul worship
His holy name sing like never before O my
soul I'll worship your holy name
You're rich in love and you're slow to anger
your name is great and your heart is kind
for all your goodness I will keep on singing
10,000 reasons for my heart to find
Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul worship
His holy name sing like never before O my
soul I'll worship your holy name
And on that day when my strength is failing
the end draws near and my time has come
still my soul will sing your praise unending
10,000 years and then forever more
Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul worship
His holy name sing like never before O my
soul I'll worship your holy name
Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul worship
His holy name sing like never before O my
soul I'll worship your holy name
I WILL FOLLOW -BY CHRIS TOMLIN
Where you go, I'll go
Where you stay, I'll stay
When you move, I'll move
I will follow...
All your ways are good
All your ways are sure
I will trust in you alone
Higher than my sight
High above my life
I will trust in you alone (trust in you alone)
Where you go, I'll go
Where you stay, I'll stay
When you move, I'll move
I will follow you
Who you love, I'll love
How you serve I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow you, yeah
I will follow you, yeah
Light unto the world
Light unto my life
I will live for you alone
You're the one I seek
Knowing I will find
All I need in you alone, in you alone
Where you go, I'll go
Where you stay, I'll stay
When you move, I'll move
I will follow you
Who you love, I'll love
How you serve I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow you, yeah
I will follow you, yeah
In you there's life everlasting
In you there's freedom for my soul
In you there's joy, unending joy
And I will follow
Where you go, I'll go
Where you stay, I'll stay
When you move, I'll move
I will follow
Who you love, I'll love
How you serve I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow
Where you go, I'll go
Where you stay, I'll stay
When you move, I'll move
I will follow you
Who you love, I'll love
How you serve, I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow you, yeah
I will follow you, yeah
I will follow you, yeah
I will follow you, yeah
GOSPEL READING: ACTS 8: 26-40 (NRSV)
26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up
and go toward the south to the road that goes down
from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness
road.) 27 So he got up and went. Now there was an
Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace,
queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire
treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
28 and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he
was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the Spirit said
to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.” 30 So
Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet
Isaiah. He asked, “Do you understand what you are
reading?” 31 He replied, “How can I, unless someone
guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in and sit
beside him.
32 Now the passage of the scripture that he was
reading was this:
“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter,
and like a lamb silent before its shearer,
so he does not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “About whom, may I ask
you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about
someone else?” 35 Then Philip began to speak, and
starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the
good news about Jesus.36 As they were going along the
road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said,
“Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from
being baptized?”
38 He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of
them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water,
and Philip[c] baptized him. 39 When they came up out of
the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away;
the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way
rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as
he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the
good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE!
Rev. Meredith McNabbVa. Conference Director of Clergy Excellence
CONVENING OF THE BUSINESS
SESSION
148TH SESSION OF E.S. DISTRICT
CONFERENCE
Presiding:
Rev. Alex Joyner
District Superintendent
WHO ARE THE VOTING MEMBERS? • All clergy
• local church lay leaders• local church council chairs• S.S. superintendents• UMM and UMW presidents• district stewards• lay members to annual conference • district trustees• district treasurer• district lay leader & associate lay leaders• district UMM & UMW presidents• district coordinators and directors
ELECTION OF RECORDING SECRETARY
Clergy and laity vote!
Nomination: Connie Owens
Other nominations from the floor.
ELECTION OF TELLERSClergy and laity vote!
Nominations: George Fulk (lay)
Wayne Parsley (clergy)
Geraldine Addison (lay)
Brenda Laws (clergy)
Other nominations from the floor.
Report of the District Board of Trustees
Lisa Lewis, Chair
Nominations and Election of District Leadership
IVORY SHEET in your packet
Nominations from the floor?
Laity and Clergy vote!
Report of the District Committee on Ordained Ministry
Judy Worthington, Chair
Recognition:Course of Study Graduates
Gregory L. Duncan
James S. Nock
Report of Occohannock on the Bay Camp and Retreat
Michael Henry, Camp Director
Smith James, General Board Chair
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF 11 DISTRICT AT-LARGE MEMBERS TO THE JUNE 17-19, 2016 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION AT THE BERGLUND CENTER, ROANOKE Nominations from the floor ?
