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.
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. 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
APRIL 1, 2018 NEWDAY PRAISE WORSHIP | 8:45 & 10:00 A.M.
UNDONE
JOHN 20:1-18 REV. ELIZABETH GILBERT Have you ever had big plans fall through at the last minute? You’ve spent an entire year planning an epic family vacation, only to have one of the kids come down with an attack of appendicitis the night before leaving. Vacation is ruined; no one is going anywhere… It’s the first time you are hosting the family Thanksgiving dinner, and you’ve spent countless hours and way more dollars than you wanted making it perfect. And the day everyone is to arrive your part of the country is hit with a freak snow storm. All travel is shut down. Your plans are completely undone. In Jesus’ death and burial, it appears that God’s great plan of restoration for the world is undone. Jesus - the coming King, the Savior, the Messiah, the Hope for all the world - is dead. Wrapped in grave clothes and closed in a tomb, the story comes to a tragic end. God’s plans and everyone’s hopes are undone. But on that morning at Jesus’ tomb, Mary and the others discover instead that death and all that oppresses is undone. Jesus is not there - he is not dead! Just like the linen grave wrappings that bound the dead body of Jesus were undone in Jesus’ resurrection, the power of God at work in us releases us from all that binds us and we are undone - freed from pain, shame, and despair to new life. Being undone is a good thing, and God has the power to do it for you and the world!
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
JOHN 20:1-18 (NRSV)
EASTER OFFERING FOR FAMILIES MISSIONS PROJECTS SUNDAY AT PUMC APRIL 8 This annual special event gives everyone at PUMC an opportunity to see displays and posters about the many ways one can be in service or ministry locally or reaching around the world through Plainfield United Methodist Church. The updated Mission Booklet will be available that day. Thirty or more missions projects will be featured in the main lobby with persons available to answer questions and give more information. This is a good time to learn about the several work teams which go annually (or more often) from PUMC to Henderson Settlement in Kentucky, UMC Midwest Mission Distribution Center in Illinois, and Strong Ministry in Costa Rica, as well as the many, many opportunities for mission and service right here in the area.
CALL FOR COFFEE CANS FOR ANGEL TREE One valuable resource that is needed for PUMC’s Angel Tree Ministry every year is coffee cans. We decorate these cans for use in delivering home-baked Christmas Cookies to the Angel Tree children. Ideally, we would like to have metal coffee cans, but we realize that they are hard to come by. A viable alternative are round 240 and 270 cup plastic coffee cans. (We cannot use square cans or 210 cup plastic coffee cans. Please drop off clean, empty coffee cans at the Donation Depot near the church office to help with this important part of the Christmas Angel Tree Ministry.
Today PUMC is receiving a special Easter offering for outreach to families in crisis in Plainfield and the surrounding areas. There are many children and their families living nearby who face extreme challenges in housing, food, clothing, and medical care. Your generous gifts will allow PUMC to minister to these families and their special needs. There are three easy ways to give; an envelope in the Easter Sunday worship folder, write a check at any time to PUMC and mark it “Easter Offering, ” or give online by going to pumcgives.to/Families.
MARCH 11 PUMC CHURCH CONFERENCE REPORT On Sunday, March 11, 2 p.m. the congregation of PUMC approved a motion to fund needed building upgrades, renovations, and maintenance. The motion was passed by 82% of the attendees to the Special Church Conference. Minutes from this meeting, the full motion, supporting documents, and a prayer guiding PUMC forward an be found at pumc.org. Hard copies are available in the church office. Please use the prayer daily as PUMC launches this improvement initiative, Transforming for Tomorrow. And be in touch with pastors through the church office with questions.
