The Coming Weeks at a Glance May 18 MON 7:00 PM Worship Planning via Zoom May 20 WED 7:00 PM Missions and Evangelism

Worship Helpers

Scripture Readers Dennis and Carol Music Bruce, Lori, Dana, Melissa, Courtney,

Nancy, and Butch Sermon Pastor Chris May Card Person Audrey Cunningham

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attendance and Financial Information as of May 11, 2020

Worship – 71 Views Sunday school - Zoom

Envelopes and Plate ̶ $940.00 Sunday school – $15.00 Mission - $75.00 Project Fund - $50.00 Amounts include electronic giving through May 11, 2020 Total Budgeted Amount: $65,738 Received to Date: $59,386 (Total budgeted amount: 36.54% Received amount: 33.01%)

Shares of Ministry are paid through April 2020

Balls Mills United Methodist Church

5941 Bloomingrove Road, Cogan Station, PA 17728 Office 570-494-1614 Parsonage 570-494-0398 www.ballsmillsumc.org

Pastor Chris Pfleegor cpfleegor@susumc.org

Balls Mills United Methodist Church

At Home Worship May 17, 2020

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AT HOME WORSHIP

May 17, 2020

WELCOME Pastor Chris OPENING PRAYER Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. And kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you will renew the face of the earth.1 God meets us where we are. WORSHIP AND PRAYER *HYMN “It is Well with My Soul” Bruce, Lori, Dana, Melissa, Courtney THE BLESSING OF THE BIKES Pastor Chris JOYS AND CONCERNS AND PRAYER for these things we hold in our hearts We are changed and refined, by God’s transforming presence in our lives.

1 United Methodist Book of Worship. ©1992 The United Methodist Publishing

House, adapted.

READINGS 1 AND 2 Dennis and Carol Mark 12: 28-31 and 1 Corinthians 13: 1-3 In what ways have you been changed and refined, by God’s transforming presence in your life? MESSAGE: The Most Important Commandment Pastor Chris Reflect on the ways you are being inspired to serve God? WHAT GREAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE Ken OFFERING INVITATION AND PRAYER Pastor Chris

What will we give and do today, and this week, as our offering to God in our real life?

CLOSING HYMN “Amazing Grace” Nancy and Butch

GOING FORTH Let us go forth in peace, in this home and time, to love and serve our Lord. Amen

"People's struggles for justice and freedom are suffused with God's will to human wholeness."

Sabastian Painadath

PRAYER CONCERNS

Nursing Homes

The Meadows Melvin Durrwachter Rm 113 Rose View Center Dorothy Kiess Rm 328 Bed B

General

Our Church Families in need Steve Shilling

Our Country Jeanne Confer Chris Wesley Family

Troops Around the World

Danielle & Zach (Paruch) Rev. James Sunderland

*Justin Shaffer Randy Knauss Megan Martin

*Stephen Welty Lou Mallot Pastor Chris Weems and Family

*Jason Runner Kenny Snyder The Pam Lewis Family

*Jonathan Raap Romayne Kline Joanie Fullmer

*Shay Boyles Faye Lukens Debbie Smith

*James Corey Carol McElroy

*James Querry The Bill Newman Family

This week’s list of churches for “Circle of Prayers.” Please join the Conference to lift up each other in prayer.

Quincy UMC, Quincy Cove Forge UMC, Williamsburg Kitchens UMC, Millville Gouldsboro UMC, Gouldsboro First UMC, Chambersburg Roseglen UMC, Duncannon Shawville UMC, Shawville Liberty UMC, Lock Haven Middle Ridge UMC, Wellsboro Walnut Street UMC, Burnham Leader Memorial UMC, Bo - Sierra Leone

BULLETIN INFORMATION: If you have information you would like in Sunday’s bulletin, it needs to be submitted by Wednesday.

FLOWER CHART: The flower chart is up on the bulletin board in the hallway of the education wing. Please fill your name in a spot if you are interested in having flowers put in the church for a specific Sunday for any occasion.

LAWN CARE VOLUNTEERS: The trustees and Ed Cunningham are going to take care of mowing church and parsonage lawns this year. If you are able and willing to volunteer approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours per month the duties would be tractor riding, hand mowing, and weed whacking, please call Ed at 570-494-1444. FURNITURE NEEDED: Our new Pastor Chris Weems, his wife Brianna, and son Kamien are coming to Balls Mills UMC in June 2020. Do to the COVID - 19 situation and the fact they are moving from the state of Georgia, they need temporary home furnishing for the parsonage. Needs include:

1 single bed frame and box spring and mattress.

1 double or queen bed frame and box spring and mattress.

2 dressers

A living room sofa and chair.

2 end tables and a coffee table

A dinette with 4 chairs and a lamp have been provided so far. Please contact Rick Lundy 570-220-2042 if you have any items available. He will also arrange for pick up and return transportation.

WAYS TO CONTINUE OFFERING AND TITHES DURING OUR "DISCIPLINE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING": 1. Mail a check through the Postal Service. 2. Go into your bank account on-line and make a payment to the church. 3. Go through your bank to set up an automatic withdrawal to be paid to the church. 4. We are not set up for PayPal. If you would like us to explore this option for you, send an email message to the church.

VISITATION, AND SPIRITUAL AND PASTORAL CARE NEEDS: The Visitation Team will not do home or facility visitations during this time. Feel free to call one another (or email, Skype, Facetime). Even at this moment, we are called to live out the biblical mandate to “visit” the sick, the incarcerated, and the lonely. Pastor Chris welcomes your calls and emails, updating Judy and Chris on how you are doing, and talking about any concerns happening in your life. Also, it is always helpful to speak of the joys you continue to find in life. If you need someone to talk to, during these days of isolation, feel free to call the church office (570-494-1614), the parsonage (570-494-0398), or Pastor Chris’s cell phone (814-876-0338) with requests or needs.

AT HOME WORSHIP: Resources are available on our website https://ballsmillsumc.weebly.com/. We would like to have available to those who are not able to access the internet, hard copies of all the things on our website like the bulletin, sermon, and whatever resources are needed. We ask that you call the church office and leave a message as to your wants or needs. These will be delivered by mail or in-person to you. DO YOU HAVE NEEDS? The Missions Committee has developed a shopping and delivery service for groceries and medications for church members and the surrounding community to help prevent exposure to the Covid-19 virus. The CDC guidelines recommend seniors and individuals with underlying medical conditions to avoid social environments with a large number of people such as the grocery stores. If you or someone you know would like to participate, please call with the request to Marie Murphy at 570-971-4437 or Janice Stebbins at 570-419-8533. You may also email mariemurphy575 @gmail.com or jms2ponds@gmail.com. We are happy to help so please contact us!

https://ballsmillsumc.weebly.com/