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Our Church Staff Our attendance for Sunday, September 20, 2015 Her number is 512-771-8783 Servants of Love & Joy...... Each Member of JC FUMC 1st Service: 91 E-mail: [email protected] Rio Texas Conference...... UMC Bishop Jim Dorff 2nd Service: 78 Hill Country District Superintendent...... Rev. Bill Henderson Sunday school: 103 September 27, 2015 Pastor...... Rev. Lee Romero ******************************************************************* th Pastor Emeritus...... Rev. Bill Wiemers Happy Anniversary! 18 Sunday after Pentecost Pastor Emeritus...... Rev. George Joehnk Education Director...... Sarah Allen Randy & Jake Brodbeck, September 27 Youth Director...... Carrie Anders Porter& Sylvia Dunnaway, September 29 Church Secretary...... Angela Bacon Paul & Kris Axtell, September 30 Financial Secretary...... Elaine Swiss, Carol Willis Happy Birthday! Treasurer ...... Carol Schlachter Lay Leader...... James Sultemeier Brandt Birck, September 27 Nursery Attendants...... Michelle Lefford Samuel Encina, September 27 Music Director...... Sandra Danz Marilyn Walston, September 27 Pianist...... Sandra Danz Bill Hyatt, September 28 Praise Team...... Bryan Anders, Louis Broussard, Jan Christensen, Lisa London, September 29 ...... Ashlyn Millican, Skipper Scott & Darlene Young Jerry Martin, September 29 8:30 Usher...... James Deal Matt Pletcher, September 29 10:50 Usher...... Paul Watt Gary Polvado, October 1 Allie Robison, October 1 The nursery is available during Worship Services and Sunday Bernice Casparis, October 2 school for pre-school children and babies. We love to have our Randy Roemer, October 2 older children in worship. Clayton Young, October 3 Opportunities for Serving Christ *******************************************************************

Sunday – September 27th SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES 8:30 & 10:50 am...... Worship Services...... Sanctuary 9:40 – 10:30 am...... Christian Ed Classes...... FELLOWSHIP – led by Elaine Swiss. The class is studying Chip Ingram’s “The 5:00 pm...... Children’s Ministry - JBQ...... Sunday School Rooms Invisible War” what every believer needs to know about Satan and the spiritual 5:30 pm...... HS Youth...... Youth Room warfare. New members and visitors are welcome to join in. The class meets in Monday – September 28th Fellow Ship Hall, located near the Sanctuary. 9:30 am...... Exercise...... Fellowship Hall Tuesday – September 29th JOHN WESLEY – led by Barbara Hudson. The Class is studying “Vanishing 9:00 am...... Games...... Fellowship Hall Grace” based on Philip Yancey’s book. There will be some use of the DVD and a ...... Wesley Nurse out/meetings...... book is available for study. Wednesday – September 30th 9:30 am...... Exercise...... Fellowship Hall NOMADS’ – The Nomads class will be doing a 10 week DVD study of Dr. David 7:00 pm...... Choir Practice...... Fellowship Hall Jeremiah’s “Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World”. How can we have ...... No Youth...... confidence in anything when everything in the world seems so unstable? Dr. Thursday – October 1st Jeremiah will take ten scriptural principles to inspire us to trust in the God we know ...... Wesley Nurse out/meetings...... and love during these trying times. 7:00 pm...... Lions Club...... Activity Center Friday – October 2nd SEEKERS – The Seekers invite one and all to join us in our study of Ephesians, “A PLACE TO GROW IN CHRISTIAN LOVE” ...... Wesley Nurse out/meetings...... guided by author John Macarthur. Bring a Bible - old school or digitized - no other 7:00 pm...... Game Night...... First Baptist Church materials are necessary. We look forward to seeing you. Saturday – October 3rd FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 10:00 am...... Children’s Ministry – Pumpkin Patch...... FUMC YOUTH – Join us in the Youth Room as we study popular stories in the Bible. Snack and discussions. ******************************************************************************************** 105 N. LBJ DR. PO BOX 207 The office is open CHILDREN – The curriculum used for Nursery, Preschool Class, K-2nd and 3rd-5th Grade JOHNSON CITY, TX 78636 9-12 and 1-3 Monday through Thursday is “Deep Blue”. All classrooms are accessed from the hallway by the church office. 830-868-7414 If something is needed when the office is closed you may call: ********************************************************************************************** Pastor Lee on his cell @ 361-205-5421 Website: www.fumcjctx.org Our Wesley Nurse Cindy Leonard [email protected] Hours are Monday through Friday 8am-12pm & 1pm–5pm. [email protected] be interested in the staff position, please call Anthem [email protected] the office (830)868-7414. Children’s Time [email protected] First Awakening Traditional Service Hymn of Preparation “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” UMH #526 Contemporary Worship Service 10:50 a.m. Scripture Mark 9:38-50 8:30 a.m. “Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God.” John Wesley Sermon “WACDN” “You Are the Body of Christ Raised” Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors Dedication Hymn “Rescue the Perishing” UMH #591 