“Famous last words” is an ironic comment on overconfidence that will be proven wrong. “I'll be A-OK on my own.” “Famous last words,” she thought to herself. Literal last words are very important. The last message someone utters in this life can reveal their character, their heart, their deepest intentions and desires when spoken with preparation. During Lent, we will be exploring the most important last words of all—those of Jesus as he was dying on the cross. His words reveal not only his character, heart, and intentions, but also those of God the Father. We listen at the cross so that we can know the heart of God.
A Time to Worship March 5, 2017 | 8:30, 9:50 & 11:10 a.m. Prelude “Grand March” from Aida Verdi Prayer Academy (11:10 a.m.) Prayer Journaling * Welcome & Greeting * Hymn of Praise 285 To Mock Your Reign, O Dearest Lord * Call to Worship Leader: Each and all of us have sinned. People: None are righteous; no, not one. Leader: Come let us reason together, says the Lord. People: Though your sins be like scarlet they shall be made white as snow. Leader: Though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. People: Praise be to God whose enduring love continues forever. All: Thank you, Jesus, for your undying grace, forgiveness, and love! Hymn 2202 (8:30 a.m.) Come Away with Me Anthem (9:50 & 11:10 a.m.) With a Voice of Singing Adult Choir Scripture Red Pew Bible 859 Luke 23:32-38 Message Forgiven Rev. Charlie Wilfong Anthem Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé
Chancel Septet
Holy Communion Plates are available at the front of the sanctuary to receive your tithes, offerings & Connection Cards when you go forward to receive Communion. Communion Anthem
Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord Chancel Septet
* Hymn for Parting 389 * Dismissal & Blessing * Postlude
(*) asterisk indicates time for persons, who are able, to stand.
Freely, Freely “Kingsfold”
arr. Jaime Carini
Classic Worship Notes On this first day of Lent, we enjoy several gems from the choral literature. The Chancel Choir first presents the rousing classic “With a Voice of Singing,” by Martin Shaw, which he composed for the 1923 Annual Festival of the Rochester Diocesan Church Choirs Association. The Chancel Septet sings two lovely pieces: “Ubi Caritas” by Frenchman Maurice Duruflé and the spiritual, “Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord.” Duruflé (1902-1986) is one of those composers who we wish had composed far more music than he did. His perfectionist tendencies limited his output, but those pieces that he did write are beautifully crafted and polished. Today’s anthem comes from his Motets on Gregorian Themes, Op. 10. By “Gregorian,” Duruflé refers to Gregorian chant, which means that “Ubi Caritas” (text listed below) is a centuries-old hymn written for Holy Thursday to celebrate the Last Supper. Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur. Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero. Amen. Where charity and love are, God is there. Christ’s love has gathered us into one. Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him. Let us fear, and let us love the living God. And may we love each other with a sincere heart. Amen. “Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord,” tells the story of Daniel and the lion’s den, of Daniel’s faithfulness and God’s deliverance. (Remember last month’s spiritual, “Didn’t my Lord Deliver Daniel?”) We celebrate God’s spiritual deliverance by participating in Communion.
Membership Discovery The Membership Discovery Class provides an overview of the ministry and mission of PUMC and helps participants find meaningful places to connect within the church. Participants are invited to consider membership at the conclusion of the class. Please contact Pastor Elizabeth Gilbert at egilbert@pumc.org to learn more or to register for the next class. eNews from PUMC Visit www.pumc.org to sign-up for free weekly eNews. Follow PUMC /PlainfieldUMC /NewDayPraise /PUMCBibleExplorers PUMC weekly worship notes Available in the Plainfield UMC Mobile App PUMC Wireless Network Wireless Network Name: PUMC Network Password: pumc1 Give Securely Online pumcgives.to/pumc or in the Plainfield UMC Mobile App. Sermon Downloads Sunday sermons can be downloaded from pumc.org, from iTunes, or are available in the Plainfield UMC Moble App. Plainfield UMC Mobile App Available in all major app stores.
