SERVICE OF CELEBRATION TO GOD Third Sunday in Advent December 13, :00 am

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1 Pre-Service Announcements SERVICE OF CELEBRATION TO GOD Third Sunday in Advent December 13, :00 am Mr. Mike Hayes Offertory Anthem Advent Jubilate! Chancel Choir Shackley *Doxology UMH No. 94 LASST UNS ERFREUEN Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Prelude Good Christian Friends, Rejoice! Youth Handbell Choir Page Presenting the Light Dylan Johnson *Pastoral Greeting and Call to Worship (responsive) Dr. Ivan Peden Pastor: I greet you in the name of our risen Lord Jesus Christ! May Christ s peace be with you! People: And also with you! *Carol Hark! the Herald Angels Sing UMH No. 240 *Time of Greeting Welcome and Registration of Attendance Dr. Peden Scripture Readings Isaiah 12:1-6; Luke 3:7-18 Mr. John Trivett Leader: The Word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God! Sermon Sing for Joy Dr. Peden *Carol Joy to the World UMH No. 246 *Benediction Dr. Peden *Carrying the Light into the World Dylan Johnson *Choral Response Love Came Down at Christmas (242, v. 3) *Chimes of the Trinity *Postlude Mrs. Trivett (*Please stand, as you are able.) Lighting of the Third Advent Candle The Alexander Family Special Music The Virgin Mary Children s Choir Go, Tell It on the Mountain Children s Moment Mrs. June Hayes Prayer Requests Pastoral Prayer Giving of Our Tithes/Offerings and Prayer of Dedication Participants is today s service: Dr. Ivan H.M. Peden, Senior Pastor Mrs. Debby Trivett, Director of Music and Organist Mr. Mike Hayes, Chair: Council on Ministries; Pre-Service Announcements Mrs. June Hayes, Director of Christian Education, Children s Moment Mr. John Trivett, Chancel Choir Member; Lector Dylan Johnson, Acolyte

2 LEWISVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 6290 Shallowford Road P. O. Box 305 Lewisville, NC Website: Church Parsonage: Church: Fax (Church): SUNDAY WORSHIP New Beginning (contemporary): 8:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Traditional Worship: 11:00 a.m. Dr. Jeff Patterson: District Superintendent Dr. Ivan Peden: Pastor June Hayes: Director of Christian Education Debby Trivett: Music Director Emily Roach: Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Toni Jones: Secretary MINISTRY AND STAFF OF THE CHURCH Larry M. Goodpaster: Resident Bishop Ministers: Every Member of the Church Esther Gitobu: Missionary to Cambodia Bo Houff: Chairperson of Administrative Board Mike Hayes: Chairperson of Council on Ministries Dean Norman: Lay Leader Rachel Dominico: School Care Director Marcia Sexton: Preschool Director LUMC MISSION STATEMENT: The Mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. The Book of Discipline 2012 LUMC VISION STATEMENT: The Vision of Lewisville United Methodist Church is to provide love, hope, and faith to all through education, fellowship, and worship of our Lord. We encourage stewardship of our time, our talents, and our gifts to support our church, our community, and our mission.

