24TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2018 10:00 a.m. Ezion-Mount Carmel United Methodist Church 800 N. Market Street w Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Rev. Frank A. Davis, Senior Pastor Phone: (302) 654-3103 w Fax: 302-655-2954 Email: Ezion_mtcarmel@hotmail.com Website: www.ezion-mountcarmel.org Called by God, with prayer as our foundation, to be a link to the whole community. We are strengthening the spiritual life of congregation and community through ministries of nurture, outreach and witness so all people may experience God s grace and love.
ORDER OF WORSHIP LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES..... Acolytes INTROIT.....Choir *CALL TO WORSHIP Gracious Lord, we have come for worship. We thank You for those who have finished their course in faith and now rest from their labor. Thank you for their life and their witness. Help us to never forget them as they have now become a part of the church triumphant. In the name of Jesus Christ our risen Lord, Amen. *PROCESSIONAL..Choir INVOCATION..Minister Shawn Barnett *OPENING HYMN. Blessed Assurance UMH 369 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP Sister Carolyn Smalls WELCOMING OF VISITORS/EXCHANGING SIGNS OF PEACE SELECTION......Choir ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL......Sister Darlene Webb PASTORAL AND CONGREGATION PRAYERS....Rev. Frank A. Davis SELECTION.... Choir PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION...Minister Shawn Barnett OLD TESTAMENT LESSION: Deuteronomy 1:8-13 *NEW TESTAMENT LESSON: Mark 12:28-34 *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH UMH 881 HYMN OF PREPARATION.. He Knows My Name Choir SERMON: I Voted for God...Rev. Frank A. Davis *INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP....Rev. Frank A. Davis SERVICE OF THE WORD AND TABLE.... UMH 12 GIVING OF OUR TITHES OFFERINGS.Ushers *RECESSIONAL HYMN.......Choir BENEDICTION/POSTLUDE....Rev. Frank A. Davis *Please Stand If Able The Worship Committee would like to thank everyone who participated in today s worship service. Thank you! MIRACLES ARE HAPPENING HERE!
2018 All Saints Sunday TRANSITION DATE MEMBER FAMILY MEMBER November 2, 2017 Russell McCann Maryann Griffin November 23, 2017 Arnold Brown Joyce Robbins-Brown November 24, 2017 Dorothy Moody Connie Saunders-Young December 28, 2017 Larry Evans Patricia Evans March 22, 2018 Omega Brown Rodney Brown April 11, 2018 Laura Middleton Valerie Townsend May 4, 2018 Melvin L. Wing Betty Wing July 20, 2018 Dr. Lozelle J. De Luz Patricia Bennett July 31, 2018 Evelyn V. Brown Pearl Wallace September 2, 2018 Kenyon L. Camper Betty Camper
Monday, November 5, 2018 Thursday, November 8, 2018 1:00P Stewardship Committee Meeting (L) 2:00P Urban Promise School- Outreach (5/6) 2:30P Intercessory Prayer (C) 6:30P 2018 Unity Day Conference Call 605-475-4892 access code 139332 10:00 A C.A.R.E. Program 2:00P Urban Promise School (5/6) Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Friday, November 9, 2018 10:00A Bible Study (L) 2:00P Urban Promise School (5/6) CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED 4:30P Sunday School Fun Friday (FH) Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Saturday, November 10, 2018 12:00P Hour of Power (Bethel) 11:00A UMW (FH/K) 2:00P Urban Promise School (5/6) 6:30P Bible Study (L) UPCOMING EVENTS CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE READ CHURCH-WIDE SCRIPTURE AND THEME FOR 2018: SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; but in all your ways acknowledge Him, And He Shall direct your paths. THEME: Finding our way back home. PRAYER FOCUS for November: OUR COUNTRY. We seem to be living in a country that many of us don t recognize anymore. Let us pray daily for healing and for Godly leaders. Bible Study Change - will meet on Tuesday at 10AM & Wednesday at 6:30PM Today- Sunday, November 4, 2018 is Charge Conference presentation for Ezion-Mount Carmel UMC at 2PM. Grace United Methodist Church, 900 N. Washington Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. Please come and support Save the Date - Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 10AM worship, celebrating United Methodist Women s Day and honoring our Veterans in the church and the veterans of the Pearl Center. Guest Messenger: Minister Rosa Riley, St. Luke s Community Church, Chester, PA. Special Note: Dear Church Family, God has directed me to return to Cite Soleil, Haiti, one of the world s poorest and most violent communities. I ve been granted special permission to establish a library in Cite Soleil New Hope School. My goal is carry with me 100 books. I am asking for your help to make the donation a reality. If you are interested in helping, please see me in the lobby after worship service. Sincerely, Sister Judith Gupton Wiley Thank you The Senior Usher Board wishes to thank its church family and friends for their food donations to the Church s Food Closet. Thanks to all for your generosity and support, may God continue to Bless you. Psalm 106:1 Praise the LORD, Give thanks to the LORD, for his is good; his love endures forever. Michelle Perkins, President. Thank you Ezion-Mount Carmel UM Church Family, the Kenyon Camper family with these few words cannot express our deepest gratitude, since thankfulness and loving compassion for every act of kindness extended to us by cards, calls, flowers, food, monetary gifts and prayers. The Lord and your kindness and prayers continue to sustain us. Sister Betty Camper and family. Free- Financial Empowerment Form, Saturday, November 17 th, 8:30am-1pm at Chase Center on the Riverfront, Continental Breakfast, Box Lunch, Resource Fair: Guests Participants: Michelle Singletary- Nationally Syndicated Columnist; Gina Schoenberg, Deputy Attorney General Financial Fraud; Pam Andrews The Scholarship Shark; and dfree Young Money. Sponsors: AARP and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Wilmington (DE) Alumnae Chapter. Higher Education Opportunities Academic Common Market: Delaware residents, if your major is not offered at University of Delaware and Delaware State University, students can attend out-of-state colleges/universities at instate tuition rates thanks to the state s participation in this program. More information, including eligible programs and the application is available online: online delawaregoestocollege.org. Unity Day 2018 The Unity Day Post Mortem meeting will be Monday, November 5, 2018 at 6:30PM via a conference call. The conference call number is 605-475-4892, access code is 139332. Rev. Albert and Verlie Gaither Co-chairs. GO VOTE, Tuesday, November 6, 2018
SERMON NOTES: FIRST AID MONITORS FOR TODAY: Jacquillin Adderley Irene Jones Dr. Janice Tildon-Burton Wilma Whittington Ezion-Mount Carmel UMC Sick and Homebound Tina Bembry Howard Gibson Douglas Perkins Paul Boddy Pearl Gore Dorothy Roberts Arthur Boswell Eddie Mae Griffin Ceanne Sewell Marion Brister Ruth Grimes Delores Smith Alice Carter-Harris Debra Jackson-Spence Elizabeth Starkey Ethel Chancey Charlotte Johnson Ethel Taliaferro Nellie Childs Myrtle Lewis Eunice Thomas Cap-Sun Chapman Abraham Livingston Eldridge Waters Mary Cornish Delmas (Ravon) Marshall Naomi Whittington Phyllis Cropper Eloise Marshall Patricia Wilson Rovella Debrick Betty Mitchell Mildred Wright-Jones Pamela Douglas Mary Mitchell Sharon Wright