We are so glad to welcome you to worship this morning!
WORSHIP TIMES
CLASSIC WORSHIP: Sundays at 8:45 & 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary. NEWDAY PRAISE WORSHIP: Sundays at 8:45 & 10:00 a.m. in the Worship Annex. YOUTH WORSHIP: Sundays at 10:00 a.m. in room 200. PREACHING CHAPEL: Sundays at 11:15 a.m. in the Sanctuary.
CONNECT
Thank you for spending time at Plainfield United Methodist Church today! We hope that you enjoy worship and are able to experience God’s presence in this place. Please stop by the Welcome Center in the South lobby to talk with a PUMC member, learn more about PUMC, and receive a free gift.
COFFEE & REFRESHMENTS
In the North lobby, you’ll find great coffee, refreshments and a place to chat and meet people. Please make yourself at home.
PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN
The children’s programs of PUMC are well supervised and offer warm, caring, and fun atmospheres. INFANT AND TODDLERS: Care is provided in room 15 from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. every Sunday. THREE – PRE-K AGED CHILDREN: Sunday school is at 10:00 a.m. in room 20. CHILDREN GRADES K-5: “Bible Explorers” begins at 10:00 in the south hallway. Classrooms are marked. Children may begin arriving 9:45 a.m. in room 107, the Gathering Place, for worship and music before class. During all worship services in the sanctuary, activity bags for children are available from the ushers.
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 10:00 a.m. every Sunday upstairs in room 200.
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.
WEEKDAY CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
PUMC offers weekday children’s programs for ages 12 months—age 5. All day care also available from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please 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 Carissa Wooden at cwooden@pumc.org.
CONTACT US
600 Simmons Street, Plainfield IN 46168 PUMC.ORG | 317.839.2319 | pumc@pumc.org
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.
AUGUST 12, 2018 CLASSIC WORSHIP | 8:45 & 10:00 A.M. PREACHING CHAPEL | 11:15 A.M.
LOOK UP
JUDGES 6:11-16 REV. CHARLIE WILFONG How brave are you? We make these choices from an early age. How to approach playground equipment. Learning new skills. Building friendships. Choosing a job, vocation, or profession. Managing investments. Many people base important decisions on the risk-reward ratio. Others use “intuition.” What do you do when it’s God’s call? When God asks you to do something, how brave are you? Once you’re sure that God is leading you on a path, do you move ahead with courage? There comes a point when those who walk with God are well served to stop looking around at the T-charts and looking within to assess their intuition and decide to look up for God’s direction.
A TIME TO WORSHIP
PRELUDE * WELCOME & GREETING * HYMN OF PRAISE 467
Hansol Kim, pipe organ
Trust and Obey
* CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: All:
By faith, we trust that we are created in the image of God. By faith, we hope and dream and make plans. By faith, we face our fears and insecurities. By faith, we till the soil of our lives and plant seeds of love. By faith, we follow where God leads. By faith, we trust that God is present. By faith, we gather in this place to worship God together. Amen!
RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBER 8:45 A.M. Cindy Mosier
Congregation: We rejoice to recognize you as a member of Christ’s holy Church and bid you welcome to Plainfield United Methodist Church. We love you. With you we renew our promise to God and to this congregation to uphold God’s mission here by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness.
STEPHEN MINISTER COMMISSIONING PRAYER ANTHEM Holy Angels
See next page. arr. Sara Thomson Threshold Singers
VIDEO: “WHO IS GIDEON?” SCRIPTURE Red Pew Bible 194
Judges 6:11-16
MESSAGE Look Up
Rev. Charlie Wilfong
Jesus Is All the World to Me
vss 1, 3 & 4
HYMN OF RESPONSE 469 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
OFFERTORY
Sending You Light Let Love Walking Each Other Home
Because God gives, we give. Thank you for your generosity. Melanie DeMore Agnieszka Helena Wolska Ram Dass & Kate Munger Threshold Singers
PRAYER OF DEDICATION * HYMN OF PARTING 530 Are Ye Able, Said The Master
vss 1, 3 & 4
* DISMISSAL & BLESSING * POSTLUDE
Hansol Kim, pipe organ
(*) asterisk indicates time for persons, who are able, to stand.
