Welcome! September 3, 2017

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1 Welcome! September 3, 2017 Order Of Worship Today s Focus Prelude Pat Deighton Welcome Tom Hindman Please sign and pass the Register located in the pew. Guests please stop by the Welcome Center in the church lobby for a gift. Worship in Song Work for the Night is Coming Sweet, Sweet Spirit UMH #334 Reading Invitation to the Spirit UMH #335 Joys & Concerns/Lord s Prayer Don Tomko Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. AMEN Offering & Anthem Breathe Voices of Praise led by Darrell Day Saxophone, Don Word Celebration of Community meet new and greet current friends Message: Series: Living unshakeable pastor Jerry Pushing against pressure Daniel 1:5-19 Invitation, Confession, & Pardon UMH #12 Communion Communion is open to everyone. Please follow ushers directions. Blessed Assurance UMH #369 Jesus Paid It All Don Word and Pat Deighton Because He Lives UMH #364 Postlude Pat Deighton Bring a friend and your favorite side dish to our First Responders BBQ immediately following our special Worship service next Sunday, September 10th. Nursery (off of lobby) Children s Worship (Children s Worship Center) Pianist: Marlene Cracraft Assistant: Rosie McKay

2 Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. - Psalm 119:105 Daniel 1:5-19 The king assigned them food and wine from the king s table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king s service. The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego. But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile. Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel, but the official told Daniel, I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you. MY NOTES: We welcome everyone including those who are single, married, divorced, crying newborns, tired parents, and doting grandparents. We welcome those who are just browsing and those who know every hymn and praise song ever written. We welcome those who think the earth is flat, can t spell, or because grandma is in town you wanted to go to church. You have found a perfectly imperfect church filled with perfectly imperfect people who worship our perfect Lord. First time guests - please pickup a welcome gift at the welcome desk in the lobby. Once again, welcome! Practice The Pause When in doubt, pause. When angry, pause. When stressed, pause. And, when you pause Pray! Please lift your neighbors in prayer Concerns: Dave Miles, Dave and Sandy Brenner, Cathy Burger, alcoholic family, Dennis, family in Houston, Becky, Margaret, Gail Waller, Bob, Grace, Bill, Carol, Gary Annan, Stephen, John, Tom, Betty, Jeffery, John, victims in Texas, John Boff, Dovie Sprang, Don Franks, Carol Yewcic, Charlotte Hendry, Ceil Austin Karen Norris, Armstrong s children in Houston, Sue Popma, Doris Hepp Joys or Concerns? jerry@hudsonfirstumc.org Sympathy We extend our hearts and prayers to Doris Hepp and family, whose brother, joined the church triumphant on August 26th. The office will be closed on Monday, September 4th for Labor Day. Enjoy your families! OFFICE HOURS UPDATE The office will remain closed on Fridays through October. We are open Monday through Thursday, 8:30am to 5:00pm.

