MEMORIALS/HONORARIUMS

AUGUST 23, 2015

Building Fund In Honor of the Artos Class given by Alan B. Deck

Lee Conference Expense Fund

In Honor of Jackie Tucker, Elaine Farabee and Marilyn DeLoach given by the Lee Class

Matthew 25 Fund

In Memory of Ed Graves given by Chris and Shelley Kyle

given by Butch and Betty Hughes

Memorials/Honorariums In Memory of Ed Graves

given by Frances O’Connor Morgan given by Betty and Bob Lott given by Jeff and Kathy Long

Music Fund

In Honor of Susan Goode given by Jane Israel

Organ Fund In Honor of Jane Israel given by Kacy Benefield Craig

In Memory of Ed Graves given by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vengrouskie In Memory of Ed Graves

given by the Employees and Retirees of Alabama Power

United Methodist Women In Memory of Ed Graves & Chris and Bake Kyle

given by Lynne Richardson

Youth Fund In Memory of Will May given by Janice Rosenfeld

FLOWERS IN THE GREAT HALL The flowers in the Great Hall

are given to the Glory of God and are in memory of Bessie Ruth Davis Sasser, church member from 1953-2015

ACOLYTE INTEREST & TRAINING MEETING September 13 at 9:45 AM in the Sanctuary

Grades K - 5th Grade

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES It’s the perfect time to get involved in a new Sunday School Class. With attendance up 42% from the average August attendance, and 18 options to choose from, you can review each class to find the perfect fit for you. Visit our website: www.fumct.org/#/adult-ministries/adult-sunday-school

JOIN US NEXT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 FOR OUR LAST FALL GOD ON BROADWAY PRODUCTION:

BEAUTY & THE BEAST

ABOUT OUR CONGREGATION August 23 Attendance: Traditions: 756; Bridge: 374; Adult SS: 324; N/P SS: 59; K-5 SS: 110; Youth: 80. August 23 Giving: Budget: $24,214.48; Building: $6,484.28; Organ: $932.00; Designated: $410.00 Deaths: Sympathy to Amy (Justin) Smith in the death of her grandmother,

Annette Perdue Freeman of Montgomery. Sympathy also to Henry and Harmon Smith in the death of their great-grandmother.

Sympathy to Shannon (Eddie) Templeton in the death of her paternal uncle, Dr. Patrick E. “Pat” Shipp of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In thanksgiving for his life, Rev. Randle Dew, August 21, 2015. Sympathy to his wife, June Dew, and sons, Jordan Dew of McCalla and Dr. John Dew of Troy.

In thanksgiving for her life, Bessie Ruth Davis Sasser, August 21, 2015. Sympathy to her children, Jan Sasser of Charleston, South Carolina, Jo Marie Armstrong of Paso Robles, California, and Jon Sasser of Reno, Nevada.

In the Hospital: UAB: Dr. Jim Mills; DCH: Don Hartley; Chris Barnes; St. Vincent’s: Joel McLaughlin; Forest Manor Rehab: Bobbie Golson; Glen Haven Rehab: Barbara Weston

Quarter Sunday is today! Please deposit your extra quarters for our hospital "goodie bag" ministry. (We accept dollar bills, too!)

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS ALIVE ACTIVITIES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 2. Join us for a hot buffet meal at 5:00 PM in Chitwood Hall followed by programs on Fel-lowship, Education, Mission and Prayer. Visit www.fumct.org/adult-ministries/weekly-small-groups to see classes available. After the meal, you may choose to attend an educational course, work on a mission project or join others in a time of prayer. Don’t let a busy schedule deter you: There are drop-in alternative groups!

Pastor's Brown Bag Bible Study will start September 2, Wednesday at 12:00 noon in Chitwood Hall. Living with Conflict and Controversy: A Study of Mark's Gospel. Bring your Bible and lunch and we’ll provide drinks and dessert.

Covenant Class Sunday School will study Nathanael, from John’s Gospel, and Gorman Houston is teaching the lesson. Come join us!

Student Ministries: Come join us for worship, fun and fellowship as we start back with our Wired Series September 2. Join us Wednesday nights 6-7:30 PM, Sunday School at 10 AM and Small Groups beginning after Labor Day. UMW Circles Celebration meets September 1 at 5:45 PM | Join us in the Parker Fireside

Room. Fall Kickoff Tailgate Social begins at 5:45 with Gorman Houston. Wear your favorite team colors!

Charlotte Shamblin Bible Study meets September 14 at 10:00 AM in Lee Classroom.

