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Our Church Staff Our attendance for Sunday, July 2, 2017 Servants of Love & Joy...... Each Member of JC FUMC 1st Service: 60 July 9, 2017 2nd Service: 60 Rio Texas Conference...... Bishop Robert Schnase th Hill Country District Superintendent...... Rev. John Wright Sunday school: 58 5 Sunday after Pentecost Pastor...... Rev. Lee Romero ******************************************************************* Pastor Emeritus...... Rev. Bill Wiemers Happy Anniversary! Pastor Emeritus...... Rev. George Joehnk Education Director...... Ronnie Birck James & Donna Sultemeier, July 13 Youth Director...... Carrie Anders Happy Birthday! Church Secretary...... Angela Bacon Financial Secretary...... Elaine Swiss, Carol Willis Ronnie Weiershausen, July 9 Treasurer ...... Carol Schlachter George Birck, July 11 Lay Leader...... James Sultemeier Romelia Favrot – Greenwood, July 12 Nursery Attendants...... Savanna Sultemeier, Dorothy Deal Payton Scott, July 13 Music Director...... Wendy Sultemeier Gavin Thompson, July 14 Pianist...... Sandra Danz Todd Swift, July 15 Praise Team...... Bryan Anders, Doug Smith & Darlene Young ******************************************************************* 8:30 Usher...... James Deal 10:50 Usher...... Paul Watt SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES

The nursery is available during Worship Services and Sunday FELLOWSHIP – led by Bill & Elaine Swiss. The class will be to finishing school for pre-school children and babies. We love to have our “Hollywood Jesus”. We’ll begin on July 16 Rob Fuquay’s “Take the Flag: older children in worship. Following God’s Signals in the Race of Your Life”. New members and visitors are Opportunities for Serving Christ welcome to join in. The class meets in Fellow Ship Hall, located near the Sanctuary. Sunday – July 9th JOHN WESLEY – led by Sheryl Watt. John Wesley class is studying "Too Busy 8:30 & 10:50 am...... Worship Services...... Sanctuary NOT to Pray" Slowing Down to Be with God, by Bill Hybels. DVD and 9:40 – 10:30 am...... Christian Ed Classes...... discussion. Monday – July 10th 9:30 am...... Exercise...... Fellowship Hall NOMADS’ – Nomads class will be watching and studying a 9 session series by 10:00 am...... HS Youth – Dive In...... Activity Center Anne Graham Lotz titled “Expecting to see Jesus”. Based on Anne’s book and Tuesday – July 11th Bible study “I Saw the Lord”, this study will feature a new message delivered from 9:00 am...... Games...... Fellowship Hall the Mount of Olives. Anne will give us a wake-up call using the signs of Jesus’ 2:00 pm...... UMW...... Fellowship Hall return. Everyone is welcome to join this study. We meet in the middle room across 6:30 pm...... Kids’ Lunch Club Mtg...... J. Wesley from the church office. Wednesday – July 12th SEEKERS – The Seekers class is studying "God is Good” He is Better Than You 9:30 am...... Exercise...... Fellowship Hall Think by Bill Johnson. All are invited to join. 10:00 am...... Children’s “POW”...... Activity Center 4:00 pm...... MS Youth – Work Day...... Activity Center LIFE WITH GOD - Young Adult/College Age Sunday School Class. It is for 6:30 pm...... Choir...... Activity Center single or married adults, college age into their 20’s. As we start out we will do a Thursday – July 13th video/discussion relative to Christian life, in a sometime confusing world. The class 9:00 am...... MS Youth – Dive In...... Activity Center will be dynamic and those attending can shape it to the desires of the group. The “A PLACE TO GROW IN CHRISTIAN LOVE” 6:30 pm...... Missions’ Committee Mtg...... J. Wesley discussions will initially be led by Pastor Lee. The class meets in the former Nomads Friday – July 14th room of the Activity Center. If you are not involved in a Sunday School class and 9:30 am...... Exercise...... Fellowship Hall you are college age or a young adult, come join us. 7:00 pm...... Game Night...... First Christian Church FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH YOUTH – Join us in the Youth room for our study, “Heaven is For Real” movie. ****************************************************************************************** All 6th—12th graders are invited. 105 N. LBJ DR. PO BOX 207 The high school youth students would like to invite everyone to join us today CHILDREN – The curriculum used for Nursery, PreK-5th Grade is “Planting during the Sunday school hour in the Activity Center to hear all about our Faith, Growing Faith”. All classrooms are accessed from the hallway by the church JOHNSON CITY, TX 78636 amazing Mission Trip to Costa Rica! The students and parents are excited to office. 830-868-7414 share our pictures, tales of adventure, sing our VBS songs (in Spanish!), and how God was with us in every step we took of our journey. ********************************************************************************************** Website: www.fumcjctx.org [email protected] Come and let us share our blessings with you- Our Wesley Nurse Cindy Leonard Hours are Monday through Thursday 7am-12pm & 1pm–6pm, Friday off [email protected] Pura Vida!! Her number is 512-771-8783 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] First Awakening (JEWISH PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS, U.S.A., 20TH CENT.) Contemporary Worship Service Traditional Service Affirmation of Faith UMH #883 8:30 a.m. 10:50 a.m. Joys and Concerns “Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God.” John Wesley “You Are the Body of Christ Raised” Lord’s