Hearing devices are available in the narthex; Please ask an usher. † Please stand, as you are able. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF NAPLES, FL New Member Sunday Children’s Home Sunday Welcome to Worship Two White Roses... Have been placed on the altar for Fern Russell and Thomasine Skelton, who both passed away Monday April 24. Please keep their families prayer. Service for Fern Russel will be on Saturday, May 6, at 2:00 pm, followed by a reception in Barton Hall. Urgent Prayer Requests… Sheila Strenkert; Tim Vincent; Marlys Walker; Bud Brimmer; Marvin and Virginia Vollmer; Edie Sheibley; John Rains (Pastor’s Father); The family of Fern Russell; The family of Thomasine Skelton Also Please pray for… Our pastor, our church, our bishop, our district superintendent, the community, the sick, our homebound, and those in military service. Salty Service Red Cards are in the pew in front of you. Place one in the collection plate, if you’ve shown the love of Christ to someone outside the church this past week! Altar Flowers this morning are placed … As a gift in honor of Pastor Nancy and our church Regular Sunday Morning Ministries Nursery/Pre-K………………….10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ……………. - Mom & Me Room (back of the Sanctuary) Adult Sunday School………………….…9:00 a.m. Fellowship Class ……………- Parlor Soul Sisters Class …………………- Methodist Day School #1 Worship Service ……………………..….. ……………10:15 a.m. Children’s Church begins right after Children’s Mo- ment for Grades K -5 in Children’s Wing Room 101 Discounted Tickets! Classic Chamber Concert Our friends at Classic Chamber Concerts would like to offer discounted tickets to our congregation for the concert here at FUMC, this coming Monday May 1st at 8:00 pm. The ticket cost now is $60 and these would be discounted to $50 for our congregation members. Please contact Nancy Kerns to purchase your discounted tickets. [email protected] 239.434.8505 United Methodist Women Summer/Fall Lunches All women are welcome to come to our UMW lunches. Our first lunch will be Saturday, May 6th at 11:30 am at Ridgeway. These lunch dates will be once a month during the summer and early fall. Please sign up ASAP in the narthex so we can reserve a spot for you! ENTRANCE PRELUDE Be Thou My Vision Arranged by Dale Wood Arthea Brimmer, organ LIGHTING OF ALTAR CANDLES WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS and GREETING †CALL TO WORSHIP †OPENING PRAISE Raise Up, O Men of God (vs. 1&4) 576 Let There Be Praise (please see screen) PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION CHILDREN’S MOMENT Rev. Nancy Mayeux GODS WORD FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 GOD’S WORD IN SONG On Your Shoulders By Glover, Smallbone & Tjornhom Lee Kraus, soloist THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF THE APOSTLES 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 LIFE & FAITH LESSON Rev. Nancy Mayeux Don’t Be Afraid of Change...It’s Leading You to a New Beginning PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS Blessings Chancel Choir By Sørenson †DOXOLOGY 95 SENDING FORTH †CLOSING HYMN 585 This Little Light of Mine †BENEDICTION †POSTLUDE Take the Name of Jesus With You By William Doane Arthea Brimmer. Organ We thank Lee Kraus for sharing her musical talent with us today . Our Youth Need Your Help to Go to Camp! 14 of our children and youth want to go to camp this sum- mer at Warren Willis for one week. Some may not be able to go without financial help. It costs $420 per child. Please consider a financial donation towards our “Camp Fund”