STEPHEN MINISTERS COMMISSIONED IN ALL ADULT WORSHIP TODAY Stephen Ministers provide confidential, prayerful, listening care – in a one-on-one relationship - for anyone going through a difficult time. The Stephen Ministers we recognize and those we commission today have completed extensive training and preparation for this kind of care and ministry. You can receive care from a Stephen Minister by contacting the Senior Pastor or Stephen Minister, Judy Zirkle. Stephen Ministers who have recently completed this training and are being commissioned for service today are:
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JoAnne Bigelow Mary Ann Hamilton
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Cindy Mosier Donna Wilfong
Stephen Ministers who are already serving are:
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Steve Ailes Barbara Baker Gloria Bowman Bill Fisher Janet Gouldsmith Don Gouldsmith
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Inessa Hansen Karen Hole Shannen Shortt Melissa Shriner Judy Zirkle
While the questions put to these new Stephen Ministers represent for them a new commitment, I invite all of the Stephen Ministers to respond as you rededicate yourselves to service as Stephen Ministers: Leader:
Are you prepared to meet those requests that we ask of you?
Stephen Ministers: Yes, with the help of God. Leader:
Are you prepared to nurture the skills you have learned and use them in service to others—to support, encourage, build up, and comfort people in their needs?
Stephen Ministers: Yes, with the help of God. Leader:
Now, we ask you, members of Plainfield United Methodist Church, to open your hearts to the ministry of these people and to pray for them, that they may be effective servants of Christ. Are you prepared to do that?
Congregation:
Yes, with the help of God.
Leader:
Will you accept their ministry when you need help, to allow them to work with you as you face struggles in your life, that you might receive support and help from your Christian brothers and sisters?
Congregation:
Yes, with the help of God.
Leader:
Are you prepared to serve as Stephen Ministers at Plainfield United Methodist Church?
Stephen Ministers: Yes, with the help of God.
Encore Senior Ministries ENCORE SENIOR MINISTRIES TRIP CANCELED It is with great disappointment that Encore cancels our trip to Myers Dinner Theater that was scheduled for September 13. We were all looking forward to hearing Triumphant, a gospel quartet. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to get the tickets. Please continue to watch for other outstanding programs that will soon be planned. You are invited to stop by the Encore Desk in the main lobby to check out new adventures for our Encore Senior Ministry group. Continue to get updates on what’s next by reading your weekly worship folders and monthly Circuit Rider.
JUSTFAITH@PUMC JustFaith@pumc is a new small group that will be meeting on Sunday mornings starting on September 9 at 11:00 am. This group is for adults of all ages. We will be discussing topical subjects using RightNowMedia, as well as participating in all church studies. Please join us in the Koinonia Room, the first classroom to the right just south of the main lobby. Email leader Mike Rohrer at JustFaith@pumc.org if you have any questions.
WRE NEEDS DRIVERS Weekday Religious Education (WRE) is a community-wide program, sponsored by the Plainfield Federation of Churches, that provides ecumenical religious training for fourth graders in the Plainfield School Corporation. Students participate voluntarily with their parent’s permission, and partner churches provide transportation and the learning experience. PUMC is a WRE partner church. WRE is in need of drivers on Tuesday and Thursday for the 2018-19 school year from appoximately 12:45 - 3:00 p.m. This is a paid postion. If you are interested or would like to know more, please contact Karen Alexander at 317.856.3213
what s next ?
Genesis 50:15-21
Sunday, August 19 Classic Worship Open It: What are the three worst things that ever happened to you? Explore It: Did any of those things result from the actions of others? Get It: Do you trust God in hardship? Apply It: How can you see God’s work for good in your troubles?
