First United Methodist Church 275 North Halcyon Road in Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 phone phone (805) 481-2692 visit us on the web at worshipweekly.com 8:30 AM Order of Worship 1 November 2009 All Saint s Day We encourage you to join us in our worship as a people who love the Lord. Please ask an usher about the hearing devices. Pastor David M. Burgeson Worship is led by-the Lord s Crew Call To Worship We Have Come To Worship You Welcome - Announcements Pastor David Opening Praise Leaning On The Everlasting Arms Scripture Reading Luke 10: 17-24 Pastor David Opening Prayer Pastor David Praise We Worship In Giving Offertory Mighty To Save I d Rather Have Jesus You are Good God Is So Good Prayer of Adoration Susan Coho Sharing God s Peace (greeting one another) Joys & Concerns Pastoral Prayer Pastor David Scripture Reading John 11: 32-44 Mike Herber Sermon Resurrection Pastor David M. Burgeson Communion Pastor David Communion Scripture I Corinthians 11:23-26 In Unison Communion Song Your Blood Says Everything Closing Praise Glory To The Lamb Benediction Pastor David Recessional Oh My Redeemer! The lovely Flowers On The Altar From Randy Dobbs - to honor my wife, TJ, and daughters, Brandy, Regan and Montana. Join us in Criswell Hall for a special time of fellowship where UM Youth will host this special hour. Thanks to Green Umbrella for a lovely time last week and to all who participated in the potluck. Next week, November 8th, our hosts will be Mary-Martha Circle. Meeting Calendar Changes: SPRC - November 12 at 6:30 PM in the MMR. Finance Committee November 12 at 7:15 PM. Endowment Board November 3 at 2 PM. Please make a note of it Thank you! UMW HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE and BRUNCH Join us on Saturday, November 14th, 9 AM 2 PM in Criswell Hall. The United Methodist Women will have Handcrafted Items, Baked Goods, Jams and Jellies, Candy, Art Work, Plants, Quilts and much, much more for sale. A delicious brunch will be served from 9 AM 12 noon. Cost is $7. All proceeds will go to support the UMW Missions at home and all over the world. Watch Your Mailbox Cast~A~Net Is Out!! Thank you all for your patience in the work and delivery of the monthly newsletter. Your prayers have been appreciated greatly for the health and renewal of our office staff and family. New in the Library Have A Little Faith, a title by Mitch Album is our newest addition to our church library. Come in and take a look check it out!
Every member a missionary First United Methodist Church 275 North Halcyon Road Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 (805) 481-2692 10:30 AM Order of Worship 1 November 2009 All Saint s Day This symbol denotes standing if you are able. Welcome to worship! We have hearing devices and large print bulletins available for your convenience. Please ask an usher for assistance. Nursery care is available for those under the age of 2. Welcome and Announcements Prelude Siesta E. Laurens Choral Introit Call To Worship Come, let us mingle our memories and our hopes together, for today is a special day. People: Today we celebrate All Saints' Day. Saints are made by listening to the call of God and saying, "Yes." People: Hidden in a whisper or proclaimed in a hurting world, the call of God touches our hearts. And we give thanks for all who have attended to the call. People: Heroes and nobodies, the ordinary and the talented, the walking and the wounded. Give thanks for the ones who've gone before us and made it easier for us to believe in God People: And live the life of faith. Hymn No. 708 Rejoice In God s Saint s A Time for Children Prayer of Confession Let us join together in this prayer: All: O God, on this day devoted to the living memory of the martyrs of the church and to the celebration of the witness of loved ones and friends, we confess that we have mixed feelings. Recalling the faithfulness and courage of Christian men and women who risked, and often sacrificed, their very lives in your Son's service both inspires us and makes us feel wistful. We know we do not measure up to them, but we feel that we should -and that we might have, except for bad breaks or the interference of others. Most patient God, help us put an end to this self-deception. Help us to forget what we might have been, what we might have done. Remind us that even the most conspicuous martyrs of the church, even the bravest saints we have known and loved, were ordinary people, subject to the same mixed feelings about their own worth and potential. Then help us concentrate on the present and the future: on the things we might yet do, the persons we might yet be, in Christ's