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ASHLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
A STEPHEN MINISTRY CONGREGATION
Joining Together on a Christian Journey of Love and Service
January 20, 2019
2600 Ashland Rd The Reverend Tresco E. Shannon, Pastor Office
Hours: M-Thurs.: 8 am-3:30 pm Columbia, SC 29210
[email protected] Telephone: 798-5350; Fax 798-6057 Phone Ext.
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www.ashlandumc.org Worship services: The Path: 8:45AM
Traditional: 11:00AM Sunday School: 9:45AM
Ryan Keith Karen Zobel Maria Anderson [email protected]
[email protected] [email protected] Phone Ext: 12 Phone
Ext: 13 Phone Ext: 10
Jack Holladay Robert Neese [email protected]
[email protected] Laura Siddons The Path, Ashland Youth Choir
Traditional Worship Choir, Organist Pianist
Trains and Churches
Trains have always fascinated me. I have a small electric train
stored up at home even today. The train tracks through Irmo recall
some of my memories of my train trips. One of the most memorable
was a short ride in the mountains when I was a young boy. From the
window of our passenger car we could see the steam engine up front
pulling around the steep, winding grade and at the same time we
could see the steam engine at the rear pushing with all its might.
The church is not too different. It takes a lot of pulling and
pushing and matters not whether we’re at the front or the back, at
the bottom or the top, whether we are clergy or lay. It takes all
of us together to get the Lord’s work done. Investigators at a
train-wreck scene zeroed in on a pin which was not in place, and
which “may or may not have been human error.” Every member of
Ashland has his or her responsibility – through giving and working,
praying and helping – to have all of the pins in place to help make
this church what God wants it to be. When one of us lets the church
down, it may not seem life threatening but it sidetracks the
church. All of us must pull or push together. All aboard! --Tresco
E. Shannon
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Ashland United Methodist Church An Order for the Worship of
God
Second Sunday after Epiphany January 20, 2019 11:00 A.M. The
Chiming of the Hour
The chiming of the hour is a call for us to shift from
conversation to silence, as we prepare our hearts and minds to
worship God.
Prelude “Psalm XIX” Benedette Marcello The Lighting of Altar
Candles Choral Call to Worship “Your Love, O God, Has Called Us
Here” Lee Suitor
*The Hymn of Praise “As Man and Woman We Were Made” UMH p. 642
Sung to the Tune ST. CATHERINE
*Invocation The Prayer of Confession (to be prayed by all)
Almighty and most merciful God, our heavenly Father: We confess
that we have grievously sinned against thee in thought, in word and
in deed. We have come short of thy glory; we have broken the unity
of thy holy Church; and, every one of us has turned aside from the
way of life. Yet do thou, O most merciful Father, hear us when we
call upon thee with penitent hearts. Pardon our sins, and grant us
thy peace. Confirm us in all goodness that we may serve thee with a
quiet mind, and bring us to the life everlasting; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Prayer for Pardon and The Lord’s Prayer The Anthem “Jesu,
Joy of Man’s Desiring” J. S. Bach
Haley Calore, Violin; Katherine Flynn, Violin; Sarah Leopard,
Viola; Vincent Washington, Cello
Minister: O Lord, open thou our lips. People: And our mouths
shall show forth thy praise. Minister: Praise ye the Lord. People:
The Lord’s name be praised. *The Psalter “Psalm 36: 5-10” UMH p.
771 (Join in singing the Response.)
*Affirmation of Faith “The Apostles’ Creed” UMH p. 881 *The
Gloria Patri UMH p. 71 *The Gospel Lesson John 2: 1-11
Welcome!
Please sign the friendship pad when it is passed to you and pass
it to your neighbor.
The Lord’s Prayer 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 Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and
earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was
conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered
under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third
day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at
the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall
come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness
of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Amen.
Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as
it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without
end. Amen. Amen.
Doxology
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all
creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host; Praise
Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Remember in Prayer Jane Bristow; Bill Turner;
Claire Dickerson, Granddaughter of Linda Dickerson
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The Call to Prayer Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And
also with you. Leader: Let us pray. The Pastoral Prayer The
Announcements The Offertory “Adagio in C Major” W. A. Mozart
(excerpt)
*Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” UMH p. 95
*The Hymn of Preparation “O Perfect Love” UMH p. 645
Sermon “Spirits and the Spirit” Rev. Tresco E. Shannon The
Prayer of Christian Discipleship *The Hymn of Response “The Gift of
Love” UMH p. 408 *The Extinguishing of the Altar Candles *The
Benediction *Benediction Response “Joyful, Joyful We Adore
Thee”
Ludwig van Beethoven
*Postlude “Trumpet Voluntary” Jeremiah Clarke
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*All who are able, please stand. Please put your cell phones on
vibrate when the service begins. Hearing devices are available from
the sound technician.
