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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.
s Following Christ
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s Changing Lives
February 8, 2015
THIS WEEK AT NEUMC
TODAY
David W. Day
Pastor
Gerald Watford
Director of Family Ministries
Bonnie Riley
Director of Children & Youth
Ministries
Lawrence Abernathy
Director of Music
Sean Riley
Crossing Guard Leader
Ka-Young Lee
Pianist
Dale A. Purvis
Office Manager
Boy Scout Sunday
3:30 PM New Member/Enquirer Class
(Education Building, Youth Rooms)
5:00 PM UP! Children’s Program
5:00 PM Youth Group
(Education Building, Youth Rooms)
5:00 PM Disciple I (Education Building, Room 203)
5:30 PM Son of God (Education Building, Room 205)
5:30 PM Setting Your Marriage Free
(Education Building, Room 207)
6:45 PM Disciple II (Education Building, Room 208)
MONDAY
6:30 PM Tiger, Wolf & Webelos I Den Meetings
(Education Building)
7:00 PM United Methodist Women(Room 102)
TUESDAY
9:30 AM Wholly Oldies (Room 102)
6:30 PM Nominations & Leadership Development
Ministry Team Meeting (Library)
6:30 PM Bear Den Meeting (Education Building)
7:00 PM Outreach Ministry Team Meeting (Room 102)
WEDNESDAY
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
7:15 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Men’s Prayer Group (Contact John Clayton)
Spirit Sisters Prayer Group (Room 102)
Women’s Bible Study (Library)
Living in the Balance of Grace & Faith
(Education Building, Room 208)
4:00 PM Deadline for Bulletin Announcements
6:30 PM Youth Small Group Study
(Education Building, Youth Rooms)
7:00 PM Chancel Choir (Sanctuary)
THURSDAY
7:00 AM
9:30 AM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Men’s Prayer Group (Panera Bread)
MOPS (Room 102)
Before Amen Small Group Study (Room 102)
Crossing Guard (Sanctuary)
Rooted in Christ Prayer Group (Library)
SATURDAY
Valentine’s Day
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
90
10:15 AM Sunday School
104
11:15 AM
113
Traditional Service
9:00 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Marvin Rogers
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Ann Payne
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Eric Grooms
GREETER
Carrie Conrad
NURSERY
Sabrina Shealy
NURSERY NEXT WEEK
Heather Cook
PRAYER ROOM
Dan Christmus
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Judy Steinlin
11:15 SERVICE
ACOLYTE
Cub Scouts
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Debbie Watford
JUNIOR ASSISTANT
Adiel Goutier
GREETERS
Cub Scouts
NURSERY
Danna Griner
NURSERY NEXT WEEK
Catherine Lippert
PRAYER ROOM
Cynthia Spinnato
PRAYER ROOM NEXT WEEK
Danna Griner
COMMUNION PREPARER
No Communion
COMMUNION PREPARERS NEW WEEK
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 SERVERS
No Communion
COMMUNION SERVERS NEXT WEEK
No Communion
OFFERING
OFFERING COUNTERS
Stephen Crowell/Gina Kimball/
Dianne Markham
OFFERING COUNTERS NEXT WEEK
Duane Sirhal/Tim Chamblee/Larry Markham
ALTAR FLOWERS
Today’s flowers are given by Frankie Dodd
in honor of Bruce Dodd’s birthday.
9:00 CONTEMPORARY SERVICE
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
MUSIC
(As we sing you are invited to stand or sit as you are led and able.)
OFFERING
SERMON
“Be Prepared”
Gerald Watford, Director of Family Ministries
CLOSING SONG
CLOSING PRAYER/BENEDICTION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
On Sunday, February 15, we will have a special “Healing Service” at both the 9 AM and 11:15 AM
services. Therefore, I want to strongly encourage and invite you, friends and family to come, all who may
benefit from this glorious opportunity, to be prayed for and over. Please be much in prayer for these
services and let’s stand together on the Word of God which says, 13 “Is any one of you in trouble? He
should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call
the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the
prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will
be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be
healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” (James 5:13-16 NIV) Pastor David
New Member/Enquirer Class: Would you like to know more about NEUMC? Join us this afternoon
at 3:30 PM in the Education Building in the Youth Rooms as we present an overview of what it means
to be a Methodist; a brief presentation of the various ministries at NEUMC; and inviting you to ask
questions you might have. Childcare is provided.
