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SERVICE OF CELEBRATION TO GOD Fourth Sunday in Advent
December 20, 2015 11:00 am
Pre-Service Announcements Mr. Mike Hayes Cantata Overture Mrs. Debby Trivett, Organist Mrs. Beth Johnson, Pianist Presenting the Light Cuyler Farmer and Reece Harvey Lighting of the Fourth Advent Candle Anne Watkins, Rhys Long, and Alison Pierce Christmas Cantata *Pastoral Greeting Dr. Ivan Peden Pastor: I greet you in the name of our risen Lord Jesus Christ! May Christ’s peace be with you! People: And also with you! *Carol O Little Town of Bethlehem UMH No. 230 Welcome and Registration of Attendance Children’s Time Mrs. June Hayes Giving of Our Tithes/Offerings and Prayer of Dedication Offertory The Holy Boy Ms. Joyner Horn John Ireland *Doxology UMH No. 94 LASST UNS ERFREUEN “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!”
Scripture Reading Luke 1:39-55 Mrs. Emily Jennings
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God! Homily “Mary’s Song and Our Song” Dr. Peden
*Carol What Child Is This UMH No. 219
*Benediction Dr. Peden *Carrying the Light into the World Cuyler Farmer and Reece Harvey *Choral Response Love Came Down (242) *Chimes of the Trinity *Postlude Mrs. Trivett
(*Please stand, as you are able.)
Participants in today’s service: Dr. Ivan H.M. Peden, Senior Pastor Mrs. Debby Trivett, Director of Music and Organist Mr. Mike Hayes, Chair: Council on Ministries; Pre-Service Announcements Mrs. June Hayes, Director of Christian Education, Children’s Moment Mrs. Emily Jennings, Lector Cuyler Farmer and Reece Harvey, Acolytes
MINISTRY AND STAFF OF THE CHURCH
Larry M. Goodpaster: Resident Bishop Ministers: Every Member of the Church
Dr. Jeff Patterson: District Superintendent Dr. Ivan Peden: Pastor June Hayes: Director of Christian Education Debby Trivett: Music Director Emily Roach: Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Toni Jones: Secretary
Esther Gitobu: Missionary to Cambodia Bo Houff: Chairperson of Administrative Board Mike Hayes: Chairperson of Council on Ministries Dean Norman: Lay Leader Rachel Dominico: School Care Director Marcia Sexton: Preschool Director
LEWISVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 6290 Shallowford Road
P. O. Box 305 Lewisville, NC 27023
Website: www.lewisvilleumc.org Church E-mail: [email protected]
Parsonage: 945-3301 Church: 945-3203 Fax (Church): 945-0925 945-4419
SUNDAY WORSHIP
New Beginning (contemporary): 8:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Traditional Worship: 11:00 a.m.
LUMC MISSION STATEMENT: “The Mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” The Book of Discipline 2012
LUMC VISION STATEMENT: “The Vision of Lewisville United Methodist Church is to provide love, hope, and faith to all through education, fellowship, and worship of our Lord. We encourage stewardship of our time, our talents, and our gifts to support our church, our community, and our mission.”
Children’s Church Schedule 8:30 am Worship Service
Dec. 20 June and Emma Hayes Dec. 27 Neal and Kim Roberts
OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK Sunday, Dec. 20 8:30 am New Beginning Service (Contemporary), Fellowship Hall 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Traditional Worship Service, Sanctuary 4:00-6:00 pm Christmas Caroling 7:00 pm Healing Service, Sanctuary Monday 6:30 pm Toning Class 7:00 pm Finance Team, Yokefellow Thursday, 5:00 pm and 7:30 pm Christmas Eve Candlelighting and Communion Services
Nursery Schedule, Dec. 20: 8:30 am Nursery: Shannon Williams 11:00 am Nursery: Debbie Jones
Nursery Schedule, Dec. 27: 8:30 am Nursery: 11:00 am Nursery: Lindsay Watson
GREETERS AND USHERS (8:30 am Service) Dec. 20 Gail and Heidi Sturtevant Dec. 27 Gail and Heidi Sturtevant
HAVE YOU SIGNED UP TO WORK IN THE NURSERY? WE COULD REALLY USE YOUR HELP! If you love to spend time with little ones and have an extra hour to spare throughout the year, please go to this link : http://vols.pt/sixdiH at Volunteer Spot to sign up for dates for both the 8:30 and 11 am worship services. Any amount of time you share in the nursery is appreciated, even once a year. Questions? Call Lindsay Watson at 655-3319 or email her at [email protected].
HEALING SERVICE: There will be a Healing and Wholeness Service with Holy Communion, prayers for healing for all who wish to participate, anointing with oil, and laying on of hands this evening, December 20, at 7:00pm in the sanctuary. Dr. Peden will preside. All are welcome to attend. We all are in need of some kind of healing whether it be physical, spiritual, emotional, mental, or relational. Come and be part of this more intentional healing ministry as the Body of Christ!
BLUEGRASS AND BBQ! Come celebrate Epiphany with Bluegrass & BBQ! The Williams Brothers will be playing at Pig-n-Out on Monday, January 4, 2016 from 5:30-7:30 pm. Bring your family and friends!
PLANNING COLLEGE STUDENT SUNDAY TODAY: If you’re a college student who would like to participate in College Student Sunday on December 27th, come to our planning TODAY right after the 11am service. Meet in Emily’s office (directly under Sanctuary). Pizza lunch provided . Also, if you’d like to sign up for other Bridge: Col-lege Life happenings, go to www.signupschedule.com/bridgecollegelife
Come join us as we spread some Christmas cheer! We’re going caroling this afternoon, December 20th. Meet in the old parking lot at 4:00 pm SHARP. We’ll carpool from there. We’ll conclude our evening with soups, finger foods, and desserts back at the Williams’ home (1590 Greenfield Estates Drive). If you’d like to join us or would like to help with dinner, please fill out the form below and place it in the offering plate or turn it in to the church office by noon
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_____Yes, we’d like to go Christmas caroling. There will be ______(#) in our group.