3 OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK Sunday, Dec. 13 8:30 am New Beginning Service (Contemporary), Fellowship Hall 9:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am Children s Spontaneous Christmas Pageant, Fellowship Hall 11:00 am Traditional Worship Service, Sanctuary No Youth Handbells No Children s Choir 3:00 pm Lewisville Christmas Parade 5:30 pm Covenant Bible Study, Yokefellow Class Monday 11:30 am UMW Morning Circle meets at Cities Restaurant. (Car poolers, meet at office side of church parking lot at 11 am.) 1:00 pm UMW Circle 1 meets in the parlor for their Christmas luncheon. 6:30 pm Toning Class No Handbell Choir 7:00 pm Troop 705 Patrol Leaders Meeting, Yokefellow Tuesday 10:00 am Covenant Bible Study, Yokefellow Class 6:30 pm Troop 705 Court of Honor and Christmas party, Fellowship Hall No AHG Wednesday 6:00-7:30 pm Small Groups Team, Yokefellow 6:30 pm SOC Circle meets at Judi Burkhart s home for their Christmas gathering. Thursday 9:30 am Vienna Village 4:30-6:00 pm Leaps of Faith, Fellowship Hall 7:30 pm Praise Band, Fellowship Hall GREETERS AND USHERS (8:30 am Service) Dec. 13 Matt and Dani Lyon Dec. 20 Gail and Heidi Sturtevant Nursery Schedule, Dec. 13: 8:30 am Nursery: Lindsay Watson 11:00 am Nursery: Nursery Schedule, Dec. 20: 8:30 am Nursery: 11:00 am Nursery: Debbie Jones Children s Church Schedule 8:30 am Worship Service Dec. 13 Margaret and Anna Williams Dec. 20 June and Emma Hayes SYMPATHY: We express our Christian love and sympathy to.. º John and Kathy Arfmann in the death of John s sister, Joan Morgan, on December 7 in Rochester, NY; º Richard Voss, Jane Tabat, Molly Fore, and Matthew Tabat and their families in the death of Richard, Jane, and Molly s mother and Matthew s grandmother, Mo Voss, on December 9. IN MEMORIAM Mozelle (Mo) Rodgers Voss March 25, 1928 December 9, 2015 IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS, PLEASE CONTACT RITA SMITH, , AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UMW CIRCLE MEETINGS: ºThe UMW Morning Circle will meet tomorrow, December 14, at 11:30 am at Cities Restaurant on Stratford Road. Car poolers, please meet at the (office side) church parking lot at 11 am. º UMW Circle 1 will meet tomorrow, December 14, at 1:00 pm in the parlor for their Christmas luncheon. º The Melba Forbis Circle will not meet in December. º The SOC Circle will meet on Wednesday, December 16, at 6:30 pm at Judi Burkhart s home for their Christmas Gathering. CHANCEL CHOIR SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MUSIC: Next Sunday, December 20, at 11 am the Chancel Choir will present special music with narration telling the story of the birth of the Baby Jesus. Join us as we celebrate the coming of the Christ Child.

4 Catalyst News: Emily will be in the office Tuesday & Thursday and working from home Monday & Wednesday TODAY: º WINTER ADVENTURE DAY FORMS/FEES DUE (extended a week) and HIGH SCHOOL MISSION TRIP REGISTRATION FORMS for Youth & Adults due to Mrs. Salus box. Tuesday: HS Breakfast 7:30am, Bojangles Thursday: Leaps of 4:30-6pm, Fellowship Hall Sunday 12/20: º 4pm- Christmas Caroling (Meet in Sanctuary side parking lot) º 5:30ish-Christmas Party (Redneck Christmas Theme) at the Williams Home- go to to sign up to bring something! Also, youth & leaders only: Don t forget to bring your $10 or less, wrapped gift for Dirty Santa. COLLEGE STUDENTS: If you re a college student who would like to participate in College Student Sunday on December 27th, come to our planning meeting next Sunday right after the 11am service. Meet in Emily s office (directly under Sanctuary). Pizza lunch provided. Also, if you d like to sign up for other Bridge: College Life happenings, go to CONFIRMATION CLASS: The 2016 Confirmation Class will be starting in January. Generally, Confirmation Class includes 6 th grade and higher youth. To make sure your youth is on our list, please call the church office, , or June Hayes at junechayes@gmail.com. STAFF CHRISTMAS LOVE OFFERING: Again this year, the Staff-Parish Committee wants to give the congregation an opportunity to contribute to a love offering for the church staff of Ivan, June, Emily, Debby, and Toni. There are two Sundays left to contribute, today and next Sunday. The money collected will be divided and presented before Christmas. HEALING SERVICE: There will be a Healing and Wholeness Service with Holy Communion, prayers for healing for all who wish to participate, anointing with oil, and laying on of hands on Sunday, December 20, at 7:00pm in the sanctuary. Dr. Peden will preside. All are welcome to attend. We all are in need of some kind of healing whether it be physical, spiritual, emotional, mental, or relational. Come and be part of this more intentional healing ministry as the Body of Christ! CHRISTMAS EVE COMMUNION AND CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICES.. Two services: 5:00 pm and 7:30 pm. An inspiring service to celebrate the night of our Lord s birth. The service will include music/carols, inspirational thoughts, Holy Communion and a candle lighting service that will touch your heart. Bring the whole family (we have a special time for the children), extended family and friends, and make this Christmas Eve a night to remember. Don t miss this wonderful celebration on this holy night. Come join us as we spread some Christmas cheer! We re going caroling on Sunday, December 20th. Meet in the old parking lot at 4:00 pm SHARP. We ll carpool from there. We ll conclude our evening with soups, finger foods, and desserts back at the Williams home (1590 Greenfield Estates Drive). If you d like to join us or would like to help with dinner, please fill out the form below and place it in the offering plate or turn it in to the church office by noon on Dec Yes, we d like to go Christmas caroling. There will be (#) in our group. I ll bring a crockpot of soup/chili, etc. I ll bring 2 dozen cookies/dessert Name Questions? Call Shannon Williams, , or June Hayes, I will bring finger foods.

