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8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Fifth Sunday After Pentecost June 19, 2016
WE GATHER TO ACCLAIM HIM PRE-SERVICE MUSIC Marlene Bryan PRELUDE Praise to the Lord, the Almighty-arr. Paul Manz LaMurl Morris GATHERING SONG (11:00) NO. 710 Faith of Our Fathers WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Glenn Cole
GREETING TIME
WE WORSHIP HIM WITH PRAISE, PRAYER, & GIVING HYMN NO. 698 God of the Ages OFFERTORY This Is My Father’s World-arr. Mark Kellner Bryan Shaw, violin/LaMurl Morris, piano DOXOLOGY-HYMN NO. 62
Let all things their Creator bless, and worship him in humbleness,
O praise ye! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And Praise the Spirit, Three in One!
O Praise ye! O praise ye! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! READING OF THE WORD 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NIV)
Glenn Cole AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (8:30)—#881 (The Apostles’ Creed) COMMISSIONING OF TANZANIA AND EPWORTH MISSION TEAMS (11:00)
PRAISE SONGS (11:00)
MORNING PRAYER Bill Emerson
(11:00) Children may be dismissed to Children’s Church in Room 103. Pre-K (4 years old by Sept. 1, 2015) through 3rd Grade
WE HEAR HIS WORD The Rev. Bill Curington SCRIPTURE MESSAGE “Living in a Dangerous World”
OUR RESPONSE HYMN NO. 347 Spirit Song SENDING FORTH Glenn Cole CONGREGATIONAL BLESSING
May the Lord, Mighty God, bless and keep you forever, Grant you peace, perfect peace, courage in every endeavor.
Lift up your eyes and see His face, know His grace is for you, May the Lord, Mighty God, bless and keep you forever.
POSTLUDE Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah-CWM RHONDDA LaMurl Morris
Altar Color for Sunday, June 19—Green
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES AT ST. JAMES
Sunday, June 19 Worship Services at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m. Worship (Sanct.) 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship (Sanct.) 4:00 P.M. Estonia Team Mtg. (Rm. 101) 5:30 p.m. Hebrew Class ( Rm. 219)
Monday, June 20 Epworth Middle School Mission Trip
12:00 noon Covenant Care Mtg. (Rm. 110)
Tuesday, June 21
Epworth Middle School Mission Trip 7:30 a.m. Men’s Bible Study (Rm. 220) 6:15 p.m. Summer Men’s Bible Study (Locos Grill—1985 Barnett Shoals Rd.)
Wednesday, June 22 Epworth Middle School Mission Trip
6:30 p.m. Women’s Summer Reading Club on the Porch (Mary Wallace’s porch) Thursday, June 23
Epworth Middle School Mission Trip
Friday, June 24 [SJUMC Office Closed on Fridays]
8:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group 6:30 p.m. Athens SHARE (Jimmy)
Saturday, June 25 Key FH = Fellowship Hall Sanct.= Sanctuary The Jimmy = House beside St. James (across parking lot)
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES Sunday, June 19, 2016
8:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship Service
THE LIGHT
Did you miss a Sunday?
Pastor Bill’s sermons are on our
website. Go to www.sjumc.org
and click on “Teachings.”
The Worship of God
"Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks
for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good
things to those who ask him!” (Matthew 7:9-11)
In the gospels, and in several other places in the New Testament, one way that Jesus
taught His disciples was through a comparison of a lesser thing with a greater thing, a
lesser truth with a greater truth. For instance, in Matthew 6:26, Jesus compares us to
birds of the air: “Are you not of more value than they?” His assurance to His disciples
(and to us) was that your Heavenly Father feeds these creatures who are of much less
value than we are, so how much more will the Father care for us?
However, just a few verses later Jesus uses a slightly different kind of “how much
more” comparison. No longer was the lesser truth a “lesser” part of creation-a lily of
the field or a bird of the air-and we the greater truth, but suddenly we are now the
lesser thing. In doing this Jesus is able to point out to His disciples the magnificent
love of the Heavenly Father, which is the greater thing. (And ultimately the greatest
thing there is.) Yes, Jesus affirms that we know how to give good gifts. But Jesus isn’t
trying to butter us up and pat us on the back and tell us how wonderful we are. What
He is demonstrating is that even we “who are evil” (meaning there is no good in us)
know how to give good gifts, so how much more will our Heavenly Father who is
perfectly just, perfectly righteous, perfectly holy, and perfectly good, give good things
to those who ask Him!
Our Heavenly Father has freely given us the best, most wonderful gift of all. The best
“much more” statements that free us from the bondage of sin and death are these:
“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be
saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled
to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be
saved by his life “ (Romans 5:8-10)!
The sanctuary flowers today are given by Jim and Jan Hathcote in honor of
our St. James fathers.
June 19, 2016
If you have a bed (or even just a mattress and box springs) that you don’t need
please contact Lloyd Craft at [email protected] or call 678-346-8956.
