ANNOUNCEMENTS
Save the Date for VBS/God Squad 2018 June 11-14, 2018 Registration Info coming soon! Interested in serving? Email megan.batcheller@dunwoodyumc.org.
Faith, and shares her personal journey with us. Seat sales begin on Wednesday, January 31, from 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. outside the Fellowship Hall and on Sundays starting February 4 from 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. outside the Parlor. United Methodist Women Highlight: Heart & Home A UMW small group for mothers in their 40’s to 50’s with children in high school or college, invites you to their next gathering! Our meetings are the third Wednesday of the month at 9am and are a mix of service projects, bible studies and social gatherings. Contact Mary Hodgson muhodgson@bellsouth.net to get involved!
YOUTH MINISTRY
FIFTY FIVE PLUS
NURSERY Promise Kids’ Club Registration is Open Wednesday nights, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., January 2018-May 2018. Open to children age two through Kindergarten. Registration fee is $125 and includes dinner from the Wednesday Night Supper menu. Contact Usha Raghavan, usha.raghavan@dunwoodyumc.org for additional information.
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Sunday Night Live January 28, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Youth Area. Join us for fun, fellowship, food and a short devotion before youth break into their small groups. This week's devotion is about Jesus the great "I am". Super Bowl Party & Chili Cook-off February 4, 6:00 p.m.-Halftime, Youth Area. Join us for some delicious chili, fun entertainment and of course the Super Bowl! We have invited youth from other churches so anyone 6th-12th grade is invited. Contact Karen Bass with questions: Karen.bass@dunwoodyumc.org.
YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY www.facebook.com/DUMCYA Sunday School - 9:55 a.m., Young Adult Suite. Classes range from college students & recent grads to singles & married couples. After Hours - Thursday, February 8, 8:00 p.m., Moondog Growlers. Enjoy craft beer and pizza while the panelists discuss "Are Christians called to be Communists?". Mentor Foster Care Teens - Saturday, February 10, 12:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Help us host lunch and game day for the teens of UMC Children's Home.
SPORTS AND LEISURE Soccer Registration is OPEN! Leagues are available for children 3 years old by January 1, 2018 through age 13. Practices begin the week of February 26. Games are Saturdays, March 10 - May 12. $15 discount if you register by January 31. Visit www.dunwoodyumc.org/leisure and click on the soccer registration link. Contact the Sports and Leisure Ministry with questions.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY Women of Grace Dinner Monday, February 26, 6:30 p.m., Fellowship Hall. This year's guest speaker is Anne Beiler the creator of Auntie Anne's Pretzels. Join us as Anne discusses her memoir, Twist of
New Friends Monday, February 12, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., Ruscello at Nordstrom. Reservations due by noon on February 10. We are a group of widowed friends (men and women) who enjoy lunch out on the second Monday of each month. To RSVP or find out more, please contact Betty Moreland at 770-6418519. Valentine’s Dinner and Show Tuesday, February 13, 6:00 p.m., Fellowship Hall. Valentine dinner and a tribute performance of The Rat Pack featuring Dr. Pat Sallarulo as Frank Sinatra. Dinner will be followed by the show. Cost, $20 by Monday, February 5. To register and pay go to www.dunwoodyumc.org/55+, or contact Mary Ruffin at mary.ruffin@dunwoodyumc.org, or 770-542 -1675. Seniorcizers Thursdays, 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m., Aerobics Room. Free, co-ed exercise class for all levels of fitness. Low impact movements, stretching, balance and strength work. No reservation required. Call our certified instructor, Jean Kennedy, 770-804-1202. PALS Perimeter Adult Learning and Services, Mondays at DUMC. $45 covers up to three for 8 weeks or visit for $8 a day. Details at palsonline.org or 770-698-0801.