THIS WEEK Sunday, March 5 8:30 a.m. Classic Worship (S) 9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m. Bible Explorers Worship/ Grades K-5 (100) 9:45 a.m. Youth Worship/Grades 6-12 (200) 9:50 a.m. Classic Worship (S) • PUMC Chili Supper 9:50 a.m. NewDay Praise Worship (A) 11:10 a.m. Classic Worship (S) • Family Promise 11:10 a.m. Small Group (K) Hendricks County 12:30 p.m. Jesus In the Gospels Homeless Outreach Shannen Shortt (K) 1:30 p.m. Disciple III Bible Study • Choir Tom Iles (L) Monday, March 6 8:30 a.m. BoOM - Ordination Interviews (INUMC) 12:00 p.m. Homeless Outreach Food Preparation (Ki) 5:00 p.m. Homeless Outreach Food Delivery (O) 5:15 p.m. JOY Bells - a beginning bell choir (B) 6:00 p.m. Praise Bells - an intermediate bell choir (B) 7:00 p.m. Chancel Bell Choir (B) Tuesday, March 7 8:30 a.m. BoOM - Ordination Interviews (INUMC) 8:30 a.m. Tuesday Morning Prayer Group (L) 9:00 a.m. Nine on Tuesday (Y) 7:00 p.m. JOY ChristCare Group, Diane Preusch Leader (L) 7:00 p.m. Cub Scout Den Meetings, Pack 399 7:00 p.m. Safety Committee Meeting (W) Wednesday, March 8 1:30 p.m. Knit For Kids Mission Project (K) 3:00 p.m. More Than Conquerors (Y) 6:00 p.m. Connection Point High School Youth Bible Study (O) 7:00 p.m. Church Council (L) Thursday, March 9 9:00 a.m. Bible Study with Pastor Ron Mercer (K) 6:30 p.m. NewDay Praise Team Rehearsal (A) 7:00 p.m. Kids Connection Program Board Meeting (210) 7:00 p.m. Margaret Wielenberg’s Yoga Class (205) 7:00 p.m. Stork’s Nest - Corporation Meeting (W) 7:00 p.m. Choral Evensong Rehearsals (S) Friday, March 10 9:45 a.m. Friday Morning Bible Study (K) 6:30 p.m. Snack N Craft (CH) Saturday, March 11 9:00 a.m. Kairos Training (CH) Sunday, March 12 8:30 a.m. Classic Worship (S) 9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m. Bible Explorers Worship/ Grades K-5 (100) 9:45 a.m. Youth Worship/Grades 6-12 (200) 9:50 a.m. Classic Worship (S) 9:50 a.m. NewDay Praise Worship (A) 11:10 a.m. Classic Worship (S) 11:10 a.m. Small Group (K) 12:30 p.m. Jesus In the Gospels - Shannen Shortt (K) 1:30 p.m. Disciple III Bible Study - Tom Iles (L)
Locations noted on Calendar (A) (B) (CH) (FP) (K) (KI) (L) (ML)
Clayton Hall Worship Annex Bell Choir Room Clayton Hall Fire Pit Koinonia Room Kitchen Library Main Lobby
(MR) (O) (S) (TBD) (W) (WW) (Y) (#)
Music Room Off Site Sanctuary To Be Determined Wesley Room Wesley Woods Youth Rooms (Upstairs) Room Number
We are so glad to welcome you to worship this morning! If you are new to PUMC, you are invited to stop by the Welcome Center located in the south lobby. A PUMC member is there to answer your questions, and we have a gift for you, too! In Clayton Hall (north end of building) you’ll find refreshments and a place to chat and meet people. Please make yourself at home.
Lenten Choral Evensong
Chili Supper to Benefit PUMC Outreach PUMC United Methodist Women (UMW) invite you to a Chili Supper, March 17, 5-7 p.m. in Clayton Hall. Tickets are: $8 for adults $4 for ages 5-9 Free for ages 4 and under All proceeds benefit PUMC’s Last Saturday Lunch, a community-wide meal served at PUMC that feeds bodies and spirits the last Saturday of every month. Tickets are available at the door or prior to the event on Sundays February 26, and March 5 and 12 in the north & south lobbies at PUMC. Menu includes chili, chili mac, hotdogs, veggies, crackers and cornbread, desserts with ice cream, and beverage. Carry-out is available.
For the first time (ever!), PUMC will offer a community concert and worship experience called “Choral Evensong” on Sunday, March 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. All are invited, and you may especially wish to invite a friend from the community – from outside of the PUMC family – to join as your guest. But what is Choral Evensong? What should I expect? First, arrive 10 minutes early to find your seat in the sanctuary and enjoy an especially gorgeous pipe organ prelude. Then you will experience a mix of choral music, congregational hymn singing, scripture, and prayers for the community – all in a setting of reverence, reflection and with an emphasis on beauty. Candlelight. Music enveloping your mind and soul. As part of the PUMC Concert Series which was launched last fall, Choral Evensong is offered to the PUMC congregation and to the entire community as we seek to build bridges with all persons through music. There are no tickets, and the event is free. Include this special musical experience in the middle of your Lenten season.
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Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre
Sunday, March 26, 2017 Board bus or vans at 11 a.m., Door #1
The Men’s Corner is open for Donations! Inside PUMC Door 14. It is time to clean out your closet and storage places! The men who are being released from the Plainfield Correctional Facility need clothing! This means anything a man wears is needed: dress and casual pants, jeans, shorts, dress and casual shirts, T-shirts, coats, jackets, shoes, underwear, socks, belts, etc. If you would like a receipt this can be provided, just contact the church office (317.839.2319). The state does not purchase things for the men. Your donations will help them start a new life after release. Thank you for your generosity.
