Events of the Week Sunday, June 7

8:40a Worship, Sanctuary 9:45a Fellowship and Refreshments, Fellowship Hall 10:00a Sunday School 10:55a Worship, Sanctuary 5:15p FLAME, Fellowship Hall

Monday, June 8 5:00p Ladies Strength Training, Fellowship Hall 7:00p Mission Comm. Mtg., Benson House

Tuesday, June 9 5:00p Ladies Strength Training, Fellowship Hall 9:00p Youth Choir Tour returns

6:00p Women’s Retreat Meeting Wednesday, June 10

11:30a Lunch Bunch to Vinny’s after lunch we go back to the Fellowship Hall to play Dominoes 6:30p Youth to Laser Tag

Thursday, June 11 5:00p Ladies Strength Training, Fellowship Hall 6:00p Jr. High Pool Parties – Boys at Crossett’s home - Girls at Morning View Subdivision

Friday, May, June 12 5:00-7:00p Drop off and Prep for Yard Sale

Saturday, June 13 8:00a-2:00p YARD SALE 11:30a Sack Kids Hunger, BFUMC Parking Lot 6:00p Ladies Night Out, Fellowship Hall The June 7th Church Board Meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 30 at 7:00 pm

June 7, 2015

2nd Sunday After Pentecost/Holy Communion

P.O. Box 329 | 285 East Main St. | Buford, Georgia 30515 770-945-7438 (Office) 770-945-4161 (Preschool) | www.bufordfirstumc.org

June 7, 2015 GUEST & MEMBER REGISTRY

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**If you have any changes, please provide us with your current address, phone, and email addresses for your family.

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If you would like to join BFUMC today, please

fill out the membership card located in the church pew or you may call the church office

770-945-7438. Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Buford First United Methodist Church

The Mission of the United Methodist Church

To Make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World

Blood Drive TODAY 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Please take the time to donate blood. Summer is here and that means vacation travel, lake activities, and the need for more blood donations. Today you can give the gift of life!

WORSHIP PREVIEW

Subject to change at the discretion of the Senior Pastor and the Director of Music and the Arts. June 14 “What’s New with You?” 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 8:45 “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” (Traditional) Family Choir 11:00 “I Will Arise” (Shaw-Parker) Chancel Choir June 21 – Father’s Day “TBA” TBA 8:45 “You Are Mine” (David Hass) Solo 11:00 “You Are Mine” (David Hass) Chancel Choir June 28 “This Work of Grace” 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 8:45 “Sweet Hour of Prayer” (Hymnal No.496) Family Choir 11:00 “My Shepherd” (arr. Anna Laura Page) Chancel Choir July 5 – Holy Communion “Travel Light” Mark 6:1-13 8:45 “Eternal Father, Strong to Save” (Traditional) Men’s Chorus 11:00 “America” (arr. Buryl Red) Chancel Choir July 12 – Camp Meeting “The Real Deal” Psalm 24 July 19 – Camp Meeting “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” Ephesians 2:11-22 8:45 & 11:00 Musical Guests: “Church Street Station” July 26 – Camp Meeting “Don’t Be Afraid” John 6:1-21 August 2 – Holy Communion “Growing Faith” Ephesians 4:1-16

Choirs will return to regular rehearsal schedule beginning in August.

Please considered joining one of our choirs! There is a singing and ringing choir for every age and stage of life. For more information, please contact any choir member or

Mark Ridings at music@bufordfirstumc.org or the church office.

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“…but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your

requests be known to God.” Philippians 4:6

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and address of the person in need.

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Our prayer volunteers and staff will be praying for your request. Confidential

prayer requests will be given to the pastor only.

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Focus on Missions June Missions

SKH (SACK KIDS HUNGER) donations help feed children! The SKH request for June is microwaveable Ramen Noodle Soup! Donations can be placed in the red box located in the Fellowship Hall.

Blood Drive TODAY! Please be in prayer about taking the time to donate blood. Summer is here and that means vacation travel, lake activities, and the need for more blood donations. Plan to give the gift of life today! The Buford First UMC Tree of Life Garden (located across Moreno St. from the church) needs volunteers to help! Can you spare an hour one weekend-or maybe one evening during the week? There is a signup sheet in the Fellowship Hall, or see Suzanne Clegg to volunteer! Produce will be given away to those in need through Sack Kids Hunger and North Gwinnett Co-Op.

