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Welcome! February 3, 2019

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 “A Charge to Keep I Have” UMH #413 “Living for Jesus”

Joys & Concerns Rev. Jeffrey Ice

Prayer Response: “The Lord’s Prayer” Voices of Praise

Offering & Anthem “Find Us Faithful” (Jon Mohr) Voices of Praise

Doxology

Hymn of Preparation “The Old Rugged Cross” UMH #504 (v. 1, 2, 4)

Prayer for Pastor Tom Hindman

Message: “The Crown of Rejoicing” Rev. Jeffrey Ice

Invitation, Confession, & Pardon UMH #12

Communion Communion is open to everyone. Please follow ushers’ directions. “Rejoice the Lord is King” UMH #715 “Come, We That Love the Lord” UMH #732

Take the Light into the World Acolytes

Benediction

Postlude Pat Deighton

Piano: Marlene Cracraft

Have you received your contribution statement?

(see details on pg. 4)

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

Please lift your neighbors in prayer…

Concerns: Hank Howell & family; Peggy Bee; Mason; Sarah Chalela; Joan-Ellen; Kelly; Joe; Jean’s mom; divorce mediation; Helen Brauer; our country; Pat Grouix; healing for marriage; Joshua; Charlie Michaels; Doris; Rebecca; Mike Gruz; Bryce Vales & family; Norma Boffa; Megan Mattix; Janet Daley; Harold & Holly; Jeff; Lucille Austin; Helen Bates; Wink; Junior Pressnell; Brenda Plummer; Kristie Smith; Wink; Dick & Tina Durfee; Nancy & Jim Coloccio; Jeffrey & Lorelei Ice; Bob Simon; Robert Lloyd; Pat Schultz; Joyce Brewer; Jan Taegden; Randy King; Mark Gunderson; Darcy; Paul & Pauline Marker; Wanda

Sympathy for the family of Don Roberts who joined the Church Triumphant last week.

Joys or Concerns? Email: [email protected]

CHURCH STAFF EMAILs

General Office .......................................... [email protected] Barbara Mathias, financial secretary ... [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]

We welcome everyone including those who are single, married, divorced, crying new-borns, tired parents, and doting grandparents. We welcome those who are “just brows-ing” and those who know every hymn and praise song ever written. We welcome those who think the earth is flat, can’t spell, or because grandma is in town—you wanted to go to church. You have found a perfectly imperfect church filled with perfectly imperfect

people who worship our perfect Lord. First time guests - please pick up a welcome gift at the welcome desk in the lob-by. Once again, welcome!

Pray!

Congratulations to Hannah Hall!

Hannah landed a dance role for off

Broadway performances of Anne of

Green Gables, part 1 and 2. They per-

form at the “Royal Family Performance

Art Theatre in New York City. Hannah

recently graduated with degrees in Dance

and Communications from Marymount

Manhattan College. She was one of our

very own Scholarship recipients while she

was in college.

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SERMON NOTES—2/3/19 “THE CROWN OF REJOICING”

1 Thessalonians 2:19 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?

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Neighborly love As an ordained minister, Fred Rogers harnessed the power of television

to tell children they were loved — and to show them how to love others.

In You Are Special, he writes, “When we love a person, we accept him or

her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong along with the

fearful, the true mixed in with the façade, and of course, the only way

we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way.”

In a review of the touching documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? a

writer for Variety notes: “Rogers’ real secret was … that the call to love

your neighbor as yourself isn’t a slogan to hang in your kitchen with

flowers around it — it’s a decision you make at every moment, to view every man, woman and child on earth as

your neighbor. If you don’t see and feel that, and act on it, then you’re just another narcissist with a kitchen slo-

gan.”

Last October, when a synagogue shooting shattered the peace of Rogers’ real-life former neighborhood, residents

of all religions embraced one another as neighbors. Afterward, the Fred Rogers Center stated, “We long for a day

when there is no more tragedy born from hatred.”

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Enjoy a yummy pancake breakfast and help support our Boy Scout Troop 86 at the same time! Tickets are avail-able in the church lobby or in the church office during regular office hours.

NEW WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY

STARTING FEBRUARY 7TH!

Rita Nelson will be facilitating the

bible study “Discerning the Voice

of God” by Priscilla Shirer. Learn

how to recognize when God

speaks. Sign up in the church lobby or call the church

office at 727-868-6178.

Contribution Statements for 2018 have been sent out. Some that were sent via email bounced back as undeliv-erable. If you need a contribution statement and have not received one, please contact Nancy Hitt at the church office.

Starting February 6, 2019, Wednesday’s will be held from 6 to 7pm. The children will enter and exit at the Church Office entrance (door by playground). They will meet their teachers there and be taken to their classrooms.

