Can You See Anything?
Mark 8:22-26 Rev. Charlie Wilfong
I’ve been doing it every year since the Third Grade in the optometrist’s office. Answering the question: Which is more clear, one or two? Reading the exam chart. Your eyeglasses depend on the honesty of your answers. Jesus once asked a man, “Can you see anything?” The man had been blind and Jesus had already applied a healing touch. The man honestly answered that he could not see clearly. Why did Jesus, the Son of God, ask the question? Why did Jesus not completely heal the man in the first place, as he did in every other case? How clearly can you see?
A Time to Worship
Today’s Bible Verse
July 9, 2017 | 8:30, 9:50 & 11:00 a.m.
Prelude
Jesus Cures a Blind Man at Bethsaida
To a Water-lily and Intermezzo
E. MacDowell
* Welcome & Greeting * Hymn of Praise 547
O Church of God, United
* Call to Worship Leader: We gather as God’s people: All: To seek direction in the living of our lives. Leader: We gather as God’s people: All: To be still and hear what God would have us do. Leader: We gather as God’s people: All: To be renewed, restored and recreated. Leader: We rejoice that we are God’s people: All: To serve, to love and to sing God’s praise. Anthem
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Red Pew Bible 820
Message
Can You See Anything?
Mark 8:22-26 Rev. Charlie Wilfong
Hymn of Response 378
Amazing Grace vs 1, 3 & 4
Time for Prayer Pastoral Prayer The Lord’s Prayer 895 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. Amen.
Offertory * Hymn for Parting 181
Mark 8:22-26 (NRSV)
“Prelude” from Six Short Pieces
Scripture
Giving
They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Can you see anything?” And the man looked up and said, “I can see people, but they look like trees, walking.” Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he looked intently and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Then he sent him away to his home, saying, “Do not even go into the village.”
Because God gives, we give. Thank you for your generosity. Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
arr. Dale Wood
Ye Servants of God
* Dismissal & Blessing * Postlude
“Marche - Sortie” T. Dubois
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THIS WEEK Sunday, July 9 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Classic Worship (S) NewDay Praise Team Rehearsal (A) Sunday School for all ages Bible Explorers Worship/ Grades K-5 (100) Youth Worship/ Grades 6-12 (200) Classic Worship (S) NewDay Praise Worship (A) Classic Worship (S)
11:10 a.m.
Small Group (K)
• Community Fish Fry Volunteer Sign-up • Costa Rica 2018 Mission Dine Out Fund Raiser
Monday, July 10 Submissions for August Circuit Rider Due 12:00 p.m. Homeless Outreach Food Preparation (Ki) 5:00 p.m. Homeless Outreach Food Delivery (O) 7:00 p.m. Threshold Singers of Hendricks County (MR)
Friday, July 14 12:00 p.m.
Book Study - Job (K)
Saturday, July 15 6:00 p.m. New Day Praise Team Rehearsal (A) Sunday, July 16 8:30 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
Classic Worship (S) Sunday School for all ages Bible Explorers Worship/ Grades K-5 (100) Youth Worship/ Grades 6-12 (200) Classic Worship (S) NewDay Praise Worship (A) Classic Worship (S) Small Group (K) Th3rd Sunday Lunch (CH) 100th Birthday Party for Marge Welker (CH)
Good fish, good friends, good time!
Thursday, July 13 9:00 a.m. Bible Study with Pastor Ron Mercer (K) 7:00 p.m. Kids Connection Program Board Meeting (210) 7:00 p.m. Margaret Wielenberg’s Yoga Class (205) 7:00 p.m. Summer Chorus Rehearsal (S)
July 28 & 29
Tuesday, July 11 7:00 p.m. Rachel Women’s Circle (United Methodist Women) (CH) 7:00 p.m. Hope Circle (United Methodist Women) (K) 7:00 p.m. Mission Committee Meeting (W) Wednesday, July 12 1:30 p.m. Knit For Kids Mission Project (K) 3:00 p.m. More Than Conquerors (Y)
Locations noted on calendar (A) Clayton Hall Worship Annex (B) Bell Choir Room (CH) Clayton Hall (FP) Fire Pit (K) Koinonia Room (KI) Kitchen (L) Library (ML) Main Lobby
(MR) Music Room (O) Off Site (S) Sanctuary (TBD) To Be Determined (W) Wesley Room (WW) Wesley Woods (Y) 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.
2017 PUMC Annual Fish Fry The 2017 PUMC Annual Fish Fry is July 28 and 29! There will be sign-ups for fish fry volunteers in the main lobby at PUMC on Sunday mornings July 2, 9, 16, and 23. Please stop at the tables to learn more and find a place to serve! PUMC’s annual fish fry is one of the biggest outreach events of PUMC each year. We welcome thousands of neighbors and friends, serve tons of food, and the profits all support missions both near and far. Sunday School classes, youth groups, the Missions Committee, and other groups directly benefit from volunteering for this event. We are proud of the nearly 200 volunteers each year who participate by baking desserts, frying fish, serving the main line, and so much more. From humble beginnings of welcoming home troops from WWII, this annual event has been embraced by the entire Plainfield area community. Please plan on enjoying the good food and hospitality with us at this year’s fish fry. Todd Sprinkle, First Chair Jane Iles, Second Chair Rich Philip, Third Chair
Today is Last Day to Sign Up for A Christmas Carol, The Musical Sunday, July 16 Leave PUMC, Door 1, at 1:45 p.m. for Calvary United Methodist Church, Brownsburg Dinner at Charbono’s following program Cost - $10 for your program ticket; dinner - at your own expense. Join Encore Senior Ministries for this spectacular musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ most well-known story with music composed by Alan Menken (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid) and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime and Seussical). Our own PUMC Office Manager Brent Miller is among those whom you may identify as he is participating in the musical aspect of the production. After witnessing this TFC (Theatre for Christ) presentation, we will gather at Charbono’s for dinner. Register by July 11 (at the latest) if you plan to go so advance tickets may be purchased. Call Sue Hylton, 317.839.2946, with reservations or questions.