Attendance: May 31, 2015 Sunday School 63

Total in Worship Services 318 Average Worship Attendance 313

Our Record of Faithfulness for 2015 Amount Needed For Mission, Ministry, & Administration $599,996.00 Year to Date amount Received for the 2015 Budget

$252,922 Weekly need to reach 2015 Budget (based on YTD received) $11,569 Amount given on 05-31-2015 $12,884 Balance in Building Fund $4,661,897 Amount given on 05-31-2015 $510

1. The amount needed by the last Sunday in 2015 should be an aggregate total of our financial needs including Conference Apportionments as well as all other needs.

2. The Amount Received should be the aggregate total of funds received for budgetary purposes.

3. The CONSISTENT WEEKLY GIVING GOAL TO REACH THE YEARLY GOAL will change each week depending upon the amount of weeks left as offset by the gifts received.

James Adair Custodian Leandre Majerus Director of Preschool Sylvia Beard Pianist Hank Morgan Organist Sandra Casper Financial Secretary Mark Ridings Director of Music and the Arts Suzanne Clegg Director of Youth Susan Rosenthal Director of Children & Family Rev. Dr. Sondra Jones Senior Pastor Bradley Trammell Accompanist for Children and Youth Cindy LaTouf Office Manager

Announcements Today

• Blood Drive Today from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. LifeSouth has their mobile unit in the parking lot! • F.L.A.M.E. meets tonight at 5:15p.m. Rising 6th through graduates are invited to join us! • It’s time to plant seeds and plants in the Tree of Life Garden! The garden provides food for the Sack Kids

Hunger families as well as the North Gwinnett Co-Op. Use the insert in today’s bulletin to sign up and help. It takes a lot of hands to get this big job done!

This week and beyond

Summer Fun for Youth *All youth to Six Flags on Wednesday, June 17th.. Plan to meet at 9:00 a.m. and return at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $35.00 and the money should be turned in by

today. Everyone needs to plan on a $5.00 donation for gas and parking too. • Youth will play Lazer Tag this Wednesday. Bring $13.00 for all the games we can play, plus soda.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. and return at 9:00 p.m. All youth- rising 6th – grads are welcome! • Attention all Middle School girls! Come to a pool party at the Morning View subdivision pool, Thursday

June 11th at 6:00 p.m. – or meet Suzanne at the church at 5:30 p.m. to ride over in the van. Bring a towel, $2.00 for pizza, and a friend! Sign up on the bulletin board if you can make it.

• Attention all Middle School boys! Come to a pool party at the Crossett’s, Thursday June 11th at 6:00 p.m. Meet at the Crossett’s (6731 Tie Down Ct. Flowery Branch) or meet at church at 5:30 p.m. to ride over in the van. Bring a towel and $2.00 for pizza. Sign up on the bulletin board if you can make it.

• Youth and their families will go to the Gwinnett Braves Game on Wednesday July 29th. Meet at 5:30 p.m. for the 6:35 p.m. game. Tickets will be around 13.00 each! Sign up to go on the youth Bulletin Board in the Fellowship Hall.

• Yard Sale for Missions – Saturday, June 13th from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Church member Pat Pirkle’s home:

156 South Hill St. (Across Moreno Street from the church). Donations are welcome, but must be dropped off Friday, June 12th between 5:00-7:00 p.m. or Saturday morning between 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Pat is having us clean out her barn and it is FULL! Come shop for good tools of all kinds, furniture, and even sewing machines.

• Women’s Retreat Meeting- Tuesday June 9 at 6:00 p.m. at Bravo Mexican Grill. Call Suzanne Clegg at 770-945-7438 for more information. Anyone is welcome to come and help us plan.

• Ladies Night Out! Saturday, June 13th, 6:00 p.m. join us in the Fellowship Hall for a covered dish dinner and fun games. Bring a dish to share, and a game to play. All women are welcome! See the signup sheet in the Fellowship Hall to see who will be there.

• The Women’s Retreat to Twin Rivers Resort will be November 13th-15th. Come enjoy some time with a great group of ladies! This year’s theme is “Take Me Away-Find Rest in the Lord”. Donna Thomas and Beth Ritchie will lead our sessions. Cost is $110.00 for 2 nights, if you register before August 16th. After August 16th the cost goes up to $120.00. Turn in a $55.00 deposit to Louise Nauman or Suzanne Clegg to register. There’s information in the Narthex and in the Fellowship Hall. Hope you can join us!

