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ORDER OF WORSHIP
PENTECOST
MEDITATION - So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything
old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
-II Corinthians 5:17
*please stand if you are able
GATHERING
PASTORAL GREETING
PRELUDE Alleluia Ringers
(Please use this time to prepare your heart for worship.)
ENTRANCE
THE PENTECOST STORY Acts 2:1-18, 21-23, 32-33, 36-47
*OPENING HYMN “O Spirit of the Living God” No. 539
OPENING PRAYER
Liturgist: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Liturgist: Let us pray together.
People: God of grace, you sent the promised gift of the Holy Spirit
upon the apostles and the women, upon Mary, the mother of Jesus,
and upon his brothers. Fill your church with power, kindle flaming
hearts within us, and cause us to proclaim your mighty works in
every tongue, that all may call on you and be saved; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.+
PROCLAMATION & RESPONSE
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Acts 1:8 pg. 118 NT
Reader: This is the Word of God for us.
People: Thanks be to God.
SERMON “All Things New: New Relationships” Pastor Nicholson
BAPTISMAL COVENANT AND MEMBERSHIP VOW RENEWAL
Hymnal pg. 33
Receiving the Sacrament of Christian Baptism:
Troy Benjamin White, son of Benjamin Matthew White and Rachel
Pond White
Joining Christ UMC on Reaffirmation of Faith:
Nicholas James Hill
Benjamin Matthew White and Rachel Pond White
Joining by Letter of Transfer from Lansdale UMC:
Melissa Elizabeth Sesi
Congregational Response:
As members of the body of Christ through our baptism, and
members of Christ United Methodist Church through our vows, we
renew our covenant faithfully to participate in the ministries of the
church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our
witness, that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus
Christ.
*HYMN “You Are the Seed” No. 583
(During the singing of the hymn, the congregation is invited to bring
their Every Member Commitment forms, and the envelopes with
their Intention of Giving cards forward, and place them in the
basket before the altar.)
*THE PEACE
BRINGING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS TO GOD
(You may complete a prayer card in the pew rack in front of you
and place it in the offering plate or hand it to one of our pastors.)
OFFERTORY Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau
“Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord”
*DOXOLOGY No. 94
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
THANKSGIVING AND COMMUNION
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING pg. 15
THE LORD’S PRAYER – use “trespasses” pg. 895
GIVING THE BREAD AND CUP (Communion will be served in the pews.
The ushers will give the elements to the person on each end of the
pews. You may then pass it to the other end. Take the bread and
cup, holding each until the pastor instructs you to consume it. In the
tradition of Wesley’s “singing communion,” we invite you to sing the
following hymns… 331 and 544)
PRAYERS OF JOY AND CONCERN
SENDING FORTH
*HYMN “Lord, You Give the Great Commission” No. 584
*DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING
*POSTLUDE setting by Austin Lovelace
“Passacaglia and Finale on ABBOT’S LEIGH”
(Lord, You Give the Great Commission)
(If you are able, please remain in the pews briefly for the postlude.)
+ Laurenie Hall Stooky, ©1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
May 20, 2018
8:30 a.m.
Welcome to Worship at
Transforming Lives in the Love of Jesus Christ
Health and Healing…
D. Sakon Dennis Barbara Doyle Jim Zearfoss*
The Eckhart Family*
*indicates newly added
Financial Information: Special Offerings...
Mission of the Month:
May—Red Bird Mission $1508.00
Attendance - May 13, 2018 8:30: 89 11:00: 167
Special Happenings This Week at Christ United Methodist Church…
Today:
12pm– Mission Committee Meeting in Reichley Room Monday, May 21:
7pm– Overview of Brain Health Program in Reichley Room Tuesday, May 22:
7pm– Church Conference in the Sanctuary
7pm– Softball Game on CUMC Field Wednesday, May 23:
10:30am– Abington Adult Day Worship Service
1:30pm– Earthen Vessels in the Lounge Thursday, May 24:
10am– Stitching Sisters in the Lounge
7pm– Susannah Wesley Circle in Rose Garden Room 108
Liturgists: 8:30— Sarah Hamill 11:00— Stephanie Shuey
Acolytes: 8:30— Holly Harrison 11:00—
Greeters: 8:30— Jan Sawicki 11:00— Fred & Jean Davis
Lay Readers: 8:30— Anna Shelton 11:00— Joanne Montana
Sound Technicians: 8:30—Ryan Fealy 11:00— Nick Hill
Nursery Volunteers: 8:30— Wendy Clemmer
9:45— Yoshimi Weir
11:00— Emily Geesaman and Anne Marie Legates
Circuit Kids: Janellen Reid and Tina Hooper
Communion Steward: Ron and Priscilla DeWitt
Ushers: 8:30—Jim Hare, Tony Trifiletti, Jeff Baer, Mark Stauffer, John Sullivan, and
Sharon Moran.