Save the Date: Upcoming concerts on the PUMC Concert Series include:
• Organ Concert: “And
Th3rd Sunday Lunch Everyone is invited to the Th3rd Sunday Lunch, July 16. Lunch is served after 11:00 Classic Worship (about 12:15 p.m.) in Clayton Hall. If you are able, please bring a dish to share and join others for food, fellowship, and fun! Tea and lemonade will be provided for everyone and dishes and silverware will be used from the PUMC kitchen.
Friends” Saturday, July 29, 7 p.m. (Fish Fry Saturday)
• The Great Organ Spook-
tacular Saturday, October 28, 6 p.m.
All events on the PUMC Concert Series are offered free of charge to PUMC and the community.
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PRAISE & PRAYER
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Known in the hospital this week: Hope (Stenger) Hale John Martin
Open It: What one miracle do you wish God would do for you?
Hospitality Volunteers include: Dennis & Nancy Darrow, Tom Hilligoss, Ben & Justin Laver, Linda & Greg Cook, Carolyn Mercer, Tom & Charlene Highsmith, Greg & Karen Hole, Jim & Darlene White, Shirley Overton, Gabriel Hansen, John & Sue Hylton, Diane Preusch, Brian Meyer, Lou & Vern Sullenger, Dick & Shirley Belcher, Jay Harbison, Jerry Nadin, Andy Montgomery, Grady Daubenspeck, Darrell Kehrt, Shannen Shortt, Ted Underwood, Clint Groeschen, Shana Schreiner, Chris Fred
Explore It: What did the people sitting by the roadside do when they heard Jesus was nearby?
Liturgist: 8:30 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 11:10 a.m.
Get It: In what ways have people tried to discourage you from seeking Jesus or praying in a certain way?
Infant/Toddler Room this Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Kathy Everman 9:50 a.m. Becca Mount 11:10 a.m. Kathy Everman
Matthew 20:29-34
Sunday, July 16 Classic Worship (8:30, 9:50 & 11:00 a.m.)
Apply It: How will you bring your heart’s deepest desires to God in trusting prayer this week?
Sue Hylton Pam Lyons Michael Gilbert
FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT “FISH FRY SATURDAY”
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PUMC VITAL SIGNS GIVING JULY 2, 2017: ONLINE GIVING FOR JUNE TOTAL YTD 2017: TOTAL YTD 2016:
$14,703 $10,135 $550,761 $532,518
ATTENDANCE JULY 2, 2017: PREVIOUS 52 WK AVG:
403 439
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PUMC Staff: Charlie Wilfong
Senior Pastor
Elizabeth Gilbert
Associate Pastor
Ken Loudenback
Associate Pastor
Bob Preusch Pastor of Youth Ministries
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.
Amanda Norton Director of Children’s For those with children: Ministries The children’s programs of PUMC are well supervised and offer warm, caring, and Michael Pettry Director of Music fun atmospheres. Care for infants and Jaime Carini Organ Scholar toddlers is in room 15 from 8:15 a.m.-12:15 Michael Norton NewDay Praise p.m. every Sunday. Sunday school class for Worship Leader children age 3 - Pre-K is 9:45 a.m.- 10:45 Lynn Blosser Bell Choir Director a.m. in room 20. The Sunday morning children’s program “Bible Explorers” Brent Miller Office Manager (Grades K-5) begins at 9:50 in the south hallway. Classrooms are marked. Children Eiric Shriner Communications arriving 9:30-9:50 a.m. may go to room 107 Brenda Barnett Financial (Gathering Place) for worship and music Administrator before class. During all worship services in the sanctuary, activity bags for children are Sigrid Schuld Weekday Children’s Director available from the ushers. Sunday Worship Hours: Carissa Wooden Kids Connection Classic Worship: 8:30, 9:50 & 11:00a.m. Director NewDay Praise Worship: 9:50 a.m. Steve Manning Facility Manager Sunday School Hour: Bonnie Walden Custodian/ Classes for all ages: 9:45 a.m. Housekeeper Weekday Children’s Programs: Brooks Wagler Night Custodian PUMC offers weekday children’s programs for ages 12 months—age 5. Please email Director Sigrid Schuld at sschuld@pumc. Contact staff members through the org. church office at 317.839.2319 or by email. (first initial, last name@pumc.org) (Example: cwilfong@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 Carissa Wooden at cwooden@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.
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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. The Plainfield UMC App Available in the App Stores Download today at
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