ANNOUNCEMENTS fellow servers. Contact Peggy Browne at 404-731-8762 or brownep46@yahoo.com. Wednesday Night Supper 2/21 Entrees: Chicken Tenders, St. Louis Ribs. Make weekly reservations via a pew card, email to foodservice@dunwoodyumc.org, or phone 770-542-1663 by noon each Monday. Thursday Afternoon Bridge Group Second and fourth Thursdays, 12:45 - 3:15 p.m., Young Adult Suite. Men and women, young adults to seniors, are welcome. Contact Alan Raby, 770-393-3293.
SPORTS AND LEISURE MINISTRY Pickleball Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Gym. Join us for Pickleball, a great way to be active and social for all ages. All equipment is provided. All levels welcome. Don't know how to play? Our regular Pickleballers will be happy to teach you. Open to the community. Free.
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY VBS Preview Party/Family Movie Night February 23, 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Young Adult Suite. Join us for Pocahontas and preview of this year’s VBS. Consignment Sale volunteer shoppers: Leave your kids with us while you shop, then join in the fun once you're done! Register at dunwoodyumc.org/ children. VBS/God Squad 2018-Rolling River Rampage June 11-14, 2018 Registration is OPEN! Please visit the DUMC website; click the VBS/God Squad link on the calendar page to register. Select "add additional" upon initial completion to register for multiple children/ programs.
YOUTH MINISTRY High School Mission Trip Meeting March 11, 9:15 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. in the Youth Area. High School Students (COMPLETED 9th - 12th grade by this summer) will go to Mountain TOP in Tennessee and can choose from July 15-21 or July 22-28. Middle School Mission Trip Meeting March 18, 9:15 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. in the Youth Area. Middle School Students (COMPLETED 6th - 8th grade by this summer) will go to Birmingham, Alabama the week of June 17-22. Contact Brooke, brooke.freeman@dunwoodyumc.org.
YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY www.facebook.com/DUMCYA Sunday School - 9:55 a.m., Young Adult Suite. Classes range from college students and recent grads to singles and married couples. Kickball - Games at Hammond Park on Tuesday nights starting in March.
Dodgeball Tournament - Saturday, Feb. 24, 5 p.m. Email DUMCYA@gmail.com. BACON Brothers Around Christ - Tuesday, February 27, 7:30 p.m., Moondog Growlers. Men's group in our 20s and 30s. Come hang out and discuss a theological podcast. Gracetime - Tuesday, February 27, 7 p.m., Young Adult Suite. Young women of faith gathering for fellowship, spiritual growth and creative outreach.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY Women of Grace Dinner Monday, February 26, 6:30 p.m., Fellowship Hall. Anne Beiler, Auntie Anne's Pretzels, discusses her memoir, Twist of Faith, and shares her personal journey with us. Seat sales available Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. 6:15 p.m. outside the Fellowship Hall and on Sundays from 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. outside the Parlor. Contact Valerie Scott, scottfour@bellsouth.net UMW Mission Study Thursday March 7 and March 14, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Wesley Room. Living as a Covenant Community is a UMW mission study facilitated by Rev. Kathy Brockman. Learn how through the divine covenants made by God with our ancestors, and thus with us will transform our faith and our lives. For more information contact JoAnn Akers at akersjoann@gmail.com. United Methodist Women Highlight: Next Steps A new UMW small group for mothers with elementary aged children, invites you to join them! Our focus is on growing in faith through short studies and fun fellowship activities and outings. We meet the second Tuesday of the month from 11:00 a.m. 12:30p.m. Nursery provided. Contact Erin Griffin engriff@yahoo.com or Leigh Cohen leighkcohen@gmail.com for details!
FIFTY FIVE PLUS 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. Retiring on Your Own Terms Tuesday, February 20, 6:30 p.m., Wesley Room. We will discuss the worries, dreams and timeline and look to the future of your retirement in terms of financial confidence. Bill Grubbs, CFP®, APMA®, is a financial advisor specializing in retirement planning. This is a workshop you don't want to miss. Contact Kathy Brockman at 770-542-1677 or kathy.brockman@dunwoodyumc.org for more information.
WELCOME FIRST-TIME GUESTS We are glad you are here and have a small gift for you. Please stop by the Welcome Desk outside of the Sanctuary or in the Activities Building lobby this morning. For more about joining Dunwoody UMC, contact Rev. David Melton, 770-394-0675, david.melton@dunwoodyumc.org.
