Welcome to Trinity United Methodist Church January 8, :30 am Service

THIS WEEK AT TRINITY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 COMMUNION SUNDAY ~ EPIPHANY SUNDAY MONDAY, JANUARY 9 9:30 am Monday Morning Bible Study (Room 209) 10:00 am Stained Glass (Youth Room) 7:00 pm Boy Scouts (Auditorium & Youth Room) TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 9:30 am Prayer Time for Trinity (Sanctuary) 6:30 pm Trinity Ringers Rehearsal (Music Room) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 5:00 pm CrossFire Rehearsal (Room 121) 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Music Room) 7:30 pm NA Meeting (Auditorium) THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 8:00 am Good News Prison Ministry Prayer Breakfast (Auditorium) 9:00 am Body & Soul Exercise (Chapel) 6:00 pm Thursday Night Dinner & Taking down Christmas decorations (Auditorium & Kitchen) 7:00 pm The Sons of the Severn Rehearsal (Auditorium) FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 9:30 am Women s Bible Study (Room 209) SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 8:00 am United Methodist Men s Breakfast Meeting (Auditorium) 7:00 pm Dominoes (Room 209) SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 The deadline to submit information for next Sunday s bulletin is Thursday at noon. Welcome to Trinity United Methodist Church January 8, 2017 9:30 am Service

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Liturgist Jo Anne Smith ORDER OF WORSHIP 9:30 am PRELUDE Just a Closer Walk With Thee Traditional CrossFire WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS *SONGS OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP I Just Want to Praise the Lord Be Unto Your Name Above All Fire Inside SPECIAL MUSIC Bright Morning Star Traditional On the Road SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 2:1-12 Liturgist: This is the Word of God for the people of God. All: Thanks be to God! OFFERTORY Seek Ye First Lafferty CrossFire OUR OFFERING PRAYER Holy Lord our God, light of every nation and our everlasting hope, as the Magi worshipped you with their gifts, we worship you now with these tithes and offerings. Bless them and use them that through us, your church, we would live and spread the good news that Jesus is for everyone, and everyone can be included in his life. Amen. HOLY COMMUNION No. 13 UMH *HYMN We Three Kings No. 254 UMH *BENEDICTION POSTLUDE ******************************************************************** *(please stand as you are able) The Altar rail is always open for prayer. SERMON What About the People Who Aren t Christians? SONG OF CONTEMPLATION Sweet Hour of Prayer Fire Inside SHARING OUR THANKS AND CONCERNS LORD S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. The flower on the Altar this morning are given for the Glory of God by Carol Dakin OUR OFFERINGS TO GOD

PRELUDE TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Liturgist Darlene Robbins ORDER OF WORSHIP 11:00 am *CALL TO WORSHIP (prayed in unison) Everlasting God, the glory of your faithful people, you brought nations to your light and kings to the brightness of your rising. Fill the world with your glory, and show yourself to all the nations through him who is the true light and the bright morning star, through Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord. Amen. temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. OUR OFFERINGS TO GOD OFFERTORY *DOXOLOGY *OUR OFFERING PRAYER No. 95 UMH Holy Lord our God, light of every nation and our everlasting hope, as the Magi worshipped you with their gifts, we worship you now with these tithes and offerings. Bless them and use them that through us, your church, we would live and spread the good news that Jesus is for everyone, and everyone can be included in his life. Amen. *HYMN We Three Kings No. 254 UMH HOLY COMMUNION No. 13 UMH *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Affirmation from I Timothy 2:5-6; 1:15; 3:16 *GLORIA PATRI No. 889 UMH No. 70 UMH SPECIAL MUSIC Bright Morning Star Traditional On the Road *HYMN Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus No. 349 UMH SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 2:1-12 *HYMN We Would See Jesus No. 256 UMH *BENEDICTION POSTLUDE ******************************************************************** (* Please rise as your are able.) The Altar rail is always open for prayer. Liturgist: This is the Word of God for the people of God. All: Thanks be to God! SERMON What About the People Who Aren t Christians? SHARING OUR THANKS AND CONCERNS LORD S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into The flower on the Altar this morning are given for the Glory of God by Carol Dakin

