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United Methodist Church of Cadillac 1020 East Division Street • Cadillac, Michigan 775-5362 • Fax 775-6475
March 8, 2009 • Second Sunday in Lent Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP
PRELUDE
BRINGING IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
WELCOME AND PARISH NOTES
*WORSHIP ALERT One:..God’s love for our world is strong and true and whole. All:.....God loves us and we seek to live and share such love. One:..As we journey on through these Lenten days, may we feast in God’s constant love. All:.....God’s love overflows upon us and God’s Son fills us with life abundant. One:..Let us sing of God’s love. All:.....Let
us rejoice in the life of abundance. *HYMN OF PRAISE..........................................................................#559 “Christ is Made Our Sure Foundation”
*SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
THE PEOPLE OF GOD PRAYING
If you have a prayer joy or concern you would like shared during the Prayer of the People, please hand it to an usher.
PRAYER SONG.................................................................................................#2086 “Open Our Eyes, Lord” Sing Twice
UNISON PRAYER Amazing God, whose presence among us has been revealed so dramatically in Jesus, the One who became the cornerstone for your church, build each one of us into your household of faith, fitting us together by your great design into a beautiful witness to your truth, that the Holy Spirit may energize us for service in your name and bring joyous transformation to all you children. Amen.
PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER........................................................................................#895
READING AND PROCLAIMING OF THE WORD
SCRIPTURE READINGS Psalm 118 • Mark 12:1-12
CHORAL ANTHEM...............................................................Chancel Choir “Empty of Me” Logan Kassuba - Violin • Nick Myers - Bass
TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN
MESSAGE..........................................................................................Pastor Tom Ball “Rejected Stones”
WE RESPOND TO THE WORD
OFFERING INVITATION
OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS We will be receiving our morning offering and bringing our stones to the front and place them on the tables. If you are unable to come forward, signal an usher and they will take your offering to the table.
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY Tune: Hamburg Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too small; love so amazing so divine demands my soul, my life, my all. Amen.
*PRAYER OF CONSECRATION (in unison) Come
to Jesus, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen
and precious in God's sight and like living stones, let us be
built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer
spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Amen. WE SCATTER TO SERVE IN THE WORLD
*CLOSING HYMN.................................................................................................#529 “How Firm a Foundation”
*BENEDICTION AND BLESSING
*POSTLUDE
UMW General Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 12 at 1:30 p.m. in the Corbin Room. Special Guest Speaker will be Ken Nydam from Northern Lakes Community Health. He will be speaking on the signs and prevention of suicide. All are welcome.
Sunday Volunteer Ministry, March 15, 2009 Organist/Pianist: Ann Hunt Acolyte: 11:00 a.m. - Timmy Coffey Nursery: Jackie Bailey Sermontime: Kelly Ball Coffee Hour: 8:30 - Pete & Mary Buehler 11: 00 - Staff-Parish Relations Power Point: Create &11:00 - Lori Glenn 8:30 - Laurie Kinney Greeters and Ushers 8:30 a.m. - Open Greeters 11:00 a.m. - Open Head Usher 11:00 a.m. - Open Ushers 11:00 am- Open
Opportunities for Ministry This Week . . . Sunday, March 8 - Second Sunday in Lent Coffee Hour Follows Both Worship Services 8:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. - Church School 9:30 a.m. - Blood Pressure Clinic 11:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship 2:00 p.m. - Camp SOS Staff meeting 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. - Sr. High meets 6:00 p.m. - Second Lenten Study and Potluck Dinner
Monday, March 9 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Senior Grandparents Training 7:00 p.m. - Finance Tuesday, March 10 7:15 a.m. - Prayer Group 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Philharmonic Auditions 7:00 p.m. - Administrative Council Wednesday, March 11 7:00 a.m. - Lenten Breakfast at First Covenant Church 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Northern Lakes Community Staff Training 7:30 p.m. - Choir Practice Thursday, March 12 8:00 a.m. - Noon - United Way in multiple rooms 11:30 a.m. - Prayer Group Noon - 2:00 p.m. - United Way in Library 1:30 p.m. - UMW General Meeting 6:30 p.m. - Grow Group in Wesley Room Saturday, March 14 6:00 p.m. - Gourmet Youth Dinner
Sunday, March 15 - Third Sunday in Lent Coffee Hour Follows Both Worship Services 8:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. - Church School 11:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Family Bowling & Pizza @ The Pines 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. - Sr. High meets 6:00 p.m. - Third Lenten Study and Dessert Smorgasbord
Friendship Chain will not be meeting in the month of March.
