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NORTHEAST
N.E.
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
4000 Hard Scrabble Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29223-8548
NORTHEAST
9:00 AM Contemporary Service
10:15 AM Sunday School
11:15 AM Traditional Service
Nursery available at all services.
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THIS WEEK AT NEUMC
May 17, 2015
TODAY
David W. Day
Pastor
Gerald Watford
Director of Family
Ministries
Bonnie Riley
Director of Children
and Youth Ministries
12:30 PM Board of Trustees Meeting (Room 102)
5:00 PM UP!
5:00 PM Youth Group (Education Building, Youth Rooms)
5:00 PM Disciple I (Education Building, Room 203)
6:45 PM Disciple II (Education Building, Room 208)
MONDAY
6:30 PM Webelos I Den Meeting (Education Building)
7:00 PM Witness Ministry Team Meeting (Library)
Stephen Crowell
Chancel Choir Director
Sean Riley
Crossing Guard Leader
Azusa Bies
Pianist
Dale A. Purvis
Office Manager
TUESDAY
7:00 PM Long Range Planning Committee Meeting
(Library)
WEDNESDAY
EvAngel Newsletter Deadline
7:15 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Contact John Clayton)
10:00 AM Spirit Sisters Prayer Group (Room 102)
10:00 AM Women’s Bible Study (Library)
4:00 PM Deadline for Bulletin Announcements
6:00 PM Women’s Bible Study (Tammie Sloop’s Home)
Pastor’s Cell:
803.587.1682
Office:
803.736.6386
Fax:
803.699.1334
E-mail:
northeast@neumc.com
Web:
www.neumc.com
Office Hours:
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
6:30 PM Youth Small Group (Youth Rooms)
6:30 PM Making Sense of the Bible Small Group Study
(Education Building, Room 208)
7:00 PM Chancel Choir Practice (Sanctuary)
THURSDAY
7:00 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Panera Bread)
9:30 AM Mother’s Bible Study (Library)
6:00 PM Race Relations Town Hall Meeting
(First Northeast Baptist Church)
6:00 PM Cub Scout Testing (Education Building)
7:00 PM Crossing Guard Practice (Sanctuary)
7:00 PM Rooted in Christ Prayer Group (Library)
PRAYER REQUESTS
We are pleased to join you in praying
for specific needs.
Please write your request(s) here and
place this card in the offering plate.
Please pray for:
RECORD OF OUR
FAITHFULNESS
OUR SERVICE
Presence
9:00 AM
Contemporary Service
116
10:15 AM Sunday School
96
11:15 AM Traditional Service
110
9:00 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Leah Wigley
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Bonnie Riley
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Ben Riley
GREETERS
Joe & Martha Maynard
PRAYER ROOM
Bianca Brazell
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Judy Steinlin
11:15 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Emma Wargel
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Mary McMillan & Spencer Miller
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Clay McMillan
GREETERS
Mike & Patty Munn
PRAYER ROOM
Danna Griner
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Joel Parsons
COMMUNION PREPARER
No Communion
Pastor Only
Prayer Chain
Bulletin
Prayer Warriors
I would like someone to contact me
to pray over a more confidential matter.
Let us know when God meets your
needs so we may rejoice with you!
COMMUNION PREPARER NEXT WEEK
Judy Nutter
COMMUNION SERVERS
No Communion
COMMUNION SERVERS NEXT WEEK
Justin & Judy Nutter
Bonnie Dutton
OFFERING
OFFERING COUNTER
Duane Sirhal/Tim Chamblee/Larry Markham
OFFERING COUNTERS NEXT WEEK
Joe Watson/Floyd Hedlund
9:00 CONTEMPORARY SERVICE
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Ascension Sunday
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
MUSIC (As we sing you are invited to stand or sit as you are led and able.)
OFFERING
SERMON
“Oh Mountains, Pack Your Tress, You Are About to be Relocated”
Cyril Prabhu
Proverbs 226 Prison Ministry
CLOSING SONG
CLOSING PRAYER/BENEDICTION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Board of Trustees will meet today at 12:30 PM in Room 102.
The last UP! for the school year is this afternoon at 5 PM before we take a break for summer.
We will recognize our volunteers, send off our 5th graders and celebrate another great year. Come
join us.
The deadline for the June EvAngel Newsletter is this Wednesday before the close of business.
The Worship Design Team will meet next Sunday following the 11:15 service in the Education
Building, Room 208.
Please help Epworth students prepare for summer camp at Asbury Hills as they will need ten
“Camper Packs” which include: backpack, water bottle, bug spray, sunblock, poncho (not
disposable), laundry bag, journal, pen, or you may give money to Ann Payne or Debbie Watford
for items to be purchased. Please place your things in the box in the Education Building by May
24. Thank you for your contributions to a great summer camp.
You are invited to attend the next Race Relations Town Hall meeting on Thursday, May 21
at First Northeast Baptist Church, 311 Sparkleberry Lane, Columbia, SC 29229 from 6 - 8 PM.
