This WeekNURSERYWe have a nursery available for your children (babies to

toddlers) in Rainbow Hall.

MINISTRIESMINISTERS THE CONGREGATIONCHIld CARE dIRECTOR Ellen leslieMUSIC dIRECTOR Marilyn JoyceMUSICIAN Tony JohnstonMEdIA dIRECTOR Stephen MarshallCHURCH AdMINISTRATOR Kathy ByrdAdMINISTRATOR ASSISTANT lynne OverstreetFACIlITY MANAGEMENT Cody BradfordPRESCHOOl dIRECTOR Ashley TranthamCHIldREN’S dIRECTOR Pam GreenbergYOUTH dIRECTOR Cindy McdonaldPASTOR Rev. Stephen Cotten

Welcome!We welcome you to today’s worship celebration service. We are happy

you are here and pray that your spirit is refreshed. Please fill out the attendance registry with your name, address and

phone number...so we can keep in touch.

Sunday, January 12 8:30 am Worship Service 9:30 am Refreshments 9:45 am Sunday School (Horizons, Pathfinders, Upper Room, Roundtable) 9:45 am The Stand Praise & Worship 11:00 am Worship Service 11:00 am Bible Study Time (Children, Youth, & Today’s Christians) 5:00 pm Youth Bible Study Monday, January 13 6:00 pm M.E.S.S. Tuesday, January 14 8:30 am B.I.G. Bible Study 10:00 am Prayer Shawl Wednesday January 15 9:00 am Prayer Time 9:30 am Pastor’s Bible Study 3:30 pm Fellowship Games 5:00 pm WNl dinner 5:30 pm Nursery 5:30 pm Chancel Choir 6:00 pm Youth 6:00 pm Ignite Kids

Finance CountersJanuary

12 Tom Sample Linda Moore 19 TBD Ken Greer 26 Lindsey Hunnicutt TBD

February 02 James King Stan Silva

Trustees MeetingMonday, January 13 @ 6 pm

Rainbow Board MeetingMonday, January 20 @ 5:15 pm

Finance MeetingMonday, January 20 @ 6:00 pm

Church CouncilMonday, January 27 @ 6 pm

Administrative Meetings

The Yellow BRiCk Road To hoMe

The Wizard of Oz. Now there's a movie I love to watch! A hundred years ago when I was 10, it would come on just once a year. Those were the days before VCR's and DVR's and being able to record 16 shows all at the same time. You actually had to be present when it came on and there was no fast-forwarding through commercials. Bathroom breaks were scheduled and I was ready with popcorn, blanket and my favorite spot on the sofa two hours before it was scheduled to come on.

Every - Single - Time.

There's something about flying over the rainbow.....dropping smack down into a new beautiful world....and starting the journey to find Home. Having to walk an unfamiliar road and meeting the brainless scarecrows, the heartless people who have rusted from much rain in their lives, and the cowardly lions who carry fear in their pocket everywhere they go.

It always reminds me that my journey on this earth is just that........a journey. It's a bleep on the radar in the whole story of my eternity. I have been the scarecrow.....scatterbrained, making bizarre choices without the guidance of God......and I have been the heartless tin man as I passed people up needing help, time and time again....and I have carried fear in that most coveted of places next to my heart.

But I long to be Dorothy......always looking ahead to the Finish Line....Heaven. The FAITH to know that if I just keep walking....if I just keep pressing on and keep my eye on the Prize and stop focusing on the often-times difficult road I'm walking and concentrate instead on the destination, one day I will top a hill and I will see it. Home. I long for my eternal Home. I long in a way that brings tears to my eyes and a desperation in the deepest parts of my soul...because there really is, "No Place Like Home".