The UMW will meet tomorrow evening at 7 PM in room 102. Please come and join us! Point of contact
is Inez McLaurin at 788-6167.
The Wholly Oldies will meet this Tuesday, February 10. We will meet earlier than usual at 9:30 AM
to do some cleaning in the church building. At 11:30 we'll enjoy a potluck lunch. Hope to see you
there. Jane DeCristofaro, 609-0233
Ladies! Sign up now for the annual Ladies Appreciation Dinner to be held Monday, February 16 at
6:30 PM. All NEUMC ladies are invited to enjoy this evening dining experience hosted by the NEUMC
UMM. Gentlemen of NEUMC, you are invited to dine with your favorite lady, but you are also invited
to show your appreciation for all the ladies by signing up now to help as a server. Thank you for your
support in making this a great evening for our favorite ladies.
If you are serving as a church officer or as head of a Ministry Team would you please sign up on the
sheet in the narthex to have your photo taken. This will facilitate our communication with each other.
The women of the Spirit Sisters prayer group invite you to join us on Wednesday mornings at
10 AM for a midweek time of sharing prayers, praises and concerns together. Point of contact is
Jennifer Breazeale at 408-9634.
The Methodist Student Network (Columbia Wesley Foundation) at USC will be hosting its second
annual barbecue fundraiser to help cover costs associated with its Spring Break mission trip to
Misahualli, Ecuador. If you’d like to help this group provide a medical and dental clinic and work on
constructing a new building, please sign up on the sheet in the narthex. The barbeque is $10 per
pound. If you have any questions, please see Mitch Watford. Thank you.
The Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper (also known as Fat Tuesday) is February 17,
5:30-8:30. This year the Uganda Mission Team will be hosting the supper and donations will go to
support their upcoming mission trip in July. Invite friends and share this information so we can reach
beyond our doors. We will provide the pancakes and fixings and you get a meal with no mess. There
is no set cost for the meal. Please give what you feel led to donate for this mission trip.
An Ash Wednesday Service will be held on February 18 at 7 PM as we gather for a solemn service
of self-examination and repentance. The worship includes the imposition of ashes in which the ashes
from last year’s palms presented on Palm Sunday are used to make the sign of the cross on the
foreheads of the repentant worshippers. The sign of the cross is a confirmation of our forgiveness,
which comes from Jesus Christ as we freely confess our sin before him.
Our Kairos Weekend #52 will be held at Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution March 12-15.
The prison is located on Broad River Road and is where over 600 women are incarcerated. I am
requesting that members of the NE family sign up for our prayer vigil by going into
http://www.3dayol.org/Vigil/GetVigil.phtml?pvid=10448&commid=1254. Anyone who is interested in
attending closing, please contact me at 699-6557. All who attend have to be approved beforehand.
A SERVICE OF WORD AND PRAISE
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
11:15 TRADITIONAL SERVICE
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
(As the Prelude begins, please prayerfully prepare for
worship.)
“Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
Ka-Young Lee, piano
PRELUDE (Acolyte)
Traditional Spanish Melody
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: God of our hearts…here we are!
People: We’ve come with thirsty hearts, praying that your word will satisfy us.
Leader: We come with aching hearts, praying for good news to comfort us.
People: We come with overflowing hearts, praying for a chance to share your love.
Leader: You, who know our hearts and hear our prayers,
People: Be with us now in this hour of worship. Amen.
*HYMN OF PRAISE, No. 68
“When in Our Music God Is Glorified”
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH, No. 888
Congregation
Affirmation from 1 Corinthians 15:1-6 and Colossians 1:15-20
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE/LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN OF PREPARATION, No. 176
“Majesty, Worship His Majesty”
Congregation
(Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are dismissed for Children’s Worship.)
