Arch Street United Methodist Church

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1 Arch Street United Methodist Church A Reconciling Congregation 55 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (S.E. corner of Broad & Arch Streets) Telephone: Fax: M a y 20th, :00 AM Service Senior Pastor, Reverend Robin Hynicka Deacons, Reverend Nikki Kelley Kleinberg, Reverend David Krueger, Deaconess, Darlene DiDomineck US2, Carmen Francesco Music Director, Adam Haines Administrative Assistants, Charlie J. Meyers & Olivia Bauer Building Supervisor, Frank Jones Sextons, Devon Goodwin, Russell Whaley, John Buzby, Toni McIlwaine, Joe Kalil

2 SUNDAY WORSHIP 11:00 AM May 20, 2018 Day of Pentecost GATHERING MUSIC PRELUDE: Prelude in F JS Bach WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS GATHERING AS GOD S PEOPLE CHORAL INTROIT For the Beauty of the Earth CALL TO WORSHIP *OPENING HYMN #324 Hail Thee, Festival Day *OPENING PRAYER *THE PASSING OF THE PEACE Refrain: (Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love) Sweet, Sweet, Spirit There s a sweet, sweet Spirit in this place, And I know that it s the Spirit of the Lord; There are sweet expressions on each face, And I know they feel the presence of the Lord. Sweet Holy Spirit, sweet heavenly Dove Stay right here with us, filling us with your love; And for these blessings we lift our hearts in praise; Without a doubt we ll know that we have been revived; When we shall leave this place. Hay un dulce espíritu aquí y yo sé que es el Espíritu del Señor Hay amor divino hoy aquí y yo sé que es la presencia del Señor Dulce Espíritu, tierno Creador quédate hoy aquí llenándonos con tu amor y para siempre yo levantaré mi corazón y voz sin duda sabremos en paz renovaras estando hoy aquí

3 CLAIMING OUR HOPE SCRIPTURE READING Acts 2:1-21 Romans 8:22-27 Rhonda Moore CHORAL ANTHEM This is My Song Wood *GOSPEL LESSON John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 SERMON Picture Pentecost Rev. Robin Hynicka HYMN #393 Spirit of the Living God PASTORAL PRAYER LORDS PRAYER Padre nuestro, que estás en el cielo. Santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino. Hágase tu voluntad en la tierra como en el cielo. Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día. Perdona nuestras ofensas, como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden. No nos dejes caer en tentación y líbranos del mal. Porque Tuyo es el Reino el Poder y la Gloria por Siempre Seño Amén. OFFERTORY PRAYER OFFERTORY Emerald Green AFFIRMING OUR MISSION OFFERTORY RESPONSE #94 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! PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING *HYMN #404 Every Time I Feel the Spirit *BENEDICTION

4 The Holy Spirit is upon all of us. Go and be the Good News! Bendición El Espíritu Santo está sobre todos nosotros. Vayan y sean las Buenas Noticieas! *POSTLUDE Hispanic Praise Full participant with the Christian copyright license, Inc. # Hearing devices available in the church office. Musician: Adam Haines Worship Leader: Cathy Simpson Nursery Attendant: Guy McNeill How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. PSALM 104:24

5 Calendar of Events May 20 th to May 27th SUN 5/20 8:30 Worship, Chapel 9:45 Adult Sunday school, Chapel 9:45 Choir Rehearsal, Choir Loft 11:00 Worship, Sanctuary 12:20-3 Deaconess Darlene 12:30 Get Acquainted Time 5:30 Grace Café Devotions 6:00 Grace Café MON 5/21 1:00 Tea & Talk, Chapel 5:30 AA Nichols Hall 7:00 Band Rehearsal, Chapel TUES 5/22 12:00 Hour of Power 6:30 Unity Bible Study, Chapel WED 5/23 6:00 AA, Nichols Hall THUR 5/24 5:00 Diversity, Chapel 5:30 AA, Nichols Hall SUN 5/27 8:30 Worship, Chapel 9:45 Adult Sunday school, Chapel 9:45 Choir Rehearsal, Choir Loft 11:00 Worship, Sanctuary 12:20-3 Deaconess Darlene 12:30 Get Acquainted Time 5:30 Grace Café Devotions 6:00 Grace Café Please see the events page on our web site: for the full calendar of happenings.

