Welcome! August 5, 2018 Order Of Worship Today s Focus · Welcome! August 5, 2018 Order Of Worship Today’s Focus Prelude Pat Deighton Welcome / Next Steps / Greet each other Tom

Welcome! August 5, 2018

Order Of Worship Today’s Focus

Prelude Pat Deighton

Welcome / Next Steps / Greet each other Tom Hindman

Please sign and pass the Register located in the pew. Guests please stop by the Welcome Center in the church lobby for a gift.

Worship in Song “I Sing the Mighty Power” UMH #152

Joys & Concerns Rev. Jeffrey Ice

Offering & Anthem Voices of Praise “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” led by Darrell Day

Doxology

Prayer for Pastor Tom Hindman

Hymn of Preparation “He Leadeth Me” UMH #128

Message: “Facing your Jericho” Rev. Jeffrey Ice (see pg. 3 for scripture references)

Invitation, Confession, & Pardon UMH #12

Communion Communion is open to everyone. Please follow ushers’ directions. “Let Us Break Bread UMH #618 Musical Meditation Pat Deighton “Holy Ground” (sing twice)

Benediction and Blessing Rev. Jeffrey Ice

Postlude Pat Deighton

Pianist: Marlene Cracraft

Start collecting school supplies for children in need!

Our Mission: To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Our Vision: A world of justice and mercy walking humbly with God.

Nursery (off of lobby)

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Welcome to a relaxed, easy going, meaningful worship experience. We welcome those in flip flops or high heels, wearing shorts or sundresses. Discover hope and a sense of God’s Presence this summer. The music and message are carefully crafted to deepen your faith. Today can be the first or next step in your journey toward heaven.

We extend our hearts and prayers to the families of: Ed Smith who joined the church triumphant May 20th. Jean Creamer who joined the church triumphant July 10th.

Sympathy

Practice The Pause When in doubt , pause. When angry, pause. When stressed, pause. And, when you pause…

Pray!

Please lift your neighbors in prayer…

Praise:

Concerns: Jonathan Musial; Helle, Moriah & Nicholas Munk-Madsen; Poul Munk-Madsen; Karen & Valerie Segel; Logan Segel-Riofrio; Heather & Dawn King; Gail Wesling; Chad Turner; Tami; Deanna Hope; Nicole; Susan; Sierra; Amand & Gabe; Matthew Webb; Kim Demeter; Betty Lou Lauer; Janet Hicks; Andrew; Don Tomko; Ted Lowenberg; Kitty LaCroix; Mike Deighton; Nick Graz; Jennifer; Corban; Joan Peters; Tina & Dick Durfee; Rick Barrett; Wink; Helen Bates; Joe Delandro; Tim Wendt; Ed Giel; Brenda Plummer; Bev Nehmer; Evelyn; Gene Rohrwasser; Joann Wall; Chet & Betty Kosko; Jerry & Lisa; Jeffrey & Lorelei; Grace & Leon Chalela; Steve & Nancy Ruegg; Alayne & Chuck Tiemeyer; Gail Waller; Gary Anan; Norm & Nancy Hoger; Sandy Brenner; Rocky; Kathy & Paul Mattes; Janet Lloyd; Doris Hepp; Shawn Allen, Bonnie Lawrence (Please note: the Weekly News is printed on Tuesdays so the prayer list is current as of that day.)

Joys or Concerns? Email: [email protected]

CHURCH STAFF EMAILs

General Office .......................................... [email protected] Barbara Mathias, financial secretary [email protected] Darrell Day, worship director .................. [email protected] Kristie Freeze, administrative asst .......... [email protected] Martha Beneduci, facilities director...... [email protected] Nancy Hitt, church administrator ............. [email protected] Pam Jacobson, parish nurse ....................... [email protected] Pat Deighton, organist ................................. [email protected] Pastor Jeffrey Ice ..................................... [email protected]

Donations to...

MINISTRY/MISSIONS

in memory of Sarah “Liz” Lovell by Judith Oliver

Additions/Corrections: 727-868-6178

In Memory

In Honor

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SERMON NOTES—8/5/18 ”Facing Your Jericho”

LOOK UP! Joshua 5:13-16 (NKJV) And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, “Are You for us or for our adversaries?” So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?” Then the Commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

KNOW YOU MATTER. Joshua 7:10-15 (NKJV) So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? Israel has sinned, and they have also trans-gressed My covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff. Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you... _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Matthew 1:1-5 The book of the genealogy[a] of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers. Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hez-ron begot Ram. Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,... _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

STAY CONNECTED Joshua 24:16 (NKJV) So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Thursday, August 9th, 10am, the Encouragers will gather in Room CE10. Pam Jacobson, our Parish Nurse, will lead the discussion on “Capturing the Memories” as we con-tinue our study on Experiencing Grief. Anyone dealing with grief of any kind is invited to attend.