Using the BALLOT SHEET provided in
your packet, vote for 11 persons from the list
including those nominated from the floor.
Only lay members of district conference vote.
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF 2 YOUTH MEMBERS FROM OUR DISTRICT TO THE JUNE 19-21, 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION, ROANOKENominations from the floor?
On the back of the BALLOT SHEET provided in
your packet, vote for 2 Youth (ages 12-17)
from the list including those nominated from
the floor.
Only lay members of district conference vote.
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF 2 YOUNG ADULT MEMBERS FROM OUR DISTRICT TO THE JUNE 20-22, 2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION, HAMPTONNominations from the floor?
using the BALLOT SHEET (on the back of the
sheet), provided in your packet, vote for 2
Young Adults (ages 18-35) from the list
including those nominated from the floor.
Only lay members of district
conference vote.
Ballots will be collected by tellers at this
time. (Votes will be tallied and nominees
will be notified by mail the following week.)
Results will be posted at our district
website at
www.easternshoredistrictumc.org on Mon.
Turn in your Attendance Cards at this
time.
Collection of Ballotsand Attendance Card
MESSAGE FROM THE DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENTDistrict Mission Plan
Ministry with the Poor
PRESENTATION OF
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE
COVENANTS AND
COMMUNION ELEMENTS
Offertory Music by: Ignite Worship Band
Amazing Grace
(My Chains are Gone)By John Newton & Chris Tomlin
Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound that
saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but
now am found Was blind but now I see
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
and grace my fears relieved; how precious
did that grace appear the hour I first
believed.
My chains are gone I've been set free my
God, my savior has ransomed me and like a
flood his mercy reigns unending love,
amazing grace
The Lord has promised good to me His Word
my hope secures He will my shield and
portion be As long as life endures
My chains are gone I've been set free my
God, my savior has ransomed me and like a
flood his mercy reigns unending love,
amazing grace
My chains are gone I've been set free my
God, my savior has ransomed me and like a
flood his mercy reigns unending love,
amazing grace
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow the
sun forbear to shine by God who called me
here below will be forever mine Will be
forever mine You are forever mine
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,
CONFESSION AND PARDON
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
Leader to people :
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, you are
forgiven!
People to leader:
In the name of Jesus Christ,
you are forgiven!
Leader and people:
Glory to God. Amen
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING FWS 2257-A
Leader: …And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
People: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!
Leader: ….And so, In remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
People: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Leader: …through your Son Jesus Christ, with
the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor and
glory is yours, almighty God, now and forever.
People: Amen.
WORD AND TABLE: SERVICE III, UMH
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.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING THE MEALServers: Alex Joyner
Iris SmithMichelle SurranPaul Bowers
Music: Kirk Mariner
Who’ll be a witness for my Lord?
Who’ll be a witness for my Lord?
Who’ll be a witness for my Lord?
Who’ll be a witness for my Lord?
WHO’LL BE A WITNESS FOR MY LORD
My soul is a witness for my Lord.
My soul is a witness for my Lord.
My soul is a witness for my Lord.
My soul is a witness for my Lord.
Who’ll be a witness for my Lord?
Who’ll be a witness for my Lord?
Who’ll be a witness for my Lord?
Who’ll be a witness for my Lord?
I’ll be a witness for my Lord.
I’ll be a witness for my Lord.
I’ll be a witness for my Lord.
I’ll be a witness for my Lord.
-Music and lyrics by Alex Joyner
Stay for a while and enjoy the
hospitality of Market Street Church.
They have prepared a wonderful
selection of refreshments
downstairs in the fellowship hall.
Leader:
The voice of God calls:
“Come meet me at the margins,
where waters lap the land,
where winds rush through open marshes,
where heaven touches earth,
and your souls meet their Author.”
CLOSING RESPONSE
ALL:
In the strong name of the Trinity,
we come to live on the edge.
Believing that God is able,
that Christ is sufficient,
that the Spirit is moving across the face of the waters,
we come to live on the edge
of a new and promised day.
Blessing