3 Meet Our New District Superintendent Hudson First UMC is now part of the North Central District and Rev. June Edwards is the District Superintendent. June Edwards is a highly respected pastor in our conference," Bishop Carter said. "She has strong gifts in administration and teaching, and has given remarkable leadership most recently at First UMC in Lakeland and on the Board of Ordained Ministry. A sixth generation Floridian and life-long Methodist, Rev. Edwards has served three appointments over the last 20 years in the Florida Conference-Forest UMC (Silver Springs), Druid Hills UMC (Ocala) and most recently as one of the Associate Pastors at First UMC, Lakeland. She and her husband, Steve Edwards, have been married for 39 years and have three daughters-margie (Greg) Kurtz, Rachel (Johnny) Gibbs and Emily Edwards and three grandchildren-johnny, Waylon and Ellie. June is a graduate of the University of Florida (BA Education) and Asbury Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity). She has served the church at both District and Conference levels: North Central District Mission and Church Extension, North Central District Committee on Ministry, Conference Standing Rules Committee, the Advisory Board of Shade and Fresh Water, Board of Ordained Ministry and the Conference Congregational Vitality Committee. HURRICANE HARVEY As we have watched the tragedy unfold in Texas and now the rain in Louisiana -- many of you have asked what you can do to help. First, pray for those impacted. Pray also for UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) and our United Methodist Churches who are in the impacted communities and all of the agencies and partners responding to those in need. Second, give generously to UMCOR Disaster Response Advance # ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of your donation will go to help those affected by Harvey. Over this past year, the Florida Conference has received $1.4 million dollars from UMCOR to assist with recovery from Hurricanes Hermine (Labor Day last year) and Matthew (one month later). We received these grants because churches like yours gave generously to UMCOR. Make your checks payable to Hudson First UMC and write UMCOR in the memo field. If you are giving cash, please write UMCOR on the envelope. Thank you. YOUTH REACHING OUT TO THE HOMEBOUND This summer Joan Lilly and our youth, assisted by Justin LeFort, prepared Love Boxes and delivered them to our Homebound. Bill LeFort drove the bus to the various locations so that the youth could personally deliver the boxes and visit with our homebound folks. On an ongoing basis, the youth also keep in touch with the Homebound by writing monthly notes letting them know what they are doing and that our Homebound are not forgotten. By reaching out to our Homebound, the youth are learning the importance of community within the Church and in the area they live. Let our youth know how important they are to the Church family. Kudos to our youth!

4 Today: Sunday, September 3 8:15-11:15am Nursery (0-5yrs) 8:30am Living Love-CE10 8:45am 252 Children s Ministry-CWC 8:45am Refuge Youth class-ce1 8:45am Young Adults class-lib 8:45am Seekers-CE4 8:45am Galileans-CE9 8:45am Searching Christians -HH 10:00am Children s Worship-CWC 10:00am Worship-WC 2:00pm Evangelism Meeting-CE10 6:00pm Refuge Activity-FH Monday, September 4 LABOR DAY Office Closed 10:00am Morning Flutes-WC Tuesday, September 5 7:00am Business Referral Network 9:15am Prayer Warriors-CE10 10:00am Missions-CE10 10:30am Food Pantry Board-CE9 6:00pm Open Gym 6:00pm Disciple Fastrack NT-CE10 7:00pm Boy Scout meeting Wednesday, September 6 6:30am Men of Promise-BWR 9:00am Food Pantry Distribution-HH 12:00pm Al Anon-CE10 2:00pm Empowerment-CE10 5:00pm Kids dinner-fh 5:30pm Kings Kids (K-5th)-CWC 5:30pm E.X.C.I.T.E. (6-8th)-CE4 5:30pm Acts 29 (9-12th)-CE2 6:15pm Worship Arts (all ages)-cwc 7:00pm Choir-WC Connecting with a small group is vital to your spiritual growth. It has been said being in a group also impacts people s daily lives. Group members feel closer to God (69 percent), understand the Bible better (74 percent), trust God more (66 percent), and become more loving in their relationships (48 percent). Discipleship on Sundays, 8:45am... Galileans, Room CE9 Dave Smith September The Holy Trinity October Humanity Beyond the Fall Living Love (8:30am), Room CE10 Doug Doan September, October, November Covenants with God Searching Christians, Howard Hall Chris Kreiler September 3rd and 10th Intro to Ruth September 17th-October 1st Tom Hindman on The Bible, Prophecy, and Astrology Beginning October 10th Study of Ruth Young Adults, Library Jerry Milner Beginning September 17th BIG Questions: clear answers to confusing questions Seekers, CE4 Loraine Cors September 10, 17, 24 Nancy Hoger on What About Angels October, November Overview of Paul s Letters Thursday, September 7 10:00am Stephen Ministry-CE4 10:00am Scholarship-CE10 5:30pm Worship Meeting-COL 6:00pm Back to School BBQ-FH Friday, September 8 12:00pm Women s Emmaus- CARES Saturday, September 9 BWR - Beacon Woods Restaurant CE - Christian Education building COL - Church Office Lobby CWC - Children s Worship Center FH - Fellowship Hall HH - Howard Hall LIB Library OCH - Oasis Coffee House SU Sunnyside Up WC - Worship Center

