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La Plata United Methodist Church
“Laws Of Life”
“Do unto others as you would have them do
unto you.” - Matthew 7
“Life is what we make it, always has been,
always will be.” - Grandma Moses
“To live remains an art which
everyone must learn, and
which no one can teach.”
- Havelock Ellis
“Each contact with a human being is so
rare, so precious, one should preserve it.” - Anais Nin
“To succeed in life, you need three things: a
wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.”
- Reba McEntire
The Ninth Sunday of Kingdomtide
Laity Sunday
October 26, 2014
Café Worship (8:30)
Gathering Music
Mike Rainwater
(Get your coffee, food and mingle)
Welcome (Finding our places)
Mike Blakeley
Thoughts for Centering on Today’s Worship Theme
Please stand, if able
Opening Prayer (Together)
Gracious God, we come today to be refueled and reminded of
our purpose. I want to be more holy in my heart, let love and
integrity envelop me until my love is perfected. I pray that my
choices and actions honor you and spread your love. I pray
that my heart and mind will be open to hearing your word
and spreading your love today and always. Amen.
Greeting Each Other in the Name of Christ
Please be seated
Announcements & Invitations
Sharing Our Week: Blessings & Trials
Time of Prayer:
Silent Prayers
Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s Prayer (Together)
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy
kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine
is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
“Reload” - 2 Minute Coffee Break
Please be seated
Scriptures for the Day
Old Testament Lesson:
New Testament Lesson:
The Meditation
See page 7
Deuteronomy 34: 1-12
Matthew 22: 34-40
Courtney Roberts, Lay Leader
“Laws of Life”
Please stand, if able
Benediction
Departure Music
Mike Rainwater
Today's 8:30 Service Prayer Partner is Sandy Tull.
Traditional Worship (11:00)
*You may leave your cell phones ON, but set to vibrate or silent, please*
Prayer Before Worship
Gracious God, we come today to be refueled and reminded of
our purpose. I pray that my choices and actions honor you and
spread your love. I pray that my heart and mind will be open to
hear your word today and always. Amen
Prelude, Lighting the Altar Candles,
& A Time of Quiet Meditation
Linda Dent Mitchell
When the Prayer Before Worship has finished and the Prelude
begins, please quiet yourselves in preparation for worship.
Introit:
“O Worship the King”
Chancel Choir
Please stand, if able
Call to Worship (Responsively)
Psalm 90
Come back, God - how long do we have to wait? Have pity on your
servants.
Surprise us with love at daybreak: then we'll skip and dance all
the day long.
Make up for the bad times with some good times; we've seen enough
evil to last a lifetime.
Let your servants see what you're best at - the ways you rule and
bless your children.
And let the loveliness of our Lord, our God, rest on us, confirming the
work that we do.
Oh, yes. Affirm the work that we do!
Opening Hymn
UM Hymnal, 402
“Lord, I Want to Be a Christian”
Invocation (Together)
“For Holiness of Heart”
UM Hymnal, 401
Passing the Peace
The Peace of the Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us greet our neighbors and extend God’s peace to each other.
Please be seated
Anthem:
Chancel Choir
“Cast Your Cares Upon the Lord”
The Children’s Moment
Cheryl Smith
Welcome, News & Opportunities
The Old Testament Lesson
The final word on Moses
See page 7
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
The Offertory:
Pat Day & Lloyd Bowling
“In the Garden”
Please stand, if able
The Doxology
UM Hymnal, 95
Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him all
creatures here below. Praise him above ye heavenly hosts.
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer of Dedication (Pastor)
Hymn of Preparation
UM Hymnal, 410
“I Want a Principle Within”
The Gospel Lesson
The Greatest Commandment
Matthew 22:34-40
See page 7
This is the word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
Please be seated
The Message
Courtney Roberts, Lay Leader
“Laws of Life”
Please stand, if able
Closing Hymn
Benediction
The Faith We Sing, 2152
“Change My Heart, O God”
Congregational Response
The Faith We Sing, 2080
All I need is you, Jesus, all I need is you.
You are the source of all I need. All I need is you.
Postlude
Linda Dent Mitchell
† Among the top 50 Favorite Hymns of 2014
The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God
and in loving memory of
her beloved mother, Evelyn Tepfer
by Sylvia Mudd
Acolyte: Hannah Hopkins; Liturgist: Jean Manders
Organist: Linda Dent Mitchell; Soloist: Pat Day & Lloyd Bowling
Chancel Choir Director - Pat Day
Service Prayer Partner: Jeanette Tull
Homemade Pies!
The youth will be selling pies for the
holidays. Two kinds are available for
purchase and will be available Sunday,
November 16. They can be frozen until
you need them (yes, this has been tested).
Pies must be pre-ordered and paid in full
by Nov. 9.
