September 9, 2018 Greetings from Pastor Dave I am so glad you are here for worship today. You had many other things you could be doing at this hour and I am glad you made the decision to spend time here with us. Today we begin a new worship series. The series is based on the realization and fact that we are individuals who are conditioned by the culture in which we live. For the next 4 weeks we will have a sermon series with the title: Fake Christianity. We want worship to be authentic and genuine. Likewise, we want/need Christianity to be authentic and genuine as well. We will be looking at some isms. Included in the series will be Consumerism, Meism, and even Practical Atheism. We begin this week with Fake Christianity: Churchism. Today I hope that we together will realize that our faith is in Jesus Christ not in a church. I hope that you will feel that we all need to be rooted in Jesus and not stuck in church religiosity. I also want to challenge us all today to think about the difference between Kingdom issues and church selfpreservation. My hope is that you experience a connection here this morning with God and that you know how much you are loved by Him. I am looking forward to this new series! With the Joy of Christ, Today s Scripture Colossians 2:6-8 CEB Sermon Notes Pastor Dave ALL Ages! ALL In! Loving God! Loving All!
We have a seat just for you! 8:05 a.m. Blending of musical styles, including a hymn with piano and organ. Children 1st grade and up attend the service with their families. 9:30 a.m. Variety of worship experiences and musical styles. Children and youth will have small groups during this hour. 11:05 a.m. modern.worship.experience. Church feel with a modern presentation. Children 1st grade and up attend the service Welcome If you are visiting us today, welcome! Our vision is to be ALL Ages, ALL In, Loving God, Loving ALL which is the core of everything we do. No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, PHUMC has a place just for you. If you are a first time guest, please fill out the welcome card in the pew and bring it to the welcome center in the lobby for a gift. We are pleased to have you. Palm Harbor United Methodist Church 727-785-7487 1551 Belcher Road, Palm Harbor, FL 34683 www.phumc.net Follow Us Facebook: Palm Harbor United Methodist Church Twitter: @palmharborumc Instagram: #palmharborumc Pastors Rev. Dave Baldridge, Senior Pastor Rev. Cathy Hart, Associate Minister What do you have available for my children? Turn to page 4 Direct From Dave Direct From Dave is a weekly email with devotionals based on Sunday s message. With Scripture and thought provoking topics, this allows you to dive deeper into the message all week long. If you would like to receive Direct From Dave, please email Karen Martin at kmartin@phumc.net. Coffee & Donuts Complimentary coffee and donuts are served in the multipurpose room after the 8:05 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. services. A love offering basket is available to help cover our costs. Please join us for fellowship and to visit our ministries that are highlighted on the tables along the wall. Going into the hospital? If you are going into the hospital or you know of someone who is going in or is currently in an extended stay, please let Marilyn King know. Marilyn can be reached at 727-785-7487 or mking@phumc.net. Ways to Give There are a variety of ways to give a monetary gift to PHUMC: Envelopes, Auto Payment through your bank, ACH monthly withdrawals initiated by PHUMC, online giving via www.phumc.net, and texting your gift to 727-866-GIVE (4483). For more information contact Michelle in the Finance office at 727-683-2626 or mpremuto@phumc.net. Upper Room Devotional Books for September/October are available on the brochure rack outside of the multi-purpose room. Suggested donation $2. Men of Prayer As Men of Prayer, our primary purpose is praying for needs in our church, the community, and the world. Please join us for a time of refreshing by the Holy Spirit through our prayers and the Word. The group is open to all men who wish to participate. Drop-ins are always welcome. Join us Thursdays at 7 p.m. in room A207. New Member Class If you are interested in joining PHUMC, please join us at the new member orientation class tonight at 4 p.m. in rooms A202-203. Our deepest sympathy goes out to: the family of: Trellis Poe whose mother, Rena Mae Hill, passed away on August 29, 2018.