The focus will be: "Accessing Ourselves and Personal Responsibility."
Emmaus of the Midlands Men's Walk #45 will be on May 21-24, 2015 and the Women's Walk
#45 will be on May 28-31, 2015. Anyone interested in information and/or an application can
contact Sandy or Duane Sirhal at 834-4219, ssirhal123@aol.com, or dsirhal123@aol.com. You
can also find additional information at www.midlandsemmaus.com. Emmaus pamphlets are
located in the narthex.
Graduate Sunday will be observed on May 31 at both services.
Graduate Night is Sunday, May 31 at 6 PM. We will honor our graduates that have been
dedicated members of our youth group at the home of Dale and Dawn Purvis at 707 Kelly Mill
Road, Elgin. There will be swimming, food and more. Please RSVP so we can be ready for you.
Bonnie Riley, 736-6386 or youth@neumc.com.
God’s Storehouse monthly food item for May is rice. God’s Storehouse is a faith-based
outreach program that assists the needy throughout the greater Columbia, SC, area. Staffed
primarily by volunteers from area churches, God's Storehouse provides food, clothing and
household supplies to our neighbors in crisis at no cost to them. Hours are Monday through
Thursday, 9 AM - noon. God’s Storehouse is located at 1731 Risley Road, Columbia, SC
29223 and can be contacted at (803) 691-1622.
American Red Cross Blood Drive: Volunteers are needed to help set up, monitor the sign-in
table and teardown. A sign-up sheet is located in the narthex. Help is also needed to stack and
move the chairs in the sanctuary following the 11:15 service on May 24. Contact the Church Office
if you can help. Blood donors can sign up to give blood online at neumc.com. If you do not have
access to the internet, please contact the Church Office to sign up to donate blood.
"If You Want To Walk On Water, You've Got To Get Out Of The Boat" is a book by John
Ortberg that will be the basis for a five week summer small group (June 28 - July 26, except
July 5 due to VBS); Sunday evenings at 5:30 in the Education Building. The book focuses on
issues related to improving Christian discipleship. A sign up sheet is in the narthex, for more
information contact Gerald Watford, watford@neumc.com.
A SERVICE OF WORD AND PRAISE
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Ascension Sunday
11:15 TRADITIONAL SERVICE
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
(As the Prelude begins, please prayerfully prepare for worship.)
PRELUDE (Acolyte)
“Shout to the Lord”
Azusa Bies, piano
By Darlene Zschech
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Come to Christ, that living stone, rejected by the world, but in God's sight chosen and
precious.
People: We have responded to Christ's call, and seek to be built into a spiritual house, a
living reminder of God's presence on earth.
Leader: Once we were no people, but now we are God's people, called out of the darkness into
God's marvelous light. Therefore we sing with the Church in all ages:
People: Blessed be your name, O God, our Redeemer. By your mercy we have been born
anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
(RUTH DUCK, U.S.A., 20TH CENT., ALT)
*HYMN OF PRAISE, No. 648
“God the Spirit, Guide and Guardian”
(verses 1, 2 & 3)
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH, No. 884
Congregation
A Statement of Faith of the Korean Methodist Church
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE/LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN OF PREPARATION, No. 397
“I Need Thee Every Hour”
Congregation
(verses 1, 2 & 3)
(Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are dismissed for Children’s Worship.)
GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY
“Be Thou My Vision”
Azusa Bies, piano
Traditional Irish
*PRESENTATION, No. 95
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
ANTHEM
Congregation
“People Need the Lord”
Chancel Choir
Words/Music by Phil McHugh & Greg Nelson
Arranged by John Purifoy
SERMON LESSON, Zechariah 4:7 (NASB)
The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
SERMON
“Oh Mountains, Pack Your Tress, You Are About to be Relocated”
Cyril Prabhu
Proverbs 226 Prison Ministry
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
*CLOSING HYMN, No. 389
“Freely, Freely”
Congregation
*CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE
*BENEDICTION
*CHORAL RESPONSE
POSTLUDE
“As We Go”
“Blessed Assurance”
* Please stand as you are able.
Chancel Choir
Azusa Bies, piano
WELCOME CYRIL PRABHU
Cyril Prabhu, founder of Proverbs 226, has a
heart for the children and a deep desire to see
youth reach their full potential. Cyril learned
that children with a parent serving time in
prison are far more likely to end up in prison
versus those who do not. With the dream of
freeing children from this likely “life sentence,”
Cyril created Proverbs 226 to be a support and
encouragement network for these children.
Through Proverbs 226, inmates and their
children have the ability to participate in
organized events & activities. The events that
take place inside the prison are geared
towards encouraging, uplifting, and uniting the
child with their parent.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Congratulations to Paula and Richard Glass
on the birth of their grandson, Eivin Alexander
Glass. Eivin was born on May 8, 2015 in
West Virginia. He weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz. and
was 21” long.
