This Week at Saint Mark Sunday, October 16

8:00a Pancake breakfast

9:00a Morning Worship

10:10a Sunday School classes

Newcomer class series

11:15a Morning Worship

1:00p Atlanta AIDS Walk

4:30p ASCA meeting

Monday, October 17

7:15a Augustine Fellowship

8:30a ESL classes

10:00a Finance volunteers

1:30p staff meeting

7:00p Sentimental Journey rehearsal

7:30p AGMC Panache rehearsal

Tuesday, October 18

7:15a Augustine Fellowship

8:30a ESL classes

9:00a ESL testing and registration

2:30p Supper Club prep

3:30p music lessons

7:00p Crystal Meth Anonymous

7:00p Just Us Atlanta (TransIt) meeting

Wednesday, October 19

7:15a Augustine Fellowship

8:30a ESL classes

5:00p Beth’s study of the Bible class

5:30p Fellowship dinner

6:30p Handbell practice

6:30p Children’s Choir practice

7:30p Chancel Choir practice

7:45p Theology on Tap

8:00p Augustine Fellowship 3

Thursday, October 20

7:15a Augustine Fellowship

8:30a ESL classes

4:30p Augustine Fellowship 2

6:00p Trey Clegg Singers rehearsal

7:30p AGMC rehearsal

Friday, October 21

7:15a Augustine Fellowship

7:00p Just Us Atlanta (JustTeens) meeting

Saturday, October 22

9:00a Breakfast Club

10:00a Crystal Meth Anonymous

11:30a Open Doors

7:00p Trey Clegg Singers concert

Please contact Rev. Beth LaRocca-Pitts to notify the church of a death or illness.

To reach a minister after office hours in case of emergency, call 1-800-673-0411.

WELCOME HOME TO

Saint Mark United Methodist Church

781 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308

(404) 873-2636 • www.stmarkumc.org

The Saint Mark Care Line (after hours emergency): 1-800-673-0411

The Reverend Doctor Beth LaRocca-Pitts Senior Pastor

The Reverend Jennifer Hansen Minister of Outreach & Missions

The Reverend Joshua M. Noblitt Minister of Social Justice & Evangelism

Mr. Jonathan Easter Director of Fine Arts

Minister Sheila Stephens Director of Children’s Ministries

Mrs. Natalie Faulkner Children’s Intern

Congregational Care

Hospitalized

Gene Goldsmith St. Joseph’s

At Home

Tracy Brown’s mother Katherine Macon

Rhonda Crusselle

Jennifer Hansen’s nephew Edward Lehman AL

Susie Kezh's mother, Beth Bice Ellijay

Stacy Ladd's mother Sue Alexander

Andrew Land’s father Jerry

Bill Murray

Josh Noblitt’s grandmother Maxine Huggins NC

Terry Oxner’s mother Katie and sister Linda

Sam Vaught’s mother Toni Vaught Roseboro, NC

Hoyt Young

In Care Facilities

David Atkinson’s mother Peggy Sue Knoxville, TN

Mark Corsale's father OR

Stephen Fifield Foxglove Nursing Home, East Point

Julie Jones’ mother Shirley Park Springs, St. Mtn.

Tom Lawson Decatur

Jeff McMullen's mother Sandra Milledgeville GA

James & Adelyn Stevenson Lenbrook Square

In Military Service

Candice King's daughter-in-law, SGT Rachel King

Fort Wainwright AK

Eric Lauer Army, Ft Gordon, GA

Al Thomas' grandson Cory CarterFt Bragg NC, Army

The church calendar is now online - just follow the calendar link on the

main page at www.stmarkumc.org.

Today at Saint Mark

Pancake Breakfast Join us this morning for a pancake breakfast in Wade

Hall! French toast, waffles, sausage, grilled cheese sandwiches and hot dogs

will also be served. Cost is $5/ person. Proceeds benefit Saint Mark missions.

Our 5 week class series for newcomers continues today at 10:10am in the

parlor. Anyone who is new to Saint Mark or considering joining the church is

invited to attend. On Sunday, Oct. 30, participants will have the opportunity

to join the church during Morning Worship. Contact Rev. Josh Noblitt at

jnoblitt@stmarkumc.org for details.

New Faith Seekers class series Our month long study Discovering the Power

of Grace in our Individual Lives, facilitated by Mary Abbott Waite, continues.

Discussions will draw from scriptures, John Wesley's writings, Charles Wesley

hymn texts, other sources and personal experiences. The class meets

Sundays at 10:10am in room 205; all are welcome!

Meeting for parents today All children’s Sunday school teachers and any

other interested parents are requested to meet in Wade Hall after the 11:15

Morning Worship service.

Due to the AIDS Walk this afternoon, the Worship committee meeting

originally scheduled for today will be rescheduled.

This year’s Atlanta AIDS Walk will be held in Piedmont Park today. Once

again a Saint Mark team will participate. Saint Mark is always in the top 10

fundraisers for this event and we want to keep it that way! We are typically

the only church in the top 10, which is usually filled with large corporate

donors. Let’s keep this witness going! Registration begins at 11am. The 5K

walk begins at 2pm and the 5K run begins at 1pm. If you are not able to walk

with the Saint Mark team, it’s not to late to make a donation. Visit the church

website www.stmarkumc.org, click on “Events” and look for the information

on the AIDS Walk.