5 Sunday, December 13: Third Sunday in Advent 8:30 am New Beginning Service 9:45 am Spontaneous Christmas Pageant in the Fellowship Hall during the Sunday School hour. All are welcome. 11:00 am Traditional Worship Service 3:00 pm Lewisville Christmas Parade Sunday, December 20: Fourth Sunday in Advent 8:30 am New Beginning Christmas Worship Service 11:00 am Special Christmas Music and Worship 4:00 pm LUMC Family Christmas Caroling Thurs., December 24: 5:00 pm Communion and Candlelight Service (Christmas Eve) 7:30 pm Communion and Candlelight Service Sunday, December 27: Sunday, January 3: You re Invited to Celebrate Christmas at Lewisville United Methodist Church 6290 Shallowford Road Lewisville, NC 2015 ADVENT CALENDAR Methodist Student Sunday at both services Epiphany 8:30 am New Beginning Service 11:00 am Traditional Worship Service LEWISVILLE IS A STEPHEN MINISTRY CHURCH. Stephen Ministers are trained lay care-givers who provide emotional and spiritual care to persons who are experiencing difficulties in their lives hospitalization, loss of a loved one, loss of job, or any other crisis situation. This is care in addition to the care the pastor gives. If you are interested in having a Stephen Minister, fill out one of the slips in the pew rack and put it in the offering plate or hand it to the minister or one of the Stephen Leaders or Tom Lee. END OF YEAR CONTRIBUTIONS: Federal law requires that all contributions to LUMC must be either in our hands by December 31st or, if mailed, post-marked on or before December 31st in order to qualify the giver for a tax deduction in Gifts received which don t meet these requirements will be gratefully accepted and credited to Make Sure the Church Not the IRS Benefits From Your Stock Market Gains Did you know you can give to the church and avoid capital gains taxes at the same time? You can do this by donating stock or mutual fund shares. Let's say you bought 100 shares of XYZ of stock in 2001 for $1,000 and it s now worth $3,000. You decide to donate these shares to the church. You receive tax credit for a donation of $3,000 in computing your annual taxes. And your $3,000 donation to the church only cost you $1,000. By giving stock shares directly to the church you avoid paying taxes on capital gains and the church, being tax exempt, does not pay taxes on the donation. The transaction is quite simple and can be handled by your broker. But you need to act before December 31, and it is important that you let the church office know in advance that your shares are being donated. Contact John Wells at (336) or john@securityunderwriters.com for more details. WANT TO HELP SOME FRIENDS? A site has been established for folks wishing to sign up to provide a meal for The Hayes family (Mike, June, Jackson, Emma, and Ava) while they deal with recent health concerns. You can sign up at takethemameal.com using the last name Hayes and the password Jackson. If you aren t comfortable using or don t have access to a computer, you can contact Beth Houff ( ) and I will be glad to fill in a date for you to provide a meal. Thank you in advance for being the hands and feet of Jesus. Matthew 25:35-40 BLUEGRASS AND BBQ! Come celebrate Epiphany with Bluegrass & BBQ! The Williams Brothers will be playing at Pig-n-Out on Monday, January 4, 2016 from 5:30-7:30 pm. Bring your family and friends!