CALENDAR | AUG 12 - 18 SUNDAY Worship
MONDAY
Homeless Ministry Food Prep Homeless Ministry Food Delivery Endowment Committee Praise Bell Choir Finance Committee Threshold Singers of Hendricks County Chancel Bell Choir
See page 2 12:00 p • Ki 5:00 p • O 6:00 p • K 6:00 p • B 7:00 p • K 7:00 p • M 7:00 p • B
TUESDAY
Tuesday Morning Prayer Group 8:30 a • K Young at Heart Committee Meeting 10:15 a • L Hope Circle (United Methodist Women) 7:00 p • K Plainfield Federation of Churches Meeting 7:00 p • L Cub Scout Pack #399 New Member Sign-Up Night 7:00 p • CH
WEDNESDAY
Encore Activity & Lunch Mary Martha Circle (United Methodist Women) More Than Conquerors Satisfying the Hunger ChristCare Small Group
10:00 a • CH 2:00 p • K 3:00 p • 200 7:00 p • L
THURSDAY
PUMC MEN’S GROUP ON THIRD SATURDAYS
Bible Study with Pastor Ron Mercer CROP Walk meeting NewDay Praise Team Rehearsal Adult Choir Rehearsal
9:00 a • K 6:00 p • K 6:00 p • A 7:00 p • S
Beginning with the third Saturday in August (Aug 18, 2018) PUMC will launch a Saturday FRIDAY 2:00 p • CH morning Men’s Group. This monthly Golden Girls breakfast (9:00 a.m. every third Saturday SATURDAY at PUMC, door #14) is open to all men for PUMC Men’s Breakfast 9:00 a • CH Christian conversation and fellowship and a hearty meal. No long-term commitment is required; come when you can! To learn Calendar Legend: A=Worship Annex, B=Bell Room, more, please contact organizers Don Meyer CH=Clayton Hall, EP=East Parking Lot, K=Koinonia Room, dmeyer@pumc.org or Todd Sprinkle at Ki=Kitchen, L=Library, M=Choir Room, ML=Main Lobby, NL=North Lobby, O=Off-site, S=Sanctuary, SL=South tsprinkle@pumc.org.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR MADINA SCHOOL If you would like to help Madina School in Sierra Leone begin the school year with needed supplies, please put them in the Donation Depot of PUMC before August 23. Suggested items are sock puppets, finger puppets, materials for making puppets, Prang water colors,letter stamps and stamp pads, light weight ABC books. For more details you may talk to Sandy Bennett. Thanks for your help!
Lobby, SP=South Parking, V=Various Classrooms, W=Wesley Room, WR=Church Office Work Room, Y=Youth Room Upstairs, #=Room Number
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PUMC VITAL SIGNS GIVING
AUGUST 5, 2018: YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: PRIOR YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: ONLINE GIVING FOR JULY
PRAISE & PRAYER $15,600 $643,861 $637,904 $ 14,601
2018 YTD BASIC MINISTRY BUDGET THRU JULY
GIVING $628,221 EXPENSES $566,703 GIVING – EXPENSE BALANCE $61,518 6 MONTHS “BUDGET” $609,856
ATTENDANCE
AUGUST 5, 2018: PREVIOUS 52 WK AVG: IN SERVICE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS CONGREGATION LAST WEEK:
412 428 30
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Known in the hospital this week: Oma Buckner Jane Martin Please take a moment to touch and pray over the blanket for: Pam Peercy from Margaret Hay with prayers for comfort and healing. (CLA) Ann Knight from Kathy Helms with prayers for comfort and peace. (CLA) Hospitality Volunteers include: Dennis & Nancy Darrow, Tom Hilligoss, Evan Wolfe, Ben & Justin Laver, Linda & Greg Cook, Carolyn Mercer, Charlene Highsmith, Greg & Karen Hole, Jim & Darlene White, Diane Preusch, John Hylton, 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 Acolytes: 8:45 a.m.
Cameron Zick Andrew Zick
Liturgist: 8:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
Sue Hylton Nikki Shoultz
Infant/Toddler Room this Sunday: 8:45 a.m. Kathy Everman 10:00 a.m. Becca Mount Praise & Prayer Legend: CLA = Classic Worship, NDP=NewDay Praise Worship
PUMC STAFF: Charlie Wilfong Elizabeth Gilbert Ken Loudenback Bob Preusch Jacob Wolverton Jaime Carini Lynn Blosser Brent Miller Eiric Shriner Brenda Barnett Sigrid Schuld Carissa Wooden Steve Manning Bonnie Walden Brooks Wagler
Senior Pastor Associate Pastor Associate Pastor Pastor of Youth Ministries Director of Music Director of Children’s Ministries NewDay Praise Worship Leader Organ Scholar Bell Choir Director Office Manager Communications Financial Administrator Weekday Children’s Director Kids Connection Director Facility Manager Custodian/Housekeeper Night Custodian
Contact staff members through the church office at 317.839.2319 or by email. (first initial, last name@pumc.org) 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.