Please call the church office 507-867-3529 or visit us @www.chatfieldumc.org SECRETARY...Karen Hamm webmaster@chatfieldumc.org CUSTODIAN... ABC, Inc. WELCOME TO CHATFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH May 3, 2015 SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Jennifer Lange-Collett lange.jennifer@mayo.edu PARISH NURSE...Beverly Simpson, R.N. HON DIRECTOR Sue A. Awes Cell Phone 507-251-0520 director@honseniorpartners.org PASTOR... Rev. Debra Jene Collum Cell Phone 507-923-1097 chatfieldpastor@gmail.com Office Hours: Secretary... 8:30 AM-3:00 PM Tuesday & Thursday If you know of anyone in the hospital or in need of prayers, visits or the sacraments, please contact the church office. By the numbers Last s week attendance......79 Yearly average attendance...77 Last week s offering.......$2,005.00 Weekly average need....$2,544.55
Welcome to the household of God called Chatfield United Methodist Church. We are glad that you are joining us for worship and hope that you experience God s love and grace here today. Please take a moment to sign the guest register. *Please stand as you are able May 3, 2015 4th Sunday of Easter Chatfield United Methodist Church We are a community of faith open to everyone. We seek to live as disciples of Christ and share God s love in word and deed. PREPARATION: God, you are the vine grower. We are the branches. Help us abide in Jesus the Christ, your true vine, so that we may bear much fruit. Grant that we may faithfully proclaim the good news until all are welcomed into the new life you so generously give. Amen. PRELUDE SINGING OUR PRAISES ANNOUNCEMENTS SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST WITH NEIGHBOR LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE *CALL TO WORSHIP (Based on Psalm 133) ONE: Jesus is the true vine. MANY: We are the branches. ONE: People of the loving vinegrower, we gather here to seek God s care. Open your hearts: let God s Spirit tend you, let God s word cleanse you, let God s commandment of love abide in you, let us avail to the loving attention of our God and be fruitful. *HYMN How Can We Name A Love #111 Sun., May 3 Mon., May 4 Wed., May 6 Thur., May 7 Sun., May 10 Tue., May 12 Wed., May 13 May 3 May 10, 2015 9:30 am Worship-Communion 10:30 pm Coffee Fellowship 10:45 am Worship Committee 3 pm Community Hymn Sing at CUMC 9:30 am Arthritis Exercise & 10 am Bone Builders 6 pm Easy-Does-It Aerobics 8 am Quilts, Crafts & Conversation 9:30 am Arthritis Exercise & 10 am Bone Builders 10 am UMW 3:30 pm Inspiring Women 7 pm Books & Beverages 6 pm Aerobics 9:30 am Worship Love Offering Presentation of Bibles to Third Graders Sunday School End of the Year Party 10:30 am Coffee Fellowship 10 am The Gathering Place 7 pm Trustees 11 am-1 pm UMW Salad Luncheon Plant and Bake Sale May Ushers: Sandy & Myron Maker and Mike & Beverly Simpson May Coffee Fellowship: Health Cabinet will host Coffee Fellowship. Members are: Marlene Hisey, Pam Nelson & Bev Simpson. Pastor Debra posts sermons and other reflections at her blog. The address is: http://perennial-hope.blogspot.com Googling Perennial Hope usually gets you to it. The sermon is also posted to the Chatfield UMC FaceBook Page.