____ I’ll bring a crockpot of soup/chili, etc. ____ I will bring finger foods.
_____ I’ll bring 2 dozen cookies/dessert
Name____________________________________
Questions? Call Shannon Williams, 682-9278, or June Hayes, 945-3203.
“I would like to thank the members of the Fellowship Sunday School Class for the special card and also the bag of goodies. It’s nice to be remembered! Peggy Scales”
Catalyst News: Emily will be in the office Monday & Tuesday and working from home Wednesday.
TODAY:
º 4pm, Christmas Caroling
º Directly following caroling, Redneck Christmas Party @ the Williams’ home (1590 Greenfield Estates Drive, Lewisville). Bring your family, a $10 or less wrapped gift for Dirty Santa and food! If you need help deciding what to bring, check out the sign up on www.signupschedule.com/catalystvolunteers
STAFF CHRISTMAS LOVE OFFERING: Again this year , the Staff-Parish Com-mittee wants to give the congregation an opportunity to contribute to a “love offering” for the church staff of Ivan, June, Emily, Debby, and Toni. Today is the last Sunday left to contribute. The money collected will be divided and presented before Christmas.
END OF YEAR CONTRIBUTIONS: Federal law requires that all contr ibutions to LUMC must be either in our hands by December 31st or, if mailed, post-marked on or before December 31st in order to qualify the giver for a tax deduction in 2015. Gifts received which don’t meet these requirements will be gratefully accepted and credited to 2016.
Make Sure the Church – Not the IRS – Benefits From Your Stock Market Gains Did you know you can give to the church and avoid capital gains taxes at the same time? You can do this by donating stock or mutual fund shares. Let's say you bought 100 shares of XYZ of stock in 2001 for $1,000 and it’s now worth $3,000. You decide to donate these shares to the church. You receive tax credit for a donation of $3,000 in computing your annual taxes. And your $3,000 donation to the church only cost you $1,000. By giving stock shares directly to the church you avoid paying taxes on capital gains and the church, being tax exempt, does not pay taxes on the donation. The transaction is quite simple and can be handled by your broker. But you need to act before December 31, and it is important that you let the church office know in advance that your shares are being donated. Contact John Wells at (336) 945-3713 or [email protected] for more details.
CHRISTMAS EVE COMMUNION AND CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICES…..
Two services: 5:00 pm and 7:30 pm. An inspir ing service to celebrate the night of our Lord’s birth. The service will include music/carols, inspirational thoughts, Holy Communion and a candle lighting service that will touch your heart. Bring the whole family (we have a special time for the children), extended family and friends, and make this Christmas Eve a night to remem-ber. Don’t miss this wonderful celebration on this holy night.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP A SOLDIER? Many of you have expressed an interest in helping soldiers in need. If you would like to send items, please send them to Kevin Tiddy and he will see that they are distributed to those in need. Thanks for your help. Here are suggested items: gum, baby wipes, hard candy, puzzles/books, tissues, phone cards, card games, lotion, Chapstick, hand sanitizers, mechanical pencils. Kevin’s address is: CW2 JK Tiddy, 824th QM Riggers, Unit 61268, APO AE 09309-1268 .
6TH GRADE OPEN ARMS SERVICE PROJECT: The 6th Grade Sunday School Class is collecting products to make hygiene kits for Open Arms. We are collecting new name brand regular sized products to put together kits for boys and gir ls. Dona-tions can be put in the 6th Grade Sunday School Class near the Fellowship Hall or the blue crate in the lobby. See list below. Thanks for your help. Colleen Yarnell º deodorant, boys and girls º manicure sets (girls) º brushes (girls); combs (boys) º shampoo/conditioner combos º nail clippers (boys) (not separate bottles) º hair scrunchies/barrettes (girls) º Chap Stick º hand lotion (boys and girls) º backpack or knapsack (still need 8)
2016 CONFIRMATION CLASS: The 2016 Confirmation Class will be star ting in January. Generally, Confirmation Class includes 6th grade and higher youth. To make sure your youth is on our list, please call the church office, 945-3203, or email June Hayes at [email protected].
THE DANIEL PLAN is a groundbreaking healthy lifestyle program founded on biblical principles and focused on The Essentials: Faith, Food, Fitness, Focus and Friends. The program offers an innovative approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle in which people get better together by optimizing their health in each of these life areas. Each essential supports and influences the others, offering a practical step-by-step ap-proach for anyone to follow. This is based on a six-week series from Rick Warren, Dr. Daniel Amen and Dr. Mark Hyman. Learn how to eat healthy, exercise for a healthier you, grow in faith and make new and lasting friends. If you are interested in this life changing study, please join me and some of my friends from this past fall’s DP group where we will cook for you a POT LUCK DIN-NER filled with recipes from our DP cookbook (no, you do not need to bring anything to eat). This informational meeting is on Jan. 7th in Asbury at 6:30pm. If you have questions please contact Tanya Kivett cell 817-9984. (Check out the website:http://danielplan.com )
Sunday, December 20: Fourth Sunday in Advent 8:30 am New Beginning Christmas Worship Service 11:00 am Special Christmas Music and Worship 4:00 pm LUMC Family Christmas Caroling
Thurs., December 24: 5:00 pm Communion and Candlelight Service (Christmas Eve) 7:30 pm Communion and Candlelight Service
Sunday, December 27: Methodist Student Sunday at both services
Sunday, January 3: Epiphany
2015 ADVENT CALENDAR