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Welcome to
Horne
Memorial
United Methodist Church
Organized 1859
Sunday, January 1, 2017
http://horneumc.net/
www.facebook.com/horneumc
Senior Pastor, Ross Carter
Pastor of Visitation, Rich Hartman
Physical: 121 East Second Street, Clayton, NC 27520
Mail: Post Office Box 475, Clayton, NC 27528
Church Office Number – (919) 553-6464
Our Mission:
To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Our Values:
Radical Hospitality Going the second mile in demonstrating an active desire to invite, welcome, receive, and care for those who are strangers so that they find a spiritual home, and discover for themselves the unending richness of life in Christ.
Passionate Worship Describes those times we gather deliberately out of an intense desire to
encounter God in Christ. God uses worship to transform lives, heal
wounded souls, renew hope, shape decisions, provoke change, inspire
compassion, and bind people to one another.
Intentional Faith Development A deliberate offering of ministries that help us grow in faith outside of
weekly worship, such as bible studies, Sunday School classes, support
groups, and prayer teams. We strive to provide opportunities appropriate
for people to learn in community at all stages of faith.
Risk-taking Mission & Service Projects, efforts, and work people do to make a positive difference in the
lives of others for the purposes of Christ, whether or not they will ever
become part of the community of faith. Risk-taking pushes us out of our
comfort zone, stretching us beyond service to people we already know,
exposing us to people, situations, and needs that we would never
ordinarily encounter apart from our deliberate intention to serve Christ.
Extravagant Generosity
Providing ministries that address our spiritual need to give, as God gives,
in ways that exceed all expectations and extend to unexpected measures.
Fruitful congregations thrive because of extraordinary sharing, willing
sacrifice, and joyous giving out of love for God and neighbor.
Welcome guests.
We consider it a privilege to have you worship with us
and sincerely hope you will receive a blessing from this
service. We have guest information cups in bags at the
front of the Sanctuary & Fellowship Hall. Please fill out a
yellow visitor card on your pew or row with your
information, so you will receive newsletters and updates.
Cards may be dropped in the offering plate.
Sunday, January 1, 2017
10:00 AM Traditional Service (Sanctuary)
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
9:00 AM Preschool (Basement)
9:30 AM Women’s Bible Study (213)
5:00 PM Praise Dance (Fellowship Hall, 213)
5:30 PM Women’s Bible Study (214)
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
9:00 AM Preschool (Basement)
6:30 PM Youth Group (Fellowship hall)
No Fellowship Dinner tonight! We will resume 1/11!
Thursday, January 5, 2017
9:00 AM Preschool (Basement)
9:30 AM Women’s Bible Study (213)
7:00 PM CrossWalk Practice (Fellowship hall)
Friday, January 6, 2017
9:00 AM Preschool (Basement)
Wesley Covenant Service
Traditional Service January 1, 2017 Sanctuary 10:00 AM
Greeting and Announcements Welcome! If you are a visitor, please fill out the yellow card in the red folder at the end of your row and place it in the offering plate.
Throughout the worship service there are times when words are exchanged between the worship leader and the congregation. The leader’s words are in
Regular Type and the congregational responses are in Bold Type.
Prelude
Opening Prayer
O God, Searcher of our hearts, you have formed us as a people and claimed us for your own. As we come to acknowledge your sovereignty and grace, and to enter into covenant with you, reveal any reluctance or falsehood within us. Let your Spirit impress your truth on our inmost being, and receive us in mercy, for the sake of our Mediator, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Hymn No. 218 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Passing of the Peace
Children’s Message Children, ages 3 - 5 are invited to join us
in Children's Church afterwards.
The Proclamation
God has given the Lord Jesus Christ as the only way and means of coming to God. I do here renew my acceptance of Christ as the only new and living way, and sincerely join myself in covenant with him. O blessed Jesus, I come to you hungry, sinful, miserable, blind, and naked, unworthy to even wash the feet of your servants. I do here, with all my power, accept you as my Lord and Head. I renounce my own unworthiness, and vow that you are the Lord, my righteousness. I renounce my own wisdom, and take you for my only guide. I renounce my own will, and take you as my law. Christ has told us that we must suffer with him. I do hereby covenant with you, O Christ, to take my lot with you as it may fall. Through your grace I promise that neither life nor death shall part me from you. God has given holy laws as the rule for our lives.
I do here willingly put my neck under your yoke, to carry you burden. All your laws are holy, just, and good. I therefore take them as the rule for my words, thoughts, and actions, promising that I will strive to order myself as not to neglect anything I know to be my duty. The almighty God searches and knows our hearts. Almighty God, you know that I make this covenant with you today without guile and reservation. If any falsehood should be in it, guide me and help me to set it aright. And now, glory be to you, O God the Father, whom I from this day forward shall look upon as my God and Father. Glory be to you, O God the Son, who has loved me and washed me from my sins in your own blood, and now is my Savior and Redeemer. Glory be to you, O God the Holy Spirit, who by your almighty power has turned my heart from sin to God. Almighty God, the Lord Omnipotent, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you have now become my Covenant Friend.
Offering & Offertory I Wonder As I Wander Don
Johnston, soloist
Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Offertory Prayer
Hymn No. 251 Go Tell it on the Mountain
Scripture Lessons: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
The Invitation
Commit yourselves to Christ as his servants … Let us therefore, go to Christ and pray: Let me be your servant, under your command. I will no longer be my own. I will give up myself to your will in all things. Be satisfied that Christ shall be your place and work. Lord, make me what you will. I put myself into your hands: put me to doing, put me to suffering, let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you, let me be full, let me be empty, let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and with a willing heart give it all to your pleasure and disposal. Christ will be the Savior to none but his servants … To make this covenant a reality in your life, listen to these admonitions: First, set apart time … Second, be serious and in a spirit of holy awe and reverence …
Third, claim God’s covenant … And last, be prepared to renew your covenant with the Lord. Bow in obedience, lift your heart to the Lord and open your minds to the Lord as we pray:
The Covenant Prayer
O righteous God, for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, see me as I bow before you. Forgive my unfaithfulness in not having done your will, for you have promised mercy to me if I turn to you with my whole heart.