Prayer Chain To place a prayer request, please call one of the following: Grace Williamson at 784-2761; Gloria Brown at 784-2590; or the church office at 785-7487. Prayer Shawl All levels knitters are welcome to join us the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month (Sept 9 & 23) in the lobby at 1 p.m. for our next meetings. We have a lot of yarn and crochet hooks on hand. Bring knitting needles (size 9 and up). Call Martha Stolz, 727-793-4606, with any questions. Looking for a name badge? If you are interested in a magnetic name badge, please request one at the information desk. They will provide you with an envelope. Write your name on the envelope as you would like it to appear. Please include your $6 contribution in the envelope. When they are complete you can pick them up at the Welcome Desk. It usually takes a couple of days to process. Advertising in this bulletin Do you own a business? Would you like to remember a loved one with a weekly memorial? Are you looking to reach out to your fellow parishioners every week? If so, why not advertise in our new weekly bulletin/ newsletter? Our bulletin needs ads! The ads and sponsorships on the bulletin will allow for us to receive our new full color weekly bulletin at no cost to the church. Greg Maurer from our bulletin publishing partner, Liturgical Publications, will be happy to assist you. You can reach him at 941-243-3206 or gmaurer@4lpi.com. The Power of Prayer We all have heard the phrase prayer life, which indicates a practice of prayer. But what if instead of a prayer life we lived a life of prayer. Each week, an email is sent out with our prayer focus for the week. We meet together each Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m. in the chapel. If you would like to receive the email, please contact Rev. Cathy at 727-785-7487 or chart@phumc.net. This week let us pray for: Let us pray: For the Church to stay focused on its mission and not be distracted by the confusion. For the leaders of all church denominations to keep their eyes on Jesus. For PHUMC to be united We Are One. For each believer to remain faithful in following Christ. For the victims of abuse. Scripture for meditation:so live in Christ Jesus the Lord. (Colossians 2:6) News from The Robin s Nest We are so happy to officially be back to school. Everyone is settling in and getting use to the routine. The children spent the first week or so of school getting use to the routine and getting to know their teachers and classmates. We started chapel and went over what we will be learning in chapel this year. We are off to an exciting year. Yankee Candle Fall Fundraiser - Starting tomorrow, September 10 th The Robin s Nest is excited to have Yankee Candle as our fall fundraiser. They are the worlds #1 candle brand and offer a wide range of premium candles, fragrances, and decor items! The fundraiser will run from September 10 th 28 th. Packets will be sent home with Robin s Nest families soon. This is a great time to get a jump start on your Christmas shopping, birthdays, and special occasions. Gifts start as low as $7. Proceeds will go to our playground improvements. Look for more details in the upcoming bulletins or stop by The Robin s Nest office, as to how you can order and participate in the fundraiser.
We have many opportunities for children of all ages. Below is a listing of our opportunities. We also offer a family room located off the lobby for your convenience during worship. HISkidz- 8:05 a.m.: Nursery (Birth- Kindergarten)- Children 1st grade and up attend the service with their families. 9:30 a.m.: Nursery (Birth- 2 years old) Sunday School Small Groups (3 years old 5th grade) Please check in at the HISkidz station located in the lobby prior to worship. Once checked in, preschoolers and kindergartners report to their classrooms. 1st through 5th graders enjoy worship with your families until dismissed for classes after children s moment. 11:05 a.m.: Nursery (Birth- Kindergarten)- Children 1st grade and up attend the service with their families. MADE, Middle School Sunday School- Sundays, 9:30 a.m., room A208, no class on Communion Sunday. MADE Middle School gathering meets Fridays, 7-9 p.m. THRIVE, High School Sunday School for high school Sundays 9:30 a.m., room A208. High School gathering meets Sundays 6-8 p.m. For more information you can also visit us at phumc.net/ children-youth/soldiers-for-christ or on Facebook at Made MS Program & Thrive High School. Young Adult Gathering- Meets at 6:30 p.m. at Organic Life the 2nd Wednesday of the month. For more information on Young Adult small groups contact Carl Rinderle at 727-785-7487. High School SKI TRIP January 1-4 Snowshoe, West Virginia Your one price of $375 will include two days of lift tickets, night skiing, regular snowboard or skies, four nights lodging, six meals and transportation. This will be an important information session. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. 6 p.m. parents & kids meet in the multi-purpose room for a parent meeting & pizza party followed by a glow in the dark dance party! Confirmation Our next confirmation class will start in January. This is a class for current 8th grade and above. We will have a parents meeting early in December. Meeting date and time will be announced soon. Christmas Trees Trees will be here in November. Be on the lookout for sign ups for working the tree lot! It s a great way to earn mission money for next summer. Guys/Girls Retreat coming soon! Watch for retreat news for a weekend in October. It has not been decided if we are going to hold individual retreats or one big retreat. The most likely weekend will be the 19th & 20th and possibly camping at Fort Desoto Park. If you are interested in helping plan this event or be a part of it, please contact Carl, Joel or Lynn in the youth office.