6 WHAT S HAPPENING Get Acquainted Time Please join us for Get Acquainted Time at 12:30PM today. Get Acquainted Time is being held in honor of Loid Ana de Almeida Santos brother Jeronimo Gaspar de Almeida. He was born on November 27 th 1935 and passed away on May 13 th Jeronimo passed while battling renal deficiency during a mission trip in Namibia. Flowers and coffee hour have been donated by Loid Ana with arranging assistance through Pat Taylor. Cathy Simpson Performing At P.I.F.A! Come see our own Cathy Simpson in a PIFA (Philadelphia International Festival of Art) production: Doggie Hamlet, performed in Fairmont Park on the Belmont Plateau. June 3rd and 4th. Go to PIFA 2018 for more info on line. See you in the Park. The Carnival de Resistance at Arch Street UMC The Carnival de Resistance is a two week-long experiment where 30 artist/activists try to live into the Christian values of justice, hospitality, and community. We host powerful ceremonial theater performances, engage in community projects, and live together in a sustainable eco-village where we share meals and tell stories. From July 24-August 7, we will be in residence at Arch Street UMC and Norris Square Neighborhood Project. Learn more online at carnivalderesistance.com

7 Heritage Sunday Another Global Mission Fellow US2 Heritage Sunday is a day for United Methodist congregations to reflect on our heritage, to celebrate where the church has been, how it understands itself as it shapes us today and the meaning of Christian conferencing. Preparations are underway to welcome a second Global Mission Fellow, US-2. Kristi Painter will join Carmen Francesco in service to the Arch Street UMC through this General Board of Global Ministries program for young adults committed to justice and community ministry. As Carmen completes her first year of a two-year commitment, Kristi will begin hers. Both Carmen and Kristi will live at Serenity House and offer their skills and abilities to enhance the community and justice-seeking ministry of the church. Kristi is completing her course of study in the Master of Divinity degree program at Chandler School of Theology and is in the process of pursuing ordination in the North Georgia Annual Conference as a Deacon. Having Carmen and Kristi serve together for a year provides the opportunity for peer support and learning. Thanks to Deaconess Darlene DiDomineck who serves as the Regional Affiliate representative for her great work in making this happen. The Center Philadelphia The Board of Directors of The Center Philadelphia is pleased to announce that Deaconess Darlene DiDomineck has been hired to serve as the organization s foundational Executive Director. The Center is designed to carry on and enhance three critical areas of work related to the Arch Street United Methodist Church: Grace Café, Serenity House and the Community Center and Civic Engagement activity currently operating in the church building. Beginning, August 1, 2018, Darlene will work closely with both the leadership of ASUMC and The Center to establish a collaborative model of shared space and operation. Darlene s call to ministry as a Deaconess in the United Methodist Church, her experience working at all levels of the church and her most recent work as the intentional, interim Executive Director of the National Office of the Methodist Federation for Social Action have prepared her well for this new challenge. We are so fortunate to have Darlene as a partner in leading this initiative.