service, beginning today. Amen. Choral Anthem I ll Fly Away Joy and Concerns for Prayer and Thanksgiving Pastoral Prayer Offertory Old French Chanson Composer Unknown Doxology Praise God from Whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above, ye heavenly host. Praise, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen. Scripture Reading John 11: 32-44 Rose Ann Steiner One: This is the word of God for the people of God. All: Thanks be to God! Sermon What Comes After Death? Pastor David Burgeson Great Thanksgiving for All Saint s Sunday (please see insert) The Lord s Prayer Sharing of the Bread and Cup Hymn No. 702 Sing With All the Saints in Glory Benediction and Choral Response Postlude March Heroique C. Saint- Saens
Bring a friend! Junior High & High School meet Wednesdays at 7 PM in our youth lounge led by Mike & Linda Herber. _Men s Bible Study Meet with us Mondays at 7 PM in room 215 - Learn The Bible in 24 Hours by Chuck Missler. Morning Bible Study Meets Fridays at 8:30 AM in the Library. All are welcome! Women s Bible Study Sunday morning at 9:30 AM in the MMR The Little Book of Letting Go by Hugh Prather Intercessory Prayer Thursday mornings at 10 AM in the library. Women of Prayer This non-denominational group of dedicated women meet at 7 PM on Mondays in the Sanctuary. Outside Support Groups Debtor s Anonymous Mondays at 6 PM- MMR Al-Anon & Ala-Teen Mondays at 7:30 PM - MMR and 211. Alzheimer s Care-Giver 2nd Wednesday and 3 rd Friday at 1PM - MMR. MS Support Group 2 nd Tuesday at 6 PM - MMR Cover art by Dixie Hoagland This Week *Underlined denotes childcare is available Sunday 11/1 Coffee Hour UM Youth 8:30 AM Contemporary Worship 9:30 AM Women s Bible Study (215) 10:30 AM Traditional Worship 10:45 AM Green Umbrella (MMR) Monday 11/2 7:00 PM Men s Bible Study (215) Women of Prayer (S) Tuesday 11/3 8:30 AM Senior Exercise (CH) 9:00 AM Sew n Sews (MMR) 10:00 AM UMW Craft Wkshp (MMR) 2:00 PM Endowment (MMR) 5:00 PM Grande Ringers (115) 7:00 PM Trustee (MMR) Wednesday 11/4 8:30 AM Senior Exercise (CH) 9:00 AM EOC Health Screen. (N/L) 7:00 PM Chancel Choir (S) UM Youth Group (215) Thursday 11/5 8:30 AM Senior Exercise (CH) 10:00 AM Intercessory Prayer (L) 11:45 AM People s Kitchen leaves church to serve 5:00 PM Grande Ringers (115) 7:00 PM Red Umbrella (MMR) Friday 11/6 8:30 AM Bible Study (L) Saturday 11/7 1/7 6:30 PM Praise Team Rehearsal (S)
Staff & Worship Leaders 1 November 2009 Senior Reverend David M. Burgeson Minister of Visitation: Reverend J. Harold Headrick Chancel Choir Director: Julie Walters The Lord s Crew - Praise Team Director: Susan Coho Grande Ringers - Bell Choir Director: Leonard Lutz Youth Ministry Director: Mike & Linda Herber AG UM Children s Center Director: Maddy Quaglino Lay Leader: Marj Cawelti Church Office Staff: Administrator/Newsletter: Sarah Gandy-Barber Bookkeeper: Victoria Gandy Organist: Don McGuire Puppet Directors: Willy Ford & Mike Herber Lector Chairs: Rebeca Avila & Toni Harvey Liturgist (s): Rose Ann Steiner Acolyte Moms: Nikki Raetz & Lorie Ford Bible Bearer: Our Church Youth Our Acolyte (s): Our Church Youth Hosts & Greeter Chair: Del Hollinger Hosts & Greeters: Our Church Family Usher Chairs: Morrie Gregory & Dick Melsheimer In service: All of our members Covenant Missionary: Judy Atwood in Kansas Check out our website worshipweekly.com
The lovely Flowers On The Altar From Randy Dobbs to honor my wife, TJ, and daughters, Brandy, Regan and Montana. Join us in Criswell Hall for a special time of fellowship where UM Youth will host this special hour. Thanks to Green Umbrella for a lovely time last week and to all who participated in the potluck. Next week, November 8th, our hosts will be Mary-Martha Circle. Meeting Calendar Changes: SPRC - November 12 at 6:30 PM in the MMR. Finance Committee November 12 at 7:15 PM. Endowment Board November 3 at 2 PM. Please make a note of it Thank you! UMW HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE and BRUNCH Join us on Saturday, November 14th, 9 AM 2 PM in Criswell Hall. The United Methodist Women will have Handcrafted Items, Baked Goods, Jams and Jellies, Candy, Art Work, Plants, Quilts and much, much more for sale. A delicious brunch will be served from 9 AM 12 noon. Cost is $7. All proceeds will go to support the UMW Missions at home and all over the world. Watch Your Mailbox Cast~A~Net Is Out!! Thank you all for your patience in the work and delivery of the monthly newsletter. Your prayers have been appreciated greatly for the health and renewal of our office staff and family. New in the Library Have A Little Faith, a title by Mitch Album is our newest addition to our church