Welcome to First United Methodist Church

Siler City, North Carolina

Our hearts, our minds,

and our doors are always open.

AN ORDER FOR OUR WORSHIP OF GOD

April 22, 2018, 10:00 AM Fourth Sunday of Easter

We are so glad you are here to worship today. When the prelude begins, please prepare your heart for

worship through silent prayer and meditation.

(*) denotes congregation standing if able

GOD GATHERS US TOGETHER

PRELUDE

WELCOME & GATHERING

(Please sign and pass the pew pads.)

*CALL TO WORSHIP (1 John 4 )

Beloved, God calls us to come together in love.

Love is from God.

We all are called to live in God’s love.

Love is from God.

When we live in God’s love, our love overflows.

Love is from God.

Let us worship together in Love.

*HYMN The Church’s One Foundation Hymnal p.546

(The Light of Christ brings us together to worship.)

*OPENING PRAYER (Ps 4, 1 John 3, Luke 24)

Come to us, God, for we are waiting— waiting and hoping that

your word of peace will soothe our fearful and doubting souls.

Open ours hearts to the message you would share with us to-

day through song, prayer and meditation, that our souls might

reach out, touch you, and believe. Help us claim our identity as

your beloved children. Help us live into this identity, today and

always, that we might radiate your love to others. Come, be-

loved One, we are here to listen and be transformed. Amen.

GOD CALLS US TO RESPOND

*HYMN Precious Lord, Take My Hand Hymnal p. 474 *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Hymnal p. 883 We are not alone, we live in God's world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the church: to celebrate God's presence, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God. Amen.

GOD SENDS US OUT TO SERVE *THE LIGHT OF CHRIST LEADS US TO SERVE IN THE WORLD *BENEDICTION *CHIMING OF THE TRINITY *POSTLUDE *********************** The Altar Rail is a place for dedication, rededication or special prayer.

You may come during the hymns and remain as long as you desire.

*********************** Communion is held the first Sunday of every month during the 10:00am

service and in the Chapel at 9:45 on all other Sundays.

Please sign our Pew Pads. Thank you for worshipping with us today, and please join us again soon.

Childcare is available for all children from infant to 1st grade.

Please turn right out of the Sanctuary and through double doors. Turn right and the Nursery is straight ahead.

Children’s Worship Bags are available in the Narthex. Please enjoy and

return the bags at the end of worship.

Hearing Aid Devices are available from the ushers.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD'S VOICE

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy

Spirit that, as the Scriptures are read and your Word

proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today.

Amen.

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON 1 John 3: 16-24 Pew Bible p. 240

GOSPEL John 10: 11-18 Pew Bible p. 103

Lay Reader: Elizabeth Meadows

ANTHEM TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN *HYMN At the Name of Jesus Hymnal p. 168 *THE APOSTLES’ CREED Hymnal p. 881 *GLORIA PATRI Hymnal p. 70 Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen. JOYS AND CONCERNS PASTORAL PRAYER THE LORD’S PRAYER Hymnal p. 895 THE WORSHIP OF GOD WITH GOD’S TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS OFFERTORY *DOXOLOGY Hymnal p. 95 DEDICATION OF OFFERING MESSAGE Acts 4: 5 - 12 Rev. Carl Belcher

THE CHURCH STAFF

Reverend Carl Belcher (cbelcher@fumcsilercity.org) Pastor Cell-919-215-5598 Reverend Travis W. Owen Pastor Emeritus S. Timothy Davidson Director of Music YoLonda Moody (office@fumcsilercity.org) Admin. Assistant Pam Whitaker (pwhitaker@fumcsilercity.org) Financial Secretary Jeff Brown Custodian Web Page www.fumcsilercity.org Facebook Siler City First United Methodist Church

Mailing Address Telephone 1101 West Raleigh Street Office: 919-742-2722 P.O. Box 212 Fax: 919-663-5640 Siler City, North Carolina 27344

Church Office Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

SCRIPTURE MEMORY VERSE

Psalm 23:1 – “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Food Pantry - Peanut Butter

Mark your calendar for the Community Singing hosted by Siler City Presbyterian Church on Sunday, April 22 at 6:30pm. Admission is one can of food to support the Chatham Food Pantry.

FUEL-UP will meet on April 26th. Anyone interested in helping out meet in the FUEL-UP room to pack bags for those in need at 1:00pm. Please join us if you can; we have a great time!

Our annual dinner and dessert auction is scheduled for Sunday, April 29th at 5:00pm Please mark your calendar; we would love to see everyone there.

Orders for Mother’s Day flowers are being taken now until noon on Monday, April 30th. Order forms can be found on the table in the narthex and in the church office.

The Fred and Janice Poston Scholarship application is available in the church office. Please feel free to stop in and pick one up for a graduating senior going off to college next year. All completed applications are due by Sunday, May 6, 2018.