How to order:
1. Fill out an order form, and tear it out of the bulletin.
2. Give the completed order form and money to a youth in the
narthex after this service (place it in the pie plate).
Checks can be made payable to: ‘LPUMC Youth’
Yes, I want to order pie!
Name: ___________________________________
Phone: ___________________________________
E-Mail: ___________________________________
Pumpkin Pie
Lemon Meringue
Quantities
______ x $13 each =
______ x $14 each =
Total paid
$__________
$__________
$__________
The Scripture Lessons
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 (NRSV)
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top
of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole
land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and
Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and
the Plain – that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees – as far as
Zoar. The Lord said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants’; I have
let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” Then
Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord’s
command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Bethpeor, but no one knows his burial place to this day. Moses was one
hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his
vigor had not abated. The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab
thirty days; then the period of mourning for Moses was ended.
Joshua, son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had
laid his hands on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the Lord
had commanded Moses.
Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the
Lord knew face to face. He was unequaled for all the signs and wonders
that the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh
and all his servants and his entire land, and for all the mighty deeds and
all the terrifying displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all
Israel.
Matthew 22:34-40 (NRSV)
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they
gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test
him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said
to him,”’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all
your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first
commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.”
The NRSV is the New Revised Standard Version
Sermon Notes
“Laws of Life”
CALENDAR
Sunday, October 26 - GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL / PRAY FOR OUR YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
8:30a
Café Worship (FH)
9:45a
Sunday School for all ages
11:00a
Traditional Worship Service - Laity Sunday (Sanctuary)
11:15a
Kid’s Church (YR)
12:30p
Angel Wings Liturgical Dance Practice (Sanctuary)
3:00p
Blessing of the Animals (Church Office Yard)
Monday, October 27 - GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL / PRAY FOR OUR YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
1:00p
Preschool Training (CR2)
2:00p
Red Cross Blood Drive (FH & Entrance)
5:00p
Girl Scouts Troop #3411 Meeting (CR2)
6:00p
Beatitudes (YR)
7:30p
Pastor’s Monday Night Study - Promises of God (FH)
8:30p
AA Meeting - Warner Group (YR)
Tuesday, October 28 - GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL / PRAY FOR OUR YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
7:30a
Community Round Table - at Panera Bread
10:00a
UMW Book Club (Parlor)
11:00a
Great Food Give Away (Parking Lot)
6:00p
Creative Circle (CR1)
6:00p
Knit Together (CR2)
6:00p
Women’s Emmaus Reunion Group (Parlor)
6:00p
Men’s Emmaus Reunion Group (FH)
7:00p
AA Meeting - Sunset Group (YR)
Wednesday, October 29 - GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL / PRAY FOR OUR YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
9:30a
Wednesday Morning Bible Study (CR2)
12:00p
AA Meeting - Serenity Seekers (YR)
2:00p
Food Pantry open till 4:00 (Back of Church Office)
5:30p
Girl Scout troop #3411 Meeting (CR2)
6:45p
WOW - Worship on Wednesday
7:00p
Cherub Choir Practice (YR)
7:30p
Chancel Choir Practice (Choir Room)
Thursday, October 30 - GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL/PRAY FOR OUR YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
9:00a
BLP Harvest Celebration (FH, Parlor, YR, CR1 & CR2)
6:00p
Carillon Choir Practice (Sanctuary)
6:30p
Webelos Den Meeting (CR2)
7:00p
Christian Believers (FH)
7:00p
Disciple I (YR)
Friday, October 31 - GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL / PRAY FOR OUR YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
9:00a
BLP Harvest Celebration (FH, Parlor, YR, CR1 & CR2)
5:30p
Youth Ministries Trunk N Treat (Gravel Parking Lot)
Saturday, November 1 - PRAY FOR OUR YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
8:30a
Pastor’s Prayer Partners (CR2)
10:00a
Charge Conference (Sanctuary, FH, Entrance & YR)
KEY: FH = Fellowship Hall, YR = Youth Room, CR1 - Conf. Rm #1, CR2 = Conf. Rm. #2
BLP = Blessed Lambs Preschool
WORSHIP
WORSHIP SCHEDULE - Our Café Worship is held in our fellowship hall at 8:30
AM, then Sunday School is at 9:45, and our traditional worship is held in the
sanctuary at 11:00 AM. Our contemporary mid-week service, called “WOW”,
is year-round on Wednesdays at 6:45 PM in the sanctuary.
NURSERY IS AVAILABLE - Nursery care for little ones (ages 0-5 yrs) is
available during both Sunday morning services. Please be considerate of the
other worshipers. If your little one becomes unsettled and distracting, please
step out of the service. An usher can direct you to the nursery or to the rocking
chairs in the back. The Nursery is located on the upper floor of the education
wing. We are grateful to the staff and volunteers that help us provide a
nursery each week.
