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NORTHEAST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
October 19, 2014
9:00 A.M. Contemporary Service
10:15 A.M. Sunday School
11:15 A.M. Traditional Service
Nursery available at all services.
THIS WEEK AT NEUMC
TODAY
12:30 PM Grace Small Group (Room 102)
4:15 PM Children's Choir (Sanctuary)
5:00 PM UP!
5:00 PM Youth Group (Education Building)
5:00 PM Disciple I (Education Building, Room 203)
David W. Day
Pastor
Gerald Watford
Director of Family Ministries
5:30 PM Son of God (Education Building, Room 216)
5:30 PM Becoming a Woman of Excellence (Library)
5:30 PM PLACE (Education Building, Room 207)
5:30 PM Financial Peace University (Education Building)
6:45 PM Disciple II (Education Building, Room 208)
Bonnie Riley
Director of Children Ministries
Erich Wiegner
Director of Youth Ministries
6:45 PM Love and Logic (Room 102)
MONDAY
EvAngel Newsletter Deadline
6:30 PM Strength and Honor (Room 102)
6:30 PM Webelos I (Education Building)
Lawrence Abernathy
Director of Music
Sean Riley
Crossing Guard Leader
Ka-Young Lee
Pianist
TUESDAY
7:00 PM Long Range Planning Committee Meeting
(Library)
WEDNESDAY
7:15 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Contact John Clayton)
10:00 AM Spirit Sisters Prayer Group (Room 102)
10:00 AM The True Nature of God (Education Building)
Dale A. Purvis
Office Manager
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)
4000 Hard Scrabble Road
Columbia, South Carolina
29223-8548
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 Study (Education Building)
7:00 PM Chancel Choir (Sanctuary)
THURSDAY
7:00 AM Men’s Prayer Group (Panera Bread)
9:30 AM MOPS (Room 102)
7:00 PM Crossing Guard (Riley's Home)
7:00 PM Rooted in Christ Prayer Group (Library)
7:00 PM Cub Scout Pack Meeting (Sanctuary)
PRAYER REQUESTS
We are pleased to join you in praying
for specific needs.
RECORD OF OUR
FAITHFULNESS
OUR SERVICE
Presence
Please write your request(s) here and
place this card in the offering plate.
Please pray for:
9:00 AM Contemporary Service
10:15 AM Sunday School
11:15 AM Traditional Service
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9:00 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Ben Riley
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Joy Fink
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Marvin Rogers
GREETERS
Ann Payne & Debbie Watford
NURSERY
Bianca Brazell
NURSERY NEXT WEEK
Lexie Clayton
PRAYER ROOM
Chastity Cherubin
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Inez McLaurin
11:15 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Caroline Nutter
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Mary McMillan & Spencer Miller
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Clay McMillan
GREETERS
Debbie Watford & Annie Day
NURSERY
Catherine Lippert
NURSERY NEXT WEEK
Kay Mein
Pastor Only
Prayer Chain
Bulletin
Prayer Warriors
I would like someone to contact me
to pray over a more confidential matter.
PRAYER ROOM
Jane Herbig
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Jennifer Breazeale
COMMUNION PREPARERS
Mike & Patty Munn
COMMUNION PREPARER NEXT WEEK
Judy Nutter
COMMUNION SERVERS
Mike & Patty Munn
Annie Day
COMMUNION SERVERS NEXT WEEK
Larry & Danna Griner
Jane DeCristofaro
BOTH SERVICES
OFFERING COUNTERS
Stan Luallin & Duane Scott
OFFERING COUNTERS NEXT WEEK
Dianne Markham & Thomas McBurnett
ALTAR FLOWERS
Let us know when God meets your
needs so we may rejoice with you!
Today’s flowers are dedicated
to the Glory of God.
9:00 CONTEMPORARY SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MUSIC
(As we sing you are invited to stand or sit as you are led and able.)
OFFERING
SERMON
"Follow Me!" (Part Two)
Pastor Day
COMMUNION
(Wine and grape juice are used for communion. Center chalice is grape juice.
Gluten free wafers are also available.)
CLOSING SONG
CLOSING PRAYER/BENEDICTION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The deadline for the November EvAngel Newsletter is tomorrow before the close of business.
The Long Range Planning Committee will meet Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM in the library.
The Columbia Community Orchestra will perform a free concert on Monday, October 27 at
7:15 PM in the sanctuary.
