Providence United Methodist Church Belong. Be transformed. Make a difference.

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1 Providence United Methodist Church Belong. Be transformed. Make a difference. CONNECTIONS 9:00 am Gathering Music by Ministry in Motion In the Secret Photographs of our Church Family Welcome Laura Griggs Singing Open the Eyes of My Heart and Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus A Time With the Children United Methodist Women Recognition Scripture Jeremiah 29:11 Message Touching Lives and Creating Futures with Hope Ms. Angie Williams Prayer Time The Lord s Prayer Singing with Offering Without Seeing You (Faith We Sing Hymnal 2206) Sending Forth

2 18th Sunday after Pentecost 11:00 a.m. United Methodist Women s Sunday THE CHURCH GATHERS Prelude Wonderful Words of Life arr. By Larry Dalton Welcome/Announcements Mary Elliott, UMW President + Call to Worship* This is the Day UMH 657 Sing 2 times through; Leader: Left Side of Congregation; All: Right Side + Opening Prayer + Hymn Blessed Assurance UMH Affirmation of Faith UMH Response* UMH 70 Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen. A Time with the Children TO HEAR THE WORD First Reading* Isaiah 43:1-3a. Thanks be to God. Anthem Is There Anybody Here That Loves My Jesus? arr. U. S. Moore Margaret Taylor, Soprano Carla Wootten, Piano Second Reading* Jeremiah 29:11 Thanks be to God. Sermon Touching Lives and Creating Futures with Hope Angie Williams

3 TO RESPOND IN FAITH Prayer The Lord s Prayer 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 My Faith Looks Up to Thee by Robert Lau Photographs of our Church Family + Response* Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow UMH 94 AND SCATTERS TO BE THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD + Hymn Here I Am, Lord UMH Benediction + Response From the First Hallelujah To the Last Amen by Mosie Lister SonRise Sisters Thank you for silencing all electronic devices. UMH = United Methodist Hymnal (Red) FWS = The Faith We Sing (Black) * Words Projected + Please stand as you are able Our Purpose - The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.

4 We, as the United Methodist Women at Providence, are proud to be helping with the service today. If you would like information about joining the UMW or being part of a women s Circle, please contact Mary Elliott at or at peapot@cavtel.net. Welcome, guests. We re glad you re here! Children s worship bags and age-appropriate worship activity bulletins are available in the foyer. Restrooms are located down the main hall turning to the left. A baby changing table is available in the handicap accessible restroom. Name tags can be found on the clipboards in the pews. Assisted listening devices, large print hymnals and large-print bulletins are available. Ask an usher for assistance. A nursery is offered as an option for our children newborn through age four (located downstairs). Children s bulletins are available for kids ages 3-12 in the narthex. The flowers on the altar are given by Ed and Nan Blackwell praising God for Eddie s 20th birthday and in memory of Tom Rennie s birthday. The flowers in the narthex are given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for the gift of their daughter Rachael on her birthday this past September 26. Happy 17th Birthday! Also, many blessings and good wishes for a great senior year! We love you very much. Mom and Dad The rosebud on the altar is in honor of Gabriel Watson Wilms, who was born on September 26, 2012, and is the son of Christopher and Isca Wilms. Sarah is his big sister. ANNOUNCEMENTS This Sunday concludes our services on Family during the month of September. The pictures shown during the service capture some of the families in our church. We are thankful for you all! Our guest speaker today, Ms. Angie Williams, is the Volunteer Coordinator at United Methodist Family Services. Angie worked with the Virginia Conference for over 7 years as Director of Ministries with Young People and has almost 17 years experience in youth and young adult ministries in the United Methodist Church. Angie has a B.A. from The College of William and Mary and Certification in Youth Ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary. Angie also holds a Certificate in Youth and Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. She is currently working on her Certification in Volunteer Administration! Angie is married to her high school sweetheart, Jeff, and they are the proud adoptive parents of two beautiful daughters (Sharon, age 19 adopted through UMFS, and Leona, age 8). In her free time, you can find Angie spending quality time with family and friends and enjoying the great outdoors (skiing, hiking, swimming, kayaking, even sky diving!). Angie is highly competitive and loves the opportunity to play ANY type of games. Angie s greatest passion is children and youth! This week s Wednesday Night Dinner will be our Community Dinner. The menu includes corned beef brisket, fried cabbage, boiled potatoes, cornbread, and dessert. Cost is $5.00 for adults, and $3.00 for children 10 and under. Who will you invite? Our guests eat free. Sign up today on the clipboards.

