CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH June 7, A place where visitors become friends.

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1 CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH June 7, 2015 A place where visitors become friends. Welcome to Christ United Methodist Church! We especially greet those who are worshiping with us for the first time and rejoice that you have chosen to spend this special time with God and us. Feel free to secure a maroon colored information packet about Christ Church found near each door. As God leads, we welcome you to become an active participant with us!! If you desire to speak with our pastor, please contact the church office. If you have a prayer request, you may call the prayer-chain, starting with Linda Miller, Flower on the altar are in honor of the anniversaries of John and Becky Gehres & Steve and JoAnn VanDixon. Both anniversaries are today, June, 7 and both are for 29 years. Congratulations!! A reminder that ALL volunteers in the local church who work with children and youth are required by PA State law to be in compliance with the new background clearances by June 30, If you have not completed these please see Mandy Gehres to take care of this as soon as possible. 29th ANNUAL GARDEN TOUR SCHEDULED, JUNE 14TH It is hard to believe, but this will be the 29th Garden Tour. Each year we wonder where we will find gardens as lovely as the ones we had the year before. This year is turning out to be a surprising one. Last year I had a number of gardeners say, "Not this year. How about next?" A number of "Will do it next year s" called me to make sure they will be on the tour. We will have six gardens, among which are some surprises. One is at a horse farm, another featuring a hill side garden, with ponds, and others completely different. So now we need your help. 1. If you have perennials flowers divide some and to be sold at the plant sale. Get them divided, keep them watered, and mark them with their name. They will be collected closer to time. 2. Please bake some cookies and put them in containers ready to share. Extras are always valuable for other activities after the tour. 3. Please sign up on the sign-up sheets to offer to sit at a garden and to help. 4. Please sell the tickets you are given. The money has many uses in this church. And, please buy yourself two tickets and enjoy what others have done for us. LET'S MAKE THIS 29TH ONE OF THE BEST. THANKS, ROSE DILLNER The Yarnspinners will not be meeting again until September. Keep those needles going over the summer. Outback Rock Weekend VBS 2015 by Group, Saturday, July 11 all day. Get hoppin to the wildest weekend Down Under! On this Aussie adventure, kids explore God s monumental love and discover what it means to have an unshakable faith. At Outback Rock vacation Bible school, kids learn one important Bible Point, which is reinforced through Bible adventures, a key Bible verse, songs, and hands-on activities. Your VBS kids will also learn about two amazing Bible stories! Every session of Group s Weekend VBS focuses on the same simple, powerful Point: God is always with us. The church is again placing free bottled on the church steps every day, and providing 100 bottles each week for the clients who wait in the hot sun each week for their food. Could you add a case of water to your grocery shopping? If not, $10 can buy 3 cases. If writing a check, be sure to note on the memo line, " Water Ministry," We will use at least 270 cases (yes, thousands of bottles!) of water this summer for this ministry, so every case donated is a wonderful help!

2 If you would like to place flowers on the altar this summer, please sign the flower chart on the bulletin board outside the sanctuary. Those in charge of making sure there are flowers every week, will appreciate it!! If you want your flowers to be in memory or honor of someone, just call the church office by Wednesday. Both Fishers and Victorian Corner will provide flowers for $30, or you can use your own flowers. The church does NOT order or pay for flowers, so please be sure you either pay the florist directly or put a check in the offering plate--clearly marked "flowers." There will be a celebration of Rev. Dennis Keller's ministry as our District Superintendent on Sunday, June 21st, at Camp Hill UMC, 417 South 22nd Street in Camp Hill. Clergy and laity are invited to come between the hours of 3 to 5 pm to greet Denny and Betsy, wish them well and enjoy an ice cream social. We will be collecting monetary gifts to contribute in Denny's honor to the Bishop's Partners in Mission. If you would like to donate, please send your gift to Grace UMC, 433 East Main Street, Hummelstown, PA with the envelope clearly marked Dennis Keller. Have you ever wondered who that was that spoke to you during church? Well, now you can look them up by their picture and find their name. Our church is going to have a new pictorial directory made by LifeTouch! Pictures will be taken on two days, July 14 and 15. Sign-ups will begin June 14 following each church service. For information see insert in today s bulletin. Nursery care is available during worship service for children under the age of 5. If you have a young child and would like to take advantage of our nursery care please do not hesitate to contact one of the greeters or any of the ushers before or even during the worship service. Because we are a Safe Sanctuaries compliant church, if you wish to volunteer at any of our service opportunities, you must get state mandated background clearances. If you wish to volunteer please see Mandy Gehres, our nursery coordinator, and she will help you through the process. We thank all of our current volunteers that have completed the process and made our church a safe place for all. Please remember the immediate and continued need for family size boxes of dry cereal for the families of our community. Place boxes in the bin marked King s Kettle Cereal. Thank you! Christ UMC is seeking a dependable part-time Director of Children s Ministry to work with elementary children, plan and organize activities, ten hours/week. The church looks forward to increasing enrollment in youth and children s activities to bring them close to God. Applicants must be at least 23 yrs. old, have computer ability and experience working with youth. Police clearances required. Send application to Staff/Pastor/Parish Relations Committee (SPPRC) at 47 E. King St. Shbg. PA If you know of anyone in need of transportation to or from Worship service please contact Steve VanDixon or Bill Morgan We will make every attempt to see that this is not an obstacle for anyone wishing to worship! Our church greatly appreciates the generosity of M & T Bank and Orrstown Bank for allowing us the use of their parking lots during our worship services. There will be four designated parking spots in the M&T parking lot on Sunday mornings; two are for handicap parking and two for visitor parking. Overflow parking is available in the Orrstown Bank parking lot. Find us on Facebook the link to Christ United Methodist Church is There are scripture lessons with a discussion question you can just think about or you can start a dialogue with other people. Information is being added all the time, so check it out and like us. Our website continues at where the Good News can be viewed as well as other information about our church family.

