I P Continued from Prayer List Cory & Rachel Ives United … · 2020. 3. 13. · “My Life Is in You, Lord” Daniel Gardner Announcements Pastor’s Time with the Young hurch Prayer

Continued from Prayer List

OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS Coordinator: Lynne Gohn Briona Carrier - WSCC Nate Carrier - Poland Emma Fountain - CMU Luke Fountain - Kalamazoo College Zachary Genter - Mich Tech Noa Gohn - GVSU Rachel Gohn - Cornerstone U Kayla Gottwald - GVSU

Adult Sunday School for March 22: Claim the power of Scrip-ture to combat temptation in our lives.

Books and Beyond: Our last book was Where Do We Go From Here, Chaos or Community by Martin Luther King. Our next, Vital Voices by Alyse Nelson. We meet the third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm at the church… Sometimes we don’t finish our discus-sion in one session… Sometimes “the Beyond” takes over… We enjoy fellowship… Our next meeting is March 17, 2020. Interested in joining us...call Luella Burke, 845-1789, or just show up. Be warned...we are not real formal!

IMMEDIATE PRAYERS

Family of Marie Possehn Family of Ron Stocking Family of Rosie Abrahamson NURSING/ADULT CARE Eldred Chavalia Myra Easton Sharon Fusari, Virginia Dave Hullinger Phil Hunt Sherry Johnson Nancy Kelley Tom McCumber, Jr. Dick & Donna Nelson Ruthie Peterson Marian Riffle Roland Vandenheuvel Ellie Westcott Matthew Wilson, Oklahoma

MARC: Alaska Ministries, Collier & Allyson Hard HAITI: Baudin School, Baudin Methodist Church, Ranquitte Methodist Church and Pastor Odeles Du Rosier, Anchor of Hope & Dawn & Bob Brown

ZAMBIA: Soweto-Kapisha UMC, Pastor Bernard & Betty Lumene & Lord’s Mountain Orphanage, Bwafwano Care Project and Minerva Phiri

HENDERSON SETTLEMENT IN NEED OF PRAYER Bill Alexander Nancy and Jim Anderson Brenda Begnoche Bill Bromley Glen & Julie Bromley

Allan Carlson Jim Carey & Family Deborah Chrystal Vi DeMeester Anne Estle

John & Kathy Fletcher Mike & Cindy Genter Gregg Heimall Erv & Katherine Johnson Bob Jones Sue Major Mike Masunas Stan McCallum Ken McClellan Maralee & Ed McCumber Karie Morack Sean Nelson Judy Penrod Dave & Donna Peterson Bob Rasch Bea Riffle Toni Rumsey Sandy & Tami Sgro Ed Sanborn Ted Schwass Janice Soper Dale Swanson Betty Tabor Stub Willick Linda Wolven Barb Woodworth

OUR MILITARY PEOPLE SrA Joseph Archer, TX S SGT Daniel J. Cook, NC Kevin D. Coyne, deployed CS2nd Class Emily Gibson, VA Matthew Heard, deployed Ensign Gregory Heimall III, VA Melody Houk, CA Staff Sgt. Jacob Hunt, VA Catherine McNaughton, AK SPC Christopher Myer, KY Paul Nickelson, MI

United Methodist Church of Ludington

5810 Bryant Rd.. -- Ludington, Michigan 49431

(231) 843-8340 -- Email: [email protected]

Web site: www.ludingtonumc.org

SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020

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Cory & Rachel Ives - U of M Ana McCallum, Spring Arbor Breanna McMaster - Harrisburg College, PA Jordyn Sanders - U of M Tristan Scribner - Ferris Mallory Shinn - Hope College Meredith Sparks - CMU Emma Taranko - GVSU Rachel Verbus - Towson U, MD

March 2020 General Fund

Giving

Need Amount given

March 1, 2020 $7,000.00 $18,812.00

March 8, 2020 $7,000.00 $10,781.00

March 15, 2020 $7,000.00

March 22, 2020 $7,000.00

March 29, 2020 $7,000.00

9:30 AM Order of Worship

Opening Praise Songs “Days of Elijah” Robin Mark “My Life Is in You, Lord” Daniel Gardner Announcements Pastor’s Time with the Young Church Prayer Time Offering Our Gifts Excerpt from “Moonlight Sonata” Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven Played by Bella Gasaway Old Testament Reading Exodus 17:1-7 New Testament Reading Romans 5:1-11 Gospel John 4:5-42 Message “Shocked?” Pastor Dennis Praise Song “My Redeemer Lives” Reuben Morgan Benediction

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Our Church Vision Statement: Believers seeking and sharing the character of Christ

Pastor: Rev. Dennis B. Bromley

Office Managers: Rev. Laurie McKinven-Copus and Rev. Judy Downing

Director of Christian Education: Rev. Judy Downing Youth Directors: Cindy Cooper and George Faust

Music Director: Rebecca Sopha Handbell Choir Director: Carleen Shinn

Accompanist: Rogene Lathouwers Nursery: Renia Carrier, Rachel Faust, Roseann Shook

11:00 AM Order of Worship

Prelude “Prelude in a minor” J. S. Bach Welcome and Announcements Please sign the attendance pad at the end of the pew and pass it down the pew. Thank you. Opening Prayer Lynne Gohn The Psalter Psalm 95 Hymnal p. 814 *Hymn “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” Hymnal #89 Old Testament Reading Exodus 17:1-7 Pew Bible p. 87 New Testament Reading Romans 5:1-11 Pew Bible p. 1373 Anthem “Swing Low/Deep River” Brenda Austin Handbell Choir Prayer Time Pastoral Prayer The Lord’s Prayer (on screen) Giving of our Gifts Offertory “Sarabande” G. F. Handel Prayer of Dedication *Hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” Hymnal #298 Gospel Reading John 4:5-42 Pew Bible p. 1293 Message “Shocked?” Pastor Dennis *Hymn “Rescue the Perishing” Hymnal #591 *Benediction *Postlude “Great Is the Lord” arr., John Innes *Please stand if able