A Men's Kairos Weekend Retreat will be held at Broad River Correctional Institute, October
23-26. It takes much prayer, a large team (inside and outside), detailed planning, help with
finances and a lot of cookies. While the weekend retreat is for the 42 participants, all inmates,
correctional officers and support staff receive a bag of cookies each day. These bags of cookies
are a simple way to show Christ’s love during the weekend. They represent the unconditional
love that Christ teaches us. You will have an opportunity to assist us with this endeavor by
baking a batch of cookies. Many of the inmates never receive anything from the outside. All
of them look forward to the Kairos cookies. A sign up sheet and containers are available in the
narthex. Cookies need to be dropped off by noon on Wednesday, October 22. Point of contact
is Pastor Day.
This year’s Out of Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention will be held on October 26
at 2 PM at Columbia Riverfront Park. If you would like to join the Northeast UMC Team,
we would love to have you walk with us! The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
(AFSP) is at the forefront of research, education and prevention initiatives designed to
reduce loss of life from suicide. With more than 38,000 lives lost each year in the U.S.
(and over one million worldwide), the importance of AFSP's mission has never been greater.
Let us strive to give hope to those who feel desperately hopeless. Join our team at
http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=73410. Our goal
is $300.00. Please contact Debbie Watford if you have any questions. (dwatford@nexsenpruet.com)
The Angel Tree Christmas Party will be held on Saturday, December 13. There are many
areas where assistance is needed to support this ministry. Please visit the church website at
www.neumc.com and sign up for an area you can help support. Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree
program is the only nationwide effort that specifically reaches out to hundreds of thousands of
innocent children who carry the heavy burden of their parents’ incarceration throughout the
year. At Christmastime, Angel Tree introduces prisoners and their children to Jesus and brings
healing and restoration to families destroyed by crime. For more information or questions,
please contact Linda Wargel at 786-9992.
Grace Happens Here at NEUMC. The Grace small group study group is asking for the help
of NEUMC to collect canned and boxed food along with your change during the month of
October for God’s Storehouse. We will be collecting any change you can spare for this worthy
cause after both services. God's Storehouse is a place for those living in Northeast Columbia
to go when they are in need of help. God Storehouse helps the people with food, clothing, etc.
Pumpkin Patch Hours
Monday - Saturday: 10 AM - 8 PM
Sundays: 12 - 8 PM
Volunteer in the Patch
Visit our website and click on “Volunteer to Work
in the Patch” located in the middle of the page.
A SERVICE OF WORD AND TABLE
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
11:15 TRADITIONAL SERVICE
WELCOME AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
(As the Prelude begins, please prayerfully prepare for worship.)
PRELUDE (Acolyte)
Ka-Young Lee, piano
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Lord, come to us today and heal our wounds.
People: Be in our hearts and our spirits, we pray.
Leader: Give us courage to put aside the greed and selfishness in our hearts.
People: Heal our spirits and help us to follow you. Amen.
*HYMN OF PRAISE, No. 159
"Lift High the Cross"
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH, No. 881
Congregation
The Apostles' Creed, Traditional Version
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE/LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN OF PREPARATION, No. 424
"Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone"
Congregation
(Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are dismissed for Children’s Worship.)
GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY
Ka-Young Lee, piano
*PRESENTATION, No. 95
ANTHEM
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
"There's No One in This World Like Jesus"
Congregation
SonShine Choir
SERMON LESSON, Luke 9:57-62 (NIV)
The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
SERMON
"Follow Me!" (Part Two)
Pastor Day
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
HOLY COMMUNION, No. 12
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
O holy and merciful God, we confess that we have not always taken upon ourselves the
yoke of obedience, nor been willing to seek and to do your perfect will. We have not loved
you with all our heart and mind and soul and strength, neither have we loved our neighbors
as ourselves. You have called to us in the need of our sisters and brothers, and we have
passed unheeding on our way. In the pride of our hearts, and our unwillingness to repent,
we have turned away from the cross of Christ, and have grieved your Holy Spirit.
(WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE, ENGLAND, 20TH CENT., ALT.)
All offer prayers of confession in silence.
May almighty God, who caused light to shine out of darkness, shine in our hearts, cleansing us
from all our sins, and restoring us to the light of the knowledge of God's glory, in the face of Jesus
Christ, our Savior. Amen.
(THE BOOK OF WORSHIP 1944, ALT.)
COMMUNION MUSIC
Ka-Young Lee, piano
(Wine and grape juice are used for communion. Center chalice is grape juice.