SUNDAY ADULT CLASSES 8:05 a.m. Bible Study A202 9:30 a.m. Wired to the Word A203 Exploring God s Call for Marriage 9:30 a.m. Daniel Plan A212 10:45 a.m. Contrarian s Guide to Knowing God Choir Room 11:05 a.m. Bible Buddies A201 Book of John 11:05 a.m. Taste & See Bible Study A203 Wednesday 6:30 p.m Bible Study with Pastor Dave in room A202-203. Child care is provided. TOPS! Take Off Pounds Sensibly TOPS is now official Florida chapter 893 helping to improve the health of our congregation and the greater community. We meet at 9 a.m. Monday morning in room A202 to weigh in and study ways to lose weight, increase activity levels, and eat healthier. All are welcome. Call Sally Halek for more information. 727-642-3009. Walk to Emmaus The Aldersgate Walk to Emmaus Men s and Women s Walks will be October 4-7 for the men, and October 11-14 for the women. The Walks take place at the Warren Willis Camp in Leesburg. Each person s experience is different, but you will come away knowing Christ as you never have before. For more information contact Gary Brelsford at gbrelsford@gmail.com or come by the multi-purpose room between services. Thanks and God bless! Church-wide Picnic Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 3 from 12-4 p.m. All are invited to join us for a potluck style picnic at Anderson Park shelter #7. Ultimate Date Night The Joy FM is sponsoring The Ultimate Date Night with Jay and Laura Laffoon at the Calvary Chapel Worship Center in New Port Richey on Saturday, Sept. 15. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show is at 7 p.m. The PHUMC Couples Ministry is promoting this event and sharing how to obtain tickets so couples could buy tickets for themselves and have a great evening. Go to https://florida.thejoyfm.com/events/box-office/ultimatedate-night for more information. Recovery in Christ Suffering under the weight of alcoholism and/or other addictions? This 12 step recovery support group studies Biblical principles and Scripture that draws us out of ourselves and become more God-centered. Come as you are every Monday at 7 p.m. in room A210. Questions, contact Roy Coe at rcoe2001@yahoo.com or 727-512-8921 or Gary Tweten at golf13965@yahoo.com or 727-403-9005. Pecan Pre-orders going on NOW! The Men s Ministry is having their annual Pecan Sale. Pre-Orders are being taken now! If you preorder you will save 5%. Pick up the pre-order forms next to the Men s Ministry bulletin board in the main hallway. Make sure to check out the new offering...a 7 way tin! YUMMM. Harbor Angels 1) Beth Moore simulcast can be viewed at Keystone Community Church on Saturday, Sept. 15. Registration forms are available at the Harbor Angels Bulletin Board or online at the Keystone Community Church web site. Attendance will be as individuals only. 2)The speaker for Harbor Angels breakfast on Oct. 13 at 10 a.m. will be Sarah Baldridge. She will be talking about A Mystery Woman of the Bible. Sign up in the multipurpose room on preceding Sundays or with Mary in the church office, $8 for full breakfast cooked by Chef Susan. 3)The Joyce Meyer event in Tampa Oct.25-27 is sold out. However, Donna Vail has a group of tickets and will take a cancellation list. See the Harbor Angels bulletin board for details or contact Donna: 781-8900, donnav10@aol.com. 4) The Book Nook is the major fund-raising activity of the ministry. All funds are distributed from the profits: 50% to Pack a Sack and 50% to PHUMC Youth Ministry. Assistance is needed in organizing the copious donated books to facilitate their sale.
