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Thought for the Month
"We should emphasize not Negro History, but the
Negro in history. What we need is not a history of
selected races or nations, but the history of the world
void of national bias, race hate, and religious
prejudice."
-Carter Woodson
Sun
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B/P, Diabetes
and
Cholesterol
screenings
Children’s
Church
@ 10:00 a.m.
Heritage
Sunday
Rehearsal
@ 9:00 a.m.
(Choir Room)
8
UMW Mtg.
after worship
service
Heritage
Sunday
Rehearsal
@ 9:00 a.m.
(Choir Room)
15
Mon
2
Worship Mtg.
@ 6:30 p.m.
Trustee
Meeting
@ 6:30 p.m.
9
Finance Mtg.
@ 6:00 p.m.
Married
Couples
@ 6:30 p.m.
16
~ February 2015 ~
Tue
Wed
Thu
3
4
5
10
17
B/P, Diabetes President’s Lay Ministry
and
Day
Mtg.
Cholesterol
@ 6:00 p.m.
screenings
Rock Ministry
@ 11:30 a.m.
Children’s
Anniversary
Church
@ 10:00 a.m. Mtg.
@ 6:00 p.m.
Heritage
Sunday
Rehearsal
@ 9:00 a.m.
(Choir Room)
22
Heritage
Sunday
Bible Study
@ 12:00 p.m.
Children/
Youth Choir
@ 6:00 p.m.
Prayer
Ministry
@ 6:15 p.m.
Unity Choir
@ 7:00 p.m.
Zumba
@ 5:30 p.m.
Bible Study
@ 6:00 p.m.
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12
Bible Study
@ 12:00 p.m.
Children/
Youth Choir
@ 6:00 p.m.
Kids Night Out
@ 6:00 p.m.
Prayer
Ministry
@ 6:15 p.m.
Unity Choir
@ 7:00 p.m.
18
Children/
Youth Choir
@ 6:00 p.m.
6
Sat
7
Boy Scout Mtg.
@ 10:00 a.m.
Loving God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength and loving
neighbor as thyself
Zumba
@ 5:30 p.m.
Bible Study
@ 6:00 p.m.
SPRC Mtg.
@ 6:00 p.m.
13
14
UMM Mtg.
@ 8:30 a.m.
19
Zumba
@ 5:30 p.m.
Bible Study
@ 6:00 p.m.
Ash
Wednesday Breakfast
Ministry Open
Service
House
@ South
Columbus @ 6:30 p.m.
UMC
@ 7:00 p.m.
26
Council
Meeting
@ 6:30 p.m.
Pro-Active
Team Mtg.
@ 6:00 p.m.
Church
Anniversary
Mtg.
@ 6:00 p.m.
Technology
Mtg. @
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Bible Study
@ 12:00 p.m.
Children/
Youth Choir
@ 6:00 p.m.
Kids Night Out
@ 6:00 p.m.
Prayer
Ministry
@ 6:15 p.m.
Unity Choir
@ 7:00 p.m.
Zumba
@ 5:30 p.m.
Bible Study
@ 6:00 p.m.
UMW Mtg. @
6:00 p.m.
Roy Sumlin Jr.
3993 St. Mary’s Road, Columbus, GA 31907
Office: (706) 689-8707 Fax: (706) 687-6944
www.theroadumc.org
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Rev. Dr. L.K. Pendleton
Living a life that is Christ-centered and biblically oriented.
Learning to be a disciple of Jesus Christ as we live counter to the
culture following wholeheartedly after God in a broken world.
Leading others to experience God; being light in darkness and salt
in a decaying environment.
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21
Boy Scout Mtg.
@ 10:00 a.m.
Safe
Newsletter Sanctuaries
Deadline Training
@ 10:00 a.m.
Children’s
Food Box
Rehearsal for
Deadline
Heritage
Sunday
@ 11:15 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
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28
Food Box
Pick Up
Trustees on Call
***Vital Signs for February 2015***
for February
A: Attendance
B: Offering
(706) 984-3236
“A Christ-centered church, where we are, loving, living,
learning, and leading in the kingdom of God!”