John McSween would like to meet with the Staff Parrish Relations Committee on May 9th at 7pm. Please mark your calendars.

Mark your calendar for the annual Birthday Celebration Dinner at 6:00pm on May 23rd! We would love for everyone to be there.

The proposed columbarium plans are on display in the narthex for all to view. Take some time to look at the plans as they are quite beautiful an enlightening.

The family of Gregory S. Height-DeAngelo has created a “Life Tributes” page for those who would like to post a memory or a message at http://www.laurelfuneralhome.net/obituaries/Gregory-Height-Deangelo/

Remember to pray and reach out to your 2018 Prayer Partner whenever possible. Everyone appreciates a “pick-me-up,” especially during this time of year. It can be as simple as a thinking of you card, email, or phone call.

It is almost time to publish the next church newsletter. The church would like to include as many upcoming events for May, June and July in the newsletter as possible. Please email YoLonda any events or articles you would like to appear in the newsletter by 10am on April 23, 2018. Think about summer events that you have had in the past and let her know.

Dear Church Friends - Thank you so much for selecting me as senior of the month for April. We appreciated the gift certificate and thank you for all the cards and other acts of kindness. Thanks again. With love and appreciation - Louise Adcock

To Carl and Our Entire Church Family - We gratefully acknowledge and deeply appreciate your support and kind message of comfort during our time of need and at the memorial service. Knowing your prayers were with us gave us a peace. Thank you for your love and support. Carl, thank you for trying to visit Cathy, that is so special. Mart, Le, Austin and Ernest - The family of Catherine Holland Greene

WORSHIP OPPORTUNIITIES

9:00 AM Sunday School 9:20 AM Choir Practice 9:45 AM Communion in Chapel 10:00 AM Church Service

Each Sunday, enjoy coffee & fellowship in the Dining Room following Sunday School.

Last Week’s Presence

Sunday School

Worship Service 63

Stewardship as of Last Sunday January 2018 - December 2018

General Fund Receipts 97,720.56

General Fund Expenses -73,943.41

$23,777.15

Online Offering 0

Community Calendar Flexercise, Mon/Wed/Fri 8:30 AM

Lions Club, 2nd & 4th Mon, 6:30 PM Chatham Literacy, Sat 9-12 noon

Links to Freedom, Sun/Wed/Fri 8 PM Cub & Boy Scouts, Each Tues, 6:30 PM

Threads of Faith, 2nd & 4th Mon, 10:30 AM SHARE, 2nd Wed. beginning Sept, 12:00 PM

JOY, Every 3rd Monday at 1:30 PM Seniors On the Go, Last Monday of each month

Dine Around Girls, 1st Thursday of each month at 11:30 AM Choir Practice Each Tues, 7:00 PM

The altar flowers are given to the glory of God by Betty and Twig Wood.

CELEBRATIONS

May Anniversaries 01 – Danny and Debra Branson 20 – Jeff and Stephanie Brewer 23 – John and Sherri Powell

April Birthdays 2 Shirley Fry 3 Harrison Brewer 4 Robin Stackhouse, Phyllis Hancock, Olivia Steele 5 Louise Adcock 6 Adam Wrenn, David Brewer 7 Rachel Boone 8 Emily Tidy 9 Bob McKinley 10 Lane Snipes, Laurie Nunnery 12 Carly Cardman 13 Meg Burke, Craig Wood, Lisa Morse, Nancy Ferguson 15 Alex Daniels 18 Sharon Brewer 19 Lilly Milholen, Joe Hairr 20 Debbie Fields 22 Richard Caviness, Lynda Pore 23 Lynda Smith, Mark Murphy 24 Tommy Griffin 25 Jay Pleasants, Brittany Davis, Jimmy Joyner, III, Cole Milholen 27 Shawn Smith 30 Jaclyn Griffin, Mary Brewer

May Birthdays 01 – Cindy Dameron 04 – LaJeanne Pierce 05 – Justin Snipes 06 – Paige Underwood 08 – Candace Hughes Thomas, Meg Moore 10 – Sylvia Reavis, Keith McManus 12 - Alex Thompson 14 – Bob Steele, Nora Grace Baxter 17 – Bill Milholen 19 – Mike Grigg, Trent Harris 22 – Hanna Stackhouse 24 – Jennings Milholen, Bob Nunnery, Owen Murray 27 – Lindsay Tate 29 – Stephanie Brewer, Lucinda Chreitzberg 31 – Brian Brewer

LOOKING AHEAD

APRIL MAY

22nd - Community Singing at Siler City Presbyterian Church at 6:30pm 23rd - Threads of Faith at 10:30am 24th - Choir Practice at 7:00pm 26th - FUEL-UP meets at 1pm 29th - Dessert Auction at 5pm 30th - Last day to order Mother’s Day Flowers