5 Bible in a Year Many friends have said that they ve always wanted to read through the New Testament. As your spiritual coach let me say, Let s do it! 9/3 Janet Grant 9/3 Glenda Lemay 9/3 Marguerite Oxtal 9/7 Joann Schoof 9/8 Dick Bidwell 9/8 Bob Johnson 9/9 Mattie McAlarney Corrections: Meet Our New Members Florence Jones Clock Tower Pkwy. Hudson, FL Karen Rae Clock Tower Pkwy. Hudson, FL Jack Haller Pat Stein Margaret LeFort-Slaney (not pictured) Be sure and update your directories! The last three names are already in the directory. SEPTEMBER Romans 1:18-32 Romans 2:1-29 Romans 3:1-31 Romans 4:1-25 Romans 5:1-21 Romans 6:1-23 Romans 7:1-25 Romans 8:1-22 Romans 8:23-39 Romans 9:1-23 Romans 9:24-10:4 Romans10:5-21 Romans 11:1-16 Romans 11:17-36 Romans 12 Romans 13 Romans 14 Romans 15:1-21 Romans 15:22-16:7 Romans 16:8-27 Galatians 1 Galatians 2 Galatians 3:1-20 Galatians 3:21-4:7 Galatians 4:8-31 Galatians 5:1-26 Galatians 6:1-18 Ephesians 1:1-14 Ephesians 1:15-2:10 Ephesians 2:11-22 OCTOBER Ephesians 3:1-21 Ephesians 4:1-24 Ephesians 4:25-5:15 Ephesians 5:16-6:4 Ephesians 6:5-2:4 Philippians 1:1-20 Philippians 1:21-2:11 Philippians 2:12-30 Philippians 3:1-4:2 Philippians 4:3-23 Colossians 1:1-20 Colossians 1:21-2:7 Colossians 2:8-23 Colossians 3:1-17 Colossians 3:18-4:18 Philemon 1:1-25 Hebrews 1:1-14 Hebrews 2:1-18 Hebrews 3:1-19 Hebrews 4:1-13 Hebrews 4:14-5:14 Hebrews 6:1-20 Hebrews 7:1-19 Hebrews 7:20-8:6 Hebrews 8:7-9:7 Hebrews 9:8-22 Hebrews 9:23-10:10 Hebrews 10:11-31 Hebrews 10:32-11:7 Hebrews 11:8-10 Hebrews 11:20-40 NOVEMBER Hebrews 12:1-13 Hebrews 12:14-29 Hebrews 13:1-14 Hebrews 13:15-25 Titus 1 Titus 2 Titus 3 1 Timothy 1 1 Timothy 2 1 Timothy 3 1 Timothy 4 1 Timothy 5 1 Timothy 6 2 Timothy 1 2 Timothy 2 2 Timothy 3 2 Timothy 4 John 1:1-28 John 1:29-51 John 2:1-25 John 3:1-21 John 3:22-36 John 4:1-30 John 4:31-54 John 5:1-23 John 5:24-47 John 6:1-21 John 6:22-40 John 6:41-71 John 7:1-31 Jack Haller Pat Stein Flo Jones Karen Rae