RECOGNITION OF CUB SCOUTS
GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY
“You Raise Me Up”
Ka-Young Lee, piano
Arranged by Kyle Landry
*PRESENTATION, No. 95
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
ANTHEM
“Holy Ground”
Congregation
Chancel Choir
SERMON LESSON, Acts 12:11-18 (NIV)
The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
SERMON
“Be Prepared”
Gerald Watford, Director of Family Ministries
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
*CLOSING HYMN, No. 98
“To God Be the Glory”
Congregation
*CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE
*BENEDICTION
*CHORAL RESPONSE
POSTLUDE
Chancel Choir
“Great Is the Lord”
By Michael Smith
* Please stand as you are able.
Ka-Young Lee, piano
MEMORY VERSE
Welcome Guests and Members!
Acts 11:17 (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.
“So if God gave them the same gift as he gave
us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who
was I to think that I could oppose God?”
SERMON LESSON
Acts 12:11-18 (NIV)
11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I
know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his
angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and
from everything the Jewish people were hoping
would happen.”
12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the
house of Mary the mother of John, also called
Mark, where many people had gathered and were
praying.
13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a
servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.
14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was
so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and
exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”
15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When
she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must
be his angel.”
16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they
opened the door and saw him, they were
astonished.
17 Peter motioned with his hand for them to be
quiet and described how the Lord had brought
him out of prison. “Tell James and the other
brothers and sisters about this,” he said, and then
he left for another place.
18 In the morning, there was no small commotion
among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
Date:__________________________
Service
9:00
11:15
Member
Regular Attendee
First Time Guest
New Resident
Name(s)
Name(s) & Ages of Children
Address, City, State, Zip
FAMILY MINISTRY MINUTE
In the Setting Your Marriage Free small group,
we have looked at four essential characteristics
of healthy and effective marriages- Adaptability,
Availability, Accountability and Applicability.
Each of these refers to what happens when we
place Christ at the center of our marriages.
─Gerald Watford,
Director of Family Ministries
Home Phone:
Email:
SERMON NOTES
1. Believe something new about yourself,
your deliverance by God qualifies you to
_______________________ even in your
current situation!
2. Believe something new about yourself,
there is untapped ___________________
in your praises.
3. Believe something new about yourself,
God has a perfect ___________________
for your woundedness.
How Did You Learn About NEUMC?
Desire to Know More About NEUMC
CURRENT SERMON SERIES
Desire a Call From the Pastor
“Giving Up!”
Desire to Become a Member
February 15: “Be Healed”
Matthew 9:18-30a
February 18: “Giving Up Control”
Ash Wednesday Genesis 2:15-17
February 22: “Giving Up Expectations”
Genesis 12:1-4a John 3:1-17
March 1: “Giving Up Superiority”
John 4:5-28, 38-42
March 8: “Giving Up Enemies”
Luke 19:37-44
Additional Comments:
MINISTRY AND PRAYER NEEDS
▪ Miriam Simpson, Pastor David's mother, recovering from gallbladder removal surgery.
▪ Mia Bella, 3 weeks old, who was born without kidneys. She is at MUSC on dialysis
waiting for a possible donor.
▪ Camilla Riley, mother of Sean Riley, recovering from back surgery.
▪ Edie Heandon McCurry, cousin of Amy Malcom, recovering from surgery.
▪ Ella Nichols, great granddaughter of Rev. George Nichols, who had a malignant tumor
removed from her chest at MUSC and will begin chemotherapy. Ella is 5 years old.
▪ Jim Lackey, Ann Payne’s uncle, who has recurrent lung cancer and is undergoing
chemotherapy which is making him sick. Pray for ease of treatment and healing.
▪ Sheryl Preacher, sister of Cynthia Spinnato and Jennifer Breazeale, who was diagnosed
with Stage 4 cancer that originated from her lung. She is undergoing chemotherapy.
▪ Rev. Curtis Felkel, pastor of Cattle Creek UMC and Bethel UMC, who has been
diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.
▪ 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
February 9
John & Mary Anne Lockard
Tuesday
February 10
Greg & Emily Loibl and children Hunter & Hailey
Wednesday February 11
Andrew & Jennifer Loschiavo & children Tyler & Hailey
Thursday
February 12
Stan & Peggy Luallin
Friday
February 13
Doug & Debbie Lybrand
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