HEARING ASSISTANCE - devices are available, please see an usher to obtain
one.
BLESSING OF THE PETS - Please join us for our fourth annual Blessing of the
Pets today at 3:00 PM. Pets of all kinds are welcome to come, as we have a
brief service that includes blessing each pet individually. If you cannot bring
your pet, you may bring a picture of your pet and we will say a prayer on
behalf of your pet as you come up. Please invite your friends and neighbors
to join you for this 45 minute service.
SAINTS TO BE REMEMBERED ON NOVEMBER 2 & 4- Each year on the first
Sunday and Wednesday of November, we pause to lift up and name those
whom we have lost in the past year. If you have lost a loved one, a spouse,
parent, child or other that you'd like listed in the bulletin, please share that
information with Karen in the church office. We will list all those who have
passed away since November of last year. Those who were church members
will be honored with the ringing of a bell and a moment of silence. Those who
were not members of the church will be listed in the bulletin, but their names
will not be read.
FELLOWSHIP
YOUTH -Trunk N Treat is coming up!! Please join the youth in hosting the
community at our fun, safe Trunk N Treat. Friday, October 31 cars will circle
in the gravel lot to pass out goodies to all the goblins that come visit. There
will be some small games and goodies for all! It is a great time of fellowship,
and we would love to have you join us. Decorating begins at 5pm and
goblins arrive between 5:30 - 7:00.
The youth are baking pies for the holidays! Last year was our first try at this
fundraiser, and it was yummy and well received. While a few small changes
are being made you still have the chance to order homemade pumpkin and
lemon meringue pies, ready for pick up Sunday Nov. 16. Orders must be made
and paid for by Sun Nov. 9. Forms are in the bulletin.
HARVEST DINNER TICKETS ON SALE NOW - Our annual Harvest Dinner will
be held on Friday, Nov. 7 from to 4:30 - 7:30 PM in the fellowship hall. Tickets
are now on sale in the entry way after all services. You may also call the
Church office to get your tickets. This is one our Church's major fundraisers,
so we appreciate everyone's participation. Please encourage your family and
friends to join us for dine in or carry out dinners.
SIGN UPS
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The next Pastor’s Monday Night Study (PMNS) is an Advent Study, “Travel
the Highways of Advent.” This is a four week study beginning on
November 24 from 7:30 to 9 PM in the fellowship hall. Write “Advent
Study” to sign up.
DISCIPLESHIP
CLASSES - There are many classes being offered at our church, if you have
any questions about how to get involved in one of them, please call our
Program Director, Susan Matteson, in the church office for more information.
SERVICE & CARING
FOOD PANTRY NEEDS YOUR HELP - During October our church's food pantry
is requesting that we bring in the following food items: extra produce from
your gardens, canned vegetables, fruit and soup, macaroni and cheese, shell
pasta, cereal, peanut butter, grape jelly, and children's pouches or boxes of
juice. Please call Joyce Dean at 301-934-8095, if you have any questions.
Also, please remember that pets need food and our food pantry also accepts
donations of pet food.
GREAT FOOD GIVE AWAY - On Tuesday, October 28, our Church will host the
"Great Food Give Away," from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM. We will begin setting up
the tables, tents and unloading the food in the parking lot at 9:00 AM. Lots
of hands are needed for this event, so if you have a few hours free, please call
Joyce Dean at 301-934-8095 to see how you can help. This event feeds a
great number of families in our community. Please come out and support us
in any way you can.
RELAY FOR LIFE CROSSES - The Relay for life crosses are available in the
Church office. Stop in and get yours today.
PUMPKIN PATCH NEWS - Our big festival day on October 18th was a major
success. The community had a chance to see the best of La Plata United
Methodist Church as we raised money for the Fairy Godmother Project, a local
charity whose members provide services to families of children battling
cancer. Thank you to everyone who helped make the day one to remember.
But we still have some pumpkins to sell, and every one sold will mean an
increase in the donation which we can make to the Fairy Godmother Project.
We are very short handed for this last week of sales. If you are able to spare
two hours to help cover one of our shifts in the patch (including today, 4 - 6
shift), please see Dan Brennan after the service, or go to www.laplataumc.org
and follow the pumpkin links to sign up online. You are welcome to bring the
kids along. After all, what is more natural than children in a pumpkin patch?
Please help, you'll be glad you did, and you'll earn one of our coveted
pumpkin patch hats.
THE ROTARY CLUB OF CHARLES COUNTY - La Plata is seeking families
interested in hosting a high school aged foreign exchange student in the
2015-2016 school year. It's a great way for you and your family to learn
about a foreign culture while sharing your culture with someone from abroad.
If you are interested, please contact Chris Zabriskie at zabriskiect@gmail.com
or at 202-625-2315 for more information.
