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2330 South Jefferson Street
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2330 South Jefferson Street
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JANUARY 6, 2002
Welcome to South Roanoke United Methodist Church. Our mission is to bring persons to know the love of Jesus Christ, to provide opportunities for a growing personal relationship with God, and to provide biblical and theological training in order that persons may discover and develop their talents to serve Christ and share His love in our world.
ORDER OF SERVICE-11:00 A.M. + Indicates the people standing ENTRANCE Gathering Music Pachelbel How Brightly Shines the Morning Star As the prelude plays, please use this time for quiet reflection in preparation for worship. Chiming of the Hour Welcome, Registration of Attendance, and Announcements (We encourage all of our worshipers to please sign the registration pad as it is passed along the pew; visitors are requested to also list their address. After it has been passed, please return it to the center aisle. If you wish to join this church by letter of transfer or profession of faith, please check "wish to join" on the registration pad.) Call to Worship Today we celebrate Epiphany as a day that reveals the light of Christ in our lives. May we bathe in the glory of God’s light today and forever.Let us worship this day as you, O Lord, provide light for our journey of faith. May we see the light of Jesus’ love and mercy in our hour of worship. Opening Prayer O God, we come to you this day as people who crave a better life. For many of us the cost is too high. We think we want change, but often it feels safer to do what we have been doing. Forgive us our timidity. Help us break out of our stale, life-denying behaviors. For others today, life seems satisfying to a point, but we sense that we miss life’s vitality. Our love is not as pure as it might be. We base too many of our human ties on what others can do for us, rather than on what we can do for others. Let us feel the exhilaration of discovering life’s authentic depth. Give us the courage to begin anew - today. Amen. +Hymn 598 O Word of God Incarnate Munich Children’s Time (Children leave for Children’s Church. See * below) Sharing of Joys, Concerns and Prayers Concerns of the Congregation: Catie Wright and Brad Burleson Pastoral Prayer The Lord's Prayer Hymnal, No. 895 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. Offering of our Tithes and Gifts to God's Work Offertory Prayer Offertory The Three Kings Held +Doxology Hymnal, No. 95 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. The Scripture Lessons (O.T. pg. 690) Isaiah 60:1-6 (N.T. pg. 2) Matthew 2:1-12 The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Anthem Sing We Now of Christmas French Carol (Hymn 237) Sermon "The Guiding Light" Amos Rideout
THANKSGIVING AND COMMUNION Prayer after Receiving the Elements Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
SENDING FORTH THOSE SERVING TODAY: January Altar Guild Chairman: Natalie Rude Greeters: Bill and Liz Richardson Acolytes: Katherine Witt and Matthew Gregory Communion Steward: Mark Hall Communion Servers: John DeVerter, Bob Berry, Ken Witt Ushers: Captain-Gary E. Tegenkamp, W. R. Clemmer, Jr., Ellie Clark, J. Patrick Budd, Mary Peebles, Brett Marston The Altar Flowers are Given *CHILDREN (AGES 3 through 1st GRADE), may meet the acolyte to recess to Children's Church. Please ask your child to line up behind the acolyte who will lead all children out together. After the worship service, parents must pick up their child in the Children's Department; children will not be allowed to leave the room until their parents arrive. WELCOME! We're glad to have all who have joined us for this time of worship. Especially to our guests and visitors, we welcome you to South Roanoke and to our fellowship. We invite those who have no church home to make South Roanoke your church and add your witness to ours. NEXT WEEK’S SERMON, On Making Monuments by Bob Garner, will be based on Matthew 17:1-9. Please read and study the text this week. THERE WILL BE a meeting of the Staff Parish Relations Committee TONIGHT at 8:00 p.m. in the library/conference room. NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR WORSHIP: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 7:00 P.M. CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE. OUR NEXT NEW MEMBER SUNDAY is scheduled for January 20. Persons who wish to join our church on this day are asked to attend the new member orientation session on Sunday, January 13 at 2:30 p.m. in the Wesley classroom. If you have any questions, call the pastor, 342-4074 or 344-4437. THE AFTERCARE SOCIAL CLUB will meet on Tuesday, January 8 at 6:00 p.m. They will take the Social Club members shopping at Wal-Mart. We have currently collected $475.00 of the $600.00 needed to spend on our club members. If you would like to contribute to this fund please make your check payable to SRUMC and earmark it "Aftercare," and place it in the offering plate, or mail it to the church office. THE WESLEY CLASS is now taking orders for Pizza. Pick up date is February 2. If you are unable to eat pizza, please consider buying one and donating it to the Ronald McDonald House. Please see one of the Wesley Class members. THE NEW FLOWER CALENDAR for 2002 is on the bulletin board by the church parlor. If you would like to remember or honor a loved one by placing flowers on the altar please sign the calendar or call the church office, 344-4437, as soon as possible so you will be assured of the date that you would like. WE NEED PEOPLE TO SIGN UP on the Flower Calendar. If you would like to remember or honor a loved one by placing flowers on the altar please sign up on the calendar in the hallway by the church parlor, or call the church office, 344-4437. We want to be assured of having flowers on the altar each Sunday morning. January 20 and 27 are currently vacant. THE ADULT FELLOWSHIP GROUP will start the new year off with a day trip to the Apple Ridge Farm in Copper Hill on Thursday, January 10. They will leave from the parking lot at 10:00 a.m. and return about 2:00 p.m. with a stop at the Brambleton Deli for lunch. On January 17, they will meet for a catered lunch in the Fellowship Hall. Cost of lunch will be $6.00 per person. Bob Garner will be the speaker for this month. All are invited to join us for this entertaining time to learn the real scoop on Bob. If you would like to attend either of these events. please sign up on the board by the church office. THERE WILL BE a meeting of the Committee on Nominations and Personnel on Sunday, January 13, at 8:00 p.m. in the library/conference room. DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES for the February Newsletter is January 15. Send all articles to Joe Kennedy, or email to joesrumc@aol.com. NEW DINNER GROUPS will be formed by February 1. If you
would like to join a group or need to change your status, please call Terry
Wilkinson, 772-0490 or Colleen Marston, 9898-0623, by January 25. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: I pray that God will guide me
one day at a time in the new year. I pray that for each day, God will supply
the wisdom and the strength that I need. A GOLD BRACELET was found outside the church recently. If you have lost one please call the church office, 344-4437. THE HIDDEN VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is collecting Christmas cards for their Special Education Program. You may take your cards directly to the school, or you may bring them to the church office and we will see that they are delivered.
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