God requires that we should put away all our idols.
I here from the bottom of my heart renounce them all, covenanting with you that no sin shall be allowed in my life. Against your will, I have turned my love toward the world. In your power I will watch all temptations that will lead me away from you. For my own righteousness is riddled with sin, unable to stand before you. Through Christ, God has offered to be our God again if we will let him. Before heaven and earth, I here acknowledge you as my Lord and God. I take you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for my portion, and vow to give myself, body and soul, as your servant, to serve you in holiness and righteousness all the days of my life.
And I, through your infinite grace, have become your
covenant servant. So be it. And let the covenant I
have made with you on earth be ratified in heaven.
Amen.
Holy Communion
Hymn No. 220 Angels from the Realms of Glory
Blessing & Sending Forth
indicates times to stand, if able
Prayer Requests
Church Family & friends: Lee Ann & Steve Mowe,
Jimmy Stephenson, George Supcoe, Robby Braim,
Betty Bell, Israel Campbell, Tish Frish, Dawn Leslie,
Marcelle Brannan, Frances Barbour, Ed & Sarah Lou Smith,
Sue & David Verrinder, Lynn Harrell, Phyllis Bass, Gene
Patton, Vernon & Betty Johnson, Alex Lee,
Jean Settle, Joe Grabol, JD Bryant, W.R. Alexander,
Marilyn Ransopher, Claire Stamey, Sue Cole, Wilbur
Honeycutt, Jerry Andrews, Bill & Linda Griswold,
Rose Butler, Doug McCormac, Karen Wiggins, Vernon
Novak, Carol Bullock, Vivian Putt, Rick Ransopher, Donna
Holt, Suzanne Lenhendt, Madeline Scovitch, Janice
Boyette, Colin Oakes.
START THE NEW YEAR IN A SMALL GROUP STUDY!
Give yourself the gift of growing in your faith in
2017! Register online @ horneumc.net or contact
the class facilitator to join.
“The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts”
Begins Sun, Jan 8, 1:30-2:30PM, Room B8, Facilitated by
Grant & Randi Warren, [email protected]
“Eyewitness To Glory: Moses – Discerning God’s Active
Presence” Begins Sun, Jan 8, 5-6PM, Room 214
Facilitated by Holly Patton, [email protected]
“Discerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When
God Speaks” Begins Tue, Jan 3, 9:30-11:30AM, Room213
Facilitated by Diane Snyder, [email protected]
Tuesday Evening Women’s Group
Begins Tue, Jan 3, 5:30-6:30PM, Room 214, Facilitated by
Marion Young, [email protected]
“A Lump in the Throat: Faith and the Poetry of
Robert Frost” Begins Wed, Jan 11, 6:15–7:15PM, The
Clayton Center Rotary Room, Facilitated by Rev.
Tim Russell & Hannah, [email protected]
“Seamless: Understanding the Bible as One Complete
Story” Begins Wed, Jan 11, 6:15-7:15PM, The Clayton
Center Four Oaks Room, Facilitated by Joseph & Jessica
Andolsen, [email protected]
“First Corinthians: Living Love When We Disagree”
Begins Wed, Jan 11, 6:15–7:15PM, The Clayton
Center Poole Room, Facilitated by Laura Griggs,
Be Loyal (Book of Matthew): Following the King of
Kings Begins Wed, Jan 11, 6:15-7:15PM, The Clayton
Center York Room, Facilitated by Grant Warren,
“Entrusted” (New Beth Moore Study)
Begins Thur, Jan 5, 9:30AM-12:00PM, Room 213,
Facilitated by Connie Riddle,[email protected].
“Your Spiritual IQ: Five Steps to Spiritual Growth”
Begins Fri, Jan 20, 11:30AM – 1PM, Room 213
Facilitated by Sherrie, [email protected].
Altar Flowers
Contact Sarah Norris, [email protected]
The Altar Flower signup is
available at our church website
under worship. Monthly
reminders to sign up will be sent
out with the link provided. You
can also call the church office to
sign up. Flowers are $50. Checks
should be written to Horne with
flowers in the notation.
The flowers on the sanctuary altar are given by
Michael Haller in honor of Michelle’s birthday.
News!
Fellowship Dinner: Join us every Wednesday night
for dinner from 5 PM – 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall.
Fellowship Dinner will not be held during the holidays. It
will resume on January 11.
Confirmation Classes for 2017:
At Horne Memorial Confirmation is directed to youth
seventh grade and older. Our first class will be held on
February 12 in the Church Sanctuary from 6-7:30 PM.
Please go to http://horneumc.net/ministries/confirmation/ to register your child. Contact [email protected] for more
information.
The first United Methodist Special Sunday of
2017 will be here before we know it.
Human Relations Day is Jan. 15, 2017, a day to support
the ministry of Christ among those on the margins.
Thousands of United Methodist communities will come
together to receive a special offering that nurtures at-risk
youth, strengthens communities’ self-improvement efforts
and advocates for the oppressed.
Over the years, on Human Relations Day, we have
collected thousands of dollars that have gone toward
making a real difference in communities across the United
States.
In 2015, gifts to Human Relations Day totaled $540,834.
Will you help us make a difference this year?
Write checks to Horne Memorial UMC with HR in the
notation.