Gluten free wafers are also available.)
*CLOSING HYMN
"I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" (see insert)
Congregation
*CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE
*BENEDICTION
*CHORAL RESPONSE
Chancel Choir
POSTLUDE
Ka-Young Lee, piano
* Please stand as you are able.
MEMORY VERSE
Welcome Guests and Members!
Mark 8:34 (NIV)
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.
Then he called the crowd to him along
with his disciples and said: "If anyone
would come after me, he must deny
himself and take up his cross and follow
me.
Date:__________________________
Service
SERMON LESSON
9:00
11:15
Member
Regular Attendee
Luke 9:57-62 (NIV)
First Time Guest
57 As they were walking along the road,
a man said to him, "I will follow you
wherever you go."
New Resident
58 Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes
and birds of the air have nests, but the
Son of Man has no place to lay his
head."
Name(s)
59 He said to another man, "Follow me."
But the man replied, "Lord, first let me
go and bury my father."
Name(s) & Ages of Children
60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury
their own dead, but you go and proclaim
the kingdom of God."
61 Still another said, "I will follow you,
Lord; but first let me go back and say
good-by to my family."
Address, City, State, Zip
62 Jesus replied, "No one who puts his
hand to the plow and looks back is fit
for service in the kingdom of God."
FAMILY MINISTRY MINUTE
How do we care for the health of our
families? Our first thoughts will probably
center on finances and physical needs.
But what about spiritual needs? In Isaiah
59:2 we read, "Your iniquities have
separated you from your God; your sins
have hidden His face from you." We
cannot be healthy families unless we
tend to this condition. Be sure you have
a plan.
Home Phone:
Email:
How Did You Learn About NEUMC?
─Gerald Watford
Director of Family Ministries
CURRENT SERMON SERIES
Following Christ! Growing
Disciples! Changing Lives!
October 26: Growing Up! (Part One)
Hebrews 5:11-6:3 (NIV)
November 2: Growing Up! (Part Two)
Ephesians 4:11-5:3 (NIV)
November 9: Investing in Him
2 Corinthians 8:1-7
November 16: Investing in Hope
1 Peter 1:3-21
November 23: Investing in Heaven
Luke 12:15-34
Desire to Know More About NEUMC
Desire a Call From the Pastor
Desire to Become a Member
Additional Comments:
MINISTRY AND PRAYER NEEDS
▪ Alan Jones, who is in Charleston taking radiation treatments for the next several weeks.
▪ Cindy Day (Pastor David’s sister-in-law) and family, upon the death of her mother.
▪ Bob Ellrott, who had a heart catheterization.
▪ The family and friends of Cara Williams, Ann Payne's friend in Colorado. Cara had a
relapse of leukemia and passed away on October 9.
▪ Dawn Scott Blevins, who has a mystery respiratory illness.
▪ Jim and Inge Kyer, former NEUMC members. Jim has inoperable lung cancer and Inge
has been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time.
▪ DeSang Chong, Jin Gafford’s friend, who is on a ventilator following surgery for lysis of
scar tissue adhesion (small bowel blockage)
▪ Ed Shephard, who is hospitalized at Palmetto Richland Hospital, Room 608.
▪ 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 Williams (mattwilliamsccc@gmail.com) — Matt is a member of NEUMC, who works
as a missionary to university students with Campus Crusade for Christ at California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California. 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.
▪ Salkehatchie families: Iris Edwards, Theresa and Buddy Lines
▪ Our pastor and staff members.
MINISTRY AND PRAYER NEEDS
I am humbled by all of the visits, cards, calls, food, and prayers from members of the NE
family after my fall and subsequent hospitalization. Thanks everyone! I am blessed to be
part of a loving and caring church.
Mary Furse
PRAYER FOR OUR FAMILIES OF THE WEEK
Monday
October 13
Dan & Sara Bell
Tuesday
October 14
Rob & Liz Bigda & children Isabella, Anne & Vincenzo
Wednesday
October 15
Sam Blaylock
Thursday
October 16
Mark & Kathy Bounds
Friday
October 17
Buck & Bianca Brazell & sons Connor & Jackson
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.
Warren & Audrey Bainton
Lee Chandler
Bruce & Frankie Dodd
Sam Blaylock
Jean Harris
Ed Shephard
Sabra Stewart
Mildred Watson
Jim Wheeler
Pat Woodle
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