PRAYER REQUESTS Mike Johnston Galt Family Faye Boyd Robert Murphy Shelly Legato Bette Daniels Laura Beck Sally Stowers Phil Sherman Andy Hassell Quinn Daly Collin Jarrett David Jarrell Katherine Wolf Fran Hutto Anna May Cobb Barbara Andersen David & Pam Cothran Courtney & Landon Westerman Shaffer Family
SERVING IN THE MILITARY
Corp. Shay Jennings Capt. Brett Thomas 2nd Lt. William Mahoney Pvt. Andrew Bryant Capt. Courtney Strack Maj. Chris Himmelsbach Maj. Nathaniel Chittick Cody Maxwell 2nd Lt. Wesley M. Hutto
PREPARING FOR SUNDAY MORNING Sunday Worship at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
The Rev. Bill Curington
LITURGICAL READINGS for June 19, 2016
1 Kings 19:1-15a Psalm 42 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39
THANK YOU FOR SILENCING ELECTRONIC DEVICES
DURING THE WORSHIP SERVICES.
Our St. James Prayer Ministers will be available at the Altar immediately
following the service to pray with anyone desiring prayer.
Josh Chandler—Head Usher, June, 2016
111 West Lake Drive • Athens, Georgia 30606 • (706) 548-1680 • FAX (706) 548-5002 Congregational Care Hotline (after hours) (706) 395-5152 • www.sjumc.org
Questions? Email us at [email protected]
LOOKING AHEAD!
June 20-23 Youth Epworth Middle School Mission Trip June 26-July 12 Tanzania Mission Trip July 14-25 Estonia Mission Trip August 17 Wednesday Night Activities Resume
From the Scholarship Committee The Committee is short on funds to help defray tuition costs for students of St.
James who are studying to enter the ministry. Please consider giving a gift
designated to the Scholarship Fund if you can contribute beyond your usual
tithe.
Wednesday Night Opportunities
Attendance & Offering (June 12, 2016)
Attendance Sunday School 144 Worship (8:30) 44 Worship (11:00) 175 Total Worship 219
Offering General/Operating Fund Offering $13,951 General/Operating Fund Offering (YTD) $391,484
Have you remembered St. James in your will?
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
The Rev. Bill Curington, Senior Pastor
Glenn Cole Bill Emerson Executive Minister Minister of Music and Congregational Care Andrea Jay Lloyd Craft Children’s Minister Pastor, The Light (Mission Church) Brandy Chandler Austin Hunter Nursery Minister Youth Minister Bryan Shaw LaMurl Morris Director of Worship and the Arts Organist Glenda Churchill Mary Swift Finance Secretary Administrative Assistant
Looking to Make St. James Your Church Home? If you are considering joining St. James and making this congregation your church home, please contact our Executive Minister, Glenn Cole, to find out the next steps into membership. You can reach Glenn at the church office at 706-548-1680 or by email at [email protected], or meet him at the front of the sanctuary after any of our worship services.
7:00-8:00 p.m. Bible Study (Two Story Coffee)
Youth Ministry
Summer Men’s Bible Study Come on a journey with us and climb the “Galatians mountain”
as we study Paul’s letter to the Galatians.
Tuesdays, June 7-July 12 (6:15-7:45 p.m.)
June 21 will be at Locos Grill-Eastside, 1985 Barnett Shoals Rd. (June 28 through July 12 at The Light, 174 Henderson Ext., Athens)
Tuckston UMC has begun a new outreach ministry called Caregiver’s Support. They cross denominational lines to provide a safe place for caregivers to find support from others who have traveled the same path of caring for a spouse, child, neighbor, etc.. They meet monthly on the second Sunday of each month, at 3:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of their church. The address is 4175 Lexington Rd., Athens. There are no fees. If interested in participating, contact David Hill at 706-742-8441 or [email protected], or call Tuckston UMC at 706-353-1311.
ATTENTION: LADIES OF ST. JAMES Summer Reading Club on the Porch
We are doing Katherine Arnold Wolf’s new book, “Hope Heals.” (Purchase at Lifeway at Epps Bridge Center, or at Amazon.)
When: 6 Wednesday Night Sessions (Began May 25 through June 29 )
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Where: Mary Wallace’s porch (1051 Creek Bridge Dr., Watkinsville) For more information contact Mary Wallace at [email protected]
or 706-201-6169.
VSS (Vacation Sunday School) June 5—August 7
Pre-K through 5th Grade
In Memoriam
Louise Shaffer
June 12, 2016
The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him. Proverbs 20:7 (NIV)
Please be in prayer for our upcoming mission teams :
Epworth Middle School Mission Team — June 20-23 (Noah Boyd, Doug Butts, Patrick Butts, Jonathan Emerson, Miranda Gegen, Austin Hunter, Heather Julian, Jeremiah Julian, Nathaniel Lemons, Jen Morlock, Mia Morlock, Andrew
Mulkey, Katherine Sutton, Nic Turner and Trevor Ward) Tanzania Team 2016 —June 26-July 12 (Julie Crozier, Patrick Eaton, Jonathan Emerson, Austin Hunter, Debbie Jones, Chad Lowery, Peyton Lowery, Sarah Madden, LaMurl Morris, and Tim Savelle)