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DUNWOODY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1548 Mt. Vernon Road Dunwoody, GA 30338 Phone: 770-394-0675 After Hours: 770-542-1667 mail@dunwoodyumc.org www.dunwoodyumc.org Prayer Line: 770-671-8239 prayer@dunwoodyumc.org Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Sunday, February 18, 2018 Radical Hospitality Training Disciple 2 Monday, February 19, 2018 Fitness Classes Women's Choir Rehearsal Fitness Classes Dunwoody Garden Club-Setup Chess Club @DUMC Adult Handbell Choir Rehearsal Women's AA The New Book Club Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Junior Boys Small Group Fitness Classes Dunwoody Garden Club Christian Yoga WOW Bible Study Breaking The Code Worship Meeting Transitional Housing Mtg Grief Support Group Retiring on Your Terms NAMI Support Groups Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Fit 4 Christ Fitness Classes UMW Heart & Home WOW Restless Disciple 1 Fast Track Li'l Lambs Rehearsal Promise Kids Tone Chimes Rehearsal Cherub Boys and Girls Rehearsal Carol Choir Rehearsal Grace Kids Wednesday Night Supper Musica Gloria Rehearsal Crusader Choir Rehearsal Divorce Care Faith Focus Ladies Bible Study Lenten Study Disciple 1 Fast Track Faith Focus Men's Bible Study Chancel Choir Rehearsal WOW Goliath Must Fall Thursday, February 22, 2018 Seniorcizers Christian Yoga Bridge Dunwoody UMC Campus Crawl Knitting Great Decisions Big Book Study Friday, February 23, 2018 Fitness Classes Spalding Garden Club Meeting VBS Preview Party Men's AA Saturday, February 24, 2018 Spring Consignment Sale
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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT FEBRUARY 18, 2018 8:45 A.M.
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A Dynamic Christian Community of Fully Devoted Followers of Jesus Christ! 1548 Mt. Vernon Road | Dunwoody, GA | www.dunwoodyumc.org Senior Pastor: Rev. Dan Brown Associate Pastors: Rev. Josh Amerson, Rev. Kathy Brockman, Rev. Jenna Kennedy, Rev. David Melton and Rev. Sonny Walden
MORNING PRAYER AND HOLY COMMUNION
SUN-
DAY,
CONTEMPORARY SERVICE Songs of Praise
*Call to Praise and Prayer
Lay Me Down
Pastor: Let us worship God, who has caused streams of mercy to flow in the wasteland. People: We are the people God has formed through Christ; we worship him, and we rejoice!
Greet Your Neighbor
Pastor: Let us worship God in spirit and in truth. People: We praise God for the grace that has saved us. All: Alleluia! We rejoice!
Song of Praise
Lift High the Cross
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
Let the Praises Ring
Pastor: Let us worship God, who has done great things. People: We rejoice in our God, who made a way through the desert of this world.
*Hymn # 159
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome and Announcements Your Love Oh Lord
Prayer for Illumination CRUCIFER
Scripture Reading
Matthew 5:21-26
Deanna Duram
Psalm 119:1-8, #841 Prayers for Others and the Lord's Prayer Prayer of Thanksgiving O Lord our God, who supplies us with countless blessings, lift up our hearts in gratitude and thanksgiving. Help us to remember the gifts we seldom notice, the abundance we take for granted, the rich possibilities you provide. For our daily bread, for water that is pure, for houses to live in and friends to enjoy, we give you humble thanks. For beauty and fruitfulness, for healing and hope, for the comfort of your presence, we lift our voices in joyful praise now and always. Amen.
*Scripture
Matthew 5:21-26
Gail Jones page 1174
Meditation
Anger
Tithes and Offerings Sermon
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Anger
Rev. Dan Brown
(Enemies of the Spirit, Part 1)
Song of Praise
Change Me on the Inside
Benediction
Rev. Kathy Brockman
(Enemies of the Spirit, Part 1)
CONCERNS & CELEBRATIONS
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
Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown Trad. Scottish Melody (Hymn 387, vv. 1, 2, 4) Hugh Winn, tenor
Holy Communion #12 *Hymn # 357
Just As I Am, Without One Plea (vv. 1, 5, 6) WOODWORTH
*Passing of the Peace *Stand as you are able. Ushers: Bob Houghton – Head Usher, Jim Anchors, Marv Dussinger, Harlan James, Kyle Mastin, Rick Siebert
Prayer Concerns Ben Bailey, Noah Byrd, Brian DeChant, Nancy Fossett, Betsy Gentry, Bob Hallenberg, Melina Petriccione, Shirley Sheppard, Anne Criscillis, Alberta Petersen, Delaine Dinsmore Frontier
Christian Sympathy Family and friends of Betty Lewis Marshall on her death on February 5, 2018.
