GUARDING OUR HEARTS REV. CHARLIE WILFONG In our culture, we refer to the “heart” in ways beyond the science of cardiac medicine. “My heart was broken.” “She stole my heart.” “I left my heart in San Francisco.” Even ancient cultures make similar references. “Heart” can also refer to one's innermost character, feelings, or inclinations. The heart of a matter is its most vital part or function. If God loves me and cares about every aspect of who I am, then what about my “heart”? Does the Bible say anything about it? Just what is it? And what does God have to do with it?
A Time to Worship
August 13, 2017 | 8:30, 9:50 & 11:00 a.m. Prelude
Today’s Scripture Nocturne Op. 90, No. 3
Franz Schubert Sue Schultz, piano
* Welcome & Greeting * Hymn of Praise 127 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah * Call to Worship Leader: Those who are wise study the scriptures. People: They cherish God’s teachings. Leader: The scriptures live in the hearts of the humble. People: They guard their hearts because life flows from that source. Leader: The diligent walk in God’s ways all their days. People: God’s servants put their trust in the Lord. Leader: They follow the paths of God, which are always straight. All: Blessed are those who love the Lord! Anthem Kinder
Threshold Choir
Scripture Red Pew Bible 512 Proverbs 4:20-27 Message Guarding Our Hearts Rev. Charlie Wilfong Anthem Singing this Song Kate Munger Threshold Choir 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. Giving Because God gives, we give. Thank you for your generosity. Offertory Sanctuary Javier Velasquez Here We Stand Laura Fannon
* Hymn for Parting 536 * Dismissal & Blessing * Choral Benediction * Postlude (*) asterisk indicates time for persons, who are able, to stand.
Threshold Choir
My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. Proverbs 4:20-27 (NRSV)
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.
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Holy, Holy, Holy arr. Varner
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THIS WEEK Sunday, August 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.
13 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)
Wednesday, August 16 1:30 p.m. Mary Martha Circle (United Methodist Women) (K) 3:00 p.m. More Than Conquerors (Y) 7:00 p.m. Satisfying the Hunger ChristCare Small Group (L) Thursday, August 17 9:00 a.m. Bible Study with Pastor Ron Mercer (K) 7:00 p.m. Margaret Wielenberg’s Yoga Class (205) 7:00 p.m. Summer Chorus Rehearsal (S) Friday, August 18 9:00 a.m. Friday Morning Bible Study (K) 12:00 p.m. Book Study - Job (K) 2:00 p.m. Golden Girls (CH) Saturday, August 19 6:00 p.m. New Day Praise Team Rehearsal (A) Sunday, August 20 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) 11:00 a.m. Classic Worship (S) 11:10 a.m. Small Group (K) 12:15 p.m. Th3rd Sunday Lunch (CH)
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Tuesday, August 15 8:30 a.m. Tuesday Morning Prayer Group (K) 9:00 a.m. Nine on Tuesday (Y) 7:00 p.m. Trustees Meeting (K)
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Monday, August 14 Submissions for August Circuit Rider Due 12:00 p.m. Homeless Outreach Food Preparation (Ki) 5:00 p.m. Homeless Outreach Food Delivery (O) 5:15 p.m. JOY Bells: beginning bell choir (B) 6:00 p.m. Praise Bells: an intermediate bell choir (B) 6:00 p.m. Endowment Committee (K) 7:00 p.m. Threshold Singers of Hendricks County (MR) 7:00 p.m. Finance Committee (K) 7:00 p.m. Chancel Bell Choir (B)
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Locations noted on calendar (A) Clayton Hall Worship Annex (B) Bell Choir Room (CH) Clayton Hall (FP) Fire Pit (H) Hummel Park (K) Koinonia Room (KI) Kitchen (L) Library
(ML) Main Lobby (MR) Music Room (O) Off Site (S) Sanctuary (SP) South Parking Lot (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.
