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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.
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JUNE 10, 2018 NEWDAY PRAISE WORSHIP | 8:45 & 10:00 A.M.
WISDOM TO DECREN
1 KINGS 3:1-12 REV. ELIZABETH GILBERT If you say someone has a ‘discerning palate,’ you are suggesting that they are able to rightly judge which foods are good (high quality, delicious, well made, etc.) and which are not. A discerning friend would be able to articulate insight and understanding as you tell them about a difficulty with which you are struggling. A discerning art critic can discriminate see the distinct differences - between an original and a repoduction. Followers of Jesus seek to do all of these things in their lives: judge what is good and what is not, bring God’s insight and understanding to bear on the questions they face in life, and see the distinct differences between what is of God and what is not of God. But faithful discernment is a difficult task for even the most mature Christ followers. As we seek to live a life Designed by God, how can grow in our ability to discern what God would have us do, where God would have us go, and what God would have us think and pray? God himself offers the answer as we seek God’s own wisdom, direction and instruction.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the Lord. Solomon showed his love for the Lord by walking according to the instructions given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places. The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day. “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart [wisdom] to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.
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Summer
Fine Arts Camp June 18-22 Sign Up Today pumc.link/2018FACP
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Women with a heart for service IMAGINE NO MALARIA Each year PUMC emphasizes the need for sleeping nets in many areas of the world. Visit the display ion the Main Lobby today to donate and learn more about how you can keep families protected from this malaria. Learn more at imaginenomalaria.org.
Encore Senior Ministries ENCORE ON THE ROAD AGAIN! JULY 19, LEAVE PUMC 10:30 A.M.
Encore will travel to Terre Haute to the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center where we will be able to talk with Eva Kor and visit the displays. Many of you have seen Holocaust survivor Eva Kor, who is now in her 90s, on tv and in various documentaries as she illuminates the world with hope, healing, respect and responsibility. She shares her story of forgiveness for those who were so cruel during this infamous time in history. Eva chose to forgive the Nazis, determined they would no longer have power over her life. Her forgiveness was an act of self-healing, selfliberation and self-empowerment. Cost of this trip is $5 per person. Sign up to attend at the Encore Desk, located in the PUMC main lobby. Sign-ups are June 10, 17, and 24 so that we may give our final count to CANDLES as required. Thanks to those of you who have responded to emails and have already signed up to go on this interesting and meaningful trip. We will stop at a nearby eatery after our visit to the museum where you may find a late lunch or early dinner at your expense. Questions? Call Sue Hylton at 317.839.2946.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN NEWS AND UPDATES Rachel Circle (UMW Small Group) will meet Tuesday, June 12, at 7:00 pm in Clayton Hall at PUMC. The program features Strides to Success, an area horse stable whose mission is “to provide unique equine experiences that promote learning opportunities that strengthen and develop lives. You are invited! Questions? Contact Kathy List at klist@sprintmail.com or Roberta Rhodes at bert38@sbcglobal.net
CALENDAR | JUN 10 - 16 SUNDAY
Worship Kindness Awareness Walk
See page 2 2:00 p • CH
MONDAY
Submissions due for next month’s Circuit Rider. Homeless Ministry Food Prep 12:00 p • Ki Homeless Ministry Food Delivery 5:00 p • O Elaine Moebius Voice Studio Recital 6:30 p • S Threshold Singers of Hendricks County 7:00 p • M
TUESDAY
Tuesday Morning Prayer Group Ordinary People Class Lunch Rachel Women’s Circle (United Methodist Women)
WEDNESDAY
Knit For Kids Mission Project More Than Conquerors Church Council
8:30 a • K 11:30 a • CH 7:00 p • CH 1:30 p • K 3:00 p • 200 7:00 p • L
THURSDAY
Bible Study with Pastor Ron Mercer WCM Pre-K Graduation Ceremonies NewDay Praise Team Rehearsal Adult Choir Rehearsal
FRIDAY
Golden Girls
9:00 a • K 6:00 p • S 6:00 p • A 7:00 p • S 2:00 p • CH
Calendar Legend: A=Worship Annex, B=Bell Room, CH=Clayton Hall, EP=East Parking Lot, K=Koinonia Room, Ki=Kitchen, L=Library, M=Choir Room, O=Off-site, S=Sanctuary, V=Various Classrooms, W=Wesley Room, Y=Youth Room Upstairs, #=Room Number
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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.
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PUMC VITAL SIGNS GIVING
JUNE 3, 2018: YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: PRIOR YTD CONTRIBUTIONS: ONLINE GIVING FOR APRIL
PRAISE & PRAYER $17,634 $490,047 $482,577 $14,973
2018 YTD BASIC MINISTRY BUDGET THRU MAY
GIVING $472,463 EXPENSES $413,910 GIVING – EXPENSE BALANCE $58,553 5 MONTHS “BUDGET” $435,612
ATTENDANCE
JUNE 3, 2018: PREVIOUS 52 WK AVG: IN SERVICE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS CONGREGATION LAST WEEK:
351 447 23
Known in the hospital this week: Bill Edie Our love & sympathy are shared with:
Jamelin Swinger and family on the death of her mother. 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. Liturgist: 8:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
Cameron Zick Andrew Zick Sue Hylton Nikki Shoultz
Infant/Toddler Room this Sunday: 8:45 a.m. Kathy Everman 10:00 a.m. Becca Mount
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