"My home is in heaven. i'm just traveling through this world."Billy Graham

Liz Etheridge

Sunday, January 12, 20208:30 aM & 11:00 aM

PoCkeT VeRSeThat message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the

baptism that John announced: 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing

all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.Acts 10:37-38

PRelude (8:30) Tony Johnston (11:00) lisa lowry

welCoMe *hYMn Holy, Holy, Holy CH 3 (vss. 1, 2, 3)

*hYMn Jesus Is Lord of All CH 599 (vss. 1, 2)

aPoSTleS’ CReed

GloRia PaTRi

PaSToRal PRaYeR

The loRd’S PRaYeR

*hYMn I Love You, Lord CH 78

SCRiPTuRe Acts 10:34-43 (8:30) Jan Andrews (11:00) Eric Law

oFFeRToRY PRaYeR “For God so loved the world, that God gave … !”

John 3:16

oFFeRToRY MuSiC Tony Johnston

*doXoloGY UM 95 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen

anTheM (11:00) Beautiful Savior Chancel Choir

MeSSaGe Receive Forgiveness Pastor Stephen Cotten

ReMeMBRanCe oF BaPTiSM

*hYMn Only Believe CH 532

BenediCTion

ReSPonSe To BenediCTion Only Believe CH 532

PoSTlude Tony Johnston

*Please stand as able *CH: Celebration Hymnal *UM: United Methodist Hymnal

Please Note: Names added to the prayer list will remain on the list for 30 days if needed. They will be relisted by request.

If you would like to have a prayer request emailed out or would like to add someone to the prayer list, please email the Church office at office@fumcmv.org

Prayer listRonny ArmstrongWillie BaneDavid BergmanJenny BergmanDavid BrewerPatti BrewerJerry BriggsJanie BynumInez ByrdCarolyn DaltonArdis DennisNorma Jean DraperKenny Duck

Beulah DuweJoanna EarlBob FlandersVictoria FletcherKathey Gutschlag Tim GutschlagRichard HaynieC.E. JonesChristi JonesMike JordanJames Jason LeslieJudy LindleyLera Logan

Peggy LowryElexis LunsfordTodd LunsfordMargaret MannJean Ann MarshallLou Gene MaxtonCharlotteWhitesides McFarlinKenneth McGeeSusan McGeeBill MillerNancy MillerLanny Moore

Donna NaberCarol Ann ScottNeil ScottAnn StevensPeggy StuttsErnie VenteicherJulie WattenbergCharles WinfieldSam Zarro

WNL Dinner January 15th

Hamburgers & Corn Dogs

Prepared & Served by RoundTable

3:30pm Fellowship Games 5:00pm WNl dinner 5:30pm Chancel Choir; Nursery 6:00pm Ignite Kids; Youth

Wednesday Nite Live

Disciple Fast TrackA New Class lead by Joy Stone

* a thorough introduction to the Bible* short videos (5-7 minutes)* 12 lessons on Old Testament (January - April)* 12 lessons on New Testament (September - December)* each class lasts approximately 75 minutes* daily readings and writings offer close interaction with the Scripture and a connection and/or encounter with God

Sign up at the Info Center and indicate your preferred day and time.Saturday mornings 9-10:30 or Thursday nights 5:30-7:00

For more information see Joy Stone or contact her at 940-765-7206.

Wednesdays9:30 am

Pastor’s Bible StudyRoom 101

Church Building

B.I.G. Women’s Bible Study will begin a new study at

8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14 in the Crossroads area outside the sanctuary.

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October Thru December 31

M.E.S.S. Bible Study

Moms Eagerly Seeking Sanctuary Mondays @ 6:30

M.E.S.S Schedule January 13th & 27thFebruary 10th &14thMarch 9th & 23rd

Sanctuary is a place of refuge or safety, an especially holy place, the holy of holies. If you are a mom of any age trying to navigate the crazy times of parenting and relationships, meeting all the demands of work and family and want to “do it all” while seeking God’s path for your life, this study is for you. if you are inter-ested, please call Pam Greenberg at 214-236-4894.

FellowShiP GaMeSCome and join the Fun!Wednesday afternoons

3:30 pmFamily Life Center

Room 201

we Finished 2019 STRonG.

Thanks to all of you, we met our donation goal for 2019!

our esitmated income tor 2019 was $517,637, but with your giving income, we finished at $542.720.

Our expenditures were less than expected totalling $495,141.

Thanks for your continued faithfulness!