Wesley To Know Christ - To Make Him Known Traditional Worship Service Contemporary Worship Service Main Sanctuary WMC 120 North Avenue A 60 North Avenue A 8:30 am 10:45 am Sunday School 9:40

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWING AND SHARING

SUNDAY, JULY 6

8:30 am Worship Service (Sanctuary) 9:30 am Coffee fellowship (Wesley Hall) 9:40 - 10:30 am Sunday School 10:15 am Coffee Fellowship (Wesley Ministry Center) 10:45 am Contemporary Worship Service (Wesley Ministry Center) 6:00 pm Beth Moore study (Wesley Hall)

MONDAY, JULY 7 6:00 pm Lambs of God Board mtg (WMC) 8:30 pm High School Girls Group (WMC)

TUESDAY, JULY 8

8:00 am Communion Service (Sanctuary) 8:30 am Ladies Bible Study Group (library)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29

9:00 am Rug Sewing (Fellowship Hall)

THURSDAY, JULY 10 8:00 am PEO (Wesley Hall) 7:00 pm Praise Band Practice (WMC)

FRIDAY, JULY 11

5:30 - 6:30 pm AA Meeting (Fellowship Hall) 6:00pm - midnight Scrapbook Club

SATURDAY, JULY 12

10:00 - 11:00 am AA Meeting (Fellowship Hall)

ATTENDANCE REPORT June 29, 2014 A note from the office… Please remember to update the office when you have an address, 8:15 - 162 10:30 - 198 Total: 360 Sunday School 53 phone number, or email change.

COLLECTION ITEMS FOR JULY… Also if you would like to have flowers placed in the Can of tuna, macaroni, cream of mushroom soup and can of fruit... church or the ministry center celebrating a birthday, an- Your donation of these items support local families in need. Thank you! niversary, new baby or in memorial of a loved one, please contact the office @ 647-1015. The cost for organ flow- ers is $15 and the communion table vases are $18. The serving team for July Coffee Thank you.

Fellowship is the Discipleship Team. Thank you! Movie Nite - God’s Not Dead Sunday, July 20 6:00pm

Reception for Pastor Larry and Brittney Frank Join us for free movie nights this summer! Enjoy time with your Wesley family while watching entertaining and thought-provoking movies! Our Sunday, July 13 at 9:30 in Wesley Hall between the two services we will next movie, God’s Not Dead, is the story of a young man who goes to col- have a reception for our new pastor and his wife. Let’s surprise them with lege and is challenged by a professor to defend what he believes. a House Warming Gift Card Shower. Local gift cards make a great wel- Go to godsnotdeadthemovie.com to learn more. come to the community. You can drop your gift card by the church of- fice or bring to the reception on the 13th. Please join in giving them a We’ll meet at 6:00 p.m. at Wesley Ministry Center with movies in the youth room for children. Bring a friend! warm welcome.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL PRIMETIMER’S SCHEDULE - MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Wesley United Methodist Church would like to recognize Rene`e Gage THE MUSIC MAN - THEATRE IN THE PARK - JULY 26 and Melinda DeWees for the amazing 2014 VBS. Rene`e and Melinda We will leave the church at 4:45 pm and travel to Petersburg for the pre-play @ created a wonderful world of weird animals that was enjoyed by the VBS 7:00 and the presentation of The Music Man @ 8:00. We will eat our box sup- kids and adults. Thank you for your time and effort and your tireless per in the park pavilion. The cost of the ticket and box supper is $17.50. In all dedication to the Children’s Ministry of WUMC. the years we have gone there, we have been delighted with each production. It is truly a treat. Please make your reservation by signing the red attendance book or calling the office. Please make your reservation by Monday, July 21. THANK YOU! 647-1015 CHANGE IN SAVE THE DATE I would like to thank those who helped with VBS this year. If you cooked, served, or cleaned up lunch, THANK YOU! If you were a teacher, leader, We will be going to Springfield on Thursday, August 28 instead of Friday, or helper, YOU ROCK! If you painted, decorated, or donated, WAY TO GO! August 15. We will enjoy the Lincoln sites; the Lincoln Museum, the historic Our Children’s Ministry has been blessed because of YOU! Thank you all Union Station, the Old State Capitol and the Lincoln Tomb. We will leave the so much. ~ Rene`e church at 8:30.

Flowers

The organ flowers are in loving memory of Patricia Lindsey from Susan, Jeanne, and Janet. American Flag Pledge The Stars and Stripes The choir side flowers are in loving memory of David Tomlinson from Roberta. The stars and stripes of the American flag originated as a re- sult of a resolution adopted by the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia on June 14, THANK YOU… 1777. The resolution read: Resolved, that the flag of the The family of the late Carol Ellis wishes to express its deep appreciation to be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that Pastor Bruce Rushing for the funeral service and to the Wesley United Meth- the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing odist Church for the delicious funeral meal. These acts of kindness and sym- a new constellation. pathy continue to be a great comfort to us in our time of sorrow. The I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America The Carol Ellis family and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, Please remember in your prayers... indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Prayer Requests Judy Jett family MILITARY— Christian Flag ACTIVE DUTY Alan & Merrie Schweigert Kari Meyer The Christian flag is one of the oldest unchanged flags in the Angela Hale Kathi Bellows Barb Essex Kathy Morgan Billy Test world. It was conceived at Brighton Chapel, Coney Island, Bernita Trigg Landon Smith Brandon Ellinger , Sunday, September 26, 1897, and was presented in Bob Ems Larry & Peggy Cook Christopher Maddox its present form the following Sunday by its originator. Call it Brittany Mott Nancy Gibbons Chuck Winscott chance, or providence, serendipity, or the plan of God, on that Nick Janes Dennis Spangler Carol Essex day, the Christian flag was born. Crystal Robinson Pam Jockisch Devin Perkins Curt and Philip Pam Lenover Binkley Issac Garcia The white on the flag represents purity and peace. The blue Danny Craig Rayna Reiber Jason Garkey stands for faithfulness, truth, and sincerity. Red, of course, is Don Gorsuch Rev. Thoburn Enge Jesse Derry the color of sacrifice, in this case calling to mind the blood Donovan Murphy Ryan Keime Joe Kuchan shed by Christ on Calvary, represented by the cross. The first Don Proper Steve and Marge John Weis Drew Steve Nagel Jon Sisson pledge to the Christian flag was written by Methodist pastor Ellen Eveland family Tammy Booth Josh Williams Lynn Harold Hough in 1908. Emma Asendorf Tammy Fanning J. Spencer Henderson Christian Flag Pledge Eric Greer Tess Drainer Kylene Lewis Erma Garner Tim Bowton Mike Morman I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag Eugenia Warden Nathaniel Baker and to the Savior for whose kingdom it stands. Jaber Bukilah Trevor Williams One brotherhood, uniting all true Christians Jackson S. Engle in service and in love. James Abbott US Troops & Veterans Janet Jan Smith

Please make a PRAYER REQUEST or share a PRAISE at www.cantonwesley.org. If you are hospitalized… For pastoral care while in the hospital, have family call 647-1015. On the weekend, call Pastor Bruce @ 525-2453 or Pastor Larry @ 815-848-7944. Names will remain on the prayer list for 3 weeks.