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ORDER FOR WORSHIP
4th Sunday after the Epiphany | 11:00 a. m. Traditional Worship Service | February 1, 2015
Communion Sunday
ENTRANCE
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude
“The King of Love My Shepherd Is”
Irish Hymn
Lighting of the Altar Candles
Introit
“Hallelujah”
Zimbabwe (Chancel Choir)
L: The Lord be with you! P: And also with you!
L: Let us pray together. P: Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy
Spirit, that, as the Scriptures are read, your Word proclaimed, and we partake of this
Holy Mystery, may we hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.
*Hymn
“Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies”
Page 173
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
*Affirmation of Faith
*Gloria Patri
Children’s Moments
Anthem
The members of Memorial United Methodist Church are glad to have you visit with us today. As
you worship, we hope that you find your experience here to be meaningful and spiritually
inspiring. May you feel the Spirit of God present in this service. We are committed to sharing
Jesus’ love with all who walk through our doors and to helping each person become a faithful
disciple of Christ. We hope that Memorial meets your needs and you will join us on our walk
with Christ. Our hearts, our minds, and our doors are always open.
Please sign and complete all the information requested in the attendance register located in the
pew rack or passed to you by someone on your row. A visitor card is found in the pew pocket
where other information is requested. Both of these may be put in the offering plate or given to
an usher. Welcome booklets especially prepared for visitors are available on a table in the main
entry area before entering the sanctuary. Assistance is available from someone near you or an
usher. Water fountains, restrooms, and changing tables are located in the hall outside the right
exit of the sanctuary. If you need a nursery, see an usher.
CONTEMPORARY SERVICE INFORMATION
Apostles’ Creed
Page 881
Page 71
Carol Scudder
“For This Bread, For This Wine”
Pastoral Prayer, the Lord’s Prayer
Offering
Offertory
“Let Us Break Bread Together”
*Doxology
Sermon Text
Deuteronomy 18:15-19
Sermon
“Consuming Fire”
WELCOME VISITORS!
John Purifoy
Rev. Joseph Curtis
Spiritual
Page 302
Rev. Joseph Curtis
The Sacrament of Holy Communion
Note: Please sing with the Choir during the bolded responses.
ON SUNDAY, February 1st, at 9:00 a.m., Rev. Curtis will lead us in worship. Children’s sermon
for February: Rachelle Foster. Greeters for February: Rob and Melinda Greenlee. Ushers for
February: Chris Major and Wayne Morris. Set-up for February: Tom and Candi Stanton.
Refreshments for February: Tom and Candi Stanton. Nursery for February 1st: Tyler and Marsha
Mays.
PRAYERS AND CONCERNS
Mary Hayes, Don and Catherine Cavin, Perry and Connie Conley, Kim Doby, Margaret Williams,
Beannie Robertson, Logan Howell, Ellen Rogers, Aggie Glenn, Martha Leonard, Kent Bridges,
Katherine Dobson, Cameron Rowe, Brett Claycamp, Sarah Glenn, Jane Rhodes, Elaine Spearman,
Samantha Wickliffe, Jimmy Reese, Katie Redmon, Dorris Hatcher, Chrys Harris, Reese Hannon,
Doris Wright, Kat Jones, Steve Rogers, Louise Jones, Elmore House, Joanne Best.
See Insert
OFFERING ENVELOPES for 2015 are available at both services. If you cannot find yours, please
talk with Ann Hammond or stop by the church office.
SENDING FORTH
*Hymn
*Benediction
*Choral Response
*Chiming of the Trinity
*Postlude
“Guide Me, O thou Great Jehovah”
“How Firm a Foundation”
*Congregation Standing
Page 127
American Hymn
CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS FOR 2014 are available at both services. Please make sure to
check for any errors or omissions and let Ann Hammond know if your statement requires
adjustment.
DONATIONS OF PEANUT BUTTER will be collected by the children during the month of February.
Candice Phillips is donating cans of soup during February. Donation boxes are located throughout
the church.
