AC21 Worship Guide
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Biography of Conference Preacher/Teacher 2 Memorial Service: A Service of Remembrance 4 Sunday, June 20th, 7:30 pm First UMC, Waco Retirement Service: A Service of Recognition 25 Monday, June 21st, 1:50 pm First UMC, Waco Sending Forth: A Service of Covenant and Confirmation of Appointments 29 Tuesday, June 22nd, 1:45 pm First UMC, Waco -1- Conference Preacher and Teacher BISHOP L. JONATHAN HOLSTON COLUMBIA, SC Bishop L. Jonathan Holston is the resident bishop of the Columbia Area, which includes the South Carolina Conference in the Southeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church. He was elected to the episcopacy in 2012. Bishop Holston earned his Master of Divinity in biblical studies from The Interdenominational Theological Center, Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, GA, in 1983. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in religion from the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. Coming to South Carolina from the North Georgia Conference, Bishop Holston served as senior pastor of St. James United Methodist Church in Atlanta for seven years before his episcopal election. Prior to that, he served as superintendent of the Atlanta-Decatur- Oxford District from 1997-2005. Bishop Holston has served on numerous boards and committees of The United Methodist Church at the conference and general church level. Holston served as a member of the General Council on Finance and Administration, chair of General Conference Finance and Administrative Legislative Committee and as a member of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, the Southeastern Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy, Hinton Rural Life Center, Appalachian Development Committee, and the Southeastern Jurisdictional Association for Native American Ministries, among other noted roles. His love for missions has taken him around the world and gained him the recognition as a mission specialist. He has also traveled extensively as a specialist in missions to Uganda, Costa Rica, Haiti, Honduras, Zimbabwe, Kenya, India, China, and Hong Kong. Bishop Holston was a delegate for General Conference in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. He served as delegate for Jurisdictional Conference in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. In 2001 and 2005 he was a delegate for the World Methodist Conference. Bishop Holston is married to the former Felecia Brown. They have two grown children: son Karlton and daughter Brittany. -2- Please ask an usher if you need assistance. Please silence all mobile devices. Prelude *Call to Worship Rev. Louis Carr Leader: Preserved by power divine! People: To full salvation here; Leader: Again in Jesus’ praise we join, People: And in his sight appear. Leader: Tonight we celebrate the God who has preserved us: People: Tonight we fall to our knees and worship the God mighty enough to bring us through every trouble. *Opening Hymn “And Are We Yet Alive” UMH, 553, Verses 1&2 Welcome & Greeting Rev. Ryan Barnett A Litany of What We’ve Lost Jeff Roper Leader: We’ve lost gatherings and assemblies; People: We’ve lost closeness and crowds. Leader: We’ve lost contact; People: We’ve lost confidence. Leader: We’ve lost the joy of breathing, confidently and deeply; People: God, breathe into us your Holy Spirit. Prayer Rev. Philip Rhodes Song “And Are We Yet Alive” UMH, 553, Verse 3 * Please stand as you are able -4- UMH – United Methodist Hymnal TFWS – The Faith We Sing A Litany of Whom We’ve Lost Rev. Hayley House Leader: It’s hard to speak of dying, People: But we do so without fear Leader: Because we’ve already died with Christ, People: And so have those members of our conference family who have gone before us. Leader: Tonight we remember those we lost the past conference year, when we couldn’t gather to recognize them; People: Tonight we remember those we’ve lost this conference year, and every loss is hard. Leader: But in every death, a joy awaits; People: And in each of these losses, we have this hope: Leader: Christus Victor! People: Christ is victorious! Song “And Are We Yet Alive” UMH, 553, Verse 4 *Remembering the Saints Rev. Randy Wild The congregation is invited to stand during the reading of the names of the saints. After each name is read and a bell is tolled, the congregation will respond, “Thank you, Lord, for this your servant.” Clergy Clergy Spouses Tony Glen Campbell Ida L. McAfee Bowman John Edward Francis Sharon Lea Caldwell Priscilla Wood Neaves Alice Ogden Clinesmith Karen Joy Prinz Samford Patricia Ann Davis Gary Don Watson Mary Lucile Dowd Hubert Lee Austin Barbara Nell Freeman Clinton Bruce Baker Barbara C. Howard Robert Roy Beeman Myrna Wallace Johnson Kenneth L. Boatman Jacqueline Howell Mehaffy Arthur Harrison Buhl, Jr. Helen Musser Smith David DeLeon Chavez, Sr. Lovie L. Stanley Rodney Eugene Corder Virginia Ann Austin Joseph Andrew Fowler Linda Henson Barker Jim Butler Gause Ruth Evelyn