WOW Teacher Training is September 6th at 12:15 in the library. WOW will resume children’s worship on September 13. District Rally, today at 6:00 PM in Fayette at the Bevill State Community College. Our guest preacher will be Rev. Brian Erickson, Senior Pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Homewood. Also joining us will be Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett. Children, Youth and Adults are encouraged to attend.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH TUSCALOOSA

800 Greensboro Avenue Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 Phone 205-345-7261

Facsimile 205-345-7263 After Hour Emergency Number: 886-7177

Website: www.fumct.org 11:00 AM Worship Service is broadcast on

WACT 1420 AM and 96.9 FM

August 30, 2015

SOLO “Something Was Missing” from Annie Charles Prosser, Soloist

OFFERTORY PRAYER Rev. Randy Allen

OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Please give the attendance slips to the usher as the offering is received.

OFFERTORY “The Gift of Love” Hal Hopson

Though I may speak with bravest fire, and have the gift to all inspire, and have not love; my words are vain, as sounding brass, and hopeless gain. Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess, but not be giv’n by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin. Come spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole. Let inward love guide every deed. By this we worship and are freed. Amen.

SCRIPTURE READING Romans 16 (selected verses) Dr. Ken Dunivant (Pew Bible, NT, p. 154)

SERMON “Relationships That Change Lives” Dr. Ken Dunivant

FINALE “I Don’t Need Anything But You” from Annie Charles Prosser and Julia Marshall, soloists

*BENEDICTION Dr. Ken Dunivant

POSTLUDE “March in D” David N. Johnson *Congregation Standing. Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices

(Hymn texts printed through permission of CCLI: 1108424)

HOSTS/USHERS

9:00 AM Eleanor Boykin, Doug Harless, Debby Gryska Lynne Richardson, Mary Meadows, Ann Curry

11:00 AM Glen Cowan, Debby Gryska, Glenn Powell

Ashley Green, Jerri McCreless, Bill Goodwin Debby Gryska, Worship Coordinator

11:00 AM Worship Service is broadcast on WACT 1420 AM and 96.9 FM. CDs of sermons are available in the church office and available

for online listening or viewing at www.fumct.org

WELCOME TO WORSHIP

GOD ON BROADWAY: ANNIE

August 30, 2015

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Jimmy Mixson PRELUDE Morning Has Broken Lynn Trapp CHIMING OF THE HOUR The sounding of the three chimes symbolizes the presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

*HYMN OF PRAISE NO. 140 Great Is Thy Faithfulness FAITHFULNESS

All Stanzas Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be. Refrain Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed thy hand hath provided; great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. Refrain Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! Refrain

*PASSING OF THE PEACE Rev. Randy Allen

SOLO “Tomorrow” from Annie Julia Marshall, Soloist

PASTORAL PRAYER Rev. Jimmy Mixson

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us pray.

THE 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 tres pass 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.

L eapin’ Lizards! The

irrepressible comic strip heroine

takes center stage in one of the

world’s best-loved musicals.

Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, “Annie” has become a

world-wide phenomenon. It was the winner of seven Tony Awards in-

cluding Best Musical. The beloved book and score by Thomas Meehan,

Charles Strouse and Martin Charmin features some of the greatest musi-

cal theatre hits ever written, including “Tomorrow.”

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms

everyone’s hearts despite a next-to nothing start in 1930’s New York

City. She is determined to find her parents who abandoned her years

before on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel,

embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Or-

phanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC.

Finding herself on a street lined with tenements, she comes upon a mutt

she names Sandy. They then wander into a Hooverville: a depression era

shantytown, where she is discovered by the police and returned to the

orphanage. Upon her return, Grace Farrell, Oliver Warbuck’s private

secretary, arrives and chooses Annie to spend the Christmas holidays

with the billionaire. He is instantly drawn to her spunk and grit.

Grace Farrell then returns to the orphanage to tell Miss Hannigan that

Warbucks wants to adopt Annie. Hannigan, along with her brother

Rooster, scheme to use Warbuck’s desire to adopt Annie as a way to ex-

tort money for themselves. Daddy Warbucks, upon realizing Annie’s

desire to find her parents, resolves to find them for her.

Adventure after fun-filled adventure follows. Annie ultimately foils

Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations and even befriends President Frank-

lin Delano Roosevelt and inspires him to invent the New Deal in the

process. She also finds a new home and family in billionaire Oliver War-

bucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell, and a loveable mutt named

Sandy.

MUSICIANS

Dr. John Ratledge, Interim Director of Music Susan Goode, Organist

Paul Looney, God on Broadway Director Adult Chancel Choir

Julia Marshall and Charles Prosser, Soloists

In observance of Labor Day, the church and Church Activity Center (CAC) will be closed Monday, September 7

and reopen Tuesday at 8:00 AM