We are so glad to welcome you to worship this morning!
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 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.
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.
WEEKDAY CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
PUMC offers weekday children’s programs for ages 12 months—age 5. 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
JANUARY 21, 2018 NEWDAY PRAISE WORSHIP | 8:45 & 10:00 A.M.
SHOW ME YOUR FACE 2 CORINTHIANS 3:12-18 REV. ELIZABETH GILBERT
Have you given up on your New Year’s resolutions yet? Few make it to this third week of January, eventhough experts say it takes 21 days to develop a new habit. And it helps to have a friend or partner to encourage the new practice. That’s why support groups and twelve-step addiction recovery programs are helpful to people seeking to make a change. There is strength and wisdom in joining with others who will encourage and hold us accountable. This is true for our faith journeys, as well. But this practice of thriving with group accountability and encouragement has faded from modern Christianity. Many who love Jesus strive to follow him and grow in faith all on their own. The Bible has something different to say. Hebrews 10:24-25 says, “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another.”
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE With that kind of hope to excite us, nothing holds us back. Unlike Moses, we have nothing to hide. Everything is out in the open with us. He wore a veil so the children of Israel wouldn’t notice that the glory was fading away—and they didn’t notice. They didn’t notice it then and they don’t notice it now, don’t notice that there’s nothing left behind that veil. Even today when the proclamations of that old, bankrupt government are read out, they can’t see through it. Only Christ can get rid of the veil so they can see for themselves that there’s nothing there. Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We’re free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:12-18 (MSG) Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:12-18 (NRSV)
2018 CHURCH-WIDE STUDY
THE WESLEY CHALLENGE: 21 DAYS TO A MORE AUTHENTIC FAITH Today PUMC launches another engaging all-church worship and small group study experience. The Wesley Challenge: 21 Days to a More Authentic Faith encourages participants to grow in their faith through an intentional disciple-building process. Be a part of a small group for this series and learn and grow in a deeper faith. Sign-ups continue today in the Main Lobby. Groups are scheduled nearly every day of the week January 21 through February 4. Groups will meet once each week for three weeks. A donation of $10 is suggested (but not required) for the participant book. Learn more at the display at PUMC on Sundays leading up to the January 21 start. You can help make this a formational – and transformational – experience for group participants by leading a small group. To express interest, contact Pastor Ken Loudenback at kloudenback@pumc.org.
PUMC FINANCES AND FUTURE: AN OPEN MEETING Thank you for prayerfully considering the spiritual question of stewardship, “What percentage of my income is God calling me to give to support PUMC’s ministries through the Basic Ministry Budget?” Based on best estimates of pledged and unpledged giving, 2018 giving in support of the Basic Ministry (operating) Budget will be approximately $1,026,592.
FOOTBALL SUNDAY AT PLAINFIELD UMC! Sunday, February 4, is game day across America. Invite a friend to NewDay Praise Worship (8:45 and 10:00 a.m.) to hear from some NFL players about their lives with Christ, on and off the field. And help make this a ‘souper’ Sunday for some hungry people. Bring canned soup to donate to the local food pantry.
The 2018 budget has been reduced to the 2017 budget of $1,052,434 based on Consecration Sunday responses. We currently anticipate falling $25,842 short of this budget, which does not include increases for rising costs in 2018. As we consider God’s future for PUMC, leadership invites you to join us for an important conversation today at 1:30 p.m., at PUMC in the Sanctuary. At this meeting, you will receive more information about the current state of PUMC’s finances and future considerations. You will also be asked to consider additional giving to PUMC. If you feel led to make an additional pledge or gift to the 2018 Basic Ministry Budget before January 21, please contact Brenda Barnett, Financial Administrator, at bbarnett@pumc.org or through the church office. Thank you for your generosity and for your prayerful stewardship of your giving.
CALENDAR • Upcoming
events can be found on the Plainfield UMC website at pumc.org/ calendar or via the Plainfield UMC Mobile App, available at pumc.link/getapp
TODAY @ PUMC • GriefShare • Wesley Challenge
GRIEFSHARE BEGINS AT PUMC If you’ve lost a spouse, child, family member, or friend, to death you’ve probably found there are not many people who understand the deep hurt you feel. This can be a confusing time when you feel isolated and have many questions about things you’ve never faced before. GriefShare begins February 21 at PUMC to help you face these challenges and move toward rebuilding your life. GriefShare is a thirteen-week, Christcentered, biblically-based support group experience. A grieving person can join at any time during the thirteen weeks and the group is open to anyone seeking support in their grief. Each session shows a video presentation followed by small group discussion about the video. The video presents experts, ministers and Christian counselors discussing grief and recovery subjects helpful to persons who are grieving. Real people share their stories of what has helped them deal with the pain of losing a family member or friend through death. During the week between meetings, group members complete a Bible study and practical exercises to help them heal from grief. To register for PUMC’s GriefShare group, or to learn more, please contact PUMC’s GriefShare leader, Shannen Shortt at sshortt@pumc.org.
PUMC VITAL SIGNS
PRAISE & PRAYER
GIVING
JANUARY 14, 2018: YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: PRIOR YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: ONLINE GIVING FOR DECEMBER
$18,317 $100,080 $67,008 $14,495
ATTENDANCE
JANUARY 14, 2018: PREVIOUS 52 WK AVG: IN SERVICE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS CONGREGATION LAST WEEK:
408 379 22
Hospitality Volunteers include:
Tom & Dolly Hilligoss, Ben & Justin Laver, Connie & Mary Raver, Shelby Williamson, Janet Gouldsmith, Mark Hossler, Gerald & Roberta Rhodes, Ryan Gadberry, Christie Sinclair, Joel Wesley, Paul Schreiner, Tom Wiltrout, Ted Underwood, Ray Shannon, Mike Woodward, Kim Lease, Blake Woodward, Scott Slavens, Matt Kirchoff, Dan Bigelow, Mike & Mary Ann Hamilton, Jerry Schultz, Tom Bassler, Linda Linn, Mike and Laurie Rohrer
Acolytes 8:45 a.m. Victoria Kinnamon Brock Kinnamon Liturgist: 8:45 10:00
a.m. a.m.
Brian Larcom Tamara Miller
Infant/Toddler Room this Sunday:
8:45 10:00
a.m. a.m.
Kathy Everman Kathy Everman
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SERMON DOWNLOADS
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pumc.link/getapp PUMC STAFF: Charlie Wilfong Senior Pastor Elizabeth Gilbert Associate Pastor Ken Loudenback Associate Pastor Bob Preusch Pastor of Youth Ministries Michael Pettry Director of Music Jaime Carini Organ Scholar Lynn Blosser Bell Choir Director Brent Miller Office Manager Eiric Shriner Communications Brenda Barnett Financial Administrator Sigrid Schuld Weekday Children’s Director Carissa Wooden Kids Connection Director Steve Manning Facility Manager Bonnie Walden Custodian/Housekeeper Brooks Wagler Night Custodian Contact staff members through the church office at 317.839.2319 or by email. (first initial, last name@pumc.org)