A nursery is provided in the education wing for infants through
3 years old.
The altar flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory of
Jessica McCoy Wright by Scott James. In Memoriam: Jene Anderson,
sister of Judy Taylor died recently.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
John 2: 1-11 NT Pew Bible p. 93
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the
mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been
invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus
said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman,
what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.”
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now
standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of
purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to
them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the
brim. He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the chief
steward.” So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that
had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the
servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the
bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first,
and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But
you have kept the good wine until now.” Jesus did this, the first
of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his
disciples believed in him.
Enhancing Worship Today Crucifer: Grant Gibson Acolytes: Jalin
Gibson, Amelia Turner Altar Steward: Debbie Matthews Welcome Center
Advocates: Hal & Sherrill Clarkson Greeters: Doreen Jenkins,
B.J. Bickers Valet Parkers: Roger & Marilyn Gramling Ushers:
Jay Lindsay, Lloyd Pitts, Mark Polk, Barbara Polk, Jimmy Smith
Gifts In Honor of Martha Eastburn by Joye Rush In Memory of
Eleanor Graczyk by Jimmy & Margaret Smith, Joye Rush, Beverly
Stallings Steve Watkins by Coyet & Sally Lowery Jim Johnson by
Danny & Sherry Franks, Charlie & Debbie Matthews Jene
Anderson, sister of Judy Taylor by Beverly Stallings
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Opportunities to Serve & Learn at Ashland
Wednesday Night Suppers 6:00 pm
January 23rd: Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Coleslaw, Potato Salad, and
Cobbler
Weekly reservations taken through red slips in the pew pockets;
online: ashlandumc.org or by calling church office: 798-5350.
Reservations needed by Mondays at noon.
Contact Ryan for your group or you to sign up to cook.
Wednesday Bible Study at 6:45 pm-- The study of the Book of
Acts, led by Rev. Shannon in room #125. Study will run through the
spring.
By Our Presence January 13, 2019 The Path: 84
Traditional: 113 TOTAL WORSHIP: 197 SS: 129
Music, Art and Drama meets at 5 p.m.
All children ages 4 through 10 years
old, are invited to join in the
MAD-ness. We still need some help
with programming. If you are interested,
please contact Ryan.
United Methodist Youth
All 6th - 12th graders welcome! Thoughts? Questions? Ideas? Want
to join our email list?
803.798.5350 x 12 [email protected]
January 20 – No MYF January 26 – Special -Homeworks. Contact
Robert Harrelson to participate. January 27 – MYF @ 5:30 February 3
– MYF Super Bowl Party 5:30-until
Sr. High Bible Study meets on Wednesdays at 6:30.
Remember to bring your Bible.
A new Jr. High Bible Study will begin on 2/6/19 at 6:30.
Remember to bring your bible.
Upcoming Dates Ashland Readers, January 20th, 6:30 pm
Panera Bread on Bower Parkway Book: “The Women in the
Castle”
By Jessica Shattuck
Church Office will be closed on January 21st.
Deadline for items for February Newsletter Tuesday, January 22nd
at Noon
Church Council, January 29th, 6:30 pm.
Ashland UMMen
Monday, February 4th, 6:30 pm Zorba’s, Seven Oaks Shopping
Center
Graveside service to for Barbara Wiedemann is today, January
20th, 3:00 pm at Bush River Memorial Gardens. She died on November
20, 2018. The Ashland congregation is invited to attend.
Asbury Hills Summer Camp
Opportunity for Children and Youth Asbury Hills is our SC United
Methodist Camp. Ashland will pay half the cost of a basic camp
program for members' children and youth, grades 2-12, as long as
funds last. More information can be found at the camp website,
asburyhills.org. If you have questions, please contact Erin
Harrelson or Cindy Ward. Sunday school classes and individuals
wishing to contribute to Ashland's "campership fund" may also
contact Cindy Ward. Let's send more children and youth than ever
this summer!
Bible Trivia Jean and Jim Smith will be leading a family Bible
Trivia Sundays at 5:00-5:30 through January 27th. Come out and test
your knowledge! Remember to bring your bible. All are welcome to
join us.
mailto:[email protected]://asburyhills.org/
