Church Office Hours - Summer Schedule

Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Friday 8:30 - 12:00

Phone Numbers

252-237-6121 Office

252-291-4588 Preschool

252-237-0699 FAX

www.fumcwilson.org

Facebook.com/fumcwilson

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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 100 Green Street NE Post Office Box 1423 Wilson, North Carolina 27894-1423 Return Service Requested

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First United Methodist Church 100 Green St., NE, P. O. Box 1423

Wilson, NC 27894

August 18, 2019

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

“Invite, Inspire, Ignite”

NEW CHURCH LOGO

The Communications Team is working on new branding for the church. We have created this logo in the first phase of our branding efforts. We wanted to share with the church what we have worked on so far and get feedback. We will continue to work this fall on a

complete brand guide with colors, fonts and group logos to be incorporated into the main logo. If you have any questions, please contact a member of the team: Krystal Baker, Will Robl, David Wilhelm, Julia Batts and Stuart Poland.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 9:00 Contemporary Worship Service - Asbury Hall 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Traditional Worship Service - Sanctuary 6:00 Old Fashioned Meeting - Daniel’s Chapel MONDAY, AUGUST 19 5:30 Middle School Mondays - Asbury Hall 5:30 Men’s Bible Study Dinner - Jac’s Grill 6:30 Children’s Council - Conference Room TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 9:30 Nursing Moms of Wilson - Open Door Discuss. 10:00 Staff meeting - Conference Room 5:30 Communion - Wesley Chapel 6:30 SPRC - Conference Room 6:30 Youth Leader Meeting - Asbury Hall WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 6:30 Praise Band FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 Church Office closes at noon SATURDAY, AUGUST 24

We will offer Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University this fall on Sundays starting September 15th for 9 weeks from 5:15-7:15 p.m. Childcare will be provided. Financial Peace University teaches you how to manage money the right way! You will learn about saving, budgeting, paying off debt, investing, giving, and so much more. If interested, please contact Krystal Baker at krystalbaker@fumcwilson.org. The 28th annual Volunteers in Mission (VIM) Barbecue Sale is scheduled for Friday, September 13th. In the past, many have generously helped underwrite the expenses of the barbecue by purchasing a “pig” for $100. Unfortu-nately, the 2018 barbecue had to be cancelled due to Hurri-cane Florence, and plans to hold it in the spring met with scheduling difficulties. However, many of you who were 2018 “pig” purchasers allowed us to keep the donation for the 2019 barbecue. If you are not already a 2018 (now 2019) “pig” purchaser and would like to be one, or pur-chase additional 2019 “pigs,” please call or send an email to Bea Newton 399-9561 bea@myglnc.com or Ben Batts, 294-7447 batts@myglnc.com and indicate how many “pigs” you wish to pledge. You will be mailed an invoice/tax receipt later this month with an envelope for payment. If this is your first time, please also give your full name(s), address and phone number. Thanks for your generous support!

Parents, you are invited to join us for a three week class titled Navigating Our Digital World. We will gather during the Sunday School hour in the Open Door Discussion Class (room 203 in the Blackburn Building) Sept. 15th, 22nd, and 29th. Parents with kids of ANY age are wel-come, but we'll be focusing on common questions and ideas around screen-time and social media for parenting school-aged children and teenagers. Several FUMC choir members are participating in tonight’s Old Fashioned Meeting at Daniel’s Chapel. Come join them at 6:00 for a fun evening of great music!

MUSIC NOTES We thank Jennifer Gay for her beautiful solo today and for the heartfelt ministry that she shares with us each week.

Planning Ahead …

August 28 - 7:15 Chancel Choir Resumes August 30 - 9:00 Preschool Orientation 7:00 Music at First concert - Carolina Brass - Sanctuary September 2 - Church Office Closed/Labor Day September 4 - 6:15 Carillon Ringers resume September 8 - Super Sunday - Resume 3 worship services, Ice Cream Social (4:00), resume Children’s Choir (5:15), resume Youth Group (5:15) September 13 - Volunteers in Mission BBQ September 15 - 5:15 Begin Dave Ramsey Financial Peace study September 25 - Church Directory pictures September 27-29- Youth Retreat - Camp Don Lee

The Worship of God

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost 9:00 Worship Hour

GATHERING OF GOD’S PEOPLE

Sharing in Song FAMOUS ONE Praise Band EVER BE Announcements Children’s Moments First Lesson Hebrews 11:29 - 12:2 Morning Prayer Presenting Our Offerings KNOWN Praise Band

WORD FOR THE DAY

Second Lesson Luke 12:49 - 56

Message “What’s the Cost?” Reverend Bergland

OUR RESPONSE

Sending Forth ONE THING REMAINS Praise Band

Greeters for August 18th: Chad and Lorrie Halverson, Tobi and Matt Nestor

We thank the Praise Band for their ministry this morning.