FAITH SHARING
LOOK AROUND YOU - Do you see anyone that you do not know? No need to
embarrass them, or embarrass yourself by asking "Are you new?" Instead, just
stick out your hand and introduce yourself. Then enjoy a pleasant
conversation of getting to know each other. In time you'll discover if they are
long lost members, or here for the first time. Either way, you get to make a
new friend. Thank you for being one of the friendliest and most caring
congregations around.
PLEASE INVITE YOUR FRIENDS - It is the simplest and most effective way to
share Christ with others: just invite your friends to church with you. Most
people who grew up as Christians and who aren't in a church say they just
haven't found a church they like, and because no one has invited them. Most
people if you ask, will say yes to an invitation. Just ask them to come to
church for a special event, or special Sunday, or to hear a sermon you think
will help them.
ADMINISTRATION
NOTARY PUBLIC - Require the services of a Notary Public? Stop in the church
office and see the secretary, Karen Hamner, she is now a commissioned
notary.
PRAYER LIST - Please take a moment and look at the bulletin prayer list, if
you have information regarding anyone on the list, please call Karen in the
church office so that she can update the list. Thanks!
KITCHEN CLEAN-UP - In preparation for the Harvest Dinner, the kitchen
committee will be cleaning the kitchen, there are many dishes and bowls that
have been left after events, please stop in the kitchen and pick up any that
belong to you.
WE RECYCLE - Please recycle your unwanted bulletin in the “Shred-it” box in
the front entrance, and your inserts in the square wicker basket in the
Narthex, so that they can be reused.
Our Prayer List
Mike Rainwater - undergoing shoulder surgery on Tuesday.
Bob Mudd - undergoing treatment for prostate and bladder cancer.
Catherine Cooksey - mother of Joan Mitchell is home under hospice care after suffering
a stroke.
Pat Spenser - recovering at home from knee replacement surgery.
Cheryl Badgley - daughter of Gary & Linda Badgley has been on assignment in Kenya
for 5 months and is preparing to return home.
Randy Hill - is recovering after surgery to set a broken femur in his right leg.
Terri Ferguson - is recovering after surgery .
Connie Weidler - kidney failure and heart disease. She’s now under Hospice Care.
Debbie Lewis - being treated for breast cancer.
Sharon Ferguson - fractured leg bone, may have other complications.
Katherine Denise Nicol - Robin Boswell’s daughter, is being treated with experimental
drugs and chemotherapy for the next 6 months.
Karen Ruane - Bill & Jean Sigmon’s daughter and Sherri Hasting’s sister, continues
chemotherapy treatments for advance breast cancer.
John Carney - father of Joel Carney, has kidney cancer that has spread to his lungs.
Joan Ewing - recovering from surgery at Mt. Vernon Hospital Rehab. Ctr.
Jimmie Roberts - is back home and undergoing therapy.
Continue praying for these friends &
loved ones:
Jay Lane
Raymond Rowe
Laura Schacter
Jennifer Carpenter
Julie Burch
Nancy Dick
John McPherson
James Kingsbury
Billy DeHart
Samuel Allen
Ellen Bowie
Charles Snyder
Elizabeth & Wayne Deboe
Paul Carnes
Charles Karsten
Jimmy Donofrio
Norma Hancock
Barbara Smith
John Cook
Jimmie Rollins
Cindy Yeager
Pam Gorham
Brian Wathen
Brenda Rollins-Newman
Bette Laborde
Luna Garner
Pat Carnes
Helen Sullivan
Beverly Long
Ken Karsten
Bill Fallin
Dot Golden
Barbara Cass
Elaine Hillard
Debbie Schoenbauer
Ernie Jumalon
Jay Brown
Clark Boswell
Margaret Bowie
Our Staff
Rev. Dr. Bruce A. Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Pastor
Rev. Ed Chance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retired Pastor / Visitation
Mike Blakeley.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pastoral Intern
Susan Matteson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Director
Corrie Roberts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth Leader
Karen Hamner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church Secretary
Patricia Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choir Director
Linda Dent Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organist
Cheryl Reckeweg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hand Bell Choir Director
Kevin Bennear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WOW Worship Leader
Laurie Smith.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church Treasurer
Ed McKenzie .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Building Superintendent
Jim & Dina Harris.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church Sextons
Bill Riley.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Groundskeeper
Julie Robbins .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preschool Director
Trish Carruth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asst. Preschool Director
Our Church Motto for 2014
“Sharing God's Love Through Service and Caring,
and Growing Our Faith Through Study and Fellowship.”
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3 Port Tobacco Road
La Plata, Maryland 20646-2824
Office: 301-934-2288
Email: laplataumc@gmail.com
On the web: www.laplataumc.org
Rev. Jones’s Residence: 301-934-6655