OTHER NEWS
ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM: Attendees of the Traditional Service who need an amplified
experience can now take advantage of our assistive listening system. The wireless units provide
sound from the pulpit, as well as organ and choir music during the Traditional Service. If you
would like to use the system, please see an usher before the service to borrow one of the
receivers. Headphones are available, or you may bring your own headphones to use with the
system (the receivers take standard 1/8-inch audio plugs that are commonly found on
headphones). Please contact Adam Wickliffe at [email protected] or call 864-940-1714 with
any questions.
IN MEMORIUM
Sylvia Giles
March 7 – January 26, 2015
Blessed are those who…die in the Lord
CHURCH CALENDAR | Week of February 1 – February 7, 2015
SUN
MON
FOR SALE!! We have a large mirror, located in the rock house that the church is making
available for purchase. It is approximately 4’ x 6’ and is unframed. It can be yours for a
minimum donation of $20. Please contact the office to make arrangements to see it.
TUES
WED
THE FLOWER calendar for 2015 is in place on the Bulletin Board in the hall near the Wesley
Davenport classroom. Please select the date(s) you would like to reserve for remembering
and/or honoring your loved ones or special occasions.
8:00 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
9:30 a.m.
6:00-9:00 p.m.
6:00-7:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Finance Committee – Social Hall
Fellowship Time
Contemporary Worship Service – Family Life Center
Church School
Traditional Worship Service – Sanctuary
Make – A – Swish – Family Life Center
Disciple II Bible Study – Adults Unlimited Classroom
UMW Call to Prayer – Social Hall
Basketball Practice – FLC
Cub Scouts – Rock House
Boy Scouts – Rock House
Prayer Group – Family Room
Basketball Practice - FLC
Youth Small Groups – Social Hall
Praise Band Practice - FLC
Chancel Choir Practice – Choir Room
SERVING THIS WEEK AT MEMORIAL’S TRADITIONAL SERVICE
OUR WORSHIP service is available to view on our Church web site: www.greerchurch.com. WIFI is available throughout the church campus for your needs. Please contact the church office
for the password.
EVENTS IN THE NEW YEAR
FEBRUARY 1st — Scout Troop will begin collecting canned food for local charities.
FEBRUARY 8th — Scout Sunday
FEBRUARY 18th — Ash Wednesday Service
FEBRUARY 22nd — Lent begins / Sermon series begins on the last words from the Cross
MARCH 1st – Confirmation classes begin
MARCH 29th — NO Combined Service during Holy Week
ATTENDANCE:
W/E
1/25/15:
Worship
241
Small Groups
142
ACOLYTES: Jay Smith, Ellie Smith
USHERS: Susan Mayberry (H), Ellen Henson, Betty West, Linda Hannon, Cindy Miller
SOUND AND VIDEO: David and Susan Mayberry
WORSHIP GREETERS: Dixie, Corrie and Stephen Kennette
NURSERY: Jack and Betsy Fore
OFFERING COMMITTEE: Marjorie Mitchell, Tom and Ann Hammond
TRUSTEE OF THE MONTH and SECURITY PATROL: Jack Fore
YOUTH INFORMATION
YOUTH will not meet on Sunday, February 1st due to their Revolution trip. On Wednesday,
February 4th, all Youth will meet at 6:00 p.m. in the FLC for our Supper at Six gathering. At 6:30
p.m., all Youth will meet for small groups in the Social Hall until 7:30 p.m.
FINANCIAL REPORT
CHILDREN INFORMATION
Received for Budget
$ 6,889.50
Needed for Budget
10,615.00
Memorials
765.00
Designated Gifts: Good Samaritan $5; Children’s Ministry $10; Daily Bread $20.
MEMORIAL’S CHILDREN AND YOUTH are excited to present Memorial's 2015 Lenten Mission:
Sponsoring a child through Compassion. Compassion International works to stop the cycle of
poverty that perpetuates from one generation to the next by focusing on individual children. We
have chosen to sponsor Elen Namanya from Uganda. Please stay tuned for many more details on
Elen and how you may support her through Memorial's Lenten season.
BUILDING FUND
Needed monthly to pay off loan in 10 yrs.
Received 1/25/15
Received Month to Date
Memorials
$ 9,035.40
1,820.50
7,381.50
1,110.00
MISSION KIDS MAKE - A - SWISH Memorial's Kids In Mission will participate in our 6th Annual
Make A Swish Basketball Fundraiser on Sunday, February 1st at 4 pm in the Family Life Center.