Welcome Guests and Members!
We are so glad that you are here and hope
you feel at home as you join us in worship.
We’d like to get to know you better.
Date:__________________________
Service
9:00
11:15
Member
Regular Attendee
First Time Guest
New Resident
Name(s)
Name(s) & Ages of Children
SERMON LESSON
Zechariah 4:7 (NASB)
“What are you, O great mountain? Before
Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and
he will bring forth the top stone with shouts
of “Grace, grace to it!”
Address, City, State, Zip
FAMILY MINISTRY MINUTE
Frank Laubach writes, "Christ is interested
in every trifle, because He loves us more
intimately than a mother loves her babe." So
often self-worth is built on the wrong
foundation- what we can do for Christ rather
than what He has done for us.
Home Phone:
Email:
─Gerald Watford,
Director of Family Ministries
UPCOMING SERMONS
May 24
“Let the Celebration Begin!”
Acts 2:1-4
How Did You Learn About NEUMC?
May 31
“Integrity Matters!”
Acts 4:32-5:11
June 7
“STEPHEN - A Man of Great Faith
and Strong Convictions”
Acts 6:8-12
June 14
“In the Midnight Hour!”
Acts 16:25-32
June 21
“Evangelism 101”
Acts 17:16-32
June 28
“Did You RECEIVE When You
BELIEVED?”
Acts 19:1-7
Desire to Know More About NEUMC
Desire a Call From the Pastor
Desire to Become a Member
Additional Comments:
MINISTRY AND PRAYER NEEDS
▪ Jenna Wilson, 5 year old cousin of Jane Scott in Mississippi, and her parents Jessica and
Jeremy. Jenna had a virus last week which caused a heart and lung condition. She has been
at the University Medical Center in Jackson since Friday, May 8. She was getting better, but
after a heart catheterization and MRI on May 13 she has developed a high fever and low blood
pressure.
▪ Joel Parsons, recovering from back surgery.
▪ Bernice Plunkett and her family.
▪ Corine Mitchum, who is at NHC HealthCare.
▪ Bonnie and Thomas McBurnett, both experiencing medical issues.
▪ Barbara Butler, recovering at home.
▪ Floyd Hedlund, undergoing rehabilitation following knee replacement surgery.
▪ Dan Gafford, recovering at home following a stroke.
▪ Our military personnel.
▪ Our missionaries: Tom & Emma Henry — Appalachian Mountain Leadership (AML), a
ministry based in Boone, NC, which facilitates Christian outdoor adventure experiences. Matt
& Jenny Williams (mattwilliamsccc@gmail.com) — Matt is a member of NEUMC, who works
as a missionary to university students with Cru with the Indianapolis Metro team in Indianapolis,
Indiana, which consists of two campuses, Butler and IUPUI (an Indiana University located
downtown). Steve & Stephanie Bredesen, in Nakalanda, Uganda, as directors of Eagle’s Nest
Clinic and Eaglet’s Primary School. Abbu, the Bredesen's neighbor, that he will either allow
them to drill a well on his land or sell the land to them so that they will have a fresh water supply.
Ben & Jenny Reyes: Ben, born in Puerto Rico, and Jenny, born in Brazil, have ministered in
Brazil and Paraguay since their marriage in 1989. They have two sons, Phillipe and Mathias.
The Reyes work locally in discipleship, leading Inductive Bible Study seminars, and teaching on
the subjects of church planting, mission to Muslims, mission in the local church, and effective
short-term mission trips.
▪ Salkehatchie families: Iris Edwards, Theresa and Buddy Lines
▪ Our pastor and staff members.
PRAYER FOR OUR FAMILIES OF THE WEEK
Monday
May 18
Gerald & Debbie Watford & sons Mitch & Matt
Tuesday
May 19
Joe & Lynn Watson
Wednesday
May 20
Mildred Watson
Thursday
May 21
Jimmy Wheeler
Friday
May 22
Todd & Kay Wigley & children Thomas, Jessica & Leah
HOMEBOUND AND ELDERLY
We are a family. As such we encourage anyone who feels led by God to visit those who are
sick or homebound. We also encourage your visits to those who are new to this family of
believers and to those have visited.
Lee Chandler
Bruce & Frankie Dodd
Sam Blaylock
Sabra Stewart
Mildred Watson
Pat Woodle
Bonnie McBurnett
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
The Prayer Shawl Ministry Team create shawls and other items for you to share with those who
need encouragement. When you give a shawl away, you are sharing the love and prayers of
NEUMC. The prayer shawls are kept in the Prayer Center if one is needed. Please remember
to sign the journal. If you need assistance, please see a staff member.
The Prayer Shawl Ministry Team