Children's Sunday School 9:45 AM Drop Off in Pk Commons and Pick up: Preschool: room 51; Kindergarten: room 54; 1st Grade: room 53 Drop off at Chapel and Pick up: 2nd Grade: Room 214; 3rd Grade: 215; 4th Grade: 216; 5th Grade: 220 Youth Sunday School 9:45 AM Middle School: Room 207 and 219; High School: Youth Room (downstairs) Adult Sunday School 9:45 AM Adventurers - Room 201 Faith & Fellowship - Room 202 Girlfriends - not meeng this summer Wesley Forum - Room 209 Chrisan Living - Room 210 Wayfarers - Fellowship Hall (lower level) Chrisanity & Current Events— Parlor Adult Sunday School 11:00 AM Contemporaries - Room 210 HOSPITALIZED: CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY to: Carol and Bryan Kno and family on the death of her father, Shirley Kessler. • Youth Kick-Off Potluck will be Sep 16, beginning at 5:00 in the Fellowship Hall and on the Green. Wear your summer mission t-shirt if you went on one and share some stories and “God-sings” with the group. Middle School, bring a dessert, and High School, bring a side dish. • Angel Choir will begin Sep 19 at 5:45 in the Preschool Music room (downstairs). Contact Jillian Murray ([email protected] or [email protected]) for more informaon. • Living Generously is coming soon—both as a sermon series and study group opportunity. Beginning Sep 23, Pastors Gina and Josh will lead us in exploring ways to live a generous life. Stay tuned for more opportunies and informaon. • Discovering your Spiritual Giſts will be offered Oct 3 through Nov 7. Want to know more about how God wants to use you? Sign up on the website to be a part of this special group. hp://fumcva.org/class-or- study-registraon • Please mark you calendar for two Merry Makers trips: Oct 9th-Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; Dec 9th-Riverside Theater. More details are available in the September newsleer. Ministry Celebraon is TODAY 9:00 am to 12:30 pm in Kobler Hall. This event provides the opportunity for you to learn of the ministries and acvies of the church and find a place for you to connect and integrate with others in our community. Come check it out and celebrate the wonderful opportunies and experiences of FUMC. Children’s Popcorn Party will be TODAY in the Fellowship Hall aſter Sunday School. Come have popcorn and play games to celebrate the kick off of a new school year. Wednesday night dinners, classes and choir rehearsals all start back on Sep 12. There is a full lisng of classes and small groups available at the Expo and in the newsleer. Sign up for dinner and/ or a class on our website. Class signup: hp://fumcva.org/class-or- study-registraon; dinner reservaon: hp://fumcva.org/ event/1197766-2018-09-12-wednesday-night-dinner September 9, 2018 News and Notes provides weekly church-wide informaon (hard copy at Services). News-Blast shares informaon on weekly coming events and links (sign up on the tear-off to receive), sent on Thursdays via email. Open Door Newsleer provides all announcements, prayer concerns and ministry features. Hard copy available at church, electronic available on the Website and by link on the News Blast. Sunday School & Small Groups Special Events (visit: fumcva.org/calendar for full lisng of events) Prayer Needs weekly prayer list may be found at www.fumcva.org/worship/prayer/ Looking Ahead...
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Children's Sunday School 9:45 AM Drop Off in Pk Commons and Pick up: Preschool: room 51; Kindergarten: room 54; 1st Grade: room 53
Drop off at Chapel and Pick up: 2nd Grade: Room 214; 3rd Grade: 215; 4th Grade: 216; 5th Grade: 220 Youth Sunday School 9:45 AM Middle School: Room 207 and 219; High School: Youth Room (downstairs)
Adult Sunday School 9:45 AM
Adventurers - Room 201 Faith & Fellowship - Room 202 Girlfriends - not meeting this summer
Wesley Forum - Room 209
Christian Living - Room 210 Wayfarers - Fellowship Hall (lower level)
Christianity & Current Events— Parlor
Adult Sunday School 11:00 AM Contemporaries - Room 210
HOSPITALIZED:
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY to: Carol and Bryan Knott and family on the death of her father, Shirley Kessler.
