Ministers Ministering Today Next Wk. June 4 Liturgist Danna Segrest Karen Benton Child Care

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1 Ministers Ministering Today Next Wk. June 4 Liturgist Danna Segrest Karen Benton Child Care Diane Tandy & Diane Tandy & Cool J 2 10:30 Volunteer Volunteer Music Director Dianne Smith Song leader 10:30 John Ridley Rick Gorham Acolyte Mallory Meads Mason Meads Greeter/Usher Don & Amy Vincent Joe Kummer Sound/Media 8:30 Cheryl Green Cheryl Green Fellowship: 10:30 Jo Page Lorna Eberts Counter Joe Kummer Don Vincent May 21 Attendance Offering General Fund 8: : Liberia/Haiti Covenant Offering 262. New Building Construction 20. Sunday School What's happening at NLUMC Sunday 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m. Choir Practice Every Monday 7:00 p.m. Prayer & Walk Every Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Prayer Pack & Bible Study June 1-4 (Thurs-Sun.) Michigan Area Annual Conference - Traverse City June 6 (Tue.) 6:30 p.m. Education Team June 7 (Wed.) 6:00 p.m. Program & Events Committee June 7 (Wed.) 7:00 p.m. New Building Committee June 8 (Thurs.) 6:30 p.m. Membership Care & Outreach June 10 (Sat.) 8:00 a.m. Set Up tents for rummage sale June Rummage Sale June 17 (Sat.) 2:00 p.m. Take down after rummage sale NORTH LAKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH N. Territorial Rd. Chelsea, MI Website: northlakeumc.org Rev. Todd Jones, Pastor Sharon Wheeler, Secretary Diane Tandy, Children/Youth Ministry Coordinator Pastor s Office: Church Office: Pastor s pastor@northlakeumc.org Secretary s secretary@northlakeumc.org June 8 Membership Care & Outreach meeting cancelled, will meet July 13.

2 WELCOME TO NORTH LAKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. John 4:24 Worship I May 28, 2017 Ascension Sunday 8:30 am * Notes where you are invited to stand if able *Praise and Worship All My Days 3011 Everlasting God 3021 Holy is the Lord 3028 In Christ Alone 3105 Prayers of the People Sentence prayers spoken Response: Lord, hear our prayers / Thanks be to God. The Lord s Prayer 895 Memorial Cross Come down center aisle to place flowers in the Memorial Cross. Please return to pew by side aisle. *Offertory & Response Please place your Connection Card in the offering plate. Message Handling Failure Pastor Todd Acts 15:36-41; N.T. pg. 127 *Sermon Response Let There Be Peace on Earth 431 *Benediction Worship II May 28, 2017 Ascension Sunday 10:30 am * Notes where you are invited to stand if able Prelude Welcome * Hymn Hail the Day that sees Him Rise 312 Tolling of the Bell & Entrance of the Light of Christ (Prepare your heart and mind to hear God s Word) * Call to Worship * Hymn In Christ Alone 3105 Please fill out a Connection Card * Greet each other with Christian love Prayers of the People Sentence prayers spoken Response: Lord, hear our prayers / Thanks be to God. The Lord s Prayer 895 Memorial Cross Come down center aisle to place flowers in the Memorial Cross. Please return to pew by side aisle. Offertory * Doxology 94 * Prayer of Dedication Scripture Acts 15:36-41; N.T. pg. 127 Message Handling Failure Pastor Todd *Sermon Response Let There Be Peace on Earth 431 *Benediction

3 Prayers & Concerns Fill in prayer requests on your pew cards and turn in with offerings. Please indicate there if you want to be added to the prayer chain. North Lake UMC Future Confirmation Class & Mentors Pastor Todd, Cheryl Jones & family Nancy Tandy Pat Knight Arlene Howe Dorothy Antis Bill Westfall Mark Obenchain John Reilly Doris Case Jocelyn & Larry Harwood Merritt Honbaum Jane Arnett Greta Kelly Gigantic Rummage Sale North Lake United Methodist Church Comfort for those who grieve: Michael B's Family Serena Hale Bonnie Woodworth's Family Anna LeFort's Family Travel Mercies: Ann Beyer Brenda from Brother Ron's Reeve Segrest Nancy McKinnon Pray For Friends: Don Maze Julie Webber Gene Cole Robin Eberts Jean Ruhrer Donna Clark Gerald Timberlake Laurie Gravelyn Emily Hayton Roy Brown III Liz Hello Laura Waldron Amy Haggerty Bill Stacer Bob Davis Dennis Curtis Ron Woodworth Judy Care Randy Mantooth Nancee Sanville Eden Gaiske Lynda Clewell Lynn Gregory Adelynn Graham Peggy's Brother Ollie Bush Our country & Leaders Military, Police, Fire, and First Responders Victims and the persecuted around the world Rev. Sondra Willobee is retiring in June with two events. June 11 Dinner reception, reservations needed, $25 June 25 Cake & coffee celebration South Lyon UMC 12:00 3:00 pm. If you would like to send a note for her memory book. Rev. Sondra Willobee, 640 S. Lafayette St. South Lyon, MI She was pastor here Ed and Sondra Willobee Three Days Thur. June 15 9:00-6:00 Fri. June 16 9:00-6:00 Sat. June 17 9:00-2: North Territorial Rd. Chelsea MI Proceeds go to missions and ministries