This Week at Church Today, March 15 9:15-12:15 Nursery 9:30-11:00 am Coffee & Fellowship 9:30 am Contemporary Worship & Sunday School 11:00 am Traditional Worship 5:00 pm Legacy Monday, March 16 10:00 am Women’s Closed AA, Flower Ministry 5:30 pm Cub Den Tuesday, March 17 9:30 am Intercessory Prayer 11:30 am Ladies’ Lunch at Luciano’s 5:00 pm Bell Choir Rehearsal, Webelos 6:30 pm Books and Beyond Wednesday, March 18 9:00 am Rug Ladies 10:00 am Women’s Closed AA 11:00 am Worship Committee 5:30 pm Cub Den 6:00 pm Catered Dinner 7:04 pm Pastor’s Study Thursday, March 19 7:30 am Men’s Emmaus 4th Day 10:00 am Women’s Bible Study in 4th-5th Grade Room 11:00 am Mediation in Library 1:00 pm Women’s Emmaus 4th Day 6:30-8:30 pm Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association 7:00 pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal 8:00 pm Praise Choir Rehearsal Friday, March 20 10:00 am Women’s Closed AA 7:00 pm Cornerstone University Chorale Concert Sunday, March 22 UMCOR Sunday 9:15-12:15 Nursery 9:30-11:00 am Coffee & Fellowship 9:30 am Contemporary Worship & Sunday School 11:00 am Traditional Worship 12:30 pm Visioning Committee 5:00-7:00 pm Legacy

Mark your calendars now for Vacation Bible School, 5:30-7:30 pm Monday, August 3 through Thursday, August 6 (no Friday), here at the church. Working meeting dates are March 10, April 14, May 12, May 26, June 9, June 23, July 14 and July 28 at 4 pm. As you already know, we need your help!

Cornerstone University Chorale Friday, March 20, 7:00 pm, here at our church

We are very blessed to host these wonderful young people in con-cert at our church. Mark your calendars now; you won’t want to miss this special evening of Gospel music. It will be such a joy to meet these young men and women who are so dedicated to their music, their studies, and their faith. A free will offering will be taken to help with their travel expenses. Our choir will provide a light supper for the Chorale, and we have host people providing for their overnight stay and breakfast before they return home. Please help by telling your friends and neighbors about this con-cert, and let’s fill the sanctuary! Ladies of the church, be sure to set aside time for yourself to at-tend the UMW Lenten Breakfast on Saturday, March 28 at 9:30 am. Breakfast, as always, will be delicious (yes, including Jane's famous sticky buns once again), and the visiting and fellowship are always a treat! Susan Wirgau, our district UMW President, has graciously accepted our invitation to share a message. So we hope you will be able to attend this year, and bring a guest! All ages of women are welcome, from Middle School to 90+! Please sign up in the church office by Wednesday, March 25 if possible. We want to have ample food for all who plan to attend! Don’t let a lack of reservation keep you away, however!

Interior Design Needed in the Narthex Creative minds needed to think outside the box and update the

narthex. Would you like to join a team to help redesign and make the narthex more welcoming and fun? If you want to join the

party, call Donna Possehn at 231-690-1647 for more info. Thanks for helping!

The Altar Guild invites you to provide flowers for the narthex on Easter morning. Please fill out

the form below and return it to the church office or place it in the offering plate with your pay-

ment by March 29.

Easter Lilies Single (6”) ___$16.95 Double (9”) ___$26.50 Triple (10”) ___$33.50

Tulips (6”) ___$13.00

Daffodils (6”) ___$13.00

Hyacinth (6”) ___$13.00

Azaleas (6”) ___$28.00

Hydrangeas 6 inch ___$28.00 8 inch ___$36.00

Given by: _________________________________________________________ In Memory of __________________________________________________________ In Honor of ___________________________________________________________

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Do you remember One Great Hour of Sharing? Now it’s called UMCOR Sunday. It’s a special offering of The United Method-ist Church; one which provides overhead and other administra-tive expenses of UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Re-lief) so that when you give to a disaster through UMCOR, 100% of your donation goes to that disaster relief. A recent article in michiganumc.org says, “The special offering received on UMCOR Sunday helps support the small but impact-ful UMCOR staff who are specialists in disaster response and recovery. Funds also ensure training for emergency response co-ordinators, construction volunteers, and case managers who assist victims of disasters, chain saw gangs and sheetrock installers.” When there is a flood, earthquake, tsunami or any other cata-strophic event, UMCOR is there to provide a great variety of ser-vices tailored to the needs of that population. It’s as if you were right there, sifting through rubble, bringing clean water, fixing a damaged roof, cleaning up messes, providing case management.. Read more about it at https://www.umcor.org, and please give to UMCOR Sunday on March 22. “I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me. I was naked and you gave me clothes to wear. I was sick and you took care of me. I was in prison and you visited me” (Matthew 25:35-36, CEB.)

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Pastor Dennis’ Questions for the Week of March 15, 2020: When was I shocked when someone listened to my story?

Who has offered me hope when I felt hopeless?

How have I benefited by having a conversation with a stranger?