May 10 is the last day of Sunday School. We will distribute Bibles to the third graders and have a party for them with VBS highlights. A big THANK YOU to all the teachers and helpers for their work the past nine months. Community Hymn Sing Sunday, May 3, 2015, 3:00 P.M. Chatfield United Methodist Church 124 Winona St. SE (Program on the upper level Handicapped Accessible from upper and lower parking lots) Sing your favorite hymns by request and enjoy musical selections by special groups and soloists. Free Will Offering for HELP OUR NEIGHBORS Homemade Cookies, Punch, & Coffee afterward HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! Greeting cards are available to support the Mission Trip Fund. New designs and formats. Each packet is $5 regardless of number of cards. Cards are available in the fellowship hall near the office. OPENING PRAYER: (unison) Loving God, we come together to reconnect to you, the source of love. No one has ever seen God, but here, connected to one another, God lives in us. Grafted again to the taproot of love in this time together, we strengthen ourselves to reach out like branches bearing good fruit to the world. Abide with us in this time, O God, so that we will continue to abide in love now and always. Amen. CALL TO PRAYER Bless the Lord #2013 Praise Team will sing once, congregation and Praise Team twice more PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH/SHARING OF JOYS AND CONCERNS At this time, anyone who has a joy or concern for prayer is invited to lift it up before the congregation and God. After each petition the Leader will say: O Lord in your Love, The congregation will respond: Hear our prayer If you would like your prayers spoken by the leader, please give them to Pastor Debra, in writing, before the service. PRAISE TEAM SCRIPTURE LESSON John 15:1-8 SERMON What do you think it means to abide in Jesus the Christ? How does Christ abide in you, individually and the church? INVITATION TO THE LORD S TABLE In the United Methodist Church we celebrate and observe an open table. All are welcome, just as Jesus welcomed all to eat with him. Saint and sinner, male or female, skeptic or wise, slave or free no one was turned away at the meal. It is only required that we come with open hearts to this table, realizing that God might do something miraculous in our lives and the life of this community as we remember, honor and marvel at this gift we are given through the limitless grace of God, the self-giving love of the Christ, and the life giving power of the Holy Spirit. MUSIC FOR MEDITATION
CONFESSION OF FAITH The promise of God is clear God sent Jesus into the world so that we might live. When we abide in God, God abides in us. When we love one another, God lives in us. When we choose love, there is no fear. Therefore, let God s loving word cleanse us and free us of all that impoverishes our lives. Open your hearts to receiving God s bounty and blessing, and be made fruitful. *BENEDICTION CHORAL RESPONSE You Are the Seed Chorus only #583 4 Go my friends, go to the world, proclaiming love to all, messengers of my forgiving peace, eternal love. Be, my friend, a loyal witness, from the dead I arose; Lo, I ll be with you forever, till the end of the world. POSTLUDE PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS HYMN OF DEDICATION Take our Bread #640 sung while the offering is being taken SERVICE OF THE TABLE THE GREAT THANKSGIVING 9:30 am Worship Service After Service: Coffee Fellowship Reader: Organists Denise Pagel Sherry Hareldson Roberta (Bobbie) Kehret Mitch Walbridge WORDS OF INSTITUTION LORD S PRAYER SHARING THE MEAL HYMNS DURING THE MEAL Life-Giving Bread # 2261 Let Us Be Bread #2260 PRAYER AFTER RECEIVING Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Grant that we may go out into the world in the strength of the Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen *HYMN You Are the Seed #583 *BLESSING We are the branches that seek to glorify God, to bear much fruit, to witness to God s love revealed among us, to reveal the fullness of a life lived with compassion, devoid of fear and hate. Leave all impoverishment here and go out in joy, for the spirit of the loving God abides with us this day and evermore. Amen. Prayers requested for the following individuals: Gaylon Amy, Phyllis Amy, Hank Anderson, Marlene Anderson, Lois Bacon, Ryan Bakken, Thelma Barker, Braxton Bernard, Rod Copeman, Doris Durfey, Evalyn Gardner, Clair Gartner, Joanne Greenlee, Dick Halloran, Patricia Hanson, Janice Haug, Kathy Hawkins, Pat Hill, Betty Johnson, Darlene Johnson, William Kremer, Jackie Meyer-Rostad, Alta Reese, Kael Simpson, Bill & Betty Thomas, Larry Tucker, Jean Vrieze, Cliff Waadevig, Ruth Wendt. Dolly Zincke and Russ Zincke Pastor Debra posts sermons and other reflections at her blog. The address is: http://perennial-hope.blogspot.com Googling Perennial Hope usually gets you to it. The sermon is also posted to the Chatfield UMC FaceBook Page.
2015 Love Offering Again this year we will receive a Love Offering for Missions. The 2015 offering will go to three projects that will reflect and advance our theme God s Vision, Our Mission Unleashed. The Love Offering will be received May 10 and 17. An envelope is enclosed with this newsletter. Grace Children s Center, Vietnam (60 percent) Church-School Partnership Grants (30 percent) Volunteers in Mission Scholarships (10 percent) CHATFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH UMW SALAD LUNCHEON Large assortment of salads, garlic bread, bars & beverage WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 11:00 AM 1:00 PM Adults - $6.00 - Under 5 Free EVERYONE WELCOME Pilot Mound Lutheran WELCA Sunday, May 17-11 am 1 pm Scalloped potatoes with ham, assorted salads, rolls, dessert, and beverages Adults - $8 Children 6-12 - $3 Under 6 - Free