• Youth Kick-Off Potluck will be Sep 16, beginning at 5:00 in the Fellowship Hall and on the Green. Wear your summer mission t-shirt if you went on one and share some stories and “God-sitings” with the group. Middle School, bring a dessert, and High School, bring a side dish.
• Angel Choir will begin Sep 19 at 5:45 in the Preschool Music room (downstairs). Contact Jillian Murray ([email protected] or [email protected]) for more information.
• Living Generously is coming soon—both as a sermon series and study group opportunity. Beginning Sep 23, Pastors Gina and Josh will lead us in exploring ways to live a generous life. Stay tuned for more opportunities and information.
• Discovering your Spiritual Gifts will be offered Oct 3 through Nov 7. Want to know more about how God wants to use you? Sign up on the website to be a part of this special group. http://fumcva.org/class-or-study-registration
• Please mark you calendar for two Merry Makers trips: Oct 9th-Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; Dec 9th-Riverside Theater. More details are available in the September newsletter.
Ministry Celebration is TODAY 9:00 am to 12:30 pm in Kobler Hall. This event provides the opportunity for you to learn of the ministries and activities of the church and find a place for you to connect and integrate with others in our community. Come check it out and celebrate the wonderful opportunities and experiences of FUMC.
Children’s Popcorn Party will be TODAY in the Fellowship Hall after Sunday School. Come have popcorn and play games to celebrate the kick off of a new school year.
Wednesday night dinners, classes and choir rehearsals all start back on Sep 12. There is a full listing of classes and small groups available at the Expo and in the newsletter. Sign up for dinner and/or a class on our website. Class signup: http://fumcva.org/class-or-study-registration; dinner reservation: http://fumcva.org/event/1197766-2018-09-12-wednesday-night-dinner
September 9, 2018 News and Notes provides weekly church-wide information (hard copy at Services). News-Blast shares information on weekly coming events and links (sign up on the tear-off to receive), sent on Thursdays via email. Open Door Newsletter provides all announcements, prayer concerns and ministry features. Hard copy available at church, electronic available on the Website and by link on the News Blast.
Sunday School & Small Groups
Special Events (visit: fumcva.org/calendar for full listing of events)
Prayer Needs weekly prayer list may be found at
www.fumcva.org/worship/prayer/
Looking Ahead...
September 9, 2018
Welcome to Fredericksburg United Methodist Church. We are glad you are here. Please let us know that you were here by filling out the perforated edge of this worship program and place it in the offering basket.
Today we begin a short sermon series titled “Our Hearts, Beating in Time With God’s”. We will hear a sermon from Pastor Gina Anderson-Cloud titled, “Laborers in the Field .”
We hope you will join us in Kobler Hall for the Ministry Celebration, too!
In our season of “kick-off” events marked by our Ministry Celebration today, we begin an annual journey for our church. It is time to reengage or simply engage in deeper ways, as vacations are over, and school and sports/activities schedules are now back in full-gear. In many ways, our whole community takes a deep breath and dives in.
The question for this season of transition and kicking-off is: “What are you diving in to?” Below is a challenging prayer to use in this season for our church and personal focus.
“Meet Us Lord in Unexpected Places” (based upon a prayer from Ted Loder)
Dear God of patient generosity, we know that our easy responses to your grace –
the quick prayers, the brief attempts to “be spiritual,” the shrug at sermons, the gifts of just money – leave us often impoverished and stuck.
In the season before us, we ask to be stirred toward something outrageously, wonderfully soul-satisfying. Slow us, calm the beating of our busy hearts, and ease us into being good Samaritans and co-laborers with you. Make us bold. Unify our purpose as family in Christ. And, in doing so, meet us in unexpected places. Be visible in our daily rounds and make us glad of heart in our tilt toward justice and joy, in our families, our work, this church and all our activities. You love us so much that you press us closer to your kingdom. Help us to attune our hearts to this grace. Amen.
Our Hearts Beating in Time with Gods: Laborers in the Field
Matthew 9:43-44
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