Participants have ONE MINUTE to make as many baskets as they can & by making a pledge of
0.50, $1 or more (per basket) you can help support Elen Namanya from Uganda who we have
adopted to sponsor through Compassion International for Memorial's 2015 Lenten Mission.
Pledge forms will be available again this Sunday at both services or you may contact Katie! Join
us for this fun event - come out and cheer on our Mission Kids. We thank you in advance for
your support.
KIDS! Regular Sunday Night Programs will not meet this Sunday, February 1st. We'll have Make
A Swish at 4 pm so that you can enjoy Super Bowl Sunday with your family and friends.
Scout Troop 107 will be hosting the 2015 Valentine Day Pancake Breakfast on February 14 from
7:30 am to 10:30 am at the Memorial United Methodist Church’s Family Life Center. We will be
serving pancakes, breakfast meat and beverages. The Troop will be passing out tickets at the
Church services on February 1st and February 8th. We are asking for a $5 or more donation per
plate. Please join us on February 14th.
NEW BIBLE STUDY
PLEASE “LIKE” and join our new Facebook Group--Memorial UMC Children’s Ministry--for the
most up-to-date details and info (plus pictures, too)! Follow us at MemorialsKids on Instagram.
MISSION NEWS
RED BIRD MISSION TRIP
Please mark your calendars, for the annual Red Bird Mission trip, held in conjunction with
Aldersgate UMC. The dates for the trip in 2015 are May 3rd through May 9th. There are many
skills needed, so don’t feel as if you can’t contribute. Teens 14 or over, and adults are
encouraged to sign up. Both men and women can go. The people of Appalachia need you!
It is a wonderful, meaningful experience, doing Jesus’s work here on earth. Please prayerfully
consider this important mission!
MISSION TEAM
RED BIRD BOX TOPS AND LABELS
We are collecting Tyson Project A+ labels, Box Tops for Education (found on cereal boxes, food
storage boxes, frozen food boxes, baking products and apparel), and Campbell Labels for
Education. These will be accumulated and sent on to Red Bird, where they will be used to
purchase new work vans. Please give these to Beth in the church office.
SALKEHATCHIE
This year, the Mission Team and the Youth are planning on participating in a Salkehatchie work
camp, during the week of June 13-20. We always need adult volunteers. Please prayerfully
consider if you can participate.
NEWS FROM THE SCOUTS
SCOUT SUNDAY
The Scouting Program plans to gather food for the disadvantaged in the Greer community
through the Scouting for Food Program. The Scouts plan to pass out collection bags on February
1st with a flyer explaining Scouting for Food. On February 8, the Scouts will collect the bags full
of canned goods and the like. Our Scout troop will also be participating in both the
Contemporary and Traditional services on Sunday, February 8th, which is designated as Scout
Sunday.
EVER WONDER if we are very close to the return of Jesus? You may get some answers at the
Sunday evening study beginning February 22nd and continuing for six weeks through March 29th.
Bob McQuaid will teach a Sunday evening series at 5:30 p.m. entitled, The End Times, Are We
There Yet? This series will present a biblical unfolding of God’s plan for human history from Eden
to the New World. This will NOT be a “left behind” type of study. It will concentrate on Jesus’
teaching in Matthew 24 and 25 and use selected passages form the prophets and the Revelation
of Jesus Christ. The series, held in the Social Hall, will be an opportunity for you to learn more
about the teachings of the Bible regarding the consummation of human history. Study guides are
available on the table in the contemporary service area.