5 On Wednesday night the drop-in class for adults is Andy Griffith and Christian truths. Additional Classes: Youth 7-12 Sign Language Youth 5-6 Cross Trainers Youth 7th and up Confirmation Class Children K-4 BLAST Nursery Sign-up Required It s Sunday morning. Do you know where your name tag is? Our nametags help us get to know each other and help our guests know us. Thanks for wearing yours! Please check the clipboard if you need a name tag. Flu shots are today, 12:00-1:30 p.m. in the Social Hall. Bring your Medicare card or copayment (credit cards are not accepted). Cost is $ No sign-up required. The flu shots are set up through Instructive Visiting Nurse Association (IVNA), a charitable not-for-profit organization in our community. The proceeds from our flu shots help support skilled home health care, rehab therapy and other medical services to uninsured patients who have no other access to care. Interested in singing in the Christmas Cantata? Join the Chancel Choir Rehearsals starting October 10th from 7:30-8:15 p.m. Any questions contact Margaret at m.e.taylor003@gmail.com. Did you know that children in our community are hungry this weekend? There are more than forty students at A. M. Davis Elementary School who need meals on the weekends. For $12.00 a week or $360 for the remainder of the school year, you can provide food for these students to feed them until they return to school each Monday. If you are interested in making contributions to this program, please contact Wendy Collins (phone: or MrsCollins17@aol.com as soon as possible. If you would like to pay by check, please write the check payable to the church, with A. M. Davis on the memo line. The group of Sanctuary Organizers is beginning its third year this month. We are in need of three people to help straighten up the hymnals and pew rack each week. You do it for a month at a time, any day from Wednesday to Friday. It takes about an hour a week. If you think you may be interested or like more information, you may call me at home or me. If you come to the Wednesday Night Suppers, you might see me there. Thank you, Shirley Hathaway ( or at: granny310@verizon.net) Brunswick Stew will be on October 13 Dinner served from 5-7 p.m. The Community is Invited! Many hands make light work. Let us know if you are able to help prepare the stew and serve it. Contact Gary or Barbie Vest at Would you like to join an adult Sunday School Class at 9:45 on Sundays? Pick up a newsletter in the foyer and check out new opportunities. Order your Scrip cards today! Place orders in the silver box in the church office. SCRIPS IS ENDING. October 21 is the last time scrip orders will be placed. Please look through the forms and stock up. The holidays are not that far off and gift cards make great gifts. Scrips has raised $2,000 towards our playground. Thanks for your support. Please feel free to take your wedding picture off the bulletin board anytime. Thanks for sharing.

6 Ben and Mary Brown will be moving to Fredericksburg, Virginia soon. Today is their last Sunday at Providence. We will miss you, Ben and Mary. May God bless you. Please remember to bring food for CCHASM next Sunday. Please be as generous as you can with nonperishable foods and/or paper products. The need is indeed great. Next Sunday is World Communion Sunday. We will join with Christians around the world in celebrating Holy Communion. Your special offerings will support scholarships for UM students in the US and in other countries of the world. Providence Retired Club Members, and any other interested parties, come to the Social Hall at 11 a.m. on Monday, October 8 and meet Mr. Patrick Henry. If you thought you were living in the year 2012, you could be wrong. Mr. Henry will be telling you about the things occurring in his world, in the 1760s and 70s...so what year is it? You are invited to consider the important step of Christian baptism or transferring your membership to Providence Church. Contact Pastor Mary Beth Blinn for more information: or by at: MaryBeth.Blinn@providenceumc.net. Camp, Mary Casey-Mills and her family, Evelyn Clarke, Mae Clarke, Bob & Sheila Fogle (Ken and Eula Phillips niece and nephew), Mark Forte (home from the hospital), Carrington Goode, Shirley Hathaway, Donna Jenkins, Gilda Jordan, Evelyn Way Lowe (Eula Phillips sister), Lila Maitland (neighbor of Ken & Eula Phillips), Mark Mannering (brother of Bill Mannering), Johnise Molloy, Mary Lou Robinson, Rose Lee Vandegrift and her family (sister and brother-in-law of Dave and Mary Lou Robinson on the death of her husband, Delbert), Scott, Andy, and Michael Warner Our service men and women, wherever they serve, and their families. Julia Berger Kevin Judd Nathan Berger Matt Latimer Hunter Blankenship Wayne Lee Megan Thomas Clark Bobby Swanson Jennifer Collins Brian Wilson Brent Davis David Dias Metro Richmond Prayer for September 30, 2012: We pray for schools and educational institutions of Metropolitan Richmond: For healthy relationships between parents, teachers, and students; for cooperation between Superintendents and Administrators of public and private schools throughout this metropolitan City. Pastor Mary Beth is on vacation and will be back in the office on Tuesday. PRAYER MINISTRY If you would like to keep your concern on this list for more than four weeks, please contact the office. Our gathered prayer concerns: Isabell Bodtke s family and friends (Lorraine, Caroline), Robert