8 Welcome to Grace Café Grace Café (ASUMC s outreach to folks experiencing food insecurity) is open every Sunday through the end of June. After a brief period of faith sharing, those gathered will enjoy a home-cooked meal hosted by volunteer groups. 225 people attended last week s Grace Café. Food on First staff and volunteers provide today s dinner. There are still openings for hosts to bring food and prepare a meal for about 200 people. If you know of a group that would like to assist in this important mission, please have them contact the church office at or Darlene DiDomineck and Carmen Francesco at gracecafephilly@gmail.com Greeters, servers and clean-up crew are needed and always welcome. Food on First (located a half block from ASUMC) is a local family owned restaurant dedicated to giving back to the Philadelphia community. The partnership between Grace Cafe and Food on First will serve as a pilot meal for businesses to take the lead on providing food for the Grace Cafe meal serve. Grace Cafe and Arch Street UMC are immensely grateful to the family and staff at Food on First. Keep an eye out next week for an update on the meal! Contact Darlene or Carmen at gracecafephilly@gmail.com if you or someone you know has a restaurant or business looking to give back to the Philadelphia community through a partnership with Grace Cafe. Grace Cafe is still looking for volunteers May and June. May 27 th. We are searching for volunteers. Congregational Conversation and Community Meal Join Pastor Robin and several other members and friends of ASUMC on Tuesday, May 29 th (6pm) in the chapel for a potluck dinner and dialogue about the Commission on the Way Forward. The Commission on a Way Forward was proposed by the Council of Bishops and approved by the 2016 General Conference to do a complete examination and possible revision of every paragraph of the Book of Discipline concerning human sexuality and explore options that help to maintain and strengthen the unity of the church. Having received and considered the extensive work of the Commission on a Way Forward, the Council of Bishops will submit a report to the Special Session of the General Conference in 2019 that includes: All three plans (The Traditionalist Plan, The One Church Plan and the Connectional Conference Plan) for a way forward considered by the Commission and the Council. The Council s recommendation of the One Church Plan. An historical narrative of the Council s discernment process regarding all three plans. Please RSVP by calling the church office or ing secretary@archstreetumc.org In your message indicate what you will bring to the potluck.

9 Arch St. reads The Indigenous History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz! On Sunday June 3rd, the United Methodist Women will host a book discussion of The Indigenous History of the United States and we hope you will join us. Get your copy from Margaret Harris today or next Sunday! Why should you read this book? Well, it was the 2015 Recipient of the American Book Award! What is it? The following is from Amazon s review: The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples- Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Now, for the first time, acclaimed historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire. In An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States, Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants, displacing or eliminating them. And as Dunbar-Ortiz reveals, this policy was praised in popular culture, through writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Walt Whitman, and in the highest offices of government and the military. Shockingly, as the genocidal policy reached its zenith under President Andrew Jackson, its ruthlessness was best articulated by US Army general Thomas S. Jesup, who, in 1836, wrote of the Seminoles: The country can be rid of them only by exterminating them. Spanning more than four hundred years, this classic bottom-up peoples history radically reframes US history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative. United Methodist Women Upcoming Schedule Sunday, June 3: "Book discussion of The Indigenous People's History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Sunday July 8: Discuss the book When Breath Becomes Air. Friday, July (Friday-Saturday): Mission U at Reading I have fliers and scholarship Friday August 10: 6PM to whenever: United Methodist Annual Potluck at Margaret s House (no regular UMW meeting in August, but please come to the potluck.)

10 I Want to be Part of History That was a POWER member's response to the question What is motivating you to attend the June 20 rally for fair funding for public education in Harrisburg? at a recent POWER meeting. If that sounds unrealistic you should know that a lot is happening in the PA state legislature that could mean an end to education apartheid, where skin color affects the funding that a school receives. Several legislators who had not been sympathetic to correcting a racist funding method are now actually proposing legislation do just that. We need to support them in actually going through with it and showing their colleagues that NOW IS THE TIME for fair and adequate funding for ALL of Pennsylvania s children. POWER will build on a solid history of achievement for children. You should be part of it! Please mark your calendar for June 20 and join us on a luxury bus to Harrisburg. Contact Wilhelmina Young or Betsy Connor for details or sign up on the POWER website: power interfaith.org. Betsy Connor , betsyfconnor@gmail.com Nancy Megley , nmegley@msn.com Wilhelmina Young , thecatalyst212@yahoo.com Sunday school All those interested in reading, reflecting on and discussing the Bible passages used in each week s sermon are invited to meet in the Chapel every Sunday at 9:45am. The scripture readings for today s class are Isaiah 6:1-8, Romans 8:12-17, and John 3:1-17. Readings for NEXT week are 1 Samuel 3:1-20, 2 Corinthians 4:5-12, and Mark 2:23-3:6. A Look at Our Faithfulness Combined attendance for last Sunday May 13th was 98. Your tithes, gifts, and offerings help ASUMC make a difference in our community.