MEMORIALS AND HONORARIA
NAME
Craig and Mary Allender
Terry and Diane Arthur
Tommy and Anne Becker
Carolina Alliance Bank
Marie Bindewald
Tom and Mary Ann Catafygiotu
Lynn Clark
Sara Compton
Rev. Marshall and Nita Danenburg
Bill and Beverly Davis
Elliott D. Decosimo
Anne Dobson
Dot Fant
Bill and Anne Foster
Neal, Jane and Sierra Fowler
Robert and Lynn Gibson
Maryhelen Gibson
Hugh and Dixie Ham
Ben and Linda Hammond
Jimmy and Patsy Hunt
Douglas and Lorena James
Ron and Martha Leonard
IN MEMORY OF
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Norman and Marion Philpott
Gladys Hendrix
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
FUND
Budget
Budget
Daily Bread
Building
Building
Building
Children’s Ministry
Building
Budget
Building
Budget
Building
Budget
Building
Building
Building
Building
Budget
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
MEMORIALS AND HONORARIA continued
NAME
Paul and Ginger Lister
Don and DeAnn Louis
Toni and Dolores McCollough
Rob and Dale Northridge
Gerald and Rachel Price
Juanita Rogers
Rev. John and Elaine Rush
Bob and Kim Shennan
Tommy and Patti Simmons
Larry and Peggy Smith
Scott and Cindy Streetman
Mr. and Mrs. James Utsey
Jeanette Wood
IN MEMORY OF
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Norman and Marion Philpott
Kathleen Fender
Gladys Hendrix
Debbie Dobson Heichner
Wayne Reeve
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
Tony Hammond
A NOTE FROM PAIGE
FUND
Building
Building
Good Samaritan
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
I just want to take the time to thank all those who have made donations to the Youth Fund in my
8 months here at Memorial. I am touched and truly grateful for all the love and generosity of this
church! I am proud to worship and do ministry alongside each one of you!
Paige Brooks
Greeters for Contemporary Service
We are once again in need of greeters for the Contemporary Service for the months of March
through December. This is a quick and easy opportunity to serve. Just be at the church fifteen
minutes prior to the service and greet people with a smile. A sign-up sheet will be located on
the back table or you may contact JoAnn Rishforth at 864-552-1969.
SUPPER AT SIX – FEBRUARY 4, 2015
Our menu will be tacos with all the fixings and dessert! For our program for February’s Supper
@ Six, the youth will be presenting information about our church’s mission project for the Lenten
season. The youth/children are sponsoring a child from Uganda. They will share about the child
that they are sponsoring and their fundraising plans. This will be a great project for our church.
Complete this form, drop it in the offering plate or call the office to let us know you’ll be
joining us!
GREER CHRISTIAN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE UPCOMING WEEK
NAME: _________________________________________________________________
GROUP
DATE
Men < 30
4-6 year old co-ed
7-8 year old (B)
9-10 year old (B)
11-13 year old (G)
13-14 year old (B)
2/2/15
2/7/15
2/7/15
2/7/15
2/7/15
2/7/15
TIME
8:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
LOCATION
Fairview Baptist
Memorial Methodist
Memorial Methodist
Memorial Methodist
Memorial Methodist
Memorial Methodist
NUMBER IN YOUR PARTY:__________________________________________________
“Connecting to Christ,
Connecting to our Community,
Connecting to Each Other…
TO MEMORIAL METHODIST MEMBERS:
It has now been two months since I've been at this church, and I want to thank you for the
opportunity to work with such a great group of people. During December, I was very
appreciative of the bonuses, gift cards, and special gifts I received. In addition, I have received
numerous cards, hand-written notes, and general well wishes that I have found very moving and
inspirational. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and gifts. Don Shabkie
We are Memorial!”
SAFE SANCTUARY
MUMC provides a Safe Sanctuary for children. We require a
background check of all adult volunteers.
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Founded 1882
201 North Main Street, Greer, South Carolina 29650
Office: 864.877.0956 | Fax: 864.877.0957 | Parsonage: 864.877.8836
E-mail: [email protected] | Cell Phone: 803.325.4993
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CHURCH STAFF
Joseph L. Curtis
George E. Strait
John Rush
Katie Jeter
Lynn Clark
Cindy Davis
Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor Emeritus
Director, Children and Family Ministries
Interim Director of Music
Director of Children’s Music
Paige Brooks
Cindy Davis
Beth Melton Roberts
Gail Warner
Ann D. Hammond
Sherie Lynch
Don Shabkie
Director of Student Ministries
Director of Contemporary Worship
Administrative Secretary
Director, Child Enrichment Programs
Treasurer
Financial Secretary
Organist