Trinity United Methodist Church 1300 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 Phone: 410-268-1620; FAX: 410-216-9197 E-mail: trinity.church@verizon.net Website: http://www.trinityannapolis.org Saturday, December 24, 2016 Worship Attendance: 7:00 pm: 65 11:00 pm: 56 Total: 121 Offering received from both services: $1,245 Sunday, December 25, 2016 Worship Attendance (one service at 10:00 am): 65 Offering for budget: $9,782 Sunday, January 1, 2017 Worship Attendance (one service at 10:00 am): 80 Offering for budget: $2,086 Staff Pastor: Rev. Chris Owens Music Director: Janie Daugherty Organist/Pianist: Karen Jung-Yeon Yim Office Manager: Blairlee Owens Custodian: Wanda Lee Assisting with Worship 9:30 am Fire Inside, CrossFire, On the Road 11:00 am On the Road USHER CAPTAINS 9:30 am John McDowell 11:00 am Jack Spencer GREETERS 9:30 am Bill & Nancy Busch 11:00 am Diane Gilligan *Children are welcome in worship, or you may take them at any time to our STAFFED NURSERY located behind the Sanctuary (infant through 3 years). A parent/infant room with sound is available if needed. Nursery attendants will be happy to escort you to this child centered space. Thank you. *Hearing Devices are available in the Narthex AND in the hallway outside of the entrance to the Sanctuary for use during the worship services. Please see an usher if you need assistance. Announcements, Activities & Events *If you need to schedule a meeting or event here at church or you are changing your group s event/meeting time or date, please contact the office as soon as possible so we can make sure the meeting and/or change is reflected on the church calendar. Thank you. Worship Committee News: Please plan to come out to the church on Thursday, January 12 beginning at 6:00 pm for dinner and to help take down the Advent decorations. We look forward to seeing you. Sunday Coffee Hour: We are in need of Coffee Hour hosts/hostesses to fill in the new 2017 schedule. Please consider helping out in this vital part of the Sunday Morning Worship experience. The job entails serving simple snacks, coffee and juice, to your fellow church family. On the job training will be provided, if needed. Don t feel you can handle it by yourself, then team up with one or two others. You can arrange your own team or you can be paired by our coordinator. The new 2017 schedule is hanging in the kitchen. Please sign up for one or more Sundays. If you have any questions, please contact Pat King at (443) 203-6366 or ping0110@comcast.net. Winter Relief: Trinity will be hosting Winter Relief guests from January 23-30, 2017 and February 27-March 6, 2017. We are in need of blankets, twin sheets and pillowcases, bath towels, wash cloths, toothpaste, soap, and shampoo. Monetary donations are always welcome as well. Please drop off donations in the church office. Signups for the first week, January 23-30, 2017 are now available either in the church office or on the church website.

Altar Flowers: If you d like to dedicate flowers for someone special or for the Glory of God, there are two ways to do so. First, there s an Altar Flower form at the back of the Sanctuary. You can fill that out & leave it with an usher or on the Office Manager s desk. Second, you can fill in your name under a date in the floral calendar in the hallway outside the Sanctuary heading towards the elevator. There is a $20 fee which pays for the fresh flowers. You can put the fee in an envelope marked Altar Flowers and give to an usher or attach to the form and leave it on the Office Manager s desk. Bible Studies for 2017: Monday Morning Bible Study returns tomorrow, Monday, January 9 through Monday, April 10 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am each week in Room 209. We will continue our study of Galatians. No book is needed other than your Bible. The study is open to all who seek an understanding of Paul s letters to the churches. Wednesday Bible Study returns beginning Wednesday, February 1 through Wednesday, May 24 in Room 209. Pastor Chris will be leading the study on the Gospel of John-Part 2. There will be two sessions: 10:00 am to 11:30 am and 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. If you don t have the book from the fall study, it is available for $8. Please let the church office know if you need a book. The study will not meet on 3/1 and 4/12. In our special prayers: January 8, 2017 Sermon Series: A Response to the Skeptics Sermon: What About the People Who Aren t Christians? Scripture Reading: Matthew 2:1-12 Sermon Notes: (12/18/16) Ralph & Shirley Simi, Kelly (Ralph & Shirley Simi s daughter), Kayla (Diane Gilligan s daughter s friend), George Brown (Margy Wolfe s neighbor), Charles Cooley (Amy George Akerman s neighbor) (12/25/16) Tiffany (Judy Myers office manager), John (Midge Smith s friend s son), Katelyn (Carolyn Hanna s friend) (01/01/17) Patrick (Carole Gallis grandson), family of Alan Duer, family of Stock Meade (Blairlee Owens uncle), Roy Griest (01/08/17) Charles Matthews, family of Jack Guinee (Gail Inman s father) *Note: Prayer requests received in the office will remain in the bulletin for one month. If you would like someone on the prayer chain, please contact the church office (410-268-1620 or trinity.church@verizon.net) or Cindy Sawyer (410-757-0378 or hmclsawyer@yahoo.com). If you would like the prayer request to remain on the prayer list for longer, please let the office know.