 Come during the Invitation to Discipleship
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(706) 536-8508
St. Mary’s Road United Methodist Church
If you would like to enter into fellowship with The ROAD UMC…
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Sheila Woodbury
The mission of The Road UMC is to become a community of believers
committed to helping all people to personally know Jesus Christ by
delivering a biblically based teaching and preaching of the gospel to those
saved and seeking Christ and thereby developing disciples, families and
communities through the power of the Holy Spirit. If you are new to our
community and looking for a church home or desire to explore your
spirituality, please consider us.
At The ROAD, we are engaged in the L4 experience:
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Dinner
following
worship
service
Fri
Welcome Visitors…The Road UMC is the place to be!
Week 1: 258
Week 2: 244
Week 3: 225
Week 4:
$15,214.40
$10,295.90
$7,175.40
$
TOTAL RECEIVED:
TOTAL NEEDED:
$32,685.70
$50,000.00
 See our pastor or a member after church
 Call the church office and schedule an appointment to speak with
the pastor
 Email us at stmarysrd@theroadumc.org
 See one of our greeters or ministers after the worship service
This is the working church!
The lazy church is down the street!

James R. King, Jr., Resident Bishop
Rev. Dr. Buddy Cooper, D.S.
Cynthia Williams, Lay Leader
Willie Belfield, Associate Lay Leader
The SMRUMC Staff
Shea Ellis, Receptionist
Jacqueline McCall, Administrative Assistant
Jacquelyn Egins, Director of Music
Debra Alexander, Youth Musician
stmarysrd@theroadumc.org
F/B: The ROAD UMC
Pastor’s Office Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Tuesday – Thursday
(and by appointment)
Email: PastorK@theroadumc.org
Telephone Number: (706) 221-7643
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation. God’s special possession, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9
Our Time of Worship
Celebrating African American Heritage Sunday
“Imagine Me”
1st Sunday in Lent
THE GATHERING
Lighting of the Candles
*Song of Praise
Acolytes
Children/Youth Choir
“Siyahamba”
*Call to Worship
Leader: Beautiful are the WORKS of God!
People: Beautiful also are the SKINS of my people!
Leader: Beautiful is the MIND of God!
People: Beautiful also are the HOPES of my people
Leader: Beautiful is the HEART of God!
People: Beautiful also are the SOULS of my people
Leader: God made the heavens and the earth!
People: And my people built the pyramids and the world’s first
civilizations!
Leader: God made the Seven Seas!
People: And my people were the first to sail them!
Leader: God made us; and God made all nations which dwell on the face
of the earth!
People: It is He that hath made us and not we ourselves!
Leader: With His blood He saved us. By His power, He has raised us!
People: To God be the glory for the things He has done.
Leader: And always remember, my Father’s children, that God is good!
ALL:
All the TIME! This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in
our eyes!
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”
“This Little Light Of Mine”
Hymn of Praise
*Invocation
Choral Response
Congregation
Sarah Christine White
Congregation
“Kum Ba Yah”
News in the Pews
Three theological principles
that direct our path around finance.
The Communications/Technology Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 24,
2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the church library. The topic of the meeting will be Audio Training
Plan. Please come ready to provide input.
Boy Scouts Recognition Dinner: St. Mary’s Road family, you are cordially invited to the
Muskogee District Boy Scouts of America volunteer recognition dinner to be held on
February 26, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $15 per person and the registration deadline
is February 15, 2015. Scoutmaster Harold Claytor will be receiving an award. For those
who would like to attend, checks should be made payable to Boy Scouts of America
Troop # 238. For more information contact Mr. James Darty at (706) 570-9502.