Sign up Feb. 26 – March 12 at the desk in the main lobby to reserve your seat. Cost: $60 due at time of registration; includes buffet dinner, live show, travel and lots of fun!
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Known in the hospital this week: Alice Buchanan
Luke 23:39-43
Sunday, March 12 Classic Worship (8:30, 9:50 & 11:10 a.m.) Open It: When have you had to endure teasing or abuse? Explore It: How did Jesus respond to the criminal’s plea? (23:43)
Hospitality Volunteers include: Linda Eichenberger, Sharon Howard, Melissa Pearman, Tom Hilligoss, Ben & Justin Laver, Norma Ware, Betty Barding, Joe & Sandy Bennett, Jean Ellis, Betty DeBaun, Tamara Miller & Terry Jones, Ted Underwood, Howard & Betty Little, Paul and Jan Dieterlen, Dennis Meredith, Ed Rhodes, Wilma Kapcoe, Rich Philip, Jim Crosley, Joyce Phillips, Joe Mercer, Don Meyer, Elaine Jacone, Adam Effinger, Matt Cochran, Kelly Denman, Kay Sprinkle, Melissa Shriner, Mike & Laurie Rohrer Classic Communion Stewards: 8:30 a.m. Mary Winters Shelby Williamson 9:50 a.m. Judy Watts Tina Kirchoff 11:10 a.m. Bob Montgomery Shannen Shortt
Get It: In what way are we all like the criminals on the cross? Apply It: What does it mean to you to be “remembered” by Jesus?
Acolytes 8:30 a.m.
Kristen Wesley Nina Wills
Liturgists 8:30 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 11:10 a.m.
David Korty Bree Dunscombe Kimberly Meyer
Infant/Toddler Room this Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Kathy Everman 9:50 a.m. Bree Dunscombe 11:10 a.m. Kathy Everman
Family Promise March 19, 2017 PUMC will be hosting Family Promise the week of March 19. See the table in the main lobby today to sign up or ask questions on how you can help encourage and support families battling homelessness here in Hendricks County. Please contact Mary Raver at mraver@ pumc.org for more information.
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PUMC VITAL SIGNS GIVING FEB. 26, 2017: TOTAL YTD 2017: TOTAL YTD 2016:
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$15,056 $187,841 $180,319
ATTENDANCE FEB. 26, 2017: PREVIOUS 52 WK AVG: IN-PERSON
438 440
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IN SERVICE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS CONGREGATION LAST WEEK: 41 IN-PERSON
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PUMC Staff: Charlie Wilfong Elizabeth Gilbert Ken Loudenback Bob Preusch Amanda Norton Michael Pettry Jaime Carini Michael Norton Oma Buckner Brent Miller Eiric Shriner Brenda Barnett Sigrid Schuld Sandy Fansler Steve Manning Bonnie Walden Brooks Wagler
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AVAILABLE TO YOU Thank you for spending time at Plainfield United Methodist Church today! We hope that you enjoyed worship and were able to experience God’s presence in this place. Please stop by the Welcome Center (left out of the sanctuary) to talk with a PUMC member, learn more about PUMC, and receive a free gift. For those with children: The children’s programs of PUMC are well supervised and offer warm, caring, and fun atmospheres. Care for infants and toddlers is in room 15 from 8:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. every Sunday. Sunday school class for children age 3 - Pre-K is 9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. in room 20. The Sunday morning children’s program “Bible Explorers” (Grades K-5) begins at 9:50 in the south hallway. Classrooms are marked. Children arriving 9:30-9:50 a.m. may go to room 107 (Gathering Place) for worship and music before class. During all worship services in the sanctuary, activity bags for children are available from the ushers. Sunday Worship Hours: 8:30, 9:50 & 11:10 a.m. - Classic 9:50 a.m. - NewDay Praise Sunday School Hour: 9:45 a.m. Classes for all ages Weekday Children’s Programs: PUMC offers weekday children’s programs for ages 12 months—age 5. Please pick up a brochure from the rack near the Welcome Center or email Director Sigrid Schuld at sschuld@pumc. org. Before & After School Program: For children in Grades K-5 from 6:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. For more information, email Director Sandy Fansler at kidsconnection@pumc.org. Student Ministry Programs: Middle and High School students will find a worship experience led by Youth Pastor Bob Preusch and the student worship team at 9:45 a.m. every Sunday upstairs in room 200. Adult Small Group Life: Learn more about the many adult small groups at PUMC by picking up a brochure from the information rack in the south lobby. Spiritual Support and Encouragement: Stephen Ministers are church members trained to be confidential, listening, prayerful encouragers to anyone needing extra support for life’s challenges. Please contact a Stephen Minister by phoning the church office. The deadline to have information included in this weekly folder is Tuesday, 9 a.m. Please deliver to the church office or to eshriner@pumc.org.