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
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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.
MAY 27, 2018 NEWDAY PRAISE WORSHIP | 8:45 & 10:00 A.M.
PURSUED
LUKE 15:1-7 REV. ELIZABETH GILBERT It never fails - that one particular thing that you are looking for is the one thing that you can’t find. The receipt that you need to make a return at the store seems to have vanished. You can find the receipts for every cup of coffee and every candy bar you’ve purchased for the last six months, but simply can’t find the one receipt you need. Aunt Mary is coming for a visit this weekend and you want to use the serving platter she gave you as a wedding gift 25 years ago. Eventhough you can find two dozen other serving dishes in the back of your cabinet, including three disposable ones left-over from a barbeque last summer, you just can’t find the special one that you are sure you saved for just this occasion. And when what we’ve lost is of real value, such as money or an important document, we set all our other tasks aside to search out what we’ve lost. Our desire to have the things we think we’ve lost will compel us to go after them, to search diligently, and to pursue those things until we find them. And then what a joy it is to be reunited with what we thought we might never see again! It is with that same passion and purpose that God pursues us, risking and giving all to pursue a loving relationship with us.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE The Parable of the Lost Sheep Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
LUKE 15: 1-7 (NRSV)
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THE HURCH CLASSIC WORSHIP SERIES: BIG “C”HURCH Do you learn by doing or do you learn then do? Do you try a new activity first, then observe to get better—and after you’ve tried it, maybe get some advice from others who are good at it? Or, do you major on studying up before you try it? The practice of the Christian faith has been a little more “learn by doing” from the beginning. Anselm of Canterbury, a champion of the faith in the 11th century, suggests that doctrine and theology don’t lead the way forward, but rather they come from “faith seeking understanding”. In other words, a living faith-relationship with God through Jesus Christ comes first. Then, as effective followers of Jesus—those who live and love like Christ—want to understand God more, they discover some guiding principles (doctrine and theology). The first generation of Jesus-followers practiced their faith, prayed; and they provide some guiding principles for us. We find that record in the Bible in the book of Acts. The early church—Big “C” Church— helps us as we follow the same Jesus. Certainly church life looks different today than it did 2,000 years ago . . . because daily
life is drastically different! What did the early believers experience as they came together in small communities and sought to live as faithful followers of Jesus? Those practices and beliefs unite all the little “c” churches across time and geography. These practices and beliefs are a part of the Big “C” Church (the spiritual body of Christ in all places) and they keep all of our local communities of faith on the same page, so to speak. In the coming weeks we will examine some of the biblical foundations of the Big “C” Church and find through church history, and our own experience, that we really have a lot in common with that early church. June 3: June 10: July 1: July 8: July 15:
One “G”od (The Holy Trinity) Acts 1:1-8 Big “C”hurch (Nature and Mission of the Church) Acts 2:37-47 Youth Sunday in Classic Worship Living and Giving in “G”race (Our Sacramental Life Together) Acts 10:44-48; 20:7-12 Forward together in “L”ove (Discerning with Love) Acts 15:1-21
PUMC’S SPRING FOOD DRIVE CONTINUES As deliveries are in process, please place bags of food and household supplies in the Donation Depot across from the main office of the church. Checks are also welcome, made out to PUMC and marked for food drive. Thank you for helping to feed many hungry children and adults.
IMAGINE NO MALARIA Each year PUMC emphasizes the need for sleeping nets in many areas of the world. On June 10 and 17 there will be a display and more information about how you can keep families protected from this malaria. Learn more at imaginenomalaria.org.
INDIANA UNITED METHODIST’S SUPPORT MMDC When the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church (annual meeting of UM churches from all across the state) meets in early June in Indianapolis, the Mission & Justice Team will collect materials needed by the UMC Midwest Mission Distribution Center (MMDC) in Illinois. The following items will then be distributed to education mission sites regionally, nationally, and globally. You may make donations of the following items in the PUMC Donation Depot (near the church office, inside door #2) between now and June 7. Thank you for your generosity!
• Blue or black ink pens • Glue sticks • 24 count Crayola crayon packages • Bicycle reflectors
ENCORE TRAVELS TO ZOO If you are 60 or older, you are invited to go with the Encore Senior Ministry group and visit the Indianapolis Zoo. We plan to leave PUMC on Monday, June 11, at 12:30 p.m. This should allow us enough time to arrive at the zoo for the dolphin show which is sure to please everyone! After the show, we will have time to browse thru the zoo before heading to find a place to eat. If you have a suggestion for where we will eat afterwards, please make it known at the time you sign up. Sign-ups will be May 20, 27 and June 3. Cost will be $15 to be paid at the Encore Desk in the main lobby when you sign up to attend. If you have questions, please contact Sue Hylton at 317.839.2946 or shylton@indy. rr.com.
CALENDAR | MAY 27 - JUN 2 SUNDAY Worship
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MONDAY
Memorial Day - Church Offices Closed Homeless Ministry Food Prep Homeless Ministry Food Delivery
12:00 p • Ki 5:00 p • O
TUESDAY
Tuesday Morning Prayer Group JOY ChristCare Group with Diane Preusch
WEDNESDAY
More Than Conquerors
8:30 a • K 6:30 p • W 3:00 p • 200
THURSDAY
Bible Study with Pastor Ron Mercer NewDay Praise Team Rehearsal
FRIDAY
Golden Girls
9:00 a • K 6:00 p • A 2:00 p • CH
SATURDAY
Stephen Ministry Continuing Education
9:00 a • K
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BOB WALTERS MEMORIAL BREAKFAST On Thursday, June 14, PUMC will host (as an event of the Indiana Conference of The United Methodist Church) Friendly Planet Missiology’s Bob Walter’s Memorial Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Tickets have sold out for the meal, but you may still plan to attend for the program at 8:30 a.m. Rev. Taylor Walters Denyer will give a short presentation about how Friendly Planet Missiology is carrying on Bob’s vision followed by Q&A time and the inaugural ride of the Indiana Circuit Riders (leaving Plainfield at 9 a.m. to ride bicycles to the Indianapolis Convention Center for the Celebration of Life Service there). There will also be copies of Bob Walter’s book, “The Last Missionary,” available for purchase. No tickets or reservations are needed to attend the program only. Please contact Rev. Walters Denyer at taylor@friendlyplanetmissiology. org for more information.
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PRAISE & PRAYER
MAY 20, 2018: YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: PRIOR YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: ONLINE GIVING FOR APRIL
$10,502 $445,699 $428,601 $13,683
GIVING: EXPENSES: GIVING-EXPENSE BALANCE: 3 MONTH’S “BUDGET”:
$407,370 $334,052 $73,318 $348,489
2018 YTD BASIC MINISTRY BUDGET THRU APR.
ATTENDANCE
MAY 20, 2018: PREVIOUS 52 WK AVG: IN SERVICE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS CONGREGATION LAST WEEK:
490 453 22
Known in the hospital this week: Mel Low Hospitality Volunteers include: Tom Hilligoss, Ben & Justin Laver, Frank Davis, Russ & Sandy Combs, Martha Roath, Betty Denton, Carol Kersey, Norma Lantz, Tamara Miller, Mary Ann Hamilton, Sue Hylton, 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 Acolytes: 8:45 a.m.
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Classic Worship Liturgists: 8:45 a.m. Tony Perona 10:00 a.m. Bree Dunscombe Infant/Toddler Room this Sunday: 8:45 a.m. Kathy Everman 10:00 a.m. Kathy Everman
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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
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