Thursday, August 23, 10am, the Encouragers will gather in Room CE10. Jan Smith, one of our caring Stephen Ministers, will lead the discussion on “Recovery—It Will Happen,” as we continue our study on Experiencing Grief. Anyone dealing with grief of any kind is invited to attend.

The Encouragers by Ruth Lott and Betsy Triznadel

Thank you to all the Stephen Ministers, choir members and members of the congregation for your cards, flow-ers, visits, and outpouring of love and sympathy during my mom, Sarah “Liz” Lovell’s, illness and passing. My family and I were overwhelmed by your expressions of love. —-Joanne Kelly

Look at those smiles!! Heart to Heart had a great time at their Summer breakfast fellowship July 21st at Rams Res-taurant.

Don’t miss the next one on Saturday, August 18th...the restaurant will be announced soon. Contact BJ Hebda to make your reservation no later than August 14th. All women are invited—you don’t have to be a current member to come have fun and fellowship!

What do you mean the bills still have to be paid in the summer? I thought everyone was on vacation!!

Yes, church bills still have to be paid even in the summer-time! Is your giving up to date?

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Missions News by Ed Youngs

It’s “Back to School” season, and an exciting time for many. Howev-er, going back to school isn’t easy with approximately 2,300 Pasco County homeless children. Other families may be a bit more fortunate not living in cars or the woods, but they too may have difficulty provid-ing their children with necessary school supplies. So what can we do to ease the needs for those school chil-dren? No different than last year when Hudson FUMC delivered to Hudson Elementary School eleven boxes of school supplies. Let’s do it again!!!

School supplies will be received August 5th, 12th and 19th in the Church lobby or in the office during the week.

I recently read a book for a writing class I took. I chose to read Fanny Crosby, The Hymn Writer, by Bernard Ruffin.

I first heard of Fanny Crosby in church three decades ago. Sometimes during the singing time, the song leader would mention the hymn had been written by Fanny Crosby, who was blind. Some of the hymns written by her were “Blessed Assurance”, “Sweet Hour of Prayer”, “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior”, and “To God Be the Glory”. I’m sure most of you are also familiar with those hymns. I knew very little about Fanny until recently when I read the book by Ruffin.

Imagine being blind, going through life without sight, relying on Braille, electronic devices, a seeing eye dog, audio books, and other adaptations to make it through every day life. Now, imagine being blind in the early nineteenth cen-tury when none of those things were available. That was the world into which Fanny Crosby was born. Usually some-one who was blind during that time period was a helpless invalid, dependent on others. That is probably what most people expected of Fanny Crosby, who lost her sight when she was just a baby. However, her story turned out very differently.

Fanny was born in 1820, probably with normal sight. However, when she was a month old, she got an eye infection. The regular doctor was out of town, so another man claiming to be a doctor treated Fanny’s eyes with a hot poultice. The treatment scarred her corneas, which left her blind.

Fanny lived during the time when Christian music was transitioning from complicated, “heavy” music to lighter, simpler tunes that could be sung by people with little or no musical training. Publishers of gospel hymnals found “The Blind Poetess”, as she became known, was excellent at writing lyrics for songs. It’s estimated she wrote over 9,000 hymns during her lifetime. Publishers didn’t want to print hymnals consisting of hymns written primarily by one person, so Fanny developed pen names under which many of the hymns were published. In fact, she had over 200 pen names! Ruffin’s book is part of a series called “Heroes of the Faith”. Fanny truly was a hero of the faith, writing songs and tell-ing everyone she could about her Savior. Her songs have been sung around the world and are still popular in churches today.

If you are looking for a good book to read, I would recommend this one. (It’s available on Amazon.com).

Nancy’s Notes by Nancy Hitt, Church Administrator

A big thank you to Theresa Word for her hard work on the restrooms in the Church lobby. She gave of her time and talent to remove the wallpaper and paint the walls in the men’s and women’s restrooms. They look beautiful and we are so grateful for her servant’s heart.

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Connecting with a small group is vital to your spiritual growth. It has been said being in a group also impacts people’s daily lives. Don’t wait, get connected today!

