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2330 South Jefferson Street
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2330 South Jefferson Street
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PENTECOST
SUNDAY
MAY 19, 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 The Good Shepherd (Terri Allen and Joe Kennedy, handbells; Becky Kennedy, piano) As the prelude plays, please use this time for quiet reflection in preparation for worship. Chiming of the Hour Words of 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 "O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures" (Ps 104:24). "I will sing to the Lord as long as I live." "I will sing praise to my God while I have being." "May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord" (Ps 104:33-34). +Opening Prayer The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray: We praise your holy name, O God, because you have given us both Jesus as our Messiah and sent the Holy Spirit to sustain us in our journey of faith. May we rely on the Spirit and the teachings of Jesus to discern what to do when confronted by the quandaries of this transitory world. Continue to abide with us as we both praise you and live life in the Spirit. Amen. +Hymn 332 Spirit of Faith, Come Down Bealoth Reception of Confirmation Class Hymnal, pg 45 (Being received by confirmation are: Laura Kathleen Long, Isabel Walker Hopkins, Lucy Jennings, Katy Cain, Andrew Dorsey, Matti Hamed, Jimmie Jennings, Rachel Hope Wilkinson, Michelle Woody, Stephanie Woolwine, Tiffany Woolwine, Taylor Dayton, Sarah Kennedy, Anna Page Mundy) Children’s Time Ellie Clark (Children leave for Children’s Church. See * below) Anthem Come Build A Church Medema We gather in this place to pray. We do invite you come now among us; Come and build your church today. Come build a church with soul and spirit, come build a church of flesh and bone. We need no tower rising skyward; no house of wood, or glass, or stone. Come build a church with human frailty. Come build a church of flesh and bone. Jesus shall be its ware foundation. It shall be built by the hand of God. Let us see the tongues of fire. Let us hear the great wind roar. Let us know the awe and wonder, that we’ve only glimpsed before. Let us feel the strength of passion, which can make us laugh and weep. Let us know this great awakening. For so long we’ve been asleep. Let us know the love unceasing, which alone can loose the bounds. Reaching out across the chasms, bringing walls of hatred down. Let us taste the sweet communion, where the circle never ends. Hold us in the sweet connection, turning strangers into friends. Guide our feet in peaceful pathways. Teach us peach of heart and mind; peace with God and all God’s children; till we leave our wars behind. Surely joy will come and find us like a breeze that cools the night; like the rain upon the desert; like a candle’s gentle light. Offering of Tithes and Gifts to God's Work Offertory Prayer Offertory +Doxology Hymnal, No. 94 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! Sharing of Joys and Concerns -Natalie Carter Pastoral Prayer +Hymn 420 Breathe on Me, Breath of God Trentham The Scripture Lesson (N.T. pg. 119) Acts 2:1-6 The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Sermon "Empowered By The Spirit" Amos Rideout
SENDING FORTH +Indicates the people standing THOSE SERVING TODAY: May Altar Guild Chairman: June Tegenkamp Acolytes: Matthew Gregory and Hunter Miller Greeters: Dicky and Drew Linkous Ushers: Captain-Richard A. Linkous, W. Jackson Burrows, Brownie Polly, Mark Knopf, David Mundy, Walter H. Dickey 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, He Died to Make Men Holy will be based on John 15:12-17. Please read and study the text this week. THERE WILL BE a meeting of the Trustees on Monday, May 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the library/conference room. CIRCLE #5 will meet on Tuesday, May 21, at 10:30 a.m. in the Aldersgate Classroom. NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR WORSHIP: WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 7:00 P.M. CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE. Tim Dayton will speak on "Dreamers." EVERYONE IS INVITED to the Preschool Graduation Ceremony on Friday, May 24, at 9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. THE SENIORS’ DINNER will be held tonight, at 5:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL will be held June 24-28. "God’s Great Gallery" is our theme this year. We need your HELP! Please call Christy Nichols, 982-6611 for further details. PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE if you have a youth graduating from high school or college so that we can recognize them in the June 2 bulletin. IT’S TIME TO CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSETS again and just in time to help support the yard sale SRUMC will be hosting on Saturday, June 8th in the Fellowship Hall. The proceeds will go to support the Agape Children’s Ministry mission which Diane D’Orazio will be joining to go to Kisumu, Kenya in July. The Agape Children’s Home in Kisumu provides a future for 110 former street children who were the victims of the AIDS epidemic and abuse. If you have items you would like to donate to the sale, please contact Diane D’Orazio at home: 725-9886 or by cell phone: 797-9886. The church fellowship hall will be open the week before the sale for you to drop them off or call Diane and she can arrange for them to be picked up. We will need folks with some time and a pickup truck or van to help move items from Diane’s house to the church during the week before the sale. Also, people are needed to help price items during that week and to help sell the day of the sale. Please let Diane know if you can help in these ways also. Thank you!!!! THE COLUMBARIUM will be open for visitation on Sundays from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. except on days of inclement weather. It can be visited at other times by getting a key from the church office. Marge Dull has agreed to maintain records, order plaques and be of assistance to the Columbarium Committee. The committee of John Christopher, Dicky Linkous and Dave Burrows are available at all times to be of assistance to those interested. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Keep your conscience clear, so that when you are insulted, those who speak evil of your good conduct as followers of Christ will become ashamed of what they say. -I Peter 3:16 THERE WILL BE A MEETING for all those who have signed up to help with Vacation Bible School, and those who are interested in helping on Thursday, May 30 at 10:30 a.m. in the Terry Wimmer Classroom. THE CIRCLES OF THE UMW invite all the women of the church to their Annual Salad Supper on Tuesday, June 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring a salad or dessert to share. This is an excellent chance to see all your church friends and have some fellowship. LOCAL COLORS, Roanoke’s premiere multicultural festival will take place on the historical farmers market and Center in the Square TODAY from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. Join more than 70 countries in sharing their music, dances, fashion, authentic food, and children’s games. There will be a fashion show at 3:00 p.m. hosted by WSLS Lee Ann Necessary and our own Pearl Fu. Free admission! Come join in all the festivities. WITH THE SUMMER MONTHS APPROACHING many families will be away from church due to vacations, picnics, or other family outings. We hope that you will remember that the church expenses continue throughout the summer months, and that you will keep your pledge for 2002 current. If you are not sure where you stand in your contributions, please call Penny in the church office, 344-4437. REGISTRATION FOR THE FALL TERM of Weekday Preschool is open. Guarantee a place for you child by completing your registration now. Also, stop by to see the new bulletin board by the preschool in the hall behind the sanctuary. SAMARITAN GIFTS, which are received from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day, give direct care to deserving residents of Virginia United Methodist Homes. All gifts provide benevolent care. No Samaritan funds are used for operational, capital or administrative costs. Give today and help ensure someone’s personal security and peace of mind. You will find envelopes in the pew racks for your gift. MAY IS RECYCLE FOR SIGHT MONTH. Please help by bringing your old eyeglasses for the Lion’s Club. A collection box is in the office for your contributions during the week, and in the narthex for your contributions on Sunday. THE HILLBILLIES ARE COMING to Sunday school this summer. Starting June 16 the Aldersgate and Pathfinders Sunday school classes will be sharing Sunday lessons, only Jed and Clem could teach. Join us promptly at 10:00 o’clock each Sunday in the classroom over the kitchen. BEGINNING SUNDAY, JUNE 2, our summer schedule will start. We will have two morning worship services; one at 9:00 and one at 11:00 a.m. Sunday school classes will begin at their normal times. This schedule will continue through the last Sunday of August. REQUESTS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS are now being taken. If you are a member of SRUMC, and have a student who will be attending college this fall and would like to apply for a scholarship, please come by the church office to pick up an application form. The deadline for requests to be turned in to the church office is July 1.
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