From the Pastor: Technology is amazing! I remember my first wristwatch, a Timex. It was advertised to “Take a Licking and Keep on Ticking.” I tried my best to test that claim! Anyway, the wristwatch I now wear is worlds beyond my old Timex. It doesn’t need winding. It changes time with each change of time zones and knows if we are in Daylight Savings Time or Standard Time. My watch can send me messages, work as a com-pass so I won’t get lost, and can even talk to me if I have a question. To be honest, there are still things I’m learning about my watch. One of the surprises I had recently was when in the middle of a sermon my watch alerted me to a severe thunderstorm with lightening was approaching. My watch told me to “seek shelter immediately!” Looking into today’s gospel lesson from Luke 12:49-56, it is clear that we sometimes pay more attention to alerts on wristwatches than we do to the alerts found in this text which have eter-nal consequences.

Jesus said, “When you see a cloud ris-ing in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain’; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens.”

What Jesus said next goes right to the

heart: “You hypocrites! You know how to inter-pret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?”

N.T. scholar, Alan Culpepper asks,

“What has suffered as a result of our misplaced focus of attention?” Today’s text challenges us to examine how we prioritize the insignificant over the things of greatest value and importance.

Pastor Bob

BY OUR SERVICE AND WITNESS You may sign up for your church directory portrait ses-sion on Sunday mornings in the church office or online by clicking the link in the church newsletter. Portraits will be taken on Wednesday, September 25, starting at 2:00 p.m. If you have any questions, contact Julia Batts or Krystal Baker. Our last summer Middle School Monday for rising 6th - 8th graders will be this coming Monday, August 19th, from 5:30 - 7:30 in Asbury Hall. We will share a meal and a de-votion and play a few games. Hope you will plan to join us!

A FUMC Community Garden Workday is scheduled for Saturday morning, September 7th, from 8:00 - 11:00. The garden is located at the corner of Reid and Gold Streets near the Reid Street Center. Grab your tools and join us! The rain date is Saturday, September 14th.

BY OUR PRESENCE ATTENDANCE: AUGUST 11TH, 2019

Sunday School - 109 9:00 - 129; 11:00 - 175

Tuesday Communion - 17 Total Worship - 321

UPHOLDING OUR VOWS TO THE CHURCH BY OUR PRAYERS

Remember those in hospitals, nursing and rest homes, the sick and shut in with prayers, cards, calls, and visits.

Hospital - Warren “Shep” Shepard - Wilson Medical New Membership - If you are interested in exploring mem-bership at First United Methodist Church, please contact Reverend Charles Robl at 252-230-1143 or by emailing crobl@nccumc.org.

BY OUR GIFTS 2019 Operating Budget $ 1,118,064 Weekly Requirement $ 21,501 Received August 11th $ 19,840 YTD Requirement $ 688,032 Received YTD $ 698,704 Over (Under) $ 10,672

O may all who come behind us find us faithful. May the fire of our devotion light their way. May the foot prints that we leave lead them to believe, and the lives we live inspire them to obey. O may all who come behind us find us faithful. After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone and our children sift through all we've left behind, may the clues that they discover and the memories they uncover become the light that leads them to the road we each must find.

O may all who come behind us find us faithful.

+DOXOLOGY UMH 94

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power up-lifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

+PRAYER OF DEDICATION

+HYMN OF PREPARATION NO. 730 “O Day of God, Draw Nigh” UMH

SECOND LESSON Luke 12:49 - 56 NT Page 75

MORNING MESSAGE “What’s the Cost?” Reverend Bergland

HYMN OF DEDICATION NO. 525 “We’ll Understand It Better By and By” UMH

+DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING

+A TIME OF SILENCE AND TRINITY CHIMES

+CLOSING VOLUNTARY Musical Selection for the Organ

+Those who are able, please stand.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Chancel flowers are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Carol Nix Brugh, Guy and Francis Nix, Hugh and Evelyn Brugh, and in honor of Nelson and Lisa Brugh; Eduardo and Allison Jiminez; Hadley, Carter, and Spencer Brugh; and Caroline, Harrison, and Thomas Jiminez - the “apples” of their Marm’s eyes. Participating with the clergy in this morning’s services: Acolytes: CJ Robl and Will Clark Crucifer: T Franks Reader: Vicky Stewart Volunteers: Sound System: Parker Moody Greeters for August 18th: Office Area: Frances Roberson Narthex: Cathy and Darryl Chapman

The Worship of God

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost 11:00 Worship Hour

GATHERING

+SHARING THE PEACE

OPENING VOLUNTARY “The Peace May be Exchanged” Dan Locklair

+HYMN OF PRAISE NO. 606 “Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine” UMH

+AFFIRMATION OF FAITH “The Apostles’ Creed” UMH 881

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ His only Son our

Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day He rose from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. +GLORIA PATRI

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen. CHILDREN’S MOMENTS A short children’s devotion for preschool and elementary children.

FIRST LESSON Hebrews 11:29 - 12:2 NT Page 226

PRAYER CONCERNS

SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

PRESENTING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY ANTHEM “Find Us Faithful” John Nohr (Please sign and pass the attendance pad) We're pilgrims on the journey of the narrow road and those who've gone before us line the way, cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary, their lives a stirring testament to God's sustaining grace. Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses let us run the race not only for the prize, but as those who've gone before us, let us leave to those behind us the heritage of faithfulness passed on through godly lives.