Our children’s Fall Festival will take place on the church lawn next Sunday,

October 23 from 2 to 6pm in conjunction with Atlanta Streets Alive. This is a

great opportunity for Saint Mark to connect with new Midtown residents.

We still need volunteers to help organize, and set up games, etc.; contact

James Mullen at jamesmullenatl@gmail.com if you can help. Atlanta Streets

Alive is an initiative of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, offering free and fun

activities for participants, turning streets into temporary parks. You can enjoy

the open streets route and participate in free activities (such as our fall

festival) clustered in "activity hubs" along the route. To learn more, visit

atlantastreetsalive.com.

This Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7pm at Saint Mark, the Trey Clegg Singers proudly

present their inaugural fall concert March to Freedom: Songs of Sorrow,

Justice, and Hope. Musical selections will reflect the theme of freedom from

all forms of oppression, bigotry, classism, hate, and violence. The concert will

include an eclectic variety of musical styles and genres ranging from English

Cathedral music, Mozart’s Requiems, Broadway musicals, African American

Spirituals, R&B styles to Gospel music. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25

at the door and can be purchased online at www.freshtix.com/events/

thetreycleggsingers-fallconcert. For more information, call 678-364-7464.

THE WORSHIP OF GOD Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 9:00 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.

22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Epistle Lesson 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 LuAlice Waite (9:00)

Cheryl Thompson (11:15)

*HYMN OF PRAISE Let Streams of Living Justice Insert

THE GIFTS OF AND FOR OUR YOUNGER CHURCH Josh Noblitt

*Gospel Lesson Luke 18:1-8 Beth LaRocca-Pitts SERMON “Keep At It!” Beth LaRocca-Pitts

WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

PASTORAL AND THE LORD’S PRAYER Sheila Stephens 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 and ever. Amen.

OFFERING OURSELVES TO GOD

The Invitation Sheila Stephens Offertory Set Me As a Seal - Clausen

Chancel Choir

*The Doxology Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow

UMH No. 94 LASST UNS ERFREUEN Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below:

Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts!

Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

*PRAYER AFTER THE OFFERING Natalie Faulkner

WE ARE SENT FORTH INTO GOD’S WORLD

*INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP AND MEMBERSHIP Natalie Faulkner

*HYMN OF DEDICATION Lord, You Give the Great Commission

UMH No. 584, stanzas 1, 2, 4, & 5 ABBOT’S LEIGH

*BENEDICTION AND TRINITY CHIMES Beth LaRocca-Pitts

POSTLUDE Voluntary on Hyfrydol – Ralph Vaughan Williams

The flowers in the sanctuary today were given by Joe Black and Derald

Hartley in loving memory of their parents Bill and Edna Black and Woodrow

and Odessa Hartley.

If you would like to provide fresh flowers in the sanctuary for Sunday Morning Worship,

please contact Roger Brown at 678-575-2847. 2

PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP

Enter to Fellowship Sit to Pray Stand to Worship Leave to Share

4 3 Music reproduced within this document is done so with permission

under the following license: CCLI 2253952

THE ORDER OF WORSHIP * - Where indicated, those who are able, please stand.

We sing from 2 hymnals during Sunday morning worship. The United

Methodist Hymnal (UMH) is the large red hymnal in the pew racks.

The Faith We Sing (TFWS) is the smaller black hymnal found in the pews.

WE GATHER

MUSIC AS WE GATHER

WELCOME AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH Jennifer Hansen

Leader: We thank God for these opportunities for fellowship and service.

Many: Thanks be to God!

CONCERNS

Leader: For all these persons and all who are in need.

Many: Hold your people near, O God.

JOYS

Leader: We give thanks to God for these blessings.

Many: Thanks be to God!

Leader: Let us take a moment to center our hearts on God.

PRELUDE AND CHIMES Saint Mark Ringers

Andante Maestoso from the Planets - Holst / McChesney

*INTROIT Spirit of God

TFWS No. 2117, 3rd stanza DOVE SONG

*CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 121 Sheila Stephens One: I lift up my eyes to the hills; from where is my help to come?

Many: Our help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

One: God will not let your foot be moved and the one who watches

over us will not fall asleep.

Many: The Lord watches over us personally.

One: The Lord is our shade at our right hand,

Many: So that the sun shall not strike us by day, nor the moon by night.

One: The Lord shall preserve us from all evil;

it is God who shall keep us safe.

All: The Lord shall watch over our going out and our coming in,

from this time forth for evermore.

*HYMN OF PRAISE Praise the Source of Faith and Learning

TFWS No. 2004 HYFRYDOL

*PASSING OF THE PEACE

WE HEAR GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Assisting in Worship Today

Soundboard: Kale Wright & Deanna Dennis

Usher Team: Jon Atteberry, Head Usher; Bill Cox, team captain, Glen Anderson,

Joe Black, Joel Black, John Flatt, Joseph Hackett, Shirley Horan,

Mark Jefferson, John Marotta, and Russell McKinney

Let Streams of Living Justice