Mission of the Month PHUMC Missions encompasses many different areas that affect our church and our community every day. As a congregational member stated, Missions is our outward motion of our innermost spirit overflowing with love and help for anyone in need. We are blessed when we expect nothing back in return! The Month of September is a time we use all that is raised for missions to give generously to many areas of need, like the upcoming Cuba Mission trip. It was your kindness and generosity that helped to sponsor 15 children to go to camp this year and support a community project directed to help the veterans in our area, when we gave a gift in kind of $1,000 to One Community, not to mention the $2,000 donated to FEAST to help them ensure their doors stayed open. SATURDAY, DEC. 1, 2018 will be the 4th annual Reindeer Run!! Mark your calendars! T-Shirt design contest! We are looking for a fun and creative reindeer design for the front of the Reindeer Run t-shirts. All designs need to be submitted to jpetot@phumc.net by Sept. 30 in either a jpg or pdf format. The color of the shirt will be red, and it needs to include the words Reindeer Run and 2018. Registration is NOW OPEN!! Go to www.phumc.net and click on the Reindeer Run logo or go to https://register.chronotrack.com/r/41946. Reindeer Run supports Bridging Freedom. Bridging Freedom s mission is to combat sex-trafficking of minors by bringing restoration to those rescued and victim prevention to those we reach with our message. They educate the community and work with partnering organizations to increase awareness about this horrendous issue. They are also working to build Florida s urgently needed therapeutic safe home campus community to provide long-term, comprehensive care to these victims in a secure environment. Habitat For Humanity Pinellas Habitat Pinellas is having the Community Builders Breakfast 2018 this year on September 13 th at the Hilton Carillon Park. This is a free breakfast to bring awareness and celebrate Habitat s works in the community. There is a half hour of networking at 7:30 a.m., and the breakfast is from 8 9 a.m. If you are interested in attending email Jessica Petot at jpetot@phumc.net. We would love for you to join us. PHUMC is a sponsor of the Habitat Faith Build every year. Be watching for information on that coming soon. Pack-A-Sack has started again! Our goal this year is to increase the number of students to 200 between the collaborating schools of Calvin Hunsinger and Sandy Lane Elementary. It is only a $160 per child for a school year, or $176 per child for a school year, plus the summer. Please make sure you mark, Pack-A-Sack on the check or envelope. If you give on line, go to PHUMC website, under Give online, then under fund and select Pack a Sack. All donations online are secure. Don t Miss A Sunday We are pleased to offer several ways to watch or listen to past sermons online or on your mobile device. Visit www.phumc.net. COSMIC BOWLING Join us Friday, Sept 21 at Dunedin Lanes for Cosmic Bowling!! Awesome lighting, big screen music videos, glowing lanes, laser lights... TONS OF FUN!!! The fun begins at 9:30 p.m. and goes until 1 a.m. $14 per person is all you pay and that includes shoe rental. See you there!! Thank you for all of the wonderful donations PHUMC collected for the Back To School Drive for the United Methodist s Children s Home. Rain or gray skies couldn t stop Paula Ericksen from meeting Ryan from the Children s Home to deliver them.
PHUMC Christmas Musical This year s Christmas Musical is an All Ages, All In event. Singers of all ages are needed children through adults no previous experience is required, nor is music reading ability. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and all vocalists get a part-forward recording to work with outside of rehearsal. Instrumentalists Brass, Woodwinds, Strings, Percussion if you played in band in high school or college, you could pick that instrument up again. The performances will be on Sunday, December 2 nd during morning worship and an Outreach Performance at a Veterans Nursing Home in January. Please contact Mark Deen, Director of Worship, Music and the Arts at mdeen@phumc.net or 727.785.7487 x2576. Promise Keepers Better husbands, better fathers, better Biblical based men meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. Join us. MOPS The next meeting for MOPS is Tuesday, September 18 at 10 a.m. in rooms A202-203. If you would like to attend and require child care, please register at www.phumc.net no later than Tuesday, Sept 11. Registration for childcare closes one week prior to the meeting. This is a wonderful meeting and support group for moms and one not to be missed! MOPS Mentor Moms MOPS is looking for Mentor Moms. The requirements are attending the MOPS meetings on the 3rd Tuesday each month, and following up with our moms. If you are comfortable doing so, an occasional prayer would be nice. If you would like more information, call Cheryl Campbell at 770-605-6226 or email cheryl@reindoe.com. MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL'S CARELIFT VAN SERVICE NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Mease Dunedin Hospital provides a much needed service for the community. CareLift Van Transportation Service offers free rides, provided by volunteers, to and from medical appointments to specific BayCare locations. Volunteers are needed to drive or navigate in our CareLift vans. If you, a friend or spouse have 4 hours a week to spare, our van program would be a great way to spend some time giving back to the community. For information on this opportunity or other volunteer opportunities within the hospital, contact Debie Riveros, Volunteer Specialist at (727) 734-6046. We need you to keep this service running! If you are in need of our FREE van transportation service, you can call our dispatch office at 727-734-6107. Book Fair Volunteers Needed The Book Fair is just around the corner! As is the tradition at Westlake, the Book Fair will be held the last week in September to coincide with Grandparents' Day on Friday, September 28th. This week is exciting for all of the students in our school, but in order to make it a success, we need volunteers! Book Fair volunteers help with decorating and set up, assist students with book selections, help to relocate the Book Fair to a bigger space for Grandparent's Day and help pack up. Volunteers are needed September 21st through 28th. If you have any availability during this time, please call the Westlake office at 727-781-3808. Thanks so much for helping to make this event a huge success!