Announcements Announcements Benediction Opening Prayer Sending Forth “His Eye is on the Sparrow” FWS #2146 Passing of the Peace Passing of the Peace ******************************************************************** Songs of Praise / Centering Opening Hymn “We Gather Together” UMH #131 “This worship service is over – your service to God begins.” ******************************************************************** Joys & Concerns Call to Worship BOW #454 Today’s Scripture Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer – All Leader: As a shepherd seeks a lost sheep, so God seeks and saves the lost. Common English Bible Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Mark 9:38-50 Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. All: Like a woman who searches for a lost coin until it is found, so God rejoices over one soul restored to wholeness. Give us this day our daily bread. 38 John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone throwing demons out in your And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those Leader: As a father receives a returning wayward son, so God welcomes us, name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.” Who trespass against us. and lets the past be the past. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 39 Jesus replied, “Don’t stop him. No one who does powerful acts in my name For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen All: Therefore let us praise God in thanksgiving that we are received. can quickly turn around and curse me. 40 Whoever isn’t against us is for us. 41 I Let us receive and welcome and rejoice over one another in the Offering assure you that whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong name of Jesus Christ. to Christ will certainly be rewarded. Children’s Time (RUTH DUCK, U.S.A., 20TH CENT., ALT.) 42 Scripture Mark 9:38-50 Hymn of Praise “God of Grace and God of Glory” UMH #577 “As for whoever causes these little ones who believe in me to trip and fall into sin, it would be better for them to have a huge stone hung around their Sermon “WACDN” Prayer of Confession BOW #489 necks and to be thrown into the lake. 43 If your hand causes you to fall into Song of Reflection Almighty and all loving God, through your Son Jesus Christ you have sin, chop it off. It’s better for you to enter into life crippled than to go away 45 reconciled the world to yourself. with two hands into the fire of hell, which can’t be put out. If your foot Benediction Help us now to be reconciled with one another, that again we might dwell causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It’s better for you to enter life lame than 47 in the warmth of your love. to be thrown into hell with two feet. If your eye causes you to fall into sin, Closing Song Inspire us with your Holy Spirit to put aside the cloak of pride and put on tear it out. It’s better for you to enter God’s kingdom with one eye than to be 48 ********************************************************************* Christ, that we might forgive and be forgiven; through Jesus Christ our thrown into hell with two. That’s a place where worms don’t die and the 49 50 “This worship service is over – your service to God begins.” Lord. Amen. fire never goes out. Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt loses its saltiness, how will it become salty again? Maintain salt among ********************************************************************* (MICHAEL J. O'DONNELL, U.S.A., 20TH CENT.) Our Mission Statement (A Time of Quiet Reflection) yourselves and keep peace with each other.” The mission of the Congregation of the First United Methodist Church is to continue Words of Assurance to be a committed fellowship of disciples sharing the love of God through Jesus ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ May the almighty and merciful Lord grant us remission of all our sins, Christ and furnishing a place of Christian worship, programs, services and facilities Please join us for our Annual Church Conference for its members and the people of the Johnson City area. true repentance, amendment of life, and the grace and consolation of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Sunday, October 4th @ noon in the Sanctuary. Teddy Bear Ministry (THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, U.S.A.) You are invited to hold a bear during joys and concerns and then take it and Affirmation of Faith UMH #883 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ give it to someone who needs a word of encouragement, healing, or up-lifting. We ask that you do not take one for yourself. We also welcome bears that you would like Joys and Concerns Sanctuary Flowers to donate. They don’t have to be new. We are able to clean most “old” bears. Lord’s Prayer (see prayer in 8:30 Service Order of Worship) The flowers are given from Bill & Elaine Swiss ~*~*~*~ (You are invited, if you would like, to hold your neighbors hand during the in honor of Skip Wetmore’s birthday. We are in need of adding nursery worker on staff. Lord’s Prayer.) Until we locate a staff person we are looking for volunteers to work in our nursery. If you would consider helping us out as a volunteer or Offering/Doxology