2015 Open Door Classic Walk and 5k Run will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2015.
You may learn more about the race and register online or download the application at
the Open Door Website at:
http://joinus.opendoorcommunityhouse.org/site/TR/Events/General?fr_id=1040&pg=
entry
Women’s Day Service will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at our 10:00 a.m. worship
service. The theme of the 2015 Women’s Day is “Welcomed by God, Welcoming All,”
1 Peter 4:9-10. Please be sure you wear your purple and pearls.
Usher Meeting: There will be a mandatory Usher Meeting after worship service on
Sunday, March 8, 2015. This meeting will be brief so please make arrangements to
attend. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Donald Stinson or Mrs. Andrea
Taiste.
The Road, South Columbus and M.L. Harris UM Churches will hold joint worship
services during the Lenten Season. The schedule is as follows: Maundy Thursday
Service, Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at M.L. Harris UMC, Good Friday Service,
Friday, April 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary's Road UMC.
Coming Soon!!! Stay tuned for more exciting details about our 59th Church
Anniversary, April 26, 2015, "On The Road To Sixty."
Don’t forget to deposit your change in the Faith Well located in the lobby next to the
kiosk, each week before or after service. This money will be used to fund our Sunday
Breakfast Ministry!
24/7-365 Prayer Request/Praise Report is now available online.
ONE: WE ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST
A TITHING COMMUNITY.
Color: Purple
(Time of Prayer and Meditation)
The Faith of Finance
22 Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from
the field. 23 In the presence of the Lord your God, in the place that he will
choose as a dwelling for his name, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, your
wine, and your oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, so that you
may learn to fear the Lord your God always.(Deuteronomy 14:22-23, NRSV)
TWO: WE WORSHIP A LIVING LORD WHO DEFINES
VALUE AND ETHICS, NOT MONEY.
6 Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; 7 for
we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; 8 but if
we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 But those who want
to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful
desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is
a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered
away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. (1 Timothy 6:6-10,
NRSV)
THREE: WE DO NOT OPERATE LIKE A BUSINESS,
BUT AS THE COUNTER-CULTURAL
COMMUNITY OF CHRIST.
18 And others are those sown among the thorns: these are the ones who hear
the word, 19 but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth, and the desire for
other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing. 20 And these are
the ones sown on the good soil: they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit,
thirty and sixty and a hundredfold. (Mark 4:18-20, NRSV)
Amount
Historical Voices From The Community
MLK Reflection: From A Birmingham Jail
“America”
Worship Through Song
MLK Reflection: From A Birmingham Jail
Prayer for the Village Community
Worship Through Giving
MLK Elementary School
5 Year Goal
$1,000,000.00
Amari Conwell
1 Year Goal
$200,000.00
Pledged
$303,770.00
Children/Youth Choir
Tiffani White
Roy Sumlin Jr.
Processional
Contributed
$23,933.00
Community
Community Blessing
“Black Butterfly”
Sounds of Blackness
Please join us for Lunch in the Fellowship Hall!
Like us on Facebook at The Road UMC!
Visit our Website @
www.theroadumc.org
SMRUMC – MORTGAGE PLEDGE
Parish Notices/Welcome and Recognition of Visitors
Worship Through Song
Please remember to silence cell phones and personal
communication devices during our morning worship.
Thank you!
Need 200 paying units for 5 years
at $1,000.00 per year.
Pledging Units YTD: 79
Pledging Units Needed: 121
Lectionary Readings, Week of February 22, 2015
Genesis 9:8-17
Psalm 25:1-10
1 Peter 3:18-22
Mark 1:9-15
Prayer Warrior On-Call for the Month of February
Ms. Sheila Woodbury (706) 536-8508
Prayer Concerns
Harold Claytor
Jeannye Dudley
Emily Walker
926 Celia Drive, Columbus, GA (07)
3039 Four Oaks Drive, Atlanta, GA 30360
5339 Rockwell Court, Columbus, GA (07)
(706) 563-6499
(770) 399-6340
(706) 689-7510
Christ in our Homes, Christ in our Church,
Christ in our Community, Christ in Us!
Call the church office to notify the staff of any known Prayer Request or you may
enter your Prayer Request on our website, www.theroadumc.org.