Prayer (see prayer in 8:30 Service Order of Worship) Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors (You are invited, if you would like, to hold your neighbors hand during the Announcements ______Lord’s Prayer.) Announcements Opening Prayer Offering/Doxology Passing of the Peace Passing of the Peace Anthem Songs of Praise / Centering Youth High School Mission Trip to Costa Rica Children’s Time Joys & Concerns Opening Hymn “How Firm a Foundation” UMH #529 Hymn of Preparation “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” UMH #384 Youth High School Mission Trip to Costa Rica Call to Worship BOW #464 Scripture Romans 7:15-25a Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer – All All: O God, in mystery and silence you are present in our lives, bringing new life out of destruction, hope out of despair, growth Sermon “Life Lessons” Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. out of difficulty. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Dedication Hymn “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” UMH #400 Give us this day our daily bread. Leader: We thank you that you do not leave us alone but labor to make us Benediction And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those whole. Who trespass against us. Sending Forth “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian” UMH #402 All: Help us to perceive your unseen hand in the unfolding of our And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. lives, and to attend to the gentle guidance of your Spirit, that we ****************************************************************** For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen may know the joy you give your people. Amen. “This worship service is over – your service to God begins.” ****************************************************************** Offering (RUTH DUCK, U.S.A., 20TH CENT.) Children’s Time Hymn of Praise “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” FWS #2158 Today’s Scripture (CEB) Scripture Romans 7:15-25a Prayer of Confession BOW #486 Romans 7:15-25a Sermon “Life Lessons” O Lord God, the watchers of Zion have called peace, peace, when there was no peace. 15 I don’t know what I’m doing, because I don’t do what I want to do. Song of Reflection Wherefore have you so long withheld from us the influence of your Holy Instead, I do the thing that I hate. 16 But if I’m doing the thing that I don’t Benediction Spirit? want to do, I’m agreeing that the Law is right. 17 But now I’m not the one 18 Why have you hardened our hearts? doing it anymore. Instead, it’s sin that lives in me. I know that good Closing Song It is because we have honored you with our lips, when our hearts were far doesn’t live in me—that is, in my body. The desire to do good is inside of from you. me, but I can’t do it. 19 I don’t do the good that I want to do, but I do the evil ********************************************************************* Return again to us, O Lord God, and pardon this iniquity of your that I don’t want to do. 20 But if I do the very thing that I don’t want to do, “This worship service is over – your service to God begins.” servants. then I’m not the one doing it anymore. Instead, it is sin that lives in me that ********************************************************************* Cause your face to shine upon us, and we shall be saved. is doing it. Our Mission Statement O visit us with your salvation. The mission of the Congregation of the First United Methodist Church is to Raise up sons and daughters from Abraham and Sarah, and grant that 21 So I find that, as a rule, when I want to do what is good, evil is right there continue to be a committed fellowship of disciples sharing the love of God there might come a mighty shaking of dry bones among us, and a great with me. 22 I gladly agree with the Law on the inside, 23 but I see a different through Jesus Christ and furnishing a place of Christian worship, programs, ingathering of souls. law at work in my body. It wages a war against the law of my mind and services and facilities for its members and the people of the Johnson City Be pleased to grant that the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ may be takes me prisoner with the law of sin that is in my body. 24 I’m a miserable area. built up; that all nations and kindreds and tongues and peoples might be human being. Who will deliver me from this dead corpse? 25 Thank God Teddy Bear Ministry brought to the knowledge of the truth, and we at last meet around your through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then I’m a slave to God’s Law in my You are invited to hold a bear during joys and concerns and then take it and throne, and join in celebrating your praises. Amen. mind, but I’m a slave to sin’s law in my body. give it to someone who needs a word of encouragement, healing, or up-lifting. (MARIA STEWARD, AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S.A., 19TH CENT., ALT.) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ (All offer prayers of confession in silence.) Sanctuary Flowers The office is open Words of Assurance 9-12 and 1-4 Monday through Thursday The flowers are presented by Kip and Sandi Thompson The Lord God is merciful and gracious, endlessly patient, loving, and true, If something is needed when the office is closed you may call: in celebration of Gavin’s 16th birthday Pastor Lee on his cell @ 361-205-5421 showing mercy to thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin, and granting pardon. Amen.