6th Sunday After Pentecost

July 16, 2017 Worship at 9am & 11 a.m.

*Those who are able please stand. Bold type for congregation to speak or sing.

Gathering Music For The Beauty Of The Earth arr. Joel Raney Welcome and Mission Statement Announcements Moments of Friendship– Greet One Another in Peace

*Preparing Our Hearts Lord, I Lift Your Name On High FWS#2088 (sing twice) Call To Worship Summer Interns

Children’s Moment Rev. Bev ( As the children come forward please sing, “ Jesus Loves The Little Children”) Song Of Praise The Wonder Of It A ll George Beverly Shea Soloist: Donna Ream Prayers of the People Rev. Rick & Tiler Bland Scripture Meditation II Corinthians 3:17 ESV Worship Through God’s Tithes and Our Offerings *Offertory Prayer: Holy is your name, O Lord. By your Holy Spirit

your grace and forgiveness is ever present. We joyfully receive your

liberating word with gratitude this morning. We praise you for your

goodness, and give your tithes and our offerings to the glory of God’s

Kingdom. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Offertory A Tiny Heartbeat David Nevue

*Doxology Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow UMH#95 *Scripture Romans 8: 1-2 Sermon Forever Free Rev. Rick Hymn of Response Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed UMH#359 (verse 1,2,3)

Benediction

SUNDAY SERVANTS: Ushers: Harvey Neel Pat Hanna Steve Hunter Bob Riggleman Liturgist: Drew Johnson Van Driver: Lee Godbey Hospitality: Barb Miller Greeters: Jeff & Cherie Austin ATTENDANCE LAST SUNDAY: 9am - 118 Sunday School - 71 11am - 95 OFFERING LAST SUNDAY: General Fund Offering Last Sunday—$ 7,432.51

The Family of Barney O’Field would like to thank

all of you for your support during these difficult

days. The phone calls, cards, visits and food were

all greatly appreciated. Our church family has been

a great source of comfort for us.

WELCOME TO LEWISBURG UNITED METHODIST CHURCH! We are glad that you have joined us to worship God and seek God's

presence. It is our desire to provide a place where you can experience personal worship of God and be part of a church family that seeks to grow in faith and glorify God. We look forward to meeting you during and after

the service. An infant, toddler & pre-school nursery is also available during both Sunday morning worship services and Sunday School. Nursery pagers are given to parents so that you can be assured that you can be reached at

any time if your child needs you.

Worship News= “Together Tuesdays” will be offered as a third Worship ex-perience beginning Sept. 5th. If you would like to be part of a planning team, please join us on July 18th at 7pm in Wesley Hall. This worship will be an outreach to our community and hosted at Hill & Holler Restaurant. We welcome Rev. Rick back on July 16th to lead worship. Also, we are so pleased to have Lara back! Thank you for sharing your gifts with your church family! Summer Interns, Mary Claire Ickes, Caleb Warden, and Tiler Bland will be in ministry with us through August 6th! Welcome them today! BIBLE STUDY OFFERINGS=

Life Group will be taught by our Interns this summer, begin-ning June 4th. All are welcome to explore weekly faith topics. It will be a delight to hear from the next generation each week.

Fellowship Opportunity= We have a new hospitality area! The hospitality cart has relo-cated to the narthex area near the Lee St. entrance of the sanctu-ary. We encourage you to come have a cup of coffee or tea and visit with your church family. Enjoy a space to visit. We hope you will come & have a cup of coffee and catch up with your church family.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Goal= $50,000.00 Current = $ 31,190.00

Youth Scoop= Huddle Bonfire Tonight

at Caleb’s Farm!!! 6-8pm!Boys bring hot dogs & buns!

Girls bring Smore Supplies! Catch Huddle Shuttle @ 5:30pm!

DO YOU HAVE A RISING 6TH GRAD-ER? PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH OF-FICE WITH YOUR CHILD’S NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER!!

Mission Trip is FULL!! We will be taking 9 leaders and 28 students! Wednesday, July 19th= Mystery Mission!!

Children’s Ministry= Summer Sunday School will be from 10-10:45 am in the Children’s Wing. All chil-dren will meet together (K-5th grade). Our summer interns will be teaching through story telling, activities and art.

We will not have Sunday School during the State Fair, August 13th & 20th for teens or children. See you on August 27th to meet your new Sunday School teachers!

Meetings= Finance Team will meet on Monday, July 17th at 7:00pm. Office News=

All Construction will begin the repair of the portico entrance on July 24th and we anticipate it will take about 2 weeks. During this time the entrance will be closed. We are making alternate plans for accessibil-ity. More to follow.

The Youth House windows project has been completed.

Sarah Hann, our Communications Coordinator may be reached by email at: shann268@gmail.com. Contact Sarah if you have news or information to be shared on Facebook or our church email.

The Preschool at LUMC is growing! Due to increased enrollment, we will be adding a 3-year preschool classroom for the 2017-2018 year. If you are interested in joining a great team of teachers, love young students, and have experience in a preschool learning environ-ment, please contact Shannon Lehman at (304) 646-1343.

“The American Red Cross has issued an emergency appeal for blood donations of every type. Please come out to donate blood and help hospital patients in our community. Your one donation of whole blood can help save up to three lives! Our next blood drive will be on Monday, July 24th in the fellowship hall.”

Missions= The LUMC Mission Team Golf Tournament will be held on Wednes-day, August 23, 2017 at The Lewisburg Elks Country Club. Golf hole sponsorships are available. For more information or if you would like to play and do not have a team, contact Harvey at 304-646-1517. All proceeds will benefit the 2016 Greenbrier County flood victims

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Lewisburg United Methodist Church P.O. Box 69 ~ 1133 Washington Street East ~ Lewisburg WV 24901

E-mail: info@lwbumc.com Website: www.lwbumc.com

Church Phone 304-645-2727 Fax: 304-645-7026

Pastor Rick Brown

Home: 304-520-4516 Cell: 304-482-5665

Email: RBrown9888@aol.com

OUR VISION IS Go make disciples Grow in love Glorify God

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Sunday School ~ 10am Worship ~ 9am & 11am

Rev. Rick Brown Pastor

Rev. Bev Colombo Associate Pastor

Carrie Honaker Director of Music

Lara Edwards Accompanist

Brittany Damon Church Administrator

Rhonda Kinder Office Staff Assistant

Darren Campbell Sound Technician

Brenda Fitzgerald Custodian

Teresa Bostic Shepherd’s Center Director

Rhonda Kinder Joyful Noise Program Director

Shannon Lehman Preschool and PMO Director

Faith Robinson Sunday School & Nursery Coordinator

Sarah Hann Children’s Outreach &

Communications Coordinator