3 Prayer Requests. Mary Rineard sickness and for her family Hannah Neil very ill, in/out of Hershey hospital Stacy Helman & family the death of son, Cody Charles Kunkleman - sick Eric Shern melanoma Susquehanna Conference churches: Faith Woodbury, Woodbury (Bedford); Bald Eagle, Tyrone (Blair); Spring Mills Faith, Spring Mills (Centre); Gethsemane Allport, Morrisdale (Clearfield); Evansville, Berwick (Columbia); Mt. Airy Dillsburg, Dillsburg (York); Edenville, Chambersburg (Franklin); Otterbein Sunbuy, Sunbury (Northumberland); Arnolds Dillsburg, Dillsburg (York); Plains, Plains (Luzerne) In an attempt to keep our prayer list up to date, persons and situations will be listed for three consecutive Sundays. If you wish to continue the listing after this, simply call the church office and request the prayer listing continue. Thank you. T h i s W e e k w i t h C h r i s t! (Please note that all meetings will be held at Christ United Methodist Church unless otherwise indicated) Sunday, June 7 8:30 AM Worship Service 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship Service Monday, June 8 4:00 PM Ministry & Nurture Committee Tuesday, June 9 6:30PM Special Administrative Council meeting in basement Thursday Saturday, June Annual Conference Thursday, June 11 5:30 PM Community Meal Saturday, June 13 9:00 AM Clothing Bank with breakfast and Kids Corner Sunday, June 14 8:30 AM Worship Service 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship Service Upcoming: Church secretary will be on vacation June Outback Rock Weekend, July 11 Picture days for the Church Directory, July 14 & 15 Gideon s coming on July 19.

4 second Sunday after pentecost 10:30 AM June 7, 2015 * Indicates the congregation should please stand as each person is comfortable. UMH United Methodist Hymnal (blue hymnal) TFWS The Faith We Sing (black hymnal) HB Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) NT New Testament WE GATHER FOR PRAYER AND TO PRAISE GOD CHIMING THE HOUR OF WORSHIP, WELCOME, AND THE LIGHT OF CHRIST PRELUDE This Is My Father s World Hughes * INVITATION TO GOD Halle, Halle, Halleluja No TFWS (screen) * OPENING PRAYER * OPENING HYMN I m Goin a Sing When the Spirit Says Sing No. 333 UMH * CALL TO WORSHIP (responsively) Do you sometimes feel discouraged? Do you feel downhearted because you can t do everything you used to do? Cheer up! Paul reminded the Corinthians and us that though our physical bodies are gradually wearing out our spiritual beings are renewed day by day. Come to our worship service this morning seeking that spiritual renewal! WE CONFESS OUR SINS AND ACCEPT GOD S PARDON PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison) Lord, maybe the reason we don t speak up on your behalf is that we lack the faith that says you are alive and active in our world. O God, rekindle that faith within us so that, truly believing in you and your power to change the world, we will go out eagerly into the world as your agents. Amen. TIME OF SILENT REFLECTION & CONFESSION AND WORDS OF ASSURANCE WE HEAR GOD S WORD PROCLAIMED OLD TESTAMENT LESSON 1 Samuel 8:4-20 (11:14-15) SPECIAL MUSIC Shout to the Lord Handbell Choir NEW TESTAMENT LESSON 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 (Response: L: This is the Word of God for the people of God! P: Thanks be to God! SHARING GOD S WORD WE RESPOND TO GOD S CALL * RESPONSE HYMN "Beams of Heaven as I Go" No 524 UMH PERSONAL SILENT PRAYER AND PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH

5 OFFERTORY: THE GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS OFFERTORY David s Lyre Southbridge * MUSICAL RESPONSE Give Thanks No TFWS Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, give thanks because he s given Jesus Christ his son. And now let the weak say, I am strong ; let the poor say, I am rich because of what the Lord has done for us. Give thanks! Give thanks! OFFERTORY PRAYER (in unison) Lord, may the work accomplished by these gifts, together with the testimony of our daily lives, bring glory to your name, strengthen your work on earth, and be a continuing witness to your love and grace. Amen. THE LORD S SUPPER WE DEPART TO SERVE GOD IN THE WORLD (on screen) * CLOSING HYMN My Hope Is Built No. 368 UMH BENEDICTION POSTLUDE The Awakening Call Paxton (Please be sure to greet others and offer the peace of Christ before leaving!)