11:00—Barbara Doyle, Dick Robinson, Scott Shorts, Gina Shorts, and Judi
Plummer.
Phil Woodruff is this month’s captain.
Contact Us!
Church Website www.cumclansdale.org
Church Phone 215-855-1643
Preschool Phone 215-412-7836
Church E-mail [email protected]
Trustees E-mail [email protected]
Prayer Concerns [email protected]
CUMC STAFF
Rev. Gary Nicholson, Pastor [email protected]
Rev. Tawny Bernhardt, Pastor, Children’s Ministries
Pastor Eric Chelton, Assistant Pastor & Interim Director of Student Ministries
Marge Kramer, Director of Congregational Care
Miki Chelton, Director of Music [email protected]
Katie Campbell, Organist/Dir. Youth Choir
Elysa Dalbow, Praise Band [email protected]
Mary Conroy, Preschool Director [email protected]
Nikki Young, Church Office Manager [email protected]
Kara Johnson, Church Secretary 215-855-1643
Rev. Tracy Bass, District Superintendent
Bishop Peggy A. Johnson, Resident Bishop
See our full staff list on our website
www.cumclansdale.org —and click on Meet Our Staff!
Today’s sanctuary flowers are presented by:
Judith and Richard Weand in celebration of their 44th wedding
anniversary.
And
Don and Nancy Albacker in celebration of Helen Albacker’s
92nd birthday.
Members, Regular Attendees,
and Visitors, please fill out the
attendance sheet in the teal
folder at the end of your pew. Pass the folder to your fellow
worshipers then return it to the center aisle. First Time Visitors: please
also complete a blue “CONNECT” card in the pew rack in front of
you; it may be placed in the offering plate. Also, pick up a Welcome
Packet at the Welcome Table before you leave. If you have special
needs, please see one of our ushers.
Christ UMC offers a staffed nursery from 8:30am until after the 11am
service, in room 21, in the preschool hallway. Children, birth through 4
years old, can be dropped off and picked up as needed throughout
the morning. If you would rather keep your child with you, an
unstaffed space, in rooms 15-17, is available in case you need a
diaper change, a quiet place to rock, or some space to move
around. The worship service is broadcast through a speaker.
For more information on these and other happenings at CUMC, please pick up a copy of this
month’s Evangel in the lobby or go to our website at www.cumclansdale.org and click on the
Newsletter box for this month’s newsletter.
Are you, or your child, a 2018 graduate (high school, college,
graduate school, technical school)? If so, please pick up a Graduate
Information form from the kiosk in the lobby and return it by June 3rd
to be recognized in the worship bulletin on Graduate Sunday, June
10th. Also, if you are a graduate who is interested in participating in
the service, on June 10, as a Lay Reader or Liturgist, please contact
the office or Pastor Nicholson.
Sign up for the 11th Annual Jim Hayes Memorial Golf Outing.
Foursomes or singles welcome. The outing is Saturday June 2nd at
Mainland Golf Course with fellowship after. $10 per player goes to the
CUMC Preschool Scholarship Fund. Sign-up sheet in the Lobby or
contact Don Albacker [email protected] or (215)692-2958.
We are excited to have a Christ UMC outing to the Lehigh Valley Iron
Pigs! A fun family event for all. We will be going to the game
on Saturday, August 25th at 6:35pm. Tickets are $11/ticket (Children 2
and under are free IF they sit on a lap). The ticket also includes a $2
ball park credit that can be used for food or souvenirs. If you would
like, you can also pre-purchase a parking pass for $5. Please sign up
in the lobby or contact Nikki Young in the church office at 215-855-
1643 or [email protected].
Lansdale Acme will be closing in June. This is a store we have grocery
gift cards for. We would like to sell through our stock of gift cards and
then will no longer be offering those cards. If you shop there we
encourage you to help us by purchasing grocery gift cards in the
lobby on Sunday mornings. Remember all gift card sales help to pay
down our mortgage!