4 Handling Failure Does failing mean that we are failures? When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also to assist them. - Acts 13:5 Then Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John, however, left them and returned to Jerusalem. -Acts 13:13 Therefore I have reached the decision that we should not trouble those Gentiles who are turning to God, but we should write to them to abstain only from things polluted by idols and from fornication and from whatever has been strangled and from blood. -Acts 15:19 Who was right: Paul or Barnabas? The good results of an honest conflict: 1) A deserter was and set Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry. -2 Timothy 4:11 Your sister church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings; and so does my son Mark. -1 Peter 5:13 2) A new and a great was developed: Silas 3) 2 mission teams were now Application: Are there areas in your life in which you have failed? Does this mean you are a failure? Yes or No. If you have sought forgiveness from God for your past sins, God does not now see you as you were but as who you will become. How about others? Are you holding their failures against them? Do you give others as much grace as you give yourself? Do you forgive others their failures as much as you have forgotten your own failings? Do you see their potential or do you see their mistakes in their past? Consider these verses: "If we confess our sins, he (God) is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." -1 John 1:9 "Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift." Matthew 5:23-24 If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Romans 12:18 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, -Romans 3:23 God demonstrates his own love toward us in this: while we were still sinners Christ died for us. -Romans 5:8 If you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9 God is in the business of restoration! Does a past failure or series of failures define who you are today?

5 Day One: Acts Chapter 17 May 29 June 2 Since his conversion, Thessalonica is the sixth time Paul has been forced by persecution to leave an area. How would you view your mission if that happened to you? How does your response compare with Paul s (see 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6)? Compared with the Thessalonians (vv. 2-4), how do the Bereans receive the Gospel (vv )? How is Paul s teaching on the diversity of gifts (1 Corinthians 12) illustrated here in the functions of Paul, Silas and Timothy? In terms of time, consistency and intensity, how would you rate your Bible study? Is it at all like the Bereans? How does Paul is Athens own culture and ideas to help them see the weaknesses in the way they relate to deity? Paul uses idols and Greek poetry as points of contact with these people. What could you use as a point of contact with people today in your efforts to relate the Gospel? Day Two: Acts Chapter 18 How did Paul s ministry change after Timothy and Silas come to him (see 2 Corinthians 2:3)? If you were called to the foreign mission field, would you see financial partners to provide for your support or would you become a tentmaker like Paul? Why? How could your present job (or retirement) be tentmaking to support your family while you engage in God s kingdom work? How did Priscilla and Aquila assist Paul? What does this tell you about the role of women in the New Testament? Who was very helpful to you when you were young and enthusiastic about the faith? How did this person help? Who could you help now? Day Three: Acts Chapter 19 What seems to be the signal throughout Acts for Paul to stop teaching in the synagogues? Why do you think this is so? What do these stop and go signals teach you about ministry in general? How do people try to use Jesus for their own purposes today? What is the difference between that and real faith in Christ? Could Demetrius have become a Christian and kept his business? Can you think of situations today where someone in a respectable trade would be forced to choose between that trade and Christ? Day Four: Acts Chapter 20 One reason for this trip was to collect money for Christians in Judea (see Romans 15:25-29). Why then would Paul want companions for this task (see 2 Corinthians 8:16-23; 1 Corinthians 16:1-4)? Paul s companions protect him from anyone accusing him of misusing funds. How could churches and other ministries today be helped by such accountability? How would you complete this sentence: The one thing I must accomplish at any cost is? How does it relate to Paul s goal in verse 24? Day Five: Acts Chapter 21 How is Paul interpreting these warnings differently than his friends do (vv. 4, 10-13; see also 20:22-23)? Why doesn t he listen to their advice? Does Paul strike you as courageous or foolish, given this belttightening message? Why? In your eyes, did Paul make the right decision to go to Jerusalem, even though godly people through the Spirit urged him not to go? Thinking about the tensions James and the elders faced because of strict Jews, how do you decide when you should bend for the sake of others, and when you should stand for your principles?