Daniels Roland Quinton Humphrey Gloria Lee Geldmeier Kent D. Marrs Asylee Eugene Hulme Georgia Ann Orr Larry Niles Lydick John Thomas Shipman Juanita Vera Obenhaus McDaniels Edis Ray Sluder Rebecca Janeice Wilbanks LilliAnn Cushon Stemley James Denson Terry * Please stand as you are able -5- UMH – United Methodist Hymnal TFWS – The Faith We Sing The congregation may be seated at the end of the reading of the names. Lay members from all of our Central Texas Conference churches have been remembered during the annual meetings of their respective District Conferences. Memorial books with the names of those lay members from each district are present at the altar this morning. As the name of each district is called, the members of that district will stand as they are able. After the name of the district is read and a bell is tolled, the entire congregation will respond with “Thank you, Lord, for these your servants.” The members of that district may then be seated. Central District |East District | New Church Start District North District |South District |West District Offertory Prayer Dr. Leah Hidde-Gregory Offertory “Victory in Jesus” A Reminder of What We Never Lost – Hope Rev. Tynna Dixon Psalm 43:4-5 (CEB) 4Let me come to God’s altar - let me come to God, my joy, my delight – then I will give you thanks with the lyre, God, my God! 5 Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed? Why are you so upset inside? Hope in God! Because I will again give him thanks, my saving presence and my God. Introduction of Conference Preacher/Teacher Bishop Mike Lowry Reading of the Word Rev. Joann Dominguez Special Music “His Eye is On the Sparrow” Charles H. Gabriel Message Bishop Holston Words of Reflection and Remembrance Bishop Mike Lowry Sending Forth “How Great Thou Art” Stuart K. Hine Benediction Bishop Mike Lowry Postlude “Are We Yet Alive” * Please stand as you are able -6- UMH – United Methodist Hymnal TFWS – The Faith We Sing Central District CENTRAL Louise Whitson MART Bessie Lou Tucker Lucille Cagle Betty Jo Smith David Lee Reeves Lucy Lee Sullivan Bobbye P. Jackson Dorothy Guttery Marguerite Reedy D’Anne Richardson Dorothy Redding Gross Marjorie Oakes Frank West Karan McLarty Mary Walker Geraldine Towns Lilian Cozby Onetta Moody James B. Read Margaret Hite Paul Hocker Richard Dane Hill Marion Kraft Pollyrt Ruby Ann McFarland Richard Wayne-Fogleman Randolph Teague Sam Ed Lewis Rita Robertson CHINA SPRING UMC MERIDIAN Robert Murphey Dolores Carroll Bobbye Spitzer Rosemary Sancton Faye Heine Dorma Nickels Royce Berger Ila Johnson Ed Williamson Sharon Harvey Shelby Williams Edith Lou Piner Davis Shelba Player Madelyn Porter COGDELL UMC Shirley Thrailkill Sherman L. (Monk) Thierichen Barbara Perryman Thomas Alton Bryant William T. Buchholz John Nance Thomas Roberts LuJuan Maxwell Zollie Steakley RED OAK Charlotte Yeadon FERRIS HEIGHTS UMC CLIFTON Gaines Wolaver Anita Wheeler Bradley Balch Regina Hazard Bill McNeely Glenn Adams RoseMarie Anderson Chester Cole Hazel Adams Terry Brown Donald Dewees Janice Wallace Gale Keith LaVerne Wilcox GROESBECK Helen Ten-Napel Linda Isbell Betty Porter Iris Reynolds Nell Painter Danny Hewitt Joyce McNeely Trent Don Waller Mary Jo Odom Dietiker Donna Wise Pat Moreland Verna Prescher Eddie Willis Ruth Clinton FIRST WACO ENNIS Ruth Lawrence Ann Menefee Bill Fullerton Barbara Perkins Calvin Collins HEWITT UMC Betty Marable Connie Hobbs Dorothy Mashburn Billy Gordon Curry Donna Hicks Helene Hankins Carolyn Holford Leola Barton HUBBARD UMC Charles Cook HILLSBORO Berta Leon Hackney Darrel Lynn Grote Cathy Bourgoin Diane Petty Della Thomas Dell Byrd Mike Baker Delores Hynes Dietrich Emma Jane Garrison Eleanor Henderson Jo Ann Ozment KING MEMORIAL Florine Chapman Joe Scasta Charlie Bailey Hazel Oliver John Finley Cooper Southard Helen Elliott Dorlon Penaluna Jeneva Kattner KERENS Gwen Eubank Kenneth Peek Billy Scott LAKE SHORE Landon Evans Charles Paul Imogen “Jean” Bass Larry Stahr Mary Frost John “Scooter” Chiles Linda Crow Lorene Deaton Jewell * Please stand as you are able -7- UMH – United Methodist Hymnal TFWS – The Faith We Sing Central District (cont’d) RICHLAND UMC LAKESIDE Jodi Hudson Dorothy Collins Judy Kelly Peggy Sue Grizzard Sybil June Brister MCGREGOR FUMC SPARKS MEMORIAL Dean Allison Marvin Jeffcoat Dorothy Lee Ronald Vaughn ST JAMES UMC, WACO Doris Harvey MIDLOTHIAN UMC Margie Montgomery Barbara Hampton Carl Yarborough THORNTON Charles “Chuck” Bailey Geraldine Ariano David L. Swiedom JoAnn Slauson Gayle Hampton Rawls King Hallie Few Harvey Joe Wadsworth WESLEY UMC WACO Jeline Pegram Martha Lewis Mark McKee Pat Lewis Sandra Beesley Troy Lewis MOSHEIM UMC John Bruington MT CALM UMC Billie Jo Rush Cynthia Ann Wolfe Ritchie ONE FELLOWSHIP Gloria Wilkerson Ollie Bradshaw * Please stand as you are able -8- UMH – United Methodist Hymnal TFWS – The Faith We Sing East District ALLIANCE Leona Davis Margie Murphy Laura Dryden Florence Dornan Mildred Payne Norman Kempka Phyllis Duncan James Price Evelyn Pettigrew Jane Ellis Glen E.