Overview of Brain Health: How to Keep Our Brains Fit as We Age-Your
care ministers are hosting this event, presented by our friends at Living
Branches (representing Dock Woods, Dock Meadows and Souderton
Mennonite Home), on Monday, May 21st at 7 PM at Christ UMC.
Topics covered include: Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias;
Learning how to lessen the risk; Importance of exercise, healthy
eating, sleep, and more! Invite a family member, friend, neighbor or
coworker to join us. Sign-up at the kiosk in the lobby.
Join the CUMC Grass Cutting Team. Is your Spiritual Gift mowing the
lawn? If so, we have the group for you! Our team mows the lawn at
the church between May and October. Each team member usually
commits to helping about once per month, but one-time pinch
mowers are also welcome. For more information and to sign-up,
please contact Tim Weir at [email protected].
Church Conference: To receive the report of the nominating
committee and elect leaders for 2018-19. Tuesday, May 22, at 7pm, in
the Sanctuary. Copies of the report are available in the sign-up kiosk.
Pastor Tawny is looking for 1 or 2 persons who would be available for
an hour or two on Monday June 4 or Wednesday June 6 to help with
some initial VBS sorting and counting. No heavy lifting required. If you
are available, please let her know!
ORDER OF WORSHIP
PENTECOST
MEDITATION - So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything
old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
-II Corinthians 5:17
*please stand if you are able
GATHERING
WORSHIP BEFORE WORSHIP (10:40) Fish Food
PASTORAL GREETING
PRELUDE Alleluia Ringers
(Please use this time to prepare your heart for worship.)
ENTRANCE
THE PENTECOST STORY Acts 2:1-18, 21-23, 32-33, 36-47
*OPENING HYMN “O Spirit of the Living God” No. 539
OPENING PRAYER
Liturgist: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Liturgist: Let us pray together.
People: God of grace, you sent the promised gift of the Holy Spirit
upon the apostles and the women, upon Mary, the mother of Jesus,
and upon his brothers. Fill your church with power, kindle flaming
hearts within us, and cause us to proclaim your mighty works in
every tongue, that all may call on you and be saved; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.+
PROCLAMATION & RESPONSE
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Acts 1:8 pg. 118 NT
Reader: This is the Word of God for us.
People: Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM Chancel Choir
“Breathe” arr. D. Hakes
CHILDREN’S SERMON Frieda Bailey
(After the Children’s Sermon, children, 4 years through 5th grade,
may leave the Sanctuary and go to Circuit Kids in room 25-26.)
SERMON “All Things New: New Relationships” Pastor Nicholson
BAPTISMAL COVENANT AND MEMBERSHIP VOW RENEWAL
Hymnal pg. 33
Receiving the Sacrament of Christian Baptism:
Troy Benjamin White, son of Benjamin Matthew White and Rachel
Pond White
Joining Christ UMC on Reaffirmation of Faith:
Nicholas James Hill
Benjamin Matthew White and Rachel Pond White
Joining by Letter of Transfer from Lansdale UMC:
Melissa Elizabeth Sesi
Congregational Response:
As members of the body of Christ through our baptism, and
members of Christ United Methodist Church through our vows, we
renew our covenant faithfully to participate in the ministries of the
church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our
witness, that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus
Christ.
*HYMN “You Are the Seed” No. 583
(During the singing of the hymn, the congregation is invited to bring
their Every Member Commitment forms, and the envelopes with
their Intention of Giving cards forward, and place them in the
basket before the altar.)
*THE PEACE
BRINGING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS TO GOD
(You may complete a prayer card in the pew rack in front of you
and place it in the offering plate or hand it to one of our pastors.)
OFFERTORY Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau
“Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord”
*DOXOLOGY No. 94
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
THANKSGIVING
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND CONCERN
THE LORD’S PRAYER – use “trespasses” pg. 895
SENDING FORTH
*HYMN “Lord, You Give the Great Commission” No. 584
*DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING
*POSTLUDE setting by Austin Lovelace
“Passacaglia and Finale on ABBOT’S LEIGH”
(Lord, You Give the Great Commission)
(If you are able, please remain in the pews briefly for the postlude.)
+ Laurenie Hall Stooky, ©1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
May 20, 2018
11:00 a.m.
Welcome to Worship at
Transforming Lives in the Love of Jesus Christ