6 Don s Desk by Don Tomko, Program Director September marks the end of Summer, and Fall ushers in school bells. For me, Back-To-School brings back memories of buses, books, and backpacks and the 3 R s Reading, Riting, and Rithmetic. As adults, we may find ourselves writing less and doing arithmetic less, but we should actually be reading more. And the book that we should be reading is the number one best-selling book of all time The Bible! Proverbs 4:20-21 states give attention to My words; incline your ear to My sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart. If you read this verse closely, you will see that this is not optional. God does not say, if you want to or if you have time. God says, give, incline, do not, and keep. These are commands. George Müller, who lived in the 1800s, cared for about 10,000 orphans in total in his five large orphanages. But he never allowed his huge responsibility to take him away from the Word of God. He said that every day, he would set aside time to study the scriptures until his inner man was happy in the Lord. When Martha complained to Jesus that her sister Mary had left her to serve alone (Mary was sitting at Jesus feet and hearing His Word), Jesus defended Mary by saying, Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her. (Luke 10:41 42) So Jesus says that one thing is needed. Martha was busy preparing food while Mary was feeding on Spiritual food Jesus Word the Word of God! We need to be in God s Word. Beginning September 5th, we are offering a New Testament Discipleship Class on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. It s a great way to get into God s Word with other church friends. Friends, you will not lose out when you take time to sit down and listen to God s Word. I took the Old Testament Discipleship class in the Fall and I got so much out of it! My prayer is that you would get to know Jesus better. One thing is needed - take time to meditate on God s Word. Sign-up for the New Testament Discipleship Class. Set up a date with God. You will get to know God better and you will be blessed! I guarantee it! Update from Staff Parish Relations Committee Hudson First United Methodist Church has been presented with a challenge. A gift of $10,000 has been offered by a generous member, to help financially with the start of a Contemporary Worship service. This is a matching gift of up to $10,000. Please give generously. Part of this money would be used to pay the salary of a part-time Contemporary worship leader. This position is an important part of the overall worship experience for this service. SPRC is looking for a young man or woman who has a passion and love for Christ and has had previous experience with family oriented contemporary worship services. And yes, this person will need to play guitar. Pastor Jerry will deliver the message during the Contemporary service with the worship leader coordinating the service along with leading music and prayer. This is a very important time in our Church s life. This service will be targeted to reach out to young families in our communities. Sharing with them Christ s love, His Word and Grace. On behalf of the Staff Parish Relations Committee I challenge all of us, Hudson First UMC s church family, to give what you can. To collectively meet the match proposed by this donor. To be a part of extending the life of our church for, filling our church with those younger families who will carry on God s work and love in our community for many years to come. Please prayerfully consider this challenge and if you have any questions, feel free to contact myself or Pastor Jerry. Blessings, Nancy Neumar, SPRC Chairperson

7 Connections - Faith, Friends, Fun, & Fitness Care Givers Support Group 10:30a 3rd Tues of month in CE10 Contact Laura: Care for caregivers a place to laugh, learn, share, and care. Special Sundays (K-8th) Sundays: 8:45a Children s Worship 10a Children s Church Contact Cheryle: (K-5) Contact Fran: (6-8) Refuge Ministry 6p Sundays, Life group hang time and activity. Heart-to-Heart Women 9:30-11a, 3rd Saturday monthly Contact Fran Scerbo: Open to all women faith and friendship blend together in a time of Christian fellowship. Wacky Wednesdays: 5:00p Dinner 5:30p Kings Kids (1st.-5th gr.) 5:30p E.X.C.I.T.E. (6th-8th gr.) 6:15p Kids of Praise Choir Wings of Spirit Dance Exercise with Fran 9:30a Mondays Flex and Balance 9:30a Fridays Flex and Balance Contact Office: Cost? Bring a canned good for the Food Pantry! The Encouragers Encouragers Group 10:00a 2nd and 4th Thurs of month in CE10 Contact Ruth or Betsy: A safe place to share your grief or loss of any kind. Acts 29 (9-12th gr.) 8:45a Sundays, Discipleship 5:30p Wednesday, Small Group, CE2 Where young people encounter Christ in themselves and their world. Hudson Emmaus Men - 8am 3rd Saturday monthly Sunnyside Up Restaurant. Women - 11:30am 2nd Friday monthly CARES Café. Contact Dave Smith Wednesday, 9a - 12p Howard Hall Entrance Serving households in zip codes 34667, and with food and spiritual nourishment. We serve with joy for Jesus. Donations appreciated. New Generation 6-7:30p Saturdays, Moore s house Contact Shanah Moore: Encouraging and enriching the lives of young adults Thrift Store Hours: Winter hours: Mon-Sat 10:30a to 4:30p Summer Hours: Tues-Sat 10:30a to 3:30p Donations appreciated adult clothing, jewelry, small kitchen items, and some furniture.