We encourage the adults to attend Pastor Ice’s bible study held at the same time (6-7pm) in Howard Hall.

If you choose to leave the grounds instead of staying for the adult Bible study, please be back at the Church Office entrance no later than 6:58. Thank you so much for bringing your children to our program.

Join Fran Scerbo as she leads a group through the Bible on Tuesdays, 5pm, CE1. They are getting ready to start the book of Deuteronomy. Everyone is wel-come and can jump in anytime!

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A Minute with Missions by Jean Alderman

SOLVE is an organization that helps families meet the needs of their infants and toddlers. They provide clothing – newborn to size 6 (used in good condition and clean is acceptable), diapers, baby food, formula fortified with iron, baby bathtubs, booster seats, and layettes for newborns.

SOLVE loans infant carriers, car seats, strollers, highchairs, playpens, bouncy seats, and walkers to families in need. They accept donations of these items as well, used in good condition is acceptable. When the child outgrows these items, families are asked to return them, clean and smoke free. Cash donations are always welcome so that the more expen-sive items may be purchased when items need to be replaced or added to their inventory.

There will be a collection point in the church lobby throughout the month of February. This is one of the many agen-cies that the Missions Committee supports. We truly appreciate the generous spirit of our church family.

We are looking for someone to fill two positions:

Children’s Home liaison Boy Scout liaison

If you are interested, please contact Kris-tie in the church office.

The heart of the problem us usually the problem of the heart.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30 NIV

GETTING OLDER

Your doctor shook his head the last time you saw him. It seems as if you're always on some kind of medication. Sim-ple household jobs that you used to do with ease are beginning to be too much for you. You're not ready for this. You feel angry, upset, and a little bit worried. A Stephen Minister would like to listen and care.

Please notify the church whenever you or a loved one is hospitalized so visitation can be made by Pastor Jeffrey or a Stephen Minister.

Stephen Ministry by Tom Meier

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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 Bible study and discussion group.

Living Love (8:30am), Room CE10—Doug Doan December, January, February Our love for God: Trusting God; Glorifying God and Re-specting God

Searching Christians, Howard Hall—Chris Kreiler Study of John

The Christian Crusaders, Library/Prayer room —Josh and Shanah Moore Community-Living Faithfully with Others

Today: Sunday, February 3 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 Galileans-CE9 8:45am Searching Christians -HH 8:45am The Christian Crusaders-Library 10:00am Children’s Worship-CWC 10:00am Worship-WC 6:00pm Limitless-FH 6:30pm Instruments of Praise rehearsal-WC

Monday, February 4 9:00am Quilters-CWC 9:30am Flex & Balance-CWC 10:00am Morning Flutes-WC 10:00am Food Pantry Board Meeting-CE9 12:00pm Al Anon-CE10 5:30pm Worship Committee-COL

Tuesday, February 5 9:15am Prayer Warriors-CE10 9:30am Thursday Musicale Rehearsal-HH 10:00am Stitches-CWC 1:00pm Missions Committee-CE10 5:00pm Journey through the Bible-CE1 7:00pm Boy & Cub Scouts-HH

Wednesday, February 6 6:30am Men of Promise-BWR 9:00am Food Pantry Distribution-HH 12:00pm Al Anon-CE10 4:45pm New Chapel bells-WC 5:30pm Bellaires-WC 5:30pm Kids Connect with Jesus-FH 5:30pm Limitless-CE1 6:00pm Bible Study with Pastor Jeffrey-HH 7:00pm Choir rehearsal-WC

Thursday, February 7 10:00am Women’s Bible Study-HH 10:00am Stephen Ministry-CE1 10:00am Scholarship Meeting-CE10 10:30am Brass Quintet-CWC 2:00pm Pastor’s Bible Study-HH 5:00pm Trustees-CE10

Friday, February 8 OFFICE CLOSED 9:30am Flex & Balance-CWC

Saturday, February 9 2:00pm Milligan/LeFort wedding

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 FR-Franks WC - Worship Center

Please call or send a card to…

2/3 Larry Rosenzweig 2/3 Roger Smiley 2/3 Beth Trotter 2/5 Barbara Gardner 2/5 Terrell Hartmann 2/5 Chris Kreiler 2/6 Dave Curtis 2/7 RaeJean Fread 2/7 Natalie Lange 2/7 Janet Rosenzweig 2/8 Linda Foster 2/9 Alan Batdorf 2/9 Marcia Kometa

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 Sunday School 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!

Limitless (6-12th) 8:45a Sundays, Discipleship - Lesson: Covenant 6p Sundays, Youth group—devotion and activity 6:00p Wednesdays, Small Group Where young people encounter Christ in themselves and their world.

Kids Connect with Jesus Wednesdays, 6:00p (K-5th grade) Prayer, music, lesson, craft, snack, and fun!

The Encouragers

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.