THANKS TO ALL WHO DONATED FLOWERS IN MEMORY OR IN CELEBRATION OF PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THEIR LIVES ON THIS EASTER SUNDAY, 2018. GIVEN IN LOVING MEMORY OF: Bill Baker, by Barbara Baker Keith Barding and loved ones, by Betty Barding Our great-grandparents – Glenn & Willy S, Mildred & Bob G and Catherine & John B, by The Blackwelder Family Rev. Ted Blosser, by Lynn Blosser Noble L. Bowen, by Ruth Anne Bowen Delmas Crum, our grandparents, Joe Johnson, by Troy & Heather Crum Cletus Rexing, by Adam Effinger Our family who are dearly missed, by Clint, Teri, Patrick & Elena Groeschen Lorenz & Dave Meyer and Roy & Winnie Hamilton, by Mike & Mary Ann Hamilton Our parents, Melvin & Gaynell Brown and Eugene & Jeannette Tague, by Phil & Judy Heffelman Sharon Howard, by Bob Howard Carolyn Jolly, by her loving family Carol Edmondson and Jeff Edmondson, by Daniel & Debi Kinnamon & Family William Belser and Don & Erma Linn, by Mick & Linda Linn My husband, Bill Lyons, by Pam Lyons Dan Rubsam and many other loved ones, by Treva Marcum-Rubsam & family Edith Welsh, by UMW Mary Martha Circle Grandson, Philip Sullenger, by Marjorie Morris Our mothers, Bertie Overbey and Barbara Wykoff, by Bill & LeeAnn Overbey
Phyllis Paradee, by Sid Paradee Our parents, by Jim & Sandy Pennington Our parents, by Jim & Martha Roath Claude & Mary Gann, by Sandra D. Rozens Son, Philip Sullenger, by Vern & Lou Sullenger John Taylor, by Mary Taylor
GIVEN IN CELEBRATION OF: My family, by Barbara Baker Our children, our parents & our friends, by Troy & Heather Crum Helen Wallen, by Sue Doty Dorothy Meyer, by Mike & Mary Ann Hamilton My parents, Bob & Eloise Waggoner, by Pam Lyons My grown children, their spouses and grandchildren, by Treva MarcumRubsam & family Our children, Scott and Olivia Overbey, and Kyle Overbey, by Bill & LeeAnn Overbey My children and grandchildren, by Sid Paradee family, by Jim & Sandy Pennington Grandsons Ellis and Henry, by Debbie Proctor Our children, Cameron and Kylee, by Ed & Lisa Rhodes My parents, by Sandra D. Rozens
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CALENDAR | APR 1 - 7 SUNDAY
Worship Disciple 1 Fast Track with Ken Loudenback
MONDAY
Homeless Ministry Food Prep Homeless Ministry Food Delivery Joyful Praise Bell Choir Rehearsal Chancel Bell Choir Rehearsal
TUESDAY
Tuesday Morning Prayer Group Nine on Tuesday JOY ChristCare Group with Diane Preusch Cub Scout Den Meetings, Pack 399 4-H Explorers Capital Campaign Fundraising Committee Safety Committee Meeting
WEDNESDAY
More Than Conquerors Connection Point H.S. Youth Bible Study GriefShare Support Meeting Adult Small Group with Dave & Kay Korty Satisfying the Hunger ChristCare Small Group
THURSDAY
Kairos of Indiana - Cooking Bible Study with Pastor Ron Mercer Boy Scouts Hou Koda District Committee Meetings NewDay Praise Team Rehearsal Adult Choir Rehearsal
FRIDAY
Kairos of Indiana - Cooking Friday Morning Bible Study Golden Girls
SATURDAY
Kairos of Indiana - Cooking Stephen Ministry Continuing Education Cub Scout Pack 399 Blue & Gold Banquet
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Calendar Legend: A=Worship Annex, B=Bell Room, CH=Clayton Hall, K=Koinonia Room, L=Library, M=Choir Room, O=Off-site, S=Sanctuary, V=Various Classrooms, Y=Youth Room Upstairs, #=Room Number
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PRAISE & PRAYER Known in the hospital this week:
GIVING
MARCH 25, 2018: YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: PRIOR YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: ONLINE GIVING FOR FEBRUARY
$28,035 $307,497 $250,658 $21,943
GIVING: EXPENSES: GIVING-EXPENSE BALANCE: 2 MONTH’S “BUDGET”:
$227,561 $179,274 $48,288 $174,245
2018 YTD BASIC MINISTRY BUDGET THRU FEB.
ATTENDANCE
MARCH 25, 2018: PREVIOUS 52 WK AVG: IN SERVICE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS CONGREGATION LAST WEEK:
Acolytes: 8:45 a.m.
Victoria Kinnamon Brock Kinnamon
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Liturgists: 8:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
Rev. Dan Stone Anthony Swinger
Communion Stewards: 8:45 a.m. Jane Brizendine Mary Winters 10:00 a.m. Cathy Stenger Shannen Shortt Infant/Toddler Room this Sunday: 8:40 a.m. Kathy Everman 10:00 a.m. Antha McKinney
Give in person in worship on Sunday ACH ACH morning. IN-PERSON AUTOMATED IN-PERSON ONLINE ONLINE AUTOMATED
Phone Brenda Barnett in the Church Office to set up, 317.839.2319.
Online at pumc.org ACH or via SecureGive on your mobile device. AUTOMATED
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Hospitality Volunteers include: Tom Hilligoss, Ben & Justin Laver, Frank Davis, Russ & Sandy Combs, Martha Roath, Betty Denton, Sara Thrasher, Chuck & Jan Farnsley, Tamara Miller, Mary Ann Hamilton, Shirley Overton, Greg Hole, Jim Rodarmel, Joe Bennett, Larry Rudy, Tim Hansen, Leanne Tam, Mark Preis, Mike McFarling, John Bizeau, Kevin Gray, Brooks Wagler, Gerald Rhodes, Lance Burris, Orville Stenger, Todd Sprinkle, Clint Groeschen, Mike & Laurie Rohrer, Steve & Karen Best
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WAYS TO GIVE CASH/CHECK CASH/CHECK
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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 NewDay Praise Worship Leader Interim Director of Music 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.