7 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, September 30 9:00 Connections Worship Service 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Traditional Worship Service 12:00-1:30 Flu Shot (Social Hall) 4:30 Pass It On Choir (Sanctuary) 5:30 Youth Fellowship 7:30 Bells of Providence (note change of time) Monday, October 1 9:15 Line Dancing (309) 7:00 Disciple 1 (307) Tuesday, October 2 10:00 Quilters (206) 11:00 Bible Study (Library) 6:30 Disciple 3 (307) 6:30 Cub Scouts (3rd Floor) 6:30 Boy Scouts (Social Hall) 7:00 Newton Circle Wednesday, October 3 5:30 Wednesday Night Dinner (Social Hall) 6:00 KC Jam (306) 6:30 Small Groups 6:30 SonRise Sisters 7:30 Chancel Choir Thursday, October 4 10:30 Men s Quartet 6:00 Men s Bible Study (206) 6:30 Family Council (Library) 7:30 Ministry In Motion Rehearsal (Sanctuary) Friday, October 5 8:00 Alcoholics Anonymous (309) Isbell Wedding Saturday, October 6 9:00 and 10:00 Upward Soccer Games 11:00 UMW Pledge Service (309) Prayer Requests Pray for: Place in Bulletin: Yes / No Specific Request: Meal Needs: Yes / No Transportation Needs: Yes / No Desire Card: Yes / No Comments: Your Contact Information: Name: Telephone Number: Address: Drop this sheet in the offering plate or at the church office. To direct a concern for yourself or a family member to our group, please contact the church office.

8 Those Serving Today Greeters: ( 9:00) Bobby Johnson & Mike Patterson (11:00) Doris Creasy & Phyllis Ranger Acolytes: ( 9:00) Cole Holland (11:00) Jackson Holland Nursery: ( 9:00) Ann Busbee (Sunday School) Lori Justice (11:00) Laurie Breeden Counters: Ron Wootten, Captain Janice Bergeron, Bobby Johnson, Gracie Martin Ushers: ( 9:00) Bill Blankenship, Carolyn Bilski, Chris Healy (11:00) George Winstead, Lee Bradshaw, Allen Branson, Bob Fitch, Linwood Hudson, T. L. Jenkins, David Sommer, Stuart Watkins Audio/Media Shout Team: ( 9:00) Tyler Griggs (A) ( 9:00) Bob Gillie (MS) (11:00) Tyler Griggs (A) (11:00) Bob Gillie (MS) Name Tag Organizer: Cathy Patterson Sanctuary Organizers: Peggy Gillette and Eula Phillips Reader: (11:00) UMW CCLI License # CCVLI License # Providence United Methodist Church 901 S. Providence Road Richmond, VA Church Telephone: (804) Fax Number: (804) providenceumc@providenceumc.net Website: Website: Pastor Contact us at: providenceumc@providenceumc.net Church Staff Mary Beth Blinn Home Phone: Marybeth.Blinn@providenceumc.net Director of Preschool Ministries Charlotte Cervarich Phone: Preschool@providenceumc.net Director of Music Ministries Margaret Taylor M.E.Taylor003@gmail.com Directory of Contemporary Worship Music Eve Minter evecrognale@me.com Director of Youth Ministries Susan Clark Susan.Clark@providenceumc.net Director of Christian Education Isabelle Sullivan Isabelle.Sullivan@providenceumc.net Church Secretary Office Assistant Custodial Service Nursery Attendant Kathy Smith Kathy.Smith@providenceumc.net Linda Collins Linda.Collins@providenceumc.net Bill Duganne April Basham