11 PRAYER CONCERNS Prayers of Healing for: Michael Adams, Owen Brazelton, Rick Taylor, Holly McVaughn, Laura Dragon, Anna Burton, Jonathan Legg, Lisa Silvestri Max Northouse, Pat Taylor, Chris Whaley, Matthew Hearn, Michael Bowman, Jazzy, Helena & Jackie Yorker, Mrs. Bowman, Ann Bishton, Evelyn Tinsley, Constance James, Tyrone Christy, Virgil Watson, Jim Griscol, Gloria Young, Russell Whaley, Tanya Graves, Dorothy Hurley, Dolores Farinre-Carey, J. J., Mr. Franco, Skylar, John Johnson, Len Metzler, Loretta Wootten, Jenny Jakacki, Laura Massey, Tim Brazelton, Diann Rollins, Joan Wood, James Williams, Anthony Mastrando, Inez Barrett- Otey, Diana Amey, Casey Edwards, Ann Gennaro, Mark Fischer, Ida Bristoe, Maureen Norman, Jeanne Kostenbader, Donald Lathrop, Pamela Thomas, Sandra Parker, Marion Dabney, Patricia Pape, Yazid Jones, Ernie, John Tucker, Lou Brooks, Jada Bascom, Minerva Clark, Vanessa & Yaddy Sellers, Nakia Rimmer, Don Allen, Anna Cole, Christopher Browne, Betty Flowerree, Troy McColley, Barton Burke, Thomas Onorato, Roy Samuel Layden, Dorothy Eady, Molly Villafane, Pamela Maupin, Mary Reece, Celestine Justin, Louis Harrigan, Mayra Malonada, Sheldon Nixon, Althea Sea, Dumis Randolph, Rosemary Schier, Carla Kelley, Lawrence Madison Jr (Ozella s Cousin), Jarrod Bolden Prayers of Encouragement: Anna Burton, Marge Donnelly and family, Rick Taylor, Mat Hearn, Steven Whaley, Qing-Song Chen, and David, Rev. Brett Charsky, Anthony Eugene Smith and his mother, Christina, Rashida Bryant, the Thompson/Norman family, Calvin Smith, Jr., Deborah Seely, Caroline Lopopolo, Alexander Grant, Laura Harrigan, the Robertson family, D, Jenson family, Sympathy for the family and friends of Rev. James Pittman Prayers of Protection for our service people and those living in parts of the world under conflict. Please pray for those who are hungry, ill, displaced, or living in poverty because of natural and human-made disasters, and for the workers who minister to them.

12 ARCH STREET UMC VISION Arch Street United Methodist Church will be a welcoming Christian community that inspires openness, understanding, healing and reconciliation both within the congregation and in the communityat-large. ARCH STREET MISSION STATEMENT Arch Street United Methodist Church s mission is to love God and neighbor by nurturing individuals on their spiritual journeys, encouraging creativity in faithful service, strengthening relationships and promoting justice. GOD S TABLE IS OPEN TO ALL. THERE S ROOM AT THE TABLE FOR YOU. Arch Street United Methodist Church is a community of faithkeeping and faith-seeking people who embrace diversity in our congregation and community and affirm the dignity and worth of every person as created in the image of God. We celebrate and give thanks for all of the gifts of God among us. Our welcome knows no boundaries, whether of age, racial or ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, economic or marital status, physical or mental ability. We welcome all to share in the ministry, fellowship, and blessings of full participation as members of Christ s body. Please scan this QR code to make a secure donation to Arch Street UMC on your smart phone. Parking Garage parking coupons are available from the Chapel office only for the Convention Center self-park next door. You must show the number on your ticket and give your name at our office to receive your coupon. Printed on 50% recycled paper