Discipleship on Sundays, 8:45am... Galileans, Room CE9—Dave Smith Leadership of Women and Men in the Church The Women of Romans 16

Living Love (8:30am), Room CE10—Doug Doan June, July, August Divine Justice and Mercy in the New Testament

Searching Christians, Howard Hall—Chris Kreiler Meeting with Living Love August 12th will begin a study of John

Young Adults, Library—Natalie Lange “Simple” by Andy Stanley

Loraine’s class, CE4—Loraine Cors Gospel of Mark

Today: Sunday, August 5 8:15-11:15am Nursery (0-5yrs) 8:30am Living Love-CE10 8:45am Children’s Ministry-CWC 8:45am Limitless Youth class-CE1 8:45am Young Adults class-LIB 8:45am Seekers-CE4 8:45am Galileans-CE9 8:45am Searching Christians -HH 8:45am New Generation-Prayer Room 10:00am Children’s Worship-CWC 10:00am Worship-WC 6:00pm Limitless-FH

Monday, August 6 9:30am Flex & Balance-CWC 10:00am Morning Flutes-WC 12:00pm Al Anon-CE10 1:30pm Afternoon Flutes-CWC 3:00pm Beginners Flutes-CWC

Tuesday, August 7 9:15am Prayer Warriors-CE10 10:00am Missions-CE10 10:30am Food Pantry Board-CE9 6:00pm Journey through the Bible BS-LIB 7:00pm Boy & Cub Scouts-HH

Wednesday, August 8 6:30am Men of Promise-BWR 9:00am Food Pantry Distribution-HH 12:00pm Al Anon-CE10 5:00pm Limitless-CE1 6:00pm Zumba-HH 7:00pm Choir-WC

Thursday, August 9 10:00am Zumba-HH 10:00am Encouragers-CE10 5:00pm Trustees-CE10

Friday, August 10 OFFICE CLOSED 9:30am Flex & Balance-CWC

Saturday, August 11

BWR - Beacon Woods Rest. CE - Christian Ed. Bldg. COL - Church Office Lobby CWC - Children’s Worship Ctr FH - Fellowship Hall HH - Howard Hall LIB—Library OCH - Oasis Coffee House SU—Sunnyside Up WC - Worship Center

Please call or send a card to… 8/5 Ron Hawthorne 8/5 John Taylor 8/5 Ann Woodcook 8/6 Jo Ann Ash 8/6 Betty Schneider 8/6 Roy Sibley 8/6 Bob Simon 8/7 Doug Doan

8/7 Alan Wennerlof 8/8 Jan Hartmann 8/10 Irv Aber 8/10 Mary Bell 8/10 Bob Kruisenga 8/11 Carolyn Johnsen 8/11 Fran Scerbo

Corrections: 727-868-6178

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Connections - Faith, Friends, Fun, & Fitness

Heart-to-Heart Women 9:30-11:30a, 3rd Saturday monthly Contact Barb (BJ) Hebda 727-860-4709 Open to all women—faith and friend-ship blend together in a time of Chris-tian fellowship.

Care Givers Support Group 10:30a 3rd Tues of month in CE10 Contact Laura: 727-863-0176 Care for caregivers—a place to laugh, learn, share, and care.

Encouragers Group 10:00a 2nd and 4th Thurs, Rm. CE10 Contact Ruth or Betsy: 727-868-6178 A safe place to share your grief or loss of any kind.

Special Sundays (K-8th) Sundays: 8:45a Children’s Worship 10a Children’s Church

Thrift Store Hours: (727-863-6742) Tues-Sat 10:30a to 4:00p Donations appreciated—adult clothing, jewelry, small kitchen items, and some furniture. Volunteers needed, contact Laura, 727-863-0176.

Food Pantry Wed,, 9a - 12p, Howard Hall Serving households in zip codes 34667, 34668 and 34669 with food and spiritual nourishment. Donations appreciated.

Hudson Emmaus Men - 8am 3rd Saturday monthly Sunnyside Up Restaurant. Women - 11:30am 3rd Friday monthly Contact Dave Smith 727-247-9242

Exercise with Fran 9:30a Mondays—Flex and Balance 9:30a Fridays—Flex and Balance Contact Office: 727-868-6178 Cost? Bring a canned good for the Food Pantry!

New Generation 6p, 3rd Sat., Oasis Coffee House Shanah Moore: 607-429-8826 Encouraging and enriching the lives of young adults 18-35.

Limitless (6-12th) 8:45a Sundays, Discipleship 6p Sundays, Youth group—devotion and activity 5p Wednesdays, Small Group Where young people encounter Christ in themselves and their world.

Wacky Wednesdays: Kids programing—TBA

The Encouragers

Zumba

Cub and Boy Scouts Tues., 7pm, Howard Hall Contact: Russ Hagerman 727-364-4782

Prepare young people to make ethi-cal and moral choices by instilling the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.