PUMC offers many Bible studies, Sunday School classes, and small groups throughout the year. But each fall brings a special opportunity for study and spiritual growth with a new round of Disciple Bible Study Classes – a unique, intensive course in reading Scripture and building faith. In each Disciple course, groups of 10-12 people make a nine-month commitment to daily Bible reading and weekly class participation. Each weekly class session includes a short DVD presentation by a biblical scholar, and time for discussion and exploration of Scripture and of what it means to live as a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. If you’ve never taken a Disciple course before, you’ll want to begin with Disciple I, “the red book.” Disciple I does not require any previous knowledge of the Bible. But whatever understanding you bring is valued, and Disciple encourages you to grow. If you have already taken Disciple I, there are three other Disciple courses, each focused on a different section of the Bible. Beyond those, Disciple extends to a course on how Jesus Christ is portrayed in the four Gospels (Jesus in the Gospels), and a deep study of Christian doctrines and practices in Christian Believer.
Information about Disciple Bible Study will be in the main lobby and on pumc.org during the month of August. Stop by the display table or the website to sign up. And if you see anyone with a colorful, round pin on their PUMC nametag, ask them what Disciple meant to them. They’ll be glad to share, and you’ll be encouraged to a deeper understanding of faith. For more information about Disciple Bible Study, or any adult Bible study, contact Ken Loudenback at kloudenback@ pumc.org or 317.839.2319, ext. 226.
Th3rd Sunday Lunch Everyone is invited to the Th3rd Sunday Lunch, August 20. 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.
Doing Life Together We modern Americans are an independent lot. We take pride in forging our own trails, building our own future, and doing things the way we want to do them. But if we spend much time at all in the Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus, we see that the life of a follower of Jesus is not an independent life, but a life lived in community. Among the first things that Jesus did in his public ministry was gather a small group of people around him with whom to do life. They traveled together, prayed and worshiped together, served together, encouraged and challenged each other, and undoubtedly, even had fun together. In NewDay Praise Worship starting August 20, we will explore life in community, seeking out biblical encouragement for our life together in community and providing some practical ways to make it happen for each of us.
LaHacienda Restaurant in Avon Wednesday, August 23
Encore will gather at LaHacienda Mexican Restaurant in Avon on US 36 on August 23. You may choose to ride the bus which will leave from PUMC at 11:30 a.m. or meet at the restaurant at noon. In order for me to let the restaurant know how many guests they can anticipate, please sign up at the Encore Desk by August 20. Besides enjoying good food and fellowship, we will talk about activities for the remainder of 2017 and begin thinking about activities for 2018. Think about where you might like to visit, what you would like to do, what would you like to experience in 2018. See you at LaHacienda!
Encore travels to Myers Dinner Theatre
Wednesday, September 6; leave PUMC at 10 a.m. Cost: $45 for meal, live show and transportation Encore will travel to Hillsboro, Indiana to see an all-time favorite, Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy. Deloris is sidetracked from disco diva fame when witness protection forces her to hide in a convent after witnessing a crime. This is truly a production that is guaranteed to tickle you funny bone. We have room for 14 to ride the bus and will do our best to accommodate others via carpooling. Let us know you will join the Encore group for fun, food and fellowship by signing up at the Encore Desk located in the Main Lobby or by calling Sue Hylton at 317.839.2946 by September 1.
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PRAISE & PRAYER Known in the hospital this week: Hiddy Bagwell
Jim Bell
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
Proverbs 1:1-19
Sunday, August 20 Classic Worship (8:30, 9:50 & 11:00 a.m.) Open It: What do you read, listen to, or watch first thing in the morning? Explore It: What is appealing about get-rich-quick schemes and peer acceptance? What is wrong with them?
Liturgist: 8:30 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Get It: What does Jesus say about gaining the world, but losing one’s soul (see Luke 9:25)?
Sue Hylton Nikki Shoultz Anthony Swinger
Infant/Toddler Room this Sunday:
Apply It: What decisions are you facing this week in which peer or society pressure play a role?
8:30 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Kathy Everman Becca Mount Kathy Everman
6th Annual PUMC ONLINE AUCTION: We are enthusiastic about the mission and outreach done by PUMC youth and if you haven’t had a chance to do so already, we invite you to support our youth by donating items to the auction. Last year’s auction was not only fun, it was an effective way to fund important youth ministry. Your donations will give people the opportunity to bid on a wide selection of items ranging from gift baskets, dining, hand-crafted creation, gift cards, services, etc. Donation forms can be found online at pumc.org, at the Welcome Desk and in the church office.
PUMC VITAL SIGNS GIVING AUGUST 6, 2017: TOTAL YTD 2017: TOTAL YTD 2016:
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IN SERVICE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE IN-PERSON OF THIS CONGREGATION LAST WEEK: 27 CASH/CHECK
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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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