WELCOME FIRST-TIME GUESTS
THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS
Sunday, January 28, 2018 High School Mission Trip Information Meeting We are glad you are here and Discover DUMC have a small gift for you. Please High School Mission Trip Info Meeting Drew Maichle Eagle Scout Court of Honor stop by the Welcome Desk Bells Aflame Youth Handbell Choir Rehearsal outside of the Sanctuary or in the Activities Building lobby this Youth Choir Rehearsal Disciple 2 morning. For more about Radical Mentoring and Titus II 2018 Kickoff joining Dunwoody UMC, Sunday Night Live contact Rev. David Melton, Monday, January 29, 2018 770-394-0675, Fitness Classes david.melton@dunwoodyumc.org. PALS Women's Choir Rehearsal Fitness Classes Chess Club @DUMC BE INFORMED Adult Handbell Choir Rehearsal Stay up to date on all that is Women's AA going on at Dunwoody UMC Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Fitness Classes through our weekly enewsletter, eConnections. Sign Christian Yoga WOW Bible Study up at dunwoodyumc.org/ Breaking The Code subscribe for this newsletter and Wednesday, January 31, 2018 other age or interest specific Fit 4 Christ communications. Fitness Class WOW Restless Disciple 1 Fast Track DUNWOODY UNITED Not A Silent Night Li'l Lambs Rehearsal METHODIST CHURCH Promise Kids 1548 Mt. Vernon Road Tone Chimes Rehearsal Dunwoody, GA 30338 Cherub Boys and Girls Rehearsal Carol Choir Rehearsal Phone: 770-394-0675 Grace Kids After Hours: 770-542-1667 Wednesday Night Supper mail@dunwoodyumc.org Musica Gloria Rehearsal www.dunwoodyumc.org Crusader Choir Rehearsal Prayer Line: 770-671-8239 Mid-Week Moments Communion Service prayer@dunwoodyumc.org Divorce Care Office Hours: Divorce Care for Kids Faith Focus Wed Night Ladies Bible Study 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Disciple 1 Fast Track Monday - Friday Faith Focus Men's Bible Study Chancel Choir Rehearsal Not a Silent Night WOW Goliath Must Fall by Louie Giglio Thursday, February 01, 2018 Seniorcizers Christian Yoga Pryme Tyme Council Meeting Fitness Classes NAMI Basics Knitting Great Decisions Friday, February 02, 2018 Fitness Classes 3rd Grade Bible Exploration Men's AA
Senior Pastor: Rev. Dan Brown Associate Pastors: Rev. Josh Amerson, Rev. Kathy Brockman, Rev. Jenna Kennedy, Rev. David Melton and Rev. Sonny Walden
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MORNING PRAYER AND HOLY COMMUNION
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CONTEMPORARY SERVICE
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT
Welcome and Announcements
Human Trafficking Forum February 6, 7:00 p.m., Fellowship Hall. Dunwoody UMC's Human Trafficking committee welcomes guest speakers Amanda Guili, FBI, and Mary Frances Bowley, Founder and Executive Director of Wellspring Living, to educate attendees on the atrocities of human trafficking and its particular impact in Georgia. You will leave that evening with a wealth of knowledge about the challenges facing trafficking victims and a list of ways you can personally make an impact. This event is open to the community and childcare is available with prior reservations. (No walk-in childcare.) Contact asheley.bumgardner@dunwoodyumc.org for more information.
Psalm 113, #834
Prayer for Illumination
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Scripture Reading
Genesis 2:18-25, 3:8-13
Song of Praise
Your Love Is Extravagant
Songs of Praise
*Call to Praise and Prayer Pastor: Come and worship, all you who love and serve the Lord; People: Outsiders and insiders, old-timers and newcomers, the young, old and the in-between. Leader: Come as you are, All: For this is God’s house—a house of prayer for all people, and God welcomes each one who comes.
*Hymn # 660
God Is Here
Good Good Father Greet Your Neighbor
ABBOT'S LEIGH
Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you’ve done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love. We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for the loving care which surrounds us on every side. We thank you for our successes, which satisfy and delight us — but also for the disappointments and failures that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone. Above all, we thank you for your Son, Jesus Christ — for the truth of his Word and the example of his life. We thank you for his dying, through which he overcame death — and for his rising to life again, in which we are raised to the life of your Kingdom. Loving God, may we — at all times and in all places — give thanks to you in all things. Amen.
*Scripture
Genesis 2:18-25, 3:8-13
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Patrick Kennedy
Meditation
Our Relationship with Others
Rev.
David Melton (In the Beginning, Part 3)
Prayers of the People After each prayer, the Leader will conclude: Lord, in your mercy, and all may respond, Hear our prayer.
Tithe and Offering One of the highest privileges we have as Christians is to respond to God’s grace by financially supporting the mission and ministry of Christ’s church. Through your gifts, lives are touched.