Altar Flowers In memory of Brent Jackson Walker with our love, Mother, Mike, Debra and kids. (Contemporary)
GROWTH
Final Week for Estimate of Giving Did you know that our church provides transitional housing for two homeless families? Did you know that we provide thousands of sandwiches to needy school children? These are just two examples of how your financial support of the 2018 Annual Campaign, regardless of the amount, will help us impact even more lives in 2018. Your annual giving supports DUMC’s ongoing ministries, missions and operating budget. If you haven’t completed your estimate, there’s still time. Please return your estimate of giving card to the church office, place it in the offering plate or complete it online at dunwoody.umc.org/estimate2018 by February 25.
Lenten Study Wednesdays, beginning 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. To reserve a spot, contact maryceleste.llaurador@dunwoodyumc.org. An Evening with Adam Hamilton Tuesday, March 13, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sanctuary. Adam Hamilton, renowned author and senior pastor of Church of the Resurrection, presents his new book, Unafraid: Living with Courage and Hope in Troubled Times. Register at dunwoodyumc.org/unafraid. Cost is $16, which includes the book. Childcare is available through reservation only. Breaking the Code WORSHIP Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Thomas Acolyte Ministry Coke Room. Bruce Metzger in Breaking the The acolyte ministry is open to late Code will help readers discern God's elementary children and youth. Consider joining this special team! Contact Elizabeth message. After studying for 11 weeks, the Book of Revelation may become your Lamback, ehlamback@gmail.com. favorite book in the Bible. To register, email Easter Lily Ordering Order an Easter Lily in honor or in memory sagilbert2@yahoo.com or text 770-364of someone to be displayed during worship 8564. Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018. The deadline SUPPORT to order is Sunday, March 4, 2018. The cost Grief and Loss Support Group is $10 each. Visit our website to order and Third Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. pay online. Contact Mary Ruffin at 770-542- 8:00 p.m., Room 253. This group is 1675 or mary.ruffin@dunwoodyumc.org designed to help those who have lost loved ones, no matter when that might have MISSIONS occurred. Contact JoAnn Akers with Spring Consignment Sale Saturday, February 24, Gym. All consigned questions, akersjoann@gmail.com or 678352-8334. items (except large items) will be donated Stephen Ministry at the end of the sale, and consignors will You can play an important role in our now receive 75% of their sales. Contact Stephen Ministry because you may know of consignment.sale@gmail.com with a friend, neighbor, co-worker, or relative questions. who is going through a difficult time who International Missions This year we are offering two adult mission could benefit from the support of a trip opportunities. The first is to Costa Rica Stephen Minister. Call Pat DeBolt, 770-396from July 28 - August 4 and the second trip 6836. DivorceCare is to Guatemala from August 18-25. If you missed February's information meeting but Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Parlor. DivorceCare is a small group which supports those who are still interested in participating, please are dealing with divorce. DivorceCare for contact asheley.bumgardner@dunwoodyumc.org. Kids, ages 5 through 12, runs concurrently in Room 241. Nursery for children 5 and CAC Pantry under is available by calling in advance, 770 Collections have changed. We will collect -542-1645. Contact Cathy Wright for more urgent pantry needs for the CAC once per quarter. Get your custom grocery bag and information at 404-509-6656 or at kd111649@gmail.com. list of urgent needs during service on Sunday, March 11. Fill and return the bag Sunday, March 18 to the second floor alcove of the activities building or to the Parlor narthex. Contact asheley.bumgardner@dunwoodyumc.org.
FELLOWSHIP
Volunteers for Women of Grace Calling all men! Volunteer to serve dinner at the Women of Grace Dinner on Monday, February 26 arriving at 5:30 p.m. Servers will enjoy the same meal in the company of