library. Come in and take a look check it out! Prayers and Thanksgiving "And whatever you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive.." Matt. 21:22 Pray for members of our congregation who are dealing with spiritual, emotional and physical problems. We lift up their burdens. Prayers that God will grant our country s leaders and its people wisdom and discernment. Hold Pastor Burgeson in prayer for continued wisdom & discernment. Continued prayers for Barbara Reineke s father who didn t need surgery but is in the hospital. Prayer for Chuck Buckton who is undergoing tests. Prayer for Lois Fry who is now in AG Transitional Care Facility. Prayers for Nancy & Bill Gerrish s daughter Amy whose unborn baby has serious heart problems. Rick Searcy asks prayers & blessing for King s House in Oceano that provides ministry and shelter for the homeless. Adeline Bottorff asks prayers for Harrison Beachey was diagnosed with Avascular Necrosis of the Lunate and will be have surgery on November 4th. Praise!! Bob Pierson welcomes his 14th great-grandson, Jake Christopher Aragon. Congratulations! Lynn Stewart asks prayers for her nephew and family for speedy recovery from swine flu. Our Covenant missionary: Judy Atwood in Kansas Remember in prayer: Our missionaries serving God around the world; the leaders of our country; leaders and the people of North Korea, Africa and in the Middle East. Continue to lift up those serving in the military and their families. Please hold in continued prayer: Our church youth, our church family, Wil Ogden, Jennifer Gandy, the Caweltis, the Cochrans, LeAnna & Adam Gainer, Cheryl McKibben, Linda Archibald, The Baileys, Pastor Rhodenbacker, Donna Cowles, the Hammonds, Jerry Smith, Isabella Sloan, Esther Miller, Pastor Ron Salsbury, Melinda Marchiano, Yvonne Holt, Sean Lehman, Mary Kelleher, Vikki Poh-Eikom, Miranda Bosley, Ruby Weddell, Lynn Foster, Rick Ventura, Rose Haupt, Dr. Frank M. Witman, Susan Trivitt, Cecelia Lee, Fenton McClure, Diane O Lear, Cristy Eichelberger, Kent Brown, and Ray Lewis. Continue to lift up Those who are unable to attend services. Members in Care Facilities: Lois Fry, Bob Atwood, Bob Woods, Stan Lundahl, Harold Bailey, Mary Patterson., and Everett Bollinger. Shut-In members: Doris Rice, the Houldings, the DeVos, Dell McCracken, Wayne Frisby, Betty Bailes, Mary Fernamburg, Jeanne Jenkins, Madge Young, Hershel Whitefield.
The Great Thanksgiving for All Saints Day ~1 November 2009 The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. People: People: All: Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to our Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. God of Abraham and Sarah, God of Miriam and Moses, God of Joshua and Deborah, God of Ruth and David, God of the priests and the prophets, God of Mary and Joseph, God of the apostles and the martyrs, God of our mothers and our fathers, God of our children to all generations. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Holy are You, and blessed is Your Son Jesus Christ. By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection you gave birth to your Church, delivered us from slavery to sin and death, and made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit. On the night in which He gave Himself up for us, He took bread, gave thanks to You, broke the bread, gave it to His disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is My body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me. When the supper was over He took the cup, gave thanks to You, gave it to His disciples and said: Drink from this, all of you; for this is My blood of the new covenant, poured out for You and for many, for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as You drink it, in remembrance of me. And so, in remembrance of these, Your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving, as a holy and living sacrifice in union with Christ s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith. All: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. All: Pour out Your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and fruit of the vine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by His blood. Renew our communion with all your saints, especially those whom we name before you. Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witness, strengthen us to run with perseverance the race that is set us, looking to Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfecter of our faith. By your Spi9rit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory, and we feast at his heavenly banquet. Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, now and forever. Amen.