• Missions: One of our missions in May was to collect deodorant, toothpaste, and All-Occasion cards for the inmates of Phillips State Prison here in Buford. We are extending this collection through June 28th! There are donation boxes in the Fellowship Hall and in the narthex. There are 1,000 men at Phillips. Chaplain Tolbert appreciates our donations so much.

Today in Worship

Stephen Ministry: If you would like someone to pray with you over the phone, discuss concerns in your life, or just learn more about the Stephen Ministry please contact Stephen Minister, Mike Casper, (770) 402-2425.

Mike will be on call June 7th – June 13th.

The Sanctuary flowers are given by Ken & Darla Hiltgen in honor & celebration of their 41st wedding anniversary next week on June 15th.

8:40 a.m. Announcements | 8:45 a.m. Worship Greeters: Alan and Carole Smiley Ushers/Acolytes: Pat Pirkle and Pat Stanley Sound: John Alford Nursery: Debbie Griffin and Megan Ritter

Please join us at 9:45 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall for light refreshments and coffee. Sunday School begins at 10:00 a.m.

10:55 a.m. Announcements | 11:00 a.m. Worship Greeters: Celina Countess, Sandy Gerald, and Larry Miller Ushers: Kevin Gohman, Tommy Lingerfelt, Eric Lynskey, and Dan Thomas Acolytes: Sarah Redstrom, Crucifer, Charlie Lynskey, Light Sound: Greg Jones Nursery: Debbie Griffin and Megan Ritter Children’s Church: Chris Close Altar Guild: George and Joan Moore

Children and Worship A nursery is provided for children 2 and under. You can find our nursery by going

through the door behind the organ and down one flight of stairs.

8:45 a.m. Children’s Moment Children are welcome to come to the altar for the Children’s Moment. Following the Children’s Sermon, children

should return to sit with their family for the remainder of the worship service.

11:00 a.m. Sunshine Church & Children’s Worship Preschoolers (3 years through Pre-K) meet in Rm. 105 during the service.

Children in Kindergarten through 2nd grade go to Rm. 203 after the Children’s Sermon, and may be picked up there following the service.

The Worship of God

June 7, 2015 8:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

The 2nd Sunday After Pentecost | Holy Communion | Liturgical color: White

Please place your electronic devices on silent mode and refrain from flash photography during worship. †Stand as you are able.

Gathering Thank you to Damien Turpin for assuming choir duties

while Mark Ridings is away on youth choir tour. Gathering Music (11:00) Sylvia Beard, Piano Welcome and Announcements Rev. Dr. Sondra Jones †Greeting of Your Neighbor

Praising

Chiming of the Hour Hank Morgan, Organist Leader: The peace of the Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Prelude “God, My Lord, My Strength” (arr. Mark Sedio) Organist †Call to Worship Psalm 138:1-3 (Hymnal, page 853) (8:45) Mike Rosenthal (11:00) Joe Best

†Hymn of Praise No. 154 “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” CORONATION †Affirmation of Faith No. 881 The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

†Gloria Patri No. 70 “Glory Be to the Father” MEINEKE Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen. Children’s Moment (8:45) Susan Rosenthal Vacation Bible School Celebration (11:00) Susan Rosenthal

Praying Congregational Prayer Dr. Jones O God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone. Save the community of your people from cowardly surrender to the world, from rendering unto Caesar what belongs to you, and from forgetting the eternal gospel amid the temporal pressures of our troubled days. For the unity of the Church we pray, and for the fellowship across the embittered lines of race and nation; to grow in grace, building in love, enlargement in service, increase in wisdom, faith, charity, and power, we dedicate our lives; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

Time of Silent Prayer ·Pastoral Prayer · 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 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.

Giving

Leader: “As God’s household, you are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.” (Ephesians 2:20) All: As God’s household, we are building and growing to the glory of God.

Gathering of Tithes and Offerings “Meditation on the Cross” (Mark McDonald) Organist

†Doxology No. 95 OLD 100th 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.

†Prayer of Consecration Dr. Jones

Learning †Reading of the Holy Scripture 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

Leader: The Word of God for the People of God. All: Thanks be to God.

Anthem “When We Are Living” (Hymnal No. 356) (8:45) Men’s Chorus (11:00) Chancel Choir

Sermon “What We Can Count On” Dr. Jones

The Sacrament of Holy Communion for After Pentecost (Please see insert)

Serving

†Hymn of Discipleship No. 332 “Spirit of Faith, Come Down” BEALOTH If you are joining the church today, please come forward during the final verse of the hymn.

†Benediction Dr. Jones

†Postlude “Lift High the Cross” (Lani Smith) Organist