1st - Choir Practice at 7:00pm 3rd - FUEL-UP meets at 1pm 8th - Choir Practice at 7:00pm 9th - “SHARE” meets at noon 9th - Staff Parrish Relations Committee meeting at 7pm 10th - FUEL-UP meets at 1pm 13th - Mother’s Day 14th - Threads of Faith meet at 10:30am 15th - Choir Practice at 7:00pm 17th - FUEL-UP meets at 1pm 20th - First day to order Father’s Day Flowers 21st - JOY meets at 1:30pm 22nd - Choir Practice at 7:00pm 23rd - Birthday Celebration at 6pm 24th - FUEL-UP meets at 1pm 26th - Lion’s Club Blood Drive 28th - Threads of Faith meet at 10:30am 29th - Choir Practice at 7:00pm 31st - FUEL-UP meets at 1pm

April Anniversaries 01 Bub and Jackie Griffin 10 Steve and Nancy Palmer 17 Archie and Louise Adcock 30 J. P. and Janet Joyner

Church Member of the Month Louise Adcock

116 White Oak Siler City, NC 27344

Prayer Requests April 22 - April 28

Sunday

Dawn Stumpf Willis Wrenn The Family of Robert Viole (Pam Sheetz’s Father) Suzy Marcle (Patricia Barner) Peggy Holbrook (YoLonda Moody) The Family of Jim Collins (Reverend Belcher) John Bryant (Katie Palmer) Ada Alston (George Langley) Shelly Steele (Diane Armstrong) The Family of Martha Orr (George Langley)

Monday Steve Crotts (Danny Marley) Olivia Diamant The Family of Nina Sawyer Terry Belcher

Tuesday Kenny & Carolyn Clark Travis Owen Elizabeth Meadows Mark Ellington (Patricia Barner The Family of Mattie Clark

Wednesday

Marjorie Stackhouse The Family of Steve Dixon (Chuck Hughes) Ruby Holt (Susan Helmer) Erica Diamant (Bob Andrews) Millie Cash (Sherri Powell) Marcus Hart (Reid Kirkman) The Family of Greg Height-DeAngelo Shirley Fry Sara Sparrow (Reverend Belcher) Preston Sykes (Reverend Belcher) Brandy Woody (Janet Joyner) Greg Upton (Janet Joyner) Kenny Sawyers (Reverend Belcher) The Family of Junior Hicks

Thursday Kathy (Terry Belcher) The Family of Joan Dunn (Brenda Dunn) The Family of Cathy Greene Lacy Anderson (Carl Belcher) Jack Brooks (Dan Marley)

Friday

Yasmin Vargas (Jay Palmer) Terry Belcher LaJeanne & Sandy Pierce Dennis Sawyer Ed & Brenda Walters (Trudy Walters) Prayer Partner Gracie Haiges (Janet Joyner) Lois Purvis (Raymond Brewer) John Powell’s Uncle The Family of Renee Fields (Carolyn Clark)

Saturday Donald Carlyle (Emily Carlyle) The Family of Dick Huddleston The Family of Elbert Cook Steve Fields (Jim Brooks) Angela Lawrence

Church and Family Members on Extended Time Away from Home

Alex Daniels, US Navy (son of Le and Marti Greene) 1448 Aunauna St, Kaila, HI 96734

Long Term Care Universal Health Care:

Maurice Tanner

7166 Jordan Rd., Ramseur, 27316

Village Lake Inn:

Ada Jo Burke, Eunice Terry, Betty Pollock

219 Village Lake Road, Siler City, 27344

White Stone

Joan Armstrong

Memory Unit 700 South Holden Road, Greensboro, NC 27407

Those who have moved away:

Jackie Ellis: 83 Jupiter Hills Drive, Weaverville, NC 28787

Rev. Travis Owen c/o Carl Owen 49 Hollingworth Drive, Wallace, NC 28466

UPCOMING SERVING SERVANTS

April 22, 2018 April 29, 2018 May 6, 2018

10:00

Service Alternate

8:30 Service

Alternate 10:00

Service Alternate

Greeters Eileen Williams & Angela Lawrence

Eileen Williams & Angela Lawrence

JP & Janet Joyner

Liturgist John McSween

Brenda Dunn

Brenda Dunn

John McSween

John McSween

Brenda Dunn

Lay Reader

Elizabeth Meadows

Mickey Pore

Carol Davidson

John Powell

Trudy Walters

Mary John Resch

Acolyte Bob Andrews

Abigail Steele

Marti Greene

Nursery Amy Brewer Anne Mathias Debbie Fields

Altar Guild

Betty Wood Janet Joyner

Ushers

Robert Andrews, Chief Mickey Pore Terry Andrews

Robert Andrews, Chief Mickey Pore Terry Andrews

John Pleasants, Chief Jay Palmer John Riley Robert Andrews

Audio-Visual

Austin Greene Le Greene

Jane Andrews Richard Kirkman Le Greene