Bill Irvine is home now in Arizona. If you would like to send him a card his address is 814 N. Turquoise Vista Drive, Green Valley, AZ 85614.
The Chancel Choir is seeking some seasonal singers. Would you be able to sing during the Lenten and Easter seasons? Several of our members are in warmer climates; we could use a few extra voices. No auditions - just a desire to praise the Lord. Practice is each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Come on along!!
My family and I are very appreciative of the prayers and love we are receiving during this “rough patch.” You are all in our prayers and thank you so much. With love in Christ, Betty Klinker
Love INC is looking for a full or queen size bed for a woman who has been sleeping on a couch near her husband’s hospital bed for several months. A real bed, which she can put next to his bed, would give her much needed and better sleep. Please call the Love INC office at 779-1888 if you have one you’d like to donate.
Zion Lutheran Church, located at 350 Pearl Street in Cadillac, will be hosting Embellish, on Saturday, March 14 at 2:00 p.m.. Embellish, a community handbell ensemble representing the greater Grand Rapids area, is a professional level group that promotes the art of handbell ringing by providing a high quality musical experience for diverse audiences. The year’s concert features a wide variety of music from classical to sacred, including music from different cultures. No tickets are required for the event and a freewill offering will be taken.
Love INC is working with a family with 4 small children living in an older trailer that needs carpet for 2 rooms; 15’’ x 12’’ and 10’’ x 10’’. If you have a good used piece or new remnant that you would like to donate to provide warmer, cleaner floors please call the Love INC office at 779-1888. Thank you!
Today’s Worship Ministry . . . Liturgist: 8:30 - Gary Box 11:00 - Jeff Hinkston Organist/Pianist: Virginia Pulford Acolytes: 11:00 a.m. - Lucas Marion & Ethan Myers Nursery: Kevin & Patricia Bruner Sermontime: Clara Handy Coffee Hour: 8:30 - Dee Brinks 11:00 - Education Power Point: Create & 8:30 - Jeff Hinkston 11:00 - Jackie Soltman Greeters/Ushers 8:30 a.m - Ron & Ann Vaughan Greeters 11:00 a.m. - Randy & Carolyn Mitchell Head Usher 11:00 a.m. - Scott & Lisa Kassuba Ushers 11:00 a.m. - Jenny & Kayla Logan, Marie Rennie, Helen Quinn
The Flowers on the Lord’s Table are given by Karen & Gary Elenbaas in honor of Ruth Bouwma’s 87th birthday and by The Stephan Family in honor of Alice Wernert’s 86th birthday.
Come and join in the Lenten Video Study tonight at 6:00 p.m. We will begin with a Potluck Dinner - bring a dish to share and your own table service. Then, sing and view the video “When the Game is Over, It All Goes Back Into the Box.” Great study, come along.
Cadillac Area Lenten Breakfasts Sponsored by the Cadillac Area Ministerial Association 7:00 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. each Wednesday
You are cordially invited to a breakfast sponsored by the Cadillac Area Ministerial Association each Wednesday during Lent. The time together will include breakfast, singing and a meditation beginning at 7:00 a.m. and ending promptly at 7:50 a.m. so you may be to work on time or on to other business of the day. A freewill offering is received. This week’s breakfast is on March 11 at First Covenant Church. Jerry Lange is the host and the speaker is the Rev. Valori Sherer. |