Offertory
Now Robed In Cool, Refreshing Green (The Creation) Haydn Laura Anne Cotney, soprano
Holy Communion #12 *Hymn # 557
Blest Be the Tie That Binds
To God Be the Glory
DENNIS
*Passing of the Peace *Stand as you are able. Ushers: Rip Clark – Head Usher, Lucretia Farley, Ron Garrett, Mark Hallenbeck, Glenn Hancock, Sam Lott, Ken Loux, Robert Ragsdale, Tom Wright
Deanna Duram
Prayers for Others and the Lord's Prayer Tithes and Offerings Sermon
Get Together Our Relationship with Others
Rev. Josh Amerson
(In the Beginning, Part 3)
Song of Praise
Take To the World
Benediction
CONCERNS & CELEBRATIONS Prayer Concerns Noah Byrd, Brian DeChant, Betsy Gentry, Mary Beth Gibbs, Bob Hallenberg, Liz Hill, Shirley Sheppard, Sharon Stout, Joyce Wray, Anne Criscillis, Dianne Pike Christian Sympathy Kerry and Martha Dodd on the death of her mother, Sue Nash, on January 16, 2018. Family and friends of Brooke Freeman on the death of her grandfather, on January 17, 2018. Dale and Judy Wartluft on the death of his mother, Bernice Wartluft, on January 19, 2018. John and Gail Jokerst on the death of her father, Charles Early, grandfather of Sam, on January 20, 2018. Lanny and Sharon Gilbert on the death of his mother, Mary Frances Hudson; grandmother of Elizabeth and Abigail, on January 20, 2018. Michael and Elaine Hubley on the death of her mother, Wynelle Cobb, on January 17, 2018. Bob and Libby Preston on the death of his brother-in-law, on January 19, 2018. Baptism Penelope Eloise Amerson, daughter of Rev. Josh and Lindsey Amerson (Traditional). Flowers on the Altar To the glory of God and in memory of Patty Moncrief on her birthday, January 31, by The Branches Prayer Group (Contemporary). To the glory of God for the appreciation of his many blessings by Margaret Gallagher (Sanctuary).
Moving Forward Together in 2018 The Annual Campaign to collect your estimate of giving for 2018 starts Sunday, February 4. We delayed the start to avoid overlap with the 2017 Capital Campaign to fund Sanctuary renovations and building improvements. Annual Campaign co-chairs Tony and Kelly DelCampo will share how your gifts support DUMC’s ongoing ministries, missions and operating budget. Please prayerfully consider what your 2018 estimate of giving will be and be ready to respond in February.
Lenten Study February 21, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Wesley Room. Join Rev. Josh Amerson in a study of Walter Brueggmann’s devotional guide, A Way Other Than Our Own, through this season of Lent. Contact maryceleste.llaurador@dunwoodyumc.org to reserve a spot.
SUPPORT
Grief and Loss Support Group The Grief and Loss support group meets the third Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m., Room 253. This group is designed to help those who have lost loved ones, no matter when that might have MISSIONS occurred. Contact JoAnn Akers with International Missions Meeting questions, akersjoann@gmail.com or 678RESCHEDULED! February 12, 7:00 p.m., 352-8334. Wesley Room. Hear details about 2018 Stephen Ministry mission trips and sign up. Travel to Costa You can play an important role in our Rica July 28 - August 4 to Guatemala from Stephen Ministry if you know of a friend, August 18 -25. Contact neighbor, co-worker, or relative who is asheley.bumgardner@dunwoodyumc.org going through a difficult time. Call Pat for more information. DeBolt, 770-396-6836. Spring Consignment Sale DivorceCare Consign, volunteer or shop with us! The Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Parlor. DivorceCare Spring Consignment Sale will be held on is a small group which supports those who February 24. Contact have gone through a divorce, are going consignment.sale@gmail.com with through a divorce, or anticipate going questions, or to register to consign or through a divorce. DivorceCare for Kids, volunteer. ages 5 through 12, runs concurrently in GROWTH Room 241. Nursery for children 5 and under Discover DUMC is available by calling in advance, 770-542January 28, 9:55 a.m., Young Adult Suite. 1645. Contact Cathy Wright for more Learn about DUMC, its programs and information at 404-509-6656 or United Methodist beliefs. Led by Rev. David kd111649@gmail.com. Melton and other church clergy and staff. FELLOWSHIP An optional tour is available on February 4 Spring Wednesday Night Supper for anyone interested. To sign up contact Make weekly reservations via a pew card, Valerie Pitrof at 770-542-1665 or email to foodservice@dunwoodyumc.org, valerie.pitrof@dunwoodyumc.org. or phone 770-542-1663 by noon each Breaking the Code Monday. The cost is $8.00 for an adult Wednesdays beginning, January 30, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Thomas Coke Room. Join meal, $5.00 for a child meal (3-8) and family maximum is $26.00. Children under 3 eat Sharon Gilbert, as she explores Bruce for free. Pay via credit card online, with a Metzger's 11-week study, Breaking the Code, Understanding Revelation. To register check or cash at the check-in table. contact Sharon, at sagilbert2@yahoo.com.